Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
We don't really see this talked about, but something that helps us a lot as a neurodivergent human is the "decision-saving device". We find that every decision takes some energy, and "naively" we'd make many tiny decisions throughout the day which would be exhausting. So we come up with rules and systems that make the decisions for us instead. We've done this basically our entire life. -Antissa
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Starting again because I ran into tech issues this morning. Am now using actual 3DS capture instead of Citra.
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https://twitch.tv/madewokherd So, my intent when I started this wasn't to play BIT.TRIP Runner forever. I wanted a chaotic mix of challenges in different games I enjoyed, with a bias towards those where I was improving. My struggles with a promising controller that didn't pan out (yet) are in danger of burning me out on that game. So I just added a bunch of other stuff to the mix and we'll see what happens I guess.
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we think we just put our finger on something we've been struggling for a while to find words for
explaining complex ideas in the form of a video makes them highly accessible to audiences who are already motivated to engage with these ideas. that's great!
it also makes them extremely difficult to critically engage with, compared to most written media.
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In an effort to prevent side channel attacks that use machine learning to decode audio of typed passwords, mechanical keyboard club is proposing single-use keyboards for password entry.
Security adverse partners and spouses of mechanical keyboard club remain unconvinced, questioning why we need "another one of those damn keyboards"
kinky fantasy, hypnosis, accidental syscovery, "you"
You give your sub a trigger to help her explore her dominant side. It works surprisingly well, but she stops talking to you after that without saying why.
Months later, you finally hear from her, but she introduces herself as the trigger word you gave her. She's ready to forgive the disruption you caused the two of them(?), but you'll have to become her pet first. She might even let you play with your old sub again, if you're good.
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https://twitch.tv/madewokherd Playing the same game I usually play, BIT.TRIP Runner.
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EU votes to ban riskiest forms of AI and impose restrictions on others
Lawmaker hails "world's first binding law on artificial intelligence."
Would it be weird for the system to use plural she/her/herselves?
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@julia 
Egg: "Am I trans?"
Elder: "If you were presented with a button that would instantly make you a <gender>, would you press it?"
"Well, yeah, of course!"
: "Congrats, you're trans!" "So...where's the button?"
"There isn't one. Welcome to second puberty. It lasts 2 eternities. Here's your blåhaj 
We'll be here if you need us. Good luck! 
hypnokink, silly
Me: Ah yes, I do remember listening to Simple Implied Amnesia Induction last night.
My brain: No you don't.
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So transness exists in many animals and not just humans. It's been observed but I'm going to give you a personal story from my personal life. My exwife was a wildlife rehabilitator. She went to school for it with a specialization in Raptors. That's birds of prey. Not Jurrassic Park.
They rehabilitate most birds but some just can't be released. If they can get along with people they become educational ambassadors. IE birds they take out to the public to educate on wildlife conservation and eliminate misconceptions etc etc.
Well they have a mated for life Golden Eagle duo. The boy is a little big but not so large that he's in lady eagle territory. In Raptors sexual dimorphism is reversed. It's important for later.
He has a wife. Golden Eagles mate for life. They do all the parnter things. Guard eggs. Have s3x. Normal stuff. but zero viable young. No young at all. They think maybe it's just a biproduct of the lady having West Nile virus. Organs move around and change in birds with west nile. It wouldn't be strange if she were infertile.
Because these birds are generally traumatized, and sexing of birds is prone to error they just don't do it. He acts like a guy. He is a guy. His lady love loves him very much. Well he dies of old age. It happens. It's sad.
So they do an autopsy. Also routine. Also for science. What is it they find in autopsy? Ovaries. No testes. No intersex condition. This eagle is a big masculine boy with ovaries. They had a married heterosexual couple with a trans guy and a cis gal ... if birds could be referred to by such terms.
Being trans isn't new. It's not a fad or a woke mind virus. It's not the Democrats or the Greens or the Hippies. It is observed in most animals capable of actually making advanced neural pathways. Some of the smartest creatures on earth are actually birds of prey. So guess where much transness is found? That's right Eagles, Hawks and owls. It's not weird. It's not unnatural. It's part of the normal distribution of thinking species. #Trans #lgbt #raptors #science #wildlife
Tonight my clocks progress forward in a completely normal, linear fashion because I have them set to UTC. For some strange reason, everyone around me will start doing things an hour earlier than before.
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Folks with ADHD, how did you feel when the acronyms shifted, and instead of having #ADD and #ADHD, now the "correct" term is ADHD?
When I was diagnosed in 2000, it was largely because they'd finally discovered that ADD without hyperactivity was a thing, and that girls/women presented as inattentive more often than hyperactive (thus why they were often overlooked). It still feels inaccurate every time I write "ADHD" in reference to myself (yet often get corrected if I use "ADD").
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Devs left with tough choices as Warner Bros. ends all Adult Swim Games downloads
Some can relist games on Steam or consoles—but without reviews or fan content.
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Apple’s treatment of Epic Games draws the eye of EU regulators
Apple could face massive fines if it's found in violation of new rules.
Joined Aug 2018
