diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml index aff15fc..e35c86d 100644 --- a/config.toml +++ b/config.toml @@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ enableEmoji = true googleAnalytics = "UA-155338921-1" + [params] favicon = "/party-tp.gif" webmentions = true webmentionsToken = "ic1WKZMcnQjvAZzwdjSmpQ" [markup] + [markup.goldmark.renderer] + unsafe = true [markup.highlight] codeFences = true guessSyntax = false diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md index 6004123..068909f 100644 --- a/content/_index.md +++ b/content/_index.md @@ -25,5 +25,7 @@ If you want to start collecting your ideas 💡, curate thought provoking & inte → [Lethain](https://lethain.com/) +→ [Paul Graham](https://paulgraham.com/) + diff --git a/content/health/adhd.md b/content/health/adhd.md index ae64929..fe753c4 100644 --- a/content/health/adhd.md +++ b/content/health/adhd.md @@ -1,56 +1,155 @@ --- title: "ADHD" -date: 2022-03-10T20:19:09-06:00 +date: 2022-03-27T11:00:00-06:00 draft: true tags: [health, mental] --- -------------------------- -# Default post template - -## Writing tips -1. Find a good topic and commit to it - eg how to get started blogging - -2. Make your goals and audience specific - Who is my Audience: eg People who want to start blogging, especially about technical topics, but haven’t done it yet. - What is my Goal: eg. Give people a concrete set of steps and pointers so they can get started. - -3. Have a beginning, middle, and end - -4. Get feedback and iterate - -5. Add finishing touches: packaging, publication, and promotion - -From [freeCodeCamp: How to write a great technical blog post][1] - -[1]: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-write-a-great-technical-blog-post-414c414b67f6/ - - -## Syntax highlighting example - -```go {linenos=table,hl_lines=[8,"15-17"],linenostart=199} -// GetTitleFunc returns a func that can be used to transform a string to -// title case. -// -// The supported styles are -// -// - "Go" (strings.Title) -// - "AP" (see https://www.apstylebook.com/) -// - "Chicago" (see https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html) -// -// If an unknown or empty style is provided, AP style is what you get. -func GetTitleFunc(style string) func(s string) string { - switch strings.ToLower(style) { - case "go": - return strings.Title - case "chicago": - tc := transform.NewTitleConverter(transform.ChicagoStyle) - return tc.Title - default: - tc := transform.NewTitleConverter(transform.APStyle) - return tc.Title - } -} -``` + +Notes from: + + + +> Remember, all of us can improve our focus. The ability to focus is a skill that can and should be trained. + + +## What is ADHD + +Used to be call ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) - first appeared in standard medical literature in 1904. + +Strong genetic component + - If you have a relative with ADHD, you are much more likely to have it. + - The closer the relative is related to you, the more likely you are to have it. + - 1 Parent = 25% + - 1 Fraternal twin = 75% etc + +ADHD has nothing to do with intelligence or IQ. ] + + +Mid 80s started to rename ADD to ADHD - which has led to better diagnoses [] + +1 in 10 children have ADHD (10-12%). 50% will resolve with proper treatment. [] + +Increased levels of ADHD in adults recently. Smart phone use: email, text, social media pull attention in various directions at all times causing people to lose their ability to focus. + + + +### Symptoms and Phenotypes: + +- Lack of attention, focus, concentraion (intense laser focus on things that are enjoyable) + +Attention: perception, how we percieve the sensory world. Hearing soundwaves, feel sensations etc. You only pay attention to some of those at a time AKA paying attention to those and ignoring others. +People with ADHD can also [Hyperfocus]() on things that they really enjoy. (ie kids playing video games for extended periods of time) + +Much of life involves focusing on things we don't enjoy. + + +- Impulsivity + + Impulse conrol: Limiting our perception, ignoring some of our sensory inputs. + +- Poor time perception + + Often running late or procrastinate. If given a deadline (and consequences are severe enough) often they can be very good at this. Other times, they can underestimate the time it takes to achieve goals. + + Often have trouble sheduling activities to meet deadlines (ie finishing a set of tasks before lunch time, often not taking advantage of the time and obssessing about lunch) + +- Poor organizational skills + + Uses the [Pile system]() to organize things in physical space, basically piling things up in a way that only makes sense to them. + + +- Poor working memory + + Working memory is the ability to keep specific info available for later use in the short term (ie someone tells you a series of items to order at a restaurant you may forget these before you ask the waiter). + + People with ADHD often have great longer term memories. + + > deficits in working memory is also a symptom of age related cognitive decline, and frontal lobe damage + + + +## Physiology + +Dopamine: (neromodulator - changes the way we percieve the