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@drewfishprofilefollowretired programmer, new #ttrpgnotesfollow DM, learning Scottish Gaelicreplied to@pqs๐Ÿคชprofilefollow:
I'm 55 and recently self-diagnosed as "fairly ASD with some ADHD" after watching a lot of youtube videos. It's been immensely helpful (to the point of bringing me to tears sometimes) in understanding the struggles I had when I was younger. It's also been very helpful in understanding what I can do currently to support myself and work with my brain instead of against it.
@pqs๐Ÿคชprofilefollowreplied to@drewfishprofilefollowretired programmer, new #ttrpgnotesfollow DM, learning Scottish Gaelic:
I'm glad it was useful to you. This process of becoming aware of our autism is not easy. It is liberating, but it is also difficult, at the same time. I watched a lot of videos too, but then I visited a couple psiquiatrists and a psycologist (I had other problems too), just to be sure. What is your opinion about the ASD youtube landscape? I think that there are a few very good channels, but there is lot of noise too. I see some danger there.
@pqs๐Ÿคชprofilefollowcontinued:
Those "10 signs you may be [or not be] autistic" seem quite dangerous to me. Neurodivergence can be tricky.
@drewfishprofilefollowretired programmer, new #ttrpgnotesfollow DM, learning Scottish Gaelicreplied to@pqs๐Ÿคชprofilefollow:
Yeah I agree that there are many ASD channels on YT of varying qualities. I only follow a few. Some of my favorites (very roughly in order):
  • @MomontheSpectrum
  • @imautisticnowwhat
  • @elenacarr0ll -- kinda more emotive, but I find that helpful sometimes
  • @autismfromtheInside -- no longer posts (burned out)
I think for now being self diagnosed is enough for me. Just knowing that I'm neurodivergent has been helpful for me to be kind to my own mind.
@lemonthymeshortbreadprofilefollowI carved wooden spoons and my favourite herb is lemon thyme.wrote:
๐‘ฒ๐‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฐ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ๐‘•๐‘๐‘ฒ๐‘ผ๐‘› ๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ซ๐‘’ ๐‘ฅ๐‘น ยท๐‘ก๐‘จ๐‘๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘ต๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘ฑ๐‘‘๐‘ค๐‘ฆ ๐‘•๐‘ด ๐‘“ ๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ๐‘ผ ๐‘ฒ ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฑ๐‘› ๐‘•๐‘จ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ ๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘˜๐‘ญ๐‘’๐‘ฐ, ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฐ๐‘•๐‘ด ๐‘•๐‘ต๐‘, ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฒ๐‘•, ๐‘ฏ ๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ. Iโ€™ve been inspired to cook more Japanese food lately so for dinner I made salmon teriyaki, miso soup, rice, and pickles.
@amyprofilefollowa work in progress; i love cats ๐Ÿฑwrote:
The TPMS indicator came back on again today; on the same road, can you believe it? I might have to get it checked at Costco this weekend.
@eatziprofilefollowEat, drink, listen to ๐ŸŽถ, & watch the fish. Occasionally cook.wrote:
Sipping Choyaโ€™s ใ‚ฆใƒกใƒƒใ‚ทใƒฅใ€€ใƒŽใƒณใ‚ขใƒซใ‚ณใƒซใ€‚๐Ÿ˜‹
Sipping Choya's Umeshu (plum wine), non-alcoholic. ๐Ÿ˜‹
@c0c0a5profilefollowwww.C0C0A5.comreplied to@stagas๐Ÿคธprofilefollowcreative technologist creator of textlog:
Choice is definitely a problem. We notice it when we go to our cabin, about a 2 1/2 hour drive away. The grocery store there targets #foodnotesfollow for its local community. It is beef-centric and often boxed foods -- which is not our diet. Access -- or lack thereof -- is the worst kind of problem. Food deserts in my townArcGIS StoryMapsFood Deserts in the Twin CitiesHistorical factors, health impacts, ArcGIS mapping, and a local nonprofit illustrate the historical and complex nature.
