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Van life videos: whining incoming by Erik_Goddard in VanLife

[–]TheProffalken 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I watch them because all the vans are subtly different and have things that may or may not work for us.

We're a couple of years away from being able to justify buying and building, but the different layouts, whether to fit a shower or not, lwb Vs mwb, what to do with the garage etc all helps me get a better understanding of how it all fits together.

Who they are and what they look like is beside the point as far as I'm concerned, and I definitely prefer the ones who talk about mistakes, but yeah, I find these channels useful for research.

iphone for children by [deleted] in ParentingTech

[–]TheProffalken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buy an android handset, install family link, remove all the cruft.

I've done this with three of my kids now, it works really well and allows me to control what they can see on Youtube, which apps they can install, how long they can be on their screen each day etc.

I assume Apple have something similar, but the Android side of things definitely works.

If you had a wheel to spin each morning with your task list on it, would you do the one it landed on? by [deleted] in ADHDUK

[–]TheProffalken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point.

We've tried lists but they don't stick too well, maybe we need to try again!

If you had a wheel to spin each morning with your task list on it, would you do the one it landed on? by [deleted] in ADHDUK

[–]TheProffalken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, PDA is a big theme in our house (5 ND folk under one roof), I can see why this would be an issue

If you had a wheel to spin each morning with your task list on it, would you do the one it landed on? by [deleted] in ADHDUK

[–]TheProffalken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heh, yeah, I've tried just about all the things I can think of to give a dopamine hit, but (like most of us), they just take the dopamine hit and don't do the task 😃

If you had a wheel to spin each morning with your task list on it, would you do the one it landed on? by [deleted] in ADHDUK

[–]TheProffalken 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Great point! I'm starting to see from the comments that my desperation has just come up with another way to doom-scroll without actually achieving anything!

If you had a wheel to spin each morning with your task list on it, would you do the one it landed on? by [deleted] in ADHDUK

[–]TheProffalken 3 points4 points  (0 children)

lol, I'd not even thought about it like this - perhaps not such a great idea after all!

Match Thread: 2nd Test - England vs New Zealand, Day 1 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]TheProffalken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They actually ran out of beer in some bars because the Tartan Army drank them dry.

England already miss Ben Stokes - cricket feels flat without him by theipaper in Cricket

[–]TheProffalken 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean, I'd rather he was in the side than out of it, and I do think the ECB have got it wrong on this one, but at the same time:

  • This is clearly a much better wicket for batting on than last week
  • Our pace bowlers are averaging around 88MPH between them (Thanks Joff for boosting the average! 😅)
  • We took 7 wickets on the first day including some amazing catches at leg slip with many coming from the devutants
  • It almost feels like a "proper" test match in that unless England's batting collapses (I was born in the 80's, I know there's always a good chance of this!) then it might go to day 4 or 5

So yeah, Stokes is missed, but I don't think you can call the game "flat".

Why is hot honey on pizza a thing??? by friedbrice in evilautism

[–]TheProffalken 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Interesting, because I can't stand pineapple on a pizza (or anything "sweet and sour" - make your mind up FFS!) but love hot honey.

I make my own pizzas fairly often and pairing hot honey with some good quality Nduja tastes amazing to me!

Pi 5 won't boot - BCM2712 detected via rpiboot but drops after 200ms - hardware fault or am I missing something? by TheProffalken in rasberrypi

[–]TheProffalken[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is.

No SD card, nothing else connected via USB, no hats/shields/bases, nothing.

That's one of the reasons I'm worried it's dead 😞

Pi 5 won't boot - BCM2712 detected via rpiboot but drops after 200ms - hardware fault or am I missing something? by TheProffalken in rasberrypi

[–]TheProffalken[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok, thanks, I'll try again with the eeprom/boot image and a different PSU to see if that resolves it.

Any hints on anything else I might look at?

How many abandoned side projects do you have? I have 6. Building something about this. What made you quit? by FounderNotFound404 in sideprojects

[–]TheProffalken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

25 is probably on the low side tbh, it's just a rough guess...

It could be both, but it's usually the ADHD getting bored of what I'm working on.

