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I feel like I was just starting to get a handle on what I was working on, and now I'm jumping on to a completely different task. I was getting into a rhythm and gaining motivational momentum, and now I...
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Maybe that's the point. I'm being forced to exert executive control to context switch. I had gotten some momentum going, so now I have to mentally brake and dissipate that momentum first before going...
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I think it's kind of a stubbornness thing. Like, I had managed to get my mind aligned on the task such that *I* actually wanted to follow through on it, which is a non-trivial thing to do when you have...
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Okay, after talking to my boss a bit, things don't seem to bad. Overreacting a bit lol
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Every so often I'll find a pic of an elderly person from their 20s and just be like, "aging fucking sucks"
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It's really weird to think about the fact that having someone's entire life permanently documented in photos and video is a brand new experience for humanity
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We are among the first generations to be able to experience seeing our grandmothers and grandfathers as they were as sexy and vibrant young adults.Think about that.I have no idea what that means for...
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Up until the past century or so, humanity has never really had a memory, a history. We told ourselves low-fidelity stories and called it "history," but it's nothing like what we have now. Collectively,...
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Sometimes I feel like I'm saying something truly profound, but honestly it's just noticing a detail anyone can see and simply putting into words. Many aspects of life are profound, but our (American)...
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It's a common futurist trope to wonder if/when the internet will become conscious and self-aware, but people rarely ask when society will become conscious and self-aware
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My boss managed to yank me out of wallowing in bed with the simple expedient of asking me for a file #ADHDHacks
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Yeah, I'm calling it. Time of brain death is 15:15 😵I don't care if I have to use PTO, I'm done for the week. Brain ist kaputt.
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Finally got around to an obnoxiously basic project that has been in my head for months (possibly as much as a few years 😬): control the color of an RGB LED with a rotary encoder on an #FPGA. Extremely...
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One of these days I'll actually get around to doing a project that's genuinely interesting. Baby steps for now, though.
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Apparently not gonna sleep tonight again either, so need a different strategy. I guess it's time try the "getting up and doing something until I hopefully get sleepy" plan. Not really sure what I...
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Okay, so I never actually implemented that plan and spent the rest of the night trying to fall asleep, but this time with ASMR which at least shut my brain up. I eventually got some sleep, but not much...
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Want to do a lot of self-care stuff today, but that's it. Getting anything else done is extra credit.
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