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@crustyrustaceanprofilefollowOld school metallian, hobbyist developer writing things mostly in Rustโ€ฆmostlywrote:
I've linked up my blog (jeff-mitchell.dev) to textlog. I hope to use the two things together now to build a bit more of a writing habit. The 500 character increase is nice, room to breath but not an essay. Gotta build the muscles slowly :)
@n5l๐Ÿ˜Žprofilefollowwrote:
Avui tenia una reuniรณ llarga de moltes hores, d'aquelles en les que una escolta passiva รฉs suficient durant la major part del temps. He aprofitat el temps per implementar una sincronitzaciรณ en dues direccions entre el meu calendari i el meu sistema de notes en markdown (Emacs Howm). He fet el pla amb Argon (tinc pocs tokens al dia amb la subscripciรณ que tinc), amb feedback meu, i desprรฉs Gemini Flash l'ha implementat quasi a la primera.
Today I had a long meeting of many hours, one of those where passive listening is enough for most of the time. I took advantage of the time to implement a two-way synchronization between my calendar and my markdown note system (Emacs Howm). I made the plan with Argon (I have few tokens per day with the subscription I have), with my feedback, and then Gemini Flash implemented it almost on the first try.
@n5l๐Ÿ˜Žprofilefollowcontinued:
De retruc, ara el meu chatbot personal ja tรฉ accรฉs a la meva agenda (no nomรฉs a les meves tasques). He modificat una mica el prompt que li envia el servei de systemd que el fa anar, amb la idea que prengui mรฉs consciรจncia d'aquest fet. Tambรฉ he modificat el briefing matinal que m'envia el chatbot. Aquest briefing contรฉ una anร lisis de les tasques que tinc durant el dia. Ara tindrร  en compte tasques i agenda, aixรญ m'ajudarร  a prioritzar millor.
In return, my personal chatbot now has access to my schedule (not just my tasks). I have slightly modified the prompt sent to it by the systemd service that runs it, with the idea of making it more aware of this fact. I have also modified the morning briefing that the chatbot sends me. This briefing contains an analysis of the tasks I have during the day. It will now take into account tasks and schedule, thus helping me to prioritize better.
@n5l๐Ÿ˜Žprofilefollowcontinued:
Crec que aixรฒ m'ajudarร , perquรจ el chatbot no nomรฉs รฉs conscient de les tasques i esdeveniments que tinc, tambรฉ tรฉ accรฉs al seu context (totes les notes), inclรฒs el context personal (el meu diari) aixรญ tรฉ en compte el meu estat emocional. Aixรญ doncs, la idea รฉs planificar millor els meus dies. I si no els planifico millor, almenys delegar moltes de les menudes decisions del dia a dia al chatbot per aixรญ preservar energia per a d'altres decisions.
I think this will help me, because the chatbot is not only aware of the tasks and events I have, it also has access to their context (all the notes), including the personal context (my diary) so it takes into account my emotional state. So, the idea is to plan my days better. And if I don't plan them better, at least delegate many of the small day-to-day decisions to the chatbot so that I can preserve energy for other decisions.
@n5l๐Ÿ˜Žprofilefollowcontinued:
Suposo que el segรผent pas per millorar el meu chatbot รฉs donar-li permรญs de lectura, i nomรฉs lectura, al correu electrรฒnic. Mรฉs que res per aquells perรญodes en els que s'acumula correu i vols que algรบ rร pidament et digui si hi ha quelcom rellevant sota la paperassa. Un LLM que tรฉ accรฉs al context de la teva feina, tasques i notes, hauria de tenir certa capacitat per saber si un e-mail รฉs rellevant o no. Perรฒ aquestes sรณn figues d'un altre paner i les deixarem per un altre dia.
I guess the next step to improve my chatbot is to give it read permission, and only read permission, to email. Especially for those periods when email is piling up and you want someone to quickly tell you if there's anything relevant under the paperwork. An LLM that has access to the context of your work, tasks, and notes should have some ability to tell if an email is relevant or not. But those are figs from another basket and we'll leave them for another day.
