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Enclosed in Atlanta Example of a mid-sized transitional enclosed light wood floor family room library design with white walls, a standard fireplace and a brick fireplace

hardware vs software: mental disorder edition

I was trying to explain the difference between AuDHD and OSDD's source to an acquaintance the other week, found the note I wrote in my google keep, and thought it might be worth sharing.

I hope I have come up with a good way of explaining. I'm open to kind criticism.

Hardware: Neurodevelopmental disorders

Hardware cannot be changed. The brain is wired like that. Hardware includes ASD, ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, intellectual disability, some kinds of visual and hearing imparements.

It's like when you buy a laptop, it comes with a set of keys, screen, RAM etc, you can't really change it (you can if you force it but for now, think that you can't. Be like Apple, you get what you get!). Everyone has hardware, but it'll look different. Think, an autistic keyboard has a different set of keys to a neurotypical keyboard.

Software: things that develop out of trauma or stress

Software can be changed beyond the original purchase of hardware. It can be installed and added. However, unlike software, most disorders can't be uninstalled (but they can be improved with time and therapy).

Disassociative disorders (DID, OSDD, DPDR etc) install to manage trauma. Depression, PTSD and anxiety is software.. or even a bug... or... virus? is it a virus???

Some software is more likely to install on specific hardware types.

I also had a thought that communicating between neurodivergent people and neurotypicals as like trying to communicate apple with android, it doesn't always work perfectly, though often gets the point across, however sometimes it completely misses the mark??

Credits to @kristheorin (instagram) for physically based rendering approach in graphics pipeline.

This humorous demo reel blurs the line between hardware and software. You might find yourself suspending disbelief as you watch impossible transitions occur in otherwise average hardware.

Dining Room Kitchen Dining in DC Metro

Large, elegant image of a kitchen and dining room combined with a brown floor and wallpaper

These are so tricksy to realise is happening.

Because I work embedded a similar problem that happens is "Your code and build tools are perfectly fine, but the hardware is unstable"

Noise on the wires, voltage changes when things unrelated to what I am doing are running.

Loads of fun things to figure out and learn that surrounds the code skill of "programming"

My program crashed for an hour or so and I tried to fix it

I finally fixed it

Twas a fucking compiler command gone bad

My code was good

FUCKKKKKKKKKKK

Great Room Kitchen

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Built-In Home Office

Portland Transitional Kitchen Example of a sizable transitional kitchen with an island and an undermount sink that has raised-panel cabinets, white cabinets, granite countertops, a brown backsplash, travertine backsplash, and a medium-tone medium wood floor.

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