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btaroli

@btaroli@federate.social

Into #cars #photography #technology #CurrentEvents #RetroComputing

Also #geek #LGBTQ #bear #parent #AuDHD #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticParenting #ParentingWhileAutistic

Located in East SF Bay Area, CA

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btaroli, to random
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The relative quiet of blindfolded 3x3x3 events is sublime.

https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/BASC58Berkeley2024#general-info

The quiet of the blindfolded 3x3x3 event at Bay Area Speedcubin 58 Berkeley 2024. 🤫🤫🤫🤐

btaroli, to photography
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Just a scene that caught my eye one morning in the office.

btaroli, to random
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We hit a coin show in Sunnyvale today and made a few finds. Better yet, we met some great people and got a few pointers to collector groups that my son will check out and maybe find some great community!

A sample of today’s finds at the coming show.

btaroli,
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@abetterjulie oh we have our moments. Hehehe but where it comes to his interests I like to do what I can to support him in that, particularly when it’s self-motivated.

btaroli, to ADHD
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🧵1/2 Someone has a really rotten sense of humor today. I make a simple request of IT, and have to do it in a channel that’s truly horrible about doing things properly. Fine.

But then hours and hours go by. So I finally decide to run an errand for my son after lunch. I’m about five minutes from home, driving, when several people pop into my slack asking to help.

btaroli,
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🧵 2/2 Uh ok. Can you wait five minutes until I’m home and won’t cause a wreck? No, as it turns out. By the time I reply again from my workstation they are all gone.

I can’t even describe how triggering this. Took a very simple task and turned into some horrible and painful in the name of security theater. So angry right now.

btaroli, to random
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nap, nap, sleep, human!

btaroli, to television
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I was seeking out something new and interesting to watch today. Found this and, while I’m not prone to crying in movies, this one got me TWICE... well, three times depending on how you count. Watched “Language Arts" (2020) on

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8240242/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_language%2520arts

btaroli, to random
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Anyone need an online Girl Scout cookie fix? https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/audrey72910

btaroli, to ai
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As some tout the good tidings and marvels of AI, LLM, and marketing obfuscation ad nauseum, let’s not lose our grasp on how much our own ethics affect that real impact these tools have on all of us. And if we can’t do that, how are we supposed to instill a sense of ethics on these new conscious minds we pride ourselves in creating?

https://patch.com/california/beverlyhills/ai-nude-photo-investigation-finds-16-victims-5-offenders-bhusd

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GeneralAI #LLM #NeuralNetworks #LargeLanguageModels #ethics

vlrny, to random
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Bahahaha. Never has an error notification been so aligned with how I feel inside. 😘🤌

btaroli,
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@vlrny Hmm... so this computer is non-verbal, too.

dangillmor, to random
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The best news I've seen about "AI" lately: People have wisely concluded that these systems are untrustworthy.

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/ai-trust-problem-edelman

btaroli,
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@dangillmor utterly shocking, I tell you...

lifewithtrees, to ADHD
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I've only had this lovely glass water bottle for 2 days, but I feel like it's helping with my time blindness. 💪

Knowing what an hour FEELS like is helping!

Embodiment is the best way I've found to be more present and work with my

btaroli,
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@lifewithtrees What happens if you down two hours at once...? Asking for a friend…

btaroli, to random
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I’ll add my voice to the chorus… daylight savings time SUCKS. I don’t care which direction the time changes. Why do we keep foung this to ourselves?

It’s disorienting. It’s disruptive. It’s dangerous. If we did those things to legislators it would be considered insurrectionist. Stop it!

btaroli, to actuallyautistic
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@autisticbookclub I guess I was dormant too long from the meetup group and was dropped. But only then did it dawn on me that I hadn’t heard from the group in here for a long while, and it’s been six months! This engagement is what reminded me to join the meetup events. Has it moved elsewhere…? Miss it.

