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icetigris said: what the fuck law makes it illegal for Syrians to learn physics

snarky-yet-true answer: a dumb law

less-snarky-but-still-accurate answer: you can’t export goods or services with “potential military applications” to a set of countries that the US is sanctioning

and around 2013ish-2014ish the fed made it very clear that online / distance learning courses teaching astrophysics, cryptography, etc, fell under the definition of “services”, and thus Either Block Them Or Get Ready To Hire Some Expensive Fucking Lawyers

here’s a random relevant article on it, about a different company that was similarly affected by The Law

#icetigris #i was... extremely not pleased #information wants to be free etc

Do you know who Canadian citizens living abroad can contact in the government to affect change? I want Canada to follow the EU's lead and start working on protecting American citizens from FATCA/citizenship-based taxation. I'm a dual citizen, so I'd have to file and pay taxes to the US even if I emigrate. Canada cooperates in enforcing FATCA, so banks are required to send all financial data from US ppl back to the IRS. It's complicated and only effects expats. My US reps have been no help so far

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enchanted pure

!!!!!! you are sweet and good thanks ice

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@icetigris replied to your post “@spacehussy replied to your post “Well, we finally got the insurance...”

I just got my ADHD diagnosis and Adderall XR a couple of months ago. Nobody thought anything was wrong with me until everything festered into depression. I was on meds for anxiety and depression for YEARS, which didn't treat the underlying problem. Wasn't till I saw ADHD bingo and similar posts on this hell site that I was like hm...maybe I have this... After going on Adderall, I’ve found that my anxiety has mostly vanished because it was due to not being able to get shit done. The only exception is when I have coffee in addition to the Adderall, and then I’m down for a Bad Time.

Apparently my psychiatrist had been circling around the idea for a few months, but wanted to wait until he was relatively sure before we added another diagnosis and a new medication to the mix, particularly since I didn’t do well at ALL when we tried anti-anxiety medications.

And then I had a session where I spent a lot of time talking about how I always feel like I’m perpetually spinning my wheels and getting nothing done whatsoever and feeling like I can’t focus and always stalling out on projects and being so painfully aware of deadlines but procrastinating anyway and then freaking out about the procrastinating, and once I wound down he was like, “hey, can you fill this questionnaire out for me real quick?” and...BOY HOWDY, DO I EVER MEET CRITERIA.

I have a feeling I’m similar to you in that a lot of my anxiety centers around problems created by the ADHD, so hopefully the Adderall helps with that. Honestly, I’m a little more worried about how it might affect my sleep. My general mental health correlates pretty strongly to the overall quality of my sleep, and I tend to go downhill fast when my sleep isn’t decent. Or, you know, enough.

#icetigris #patho replies #fun with psychiatry #at this point in my life i need a minimum of five consecutive hours or i get real fucked up real fast #more than five is definitely preferable of course #but i can function on at least five #less than that is a no go #i'm glad adderall is working well for you though #it's nice hearing other people's success stories because it makes me feel like it might work out well for me too #:D :D :D

icetigris said: When we moved offices at my new job, nobody understood why I was so upset about having to start driving to work again. One guy specifically thought I was being an entitled brat. I had a walking commute for 3.5 years in MA, and I moved cross-country to a place within walking distance of my old office SPECIFICALLY SO I COULD KEEP WALKING TO WORK bc I hate driving. I hate LA largely bc you have to drive everywhere and nobody around me gets it.

wow, fuck that guy :/

(in general i think offices are way too dismissive of people’s preferences & feelings when it comes to office moves & commute times & stuff. like... it’s a commute you’re making every single day! it’s a place where you’re spending eight hours a day of your life! of course it’s going to have an outsize impact on your quality of life, it’s completely reasonable to have pretty strong feelings & preferences about it! so yeah i feel you orz)

#i am currently going through office move hell myself #and boy it's fun when they try to shove you in a claustrophobic office with a DOG #when you have a phobia of dogs #that sure was fun to yell about #among other things grumble #icetigris

Do you have to be a resident of Canada to get a party membership and vote in the leadership race? I'm a citizen, but I don't live there.

I’m not certain.

I think for the Conservative race voting will be down at local areas (each riding), so that might make it hard to vote if you don’t live in Canada.

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icetigris said: This is vile, disgusting, and personally offends me. I am actually enraged. “Garbage collection unit”?? Don’t make garbage perhaps???? How incompetent at memory management do you have to be to suggest literally the worst idea in the history of computing? I’m going to go to this guy’s house, revoke his PhD, and replace his car with a clown car because he is a clown and that’s all he’s allowed to drive now.

ok that clown car insult is the best thing i’ve ever heard & i’m stealing it for my own future uses

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icetigris said: very yes, we should also abolish the windows registry

STRONG AGREE

by our powers combined we can save operating systems from uh

the sins of the 70s and the 90s respectively

#icetigris #so insane that we just have nonsense baked into these systems for decades #and have to bear the cross forever etc etc