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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Computer Update Causes Despair Yet Again |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 29 May 2024, 9:23 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 369
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| As a geek I fully endorse what ToughDiamond said. I don't use Windows at all where possible. At work we have a Windows environment; just about everything I can't run in the cloud (AWS, EC2, etc.) I run on Git Bash (which is basically Linux). The only reason I have a Windows machine at home is to run... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: How do I stop feeling like my time is ''running out'' ? |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 29 May 2024, 9:17 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,016
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| Life is not a competition. Never forget that. Milestones do not tell you where you are. All they tell you is how far away the next place is. How come then do we see in shops, balloons and cards with 18, 21, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and so on ? If those are not also milestones then I don't know what i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Cash |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 29 May 2024, 9:14 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 382
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| What kind of jobs are you currently working? I'm a computer geek - specifically doing IT in healthcare. What kind of jobs did you used to work? A lot of computer geekery. I've built phone operating systems, both Android and Nokia. I've done comms, games, graphics, early internet stuff. I write oper... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: single for "life" |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 24 May 2024, 10:07 am
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,667
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| I'm married with no kids. I'd actually stopped looking for a partner, and was prepared to accept being single for the rest of my life if it were God's will, and (being one of those people who happen to believe in God) I told Him so. Then my wife appeared in my life, out of nowhere. As for kids, we w... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Does age always matter in starting a career ? |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 22 May 2024, 12:59 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 614
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| I'd probably become a writer or author. I seem it was something I've aspiring to be for some years now even though I did art and design at school, college and university but in the end I lost interest in that. I am a writer on the side. I didn't start until age 56. I've had about fifteen articles p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: being filmed in public sucks |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 21 May 2024, 7:20 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 493
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| I am not a lawyer, but as I understand it, it's legal in the UK if it doesn't interfere with an individual's 'reasonable expectations of privacy'. https://filmlondon.org.uk/resource/filming-people is an excellent resource. It's not a legal guide. It describes what (professional) filmmakers 'should' ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Does age always matter in starting a career ? |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 20 May 2024, 7:19 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 614
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| The Royle Family's Liz Smith didn't become an actor until age 49. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Neanderthal DNA has been implicated in autism |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 19 May 2024, 3:19 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 953
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| Great, now people are going to think we're a bunch of stereotypical smelly, primitive, antisocial ape-men who speak in grunts as we drag our knuckles on the ground. Which really isn't accurate to Neanderthal people. Except the smelly part, as all humans are smelly. That isn't grunts. That's Klingon. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Are they harassing me? Your opinions. |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 18 May 2024, 2:10 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 862
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Jamesy wrote: They were doing weed around a friends house and they spend some of the evening laughing at me with their friend. I do stand out I guess
In my experience, when people are doing weed, they spend their time laughing at everyone and everything. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Microsoft Teams |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 16 May 2024, 4:03 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 595
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| So far, I've got a form response welcoming me to MSND and inviting me to apply for positions at Microsoft. (No, I don't want to work for Microsoft.) Neurotypicals have been complaining about how irritating it is for years, and Microsoft has simply ignored them. I wonder if they will listen if enough... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Microsoft Teams |
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Posted: 15 May 2024, 6:20 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 595
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| Microsoft heavily promotes itself as neurodiversity-aware, and has a recruitment program for neurodiverse people, called MSND. However, neurodiversity awareness isn't particularly borne out in their products. I've just written to them asking them to include an option to disable the little three-dot ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Have you ever gotten aggressive during a meltdown? |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 14 May 2024, 1:56 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 11,957
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| Yes. The aggression itself goes no further than making an angry face which to a lot of neurotypicals is very threatening. I don't even know I'm doing it. Now I know about it, I try and recognise it coming, and count to ten, take deep breaths, make excuses and leave the room, etc. Nobody ever parks i... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: America is a nightmare |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 14 May 2024, 9:13 am
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Replies: 75
Views: 2,328
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| I don't think Trump will win. But a lot can happen between now and Nov. I wish I knew what I could do to fight against Trump winning. I'm not American, so I have no right to tell Americans which way to vote, or indeed to vote at all. But as citizens of the world, we all share global media. So, what... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Trying Harder Makes it Worse |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 14 May 2024, 5:38 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 934
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| Theo, you're quite right. When I ran into something I couldn't handle, I used to try and compensate for it by trying harder to act like 'normal' people would in the situation. Of course it made it worse. There is no solution without first understanding the problem. Now that I know I'm autistic, I ca... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The influence of the Internet on your life |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 14 May 2024, 5:29 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,482
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| I was online before the internet existed, in the mid-1980s, via online services and bulletin boards. Read Indra Sinha's "The Cybergypsies" for an idea of how it was back then. It sparked an interest in programming. I still make a living at it today. I met my beloved wife online. That was b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: destroyed your life |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 13 May 2024, 1:59 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,431
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Nothing. I'm still here.
In the context of autism, most importantly, I'm still just as autistic today as the day I was born. No more, no less. I just know more about it now. |
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