world) + +Creates a heightened state of focus. State of motivation, [Exteroception](). + +Turns on areas that narrow visual and auditory focus. + +More = narrowing of focus, less = less focus + + + +Two neuro circuit networks/brain areas primarily involved with ADHD + +- [Default Mode Network](): + + Active when we're not doing anything, idling + + These areas should all be active together + - Dorsal lateral prefontal cortex + - Posterior singular cortex + - lateral porietal lobe + + In an ADHD sufferer (or even someone lacking sleep) these areas do not coordinate together effectively + + + +- [Task Networks](): + + Goal oriented brain areas + + - Medial Prefontal cortex: shuts down impulsivity + + +These two areas communicate with each other. Without ADHD, these areas are anti-correlated (one activates while the other shutsdown, out of phase). + +With ADHD, these areas are more coordinated/correlated. + + +> ie guitar, bass, drums playing together in way that sounds terrible (no harmony). + + +When someone w/ ADHD get's better, these brain circuits work better. + + +Dopamine acts as a conductor between these networks. + + +### Is Dopamine too low? + +[2015 Spencer, Biological Psychology Low Dopamine Hypothesis]() - If dopamine is too low, unnecessary neurons in the brain fire that are unrelated to attention. + +ADHD sufferers typically use stimulant drugs/chemicals to self medicate to increase dopamine (dopaminergic compounds): +- caffeine: + engages circuits directly that increase focus. +- cocaine +- amphetamines: Increased dopamine and norepinepherine and small bump in serotonin + - [ritaline](): first generation drug for ADHD. Methylphenadate - (similar to [Speed]()) + - [adderal](): More commonly perscribed nowadays. Doesn't last in bloodstream as long. + Combo of amphetamine and dextro amphetamine. 25% of college students and up to 35% of all people between + 17-30 are taking this on a regular basis to function in their life even though they are not diagnosed . This is higher than canabis consumption in this age group. [why is this the case recently?]() + - [modafinil](): +- cigarettes/vaping (nicotine): + +in children you commonly see: +- preference for sugary foods and drinks +- video games + +Consuming these will cause ADHD sufferers to acheive focus, people without ADHD just experience high energy (children lose their mins) + + +Are the brain areas not working properly even if dopamine is sufficient? + + + + +## How to improve + + + + + +## Studies and other sources diff --git a/content/software/etcd_backup.md b/content/software/etcd_backup.md index 872ac42..2fb23d7 100644 --- a/content/software/etcd_backup.md +++ b/content/software/etcd_backup.md @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ In the perfect world I would want my k8s homelab setup to: 3. Regularly backup `/var/lib/etcd` -Meantime, all of the terraform, longhorn backups and fluxcd work I have done are about to pay off. +Meantime, all of the terraform, longhorn backups and fluxcd work I have done are about to pay off. :grin: [1]: https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/issues/10722 diff --git a/content/software/fresh_arch_software_install_list.md b/content/software/fresh_arch_software_install_list.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c553376 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/software/fresh_arch_software_install_list.md @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +--- +title: "Fresh Arch Linux Software Installation List" +date: 2022-03-27T21:00:00Z +tags: [linux, software] +draft: false +--- + +A listing of software that I use for my Arch linux installs on my laptop. + +> ?: unsure of the package name or where it comes from + + +## Package management + +1. yay +1. Flatpak +1. AppImage + +## Hardware utiils (Networking, Audio, Bluetooth) + +1. iwctl +1. pipewire +1. playerctl +1. pavucontrol +1. + + +## Desktop environment + +1. Sway +1. Waybar +1. drun +1. D-Feet +1. Seahorse +1. blueman +1. [Emptty](https://github.com/tvrzna/emptty) (instead of LightDM) +1. xdg-utils +1. dconf-editor ? +1. fontconfig ? +1. tlp +1. gnome-keyring-daemon ? + + +## Development + +1. docker +1. podman +1. terminator +1. Wezterm +1. Visual Studio Code +1. asdf +1. [Brew]() +1. [Kind]() +1. age +1. sops +1. make +1. Rust +1. Golang +1. Ruby +1. Python 3 +1. + + +## Other apps + +1. Spotify +1. OBS +1. Firefox Developer Edition +1. Google Chrome +1. Discord +1. Steam +1. Keybase +1. Insomnia +1. Unity +1. epson-inkjet-printer-escpr +1. htop +1. ntop +1. powertop +1. iotop +1. neofetch +1. wl-clipboard +1. youtube-dl diff --git a/content/thinking/_index.md b/content/thinking/_index.md index 0bc926f..8c636c6 100644 --- a/content/thinking/_index.md +++ b/content/thinking/_index.md @@ -6,3 +6,13 @@ title: Thinking Thought frameworks, productivity, philosophy, and other thoughty stuff. + + +### [PARA](https://fortelabs.co/blog/para/) + +Projects, Areas, Reasearch, Archives +![Projects, Areas, Reasearch, Archives](https://i0.wp.com/cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*i6I0M5kaZUOwIfq5q5W4mQ.jpeg?w=900&ssl=1) + +### [Minto Framework]() + +### [RACI]()