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I didn't have a TV at home for my early days. And we didn't have a good radio either. We were too poor due to break up of USSR. In 2001 I was at children's hospital, my ear was sick. In afternoon a nurse suddenly turned on TV and whole hospital stopped and watched Twin towers go down. I had no...

As a linguist and chess workshop organizer for local Autistic association I can say that in Latvia autism spectrum disorder is labeled as a disability and kids get disability benefits. Celebrating disability is like celebrating that you have only one leg. Many moms come to Autistic association...

I picked up learning table tennis for adults in July. Two 2-3 hour training sessions per week under a certified table tennis coach. At 38 it feels weird to learn something new, but it is good for body/brain and maybe something else too. My main goal is to lose weight (I gained like 4 inches of...

A handstand lamp with in built alarm clock, thermometer and calendar all in one. Had to change batteries and something else.

Still playing Diablo Immortal with some people I know from 2022, but looking for a new game. Titan Quest 2 EA has been delayed. Olden Era EA has been delayed. I'm looking for something like these two games that has come out recently or a card game. Slay the Spire 2 seems to be scheduled for...

Happy Summer solstice to everyone! I have started working at Latvian Autism Association, teaching chess to kids there. It has been a good experience so far. I have an assistant who I can trust with the little things so I can focus on chess. Groups are 1-7 kids usually. Each lesson is 40 - 70...

I concur. I tried to watch the movie and I couldn't bring myself to, despite it being a cult status book. It follow families and houses. Such books are usually for specific type of reader, I guess.

Gave my first lecture at national university (University of Latvia) on pedagogy regarding kids on the autistic spectrum disorder. I'm still a BA student, just that the Prof trusted me that I knew about autism more than her. I prepared for this lecture for 3 weeks. Presentation was 29 slides...

Been playing Diablo Immortal past 3 weeks. Titan quest 2 or Olden era had short demos, but no early access yet.

You see, when I grew up in USSR I didn't like the bluntness of Russians around me. They talked in obligatory words to kids: "Go! Run! Come! Stay quiet!" When I started learning English at age of 4 or 5, I realized English-British people actually have manners. They don't order their kids around...

I am trying to get respondents for my scientific project. They have to be from Latvia. The problem is that my project is about kinetic learning. And to finish the survey, respondents have to watch 5 short videos. Despite me saying that it would take 6 minutes of time, I have gotten only 18...

One of the appropriate times I can wholeheartedly say "I'm sorry for your loss".

I have been waiting for Olden Era and Titan Quest 2 early access to come out and while they both had playtest this month, I can't find games like them to play before actual EA. So - if you know a good POE-like game or Heroes of Might and Magic 3-like game released in 2020-s, please write it...

George Polya - How to solve it . An amazing and classic book on heuristics in mathematics. It has received an update by different authors in 2000s as well. The original book was written in 1940s. It gives methods of discovery of new formulae and theorems. It gives tools for solving problems...

I have several people around me who were born in the 1950s whose health I would be happy for. From whom I would love to learn a lot more, but 70 is such a mystical age for men - depending on genes and anamnesis, for one it is the beginning of a second youth, for another - the last decade of the...