SavvyWolf @ savvywolf @pawb.social

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Telegram is frustratingly one of those "privacy focused" apps that for some reason feels entitled to have your phone number and requires you to install their app to use. So yes, you need to give it to them. Some feeds have "previews" which can be viewed in the browser, but I'm not sure how common that is.

Also, doesn't Canada have a king now? Do they still recognise the UK royalty as heads of state, or did that change?

Out of interest, why is being into computers/coding/linux/etc. important to you in a partner? Would finding a partner with different interests but an agreeable personality be that big a problem?

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Maybe you're neurodivergent, maybe you're not. The question I think that's worth asking is "does it matter?" If it turned out that what you are going through happens to maybe 25% of the population (as I think is likely), will that change how you live your life?

I can understand feeling frustrated about being bad at things at first; I have the same issue. What partially worked for me is internalising that you're going to be bad at something for a while before being good. It's a tough lesson to learn and accept, but it's important. Enjoy messing about. Go into things with the knowledge that you're just practising and don't put pressure on yourself to be good.

And fwiw, a lot of people fail driving tests on their first try. Don't give up just because you failed once.

I know it's probably too on brand, but maybe some kind of monstrous wolf hell beast thing. Maybe with a skull as a head and dripping flesh.

If I'm going to be a mindless killing machine, may as well have some fun with it. Better than being a slow shambling skeleton or zombie at any rate.

Ehh, it'll never take off.

Bought a Steam Deck during a fit of depression despite not traveling much and having a full gamer PC.

Turns out it's really nice for the few times I do travel (especially on long train rides) and when laying in bed after just waking up.

I've been using an app named "Mousepad" for filling the role of a light weight temporary textholder. Would be tempted to try this if it weren't for the fact that it can't save files. I've had many cases where I've realised I wanted to save text I've been working on, and I don't want to open something like vscode just to write a file.

Demacia from Runeterra. They claim to be morally right and superior whilst also doing eugenics. Bloody bastards.

Ehh... The autistic and academic communities have been butting heads for a while. Academia has a rich history of marginalising and dehumanising those that they consider "lesser", and I have no reason to beleive that we've moved past that.

Autistic and non-autistic brains work in different ways. And it's hard for one type to understand the other. Usually called the "double empathy problem" ( https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/professional-practice/double-empathy ). And because neurotypical people have problems reading autistic people, they assume that the person they're reading must lack "something".

In addition, all the tools that academics use to measure the worth of a person tend to be tailered to a specific type of person. You can see it with IQ tests; once racism went from being normal to being frowned upon, scientists had to scramble to figure out why Africans suddenly started seeming to be characterised as intellectually deficient.

Being gay also used to be a disability, but now it isn't. It's not unreasonable to assume that in 10 years autism will be the same.

Personally, my experiences have been that I have too much empathy. Other people's suffering hurts me so much more than my neurotypical friends. I think this is a common autistic trait ("hyper-empathy") other people have. I have theories on how this all relates to their reactions to emotional stimulus, but this post is already too long.

... Of course, there is a group of people who think that Academia is Law and that things aren't true unless they're in a journal. If you're that kind of person, I doubt my hearsay is convincing, but I figure it might interest people travelling this thread.

Yes yes, I'm well aware that people can define "empathy" in many different ways to make their point. But honestly, "Autistic people don't feel empathy" is pretty much a dogwhistle for "They're broken and I'm better than them". Autistic communication and non-autistic communication are different and neither are "right" or "wrong".

Also, interestingly the criteria for autism doesn't actually mention empathy: https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/diagnosis/assessment-and-diagnosis/criteria-and-tools-used-in-an-autism-assessment

I don’t like to see people suffer, and I have a strong aversion to conflict

I think this right here is empathy. The fact that you have a wife and kids who you presumably have emotional attachment to also suggests you can understand their feelings.

Just because you don't respond to feelings in the same way as a neurotypical person doesn't mean you don't feel them.

bcuz they're stinky doo doo heads

"Autistic people lack empathy"

Wierd how the fact that a group of people don't see the world as you do makes then somehow inferior and deficient, huh?

I've done that before when debugging system issues. Create a snapshot before and after the issue, and diff the files to see what changed.

I also took a snapshot before updating to a new version of Mint, realised it broke a bunch of stuff and rolled back.

Honestly, I wish btrfs was the default in many places since taking a snapshot is so cheap and easy.

Source Code Pro gang!

If you want to increase your credit score and are financially responsible, switch over to using a credit card.

Diversify your portfolio: Instead of putting everything into savings, split some of it into stocks and shares.

I've heard that they amount you should be putting into your pension is a percent of your income equal to half the age you were when you started saving. Not sure how accurate that is.

If you do happen to be well off and/or have a good job, spend your money on things you like rather than hoarding it.

Donating to charity and supporting small businesses is usually morally correct. If you have the means, tip your instance admin or developers of software you use.

Be careful when buying things that the seller can remove from you at any time. But don't use that as an excuse to not buy things you'll enjoy while you have them.

I used to be sceptical of antidepressants as well, wanting to try and fix things "properly". But after getting in a really bad state, I decided to accept their "help". Lifestyle changes are important, but antidepressants "take the edge off" and make it easier to implement those changes.

I think antidepressants should pretty much always be paired with other support or lifestyle changes though.

So, I want to preface this with "it affects everyone differently". If you are at all curious about it and live in a place with functioning healthcare, you may as well give them a try. Worst comes to worst, you try them for a month and they don't work. Personally, I kinda wish I had tried them sooner.

Anyway, for me I think that they allow me to feel more of a "range" of emotions. I still have good and bad days, but that's better than bad and terrible days. It's actually interesting to me, because it feels like I've unlocked a range of emotions and need to learn how to manage them like a normal person.

I also sometimes get this weird euphoric feeling that everything is going to work out and that the world isn't as bad as it seems. I also seem to be better at motivating myself, although still not good at it yet. Since taking them, I've been able to push boundries and do things I wasn't confident doing before. But I still don't exercise enough and eat too much takeout. :P

However, I do feel that there's a tiredness in the back of my head that inhibits my ability to do intellectual tasks? Someone else described it as feeling like carrying an anvil around, and I can kinda see that. Although I did pick up a really bad habit of bedrotting during my depression, which I have yet to shake off. Maybe if I exercise more regularly I will feel better?

For libedo... I do feel that it has gone down a lot. Especially in the first few weeks of taking them. However, I also was really worried and obsessing over that part of them before taking them, so maybe I placebo'd myself into thinking I had issues? The biggest sex organ is the brain and all that. A lot of my anxiety and depression was related to sex stuff as well, so that may tie into it.

Anyway, that's my experiences. Let me know if anyone has any more questions. I like talking about myself. :P

So I tried VoxelLibre recently and I have three main papercuts:

• The lack of dual wielding (and perhaps crits and other Combat Update things).
• Shift clicking items doesn't do the same thing as Minecraft in a lot of cases. Shift clicking armour doesn't equip it, for example.
• I think sometimes there's a keyboard combination for opening the inventory (shift+I?) that I keep accidentally hitting when I try to move.

Still, it's an interesting project and Iook forward to how it continues.

I one crossgraded a debian server from x86 to x86_64.