floof.org
"John, we need to make more money from our product. Any ideas?"
"Uh... they buy it and we show them ads anyway?"
"Brilliant!"
"Random acts of maybe" is going to be my new phrase to describe when people flail at a problem with zero comprehension of what they are doing or why, as if it will appease some Eldritch being
so basically every day when programming
Content warning: shitpost, enshittification
Hmm, what's a good bird species? (Yeah, that'll get the Opinions flowing!)
The context is that I'm trying to start a story (another one) and one of the characters is gonna be a birb, so I need to know which kind. I'm not great at birbs so I don't have much clue. I did a quick web search for bird fursuits and quite a few blue jays caught my eye in the results, maybe just because the colour's unusual. Not sure I want to use a specifically American species though.
@Doran Eirok ฮฮ ๐ซ๐พ Oh neat. Yes, they are both quite good, although yeah, herons are definitely on the lanky side and I'm not sure they'd make as good fursuits (I may not have mentioned that as a requirement!)
Actually it only took a very brief image search for "kingfisher" to make me want a fursuit of one. They are rather pretty. And I don't remember ever seeing a kingfisher fursuit!
Content warning: mean at 80% of fedi
When people make "fedihire" posts, even if they want a fully remote job, it would still be good if they could tell us what country they are in, or what countries they are able to work in (or for employers who are in). Your usual followers may know which part of the world you're from, but that doesn't help after your post's been boosted around the network far from your usual followers!
There's not much point me forwarding your fedihire post to a client in London, who might want someone like you, if you're from the USA and can't legally work for a UK employer (even remotely), and sometimes it can take quite a bit of digging to figure out what country you're from.
Please mention your country when you ask to be fedihired! Thank you!
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#Minecraft is popular because it's cocaine for ADHD. That's it. That's the whole story. This is not even a criticism.
"Where am I? Doesn't matter. I built a house. I punched a tree. I dug a hole. What's over there? Oooh, a forest. Ooh, a pig. I built a farm. I found a village. I raised a colony of scholars that teach ancient wisdom. I made my hole deeper. There were diamonds down there. I made a pickaxe. Oops I died. Oh well. What's that obsidian arch? I'll finish it. Oh look, a portal to hell. Oh hey, a desert. I found a tomb. Slenderman is following me. I killed him. I took his eye. I cleaned it with powder from hell. It led me to a portal to space. There's a space dragon. I killed it."
Literally all these things are equivalently important and meaningful in this game.
So much love today on my socials! Thank you everyone for the B-day wishes. โค I need to see if/when I could hold a small party for folks! โค
#35YearsAndCounting #FursuitAnyDay #Furry #Fursuiter #FursuitFriday #PlushSuiter
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"Private health insurance market grows by ยฃ385m in a year amid NHS crisis"
It's coooooming! Get ready, kiddies.
Demand for private treatment booms as NHS waiting lists remain long, while more people also sign up for dental coverJulia Kollewe (The Guardian)
"Read said: 'I donโt think that the NHS is going to fall apart overnight or that the private sector is going to run rampant overnight.' "
Of course not...wouldn't want to frighten the horses. Softly-softly...
@arakin I no longer blame them. I blame the people who vote them in.
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxepk0oVb37WJM0_pExCTce0tlXPk6-mEo?si=klkXrQLOEf6I1HmE
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I think they wanted a dialface clock, not a digital.
10 past 11 is indeed 11:10
It's "half five" that is stupid, because it means "half past five" in English, but "half past four" in many continental countries (half-way to five).
German, Slavic, Nordic all have the half five bit meaning 16:30.
"Kvart over" and "kvart i" is for quarter past and quarter to in Danish. Without the prepositions, that would be rather confusing to me as well.
@alstonvicar Such a tiny ignorance is nothing to feel ashamed of.
Other air out much larger ignorances with gusto :D
Draw a small analog clock...
