You’re not alone. I dropped out of university partly because I was making a Minecraft mod instead of studying. I knew study was important and I knew the tasks were interesting, I just couldn’t stop.

Something that forces a pause (router schedule) can help initiate a task change, but that doesn’t stop you thinking about what you were just doing. Sometimes you just don’t have the executive function to be able to change task.

I never found a good solution until I had an effective medication.
I’m certainly not fixed now, but the same strategies are a little more effective since. Coffee (and other stimulants) can assist too, just don’t rely on them as a miracle cure.

With complete transparency, a corrupt government can execute any group they want (disabled, homosexual, black, immigrant, etc).

If everyone was completely transparent about everything, a corrupt government would not be able to form. Unfortunately there are people without empathy who will hide their actions, and use other people’s information against them.

I can’t force a government to be completely transparent, but I can save my own life by not disclosing certain information about myself to them.

I don’t hide my bank account and password because I’ve done something wrong or I’m afraid that people will see what I’ve spent money on. I hide my bank account and password because I’m afraid that someone will take all of my money, then I’ll starve to death.

There are many things that should be public: laws, standards, political donations.

Some things are beneficial when public, but are considered acceptable to be private: source code, recipes, political opinions, criminal history.

Some things can cause significant harm if not kept private: passwords, home address, government issued id, Jewish heritage during WW2.

“I need privacy, not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are.”

My memory is not great, so I know a lot of things without any memory of having learnt them. It’s a little disconcerting.

I’ve heard of Australian bushfires traveling close to 100km/h (60mph) with a strong wind.

What’s even worse is if the flame front is diagonal to your path of travel. The flames might be going 50km/h, but if they’re coming at you at 60%, then you have to be going at least 100km/h to outrun them.

Fires don’t need to follow roads. If a fire is traveling perpendicular to the only road you have, you can’t drive away from it.

It took a long time and some trial and error, but I have finally found medication that helps (Ritalin - long acting).

I don’t feel like a different person, and I don’t feel like I don’t have ADHD. I just feel a little more in control.

It really isn’t a miracle drug, but my life is so much better now. Most of the time I don’t even notice the effects, but I really notice the lack of effect when I forget to take them for a week.

How many do you have?

It’s not easier than Windows, it’s the devil you know.

Sure it’s slow, but you know how slow. It does updates at the wrong time, but you know it will turn on again eventually. It sends all your data to Microsoft, but no-one has come to your door to harass you because what’s in your data.

Linux is some obscure thing that would take time and effort to learn, and you’re tired from work and just want to use a computer without thinking about it.

Things might be different if Windows wasn’t the default/only option when buying a new laptop.

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Of course it is. Clean air doesn’t generate child porn for you.

If talking about relativity, the distance to destination is further compressed only for your perspective, not the train’s, and not the earth’s. The amount compressed is imperceptible.

“I need privacy, not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are.”

It might help.

At least Windows appears user friendly. Arch otoh is quite hard to set up the first time.

I’m not familiar with Google Matter, but you may find google alternatives for home assistant integrations at [email protected]

I’ve been pleasantly surprised before.

I have 2. One has broken twice from over use, so I reprinted the broken piece and swapped it.

I spent 20 minutes (I timed it) on the phone diagnosing a tech support issue and instructing the user on how to fix it. It took about 10 seconds for me to realise that number lock was turned off.

The rest of the 20 minutes was trying to get the user to find and press “Num lock” on the keyboard.

About 10 minutes in, they actually found and pressed it. Apon noticing that nothing had appeared on the screen, they tried pressing it again, then announced it didn’t work.

Somehow, just getting them to press the button one more time was not simple, as they now had to begin their logical left-to-right scan of the keyboard again to find this mysterious new “Num lock” button they’d never heard of before.

This person (on another call) would say the name of each key as they pressed it. They would say “Caps lock, A, Caps lock, Enter” when typing a single “A” on a line, but didn’t know what “Caps lock” was and couldn’t find it on the keyboard when asked to press it immediately after having said and pressed it.

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