I've always wondered why that sort of view isn't more popular or at least widely recognized as a reasonable alternative to the "quantum magic" view of the world. It's philosophically more reasonable while being mathematically identical.
When I was taking undergraduate quantum mechanics (about 8 years ago), I recall feeling elated when I ran across a single paragraph in the textbook that referred to the possibility that one day someone might develop a non statistical theory for the workings of the sub quantum world.
It probably would be pure fantasy since there's no way such a theory could ever be tested (right?), but I was happy to see that it was at least acknowledged that the statistics are just a tool and not a philosophical statement about what the universe is.
Try getting a job where you can do everything while telecommuting. Communicating exclusively through email is more intellectual than face to face conversation.
It also helps if your manager knows how to deal with aspies. Aspies are pretty common in a software engineering environment, so the managers are going to be more acclimated to the personality type.
I personally strongly disagree that Asperger's Syndrome sucks. I'm an aspie. Life growing up was difficult, but I've found my niche. I'm specifically looking for a woman with AS so that I can be certain that my kids have AS.
You might also want to try out some of the ADHD medications. They damp the useless emotional swings that can be such a hindrance.
IMO, life is wonderful as an aspie. I can understand things intellectually without the emotional baggage that most people attach to things unconsciously.
The key for me is that I've learned to be interested in psychology. Occasionally I'm still surprised by the way people react, but I recognize the dark spot in my emotional vision and analyze things all the time.
Is "genius thrives on the borders of sanity, poverty and strife, but those are all things any moral person would wipe away from the world if they could." a quote from somewhere? I love that quote. I think I'll put it at the top of the front page of my website.
The MS Natural is a convex keyboard. The Kinesis is a concave keyboard. The concave shape means I can reach any key without moving my wrists. (Changing the angle of your wrists is a good way to exacerbate tendonitis.)
Having the arrow keys under your fingers is a huge speed gain if you use them a lot like I do.
That seems like a silly comment to me, but then I'm not an emacs user. Could you give examples of ctrl-alt- combinations that are harder on a Kinesis? The ctrl and alt are right next to each other.
I'm an Eclipse user and there are a number of alt-shift-x,<key> combinations. I find them quick and easy because I can use my thumb for ctrl-alt and my pinky for shift and my ring finger for x, all without changing the angle of my wrist at all.
On a classic keyboard I'd have to bend my wrist left in order to do that. (Wrist bending is a good way to exacerbate tendonitis.)
The whole point of the design of the Kinesis is that you can do anything except function keys without bending your wrists or moving your arms.
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I've always wondered why that sort of view isn't more popular or at least widely recognized as a reasonable alternative to the "quantum magic" view of the world. It's philosophically more reasonable while being mathematically identical.
When I was taking undergraduate quantum mechanics (about 8 years ago), I recall feeling elated when I ran across a single paragraph in the textbook that referred to the possibility that one day someone might develop a non statistical theory for the workings of the sub quantum world.
It probably would be pure fantasy since there's no way such a theory could ever be tested (right?), but I was happy to see that it was at least acknowledged that the statistics are just a tool and not a philosophical statement about what the universe is.
That's just too dangerous. You have a $50 liability limit on credit cards. You could lose your entire account on a debit card.
The only reason to do things that way is if you have a tendency to use credit cards as long term loans rather than as protected debit cards.
Try getting a job where you can do everything while telecommuting. Communicating exclusively through email is more intellectual than face to face conversation.
It also helps if your manager knows how to deal with aspies. Aspies are pretty common in a software engineering environment, so the managers are going to be more acclimated to the personality type.
I personally strongly disagree that Asperger's Syndrome sucks. I'm an aspie. Life growing up was difficult, but I've found my niche. I'm specifically looking for a woman with AS so that I can be certain that my kids have AS.
You might also want to try out some of the ADHD medications. They damp the useless emotional swings that can be such a hindrance.
IMO, life is wonderful as an aspie. I can understand things intellectually without the emotional baggage that most people attach to things unconsciously.
The key for me is that I've learned to be interested in psychology. Occasionally I'm still surprised by the way people react, but I recognize the dark spot in my emotional vision and analyze things all the time.
In short, life is good.
Is "genius thrives on the borders of sanity, poverty and strife, but those are all things any moral person would wipe away from the world if they could." a quote from somewhere? I love that quote. I think I'll put it at the top of the front page of my website.
The MS Natural is a convex keyboard. The Kinesis is a concave keyboard. The concave shape means I can reach any key without moving my wrists. (Changing the angle of your wrists is a good way to exacerbate tendonitis.) Having the arrow keys under your fingers is a huge speed gain if you use them a lot like I do.
That seems like a silly comment to me, but then I'm not an emacs user. Could you give examples of ctrl-alt- combinations that are harder on a Kinesis? The ctrl and alt are right next to each other.
I'm an Eclipse user and there are a number of alt-shift-x,<key> combinations. I find them quick and easy because I can use my thumb for ctrl-alt and my pinky for shift and my ring finger for x, all without changing the angle of my wrist at all.
On a classic keyboard I'd have to bend my wrist left in order to do that. (Wrist bending is a good way to exacerbate tendonitis.)
The whole point of the design of the Kinesis is that you can do anything except function keys without bending your wrists or moving your arms.