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Thank you! Yoga is not an option because of balance problems but meditation did help quite a lot.

I visualize my anxiety as a snake. Similar to a desert or rattlesnake with stripes and sand on it. Starts at the base of my spine and curves around and its head is at my brain. Sometimes it crushes my spine, sometimes it bites my brain. And the thoughts that it brings to me are much much worse than what's in this story.

This red fox cartoon and its warnings seems almost a blessing compared to what I go through :( Help...

Wait, 40 counts as middle aged? I guess I'm middle aged. Now THAT is truly depressing.

Good, I hope this draws the attention of voters in the district.

My employer (very large) was sued twice in this court. Both times by trolls. The lawyers basically described this judge as running a ‘cottage industry’ and were unwilling to even set foot in that courtroom.

The patents the lawsuits were based on were insane. One of them was on any image compression for medical images which was somehow granted in 2005 (that’s another problem). There was reams of prior art but of course we settled. I was very low on the totem pole of the company but it still pissed me off to no end.

Thanks! I hadn't read that before and it was very thoughtful.

This is such revolting behavior. Props to the author for their calm and perseverance. I'm in a rage just from reading the article.

Thanks! Yes, Zoloft has been a God send. I cannot imagine functioning without it. I'm shocked when there are studies that claim that SSRIs have little to no effect.

As a dad with 2 girls who's been on SSRI medication for anxiety since I was a teenager, this makes me sad ;(

I went to the Haas part time program. I had some Cs in my undergrad statement that I did not have to re-take. I'm surprised they said that.

Absolutely brilliant! Take a bow, Dr. Chisti.

So maybe have 2 tests. A second one that is harder and spreads students out more. I was just questioning the value of a test that 'normalizes' student scores having no distribution at the top end.

I think the problem lies with SATs/GREs/GMATs. The tests (especially SAT, GRE) are ludicrously simple. I'm your run of the mill IIT-an and placed 98th and 99th percentile without breaking a sweat in the GRE when it came time for grad school. I think I maxed 2 of the 3 sections and was 98th percentile in both. What's the point of a test like that? Thousands of people max/get to the highest percentile and it becomes useless as a variable. Why not follow the model of the JEE exam instead of the SAT (a different variant of the exam for each specialization). If the exam is harder, the distribution of students is more spread out. You can rank them nationwide. Not being a jerk, I'm honestly curious why people like middle school math problems in a grad school exam? https://jeemain.nic.in/webinfo/Public/Home.aspx

What a mess. Even if Musk decided to go the route of suing this person why did he publicize it himself? What is to be gained for him in the court of public opinion?

I use a timer app called Timeglass and have timers for 'social' 'news' etc. And an app called Moment which tracks pickups and total time.

I was definitely addicted to my phone right around the last election cycle. Podcasts, reddit politics threads, other social media, websites, you name it. Luckily, its an easy habit to kick. I use timers and a tracking app on my phone to monitor pickups and screen time spent. I try to hit 12 hours between opening any social media apps, 6 hours between opening any news apps etc. I've managed to get it down to under an hour a day.

There are no quotas in IITs or BITS. Just SC/ST which is like 1-2%

Me too :( I'm almost 40 and I have the same nightmare.

I've been using a timer app on iOS 'Timeglass'. I have multiple timers for social apps, news, email checking at home etc. I've managed to cut down quite a lot by hitting simple targets like 'only check news once every 6 hours' and so on. Free, cheap solution I'd recommend to everyone.

Asking for a friend. If X buys a few bitcoin and then transfers it to a gambling site and proceeds to lose it all does stupid X (the goddamn idiot) owe any taxes? The only way X can show that he/she didn't retain the bitcoin is to show transfers to the gambling website (transfers in and no transfers out, because as I said earlier, X is a dumbass).

I feel I must respond since I also moved from Dallas to SFO. Equivalent salary will be around 230ish for your 150. You may still struggle to buy a house because of competition. Just a head's up.

I cry every time I see this scene. Great unpacking of a powerful few minutes of cinema. I could hear the song thundering in my ear just from reading the article.

We love these books for our two toddler girls! They are a treasure. Our personal favorite is 'Doggies' which is so simple but is amazing for everyone to bark along to (including the dogs in the house)

I guess I'm in this category. My wife quit her job when we had our second kid. It was our decision. She's planning on going back to work when the younger one turns 4. Parent > Paid Caregiver for taking care of a child. Could be either parent.

This is actually a good step. Eliminate cost arbitrage as motive for hiring foreign workers. Hire to fill genuine gaps in the labor pool. I don't see any downside and I'm an Indian in the US.

I wonder if these vehicles are programmed to pull over when cops flash their lights/sirens? Do they accept tickets? Can they be towed without the vehicle rebelling (har!)?

Interested in how enforcement by the DMV would work beyond working with Uber at the corporate level.

I tried to buy DVMT and couldn't get any.

Good. I probably saw/heard their ads thousands of times (no exagg.) over a few month period. They annoyed me so much I wouldn't give them any business even if I found their product fun (which I didn't).

Powerful article. Something I can share from my own ordeal. When you first get diagnosed most people are strong and defiant "I'm going to beat this thing!". It is the following weeks and months, the follow up scans that show the darn thing is back or not reduced that eventually wear you down. If you know someone that's afflicted please keep in touch throughout or space out your acts of kindness. I found that initially everyone wanted to help (an outpouring) and in later months some help would have been useful.

I really should not have read this article. I don't know what it is about depression that makes you want to end it all (even though I think about it all the damn time).

Monthly subscription fee? No, thanks. I'll just run my own NVR for no cost.