Tell her that she's not a geek, she's not a nerd, she's a person. That whatever interests and hobbies she has, or chooses to pursue, aren't what define her. That she doesn't need to lock herself into a predefined box.
Yeah, I was being somewhat flip. Of course natural compounds, often plant-based, are capable of making large changes to body structure and chemistry; we call it 'medicine.'
Hallucinogenics on people who possibly aren't really capable of giving properly informed consent, though? That gives me pause, I'll admit.
Do you honestly think 'Hey, I'm looking for a way to wire up a button to trigger an SMS or email' would have gotten posted?
I don't. That's a google search. That's a solved issue.
But: "Hey, my epileptic wife who's medication doesn't work so well any more stays home all day with my baby and two-year-old, and I need the two-year-old to be able to push a PANIC button in case mommy has a bad seizure! How can I roll my own?" Now that, my friend, that brings in the page views.
Unfortunately, I was not diagnosed until I was in my 20s (Asperger's wasn't in the DSM when I was of prime age for someone catching it, and I'm a woman and considered "gifted," which made me even more likely to fall through the cracks of the system), so I didn't get the early interventions. However, I can share my experiences from *not* having those services available to me.
Sorry, did I read that correctly? Do you think Autism is something you catch, like a flu?
True, true, but not a completely unreasonable inference.
It could as easily mean she had one seizure after 10 years without and in an abundance of caution they want to add monitors.
What is it these days with making assumptions that would explode William of Occam's head and then condemning people for it as if it was verified fact?
Erring on the side of caution. Though, to be fair, your 'once in ten years' statement is about as hyperbolic as 'OMG two hour seizures and the kids are instantly smoking crack!'
Honestly, the guy should have left all of the details out, and just asked about something that can detect a circuit closing and do something about it. Enclosure contacts are a cheap and bog-standard thing. But, without the salacious details to rile everybody up, would the question of landed on the front page?
Well, the original story says 'Her seizures have been well controlled by medication until recently.' Therefore, they are actively expecting more, and they're bad enough that he feels the need to have remote surveillance.
So when the two year old starts sticking a toy into an electrical socket, or decides to make dinner 'just like mommy/daddy' while Mommy is having a seizure, or whatever, what's daddy going to do?
I'll tell you right now, though, they're going to need to codify, in law, that desiring to end one's life isn't prima facie evidence of not being mentally competent.
Jeep, as a brand, almost died simply for having non-round headlights.
Brand association is a powerful thing. Probably an evolutionary thing, actually; if it doesn't taste, sound or smell like what it's supposed to, it's not the same thing, so don't risk it.
If the American public truly believed, so overwhelmingly, or cared, Congress wouldn't have an incumbency rate of somewhere between 96 and 85 percent (depending on how you count.)
America doesn't have elected officials, they have an aristocratic class, and a few political dynasties.
Which can be rewritten as 'Microsoft specified it would only be free for the first year, which I interpret to mean that there will then be a yearly fee.'
The other, more logical, interpretation is 'After a year, even if running windows 7, 8 or 8.1, you'll need to purchase an upgrade at standard retail.'
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Tell her that she's not a geek, she's not a nerd, she's a person. That whatever interests and hobbies she has, or chooses to pursue, aren't what define her. That she doesn't need to lock herself into a predefined box.
Shhh. Shhh shhh shh. Just like back and let it happen, America. Just go with it. You'll enjoy the beer.
Something like this:
Keystone says 'we want to put a great big pipe from Here to There.'
The various Departments of Whatever say 'no.'
Keystone says 'Hey, congress guy, here's some money.' Aka, lobbying.
Congress says 'Here's a law saying 'Departments of whatever shall issue the following permits.'
President says 'Nope.'
Eventually, President says 'Ok, departments of whatever, issue the permits with the following requirements/conditions/standards built in.'
Keystone then says either 'Hmm, it's no longer profitable to build, with all these requirements' or 'great!' and goes ahead.
