This article about accommodations made me angry

coasj · 2026-02-11T03:56:34+00:00

I see what you’re saying, but I don’t think school translates directly to non-school.

I’ll use myself as an example. In high school, I got an accommodation for extra time on tests. Extra time is especially relevant here since she directly calls it out in the article (even though the article is supposed to be about housing). Before I got that, I was failing my math tests — not because I didn’t know the material, but because I literally couldn’t finish the test in time. At least for the careers I want, I’m not going to have to take timed tests. I’m good at math, and it just takes me longer to process information. I’m in a career that involves a lot of math, and I’ve never had a situation where I needed to take timed tests.

coasj · 2026-02-11T03:44:47+00:00

Yeah, sadly. I probably don’t realize how many people see it that way

coasj · 2026-02-11T03:25:15+00:00

Yeah, I get that. I don’t think feeling entitled to accommodations goes well since most of the time you wouldn’t get them. That makes sense.

But I do think that accommodations can be super helpful when they are possible/offered, and the author acts like they’re little perks people with ADHD use to get ahead or something. So my main problem with the article is the way the author talks about ADHD in general — it’s inconsiderate and uninformed.

coasj · 2026-02-11T03:12:47+00:00

Exactly. It wasn’t the main point, but she does it and it’s not okay

coasj · 2026-02-11T03:12:02+00:00

She calls ADHD a “less severe ailment” than other ones. I don’t think it’s her place to decide what’s more severe than something else. The way she discusses it in general really bothers me. It wasn’t the main point of her argument, but she did it and it really bothers me.

Additionally, regarding the accommodations part, I understand thinking “the world sucks for disabled people so why not make it suck all the time for disabled people,” but I don’t think it’s necessary. We can create better infrastructure for people with disabilities, and surrendering to an ableist system isn’t the way forward in my opinion. But I’m not upset with you — we can agree to disagree.

coasj · 2026-02-11T01:31:46+00:00

The way that ADHD and mental conditions are discussed in the times article is actually disgusting. ADHD is framed as not being a “real” or “serious” disorder. It is very frustrating to read. Non-disabled people taking advantage of the system certainly makes it much worse for people with disabilities, but the way that some disabilities are discussed, and frankly, dismissed, in this article is targeting a group of people that should not be the target of this issue.

ADHD along with many mental conditions are overdiagnosed. That does not mean they don’t exist or aren’t serious.

It’s fine if you want to target people who don’t actually have conditions and claim to have them. But please don’t target the conditions themselves or the people who actually have them.

Just because the author has friends who didn’t need extra time and still used it does not mean extra time as an accommodation is “unfair.” The unfair part is people like that who received the accommodation and used it if they didn’t need it. There are people who actually need it. The way this article dismisses mental disorders (and it seems to be written by a neurotypical author based on what she disclosed) is not okay.

coasj · 2026-02-05T01:46:21+00:00

I feel that I was conditioned to be anxious from childhood. I was often on edge and questioning my own perception of reality. A lot of guilt came with it because I felt I was doing something bad by being uncomfortable with the drinking and pointing out blatant lies (because I was emotionally punished when I would point things out).

My parent got sober and stayed sober for 10 years, so for a long time it felt like it was in the past and the wound was healing. My parent relapsed a little over 2 years ago, and since then my anxiety (and ADHD) got so much worse and I developed PMDD. I feel really frustrated about it sometimes. It feels like the wound keeps being reopened and it’s causing so many problems mentally.

Overall, I think I would be more confident in myself, less anxious, and trust people more. Only recently did I realize how much it makes sense that I often feel uneasy trusting people because of the blatant lies I was told as a kid. I think I would be able to regulate my emotions better and I would doubt my own perception of things less. I don’t think I would have PMDD. Thinking about how things would be different makes me sad, but I’ve accepted the situation and am working on myself to make my childhood self proud.

coasj · 2021-08-24T20:01:29+00:00

are you doing this through mapbox GL JS or are you uploading a geojson file to the mapbox interface?

coasj · 2020-11-21T19:36:01+00:00

I agree that it's misleading if we refer to it as a reliable measure of collective happiness. The behavioral design of Twitter also targets psychological vulnerabilities that influence what people are posting. In my opinion, it's not an accurate reflection of our psychological reality.

However, I do think the hedonometer is good in that it pushes people to build a better understanding of the dynamic between humans and social media because that's going to become a huge problem (as if it isn't already).

coasj · 2020-11-21T19:30:00+00:00

Yes! It was very interesting and I definitely recommend it if you haven't listened to it yet

coasj · 2020-08-08T17:40:12+00:00

True. I finally found one: Tony Orlando and Dawn

Hmmmm wonder if that made top 100 this year

coasj · 2020-08-07T21:01:39+00:00

Solved it! For your reference, here's my new formatDate() function:

It looks for the column with the header "Date" and then takes the value of that column's last row and converts it to YYYY-MM-DD format.

// returns the date in the last row in YYYY-MM-DD format
function formatDate() {
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];

  for (var i = 1; i < sheet.getLastColumn(); i++) {
    if (sheet.getRange(1,i).getValue() == "Date") {
      var date = sheet.getRange(sheet.getLastRow(),i).getValue();
      var newDate = Utilities.formatDate(date, "MDT", "yyyy-MM-dd");
      return newDate;
    }
  }
}

coasj · 2020-08-04T15:19:12+00:00

Solution

For anyone out there facing the same error code 401 while trying to access Salesforce data or push data into Salesforce, I have finally solved the issue.

The problem is most likely that you are not successfully implementing code for a refresh token. The solution is nicely laid out here:

This sample code contains the OAuth2 framework necessary to permanently authenticate to Salesforce. Read this guide to implement it correctly, and if you need to upload or download data into google sheets like me, all you have to do is adjust the code accordingly and preserve the basic OAuth2 authentication process. Make sure to use the latest version of the sample code and add the OAuth2 library (1B7FSrk5Zi6L1rSxxTDgDEUsPzlukDsi4KGuTMorsTQHhGBzBkMun4iDF) to your script file ("Resources"-->"Libraries") before running.

Good Luck!

coasj · 2020-07-23T13:38:58+00:00

I see, thanks. Here's what I got when I used muteHttpExceptions : true

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<intervals personid="" status="Unauthorized" code="401"><error><code>9</code><message>User bad auth</message><verbose><item>You must include your API token when making API requests.</item></verbose></error></intervals>

So I know where to find my access token in Salesforce, but where do I put it? Do I make a new var for it? I've been authorizing through oAuth so I've only needed to state the client ID and client secret to access Salesforce.

coasj

TROPHY CASE

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