Block it if you don’t like it, but some of us rely on Invidious to be able to watch anything posted here.

Why does it say Stargate?

I don’t believe there are any staff aboard the automated trains in Vancouver. Perhaps it depends on historical perception of safety on the system.

This is the part that I think a lot of people forget when discussing making transit free. I have seen how much the contracts cost for payment systems, and how often ticket machines and tourniquets need to be maintained. Having a barrier-free transit system (both physically and economically) is in many ways much simpler.

It’s only a matter of time before Windows 11 is forced upon me at work. I am dreading it. The few times I’ve had to use a coworker’s computer that had it, it was so frustrating that I immediately became dysregulated. I don’t know how I will be able to adapt to it. I don’t want to lose my job over something so trivial.

Normally I don’t look at communities on other instances, but I was bored and I clicked the All button and immediately came across a commenter on Lemmygrad arguing that it would be beneficial to

So, um, back to Local I go.

Does anyone recognize what app interface is in the screenshot?

Aha! After experimenting with different Invidious front ends and back ends, I managed to find one that works today!

I have seen many videos like this about autistic people over the years and I always wish I could talk to the person directly. I get the distinct impression that the media creators perceive the subjects in a very different way than I do, and that their bias inflects upon the media they create. I can very much imagine a similar piece being created about me, and how much it would misrepresent the richness of my world.

His job looks extremely fun and I am somewhat envious. I adore sorting and arranging small, colored objects like beads.

No, it was a general lament. Many Americans have said this in my presence, quoting Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory, but also believing it earnestly.

If you asked me if I would ever say “critical support to Macron” a few months ago, I would have thought you were messing with me. But here we are.

Some of the comments on the video – as is usual when the subject of autism comes up – are terrible.

It’s a shame I can’t get Invidious working on my connection, there are many videos posted here I would like to watch. It would be very cool if there was a bot to mirror them to TankieTube automatically.

The number of times Americans have told me “it isn’t chili if it has beans in it” …

It is not satire. It’s Canadian news, so I posted it in the Canada comm.

Does anyone have an archive? I’m getting 403 Forbidden on my safe browsing method.

So, I need to become goth? 🤔

I managed to buy groceries and cook for myself this week. It’s enough to make sure I always have dinner. I will still rely on someone for lunches, but this is a good step for me toward independence.

I am considering asking a local cooperative if I can buy a large batch of their chili each week as a way to make sure I always have a nutritious lunch available. I know I like the chili, and I know they do sell batches of it for organizations hosting events. It’s just a matter of initiating contact and discussing, and then logistics.

I’m extremely surprised that the text-only trials had results as good as they did. It’s been my experience that people can detect something “off” from text alone as readily as they can from audio conversations or in-person interactions.

Regardless of medium – email, instant message, forum post, fiction writing – I have received feedback that my communication style is offputting, robotic, unemotional, pompous, direct (negative connotation), and more. If I try to compensate for lack of emotion by including emojis in emails/messages, I’m told it comes across as inauthentic, performative.

I mean, people generally don’t say “he’s an autistic writer” unless they specifically want to reference the fact that this is an autistic person who writes, whereas they would say “he’s a gifted writer” when they mean that he’s very good at his job as a writer.

I think this is a case of a word being used in two different ways. There is gifted, meaning “good at”, and Gifted, as in the special categorization of giftedness. I think in your example, the former definition is being used.

It’s like stoic (unemotional) versus Stoic (specific philosophy).

I need an “autism mode” for applications that never changes anything.

Also, congratulations on the diagnosis.