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guyjantic

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Father, partner, teacher, mentor, researcher, data scientist, music maker, photo taker, art dabbler, thing creator, disc hucker.

Social science professor in the US, deeply burned out from trying to be a professor in what our system is becoming.

Formerly religious. Now sweary. Also sometimes drinky. Ask me about my one weird trick (if you want to be disappointed).

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ah. well.

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@molly0xfff AFTER ALL OF AMERICA YELLING AT US FOR FIVE YEARS WE INVESTIGATED OURSELVES AND YOU CAN LEARN WHAT WE FOUND FOR SIX EASY INSTALLMENTS OF $19.99

@catswhocode@mastodon.art avatar catswhocode , to actuallyadhd group

actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group You know what I hate? When people say, "Oh, everyone is on the autism spectrum," because that is definitely not true. I get this reaction when I tell people that I'm autistic sometimes, because I'm low support needs and it's not immediately obvious, but I definitely struggle with many things. Maybe I should be more specific? How do you all handle this?
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@catswhocode actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group actuallyadhd@a.gup.pe icon actuallyadhd group There's a place for that "hi, fellow kids" meme.

@catswhocode@mastodon.art avatar catswhocode , to actuallyadhd group

actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group You know what I hate? When people say, "Oh, everyone is on the autism spectrum," because that is definitely not true. I get this reaction when I tell people that I'm autistic sometimes, because I'm low support needs and it's not immediately obvious, but I definitely struggle with many things. Maybe I should be more specific? How do you all handle this?
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@catswhocode actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group actuallyadhd@a.gup.pe icon actuallyadhd group They can be soothing! My point was that having a few characteristics somewhat in common with many autistic people is not the same as having autism. Everyone has some characteristics that are like every possible psychological condition, developmental divergence, etc. because we're all human, but the extent of those characteristics, their pervasiveness, their pattern, etc. matter a lot.

@catswhocode@mastodon.art avatar catswhocode , to actuallyadhd group

actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group You know what I hate? When people say, "Oh, everyone is on the autism spectrum," because that is definitely not true. I get this reaction when I tell people that I'm autistic sometimes, because I'm low support needs and it's not immediately obvious, but I definitely struggle with many things. Maybe I should be more specific? How do you all handle this?
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@catswhocode actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group actuallyadhd@a.gup.pe icon actuallyadhd group "Fifi and I were barely able to asked a third summer home so we are basically poor, too."

"I got 2 separate jokes published in Boys' Life magazine so it is fair to say Margaret Atwood and I are both professional writers."

"I now have glasses for reading so believe me I know what it is like to be blind."

Yes, all behaviors, tendencies, symptoms, etc. are rooted in common human experiences and functions. That does not mean having broccoli and enjoying weighted blankets makes a person autistic.

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social avatar gamingonlinux , to random

A really annoying thing that absolutely needs to stop:

  • "More info in the discord!" / "Changelog in the Discord!"

STOP THAT.

Discord is a closed, proprietary platform. Post your stuff on the actual open web where more people will see it.

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@gamingonlinux I'm a tech doofus and even I had no trouble installing a self-hosted forum back in the day. Also... gitlab etc. exist.

@mhoye@mastodon.social avatar mhoye , to random

Exhibit 1: Cops protecting the bottles of water in a wrecked truck from their fellow citizens in the aftermath of a disaster. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/09/29/helene-wnc-storm-north-carolina/

Exhibit 2: Steinbeck's "The Grapes Of Wrath" https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/752923-the-works-of-the-roots-of-the-vines-of-the

There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.”

There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.”
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@mhoye what next, pushing people back into the flood surge if they climb out on private property?

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

CEO: We need to cut costs.

Accountant: Okay. We paid you $50 million last year. We spent $10 million on your private jet flights and luxury hotel accommodations. For some reason you are being paid $1 million for this 45 minute meeting.

CEO: I see. Who's that in the hallway?

Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company from falling apart. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.

CEO: Fire Greg.

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@lowqualityfacts This is my university right now, but on a smaller scale. The president, provost, deans, and various directors make between 3 and 5 times the median faculty/staff salary, and there are so many of them. Most of them have generous expense/travel accounts, remodeling accounts (apparently), beefed-up benefits packages, staff, and (rumored) occasional golden parachute packages hidden in the College Foundation (not open to transparency laws).

They harangue the rest of us for "waste", reducing scholarly and teaching workers by the year (scholarship and teaching are literally the only key services we provide), and making life less fun every month. All travel has been frozen for non-management. We apparently can't afford printer paper. Department secretaries and building maintenance staff have been pared to skeleton crews with low morale to "reduce payroll costs through attrition." Every month there seems to be a new and bizarre method of hamfisted micromanagement. And the president has started eliminating programs that look "wasteful" to him even when solid accounting shows they are solidly "profitable" (in the weird semi-true way that applies to public universities in the USA).

