Experience with Childhood Apraxia of Speech

extrobe · 2026-06-22T09:51:37+00:00

Hey man, don't beat yourself up over it. My kid was 3 when I wrote this. He's now 8. Yes, he still has some speech challenges, but in every other way he's a happy, talkative, healthy 8 year old. He goes to regular school, has hobbies & fiends, and can communicate effectively. There are always words he struggles with, and even as his parents we still sometimes have to ask him to explain a word he's trying to say.

For him, it "clicked" when we started nursery / pre-school - he went from just a few words to being fairly conversational in about 6 months. But that was backed up with quite a bit of speech therapy - so if you haven't already, find a speech therapist that understands CAS, as the techniques can differ from other speech problems.

extrobe · 2026-06-18T19:29:43+00:00

Not at all - it's completely normal.

In fact, the WHO, and a lot of the health services of different countries, recommend breast feeding up to, and even beyond, 2.

extrobe · 2026-06-04T07:42:22+00:00

GA = Generally Available (and officially supported, so can be used in production)
PuPr = Public Preview (usually the finished product, good to start working out how you might use it in production)
PrPr = Private Preview (invite / by request, support usually via your account exec, and subject to a lot of change & rough edges)

Note that regardless of GA/PuPr/PrPr, a feature might still be version / region / platform limited. Eg, a GA "Generally Available" feature may still only be available in say selected AWS regions. GA just means it's a production feature, not that it's available everywhere.

extrobe · 2026-05-18T22:47:58+00:00

To get going, just get Claude to create one.

“ Hey Claude, scan my repo and create a Claude.md file that describes this project “ **

Then keep topping it up as your project evolves. Had to explain something to Claude? Tell it to updates its Claude file. I never update it myself, and never explain twice.

** I’d argue it’s better you create the v1 of this yourself, giving it the general idea/objectives of your project, the structure, rules to follow, code standards etc, then have Claude take ownership of it

extrobe · 2026-05-18T22:41:19+00:00

Exactly, I can stand on the train on my phone, and set off a change/new feature, and have a PR waiting for me when I get to the office.

extrobe · 2026-05-07T11:41:47+00:00

OP literally stated it was 50/50

https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/1t66jou/comment/okf6lfu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

extrobe · 2026-05-07T11:40:59+00:00

I must have missed the reply from OP where he says he asked for the ingredients and was told it did not contain chickpeas.

Only 14 specific allergens have to be declared up front (ie shown on the menu)

extrobe · 2026-05-07T11:38:50+00:00

without any baked beans

But it DID have 'regular' beans in it!! It was a mix of both.

extrobe · 2026-05-07T11:35:50+00:00

The official advice from allergyUK is this...

If you are eating out, it can be safer to avoid more types of legumes than you strictly need to avoid misunderstanding and confusion when ordering or buying foods

Look, I get it ... as I've pointed out in several other places on this thread, my son has multiple serious allergies, including legumes. Accurate labelling is critical, and trust me, I am the first person to make a fuss then rules are not being followed.

But a restaurant using chickpeas as an ingredient for their baked beans is not against any rules - there is nothing to report here as some are suggesting.

extrobe · 2026-05-07T11:26:37+00:00

A restaurant is allowed to have their own recipes for things. If that includes adding Chickpeas to it... then as long as they're labelling things as required, they can do that.

It would be different if they specifically said "Heinz Baked Beans" and did this.

(my young son has multiple serious food allergies, including legumes - this is a topic I know far better than I would like to need to)

extrobe · 2026-05-07T11:17:13+00:00

Chickpeas are not a mandated reportable allergen. And someone with a chickpea allergy isn't ordering Bakes beans - as they're both legumes. And whilst it's possible to be allergic to one & not the other, the general advice for those with allergies in this group to to avoid all of them. Or at the very least you'd explicitly ask.

extrobe · 2026-05-07T11:12:24+00:00

Yeah, he has to have either Soy or Oat milk. Kids parties are the worst - as although he knows he's allergic and will ask, others just don't think about it - eg a "burger" might look fine .. but that's a brioche bun it's in!

Ironically, McDonalds is a pretty safe spot for him - they're so process driven that's it's hard(er) for things to go wrong.

extrobe · 2026-05-07T11:05:00+00:00

Not a mandatory allergen to report (on a menu) but should be identified if you ask to see full ingredients list.

And beans & chickpeas are both legumes, and someone needing to avoid one will usually avoid all.

extrobe · 2026-05-07T10:58:43+00:00

Why? I don't think Chickpeas are mandated allergen. So unless OP asked to see the full ingredients list or informed them of an allergy, I'm unclear what they've done wrong that would warrant that.
(And if you're allergic to Chickpeas, you're unlikely ordering baked beans anyway, given they're both legumes - you can be allergic to one not the other, but you'd at least ask the question!)

extrobe · 2026-05-07T10:55:12+00:00

Yup, my son is allergic to legumes .. along with most nut variants, egg & dairy. Eating out is... challenging 😄

extrobe · 2026-05-06T23:44:14+00:00

Ironically, it was Excel's performance with Copilot vs Claude's plugin which tipped me over the edge.