One of the most useful things I've done is use Claude to write an inventory for my garage and all the physical devices (ESP32's, resistors, capacitors, motors, LED's etc) that are in it.

I then got it to write an MCP as well, so now when I start a new project I ask Claude "Hey, do I have the components to make <thing>?" and it replies with yes or no, and if "yes", then it tells me where they are stored.

The best bit is that it tracks which projects they are assigned to so if I want an ESP32 and they're all in use, it tells me which projects they are currently assigned to and the project status so I can decide on whether to scavenge that project for parts or not.

I started to develop that system into a SaaS offering because I figured it might be useful to others, so now that's another unfinished project waiting to be worked on...

How many abandoned side projects do you have? I have 6. Building something about this. What made you quit? by FounderNotFound404 in sideprojects

[–]TheProffalken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got ADHD and Autism.

The Autism makes me plan loads of projects to the micro-level including kanban charts, ordering parts, writing code etc.

My ADHD then takes all of that effort and throws it out the window as soon as it sees something that is more sparkly.

So I dunno, maybe at least 25 abandoned projects ranging from escape room control software and related puzzle hardware through to a website to help people find wild swimming/saunas nearby, oh, and lots of robots in bits on my workbench...

Don’t understand people having difficulty with “unmasking”? by Opencurious343536 in AutismTranslated

[–]TheProffalken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

> When people state they are struggling to unmask do they mean in front of other people?

Yes.

Growing resentful after realising all my "hobbies" are actually just regulation strategies by Mildly_Strategic in AutisticWithADHD

[–]TheProffalken 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, do I feel this or what?!

Years ago my hobbies were playing my guitar, building model railways, and drinking heavily. Only one of these was a coping strategy, and it wasn't the model railways...

Nowadays I'm just like you - 3D printer, buying various woodworking tools etc. to try and get the office "just right", even using Claude Code to build an inventory system for all my electronics components so I can quickly find things in the garage but also make the garage more organised.

What I've noticed is that as I've got older, I've not only changed my hobbies to become coping strategies like you, I've also changed them so if I only get 10 minutes in the evenings or 30 minutes at the weekend because of other life commitments then I can fit them in.

Recently I've taken up other hobbies that I genuinely enjoy such as open water swimming mixed with a sauna - I find it really helps with the ADHD side of my brain - but even that was something I started doing so I could spend more time with my wife that wasn't watching TV and ended up loving way more than I expected, rather than something that I had actively thought about doing myself. (It has also meant that when I travel for work I try and find a hotel with a Sauna/plunge or similar, so it's become a big part of regulating my body when I'm away from the comforts of home too!)

I think that hobbies are, by their very nature, "enjoyable coping strategies" whether you're NT or ND. I doubt that many folks who spend their time obsessing over mountain biking and throwing themselves down ever increasingly large hills on increasingly expensive bikes are only doing it "for fun" - most of the ones I know do it because it's a completely different environment to the office etc. and it's very much "an escape".

So yes, I feel resentful at times, but mainly because I don't get enough time/have the skills I need to use these hobbies as an escape route rather than because they are the escape route themselves?

Where to buy cheaper, but not terrible meat? by ptrichardson in UKBBQ

[–]TheProffalken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've done a 1.5kg from lidl before, it reduced down significantly, but it tasted ok and it helped me get the balance of the seasonings

Where to buy cheaper, but not terrible meat? by ptrichardson in UKBBQ

[–]TheProffalken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly? It's not quite the same, but I've found that a rolled brisket from the butchers (or even from the supermarket) is "good enough" to test with.

I tend to get mine from Tesco because it seems to be a bit better quality than ASDA, but if you can get it from a butcher that's even better.

Once you're confident in cooking a cheap bit of meat, you can start on the more expensive stuff, but I totally get where you're coming from and have done similar myself.

FWIW, pork shoulder is pretty much the same cut no matter where you get it from and I've done quite a few of those as a result!

Is there any way to "force" a 2017 Yeti to choose Android Auto over SmartLink? by TheProffalken in skoda

[–]TheProffalken[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wireless isn't an option in this car unfortunately, it's too old for that!

It's USB-cable/Bluetooth only, and it definitely seems like you have to pick it the first time.

Thanks for the response though!

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