Katie Fernandez

It was on holiday. There was a set at the place we were staying and the kids wanted to know how to play. I knew how the pieces moved, but not a lot else. I started to look up “chess strategies” and things, thinking I might find a few tips. Instead I found an addiction!

2 years later of daily studying and I’ve finally made it to “beginner” level.

Chess. I think it’s saved my mental health over the last year.

I’ve never had a Roku TV, but I’ve been using two of their HDMI connected devices for years.

I’ve never had an issue, but one is too old and needs replacing. What alternatives would you suggest I have a look at?

That’s such a great reaction to starting a fire in a closet full of priceless and flammable stuff! “Oops! I think I’ll just close the door on that problem and hope no one notices.”

I’m tempted to call it such a child’s reaction to a problem they don’t know how to solve. But I know I’m guilty of doing the same thing as an adult, just not with a potentially fatal raging closet fire fueled by a plastic coated wedding dress.

The more I think about it, the more in awe I become of what you managed to achieve.

Peter File

EDIT: Source “The IT Crowd”

The First Testament in the Christian Bible (the entire first half) is the Torah, or Jewish Bible.

You don’t have to resign at any point. Losing your queen isn’t a reason to resign on its own. I resign when I can’t see a way to avoid losing and I believe my opponent is very unlikely to blunder their win away.

If you want to play out the game then you should. I feel like you agree to play for the time on the clock, so if your opponent feels like they’re wasting their time, then that’s their own problem and not your fault.

You’re coming across as if you’re saying that all anyone with ADHD has to do is try harder and their symptoms will be gone.

I would like to imagine that you’re actually trying to say that there are strategies that can help with improving the symptoms of ADHD and that finding and doing ones best to employ these strategies is more productive than just complaining about these symptoms.

Unfortunately though, ADHD is a chronic neurodevelopmental condition which is characterised by its associated symptoms. These symptoms will never disappear as a result of ‘trying harder’. If that were the case then the diagnosis of ADHD wouldn’t exist.

Simply telling someone with ADHD to put more effort in is insulting and can be quite hurtful.

It is also unhelpful to single out those who might be awaiting diagnosis as ‘self-diagnosed twats’. Since you were quite young when you were diagnosed it’s understandable that you likely do not know what it’s like to go through the diagnostic process as an adult. The constant self doubt and imposter syndrome that nags away at you while at the same time you know that the symptom list reads like a brutally honest biography. Having others look down on you just because you haven’t yet received the diagnosis yet is very hurtful, unfair, and unnecessary.

It says 315,000 dead and injured.

I’ll add another vote for Podcast Addict.