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> I read on Twitter about this one guy who gave himself brain damage by constantly working for months on end while programming.

Link? I'm interested.



https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27003207

https://archive.is/KD74v

"So I finally sorted out what happened to my brain"


I remember that thread, the "I burned all the glucose out of my brain & gave myself seizures" isn't how things work. It seems like he has unresolved mental health issues (which I'm sure were either caused or exacerbated by burnout), and came up with a rather strange self diagnosis.




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