Is it normal for people to hallucinate when drunk?
You are NOT being a hypochondriac, you are completely allowed to be worried about something like this. Schizophrenia doesn't necessarily have to be hereditary either, but it seems like he has more of a paranoia/anxiety issue more than hallucinations. If he has a mental disorder, which I really do think he does aside from clearly being an alcoholic, then drinking can intensify it because it brings down a certain "barrier" of sorts if that makes sense. Also, when people get drunk, it's pretty common to lose sight of what's reality and what isn't, which could also be an issue. Those migraines he gets could very well be a symptom of withdrawal since he's a heavy drinker, or a side effect from all the alcohol he drinks. I will say that he won't have great health like the rest of the family if he keeps up. I have alcoholism all in my family, and it was a MISERABLE childhood for me to be around constantly drunk relatives. It only gets worse...and my boyfriend's father died from drinking too much, my grandfather has had liver failure from excessive drinking...it's not something you should play around with.
What are all the programming languages you know and how difficult are they?
Basic - the very first language I’ve learnt. Easier to learn than Python, but almost useless now. Difficulty - low.Pascal, the language that was taught to all non CS students at my university. Better than Basic, but it never really impressed me, I didn’t know what to do with it. Difficulty - medium/low.HTML/JavaScript - HTML is not really a programming language, but these two somehow always come together. I learnt to show images, text and interactive menus, but that’s it. I was never interested in creating Web pages. Difficulty - medium/low.Bash - my first love and the first language that I knew what to do with. Coupled with stuff like awk, grep and sed, it’s an extremely powerful tool, I believe it’s very underestimated. Difficulty - medium.Python - a language I learnt because I wanted to learn something different than bash. Always had more config issues than programming issues with it. Difficulty - medium/low.Ruby - A language that was used at the project I was working on. I liked it better than Python. Difficulty - low.SQL - it can be very boring or extremely interesting, depending on the type of problem you’re trying to solve. It’s the JavaScript of databases, a well designed, meaningful and robust JavaScript of DBs (which makes it the opposite of JavaScript, actually). Difficulty - low.Java - my second love, the language that taught me OOP, design patterns and algorithms. I think it has the most beautiful syntax, even though it looks too verbose to some. Difficulty - medium/high.LISP - the language that was used in the functional programming book that I’ve bought, and during my masters. There is some sort of weird fun in using LISP, it helps you look at the problem from a different angle, but I didn’t really find a professional use for it. Difficulty - high.C - the language I had to learn for my Audio Programming project, simply because the Audio Programming book I’ve bought, was C oriented. Beautiful language, one of the best designed ones, one of the best in general, but I didn’t fall in love with it. Difficulty - medium.C++ - my current and last love. All other languages look boring and limited after I’ve stared using C++ professionally. It has become a part of me. Difficulty - medium/high.C# - I had to use it for a couple of tasks. Poor man’s C++, or rich man’s Java. Difficulty - medium/high.
Why people are becoming more and more evil?
Many Christians are saying God's law was done away with because of misusing Paul's letters to the churches in the Bible. Paul was writing to assemblies of different cultures and traditions which were dealing with unique issues, and churches don't understand what was going on. When you say God's law has been done away with, you are in effect saying nothing is sin, because sin is a violation of His law or commandments. In this way, the churches can have no real effect on the world. It started with John Nelson Darby's dispensation theology in the 1800"s. Read psalms112:1,Ecc.12:13,Psalms1:2, John14:15,Rev14:12,Rev.22:14 and others dealing with His law or commandments. If a preacher says any of this is or was just for Israel or Jews, he is a dispensationalist. It will take much sincere prayer and independent Bible study to understand what the real truth is.
How can I get extremely drunk?
Your body is usually pretty good about letting you know how drunk you are. Since your a light weight I would start slow, maybe a shot or two then nurse your beer. You will have a lot more fun being drunk for a long time then getting trashed and wanting to pass out right away after drinking too much too fast. 1-3 shots of any hard liquor, stick to beer after and drink at a steady pace. That way you will be at your most comfortable drunk level for the night and still maintain control over it.
Have you ever coded while high or drunk?
