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m0darn , to ADHD memes in Famous last words?

I have a buddy with adhd and he's also a musician.

He forgot he had to make a music video.

Not like he really ought to make one to market himself. He is contractually obligated to make a music video and he forgot.... well he forgot until it was just barely possible if everything went smoothly and he ran himself ragged.

m0darn , to ADHD in ADHD Life Hacks which worked for you?

On food, write the expiration date with a big magic marker as a reminder to use them.

If it's something from the freezer(and the expiry is now useless) write the date you thawed/ opened it.

m0darn , to ADHD in ADHD Life Hacks which worked for you?

If you live with someone else (who may need to open the door) put it (or a reminder) in (or on) your shoes.

m0darn , to ADHD memes in Because it takes slightly less mental energy to sit and stress than to do the thing.

I'm like this for most things except for cleaning the kitchen. It's essential to know she's counting on me, but if she's actually there I can't do anything. It could have something to do with the layout of our kitchen (she has to stand behind me if I'm washing dishes).

If she was working on something at the table I could probably ignore her and focus on cleaning, but if she's trying to clean too, I can't.

m0darn , to Canada in Who’s telling the truth about the capital gains tax? | About That

Oh I saw something in the globe yesterday about this. It's because the corporations themselves pay income tax, which is essentially reducing the capital gain at the source. The numbers don't seem to add up to me but I think I'd need an accountant to explain it.

m0darn , to Canada in Who’s telling the truth about the capital gains tax? | About That

Maybe the thought is that they were already taxed on the capital when they earned it?

Not very compelling but it's the only other reason I can think of.

m0darn , to Canada in Who’s telling the truth about the capital gains tax? | About That

I wouldn't say they closed it. They narrowed it.

m0darn , to Technology in EVs Could Last Nearly Forever—If Car Companies Let Them

Any idiot can build a bridge that stands, but it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands.

Oof.

In the defense of engineers, they are usually trying to optimize around a few more variables than ability to stand. Cost is a big one.

If a car has a warranty of 10 years, it will last 11 years.

...If it's well engineered.

m0darn , to Technology in EVs Could Last Nearly Forever—If Car Companies Let Them

I've had lots of led bulbs die. I think it's because I bought them at the dollar store.

m0darn , (edited ) to Canada in Canadian Home Prices "Need" To Be High To Pay For Retirements: PM - Better Dwelling

I'm a millenial home owner, that would not really mind seeing a radical adjustment of housing prices. (Because I want my friends to be able to own their homes)

Unfortunately, I think Trudeau's right.

GenX spent their entire lives trying to catch up with the boomers. Boomers got great careers and big houses in the city, lost a bunch of money in the dotcom bubble, and lost a bunch of money in 2008, but were mostly okay.

GenX got mediocre careers (less manufacturing, more outsourcing by the time they entered the work force) more competition for existing jobs (women now expected to work too). They got houses in the suburbs and had long commutes. While Boomers lost money in dotcom and 2008, GenX lost jobs. The Boomers won't retire from the cushy management jobs so GenX is stuck in middle management.

Now that Boomers are finally retiring GenX feels it is time to get PAID!

They don't have the penions that the Boomers got, but their suburban houses are a lot closer to the city than anything that's being built these days. They're depending on that value to retire.

These millenial upstarts want to pull the rug out from under them? There would be blood in the streets.

Just my impression though, idk.

m0darn , to Canada in Ontario mom pulls Jewish daughter out of high school after antisemitic 'culture' event

I think you're seriously overestimating the population's geographical competency.

m0darn , to Canada in Ontario mom pulls Jewish daughter out of high school after antisemitic 'culture' event

Everyone should have a basic grasp of the issues and I would argue that being a teacher in any subject elevates that from "should" to "must."

But a basic understanding of the Israel/ Palestine conflict doesn't include being able to recognize the borders of Israel/Palestine from a child's art project.

m0darn , to Canada in Ontario mom pulls Jewish daughter out of high school after antisemitic 'culture' event

It does sound like the student is witnessing calls for the elimination of Israel, which is (in my opinion) way too close to calls for genocide to be tolerated in a school. I'm not sure an art teacher can be faulted for not understanding the geography and history of the conflict well enough to recognize that the map is showing a Palestine displacing Israel, and the students that made the map probably don't understand that depicting Palestine displacing Israel is (I believe) reasonably understood as a call to genocide.

I'm not sure what the school can reasonably do.

m0darn , to Canada in Philanthropist who gave $30M to U Manitoba condemns 'hateful' valedictory speech, university for allowing it

Here's what I think is the relevant part of the video, sorry about the source.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Winnipeg/comments/1cubttt/university_of_manitobas_2024_medical_school/

...disparaged Jewish people as a whole...

No, laughably no. It's possible to disagree with the speech's characterization of Israel's actions in Gaza, specifically whether or not they are intentionally targeting hospitals and whether or not they are committing genocide. But to say that the speech disparaged Jewish people as a whole is just factually wrong. It also feeds into some really wrong and anti Semitic tropes of Jewish control of the media etc. Really bad call by Rady.

m0darn , to Technology in Semiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan can remotely disable their chip-making machines in the event of a Chinese invasion.

(...) and would accomplish . . . what exactly?

It would move China's adversary further from its shores. Just like how America doesn't like Cuba being right there, with its rival politico- economic system, China doesn't like Taiwan being right there with its rival politico- economic system.

China wants TSMC

I agree that they want TSMC, but I think Taiwan's semi conductor disablement plan has more to do with guaranteeing international support for Taiwan than reducing the incentives for Chinese annexation of Taiwan.

What I mean is that Beijing can't say to the world "this is an internal disagreement that doesn't concern you" because if TSMC goes up in smoke the global economy is going to bottom out, it concerns everybody's economy. The fact that Beijing can't just seamlessly assume control of Taiwan means that the international community will not support that ambition. It's like Real Politik, but with semiconductors.

Ironically USA initiatives to protect itself from the vulnerability of Taiwan by (re?)patriating chip production will be bad for Taiwan's security... if they ever actually manage to rival TSMC's Taiwanese production. I say this because it will demote the conflict from one of global interest to just regional interest.

But that's all just my arm chair speculation, I don't actually have any idea what I'm talking about.

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