Especially if he lives in a vacuum.

Sad to hear this news.

You’re not wrong!

My point was, I think they would both be pommes frites.

How to the French tell the difference between fried apples and fried potatoes?

Maybe context.

Jack Black, 18 Charisma Bard

Not since about 1988. Thanks for the memory!

Does beer come with that?

Thank you! I’m a professional part-time psychic entertainer and magician, and this was a delightful read. It’s true, and A.I. takes advantage of people the same way as a psychic entertainer. Both tell you what j you want to hear. The difference is, the psychic is usually deemed entertainment, and the computer is often deemed an authoritative source.

It’s a bit scary to think that I’m a few decades my job-hobby may be outsourced to A.I. However, I’ve always thought (predicted!) that live entertainment will become more valuable as the A.I. revolution occurs.

Yes, but sleep soundly at night on a big pile of money.

The couch thing was true all along!

Yeah, I do not think Python is a very good comparison.

I was thinking more like Clojure:

1. Enthusiastic and friendly geeks trying to push their language on the world trying to make it a better place. They are both definitely not a little cultish!
2. Language intended to be simple to learn with a limited and regular vocabulary, but can handle complicated work with ease.
3. They both say that learning their language will make your mind better able to do other languages.
4. A bridge between languages. Vanilla Clojure runs on the JVM and can invoke Java commands. But it has also been built on other platforms like JavaScript (ClojureScript), .NET (CLR), Python (Basilisp), BASH (Babashka), and others I think.
5. The parts of both languages can be broken up, mixed, and matched, and used for other parts. In Esperanto, the fundamental elements can be broken down and made into other words. In Clojure, you’ve got functions and lists - and higher order functions that work on functions and lists, and lists of functions, and functions of lists.
6. Did I mention: Friendly & welcoming geeks that lo-o-o-ove newbies! Seriously, both Clojure nerds and Esperanto nerds are unnaturally nice and would like to welcome you to the club. They’ve got tons of free resources for you to learn it.

Honestly, I think both are right. Both are simple languages that expand your way of thinking, and are probably both worth learning, if you’re into that sort of thing.

About Esperanto, since it’s not a national language (intentionally so) it’s hard to do a census of speakers.

Also, to what level is considered “speaking Esperanto”? Taking the Duolingo course? Having it as a “mother tongue” where both parents speak it in a household in order to communicate? These are both probably countable, and produce wildly different numbers.

Mi pensas ke, vi volis tajpi, “Python (aŭ Pitono) malfeliĉigas min.”

• Mal : Opposite
• Feliĉ- : Happy
• Ig : Makes (Transitive verb)
• As : Present tense.

“Mi malfeliĉas.” : I’m sad.

“Pitono malfeliĉigas ĉiujn.” (Python makes everyone sad.)

Ackshully, Clojure is Esperanto, and I will not be taking questions at this time.

Hot German potato salad is a thing.

There’s always an xkcd for every forum thread topic.

I’m not OP, but I wanted to wish you good luck.

I was diagnosed in my 50s after my parents had passed, so I can’t do what you want to do. But one thing I’ve found with a neurospicy brain is - there are bad things and good things associated with it. For example, I am really good at learning new things, so I know a little bit about many subjects (and admittedly deep knowledge about some things that don’t matter very much). But that can be a marketable skill.

Finding techniques that work for you can help minimize the bad stuff, while maximizing the good stuff. For example, me making physical lists helps me to unburden my brain and concentrate on other tasks. Checking off tasks when complete is a physical reminder of doing stuff and gives me a feeling of accomplishment.

It’s the only brain you’ve got. You’ll need to find out what works for you, and write that shit down so you don’t forget! 😎 But on your talk to yourself and others, and to that, I think it’s important to frame both the bad and the good.

Best of luck to you!

This is me, too. Undiagnosed ADD until my 50s. No H, probably like you. Misunderstood for decades. It was really hard for my parents, but they had no idea and are now passed.

Learning about it made everything click about my difficult life, but made me proud of what I had accomplished in spite of ADD. And now I have a toolbox of methods I can use to recognize my ADD as it is happening, and help counteract it. I also have medication to help.

I think one of the things I needed to know is, ADD / neurospiciness can also be an asset at the workplace. One of the marketable I excel at is learning new things. Whenever I am given a new skill to learn, I dive into it passionately. I love learning new stuff! So that fits perfectly with IT, which is constantly moving forward with new technology.

And with that I’m currently working on a late-life Masters degree in IT. So, happy ending, I guess. Find your niche!

Still both from automobile infrastructure. /c/fuckcars bleeding into every Lemmy…