Neither am I. However, I have seen one or two people on ca that claim it’s an instance “for Canadians”, but that isn’t the majority view.

Canadian news is mild compared to other instances and their admins rock. They just did some good hardware updates and the instance is fairly reliable. 10/10, would recommend. The author of my client (Connect) is also on that instance, and I contribute a bit to that community as well.

I could see some downsides if the occasional post in French would piss you off.

'Madame, if that’s the way you see it, so be it. ’ - M.C. Escher

.ca is a bit more sane and not as authoritarian as .world or .ml. I don’t mind .world, but their admins are inconsistent, IMO

I am confused now. I was just called a “leftist Nazi” and “liberal right wing nazi”. Lulz.

My point is that I think the terms “leftist” and “liberal” have been redefined again, just as a heads up.

Well, I was banned from ml because of a conversation on another instance. It was something about reporting all ml posts as a rule 1 violation… I guess that could be considered inciting unrest against the CCP and Mother Russia.

Many (not all) ml users are fairly rabid when it comes to their own flavor of propaganda. If you ever casually chat with them on Lemmy, just understand that they have a completely different world view so don’t mention things related to politics, country borders, history, government structure, major battles during WW2, sparrow populations or what color the sky is and you should be fine.

Cool. For my electronics work, IPA works wonders with silicone-based adhesives. (I’ll generally use a syringe and strategically drip it between the adhesive and the surface.)

If, by chance, you run into any PET/PETG plastics, i think pure IPA can start to chew at those if enough heat is involved. It’s not nearly as dramatic as ABS/acetone though.

Edit: I just noticed this is a Lego community. Derp. Can anyone quickly identify the plastics that could be involved and I can correct or remove any words below. (I think acetone just got bumped into super-risky.) I am guessing Legos are going to be ABS in many cases, and acetone vapor tends to melt ABS.

High purity isopropyl alcohol (99%) is generally my go-to solvent. It’s a small enough molecule to get in between most surfaces and glues. I wouldn’t know how <90% works since I just don’t use it. (Test first!)

Another option is D-limonene.(commonly sold as Goo Gone) It’s another small molecule that works well.

Acetone is the highest risk for plastics but is another good solvent. (Test first!)

Otherwise, a razor blade, time and elbow grease is about your only other option.

Welcome to the downward cycle of stimulants, depressants and anti-depressants.

Having been down that path of excess for a good number of years, my only path was straight down. From personal experience, my only path for normality was to stop all of that shit.

It sucks to quit and it sucks to learn how to do this life thing without chemical enhancement. It’s a whole bunch of suck all over the place. However, life eventually got easier to handle and I didn’t have the rollercoaster of drunkness or numbness going on any more.

It took a couple of years, but I would consider life fun again. It just took a while to learn what “fun” actually was for me.

It’s a medical requirement for me to ditch coffee now, unfortunately. However, now that I don’t have a hangover every morning, there is less of a need to drink coffee by the pot anymore, so there is that.

That’s what you just got shown: Shove the configgy bits into Git.

You will likely have to find the configs you want to save first.

Solar panels are more efficient closer to the equator because of the most direct light from the sun. At higher or lower latitudes, there is more atmosphere for the light to pass through. The actual distance from the sun is basically irrelevant without an atmosphere. There might be a measurable difference based on distance alone but not much.

Efficiency does not generally equate to optimal power generation. There are probably hundreds of other variables that directly translate to maximum power production.

Gamers Nexus recently made a video about GPU “shrinkflation”: https://youtu.be/2tJpe3Dk7Ko

It’s a neat comparison of Nvidia GPUs over the years.

This is my opinion, but yeah. It’ll take some time.

The biggest issue is that money has moved to safer for investments. Those new investments may take time to mature and/or avoid tax penalties.

Another component is that hedge funds are likely the ones taking money out of the market in a huge way right now. Hedge funds normally specialize in short selling and there is no better time to close or massively reduce those short positions. (They have other strategies, but their main function is in their name.) They can’t close their positions rapidly, or it will trigger a faux rebound in stock prices. (Short sales are weird like that. It may be one of the reasons you see short bounces in price as a stock price is cratering.)

