I’m a trans woman and generally nice person. I like video games, board/card games, Magic The Gathering, DnD, karaoke, tech stuff, and space stuff. I work as a computer programmer primarily using C# .NET. Not sure what else to say haha.

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Cake day: November 4th, 2023
  • ImpulseDrive42@lemmy.worldtoTrans Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zone•You're now a family member answering for yourselfEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Can relate haha.

    I got my gender marker changed. But not my name change yet. So I’m in this weird limbo where this basically constantly happens as described by the meme haha.

    Sometimes I encounter a nice person and they change my preferred name in the system. And sometimes I don’t and it’s annoying… Or they’ll even make me announce my legal name etc.

    I want to pursue my name change… But I’m also worried they’ll refuse and correct my documents forcibly due to the current political state that I won’t go into.

    Plus I’m trying to buy a house and if I change my name I can lose my credit score apparently? I’m trying to wait until after I bought the house and then afterwards I might be able to do my name change by then. But we’ll see what happens.

    Soon:tm: haha.

  • ImpulseDrive42@lemmy.worldtoTransfem@lemmy.blahaj.zone•How do I get started with voice trainingEnglish
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    1 month ago

    One quick voice training trick/tip to get you started.

    Simply take your tongue, and if able, place it on the roof of your mouth. Far enough to feel your muscles in the back of your neck tense up but also be careful to not choke yourself or anything. These are the muscles you need to keep tense. Now that you can feel which ones to target, simply drop your tongue back to a normal position while also keeping those neck muscles tense and then attempt to speak normally.

    If done correctly, you’ll find that you’ll talk softer. This trick demonstrates an example of resonance. It can be quick to pickup and use, but difficult to sustain. But that’s where practice comes in. ;-)

    Also don’t forget to drink water. It helps a lot during practice.

    Here, also, is my favorite voice training video that covers this trick in the “positioning” section: https://youtu.be/4AesESPasZw?is=KRJ1UpbHlQzAnj8m

  • ImpulseDrive42@lemmy.worldtoLinux Gaming@lemmy.world•Distro RecommendationsEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m currently on Linux Mint, works pretty well out of the box. Steam games and indie games and even old windows game work (with lutris and/or bottles).

    However I should warn, I also have a Steam Link. It does stream, but depending on the game the framerate can get very laggy. I’m running on a RTX 2070 tho. Not sure I can recommend steam link on Linux yet.

    Everything else works great.