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Embrace What Makes You Happy.

Currently trying to learn to fly, so to speak. 🏳️‍⚧️
Sydney · #ADHD #LGBTIQA #Music #Artist #Writer #Programmer #Photographer #Vlogger #Trans #MoreAsIThinkOfThem

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timrichards, to random
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Congrats Booking.com, you're the latest app to have notifications privileges withdrawn, due to spamming me instead of informing me of essential info. Great work.

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@timrichards I'm hating how the app ecosystem is encouraging apps to let the OS handle which ones to show instead of looking after their own shit.

decryption, to random
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found one of these cards on the footpath outside my house - no markings, probably chuck in the bin? No chance of finding the owner?

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@decryption Yep. Almost impossible to find out who owned it. Once they have discovered it lost, they'll be issued with a new one and this one re-registered.

HopelessDemigod, to transgender
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#Transgender

I think we often forget about trans guys in our general discussions and we should do better as a group to be more inclusive.

You are valid.

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@HopelessDemigod Yah. A lot of the transphobia is towards transwomen, sadly.

I have two transmasc friends, one of who has had top surgery and it made him so much happier. I can't forget transmascs.

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It cracks me up when people say that people with ADD and ADHD don't actually need their meds, they are just addicted to Adderall. Have they even met a person with ADD or ADHD?
My friends forget to take their meds all the time!

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@RickiTarr Yah. I only really remember to take mine because it's part of my (much) bigger breakfast routine. Otherwise it'll get forgot some days.

I know someone who thought was mistakenly diagnosed with ADHD. He described what it was like on the meds and I knew right away just from his description he didn't have ADHD. The stimulants work different on us. I can barely see the change in me but colleagues have said there's a big difference.

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Password complexity has increased in the last decade or so and so has support for managing and entering them. A lot of websites have an "unhide" button, for instance, and some sort of complexity meter.

But not everything.

I just changed one of my corporate passwords on a browser-hosted RDP screen. So, Windows, basically. The passwords are now so long and complex the lack of an unhide button was a real problem! Took me 4 tries to change it (it was a few days from expiring, so I had to).

mvyrmnd, to random
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Computers for a Cause had this donated yesterday - I've never seen one before, and I'm quite keen to get it up and running! #C4AC

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@mvyrmnd That looks like it might've come with Windows 8.

timrichards, to random
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I never use them. The supermarket can pay me if it wants me to do its work.

Supermarket self-checkouts must die. And no, I don’t want a receipt
https://www.smh.com.au/national/supermarket-self-checkouts-must-die-and-no-i-don-t-wish-to-print-a-receipt-20240509-p5jb5m.html

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@timrichards I avoid them as much as I can. They rolled out changed a few months ago to control theft and that's been real bad for my autistic tendencies. I got so upset once I had to abandon a load of shopping unpaid for.

decryption, to random
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got a pixel 8a - too cheap not to!

  • RRP is $849

  • JB is running a promo where you get $300 off the 8a if you trade in any smartphone, so I gave them a Samsung Note 10 with a cracked screen for $1, bringing the price down to $548

  • if you make a new JB Hi-Fi perks account you get a $10 off coupon, $538

  • I paid the $538 with a gift card I got at 5% off making my out of pocket cost $511.55

  • plus JB give you a $200 gift card if you buy an 8A during its first 2 weeks of sale, which I'll happily use on more ink for my Epson ET-8550, or a new lens for my camera, making the effective price $311.55 for a brand new phone that has support for 7 years ($45/yr if the battery makes it that long!)

I love bargains 💸

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@decryption I realized a few weeks ago that I use my phone so much I shouldn't be baulking at paying so much. Especially at what I have spent on music hardware and software. And on my most recent camera.

Only reason I haven't bought the Pixel 8 I want yet is I need my next pay cycle to happen!

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Tonight is a night to wear socks to bed.

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Google wants me to use a Google Account to view and use SMSs on my phone? Listed benefits don't make sense.

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Article commenting on the lunacy of everything having to be five stars to be good. Agreed. When I was reviewing comedy shows for The Age, I ran the gamut from awarding 1 to 5 stars. It was useful.

Airbnb rating: why four stars is a fail
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/i-gave-an-airbnb-home-just-four-stars-apparently-that-s-a-fail-20240503-p5fopg.html

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@imalcolm @timrichards I think Ebay might have predated that. Many Ebay sellers for many years have asked for 5 stars and say to contact them first before giving them anything lower.

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@timrichards @imalcolm Understandably.

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aliexpress tshirts

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@decryption The pusheen one is cute.

bastardsheep, to random
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This injecting stuff people don't actually follow is increasing engagement?

All it's doing to me is driving me off these platforms.

What is wrong with people that they actually engage more?

https://www.404media.co/ai-images-of-dying-drowning-mutilated-children-go-viral-on-facebook/

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@timrichards @bastardsheep I can tolerate FB (with some tools) - and kind of have to as I have certain people I need to be able to hear from and they are nowhere else.

foone, to random
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I had a weird realization today:
You know how I make terrible keyboards? It turns out I can also made good keyboards!

Well, kinda. I had this silly gamer keyboard I kept around because it was small and I used it when I needed a random USB keyboard, but it was horrible to use. No contrast on the key labels...

but wait I have a bunch of keycaps since I'm a keyboard-making punk. what if I just put some onto it... and now it's readable! and looks snappy!

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@foone I actually really dislike this layout and don't understand why everyone is using it for this form factor. The right-column keys are too easy to hit when I want Enter or Backspace, and the cursor keys have no physical separation which means I usually have to look at them to hit the correct one. The old Happy Hacking Keyboard 2 was much better but it is sadly unique.

jonoabroad, to solar
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I just want to know the terminology for the technology that allows a battery backed PV system to continue to function in the event of an outage.

#solar
#PV

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@decryption @jonoabroad It's called "islanding" and some electricity providers don't like it.

Systems that "island" have to be able to isolate everything from the mains if the grid goes out. Systems that don't do and just shut completely down instead are (I think) cheaper and called "anti-islanding".

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Melbourne IT sure does make it hard to login for me to renew my domain name.

static, to random
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Where can I buy Scotchguard? The Woollies I went into this afternoon didn't have it. Also wondering if I even should use it on my new Vans sneakers.

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Okay let's see how wet over walking home from the station.

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@BeAware It's a 10 minute walk through and out of a shopping centre, about half of which is covered. I got a little damp. Still, could be worse...

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@BeAware Not when the wind and rain are cold... :-P

kcarruthers, to random
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I’m awake early because my last two leaky windows are getting replaced right now. Lots of banging right now but for a good cause.

Pity it didn’t happen before the huge storm the other day, but better late than never.

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@kcarruthers There is reportedly a whole lot of wet days later this week.

static, to random
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I thinking that the root cause of the current war Israel is waging is that they don't regard Palestinians as human on the same level as themselves. This is probably a problem all over the world, TBQH.

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Half-watched the SBS news item about Bruce Lehrmann. He seems to be in a long way over his head. The phrase "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" comes to mind.

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@stufromoz He's become famous for all the wrong reasons. And the likes of Channel 7 producers have definitely not helped.

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