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Forget allergies, that's just straight up toxic.

I can't even drink anything because I'm literally allergic to alcohol. Any alcohol.

The only reson I can think of to want integrated graphics is because you have 5 monitors and graphics cards generally only have 4 outputs, but if that's not the case, you should be fine without.

I thought this too at one point, and I deeply regret it. Having an integrated GPU can make many things much easier. Such as using the video encoder/decoder on the CPU while leaving the deducted GPU alone to do other things, like rendering a game.

But it also opens up 2nd hand use cases too. I can't use my current CPU in another system as efficiently as I would want once I upgrade.

And CPU's without an integrated GPU are few and far between ones with an integrated GPU. There's no real benefit in going out of your way to get one.

How can I downvote you multiple times?

You're entitled to think that, but most people speak well of me everywhere I've worked. Probably the negative thing is that I joke too much. But that's probably awful for you to deal with.

Edit: I've actually brought down the fire on someone who was verbally abusing others, but even then I took the diplomatic approach because I know that person was severely sleep deprived from having a newborn. What I actually did is advocate for them to have a paid week off of work. They were a completely different person afterwards.

Edit: somehow the word "newborn" posted as just "n"

Yes, but they (the maintainers) are working through the issue now.

I'm not sure what you think "disrespectful" means. Morning Linus wrote is "disrespectful", in fact, he mentioned that he respected the maintainers technical abilities. Voicing your opinion and calling out someone when they are wrong isn't disrespectful.

They don't have to be level-headed, they just need to be able to work through issues. Which is happening.

It's better for people who work together to say what's on their mind while having respect for each other, than smiling nicely and thinking badly of each other.

Are ~~kids~~ people getting ADHD because they didn’t sleep well? Or is poor sleep hygiene an early indicator of ADHD?

The research shows that poor sleep hygiene can be a trigger for ADHD related symptoms. Poor sleep hygiene is not the same as "didn't sleep well". Poor sleep hygiene is not going to bed at an appropriate time, going to bed at wildly different times each night, blue light exposure within 2 hours of bedtime, etc.

The ages of 0 - 4 years are the most crucial for brain development. It's why newborns sleep several times a day. The brain hasn't finished forming by the time they are born. Even at the age of 3, kids are still napping mid-day. And those naps are extremely critical for healthy brain development.

So without good sleep hygiene, it can stunt brain development in a way that results in ADHD, or ADHD like symptoms.

Lots of people with ADHD have poor sleep hygiene, even as adults. Many will struggle with things like Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, because they get their biggest bursts of focus late at night when everyone else is asleep, the brain is releasing dopamine to keep them awake, and distractions are limited.

I have ADHD and DSPS. The reason people with DSPS feel awake at night is due to an issue with melatonin production. The brain doesn't release melatonin normally (or at all) so the natural "feeling sleepy" signal never comes. I take prescription tryptophan and I've never slept better in my life. My "natural" sleep time in 2/3am and waking up is 10/11am. But with tryptophan I can have a "normal" sleep schedule.

And that's another interesting thing. Kids diagnosed with ADHD can see improved outcomes when they are given tryptophan to help regulate sleep.

Btw, if you're wondering. Tryptophan is an amino acid, and you can get it in pills that have medically measured doses. Why not just take melatonin? Well tryptophan metabolizes into melatonin and serotonin. It's a guaranteed way to get melatonin.

Off the shelf melatonin pills aren't regulated with dosages the same way. In fact, a pill in a 10mg melatonin bottle might only have 1mg of melatonin or even 15mg. They aren't reliable, and the other issue is that melatonin tends to not be bioavailable enough to work reliably. Tryptophan is very bioavailable. It's the stuff in turkey that makes people sleepy after eating it.

Edit: grammar

Like the rise in ADHD and Autism diagnosis... There isn't more cases, just diagnosis got better or more available.

It's both.

We're finding that even things like microplastics are causing changes that's not fully understood. There's even a recent study that links an increase in histamine to worsened ADHD symptoms.

And then there are things like poor sleep hygiene when very young can trigger a development of ADHD later on.

Yes, we absolutely do.

For example: it's illegal for any company to request any PII when doing a return for a product, unless explicitly required to facilitate the return. For example, if someone needs to come to your place to pick up the return then requesting your address is within reason.

But if you bring the product back to the store, and have the receipt and payment method (debit/credit card) then it is illegal for them to refuse to process the return if you decline giving out your name, phone number, email address, home address, or any other PII.

Canadian Tire had a few lawsuits within the past decade regarding exactly that.

Stores still regularly insist on it saying "it's store policy and they can't return the item unless I give that info", but I flat out tell them what they just asked is illegal under Canadian privacy laws and their tune quickly changes.

It's time that Europe remembers what war is

You mean the place that's still finding mines from WW2 in farmers fields?