Acronyms vs Initialisms

No one is going to try pronounce Fbi, it’s awkward.

There are terms that bridge the Acronym/Initialism divide. SQL-Sequel, URL-Earl and GUI-Gooey are some that come up fairly regularly in my line of work.

The bottom line is; Language is used to communicate concepts. We are lazy and do it as efficiently as we can get away with. The rules have changed a LOT to get us where we are today. It would be blind hubris to think the change will stop just because we don’t like it.

My partner has been very bullish on India’s economy in the future. I think the EU is proving her right.

I dunno man.

Company: Here’s a change.

Users: This sucks!

Company: Ok, let’s roll that back.

If the company were Apple, the change would stick. If it were Microsoft, the change would be rolled back for 2 weeks and then quietly re added.

That is still my favourite internet.

No to self defence. You learning self defence will only provoke a stronger response from the guys who will go up to and beyond killing you, and may call in actual military support if required.

Civil disobedience feels like a better approach. Forming human walls, information networks and rapid support responses slow and mitigate attacks on your community.

Applying pressure to your representatives also can help.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210813-the-reasons-humans-started-kissing

I was looking for something about sharing antibodies or something to do with disease resistance, but it’s not listed in the article

Waow, look at all the money we saved with layoffs. Buy our stock!

Waow, look at all the growth we’re experiencing, we have to hire more developers. Buy our stock!

Of course, not all the companies survive and now there’s decreased competition, so we can shove prices up a little bit further

Literally me.

I’m nearly 40 and the world they are facing is so different to what I experienced that I don’t know if any advice I could give would even make sense.

Don’t suffer fools, I guess. Life is too short to put up with people who don’t, won’t or can’t respect you. You don’t have to make it a big deal, in fact that might be the wrong move if you’re dealing with a narcissist. Instead become uninteresting when interacting with them. The Grey Rock technique.

Show support, if you can! (And if the project is still active)

https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer

Came here to say this.

It’s an Executive Function Disorder.

Task Initiation is an Executive Function that is impacted by ADHD.

I know some of my friends don’t understand how I can have all my ducks in a row, the task is simple the consequences for not doing it are severe, and yet I don’t just do it. It just doesn’t make sense to them.

Difficultly with visualising the steps to complete a process is an ADHD symptom.

Finding it easier to stay on-task with someone else in the room is called ‘body-doubling’ and is an adhd coping strategy.

If your therapist hasn’t sent you for a ~4 hour dedicated assessment, they can’t say you do or do not have adhd.

My therapist was like; “Maybe adhd, but not autism.” I 100% have both.
So get a second opinion.

.shE haS dieD heR haiR reD

PAYNE!!! You gotta help meeee!

…Ok. But only because it’ll fuck with Vlad.

No Bi/Pan guys, I subscribe to harmful stereotypes of Bi/Pan dudes being greedy or overly promiscuous.

Self raising?

Sprinkle some flower petals around your zipper

It’s straight out of the National Socialist playbook.

Then think about “Pizzagate”

That won’t fix the 10d10 Pride Damage