Murdoc

There was also a skit on the Wayne and Schuster show about the "Super No-Frills" grocery store featuring this as one of their cost savings features.

Yeah, there is a mechanism that ensures it, and that's the interaction between competition and artificial scarcity. Companies that try to do things in the best interests of their customers and society end up either getting bought out, or out competed and die. It's a simple matter of survival given the rules of the game that we have set up. Greed is the mechanism that keeps these rules in place and even makes them worse, sure, but then, the rules are designed to encourage and reward greed as well; a positive feedback loop. To stop it, the rules need to be changed at a deeper level than most realize or are comfortable with, despite all the many benefits.

If you are using DDG for searches and concerned about privacy related to using LLMs, have you tried duck.ai?

I did the same thing the other day when I saw "winedlloverrides" (for the program Wine if that helps).

Interesting. So the "post-truth era" isn't just for the masses, but the rich as well, as they cannibalise each other.

I'm no expert, but this is my understanding as well.

So basically what it all comes down to is competition and not just greed like most people believe. If you don't make more money than the competition, you will fail. That's why companies keep getting bought out all the time, they lost this game. Most people have no idea just how many companies they know are owned by bigger ones they may not know. The whole thing is conglomerating like the T-1000 after it had been shattered and melted. So rabid profit chasing is a matter of survival.

Also, they’ve vehemently claimed for many years that it’s impractical to provide backward frame-by-frame stepping, but Celluloid does it just fine.

Ah, so that's not just me, is it? That's bugged me for a long time. I was so happy when I discovered SM Player could do it.

I'm going to save this description. 🎯

Not the power converters we were looking for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpUkokRx3-k

I'm reminded of this book I had as a kid. It explained so many things so easily. It explained how an ICE works by using analogous items you'd already know as a kid for every part of the engine. For example, for the fuel injector it showed a perfume spray bottle. It was brilliant, and why it was never required reading in school is a mystery and tragedy.

It's not just numbers though, is it? There's that algorithm thing they use to steer things. Otherwise in principle I agree wirh you.

I prefer "sota !!"

😆👏 Was totally hearing that in Sinclair's voice too.

According to the show Inside Job, he is! https://insidejob.fandom.com/wiki/Reptoids#Members

Because discord uses the word differently than the rest of the world. Convenient.

Not a stupid question at all, but honestly I don't know. I have seen that capability on other sites, so it's possible. If someone else doesn't answer here, you could probably look it up.

I'm dealing with this issue right now myself. I have a long line of jobs that never worked out. The fact is that autistic people have the highest rate of unemployment of any group of disabled people, up to 90% in some places. So firstly you should not be hard on yourself about it. The world just hasn't been built with us in mind.

That being said, I do believe that there are niches for people like us out there where we can survive, perhaps even thrive, the trick is finding them however. And that's where we have to put in a lot of work and problem solving. I'll share a couple of tips based on what I have been doing.

So the first step that I would recommend--assuming that you haven't done so already--is to give yourself a good foundation of knowledge on your conditions. Learn as much as you can about them, from books, websites, articles, research papers, and hanging out with online communities like this one (Mastodon has some great communities if you look for the hashtags of #ActuallyAutistic and #ActuallyADHD among others). That's what I've been doing for the past couple of years. I would also suggest guiding that research in a neuroaffirmative direction, that is, sources that understand and respect neurodiversity. I have found a ton of resources that way, I can give a couple here:

https://www.autisticality.co.uk/autisticality-content This one is a good introduction to a wide variety of related topics in bite-sized chunks.

https://embrace-autism.com/ This one talks about testing for autism (and other things), but also has good resources on both autism and adhd. It's all by doctors who are themselves autistic.

https://neurodivergentinsights.com/autism-awareness-acceptance/ This article gives an idea of what the world would look like if it was made for us, so you can better recognize those rare pockets of it when you find them.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0147040 If you prefer something more in-depth, here's a research paper on the barriers to employment for autistic people.

https://www.autismchrysalis.com/free/ A collection of free resources you might find helpful.

The next thing I'd suggest is looking for support resources in your area. I was quite surprised to find out that there were autism support organizations right in my own city. Try searching for just autism support organization, and specifically autism employment support. There are many organizations in some countries that work to help autistic people find employment. Even if you find one though, their focus may be too narrow to be able to help. But it doesn't hurt to look. But more general autism support orgs can potentially help in many ways, from workshops, housing, social groups, coaching, etc.

And for that matter there are a number of services online as well for autistic and ADHD people. Some are free, many cost. Workshops and coaching tend to be the two most common I find.

One thing I have done to help me look for work is to make a list of my strengths (e.g. creative, good with computers, good problem solving, etc.), as well as my "accommodations". By analyzing my past jobs I was able to make a list of conditions that contributed to my ability to function at a job (such as low and local lighting, being able to wear what I want as opposed to a uniform, flexible time, a job that is authentic to my skills, interests and values, etc.). While none of mine are strictly necessary (some people have necessary ones), I did find that the more of them I had in any particular job, the longer I lasted in that job (outside factors notwithstanding). I believe that having such a list can help you find a job that will last longer for you, even if it is harder to find. You might even be able to figure out a kind of "dream job" with these lists, but more likely they will help you assess how good any particular job you do find is for you.

Anyway, there's a lot more I could say, but I'll leave this here and you can ask any questions you may have. I hope that something here helps and wish you the best of luck!

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