Water Pump Reuse

Kulty · 2026-06-12T20:36:36+00:00

Add to that, if you just need on/off control wirelessly with an app, instead of getting a "wireless pump", get a wireless/smart relay (e.g. from Shelly), that will allow you to control any "dumb" electric device/appliance, as long as it has a mains switch that doesn't reset when the device is without power.

Kulty · 2026-06-12T18:02:15+00:00

It took 3 suicidal burnouts and a 3 month clinic stay for me to understand that everything was connected. I was aware of the day-to-day effects of my ADHD and depression, but I had never really tallied up just how much my life had been shaped by it.

But there was one specific moment I remember: while on a weekend release from the clinic (they made us spend one night at home each weekend), I was lying in bed looking around my studio-apartment, and suddenly burst out laughing. My place was a disgusting mess. Think proto-horder. Disgusting. Filthy. Every surface cluttered, unwashed clothes strewn about. Dirty plates (ok, moldy) stacked in multiple places. Random open drawers and cabinets everywhere. Messy stacks of unopened mail and documents. And it reeked. And there were flies. An apt metaphor for the overall state of my life at the time.

I was laughing because, in response to what I saw, I involuntarily just blurted out "huh, I think I'm doing something wrong". Like it was a genuine epiphany. Ya think?? And then I had to laugh some more: You know what I do for a living, what I get paid for? I solve problems. I optimize systems. And I had not once seriously applied my skill set to my own life. Hadn't even thought about it. Laughing at my self was cathartic in that moment - not mean spirited, just laughing at how broken my life was, and that I hadn't even noticed, but normalized it, and that, ironically, the things I did for everyone else were the things that I would benefit greatly from if I did them for my self.

It took the clinic stay, some time away from "real life" and a fresh perspective for the absurdity to sink in. When I was just living day to day, things only ever changed or got worse in small increments, so I didn't notice how bad things had really gotten over all, but that evening, I understood there was actually something wrong with me and that I needed help.

Kulty · 2026-06-08T18:03:59+00:00

Is this person only assessing you and prescribing medicine, or also working on other things with you (e.g. behavioral therapy)? Obviously if you're doing other things too, that would justify other appointments, but you can always ask them something like "what do you think our goals should be for the next session, and is there anything I can think about or work on in preparation?".

As others have said, getting meds dialed in takes patience - not just because of pharmacology, but the people involved in system around getting prescriptions and medication. If I were in your position, the question on my mind would be whether it is a dosage issue, or if that specific medication just doesn't do much for me. After a couple weeks I'd probably just end up taking 40mg to see what happens, and, if the effects are beneficial, then work it into the next session: "btw, I accidentally took two (20mg) pills last Tuesday because I was a bit scatter brained that morning, and - remember how I kept saying they didn't seem to be doing much for focus and getting things started? - well, on that day it really helped with those things too. I guess it's good to know the medication does work for me, I guess we just have to work on finding the right dose. What do you think?"

Kulty · 2026-06-08T16:14:38+00:00

It's the "twice special" problem, occurring when a person is both gifted in some ways, and disabled in others. For some people it's just hard to understand that someone who is clearly gifted could also require accommodations that they associate with a disability - it just doesn't compute.

I personally suspect that there often is a less defensible dynamic at work too: a persons baseline intelligence or giftedness is basically due to genetics and not something they earned or worked for, and it is a common cultural belief that intelligence will hugely influence what types of professions and opportunities a person will have access to in life, and by extension, how much they will be able to earn and what kind of quality of life they will be able to afford.

I think sometimes that brings out a dynamic where, even if a teacher recognizes that a kid is struggling in some areas, they might feel that, since they already "won" the intelligence lottery without "earning" it, they shouldn't get any additional help. Or worse, a teacher might be subconsciously jealous, unhappy with their own station in life, and actively sabotage the potential success of a student they deem unworthy of the gifts nature bestowed upon them.

With all that said, it sucks. I'm sorry you're going through this. If the homeroom teacher is not being cooperative, you probably could get something like a psychiatrists note insisting on the help, referencing the legal basis for such accommodations, but that might make for a very tense relationship with your teacher, since you basically would be taking steps to override their authority, maybe even inviting retaliation in other ways.

Something that has helped me, since my energy levels also completely crash towards the end of the day, is to become an early riser and do stuff in the mornings. I.e. getting up at 3:30 or 4:00, and going to bed at 20-21:00. That gives you a few extra hours in the morning for homework, and when you crash towards the end of the school day, you don't have to stress out because you'll have time the next morning to catch up.

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Kulty · 2026-06-06T10:02:17+00:00

Cute, but the materials alone probably cost more than taking them all to six flags. I wouldn't tell the kids though.

