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New comment by dashdashu in "Pinocchio is weirder than you remembered"

dashdashu — Fri, 08 May 2026 08:30:42 +0000

I think I remember that the original brother grimm stories were also much more violent, and dont forget german classics like the Struwwelpeter, gave me nightmares as a kid - especially the guy with the huge scissors cutting off the thumbs of a kid who sucked on them too much. Its in public domain if anyone is curious: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24571

New comment by dashdashu in "Structured Procrastination (1995)"

dashdashu — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:25:56 +0000

You're right but being medicated is usually the first step. The starting line so to say from which you can then explore various other methods and see what can help mitigate symptoms

New comment by dashdashu in "Notes on Managing ADHD"

dashdashu — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:10:12 +0000

I had to pay for diagnostics myself too since here in Germany, adulthood ADHD diagnostics are unfortunately not paid by the health insurance. Cost me around 600 €. The hardest thing really was fighting myself to actually get an appointment

New comment by dashdashu in "Steam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world"

dashdashu — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:22:17 +0000

Their book also tells them to love their neighbours regardless of how different they look. The problem is, in my opinion, more that these people pick and choose from their book to justify their bigotry and hate

New comment by dashdashu in "When DEF CON partners with the U.S. Army"

dashdashu — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:11:08 +0000

ah, the almost rhytmic background sound of club mate bottles falling down

New comment by dashdashu in "A Suicide Cult's Surviving Members Still Maintain Its 90s Website (2016)"

dashdashu — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:58:31 +0000

domain name being arguably the most difficult thing here as it requires some interaction for at least payment. Certificates you can fully automate nowadays with LetsEncrypt and certbot or even managed by AWS no problem

New comment by dashdashu in "Crypto founder Do Kwon pleads guilty to US fraud charges"

dashdashu — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 07:27:07 +0000

On an unrelated note, I just clicked the paywalled link and holy crap - do they seriously expect people to pay 70$ per month for access to their articles? Maybe I am not the right target group for that..

New comment by dashdashu in "I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains"

dashdashu — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:38:22 +0000

I've got ADHD and that has been my whole life - an endless list of side projects and hobbies that were hyperfixated on in the beginning, drained of all dopamine and then abandoned once it actually became "work"