itself to being on BBSes a lot more. The problem with BBSing on a modern PC is that modern OS's are multi-tasking. There are so many pop-ups/notifications, other shit on the screen that vie for my
attention. I'm growing more and more aware that I might be at least a
bit ADHD or something on the spectrum and staying focussed on looking at an MRC chat with other things vying for my attention is quite hard. But
on a DOS machine, it's single tasking pretty much, which makes me stop
and pay attention. I love it!- Let me know if you have similar feels
about multi vs single tasking and whether you are on the spectrum or
not. I'd genuinely love to hear from you.
k9zw wrote to hyjinx <=-
On 04 May 2025, hyjinx said the following...
itself to being on BBSes a lot more. The problem with BBSing on a modern PC is that modern OS's are multi-tasking. There are so many pop-ups/notifications, other shit on the screen that vie for my
attention. I'm growing more and more aware that I might be at least a
bit ADHD or something on the spectrum and staying focussed on looking at an MRC chat with other things vying for my attention is quite hard. But
on a DOS machine, it's single tasking pretty much, which makes me stop
and pay attention. I love it!- Let me know if you have similar feels
about multi vs single tasking and whether you are on the spectrum or
not. I'd genuinely love to hear from you.
Hey Hyjinx - it benefits to have a single-thread to one's engagement,
but a lot of what you are seeing is common and natural.
Seems that everyone is on the spectrum, whether slightly or something
more noticed.
Tolerance for distraction definitely changes for a person over time.
Similarly the capabilities to multi-task change, often for the simpler, over one's life.
A way you can simulate this is to compare your personal effectiveness between a state of well rested and well fed/watered contrasting with a greater than 95% spent moment while hungry and thirsty.
When in the highly challenged mode you will have a highly different effectiveness compared to the times when you are "up on all measures."
We also see this when people are unwell. Their world gets smaller and they perhaps deal with a single task, rather than their usual.
Afraid Age also does some of this to us.
And I also think we mentally give up on wasting so much energy multi-tasking at low efficiency, maybe barely on some of the
task-threads and develop a preference to do less tasks but to do them well.
Some say the cumulative accumulation of life toxins plays a role too.
All good stuff to know!
... How do I set my laser printer to stun?
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Linux/64)
* Origin: thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE, rAmsgAtE, uK. bbs.erb.pw (1337:1/101)
On 04 May 2025, hyjinx said the following...
PC is that modern OS's are multi-tasking. There are so many pop-ups/notifications, other shit on the screen that vie for my attention. I'm growing more and more aware that I might be at least a bit ADHD or something on the spectrum and staying focussed on looking an MRC chat with other things vying for my attention is quite hard. B on a DOS machine, it's single tasking pretty much, which makes me sto and pay attention. I love it!- Let me know if you have similar feels about multi vs single tasking and whether you are on the spectrum or not. I'd genuinely love to hear from you.Hey Hyjinx - it benefits to have a single-thread to one's engagement, but of what you are seeing is common and natural.
Seems that everyone is on the spectrum, whether slightly or something more noticed.
Similarly the capabilities to multi-task change, often for the simpler, ov one's life.
A way you can simulate this is to compare your personal effectiveness betw state of well rested and well fed/watered contrasting with a greater than spent moment while hungry and thirsty.
When in the highly challenged mode you will have a highly different effectiveness compared to the times when you are "up on all measures."
We also see this when people are unwell. Their world gets smaller and the perhaps deal with a single task, rather than their usual.
Afraid Age also does some of this to us.
And I also think we mentally give up on wasting so much energy multi-taski low efficiency, maybe barely on some of the task-threads and develop a preference to do less tasks but to do them well.
Some say the cumulative accumulation of life toxins plays a role too.
All good stuff to know!
I'm getting into writing again, and looking into setting up a computer
with limited apps and a full-screen word processor. Even then, the
temptation to look up a reference or a source I'm writing about is
tempting.
Right now, I do most of my writing exercises on a 45 cent spiral
notebook with a 20 cent Bic pen. Combining a distraction-free
environment with the added effort of putting pen to paper ends up being
much more focused than even a full-screen word processor. Without
context switching from writing to looking up something on the web and
back, I'm much more focused - and more relaxed and clear-headed when
I'm done.
Gryphon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
What genre of writing to you do?
I wrote a post-apocalyptic novel along the lines of "Earth Abides", less about the apocalypse and more about rebuilding society.
| Sysop: | Darkmage |
|---|---|
| Location: | Tucson, Arizona |
| Users: | 2 |
| Nodes: | 4 (0 / 4) |
| Uptime: | 182:35:31 |
| Calls: | 6 |
| Messages: | 17,186 |