Just 1 word makes a lot of difference
With the formulation in above test, you can't say "wrong" ๐คท
analog could also be "old-fashioned", round with arms etc etc
But look at your mobile, oven, microwave, smartwatch etc etc. How does it show time nowadays?
@actuallyautistic
A drawer has 8 blue socks and 6 red socks. How many socks does one need to remove from the drawer to get a pair?
My answer: 2; the "correct" answer: 9.
The question did not specify that the sock draws were blind. The question did not specify that a pair consists of two socks of the same color, rather than the colloquial meaning of "pair", which is 2. The question did not address why all socks are evil foot-stranglers.
@Jobob @Tooden @alstonvicar @zyd @miss__Tery
This, of course, leads to how the typical neurotypical student/parent reacts:
"The teacher is always right, because they have a higher social standing."
Israel is right to do genocide because it has higher social standing.
Politicians aren't neurological, mind you - they're psychopaths.
@wakame @Jobob @Tooden @alstonvicar @zyd @miss__Tery
My teacher taught me the rules of accuracy,and humility.
If I am wrong then please illustrate conclusively and precisely what you would like me to do.
I am student and it is your duty as teacher illustrated to me by the education system.
Should you wish not to fulfill my request I will respectfully request your superior to teach you how this works as Iโm sure you only wish to fulfill your duty as do I.
That's an interesting response...
@cybervegan @webhat @StarkRG @dorgaldir @actuallyautistic
@apm77 @miss__Tery @zyd
In school, I often had the feeling that an explanation by a teacher was like a paved road for neurotypical students.
For me, it was more like a river with slippery stones dropped in here and there.
And I kept wondering why the others didn't see the gaping holes in what was supposed to be a "road". How the things a teacher said didn't really "connect" to each other, requiring large leaps of faith.
Of course, neither students nor teachers were able to explain how that stone over there connects to this one right here.
Especially in math, often not only the explanations of the teacher, but also the materials were wrong.
(Shoutout to my math book insisting that "supremum" and "maximum" are the same thing.)
@wakame @Jobob @Tooden @alstonvicar @zyd @miss__Tery
I've heard so many stories of teachers being irritated, or even punishing a student, when a student offers an accurate correction to something the teacher has said.
This bad but also authoritarianism WAI.
(WAI = coder-speak for "working as intended", often followed by WONTFIX)
@apm77 @miss__Tery @zyd
Well that's a bad question if the answer given isn't considered correct, because it is 10 past 11 on a small clock. If I drew an analogue clock and the angle to the 2 wasn't exactly 60 degrees, would I be wrong? And would the hour hand have had to move 1/6 the way between the 11 and 12 for it to be correct?
I have more questions than answers for this teacher.
@wakame @Jobob @Tooden @alstonvicar @zyd @miss__Tery
I remember watching a Tony Atwood talk at a conference (on yT). He said an autistic child with a special interest may know more about it than the teacher, will point out inaccuracies and expect them to be grateful for it. Everyone in the audience laughed. And I thought:
1/2
@wakame @Jobob @Tooden @alstonvicar @zyd @miss__Tery
well of course the teacher should be grateful, having an expert point out a mistake or bringing them up to date. You donโt want a whole class to learn something wrong, do you?
And you see - thatโs my own little private NT test. They always laugh about things that arenโt funny.
The the tax form asking if i own my own home ...
the bank does, but the answer is still yes. same energy
@melivia @apm77 @miss__Tery @zyd
This entire discussion is so weird to me because I was exactly that piss taker who would provide a technically correct answer to prove my cleverness, and I only rarely got in trouble or felt put out for being told not to do that.
Broken Aesops are my favorite because the entire point of them is humorously erroneous but logical conclusions from the same set of parameters that regular Aesops draw from.
I apologize to everyone that has suffered in my feisty wake but taunting people with a clever unexpected answer is a hoot.
As a teacher I'd give full credit for that. The question is poorly worded.
