We share a lot of traits and opinions it would seem.
It's uplifting to come across someone who reminds you that there are still at least a few worth fighting for, that not everyone is a self-absorbed asshat with an axe to grind or agenda to push.
School in general in the UK is a bit of a shit show, slowly getting more and more privatised with each successive government. "Privatisation isn't working... Maybe we're not doing it hard enough.."
Perhaps the things your economy relies on should not be placed in the hands of organisations whose very raison d'être is to extract the maximum possible profit possible for themselves...? Energy, transport, education, healthcare, food supply; all privately owned and decreasing in quality while costing more, and, to rub salt into the wound, the entities responsible then dodge as much tax as is possible.
Our supposed "Labour" party is captured by self-serving neoliberal corporate puppets that are beholden to the extremists running the US right now.
They've recently announced that they're going to make it even harder to claim disability benefits, and those that still make it will be paid less than currently. In almost the same breath, they were excited to let everyone know that they're going to either cut or get rid of the new Digital Services Tax designed to ensure Amazon, Google et al actually pay tax to speak of. Because, y'know, Bezos needs another new yacht.
Honestly, it seems we're long overdue to remind the politicians who they're actually supposed to work for. If that means a few heads have to come off to get the message across loud and clear, I'm certainly not upset about it. I don't see things getting better until that level of event occurs, to be frank.
Still "experimenting" via my GP with various meds. Perhaps one day we'll stumble onto something that works.
Glad to hear you've found a regimen that works for you though, and that it enables/better places you to help your brother.
Ultimately, helping each other survive existence with the minimum of anguish is the best any of us can be.
As for UKGov (or CanGov for that matter) getting their collective heads out of arses and not using disabled folk as easy marks, I suspect much worse is to come before it gets better. This place is like a microcosm of the US in a lot of ways.
Same position and age as you, except I got diagnosed autistic and ADHD at 33. Haven't been able to work in the one field I have any training in for decades, as that now basically means call centre work which triggers migraines (now known to be sensory overload).
Can't afford to retrain, can't get disability to help with costs because of UKGov cycling disability claimants through tribunals to massage the statistics. I lose the disability, I lose my funding. I get the disability back plus back pay, but am still booted from university for not being able to pay in the mean time.
G fucking G. I guess I just wait around until I die or get angry enough to commit an act of political violence that leaves a mark.
When AI eventually gets genuinely I, I'd bet it could be reasoned with.
In fact, since it would likely be unbound by our biological emotions and short-sighted instincts, it would probably think longer term than the current crop of utter psychopaths running the show.
I mean, that's a loss for capitalism right there. They put a machine smarter than they are in charge, they're in for a rude awakening I reckon.
The inductors used in the power regulation circuitry physically vibrate due to the electromotive force the part relies on to function. Changes in the load on the power supply changes the characteristics of the vibration, allowing audible detection of the variation.
The physical vibration slightly alters the electrical characteristics too, which is why inductors are glued down or "potted" in some equipment to try and negate this effect.
Edit: The inductors on your graphics card can whine too. This generates noise on the ground line of the whole PC which is then amplified by cheap sound devices, which is why you can literally hear the mouse moving on the screen on some PCs.
It's very common for us 'spergs to have a very high frequency cut off on our hearing, all the way to old age.
I'm 43 and can still hear the bats chirping when they're hunting insects in the twilight round the gardens. People think I'm making it up, until I point the bats out, tracking them by sound until they flutter high enough to see their silhouette against the sky.
CRT TVs and monitors used to annoy the hell out of me. The high pitched whine of the flyback transformer that runs the motion of the electron beam makes a very distinctive hiss. Like someone else on here, I could tell what refresh rate your monitor was running in by the noise it made.
That, plus an abnormally high flicker fusion frequency meant I had migraines every other day when I was working. :-/
See, it was plausible until the price of oil started falling. Oil is one of the few things propping up Russia's economy. If oil keeps falling, Russia is even more screwed than it is now.
It would appear that he's just a brat who's never been told no in his life, grown so far as to be going senile. It's all ego. Every single stupid thing he does is because he thinks he's right. He is the literal embodiment of the dunning-krueger effect, fed by a bubble of yes-men hoping for crumbs from the table.
Technocracy implies a ruling elite of experts in their field, individuals with actual learning and genuine expertise in their given fields.
This is fascist plutocracyb government by the hyper-rich with no more qualifications than "I have no morals and am willing to climb over others' faces while wearing steel spikes to get yet more."
We share a lot of traits and opinions it would seem.
It's uplifting to come across someone who reminds you that there are still at least a few worth fighting for, that not everyone is a self-absorbed asshat with an axe to grind or agenda to push.
School in general in the UK is a bit of a shit show, slowly getting more and more privatised with each successive government. "Privatisation isn't working... Maybe we're not doing it hard enough.."
Perhaps the things your economy relies on should not be placed in the hands of organisations whose very raison d'être is to extract the maximum possible profit possible for themselves...? Energy, transport, education, healthcare, food supply; all privately owned and decreasing in quality while costing more, and, to rub salt into the wound, the entities responsible then dodge as much tax as is possible.
Our supposed "Labour" party is captured by self-serving neoliberal corporate puppets that are beholden to the extremists running the US right now.
They've recently announced that they're going to make it even harder to claim disability benefits, and those that still make it will be paid less than currently. In almost the same breath, they were excited to let everyone know that they're going to either cut or get rid of the new Digital Services Tax designed to ensure Amazon, Google et al actually pay tax to speak of. Because, y'know, Bezos needs another new yacht.
Honestly, it seems we're long overdue to remind the politicians who they're actually supposed to work for. If that means a few heads have to come off to get the message across loud and clear, I'm certainly not upset about it. I don't see things getting better until that level of event occurs, to be frank.