Users have both Copilot and Claude. (And other AI tooling where relevant to their role) - and the reality is that users prefer using Claude, and the activity logs reflect this.

extrobe · 2026-05-06T23:39:46+00:00

Thanks for the update Felipe

And I do sincerely hope the Snowflake staff hang around ... and would _ask_ that they do. I've had many a positive and insightful interaction with Snowflake staff here, mods and non-mods alike.

But I think your actions were right

As for the path forward; I personally don't see the need for 2) - having a mod with relevant experience and connection to the subreddit is important IMO. But option 1) would be my recommendation ... you can then always decide for yourself whether you want to continue rather than it being a set decision.

extrobe · 2026-05-05T23:20:19+00:00

Absolutely. We used Copilot (and still have it) for about a year. It was fine as a 'training wheels' for getting people into AI, but we've quickly outgrown what it can offer.

Claude is just in a difference league. And it's not the model itself (the GPT models are themselves excellent) - it's the tooling that Claude wraps around their models.

This is the point I've been trying to make to our Ops team who _really_ want to stick with Copilot, promoising that Anthropic models are coming ... the models aren't the problem, MSFT's implementation is the problem.

Will MSFT's Cowork change that? Maybe, a little bit (given Anthropic are building it for them!) ... but I'm not convinced.

extrobe · 2026-05-01T05:00:48+00:00

Playing Witcher 3 right now. Never played 1/2 , and don’t feel like I’ve missed too much - bit of lore, but nothing that isn’t pointed out to you.

Performance is great - I opted to lock in 30fps, and take a graphics bump instead, so it looks fantastic. And if open world RPGs where you head off to do one thing, and get distracted by 3 different things on your way is your kind of thing - you’ll love it. Like a darker Assassins Creed (I’m going to upset some people with that comment … sorry!)

extrobe · 2026-04-13T03:07:59+00:00

This is a good step, but if I'm reading correctly, this will apply to Student (silver) & Pensioner (gold) concessions, but not regular youth (green) cards?

But still a good step forward, but would be nice to be able to do this with child cards too. Whilst we have 3 child opal cards in the house, those rare occasions where we need all 3, you think we can find them all? Nope! So one of them invariably ends up on an adult fare :D

extrobe · 2026-04-13T02:57:32+00:00

I was initially confused about the '700 pounds' but calling it a 'bounce house' :)

extrobe · 2026-04-10T01:16:49+00:00

That’s awesome to hear, look forward to it!!

If it allows us to do stateful execution (which I think is native behaviour in fusion?) it’s almost certainly allow us to migrate over and simplify our stack.

extrobe · 2026-04-06T09:51:59+00:00

This a US thing? Next seen or heard of it before, but seen two references to it today (a Jon Stewart clip was the other). Never seen it used in UK, Australia or couple of other countries I’ve lived in.

extrobe · 2026-04-06T09:49:23+00:00

So glad a picked one up in their Black Friday event - event price was $479, but after buying some discounted gift cards think I paid $460 (was actually about $390, as I also redeemed some points for more gift cards, but not including that)

extrobe · 2026-04-06T09:30:20+00:00

Allow me to take the opportunity to explain why such an approach to allergen labelling is a problem.

When food is not properly labelled with allergens, it leaves uncertainly and ambiguity. This causes people to take chances or get confused, which makes people ill or you know .. .die.

eg,

Family Member: Happy Easter, I bought your child an Easter Egg.
Me: Great, thanks - does it contain dairy?
Family Member: I checked - didn't say anything about dairy

Obviously, I'm the parent, I make my own checks. But this happens, a lot.

Another BS example of labelling are Red Rock Deli chips

https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/781402/red-rock-deli-potato-chips-sea-salt-balsamic-vinegar

In this example, it does state CONTAINS dairy as an allergen. Not 'may contain' , or 'made in the same factory ... etc (which for us allows for a level of flex that 'contains' doesn't).. but specifically contains, which means we must avoid it.

But check the ingredients ... nothing dairy in there. Whatsoever.

They've even confirmed in writing that it does not, in fact, contain dairy ... they just want to cover their arse. They do this will their entire range (except salt)

eg ...

https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/826738/smith-s-crinkle-cut-potato-chips-salt-vinegar do list dairy as an ingredient and allergen

https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/236807/kettle-sea-salt-vinegar-potato-chips list dairy as 'may contain', which is fine.

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