So yes. Day after day being told the sky is purple and the moon is cream cheese, silently daring anyone to challenge them on this and begin a nasty fight with the authoritarians who sign all the paychecks.

The USA is not OK in many areas. Public universities are one of those areas.

@itsfoss@mastodon.social avatar itsfoss , to random

Linux mint is now 18 years old!!! 🎂 🥳
Share your story with Mint! 💚

guyjantic ,
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@itsfoss OKAY so this one time I installed Mint

and I still use it!

Maybe you wanted more exciting stories. But I like Mint.

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social avatar QasimRashid , to random

Only 34% of Americans support Biden’s management of Israel & 55% of Americans oppose Israel’s siege on Gaza.

This proves stopping the genocide is not just the morally & legally smart call—it’s the politically smart call. VP Harris should do exactly that.
https://t.co/zjBnLDZCYm

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@RememberUsAlways @QasimRashid

Yes, the first is the question I referred to. And, as you probably suspect, genocide is genocide no matter who is winning a particular war. Genocide is not war; it is genocide. The victor doesn't matter in the definition.

Thanks, that's what I came to discuss. Not to respond to leading questions about how I feel about Hamas vs. the IDF.

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social avatar QasimRashid , to random

Only 34% of Americans support Biden’s management of Israel & 55% of Americans oppose Israel’s siege on Gaza.

This proves stopping the genocide is not just the morally & legally smart call—it’s the politically smart call. VP Harris should do exactly that.
https://t.co/zjBnLDZCYm

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@RememberUsAlways
@QasimRashid

Again, that wasn't your question. Please show that you understand the question you originally asked so I know you're not playing switcheroo.

I can't have a meaningful discussion with someone who is either unaware of their most recent statements or insists on shifting them to suit some rhetorical agenda.

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social avatar QasimRashid , to random

Only 34% of Americans support Biden’s management of Israel & 55% of Americans oppose Israel’s siege on Gaza.

This proves stopping the genocide is not just the morally & legally smart call—it’s the politically smart call. VP Harris should do exactly that.
https://t.co/zjBnLDZCYm

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@RememberUsAlways @QasimRashid

"Would there be screams of genocide if Hamas was winning the war in Palestine???"

That wasn't your question.

Start with clear premises and we can perhaps move from there.

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social avatar QasimRashid , to random

Only 34% of Americans support Biden’s management of Israel & 55% of Americans oppose Israel’s siege on Gaza.

This proves stopping the genocide is not just the morally & legally smart call—it’s the politically smart call. VP Harris should do exactly that.
https://t.co/zjBnLDZCYm

guyjantic ,
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@RememberUsAlways @QasimRashid It's not a difficult question at all, and the answer isn't the troll answer you're pulling for.

18+ @dtauvdiodr@c.im avatar dtauvdiodr , to bookstodon group

Amos is someone I was immediately drawn to in The Expanse. I was attracted, empathetic, and at one point I realized he started to become an analogue for me.

Even the rugged ops / maker / systems engineer part.

But especially the ruined childhood and the anger.

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@dtauvdiodr bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group I think maybe. It's never clear how much writers of a show truly understand the kinds of characters they're trying to write (see: all the "multiple personality" characters since the 70s), but I agree that Amos--at least sometimes--shows some perspective taking, a precursor to empathy, toward children. It's also possible, however, that he simply decided at some point that that is something he is: a person who protects children in need.

18+ @dtauvdiodr@c.im avatar dtauvdiodr , to bookstodon group

Amos is someone I was immediately drawn to in The Expanse. I was attracted, empathetic, and at one point I realized he started to become an analogue for me.

Even the rugged ops / maker / systems engineer part.

But especially the ruined childhood and the anger.

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@dtauvdiodr bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group amos is, I think, a psychopath. That is, he feels empathy, remorse, etc. very little if at all. However, unlike other fictional psychopaths (e.g. all four main Seinfeld characters), he works to be a good person toward others by a recognizable--if not always comfortable--moral code. This is interesting to me in general, and the way it is revealed and developed on The Expanse is compelling. He's my favorite character.

@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

Motorola’s mid-range Edge 2024 packs a 144 Hz display for $550

Motorola's Pixel 8a fighter is headed to a carrier store near you.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/motorolas-mid-range-edge-2024-packs-a-144-hz-display-for-550/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Does it have a headphone jack?