Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
Esme Povirk
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Random reminder that a lot of the communication "competency" attributed to neurotypical people comes down to privilege: meeting-first cultures, in-office/anti-WFH cultures, dining areas built as wide-open spaces, even the filling of cities with noisy cars instead of trees, etc.
It's everyone else's priorities that are out of whack. Mine are completely gay.
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It's amusing to me that star trek imagined a world where an AI faces social rejection because he's rational, fact based, literal, fiercely/dogmatically moral, and struggles with social nuance. But here in reality we invented AIs that have no concept of truth, give zero fucks about accuracy, have no rationality, and can't do math, but match vibes and tone nearly perfectly.
The first artificial person will not be an autistic science officer. It'll be an extremely allistic salesbro or politician.
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THE 3DS ESHOP CLOSES IN 20 HOURS. REMINDER THAT IF YOU EVER WOULD LIKE TO JAINBREAK YOUR 3DS,
DOWNLOD POKEMON PICROSS.
IT IS FREE TO DOWNLOAD EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS ITS 3 DOLLARS.
USING THIS GAME IS THE EASIEST WAY TO JAILBREAK YOUR 3DS. MAKE SURE ITS ONTO AN SD CARD. EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU NEVER WILL, ITS GOOD TO HAVE IT THERE JUST IN CASE
plurality, sysmeds
Stirring up shit by saying "non-traumagenic systems exist" in spaces not about plurality. It's mind-boggling how much this upsets some people.
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I typo github as githug so often that I think they should just change their name.
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When you see "WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!" this morning, go here:
https://github.blog/2023-03-23-we-updated-our-rsa-ssh-host-key/
religion, shitpost
The Catholic God is plural.
Found this in my music library. I have no memory of it at all. Thanks, past me. https://testwolfalice.bandcamp.com/album/my-love-is-cool
If there's one thing working with software has taught me, it's that it never works the way I think it does, even if I designed and built the whole thing myself.
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your feelings are valid!!! your syntax unfortunately is not
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Them: You said you were interesting!
Me: I said I was into resting!
I feel like public mastodon polls are going to start to be exploited at some point and then we won't be able to use them.
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This is for non-trans people only!
Do you think it is #transphobic to not want to date trans people?
There is an accompanying poll for trans people in the replies.
Please #boost so that I can have a larger sample size than I might otherwise get.
Boost the other poll too if you can.
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#Trans friends, I was thinking about our diverse stories, and found myself wondering about the age you knew you were trans (whether you had language to describe it or not)?
I didn't know until my late 40s. Earlier, I knew I was different, but not really in what way.
When did you know?
Please boost for reach, let's get a big sample size!
autism/disability
@actuallyautistic So I'm trying to come to terms with this. I think because I'm above water, I can work and take care of myself without regularly needing extra help (or rather, without needing extra help that I can't pay for), I don't feel like I deserve to say that. But I don't know how else to reconcile the fact that I can't afford to do things like protest or lobby or plant pollenizers. So I have to be able to say, I can't do those things because I have a disability, right?
autism/disability
Why is it so much easier for me to say
"I barely have the time and energy to work a part-time job and take care of myself. I don't understand how people can do things like work a full-time job and take care of a home and a car and kids. It all seems completely impossible to me."
than
"I have a disability."
We've been bad at visualization for as long as we can remember, but we seem to finally be making progress. Being able to summon bright colors and simple shapes internally is such a joyous experience.
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CVE-2023-21036 / acropalypse is absolutely bonkers.
Apparently for 5+ years the cropping / editing tools for screenshots on Google Pixel phones was only overwriting the start of the screenshot PNG file, but not truncating.
All screenshots shared for the past 5+ years might have data recoverable from them. Demo available at https://acropalypse.app/
Google still hasn't communicated anything on this.
(h/t ItsSimonTime on Musk's site)
Joined Aug 2018
