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Re:Recovering Emotions After 24 Years on Antidepressants on Sunday October 07, 2018 @11:29AM (#18161028)
Think of a sine wave, with the y-axis representing the positivity/negitivity. A representation of life's ups and downs.

I think what she was saying when she said "no emotion left" is that the amplitude of that wave was nearly zero. The wave didn't go up or down much. When she said, "I want to be dead", she's saying that the the average value is down in the negatives.

Re:Ask HN: What's a good history of technology book? on Thursday September 27, 2018 @08:02AM (#18083655)
Code by Charles Petzold is an in depth history of programming. Very good book.
My understanding is what matters is if you are a EU citizen, not where you live. So they'd need to know you aren't an EU citizen.
Re:The GDPR is here Panic on Friday May 25, 2018 @08:12AM (#17152789)
If I understand the GDPR correctly (and who does?), this article is very misleading. Specifically:

"If you don’t have an office in the EU, our laws can’t touch you. "

That's only true if you never travel to Europe. You could have a website that's in violation of GDPR, travel to Europe on vacation or business, and get arrested.