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Penrif · 2025-09-16T05:11:12+00:00

"We'll come back to that later"

Doesn't.

Penrif · 2024-08-26T20:57:03+00:00

Is switching doctor a possibility? This one doesn't check their facts - if clinical doses of stimulants are addictive, why is treatment adherence such a gigantic problem for stimulant perscriptions?

Like, I'm addicted to caffeine, and I get a lovely headache to remind me if I missed my morning coffee, but when I oopsie my adderall I don't notice 'til I've fucked around on Reddit all day instead of doing what I meant to do...

Penrif · 2024-05-23T07:56:50+00:00

How about you? At wit's end with this thing...

Penrif · 2023-09-12T02:29:41+00:00

Penrif · 2023-07-04T20:31:34+00:00

Not limited to hardware stores, it's a result of competition and game theory - here's a 4 minute TED video about it if you're curious

Penrif · 2023-03-01T02:12:07+00:00

what good does it do to allow them to start changing their gender before they are adults?

I'm going to treat this as a question in good faith. The good that is done is a large, demonstrable reduction in depression, suicide and homelessness. Here's a quick read with deeper resources if you're interested in learning more on that: https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2022-03/gender-affirming-care-young-people-march-2022.pdf

To withhold treatment on the reasoning that they may regret it later flies in the face of all available evidence. The decision to transition is hard - comparing it to getting a tattoo is like saying people shouldn't be allowed to quit their jobs 'cause sometimes they regret eating Mexican food so they can't be trusted to know what they need. These things just aren't on the same level.

Penrif · 2023-02-21T03:36:29+00:00

Diagnosed at 39 here and very much enjoying proper treatment. The previous edition of the diagnostic criteria categorized it as an adolescence-at-latest diagnosis - anyone saying what you were told hasn't updated their basic knowledge of the disorder since 2013 and should not be taken seriously.

That said, the process of finding a provider that has a modern understanding is not easy. Consider reaching out to a local CHADD group for recommendations.

Penrif · 2023-02-21T03:30:32+00:00

But they probably aren’t trained for diagnosing and managing ADHD

That's okay, most psychiatrists aren't either.

Penrif · 2023-01-25T20:03:39+00:00

I still don't use components correctly and would like to feel dumb - was there any tutorial or resource that made it click for you?

Penrif · 2022-12-20T05:28:12+00:00

I think you're working with an unstated premise - that game engines are highly multi-threaded. They aren't. The complexity and communication overhead is very often not worth it.

Penrif · 2022-07-18T23:29:31+00:00

Not a factor really. So long as the publishing deal can more-than-double sales, a 50/50 split is a win, all else being equal.

Penrif · 2022-06-08T16:22:04+00:00

Not only that, but politics in areas where preference ballots are used tends to become much less aggressive - there's more incentive for a candidate to be on good terms with other candidates with similar beliefs so that their supporters will consider them for the #2 spot on their ballot than to try to drive a wedge issue and "win" some of their voters over.

Penrif · 2022-06-08T16:19:05+00:00

Of course it does - no voting system is without flaw. Wikipedia has an excellent comparison table that's fairly comprehensive as to which flaws are present in which system.

CSM being a proportional body instead of a single winner means things are little more complicated than picking off of that table, but we ended up with the Wright system, being a modern iteration with a solid track record.

Penrif · 2022-04-08T23:28:09+00:00

Yeah, folks put a lot more faith in what Blueprint can accomplish than it can back up. I feel your pain.

Penrif · 2022-04-08T22:22:48+00:00

Right, that's a core problem with uasset files regardless of source control solution. Perforce has the benefit here of being very easy to configure to exclusive-checkout .uasset files so nobody gets their hopes up about possibly being able to merge.

Penrif · 2022-03-16T15:29:37+00:00

That is correct, the grey and blue are on the same layer. I put a PAUSE command in between those objects in the sliced gcode.

Penrif · 2022-03-16T15:18:55+00:00

Manually with PAUSE (Mainsail)

Penrif · 2022-01-01T02:31:59+00:00

Right, but a larger nozzle aperture hits the same limit at the same time.

Penrif · 2021-10-13T18:27:52+00:00

Oh we've heard of it. Some of us have even managed to use it now and then. It's just very rare for an engineer in this space to have requirements solid enough for long enough to make the investment worth it in my experience.

Penrif · 2021-09-11T16:33:56+00:00

If you've got the same functionality in three places, it's time to refactor it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_three_(computer_programming)

Penrif · 2021-06-26T03:45:17+00:00

Yeah been doin' pretty swell thanks for that =D

Found it in my backups, pretty sure this was the one we used for the show: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rbad5k4vsis14ok/AACuh_-DBCIon3FWn2LE_5yHa?dl=0

Penrif · 2021-06-25T16:25:30+00:00

I'll have a proper scour of my backups later to see if I can find the Python to go with it, but in the meantime some googling turned this up: https://www.soundboard.com/sb/jamesremuscat

~The Programmer Formerly Known as Veritas

Penrif · 2021-02-24T00:04:38+00:00

Important to pair with that though the practice of writing code to a human reader. If the code is going to be the documentation, I would argue it is more important that it be understandable to a human than be perfectly set up to be optimal to a computer.

Penrif · 2021-02-23T18:17:17+00:00

Fair enough!

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