It also means I'd get to teach them the meaning of the word "analog"
Content warning: Caps
Me: sees a small clock showing 10 minutes past 11 in the image
Me: sees the teacher assuming a problem even though the student followed the directions as stated
also me: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! If you want an analog clock SAY THAT JUST SAY WHAT YOU MEAN, HOW HARD IS THAT?
I accidentally made dessert butter, once. Suitable for pancakes, waffles, baking sweets. It was supposed to be whipped cream for Thanksgiving pies, but I got distracted and the mixer kept mixing until we had dessert butter.
@Shufei @woozle @alstonvicar @zyd @miss__Tery i have and continue to work for people who do this -- it's about the process and not the result that matters
and of course there can be only one right process to get the answer
@woozle @wakame @Jobob @Tooden @alstonvicar @zyd @miss__Tery
As a teacher I can say that sometimes it is the case, but not always.
Many teachers, knowing that the student is at least somewhat capable, will assume that the student is being a โsmart arseโ. There are plenty of students who will know exactly what the teacher meant, partly because of the fact that the test has come after a unit of work on telling the time on analogue clocks, but has chosen to interpret the question โwronglyโ as a joke &/or to annoy the teacher.
However teachers โshouldโ know their students well enough to realise, or at least allow for the possibility, that a student has misinterpreted the question by being โtooโ literal. Of course, wording the question accurately would avoid such issues and should always be the goal.
@alstonvicar @Tooden @wakame @Jobob @zyd @miss__Tery
yes, why not look it up together ๐
Hands down the best ever maths lesson was the one where the teacher had given us an unsolvable homework because there was a typo in our book. He then said okay, letโs figure out whatโs wrong here, he didnโt know either, and we all did it together. That felt fantastic!
@Susan60 @alstonvicar @Tooden @wakame @Jobob @zyd @miss__Tery
yes, I think becoming a teacher is what quite a few of us will feel drawn towards. And I think weโre good ones if we find the right environment.
Iโm sure youโve made a difference in the life of many an autistic student ๐
@nellie_m @alstonvicar @Tooden @wakame @Jobob @zyd @miss__Tery
I hope so, & NT students too. Finding a good supportive environment is the challenge. I left the profession nearly 7 years ago, tired of a difficult system & masking, without realising I was doing so.
A new program involving teachers watching each other teach & giving feedback was part of what finished me. The feedback was meant to be encouraging, but poor training meant that some teachers were harshly critiquing their colleagues. Just knowing that that could happen (it didnโt) was stressful. (One assistant principal watched me teach & gave very affirming feedback, but she was not typical of the leadership style at that school.)
And then there were the student surveys. 14yos can be scathing (almost competetively so), & weโre much more likely to notice negative feedback than the rare positive stuff.
But I also received some lovely feedback from some students & parents over the years.
@Susan60
2/2 In later years some of us students ran across him out in public and he remembered our names and wanted to hear how we were doing, what our plans were ect.
Both my parents, my grandmother on my mother's side and her mother too were teachers but looking back none of them had any nack for dealing with autism. Hearing your experiences I feel like I was lucky I didn't try to follow that path.
@nellie_m @alstonvicar @Tooden @wakame @Jobob @zyd @miss__Tery @dorgaldir @actuallyautistic
@Shufei @woozle @filmfreak75 @alstonvicar @zyd @miss__Tery It's doubtful that drift is borne of one overall decision -- more likely a series of diversions to the paths of least resistance.
Schools, e.g., may feel pressure to recruit by promising success in the job market (or gain business support by delivering a trained workforce), which crowds-out the goal of preparing them for intelligent citizenship. That path has huge consequences down the line.
This is the type of teacher that demands to have respect too.
It's always annoying when teachers and/or professors demand respect when they do nothing to earn it and/or failed into the position.
The teachers who care about their students and go out of their way to teach their students worth of respect, but respect should be earned, not given.
"What we have here is a failure to communicate."
Back when I was teaching, this would've been a correct answer, because as the author of the question, I failed to specify. If you're teaching (especially in math class), precision matters!
