i’ve seen this story being posted so many times over the years and every time it’s such a good read

it’s a really important misconception, though. disabilities and disorders are not illnesses and should never be treated as such

this is the correct answer, as much as people here don’t like it. the only reason neurotypical people are typical is that they’re fit as workers in a class society. everyone has limitations, including neurotypicals, but our limitations make us misfit to a class society. we’re not as able to output work consistently 40h per week and do what we’re told without being told it

they’re not illnesses and that’s not even a controversial statement. no mental health professional worth their salt would call autism or adhd illnesses

so cool to be late to my therapy appointment at 9:30 even though i woke up 7am (me rn)

what’s weirdest to me is that if i try to force myself to not doing nothing for an hour after i wake up, it feels weird and wrong in a way i can’t explain

i feel like people are misunderstanding your point. yes, generative ai is bullshit, but it doesn’t need to be good in order to replace workers

this confirms what i just said in reply to a different comment: most cases of ai “success” are actually curated by real people from a sea of bullshit

this summarizes most cases of ai “success”. people see generative ai generating good results once and then extrapolate that they’re able to consistently generate good results, but the reality is that most of what it generates is bullshit and the cases of success are a minority of the “content” ai is generating, curated by actual people

most tactful .world user

some deb packages add new repositories to the system, so there’s a possibility that just installing a deb package will ensure updates keep coming. if i recall correctly, that’s what zoom does

dad came to visit five months after we last saw each other. i was extremely nervous i wouldn’t be able to be a good host, but it’s been very fun so far

my point is: most of the time, the problem with being autistic are the people around us, not the autism itself

case in point: op’s autism wasn’t a problem when they were hanging out with their friends

the problem is always other people, isnt it?

anyway, i hope youre able to get the hell out of that house eventually

only with other x11 applications

Even on X11?

yup. i think it had something to do with video calls or screen sharing, which are essential at work

the nouveau driver works fine except when it crashes for no clear reason after some hours of usage

i heard about that. sadly my gpu is so old the latest driver that supports it is the 470 driver

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also, nvidia

first of all

I mean no malice towards you and hope this doesn’t seem aggressive or angry.

don’t worry, that’s not at all how you came across. different points of view, that’s all

anyway, i’m not going to have the energy to reply to this point by point. i will say that i might be biased for being a total linux nerd, so things might appear easier to me than they actually are (even when i take that very fact into account, i’m sure there’s an xkcd for that). but my main point still stands: having multiple DEs installed is a supported configuration in most linux distributions. it’s not a hack or a fringe corner case, even if it might not be recommended for beginner or even intermediate users.

there’s still one thing in your comment that confuses me, though

Maybe forgetting which text editor worked best and seeing a dozen in the application launcher and start searching for the right one

don’t you just use the default one? maybe you like a specific text editor and then you’ll need to change your defaults, but you wouldn’t need to that for every single case

chill