Is it personal cowardice, or pattern recognition?
I've always thought doctor's office waiting rooms were a great way to ensure repeat business.
Let me google that for you.
Very rarely do teams bring their A game, or all their fanciest plays, to the exhibition matches.
Yeah, I was being somewhat flip. Of course natural compounds, often plant-based, are capable of making large changes to body structure and chemistry; we call it 'medicine.'
Hallucinogenics on people who possibly aren't really capable of giving properly informed consent, though? That gives me pause, I'll admit.
Do you honestly think 'Hey, I'm looking for a way to wire up a button to trigger an SMS or email' would have gotten posted?
I don't. That's a google search. That's a solved issue.
But: "Hey, my epileptic wife who's medication doesn't work so well any more stays home all day with my baby and two-year-old, and I need the two-year-old to be able to push a PANIC button in case mommy has a bad seizure! How can I roll my own?" Now that, my friend, that brings in the page views.
Sorry, did I read that correctly? Do you think Autism is something you catch, like a flu?
Also, pinball machines.
True, true, but not a completely unreasonable inference.
Erring on the side of caution. Though, to be fair, your 'once in ten years' statement is about as hyperbolic as 'OMG two hour seizures and the kids are instantly smoking crack!'
Honestly, the guy should have left all of the details out, and just asked about something that can detect a circuit closing and do something about it. Enclosure contacts are a cheap and bog-standard thing. But, without the salacious details to rile everybody up, would the question of landed on the front page?
Well, the original story says 'Her seizures have been well controlled by medication until recently.' Therefore, they are actively expecting more, and they're bad enough that he feels the need to have remote surveillance.
So when the two year old starts sticking a toy into an electrical socket, or decides to make dinner 'just like mommy/daddy' while Mommy is having a seizure, or whatever, what's daddy going to do?
You've never raised children, have you?
So you think a person having some variety of epileptic seizure is capable of providing supervision to an infant and a two-year-old?
Yes. But in this case, the person is, in fact, *expected* to drop and become insensate. Huge difference.
Temporary Foreign Workers.
I'll tell you right now, though, they're going to need to codify, in law, that desiring to end one's life isn't prima facie evidence of not being mentally competent.
Hey, this guy only got burned alive once. Some prisoners in the US were waterboarded hundreds of times.
That just means you've shifted your trust from your opposite to your legal system and enforcement authorities.
I'm sorry, it's all my fault. CSB inbound:
Several years back, I took my wife to a signing for Feast for Crows at the (now gone) World's Biggest Bookstore in Toronto.
The info said he'd sign anything he'd written, and I happened to have the first Wild Cards volume, so I grabbed it and off we went.
Well, when we got to the table, he seemed surprised to see it, and said something like 'Ah, that takes me back.'
A month later, he announced a ton of new Wild Cards stuff. So I think it might be my fault. Sorry.
1, 1A. 1, 1A, 2B. 1B, 2B, 3. Code: Zero. Zero. Zero. Destruct. Zero.
Jeep, as a brand, almost died simply for having non-round headlights.
Brand association is a powerful thing. Probably an evolutionary thing, actually; if it doesn't taste, sound or smell like what it's supposed to, it's not the same thing, so don't risk it.
If the American public truly believed, so overwhelmingly, or cared, Congress wouldn't have an incumbency rate of somewhere between 96 and 85 percent (depending on how you count.)
America doesn't have elected officials, they have an aristocratic class, and a few political dynasties.
Which can be rewritten as 'Microsoft specified it would only be free for the first year, which I interpret to mean that there will then be a yearly fee.'
The other, more logical, interpretation is 'After a year, even if running windows 7, 8 or 8.1, you'll need to purchase an upgrade at standard retail.'
Those are examples where the game sets a 'do not sleep controller' flag. Or a 'do not pause on controller disconnect.' Or something similar.