I don't drink, but for a short period of time I took Ativan for anxiety. I was unaware of what it did to me.I had an interview with a tech company I really wanted to get a job with. Since this was a high stress and high anxiety situation I obviously took half a tablet and went into the interview. I felt great! I was confident, witty, intelligent and fun. I was the perfect candidate! They'd be lucky to have me! They even gave me a code test that I finished with about 25 lines.The next morning I woke up and thought about the code test. Shit. There were 7 other ways I could have solved the problem and literally every last one of them was infinitely better than what I did.I was told later that morning I didn't get the job. I politely asked why.“Well…” the interviewer said, slightly sheepish “we’re really not happy when people interview drunk.”That was the day I found out that on Ativan, I act like a drunk person. I wasn't confident or witty or intelligent. I just looked like I wasn't sober.I explained the situation and asked for a redo. They declined.That was the last time I took Ativan.
What lessons do people in their 30s know that they wish they'd known in their 20s?
You are responsible for your own happiness-No one is going to get something from you that you want.Credit card interest-you learn about interest once you get further into debt than you can handle.Seize the day-Every day is a gift, and we are on borrowed time.Time is the only luxury we have, use it wiselyCollege is a business, they really don’t care about youYou will be expected to pay your loans as soon you you graduate, even on a small salaryBeing an adult means doing the right thing, even if it isn’t something you necessarily want to do.Your parents are human beings too, they don’t have it all figured outA decision you make with money in your 20’s can impact you for years to comeYou can learn something from everyone, not everything is positive though. Everyone you meet knows something that you do notComparing your life to someone’s highlight reel can make you feel down, but it shouldn’tThat you really should save 20% of your incomeThat what you want isn’t necessarily what you need.Posting updates on social media doesn’t make people care for you anymore. You find out who really cares for you when you are at your lowest point.Not every marriage is happy, even if they appear that wayGet everything in writing, because if it is your word against another’s, you will always lose.There are 2 sides to every story, then there are screen shotsThat there really isn’t a timeline for life, everyone moves at a different pace. Just because you are stuck, doesn’t mean you are lost.Time will pass anyway, you can either use it to create the life you want, or end up living the life you don’t want.Running out of gas is not funbasic car maintenance can save you a lot of moneyTake chances, it might change your lifeYour parents, family, and friends aren’t around forever, cherish them
My worst nightmare came true- Wife got drunk and exposed while i was away in front of a LOT of people!?
First off I am so sorry that you were put in this situation. Second what happened to your wife was a high lack of self control(drinking) friends that didn t care enough to look out for her safety. Third a ckub that failed to protect your wife from the sex predators that were there and that took her into that room and their bouncers that were in the room and din t stop whatever happened before her friends found her. go to the police and see what your and her legal options are and sue the hell out of the club for allowing what happened to her to happen. then talk with your wife she needs to understand how what she did made you feel and that you only know because some people decided to inform you. Let her know that her only and biggest mistake was getting so drunk that she didn t know what was happening and that you will stay by her side and hep her get through this.DO NOT allow her to associate with her friends for a long while until they can prove that they can be trusted to look out for her should you ever allow her to go out with them again. also I would like to know how everything turned out.
Have you ever passed out on the street drunk? How does this happen?
I have never passed out anywhere…as far as I know. There was a time, however, when I ‘blacked out’ on occasion, and according to friends that were with me when this happened, I would say the most outrageous things to people around me, and thank goodness, get away with it. To this day I do not recall even one of these incidents, and they all ended similarly, with me awakening the next morning in my own bed or somewhere I had been staying for the night. I never had any memory of anything after the ‘black out’. This was a long time ago and I was drinking a lot, as were all my friends at that time, and other intoxicants were invariably involved. After one particular incident involving an absolutely mesmerizingly beautiful female, that I yet clearly remember, my friends convinced me to slow down before some stranger in town killed me. Needless to say, I followed that advice.As to how this happens, I believe it is simply engaging in excess. We all have our limits and when they are exceeded, bad things usually happen. I still drink but haven’t been drunk in more than 35 years, and if I am driving I limit myself to one drink. If I want to drink more than a solitary mixed drink I do it at home, or if out and about, hand the keys off to my wife, who never has more than one.I did not intend to minimize the ‘blacking out’ phase of my life. It was funny at first and then became scary. The final incident scared me so much after hearing what I had said to this lovely female, that I never ever drank to that point again.Thanks for the A2A Stephan Lindgren.