This could easily be skewed by self-reporting bias. Perhaps wealthier students feel they have less to potentially lose by answering the survey honestly.
In my experience rubbing shoulders in these circles, kids going to the top tier prep schools are often just really impressive--the culture at these schools normalizes an expectation of high achievement across multiple domains. Not uncommon to see the same kid be a starting quarterback on the football team, an award winning painter, and a nationally ranked debater. I got into an Ivy equivalent college by enthusiastically pursuing my interests at a less competitive high school, and frankly, I think I might have cracked under the pressure at one of these top tier prep schools.
I completely believe that there are many majors/programs at Harvard no more rigorous/educational than those at decent large state universities, but make no mistake, these top tier prep schools are often leaps and bounds more difficult/rigorous than well ranked suburban public high schools, outside of the nationally exceptional magnets like Thomas Jefferson or Bronx Science.
It doesn't even have to be large sums, but the existence of legacy admissions creates goodwill between the university and its alums that broadly motivates consistent, modest donations.
Legacy admissions are also a way to increase yield (percentage of students enrolled versus accepted) which is one of the many ranking-driven stat games.
I'm way too ADHD to hold an engineering job without medication. I'm also quite sensitive to amphetamines. Vyvanse gave me terrible insomnia, and the extended time release worsened the psychiatric side effects (depression, social anxiety, paranoia) when taken in large enough doses to aid focus (which were always pretty low in absolute terms).
Vyvanse basically ruined my life in high school in part because my psychiatrist was afraid to prescribe those pesky abuse-prone IR amphetamines, but I felt I had to keep taking them because it was my only way to succeed academically. Having also been a heavy caffeine user over the years, I think Vyvanse is in an entirely different ballpark.
I'm now managing my ADHD effectively by taking low doses of Adderall on an as-needed basis (average of probably 90 days per year, <10mg per day). Minimal insomnia, minimal depression, no paranoia.
Anecdotally I have the same problem - I was really well managed with adderall IR but now I’m on vyvanse because of the shortage. I think the problem is it never fucking wears off - sounds good on paper but the cumulative effects of dehydration, not eating as well, and not sleeping as much really take a toll on you. Plus while it technically lasts longer, for a lot of that tail end it’s barely effective at managing ADHD (acute tolerance, depletion and tiredness) while still messing with sleeping/eating/hydrating.
I honestly think adderall IR should be legalized too if we’re going to legalize vyvanse - just put it behind the counter like Sudafed.
This stuff was legal, widely used, and widely available in many countries (Germany, the US) for multiple decades and it didn’t collapse their societies. If you read about it, generally the only times it caused problems was armies and such ran out - what people experience right now with all the shortages that wouldn’t exist if it were treated like Sudafed. Sounds like it’s scarily addictive given that, until you realize we’d also have a lot of problems if we ran out of coffee or caffeine.
I prefer IR (raw dexamphetamine) because its predictability makes me feel more in control of its effects, even if they are more volatile, with the temporary "high" for the first hour followed by a gradual dulling over the next few hours. But at least I can be relatively certain of when it will end. Whereas XR might be more consistent throughout the day, but the total duration is variable and depends on factors like how much food I ate or how much acidity was in my drink.
I only tried XR for a few weeks during my initial titration period years ago, but that's how I remember it. I've been on IR dexamphetamine for ~10 years now at varying levels of dosages depending on current life goals. Overall it's been worth it, but there are tradeoffs with dulling of personality and risk of misdirected focus (see my comment history). It's not conducive to long term relationships, and once I "settle down" I might reevaluate my usage of it, but for now it's the obviously right choice. I'm not 100% productive every day, but I'm significantly more consistent than I was without it.
Yeah I went from Vyvanse to XR to IR over the last 7 years and am happy with IR. I feel as though my ADHD symptoms are mitigated appropriately and the side effects are virtually non existent. Vyvanse was great for productivity but I felt like an absolute laser-focused robot and was not at all pleasant to be around.
This article is specifically limited to people with employer-sponsored healthcare plans. $20k is a reasonable estimate for a family trying to get decent health insurance independently.
> $20k is a reasonable estimate for a family trying to get decent health insurance independently
So are we talking about people who have full time jobs and employee sponsored healthcare or are we talking about people getting health insurance independently?
> $20k is a reasonable estimate for a family trying to get decent health insurance independently.
That's on the low side. I'm currently taking a break between jobs and thus paying for health insurance out of pocket. For a family of 3 in California, I'm paying $42,000 annually.
One example of a precaution taken: Spread-spectrum clocking.
Perfectly clocked signals have really high EM spectral peaks (noise radiated at particular frequencies). You can intentionally make the clock a little worse, spreading that radiation over more of the spectrum, and it will reduce the chance that those peaks break other things.
Overpriced relative to the COGS of the hardware, and yet a bargain compared to what you get from any other test equipment company for the same money. The magic is in the software, and I’d much rather pay for that excellent software via expensive hardware than go back to a pre-Saleae world.
I guess. I haven't used their software but I watched a brief video and I don't know if I'd want to pay £400 for it if it was my own money. PulseView seems comparable in capability.
I does still feel overpriced if you ask me. You can get a full Bluetooth Analyser with actually advanced software (I mean there's a huge difference between writing a protocol analyser for SPI or I2C or typical things that run on them, and Bluetooth) for like £1k.
But I guess it one of those things that is aimed at people who aren't using their own money so they make the most money by charging enterprise prices.
There’s a distinction in the US between fully-funded PhD graduate students (who receive a stipend contingent upon research/TA work in an employment relationship) and professional/masters students who pay tuition, even though the latter group is also referred to as graduate students.
Note that for instance if you're there with a fellowship and aren't getting a partial RA/TA assignment as well then you're not eligible. I know that some masters students pay for their tuition, so they might not be eligible either since they're not getting a stipend.
A few other commenters have mentioned Kenji or Alton, but somehow Modernist Cuisine hasn’t yet been mentioned. 2500 pages packed with science, engineering, and stunning photography all in the name of making food as good as it can be, with an emphasis on rigorous empiricism and first principles analysis.
After skimming it the first time, you begin to take a lot of other food media with a grain of salt.
It's an incredible artifact but not very useful as a cooking resource, even the "at home" variants. It is more the kind of thing you have on hand to occasionally reference as you're developing a recipe.
I'm trying to be charitable here but that series is laser-targeted at appealing to people who think science and engineering are virtues, rather than people who actually do cooking. Not that there isn't useful info in it, but it's more of a vanity project than something driven by a real need.