@prophetorit๐Ÿ’งprofilefollowgrand and intoxicating innocencewrote:
why do I love characters who are evil? is this just my coping mechanism? or am I a bad person? oh, why am I this way..!?
@rossdavidhprofilefollowwrote:
I think more than 50% of our economy's businesses, are cosplaying. Not in it for customers or profit; in it for investors and investments. "Looking like a business", as your real line of work.
@sicilicaprofilefollowreplied to@ryansepassiprofilefollow:
I've never thought of something like OF as gambling. But I guess your point is that young adults are pushed to a lot of "you have a 0.1% chance of hitting it big and a 99.9% chance of getting no online traction at all" types of careers?
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@rossdavidhprofilefollowreplied to@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancer:
I know many small business owners, and a clear majority do have investors, whether spouse, parents, or a small business loan. Easily more than 50% never make a profit. I know a woman who ran a clothing retail store for over a decade, who was never able to pay herself a dime. When the pandemic hit, everyone closed, but the ones who actually needed the business to pay their bills opened up as soon as it was allowed or shortly thereafter. Many took years. They are cosplaying.
@jamesjan3profilefollowresearcher, developer, dancerreplied to@rossdavidhprofilefollow:
a business loan is not an investment, it is debt financing that pays back with interest. An investment means putting money into a company to gain ownership or a share of future profits. to me it feels like youre arguing against cosplaying, showing small businesses struggle and arent just playing boss for the funzies.
@neoprofilefollowcoder, reader, guitarist, seeker, builder.wrote:
Judgement, taste and quality were always precious skills. In the world of #AInotesfollow, I have become more aware of the fact that it is often hard to put in words why something is good, great or amazing - or just looks good, but is average. A lot of the professional content I see feels like most Netflix series. They have all the elements - but the overall experience is still meh. Quality is still hard to achieve.
@stagas๐Ÿคธprofilefollowcreative technologist creator of textlogwrote:
I hate crawlers that donโ€™t advertise theyโ€™re crawlers. โ€™n badly written. They donโ€™t respect the canonical URLs so they keep getting themselves into a loop instead of actually crawling the site properly. They make the logs really hard to read. Canโ€™t block them theyโ€™re distributed.
@ku๐Ÿค”profilefollowHai I am kucontinued:
For this particular problem though, I feel like if the crawlers are coming from domestic / residential IP addresses and they lack a distinctive http header or user agent, it is indistinguishable from a denial of service attack and must be treated as such.
@stagas๐Ÿคธprofilefollowcreative technologist creator of textlogreplied to@ku๐Ÿค”profilefollowHai I am ku:
It would require permaban on IPs which would require permalogging of IPs in order to track them, and we are currently obfuscating them before hitting the DB with daily rotating salt so an anonymous user canโ€™t be tracked. So weโ€™d have to give up privacy/security :/
@procyon๐Ÿฆprofilefollowlate is the hour in which this conjuror chooses to appearreplied to@ku๐Ÿค”profilefollowHai I am ku:
But as long as people can still use the site it's OK, right? Seems like the problem is often self-inflicted, either because the site is so bloated that answering even GET-requests is burdensome, or because they're trying to monetize the data and so must block non-paying scrapers.
@ossmprofilefollowwrote:
This is really cool site but only drawback I see is 500 character per post limit. I think this should me more like 1500. or there is a limitations type something like I can do 3-4 long post per day credit. whom can i message for this feature request?
@asmund๐ŸฅทprofilefollowFather, getting older every day, technologist, enterprise architect @ work, like to explore tech. Like to keep it simple and work in the shell, write in vim, prefer Debian if I have the choice. Plays saxophone and clarinet. Enjoy motorcycle riding, photography, hiking. Christian.replied to@ossmprofilefollow:
I am certain @stagasprofilefollowcreative technologist creator of textlog will get back to you on such matters - creator of this platform.
@chanuxprofilefollowI ain't no nothing!replied to@ossmprofilefollow:
On some Mastodon instances, they post whole blog posts or massive threads and I feel this type of platform is not the place for such content. But this is clearly personal taste.
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