@actuallyautistic

verge, to random
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How to watch the 2024 Academy Awards https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/10/24092561/oscars-2024-academy-awards-watch-live

btaroli,
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@verge eww yuk Why would I watch that masturbatory porn?

verge, to random
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The perfect music streaming app does not exist https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/10/24094743/best-music-app-nothing-phone-2a-m3-macbook-air-rivian-r3-installer-newsletter

btaroli,
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@verge That's right... because the BEST one wouldn't be stuck in a single walled garden.

profcarroll, to random
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um double swiping a rewards card on a gas pump is the laziest programmer mode idea ever https://futurism.com/the-byte/free-gas-glitch

btaroli,
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@profcarroll people still swipe at gas pumps…?! Barbarism!

mattblaze, to random
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Tonight is the start of Daylight Saving in the US, when I get to do almost nothing because I neglected to set most of my clocks back last fall.

btaroli,
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@mattblaze

Season 1 Nickelodeon GIF by Paramount+

blogdiva, to tv
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ok, so my sons bought a heavily discounted "smart" last xmas. a TCL with Roku plastered all over the box.

is there a way to root these tvs and wipe their OS?

https://www.wired.com/story/roku-terms-of-service-update-locks-tv/

rooting and changing the OS of smart anything, especially phones, need to be at the center of the right to repair movement, not just getting access to software drivers or hardware.

PS: i have avoided activating the Roku nonsense exactly for what the article describes.

btaroli,
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@blogdiva This all and bullshit. These huge “smart” TVs are so cheap, but that’s only because they’re burdened with and . Try pricing a “dumb” display at that size.

Then you realize this is like an ISP renting you their hardware at a discount or charging you four times more every month to bring your own. There’s a reason they want their device in your home and it’s not a benefit to you. So they create financial give to make you do it. !

stevesilberman, to random
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Much enjoyed "Understanding Autism," poignant new doc coming to @PBS April 4th by director Scott Steindorff, featuring a broad range of voices. I'm in it briefly. 30-second trailer: https://vimeo.com/914968732/8b5aea9a6a?share=copy

btaroli,
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@stevesilberman I went searching around for a page on this and the only hits I got for this April are for the presentation of "In a Different Key," covering in part a story about the first person (in the US?) ever diagnosed with . Do you have a reference to share? I'd like to be sure I don't miss this!

markmccaughrean, to random
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(as I did), this is an excellent op-ed by @cstross on the politically & ideologically-loaded background of the cult of unfettered tech optimism & its billionaire bros.

As Charlie says, science fiction is fundamentally just entertainment & often highly derivative, not the philosophical blueprint for the future of humankind.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tech-billionaires-need-to-stop-trying-to-make-the-science-fiction-they-grew-up-on-real/

btaroli,
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@markmccaughrean Or they are going to attempt it, do it right for heaven's sake. Where is my TRANSPORTER!? :elmo_fire:

dkub, to random
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The way my brain has just shut off today. Ooof.

btaroli,
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@dkub A good time to hit PAUSE and do whatever helps you recharge. 🤗

anomalon, to random
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It still amazes me how commonly scientific papers posit [paraphrase] "Advanced maternal age increases risk of gestational development of autism" when, RIGHT THERE for the grasping is the possibility that autistic ladies who get the chance to actually think about it before getting pregnant... decide to hold off for a bit.
And THEN have autistic babes with their gene parts.

Just as possible.

btaroli,
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@anomalon Since I’m sure we personally know so many counterexamples, I always keep a shredder or delete button handy for such “scientific” “studies.” 🤣

My mom was 19 and our son’s egg donor and surrogate were 22 and 30. So yeah I’m sure advanced age had something to do with being ! Heh

@actuallyautistic

streamofron, to random
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If it's Boeing, are you actually going?

https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/112061404709570104

btaroli,
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@streamofron I believe they were also all United incidents with at least two older aircraft, yes? Sometimes there are parts, maintenance, operations issues. But it will be interesting to see what the investigations turn up… eventually.

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