Unfortunately, the tarrifs are shifting investment policy against the US now from other countries. This will take years to recover from.

What will really suck is that I have always speculated that these tarrifs are just the worst kind of insider trading strategy you will ever see. If the intent was to temporarily dump stock prices for the benefit of a few, I really don’t think it’s going to work like it did during COVID. COVID didn’t force massive global policy changes against the US the same way. Even if orange man decides to reverse course and lift tarrifs tomorrow, the damage has been done and there is no reason to restore previous investments. The risk is too high.

Just following orders…

Thank you.

Get treated, if applicable. I have seen amazing results with others as well as with myself. Amphetamines have a nasty stigma still, which unfortunately, is probably earned.

Even if Adderall was 100% the cause of my current blood pressure issues, which is highly unlikely, I wouldn’t hesitate to make the decision to get treated again.

Form your own mini support group or find one. Talking with others helps mitigate many social anxieties that are also common.

Hence, the first sentence and last paragraph. Everyone reacts differently.

I attempted to insert caveats where applicable. If I missed one in your opinion, I apologize.

I have been a lifelong nerd, so that has involved sitting in front of a screen for a good number of years. With that, comes excessive caffeine use and a healthy dose of stress and anxiety.

What is the most annoying is that I completely gave up all booze a couple of years ago trying to get ahead of any serious health issues. My alcohol (mis)use absolutely is not to be understated. I was a drunk, plain and simple, and finding hidden damage was inevitable, I speculate.

My resting pulse has always been insane since I was a child at a casual (/s) 95bpm. Heat disease does run in my family.

This is a compound problem, and I am not exactly a spring chicken anymore.

To answer your question directly, caffeine intake has been reduced significantly and daily walks are starting to become a thing. My diet was never horrible and TBH, I could use a couple of extra pounds. (Things like soft drinks and fast food have been rare in my life for quite a while now.) Sleep habits have been getting positively adjusted for a couple of years already.

So, with all of that, I cannot and will not place the blame fully on Adderall. However, my lifestyle issues aren’t uncommon with other people with ADHD. Drug and alcohol abuse is common for people that remain untreated, unfortunately. If anything, I theorize that I am within most averages of other people on the spectrum.

Edit: Oh yeah, smoking. I have been vaping for a good number of years already and only had a few drags of a real cig at a Paul Van Dyk concert the other night. But yeah, nicotine is getting expunged shorty. TBH, eliminating caffeine has been worse: I’ll still get massive, migraine-grade headaches without at least a mitigating dose.

The term is “read the room”, I think. Rarely, some movies are just like that. Classic showings of Rocky Horror aren’t exactly done for serious movie gowers as a prime example. While I am not attempting to put RHPS and a Minecraft movie in the same class, I would go to a Minecraft movie with the same mindset.

Please do! Success is awesome, but failure is important. Enders are pure hobby printers, after all. Half the fun is tearing them apart, rebuilding components and learning what works and what doesn’t for your own use cases.

Never downplay the risks of amphetamines. They exist and they are real.

Having taken Adderall for the better part of 20 years, I have experienced the gambit of long-term amphetamine use. It’s mostly gastrointestinal, if you were curious. Unfortunately, I have had to stop due my resting blood pressure being at +180/110 (that is bad). Without a doubt, Adderall was playing a part in that. I am not overweight, have a decent diet, etc. Still, there are other significant changes I am making as like I said, Adderall played a part in this and wasn’t the end all, be all.

But, I do agree with the intent of the article. The benefits are significant when someone is diagnosed properly. Stress and anxiety is just as real, after all.

When taken properly, there is almost no risk of withdrawal issues. I stopped taking them about 2 weeks ago with zero problems. No withdrawal, no cravings. I have been as high as 80mg per day and would currently be at 40mg.

But, I am not you. Everyone reacts differently and has different lifestyles. My point is not to have anyone disregard this post, but realize that “a low chance” is not “no chance”.