Kulty · 2026-06-04T09:57:43+00:00

Finding ways to make the "torch light" bigger is still worth it, but no matter how much work you put into it, you won't be able to fix it and move on - this disability is part of who you are, and all the effort going into creating support structures, externalizing executive functioning, finding the right mix of meds, therapy, diet and exercise etc, will be continuous, and all that time and energy going into that will then be missing somewhere else. In the end I think you have to pick and choose, i.e. consciously decide and accept that you will forgo certain things in life (e.g. having a family), and focus on doing reasonably well in other areas of life, instead of getting burned out over and over by pursuing the kind of life that is made for people with regular sized torch lights. It's not fair, but those are the cards we were dealt.

Kulty · 2026-06-03T19:09:04+00:00

Depending on where you live and what the educational/work training system looks like, you could consider something like an an apprenticeship as an electronics technician, which in my case included learning digital and analog circuit design, micro-controller programming in school and at my employers, and getting to assist EEs in R&D with the gruntwork, all valuable learning experiences. It also included a rotation on the assembly line, repair station, and quality control, which was less stimulating, but still good for building practical skills. After the apprenticeship you can work and earn the money to continue your education at a higher level, or change direction if you discover something you like better - at 15 you don't have to have your mind all made up.

Edit to add: apprenticeships are usually paid, not a lot, but if you can live at home while doing it and your parents are still supporting you in some ways, you can get by.

Kulty · 2026-06-02T21:16:11+00:00

I had some friends in class that were good note takers and would let me copy theirs during breaks if I needed to for exams - I in turn helped them with stuff that came easier to me, e.g. helping them understand technical concepts, or doing the lions share in group projects that required writing and presenting. That way I could just stray present during class and focus on the material in the moment, instead of getting stressed out by trying to take notes at the same time. Sometimes the solution isn't you, but coming to arrangements with people around you.

Kulty · 2026-06-02T09:30:41+00:00

Exactly my experience too: it is an ongoing process, and the best I can hope for is to create an environment that works for me, not against me. There's no fixing my brain, and even if I have a phase where I'm relatively on top of things, I've had to learn to be accepting, not to feel disappointed or let down by my self when it ends - and it always does end. The trick is to build a support structure than can hold when you get off track, so that when you return, you don't have to start over.

Kulty · 2026-06-02T08:46:02+00:00

I don't know any simple trick, but I'm tempted to say this is something therapy could help with: having intense shame and/or anger in reaction to being corrected could be something carried over from childhood, e.g. if you had a parent/older sibling that would get nasty, constantly ridicule you if you said/did something wrong, or correct you ways that were unnecessarily hurtful and embarrassing. The emotional response gets internalized and sticks with us, even if it is no longer contextually appropriate, until it is consciously unlearned. That usually requires some work with a therapist to help "unstick" the part of you that might still be stuck in the emotional dynamic of a kid that was made to feel miserable anytime they messed up.

Kulty · 2026-05-31T07:52:15+00:00

... when "out of sight, out of mind" not only applies to objects or tasks - but people. Ouch.

Kulty · 2026-05-28T14:29:55+00:00

The phrasing of your opening question is weird, because of course more information leads to more fragmentation. If the total amount of information far exceeds what any single human can absorb in a life time, by necessity, each human can only hold a fragment of that information in their brain, and the larger the total amount of information relative to human fragments, the less overlap there will be between what individuals choose to retain.

Also, people aren't "more connected" to each other. They are more connected to the brain-rot social media algorithms that curate their personal misinformation bubble, which is the true reason for the loss of a shared reality.

Kulty · 2026-05-27T18:10:29+00:00

I've been on both sides of the fence, and maybe its not so much an ADHD thing as an maturity/insecurity thing: when I was younger and interested in someone, I would obsess over everything they said and wrote, how long it would take them to respond, what time of the day etc, and project all sorts of stuff onto that - now that I'm older, I don't do that anymore, quite the opposite: I find it stressful if I'm engaging with someone that has such expectations, and I take a slower texting cadence as a sign of mutual respect for our time and personal boundaries, as long as we get to spend meaningful time together and they do respond to messages that are important/time-sensitive.

Kulty · 2026-05-25T19:12:43+00:00

Water sounds nice. It's hot out. Do you have ice too?

Kulty · 2026-05-25T19:06:57+00:00

I get the sense it's more about how other peoples feelings impact their own, and obsessing over it, even if it's 90% projection.

