ScottinSoCal πΊπ¦ π π³βπ @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es
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So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.
Joined Nov 2022
Unmasking is Mindfulness for autistic people
Although the source of friction in my house is when I'm watching TV in the background, get hyperfocused on something, then come back to the TV and realize I've missed an important plot development. I rewind, and bitter grumbling ensues
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To me it sounds like episodes of hyperfocus - what you're doing becomes everything, and the rest of the world fades away. Being pulled out of that feels (to me) almost like a physical jolt, and it is unsettling. And annoying.
Happy Monday! How was your weekend? π€
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The date sneaked up on me this year, attacking from behind. Every year on 9/11 I reflect, grateful I survived the attack. This year, I find myself angry. Some of that may be my own loss: my father to COVID this year; my unemployment. But I'm angry on this 22nd anniversary at what has fallen since: at the authoritarianism that overtook this country & threatens the world, racism and bigotry set loose, the pandemic killing still, my own field--journalism--failing to meet these challenges. 1/
I understand what you're saying, but most of it is pure science, and it has made life much better. It may very well make life better in the future, by tracking what's happening on the planet.
We hear about the splashy stuff - the SpaceX bullshit - but quietly pure science, cooperative science that are joint ventures among many countries, are going on all the time, exploring, learning, and raising new questions.
I was told I had to put up a "brag wall" in my office at work - all the pieces of paper that say I have some idea of what I'm talking about when I open my mouth. My quiet rebellion demanded that I include something frivolous.
@yourautisticlife @CynAq @actuallyautistic
A hard day for me too. I had an interview in the building the day before. I was fresh out of college, moving to New York City! I stood in the plaza looking up at those towers filled with joyβ to be in a big city (that thinks it is) at the center of the world!
A man was drumming on plastic buckets in the subway. People walking fell in time to the beat. Could I join them?
I kept my promise to myself made the day after. I have never left the city. I joined them.
But did you answer your country's call to go shopping?
The received cultural mythology of 9/11 is so far from my actual lived experience of being an adult New Yorker on that day that it breaks my brain (and my heart) to even try to reconcile the two. For those who are younger, question nearly all of the political framing you hear about that day. All these years later, itβs clear Bin Laden got nearly all he wanted, thanks to the predictability of American reactionaries.
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Well, isn't it obvious what happens? The searcher living in my browser goes out and hunts down the site I'm looking for, then builds a pipeline to feed the little electron bits from their server to my browser, where the searcher puts them all together in the right order so I can see it. They're very fast, these browser searchers.
(Actually I've been interneting since the early 90s, and have set up a few DNS in my time, but that was long ago, and in another life.)
@ScottSoCal there was a study done on autistic people that showed that we tend to be more altruistic and are more likely to act in accordance with our values when no one's watching. The study framed this finding as a deficit in our ability to act to our own advantage. To which most people in the community have responded with serious side-eye: 'You mean integrity is a bad thing now?' π
Reason 418,357,294 why I like animals better than most people:
A friend has just installed a handwriting app for children, to help them form their letters, using an Apple Pencil on screen, which gives them feedback as to whether they are doing it correctly or not.
It's really cool, except...
There are adverts after Every Single Letter.
Every.
Single.
Letter.
At least 5 seconds.
For an app specifically designed for young children.
Sodding disgusting, IMHO.
(FAOD, I'm not asking for advice. I can fix it, trivially. That's not the point.)
If you're seriously asking, yes it does, but they call it firing, not baking, and it happens in a kiln, which goes much hotter than any traditional oven could go. After the clay piece is fired, it can be glazed and fired again, to make it waterproof (and more colorful.)
Seva attended a pottery class, where he made a small jug. It turned out very well, but it probably needs to be baked? Does anyone know how to do it?
'The Jewish βQuestion.β The Negro βProblem.β The Trans βIssue.β Maybe people existing shouldn't be a question, issue, or problem that's up for debate. If you're framing peopleβs humanity and existence as some kind of both sides debate you're probably not a good person.' #racism #abpoli
They're not thinking about industrial use and never have--they want it because before it was an industrial good it was an icon of power. Diamonds, too.
That they're industrial commodities now is something they want the effects of but don't want itself, because it belies their beliefs about what makes a good currency.
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- He/Him
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- So gay. So, so gay.
- JoeMyGod
- Ε ΔΕΕ§Ε§ Δ - πΊπ¦ π
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.
Joined Nov 2022
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