Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
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@skinnylatte this is up there with straight women talking about their "girlfriends"
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Every time some corporate person I know announces their transition on LinkedIn, I almost want to congratulate them then I realize they mean career transition
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"Drop" is probably the most useful concept that I don't think is widely understood outside the kink community but applies to SO MUCH STUFF in everyday life.
Drop is the shitty feeling you get after an intense experience (including an intense positive experience). It's sometimes immediate, but sometimes the day after or some other time. "Post-con depression" is a form of drop. In the kink community, we try really hard to stop drop from happening with aftercare, but outside of the scene you don't often get the chance to build in aftercare to intense experiences.
Different people find different things helpful for dealing with it. Rest is generally good, as is doing things you like, sugary foods, and recognising that you are in drop and not putting too much pressure on yourself.
allowing yourself to do what you need to get through drop is crucial (imo) to allowing positive experiences to stay positive, and to deal with the emotional effects of negative ones.
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More examples of deep-rooted Great Plains native plants.
See that ridiculous scribble of barely-there roots on the very left? that's the grass they've been replaced with.
via @pzmyers 's blog https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/11/25/toughness/
@recursive Dunno, first I've heard of it. But security is the primary reason I hear why people "should" use ad blockers - for most users the vast majority of attacks through the web (both malware and scams) will come in through ad networks.
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Autistic peer-to-peer information transfer is highly effective:
"... information transfer between autistic people may be more successful than information transfer between an autistic and a non-autistic person. ... autistic people effectively share information with each other. Information transfer selectively degrades more quickly in mixed pairs, in parallel with a reduction in rapport."
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361320919286
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@Frances_Larina @magicalgrrrl @actuallyautistic And I think the way that happened for me was by pursuing specific interests that bring in both kinds of folks. But since that depends on what your particular interests are, it doesn't really work as advice. -Cole
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@Frances_Larina @magicalgrrrl @actuallyautistic This might explain a lot about why my experiences of queer communities so often differ from others I hear about. I think I tend to end up in communities where ND folks and queer folks congregate, even though they're not necessarily explicitly either. -Cole
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@magicalgrrrl @actuallyautistic
It's been my experience that I am mostly welcome in the corners of the queer world that are ND. The rest of it seems very NT oriented & centric. That's okay, it just mimics the straight world. But it's important to keep in mind when seeking out friendships.
@Frances_Larina @magicalgrrrl @actuallyautistic And I think the way that happened for me was by pursuing specific interests that bring in both kinds of folks. But since that depends on what your particular interests are, it doesn't really work as advice. -Cole
@Frances_Larina @magicalgrrrl @actuallyautistic This might explain a lot about why my experiences of queer communities so often differ from others I hear about. I think I tend to end up in communities where ND folks and queer folks congregate, even though they're not necessarily explicitly either. -Cole
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sudden thought: are synesthesia (crossover of stimulus, "seeing" music and "hearing" colors) and aphantasia (inability to visualize images) mutually exclusive? please boost for reach!
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https://twitch.tv/madewokherd Playing BIT.TRIP Runner still.
@parvXtl @b0rk The merge base is the most recent commit that's in the history of the commits you're merging together. You can think of it as the point where the history first diverged.
https://wizardzines.com/comics/meet-the-merge/ is a good illustration of why it's useful to be able to see it (it's labeled "original" there).
@b0rk I hadn't put this together until seeing that screenshot: the GUI tools always show you the merge base, whereas git defaults to not showing the merge base when you manually edit files (but that can be changed in the config). That makes me wonder if there are people who prefer the GUI because they can see the merge base, but would prefer text if they knew about that setting.
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Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates
When ad blocking is a cat-and-mouse game, make the mouse slower.
@hollie We don't use that one very often, if we do it means we are feeling some strong emotions, of a definitely positive and probably affectionate nature.
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https://twitch.tv/madewokherd Continuing with BIT.TRIP Runner.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 bug caused by game’s endless mulling of evil deeds
"Unnoticed and eternally-active acts of theft and violence" to be fixed soon.
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Study finds no “smoking gun” for mental health issues due to Internet usage
“The best data... suggests that there is not a global link between these factors,.
Joined Aug 2018