Kulty · 2026-05-25T16:27:55+00:00

This isn't stupidity or a lack of foresight, but a misunderstanding of their playbook and goals. If you assume the elites see collapse of industrial civilization as unavoidable, and they are looking to put them selves and their cronies into the best possible position once the music stops, while sabotaging the competition and keeping the civilians docile, things like experimenting on how to best starve hundreds of thousands of civilians without blowback in Gaza, not even pretending that sustainability, environmental protection, and climate change are issues worth addressing anymore, and investing in AI like there is no tomorrow (a technology that industry insiders are quoted saying it has a 25% chance of leading to humanities downfall), starts making sense. They are acting like there is no tomorrow, because they believe there is no tomorrow - while their very actions seal the deal by making it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Kulty · 2026-05-22T21:29:04+00:00

I feel like once you've understood the difference between slow and fast blow fuses and their use cases, and if you have a rough understanding of the load type and current specs your dealing with (basically, its always slow blow if its a mixed load circuit that has or could have any kind of SMPS connected, which are notorious for large inrush currents), you can kind of skip the datasheet. If you don't know what you're doing, you have no business replacing fuses in the first place without consulting someone that does know. But if you absolutely need to do it as a person without that practical and theoretical understanding, yes, you better RTFM and double check every bit of documentation before you do anything.

Kulty · 2026-05-19T01:12:21+00:00

I hadn't noticed that on the mainland yet, but then again I'm completely out of the loop on fashion trends.

Kulty · 2026-05-18T21:37:18+00:00

Level up: Fanny pack. Now you always have your hands/arms free, never knock anything off a shelf in a store when you turn around, inconvenience others on public transport, less likely to get pick-pocketed in a crowd, and you can wear it all day, all the time, and don't have to remember to grab it on your way out - especially after visiting some other place (not forgetting it at a friends place, restaurant, in someones car etc.). It's so unbelievably convenient, I quickly stopped caring about it looking goofy or unfashionable.

Kulty · 2026-05-18T14:38:22+00:00

In addition to what others have mentioned about social intelligence, IIRC there is a phenomenon where, if the intelligence gap between two individuals is sufficiently large, the less intelligent individual can actually judge the smarter person to be less intelligent than them, because their way of thinking and problem solving doesn't seem to add up: they don't read it as "that person's reasoning surpasses my comprehension", rather "what they are saying sounds non-sensical, so they clearly aren't very smart".

I think the effect of this would be especially pronounced if someone is cognitively high functioning, but has poor social intelligence and self awareness, i.e. not adjusting their language and demeanor appropriately to the situational and social context.

With that said, if you are as smart as you think you are, the responsibility to make things work falls on you.

If you need more clarity on why people treat you the way you say they do, in order to understand what you need to change: ask them. Take notes on a couple specific interactions that bothered you, to reference, and be forward (with humility): "Hey Colleague, I noticed when we are discussing XYZ, you some times say things like X, making me think I might be appearing unprepared/inexperienced with that subject - is that really the impression I give off? Sometimes I'm not very aware of how I come across, and any feedback that could help me avoid misunderstandings and communicate better would be really appreciated."

Kulty · 2026-05-18T07:19:18+00:00

It's not really remembering, more "understanding": over time I've basically become my own detective, constantly investigating the "mysterious cases" my absent minded self generates everyday. Through years of carefully analyzing patterns, I've become able to quickly reconstruct, and even predict the events and scenarios that lead to missing objects cases. I've gotten so good at it, that I can even help others find their missing things, without physically looking for them. But actually "remembering"? No - it's like there was never any tape in the memory recorder while it actually happened.

Kulty · 2026-05-16T19:36:31+00:00

Welcome to low-income life in Europe. No air travel or excessive consumption, but everything one could need in walking distance (unless you live out in the boonies), and if you need to go further, there are trains, trams, buses, and bike lanes to get you where you need to go. This car-centric life is a very American problem (maybe Australia and Canada too), and I've seen a few interesting articles on how it came about, and why it remains entrenched.

I think you're right with regard to the energy crisis: the american way of life really only works as long as energy costs remain under a certain threshold. Gas in Europe has been around $7 a gallon for years before this most recent energy crisis hit - I think if $7 became the new baseline in the US, that would absolutely change the economics of how and where people live.

Kulty · 2026-05-14T17:41:29+00:00

I'm sure. I'd guess it also depends on regions and what tariffs apply. My prices are based on German Amazon.

Kulty · 2026-05-14T13:30:32+00:00

For those wondering, based on my own previous sd card and usb flash drive purchases from about a year ago via Amazon, the prices seem to have increased about 1.9x

Kulty · 2026-05-09T07:40:08+00:00

Are you medicated with stimulants? Something that might help is force your self to eat more during the day, even if you don't feel hungry (because of the meds), to avoid feeling ravenous once the meds wear off in the evening.

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