> Its an unfortunate system because steam isn't actually providing that much value

I have to heavily disagree with that.

Other than as you mentioned, the huge amount of eyeballs on all of their library content which you just won't get anywhere near close to. Along with people already having credit on their steam account so they can instantly buy a product without entering payment info.

There's also the distribution and update mechanisms which are such a huge win for the customer as well as developers.

I can also guarantee you, if Steam didn't exist, there would be other 'central store/repo's' that would absolutely be trying to enter this space. Providing an easy location for gamers looking to find new content. It's a win/win/win for all of Valve, Developers & Customers.

>Other than as you mentioned, the huge amount of eyeballs on all of their library content which you just won't get anywhere near close to.

We should have had search engines like google for games.

> Along with people already having credit on their steam account so they can instantly buy a product without entering payment info.

Browsers these days have a payment API and stores the users credit card details which can be used on any website.

>There's also the distribution and update mechanisms which are such a huge win for the customer as well as developers.

This could have been done without centralization similar to how package managers work, the games repo would just be added to your client and downloaded from that.

So I guess I could put it yes valve has added value from what there was before but its totally possible to replicate all the value easily without centralization.

> She's off meds right now, struggling a bit

May I ask why you opted to take her off the meds after seeing such a huge benefit from them?

Her decision. She's been reading stuff on the Internet that says ADHD might be fake and over medicated. :-) Her main real issue is the appetite suppression, which she hates.

Her mom and I can see the difference on/off, it isn't subtle. We aren't pushing. I'm committed to her success, but meds are just one tool. I expect she'll go back on them at some point, once she's exhausted her youthful political correctness.

What strategies did you use to consciously work on your empathy?

Typically servers are only under a reasonable workload for load 30% of the day. Resulting in that hardware being unused (wasted) the other 70%.

I've heard this a few times but thoroughly disagree.

Being able to explain/teach something to others is a very different skill to understanding it and isn't compulsory.

Porque no los dos?

Open the link in incognito, or just hit enter on the address bar again so the referrer is removed and it's a direct resource request. (refresh won't work).

3-5 minutes is deal for strength training. So really it depends on your goals.

that's simply not true.

Not entirely true. Once you're at a reasonable strength level simply switching muscle groups will not provide adequate rest for your CNS to perform your sets optimally.

Like I said above short rest times are not for powerlifting purposes but works perfectly in higher rep ranges.

This http://borgefagerli.com/myo-reps-in-english/ works very well for me, great results and very short workouts.

I usually have a rest between sets cause I'm tired :o