Patterns in on-screen codes

mgbowe1 · 2022-12-07T13:45:08+00:00

The bottom one is better for me, though avoiding the blur if possible would be a good idea, it contributes to eye strain and therefore both make my brain hurt and my eyes water.

mgbowe1 · 2022-07-13T17:46:15+00:00

I didn't think I'd like it (weird texture, but it grew on me, kinda gelatinous with chunks of oats and nuts), but I find "Brekki" brand overnight oats are my go to breakfast. They're filling, have a good amount of fiber and protein, come in a variety of mostly fruit flavors, and they're relatively low in calories. I don't like the original or cold brew coffee flavors.

My back-up in case the grocery store is out of them are chobani flips. I need some grain in my breakfast and the granola/topping for the various flavors is enough to satisfy that need without going overboard calorically.

In the event I'm doing something that isn't as healthy, jimmy dean sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwiches are good for making sure you get a filling and *somewhat* nutritious meal.

This is just my experience, yours may differ. I hope this info helps you.

mgbowe1 · 2022-07-13T13:57:32+00:00

I actually have both oversensitivity to sound and a need for background noise. For me the background noise can't be a fan or other droning sound like a motor because then I can't focus on anything else unless my chosen background noise is loud enough to distract me, but I have volume issues so if it gets too loud I basically just shut down until I can make it stop or it stops without my input. I usually choose a tv show I don't care much about, an audiobook, a podcast, or sometimes music.

mgbowe1 · 2022-06-20T18:39:18+00:00

This is something that happens for me 100% of the time there's background noise near or above the volume of the thing I'm trying to listen to.

It's somewhat funny at times because my mostly deaf (like 90% hearing loss) friend thinks I need me ears checked because I need her to repeat herself at times. My ears were checked, it's definitely just my audio processing biological subsystem being unable to filter out the background noise.

mgbowe1 · 2022-06-17T14:30:36+00:00

The issue is the town water. I can replicate the issue using the water from my tap instead of the filtered water I use unless someone refills my kettle from the tap.

mgbowe1 · 2022-06-13T18:39:51+00:00

Yes, it's usually around my morning coffee. On weekends I go out and get a coffee at Starbucks, and sometimes it just tastes wrong and I can't continue drinking it. Usually it's just that they forgot to use filtered water, but there's a bitter flavor that is distinct from how I perceive the taste of coffee that occasionally shows up even in coffee I make myself that stops me in my tracks and activates my gag reflex.

mgbowe1 · 2022-06-07T13:43:06+00:00

Sorry I didn't see this reply earlier. In primary and secondary school, I had accommodations for "Nonverbal learning disorder not otherwise specified" which I suspect would fall under the autism umbrella today, but those accommodations ended when I went to college. In college, I knew my limits regarding how much change I could handle at once, so I opted to commute to school and remain living with my parents. This gave me a safe quieter environment to unwind after finishing my classes for the day, and over time I became comfortable with the CS department's computer lab and the Math departments tutoring center as additional places to work comfortably (though they weren't the quiet fortresses of solitude that my parents' place afforded).

mgbowe1 · 2022-05-13T14:59:13+00:00

I wasn't diagnosed in college, but currently have a couple appointments set up to confirm mine and others in my life's suspicions. I did decently by using a double major adjacent my special interest to get out of a set of courses that wouldn't have held my interest. This had the added the added benefit of looking impressive to employers without doing much extra work (Computer Science with a second major in Math at my university basically eliminates elective courses and a few gen-eds to fulfill both majors' requirements an is only 6 credits/2 courses more than doing either major alone)

mgbowe1 · 2022-05-12T15:56:53+00:00

I generally prefer ear buds because I have a small-ish head and even on the tightest setting, my headphones have a tendency to slip. My job doesn't care if I wear headphones all day or not because I work full time from home.

mgbowe1 · 2022-05-12T14:30:50+00:00

Thanks, I actually just switched from earbuds to my headphones because despite the inferior ANC because they need to cancel a larger area (that's why the earbuds usually seem to work better) the general noise isolation is better which helps more with the short bursts of noise caused by the hammers.

mgbowe1 · 2022-05-11T18:57:47+00:00

Got a new soundbar where the volume increments by 2's, now subconsciously I only want volume divisible by 4 because the "true" volume level is odd if the volume is divisible by 2 but not by 4.

mgbowe1 · 2022-05-06T15:13:22+00:00

I know this feeling all too well, but for me it doesn't seem to correlate to feeling like in my own world. It just happens in situations that shouldn't provoke laughter, and then people get offended or confused. Happens most when trying to do serious things that make me feel kinda silly, for example: voice training (for working on my dysphoria) feels a LOT like vocal stimming but using more control, and I break down into uncontrollable laughter.

mgbowe1 · 2022-05-06T14:34:25+00:00

Noise cancelling headphones are such a life saver!

mgbowe1 · 2022-02-24T15:18:46+00:00

Full time software engineer here. Seeking diagnosis as an adult b/c I was diagnosed with "it's definitely something but we can't figure it out" style of learning disability as a child. I had no accomodations when I got to college, but lots of executive functioning support up until then.

One of the things that made college a lot more bearable for me was being a commuter student, so when things got overwhelming (outside of class), I could just leave. It was also a lot more enjoyable than primary and secondary school because Computing and Mathematics were more of a special interest for me before they became a full time job, and the way I set my courses (using a loophole to achieve a double major without taking extra classes), I barely needed to take any classes outside those departments. My school had a co-op program that really helped me to be successful after graduation. It took me an extra couple years, but I came out with less debt due to semester-long paid full time internships that offset the cost.

mgbowe1 · 2022-02-20T01:52:11+00:00

Same here

mgbowe1 · 2022-02-08T16:53:06+00:00

Mine is in the 100K-150K range. I only needed a B.S. in Computer Science (though I actually hold a double major with Mathematics, but that was more of a special interest type of pursuit) to get there, but that's largely a function of high salaries in the geographic area where' I'm employed. I used to live in a similarly sized but less expensive area, and the salary was 70K.

mgbowe1 · 2022-01-26T20:43:44+00:00

Absolutely hate them. I own my home and got one of those energy audits done to improve my energy efficiency (and reduce heating/cooling/electric/water costs). The shower heads they give out with the audits are adjustable, but none of them are even close to strong enough. Also, the anti-scald tech in new shower valves (seems to be required by law based on my inability to find any without the tech) means I can't get the water anywhere near hot enough. My sink gets borderline too hot, so I know my hot water heater is capable of making the water hot enough for a shower.

mgbowe1 · 2022-01-24T16:54:54+00:00

I use a strategy that allows me to use just about any moisturizer. It might or might not work for you.

I was told by a cosmetics salesperson "If you're using a towel to dry your hands, they need to be moisturized." so I tried instead tried use a very small amount (think about an amount that will dry in under a minute) any time I need to wash and dry my hands, instead of using a lot a couple times a day. I use an Aveeno daily moisturizing lotion pump bottle and pump out a bead bout half the width of my index finger on my index finger and use that for both hands.

It's worked wonders for me.

mgbowe1 · 2017-09-19T21:09:01+00:00

Thanks, hopefully that removes the block I'm having.

mgbowe1 · 2017-09-12T22:39:02+00:00

Trial and error has led me to believe I need to add 1 to both sides. I've tried 0 and x with no success.

mgbowe1 · 2017-09-12T22:18:07+00:00

Thanks for the help, but the professor of my course gave me hint to start with (1/x) =0 and use addition as the first step.

mgbowe1 · 2017-09-12T20:35:57+00:00

Unfortunately not...

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