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[–] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 72 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Jokes aside.

It really is exhausting to always seek for knowledge.

I think everybody needs a little bit of silence in his head once in a while.

[–] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a wise man once said, "Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits."

[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not so easy with an ADHD fizzy-brain.

[–] MrAlternateTape@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Classic meditation method: don't block any thoughts, just accept any thought that pops up, and visualise it floating away. Usually does the trick for me.

Or visualize a water flow like a river streaming through your mind, taking all the thoughts with it.

There are lots of visualisations you can do to help clear your mind or control your emotions.

[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

I’ll get back to trying this holiday probs.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know it's not universal but mindfulness meditation can help

[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah. I keep forgetting to do it. I used to get retarded drunk and that slowed my brain down but I’m not allowed to do that anymore.

[–] kernelle@0d.gs 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's what being bored is for! We need to be bored sometimes.

[–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 years ago

You're allowed to have fun sometimes, as a treat

[–] Newtra@pawb.social 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I honestly don't know what that silence would be like. I've spent my programming career jumping between domains, becoming an expert then moving on to find a new challenge. Now I'm building AI stuff for medicine.

In my down time I learn languages, watch videos about physics and math, and play puzzle games.

My brain actually won't let me stop. Boredom = pain.

[–] rosymind@leminal.space 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You sound like you're way smarter than I am, but I can absolutely relate to bordom=pain.

I'm constantly learning new things, or delving deeper into subjects I'm already familiar with. I can't help it. My brain won't have it any other way (otherwise I get destructive)

[–] Newtra@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I could just be further down the path due to lucky opportunities. 20 years ago I had no ambitions beyond game programming. It was only when I got a biology-related job that learning in my free time started displacing mindless entertainment. The whole field is one big nerd snipe - there are endless opportunities where you can advance the frontier of knowledge by combining a few existing ideas and working out the kinks. The more you read, the more opportunities you see. It's thrilling. I don't think I can go back to non-science work.

I think the dopamine from constant learning also helps to keep my ADHD in check. If I start the weekend with some study, I'll usually also get the housework done. If I start with a video game or TV show, I'll probably spend the rest of the weekend stressing about my todo list and not getting anything done.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Agent based models and cellular automata are so exciting.

The edge to overoptimize yourself is very close and thats even more a hassle when hobbies become hustles and the brain doesnt distinguish anymore between work and hobby and freetime and me time.

Its a spiral which can lead fast to burnout or other related stuff.

Kudos to you that you made it this far and successfull in a challenging field.

[–] learningduck@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This sound like me, but I'm not as smart as you.

I learned to sketch, and paint miniatures. It gave me some kind of silence. I have to study painting techniques also. So, if I want to keep my mind occupied, but not too heavy, then I could watch some painting tutorials.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

No, you're wise. Rest is so incredibly important and art is another form of idea exploration.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

i fill that void with memes

[–] Exist@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago

True now tell me how to do that.

[–] jaschen@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 years ago

As someone with ADHD with severe hyperfocus, I feel you. Just once I want to think about nothing. Even with meds, it only helps me defocus. Doesn't stop the thinking.

[–] sour@kbin.social 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

instead of math problems you can do programming problems

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 54 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's just math problems with extra steps...

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or as I like to think of it: with better naming schemes

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You haven’t seen my code.

[–] hansl@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I just want to be able to use the full Unicode space for my variable names. That way no variable will ever need to be more than one character. The dream.

[–] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Try JS - you can name all of your variables x with varying numbers of zero-width joiners after them.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How to make code review hate you 101

[–] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Simple: remove code review

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

I have paid for the whole character table so I will use the whole character table

[–] callyral@pawb.social 5 points 2 years ago

plenty of programming languages support that, just try it out and see if it works

[–] urda@lebowski.social 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago

Haha that face at the end is just perfect

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The joke is the R-slur for those at the back.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

The joke is the R-slur for those at the back.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think that was a Calvin and Hobbes joke, wasn't it?

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago

Yes, two in the same week iirc. "I'm not playing with a full deck of cards" and "I've lost my marbles."

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)