It is 78° outside (25° C). I am walking the dogs. I am sweating. When I finish the walk, I will need to start mowing the grass again. soon, I will be drenched in sweat.
I really, really wish I could just take my shirt off and do this topless.
Somehow, though, I don’t think our neighbors would appreciate me flaunting my tits in front of their young children.
I wish this country wasn’t founded and run by prudes and bigots.
@kf@douglascodes if it was public knowledge that that was a thing there would be so many morally bankrupt companies that suddenly found themselves financially bankrupt too
It's passport photos day, so I did the makeup thing, and put on a bra with an underwire‡, and everything.
My hair was still a bit damp as we were about to leave so wifey suggested blow-drying. The right side of my head now has the volume of a '90s teen girl left unsupervised with a can of hairspray.
I went in looking like this (blurred for eye contact).
The passport photo is god-awful. I didn't know it was possible to make my jaw look that big.
Feeling ALL the 🏳️⚧️ dysphoria‡, I went and attempted to take a selfie that didn't make me feel complete shit about myself, & remind me that I don't actually look like Frankenstein's monster in a wig. I think it came out ok.
I really need to find a better lipstick color, but that means makeup shopping and just UGH. The only makeup I don't hate is eyeliner. However, new glasses frames are inbound 🎉
‡ kicking myself for not asking if we could retake them pretty please. #dysphoria#transgender
I know people with estrogen have said their ADHD gets worse during perimenopause/menopause, but I'm wondering if people with testosterone 50+ also notice their Autism/ADHD symptoms getting worse. Especially more "inattentive"/stuck in their thoughts.
I feel like we really need more research on all of this.
estrogen drops during perimenopause & i've gone from basically none to too much recently. I don't think i'm any more or less stuck in my thoughts than before hormones.
My autism symptoms do feel worse BUT I've also been doing a lot of work unmasking work, & listening to 🧠's needs, & feeling / being percieved as "more autistic" is normal then.
@misc I am an experienced programmer. I watched my wife learn to program and answered her occasional questions. Time And again, I would hear her suddenly say “that’s it!?”
I have been doing this for nearly 30 years and mentored many people. I swear to you there is no magic. It is a collection of simple patterns combined an interesting ways.
I would say that there is a degree of specialization in “genre” of coding: web development, mobile development, embedded device dev, etc.
@misc all of that is to say that it will take far less time than you think.
If, for example, you are thinking about mobile development, you should easily be able to make “functional” apps in less than new year. How much less depends on how much time you have to devote to practice.
There is a bit of a gap between it technically does what I want, and it looks, feels, and behaves the way I want while doing that.
@misc admittedly, that last bit involves a lot of yelling at your computer. THings like "what the !#$&*| Do you want from me?!" as a result of framework features that were released half-baked, or with crap / no documentation, or seem to have a glaringly obvious missing feature that really, really should have been included.
@anubis2814 i feel like this analogy is misleading in that it ignores the fact that the free education was bad when GW Bush took office, and his stupid bullshit plus decades of defunding have made it absolute 💩
The voucher system is arguably stupid but it at least gives some kids a chance at a halfway decent education.
I find it hard to believe that the public schools keeping the money would make a difference in the face of how absolutely fucked they are financially