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hello computer Hey. Hi. Hello there. How are you? Am I asking because I am genuinely interested or am I doing protocol? As an autistic person words are complex. You have to read between the lines a lot of the time and I find that complex when someone is speaking
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hello computer I’m cycling along and my brain is running complex way finding and human tracking algorithms to find the best paths through crowds. It’s like one of those scenes from a spy film where they’re using face tracking technology to find the bad guy in a
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hello computer Hello. How are things? How’s life? How’s lockdown? How’s money? How’s the future? How’s your world? How’s your folks? How’s your head? How’s your heart? How how how how is everything? How? HOW?! HOW!?! How do I do tomorrow when
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hello computer Recently I played the game Sayonara Wild Hearts and I was totally unprepared for the emotional journey I went on. There’s a story that unfolds through the experiences of the character you play, in a way that reminded me of Journey, another game that had a big
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Autistic Shutdown The other day I had an incident that resulted in autistic shutdown. You know how your computer sometimes needs turning off and on again? That. In fact my computer has had sympathy pains today while I’ve been dealing with shutdown. Not now Macintosh! Blergh. What is shutdown?
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iOS 14 iOS 14 came out this week. I’ve been running the beta over summer and it’s been good. The iOS 14 Public Beta 1 was more stable than iOS 13 GM (Golden Master aka final version before public release). It is a big update with lots of
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hello computer Recently my wife and I watched the Netflix series ‘Cheer‘. It’s a fly on the wall documentary about a cheerleader group in America. If you suggested that to me I would have ignored it but I’m glad I watched it. The show is about struggles, pain,
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hello friend For years I’ve been reading articles about how running can be help boost your mental health. For years I’ve been running and felt no change. I would run, think, come home and still be depressed. The few exceptions to this would be if it was raining
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hello friend autism / mental health I’m sat on the promenade resting after a bike ride. It’s early morning. There’s almost no-one around. A stranger appears and walks right past me. He is so close I could trip him if I moved my leg. On a normal
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hello friend Hello friend. How are you? On Sunday I lost a filling. On Monday I was able to book an appointment. On Wednesday I was re-filled and exhausted. I had 12 hours to wait before I could even attempt to do anything and then the wait for the
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hello friend How are you? It’s been a hot and stormy week. As I write this I have the window open and a fan on. There’s a 4pm deadline for me because that is when the sun pours in through the window and I melt. I’ve swam
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hello friend I just read that the director of the Matrix, Lilly Wachowski, has expressed pleasure that the film’s original intention of being a trans-metaphor has become common place amongst fans. Whoa. I had never considered that but I totally see it now. That’s amazing. It’s