Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
@arborelia I believe it's for keyboard navigation.
@minego Greetings, fellow object. I have none.
@minego That was supposed to say "movielens". It's a movie recommendation engine.
@minego I don't think I've seen Field of Dreams and don't really remember Batman, but movie thinks I'll prefer Batman by 0.4 stars.
@Scmbradley @emilygorcenski Requiring all admins to accept some kind of centralized moderation would be against the spirit of it (and I'd guess not technically possible), but I think we will have to allow for sharing that effort in some way if we want this to scale.
@pikhq As a system with the ability to switch between headmates that are affected by autism in differing amounts, we think this would be very useful. /genuine
contrarian birdsite/fediverse, drug use related
@recursive I get hung up on just understanding what those are talking about. I'd rather discuss actual feelings and behaviors.
@minego Microsoft Wireless All-In-One Media Keyboard. Touchpad is easier on my thumb than a trackball, and stays in one place so I'm not always searching for it, or having to pick it up and re-place it.
Esme Povirk
boosted
The heroes in teams aren't the ones pulling all-nighters, gambling big and saving everyone at the last minute.
They're the ones who put in the work every day to stop those situations arising in the first place.
@minego I'm guessing most of us thought about this one the same way.
Hey, I'm seeing a lot of politics/advocacy posts that don't have content warnings. I'd like to boost those, but I don't want to do it without a CW.
Esme Povirk
boosted
We made up a pronoun set for "exclusive we" (any use of "we" that does not include the reader/listener), it's wex/xus/xur/xurs/xurselves. It can be used by systems or singlets, in any situation to make clear the listener is not included.
We suppose a corresponding "inclusive we" set should be made to make it clear the listener is included, so for that we propose: wein/nus/nur/nurs/nurselves.
Esme Povirk
boosted
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Whenever I hear an autistic person say "ok, so" during a conversation, I get very happy, as I am about to learn an entire semester's worth of information in the next 15 minutes.
The most wonderful phrase.
@minego I give this post 1 out of 5 stars.
@Sophie If there are biases in a "random" system that you're not aware of, they can still affect you. Although the closest thing I can think of to an example is the bias in the "browser ballot" shuffle algorithm.
@sota767 Same, I just hadn't appreciated how it's not what a lot of Twitter refugees are looking for.
mastodon
I have finally had this explained to me forcefully enough for it to get through, I think: some people *need* reach, mastodon is intentionally designed against getting reach, and I actively prefer it that way. There's a clear difference in what we're looking for that means artists aren't as likely to want to set up shop here.
I'll pretty much follow anyone wherever though, as long as it doesn't require me to have an account on an actively terrible service, and I can use a web browser.
Joined Aug 2018
