NegativeK (u/NegativeK)

NegativeK commented on Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash tampabay28.com/news/state... · Posted by u/bilsbie

scarface_74 · a day ago

I lived in an HOA community for eight years and I have mixed feelings. So many things can go wrong without one - old cars in the front yard, political signs (I don’t care what your political persuasion is they are tacky), yard not being kept.

HOAs suck. But so do people. As another poster said, there are shared responsibility parts in some neighborhoods like pools, gyms, tennis courts etc

NegativeK · a day ago

I'd be super happy if the local government managed the infrastructure and shared spaces of our neighborhood. But they can't raise the taxes to do so, so HOAs end up being the smaller government that people say they want but, in practice, get zero participation from the residents and can turn into shit shows.

NegativeK commented on Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash tampabay28.com/news/state... · Posted by u/bilsbie

Zigurd · a day ago

HOAs are benevolent dictatorships. That's supposed to be better than democracy. What could possibly go wrong?

NegativeK · a day ago

Every HOA I've lived in had an elected board.

And everyone I've ever heard complain about HOAs has never tried to serve on the board. They're not universally volunteer orgs, but a _lot_ of them are -- which means that if you run, you'll probably be elected, because nobody else wants to deal with that.

HOAs are small governments, with plenty of the problems of larger governments via unhappy but nonparticipatory voters.

NegativeK commented on ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes bmj.com/content/390/bmj-2... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

fossuser · 8 days ago

My hypothesis about this for a long time has been stimulants help everyone be more productive (with some tradeoffs) and ADHD is kind of a weakly differentiated diagnosis that could apply to most people.

Probably something like this was lost when people stopped smoking, obviously beneficial for health - but a huge amount of the public was taking stimulants regularly via nicotine until relatively recently.

NegativeK · 7 days ago

I grew up with this belief (not your belief; it's a common one) and it hindered me from realizing I needed help.

I regularly have people doubt my diagnosis to this day. If we talk about it more, a lot of them _continue_ to doubt me even after I explain masking.

Again, it's not just your belief -- I grew up hearing radio jockeys calling ADHD "bad parenting disease" -- but this belief is harmful. It ostracizes people and discourages help for a disability that causes measurable harm.

NegativeK commented on ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes bmj.com/content/390/bmj-2... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

autoexec · 8 days ago

Not surprised. ADHD medications save lives, including the lives of others when it comes to things like preventing car accidents. I could even see it being required for driving the way corrective lenses can be.

NegativeK · 7 days ago

The World Anti-Doping Agency, who defines what a performance enhancing drug is and if it's banned in sports, grants Therapeutic Use Exemptions for methylphenidate and its siblings. This is despite some countries using other medicines as first-line treatment for ADHD that aren't banned by WADA.

The justification is that treatment for people with ADHD markedly reduces accidents and suicidality, and that banning the drug outright would do more harm than would come from liars getting the drug and harming sports.

NegativeK commented on ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes bmj.com/content/390/bmj-2... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

Nikolas0 · 8 days ago

My $0.02 as a response to several comments I read in this thread: I was diagnosed with ADHD in my 40s and got Concerta. My belief is that ADHD is not a disease, nor a disability (even though it acts like one very frequently) and in fact there is evidence that ADHD is an important part of our evolution as a species.

The problem(s) mostly relies with the modern way of life and what is expected from the society at large. In that context I try to feel ok when I daydream while I have countless of boring things to take care of as I totally feel ok when I hyperfocus in a creative endeavor.

The meds are just a tool that I use no more than two times per week in order to take better care of myself and others. It is not a therapy and it's not me. I believe that Sensitive Rejection Dysphoria is very real for people like us, but the worst version of it is when you reject yourself because you are different and you try hard to be someone else.

NegativeK · 7 days ago

Respectfully, my experience is very different than yours -- and I'm somewhere in between you and people who have it really bad.

ADHD can absolutely be a handicap. It might be that it's exacerbated by modern life's demands, but I frankly can't be bothered to care -- I live with these symptoms that I wish would go away, and I can't switch to some world that would work well with them.

And it's not rejecting myself or trying to be someone I'm not. I spent quite a while before diagnosis doing that. Getting treatment for and acknowledging the issues of ADHD is being more aware of who I am and what I need than pretending that things will work out. They don't, and they didn't.

And I know my experience isn't unique.

NegativeK commented on Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about happiness yro.slashdot.org/comments... · Posted by u/MilnerRoute

jstanley · 9 days ago

I'm not sure I buy it. You don't get to be a billionaire by being net harmful, you do it by selling goods and services that people want, at scale, and capturing a portion of the wealth you created.

NegativeK · 8 days ago

There are quite a few businesses that made a lot of money selling net harmful goods. Tobacco and Oxycontin come to mind.

But even selling things that help people doesn’t absolve or prevent someone from doing evil things before or after they hit some specific valuation.

NegativeK commented on Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable cnbc.com/2025/08/08/clima... · Posted by u/mooreds

andy99 · 13 days ago

> Insurance is an amazing service

I've noticed it's done wonders for your healthcare system

NegativeK · 13 days ago

I agree with your disgust with our healthcare, but I downvoted you because your comment is more of a gotcha than fostering conversation.

NegativeK commented on Hire People Who Care (2020) alexw.substack.com/p/hire... · Posted by u/suchintan

dangoodmanUT · 13 days ago

A lot of the criticism in this thread sounds like it’s coming from people who don’t give a shit and just want a paycheck

Some people are motivated by what they produce at work, not their compensation

The benefit of this being from 2020 is we can see he was right, he built a colossal company at breakneck speed

NegativeK · 13 days ago

I give a shit, want a paycheck, _and_ want a life outside of work.

It's completely possible to want fair hours while also caring. And, like many commenters, I'm frustrated with employers that want more than a third of my waking existence.

NegativeK commented on Hire People Who Care (2020) alexw.substack.com/p/hire... · Posted by u/suchintan

throwmeaway222 · 13 days ago

Yeah they're literally paying you money so they don't have to.

NegativeK · 13 days ago

That, at best, is dehumanizing the employer. There is no corporate structure that exists without humans making the decisions at some point in the chain. The decisions might be abstracted or broken into small chunks, but it's still humans at the bottom.

And humans that replace caring with money are assholes.

NegativeK commented on The Framework Desktop is a beast world.hey.com/dhh/the-fra... · Posted by u/lemonberry

rgrieselhuber · 13 days ago

Any more details you can share?

NegativeK · 13 days ago

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/looking-at-framework... has a brief writeup.

The summary is that Framework was understaffed and has brought in an established third party to help with firmware and driver updates.