I’ve just started a new thing, and it’s part of this very site. Inspired by Cory Doctorow’s excellent linkblog, pluralistic.net, and born out of a desire to have less of my life depend on social media platforms I have no control over, I’m going to be putting together short posts… Continue reading
from the the-tech-isn’t-the-problem-the-implementation-is-the-problem desk The Verge posted this delightful article about how…uh…we’ll call them “ethically-challenged” companies have shown their hand on Amazon by wiring ChatGPT directly up to Amazon and telling it to generate whole product ideas for them. Companies hiding behind multiple nonsense names has been a problem on… Continue reading
“I’ve got this great idea that’ll help improve my life in really measurable and noticeable ways!” “Oh really? Tell me more! What is it? When did you start?” “No no, I haven’t started yet. Silly. I’m starting on the Feast of St. Lulu.” “Oh, of course, the Feast of St…… Continue reading
So, here we are: the end of the year—and what a year it’s been. If this is the first article you’ve seen in this series, I’ve been on a bit of a quest to learn about my own brain and the way it works; a quest that resulted in a… Continue reading
It turns out that our up-and-coming robot overlords are just fifth graders who need to relax and work through some things. A recent study of AI Large Learning Models says that you’ll get better responses from AIs on math word problems by prefacing your prompt with “take a deep breath… Continue reading
This innocuous-looking meme came up on a friend’s feed recently, with the caption “I need to know”: My immediate thought was, “They aren’t, though!” The reality is so much cooler than that, and this joke actually asks a really interesting question with an even cooler answer. So, first of all,… Continue reading
If you’re just joining us, since April of this year I’ve been documenting my ADHD experience in the hopes that it will help anyone who’s struggling with similar issues. I began by talking about my symptoms and what I tried before admitting it might be ADHD and seeking treatment. Then… Continue reading
A lot has happened in the social media world in the past eight months. Since I originally posted my roundup of microblogging Twitter replacements, some major players have joined the game, while others have fallen by the wayside. Twitter hired a new CEO, for all the good it seems to… Continue reading
A month and a half ago, I posted about the beginning of my ADHD treatment journey. A couple weeks later, I posted an update, detailing my mixed results with Strattera (Atomoxetine). So, a little more than two weeks ago, I talked with my prescriber about my experiences. I essentially told… Continue reading
Two weeks ago, I posted about the beginning of my ADHD treatment journey, and I talked about my first day on Atomoxetine, a sNRI medication for ADHD that is also sold under the name Strattera. Unfortunately, after some initially hopeful results, the rest of my titration has been fairly unremarkable.… Continue reading
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