Asking good, meaningful, precise questions is a remarkably difficult skill.
That instruction should have been more specific. Analog would have been a nice bit of information about the desired clock. I hope some of the students argued about missing the question.
@wakame
In germany also known as "Sei nicht dauernd so ein Querulant" which i hope i can translate approcimately as "Dont be always someone who think outside of how you are supposed to do"
@Jobob @Tooden @alstonvicar @zyd @miss__Tery @dorgaldir @actuallyautistic
@Shufei
Luckily i had only a few of these teachers, but also some amazing good ones
About similar tests, i get sometimes the impression that the true intention was to test if a person is smart, for the definition of "smart" that they can
- correctly identify the context
- extrapolate what is really wanted versus following what was literally asked
and
- solve it like a "normal" person is supposed to interact well with society
@woozle @alstonvicar @zyd @miss__Tery @dorgaldir @actuallyautistic
#throwbackthursday to my first AC (and my first non New England con) back in 2012 with v1 , bummed to say I wonโt be able to make it back this year but the burgh is always a special place to me ๐
๐ธ - Deval
#fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #mascot #furry #furries #furryfandom #fursuitphotography #foxfursuit #costume
I can't believe I've gotten to the point where I am super thankful for software you can pay for once and use infinitely.
Pixelmator Pro -- IDK how you can keep producing updates for already good software for a one time app store price of 49.99 but thanks
VueScan -- how do you run my ancient Minolta 35mm film scanner?? I use you 3 times a year you always update and get slightly better and never ask me for more money. Thanks
Um, removing lots of code is the type of thing engineers celebrate. I love when I fix things by deleting code.
Those are the good days.
Decided to go full furry trash and add a bunch of Xenia and Konqi wallpapers to my computer wallpaper slideshow
(This one in particular by @dancrescentwolf)
Made a dumb website so I wouldn't ever have to Google "tm symbol" again.
Eeeyyyy, my Healthy Fursuiting (that's the final name, I swear) panel got approved for AC!
Stay tuned for date/time!
if you consider same-sex marriage, gay rights, transgender rights, and other things sexuality and gender related to be "political", i have no choice but to label you as a queerphobe and probably also a right-winger
because nobody who actually gives a shit about the human rights of queer people would call it politics
Here's the finished desktop wallpaper of #Xenia ! :D
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You can download the 4k resolution desktop wallpaper from my ko-fi store for free :3
Tips are highly appreciated and will make me do even more wallpapers for you ^.^
https://ko-fi.com/s/fbdb5de265
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Which one would you like to see next??
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Download the .png file of this 4k resolution desktop wallpaper of Xenia! Tips are highly appreciated and will make me do even more wallpapers for you...Ko-fi
LEAVE PEOPLE THE FUCK ALONE.
I feel like this needed to be the 11th Commandment.
THOU SHALT NOT FUCK WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND HOW THEY CHOOSE TO LIVE, FOR YOUR CHOICES SEEM EQUALLY STRANGE TO THEM.
Bat Appreciation Day! /\^.^/\
I've met so many cute bats just in one year.
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In other news tonight I need to summon the brain space to actually write something and like I want to use #Python but also I badly need a better guide on async with it, primarily for concurrency, so I could have multiple job queues:
- one running queries on B2 and filtering the results to feed to another job queue
- second reading that first result to query a DB for an ID existing or not and either adding to another queue or async with concurrency limits running a B2 request to delete a file version
I dunno enough JavaScript to do this at all, and I'm much more familiar with Python but also maybe should branch out because of work needs
@diazona I might! I implemented it with a former employer, but it was somewhat copy/paste/test for the actual queuing and execution. Basically wanted up to 3 workers simultaneously running to run a couple successive HTTP requests with the last being a file download, working through pages of 100 results each, usually for thousands of entries each execution. Got it to do so and log error information, including retries but I wrote my own retry logic instead of trying to use a library.
Also hated my old employer so it might have led to some of the struggle lmao