This week mine was homemade soda. Fermented sodas, citric acid + bicarbonate sodas, different juices and flavors like lime + lemon + cherry and pomegranate or mango peach or cola (homemade knock off)
This week: my depression.
Next week: probably the same.
The all too relatable negative feedback loop of self obsession whose only function seems to be to make me increasingly more depressed until the heat death of the universe. I’d say thank goodness for drugs except sometimes they make it even worse…
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Have you made Sima yet?
https://scandicuisine.com/finnish-mead/
It’s a spring drink, but it is very tasty.
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My hyper focus is on a rotating cycle it seems, and I just switched from Mac to PC. And then I found this place. So I’ve been obsessing over FOSS alternatives to daily tools. Some of this list is obvious, but I had taken a break from experimenting with FOSS for a while due to work and the fact that a lot of FOSS products are harder for me to use. So I’m just seeing how much things have improved for my needs at least.
- Reddit -> Lemmy
- Twitter -> Mastodon
- Discord -> Revolt (I can’t get signing up to work, but I hear good things?)
- Spotify -> Nuclear
- GitHub -> Codeberg
- Serenade.ai for programming by voice (GREAT for pacing and working at the same time)
- Microsoft Project - currently looking for something better than Project Libre UX wise
Omg thanks for giving me a safe space to word vomit. I needed that. 😭
Stat Wars lore. I’ve been listening to so many playlists breaking down the history, politics, and economics of the SW universe.
Fountain pens and the band Talking Heads.
@Thrillhouse @xkforce if you look at talking heads lyrics through a lens of autism it grooves harder. I feel seen by David Byrne more than any other musician.
Same as it ever was, amirite?
AI. For some reason I’m looking at taking a degree on it next year like I’ll still be interested then.
As someone who studied data science up until a year ago: Consider that carefully. The whole space is moving so ridiculously fast that half the stuff you learn will be outdated in 2 years.
If you want to get a job in the field right after getting that degree, it makes sense. But if you already know how to program, learning AI stuff for 2-3 months can also get you that job. It’s quite a new field, so the requirements aren’t formalized yet. That path would probably make more sense for ADHD.
An entire fucking fantasy world that started about 4 months ago and now has evolved into a trilogy. I’ve been writing several stories of key moments working on my writing style. I’ve never written anything before.
This is why I DM. I love world crafting and having a party of PCs keeps me focused on growing the world.
Ah, a fellow ADHDM
For the past two weeks it’s been Legos. I always wanted to build big kits as a kid, but they’re way way too expensive, even for me today now that I’m making decent money. Well lo and behold, there are tons of knockoff Lego manufacturers, many of whom will just sell you 100% ripped off sets for dirt cheap. I just put the final piece on the new Rivendell set today, and I’m going to start the millennium falcon UCS here soon. Unfortunately, it’ll have to wait until my thumbs heal up from all the damage - placing tons of bricks really chews up the tips of your thumbs and index fingers
Oh there’s an online auction like eBay just for Lego bricks. Edit to say you’ve probably figured that out by now lol my bad
The damage to your digits might be due to the knockoffs. They are cheap and look like Lego, but Lego is still way ahead of them. Worth the extra money is debatable, but try grabbing even a cheaper Lego set to compare. The knockoffs haven’t figured out the tolerances and possibly also haven’t figured out the materials themselves, so pieces might take more force to place and still not sit as well.
Not at expert myself - but according to my sources including the German youtuber “Held der Steine” Lego is not the top quality brand. Sure the very cheap ones are likely worse, but e.g. the polish brand “cobi” has as far as I heard better quality (I mostly heard about the difference in colouring though).
You’d be surprised! I have a few smaller Lego sets (and I have tons of spare from childhood), and the quality of some knockoffs is basically identical to the real deal. Trust me when I say the knockoffs have figured it out in 2023. The real differentiator comes in packaging and quality control. It’s not uncommon for a set to have a few missing or incorrect bricks, which you need to order or replace from your own collection. In the end ABS is ABS and this molding tech is literally 50+ years old; there’s nothing holy about Legos process.
If you do a quick search you’ll also find tons of people complaining about sore thumbs and fingers, particularly after putting together large sets. There’s plenty to flame the knockoffs about, but this ain’t it
Job search. Wish me luck!
Damn I wish I could get this one.
I wish I could force internship applications as my hyperfocus right now. If I could pick what becomes hyperfocus (to a more specific degree) that would be a superpower.
Edit: good luck in your job search!
All things AI. I’ve been hyper focused on LLMs, and stable diffusion, to the detriment of my work… I cannot focus on anything else right now, I go to sleep thinking about it, and I wake up thinking about it. Sometimes I wish I wasn’t like this, but tbh, in the moment, I really don’t care.
Motorsport Manager. Incited a hyperfocus in me a lot like Paradox games always have.
ADHD and mental health in general. I just found out two weeks ago and now I’m binging Dr. K and whatever similar stuff youtube recommends.
I reckon it’ll be a challenge to stay mindful of all that stuff when I find something new to hyperfocus on, but at least I know in advance this time.
Embroidery. My mom just taught me the basics last week and I’m having a lot of fun and learning a lot. Here’s the little project I just finished
My current hyperfocus is managing ADHD
