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New comment by galoisgirl in "The silent majority in software"

galoisgirl — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:59:05 +0000

Not necessarily. I love my job, and I keep a work-life balance to keep it that way.

Love does not mean spending every waking hour on something.

I love my spouse, yet I need to socialize with other people, as well as alone time.

New comment by galoisgirl in "Ask HN: What's up with these DoorDash dark patterns?"

galoisgirl — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:43:15 +0000

Username checks out

New comment by galoisgirl in "TikTok’s Poison Pill"

galoisgirl — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:53:47 +0000

(Non-American too.)

China may not have been proven to use TikTok data specifically, but their track record about human rights and privacy is what it is.

> I'm not really sure what the People's Liberation Army will do with all my cat videos anyway...

Ah, the old "nothing to hide" argument.

New comment by galoisgirl in "Put down devices, let your mind wander, study suggests"

galoisgirl — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 16:24:10 +0000

There's many ways to think about death. It can motivate you to live life to the fullest.

New comment by galoisgirl in "HN is up again"

galoisgirl — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 10:36:01 +0000

Only for 4 years, 206 days and 16 hours.

New comment by galoisgirl in "Felt"

galoisgirl — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 11:01:41 +0000

> Of course, you can simply have a lot of money

Instructions unclear, I'm broke.

New comment by galoisgirl in "Copilot sells code other people wrote"

galoisgirl — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:15:07 +0000

Here's an example: https://twitter.com/ChrisGr93091552/status/15397316329318031...

> I checked if it had code I had written at my previous employer that has a license allowing its use only for free games and requiring attaching the license. yeah it does

New comment by galoisgirl in "Code vs. No-code"

galoisgirl — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 08:13:15 +0000

No code is just code with extra steps.

New comment by galoisgirl in "My 40-liter backpack travel guide"

galoisgirl — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:34:20 +0000

Most people use them to shave their faces.

New comment by galoisgirl in "My 40-liter backpack travel guide"

galoisgirl — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:33:29 +0000

Actually, demand affects supply.

New comment by galoisgirl in "Checkbox Olympics"

galoisgirl — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 07:47:48 +0000

What am I doing with my life...

New comment by galoisgirl in "Mundane chores are all the rage in gaming"

galoisgirl — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 13:23:55 +0000

Well, there is gamification, whether you give a gold start to yourself or use an app like Habitica.

Personally, I struggle with cleaning because it's truly Sisyphean work. Always the same, never done, even if you do it the results don't last.

Games can be played whenever I feel like it, cleaning doesn't always work this way. A visit from the in-laws make it a chore, and my brain can't really let go of that label for some reason.

Some work comes with physical discomfort: I don't think I'll ever feel like picking strawberries in the burning sun for too long.

New comment by galoisgirl in "Association between ADHD medication and depression: A 10-year follow-up"

galoisgirl — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 10:42:19 +0000

Yes, all people in hospitals are sick or injured. Don't go there.

New comment by galoisgirl in "Association between ADHD medication and depression: A 10-year follow-up"

galoisgirl — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 10:41:45 +0000

I'm sorry for your loss.

New comment by galoisgirl in "Association between ADHD medication and depression: A 10-year follow-up"

galoisgirl — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 10:40:16 +0000

Errr okay...That's like your uninformed opinion, bro.

New comment by galoisgirl in "Association between ADHD medication and depression: A 10-year follow-up"

galoisgirl — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 10:38:30 +0000

ADHD is when you have trouble paying attention to most teachers, not just the boring ones.

Happy for the kids, but when they're adults, they'll find out that they have many other executive functions impaired, not just attention management, and the cool teacher won't fix these.

New comment by galoisgirl in "Association between ADHD medication and depression: A 10-year follow-up"

galoisgirl — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 10:25:27 +0000

I've had these thoughts as a teenager but got diagnosed at 32.

> it becomes a medical condition you've been stuck with.

It can feel like this. However, for me, it was much more of a "finally, an explanation!". It showed me my limits are a bit lower than I hoped for, but it gave me immense clarity about those limits. Plus finding your limits, realising there are things you'll never achieve... I think that's anyone's fate sooner or later. It's okay.

New comment by galoisgirl in "Stanford’s war on social life"

galoisgirl — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 11:21:06 +0000

> because a joke or prank that might seem harmless to 99.9% of people will still offend that one outlier

Are you sure about that 99.9% figure? I think not.

Also part of the problem is that when you're that outlier, it's not for one joke, it's for a whole category of jokes. That gets tiring, to say the least.

New comment by galoisgirl in "Stanford’s war on social life"

galoisgirl — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 11:09:00 +0000

It's like mass shootings are possible in any country. Well, they are, The Onion is right that there is no 100% way to prevent this. However, all countries but one can prevent 99% of them.

New comment by galoisgirl in "Stanford’s war on social life"

galoisgirl — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 11:05:42 +0000

I like my articles like I like my women - truthful and not manipulative.

Manipulation makes me think that there isn't enough merit on its own.