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Recent content by MNAus

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    Are you guilty of data dumping????

    I'm sure if she could just find a way to clear the trivial chatter in her mind and really LISTEN, she'd also find it wonderful. ;)
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    Hi, I'm Judi. I recently found out I am autistic and would like to ask if anyone has experienced rare reactions to foreign objects in the body?

    Most of the things they use in operations are designed to be inert and not react with the human body at all. If you're getting reactions from these sorts of things I think you should certainly raise this with whoever is speaking to you regarding your hernia operation.
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    Advice on train interest in autistic kid

    He might like OpenTTD. It's not super trainish, more about the tracks. If he likes that tracks aspect he might also like the conveyor belts and train systems of Factorio, though that is designed for slightly older players IMO and has a bit of a learning curve. Suggest you try them out before...
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    I think I just experienced the "Mandela Effect"! ;-)

    Good news!!!. It may have been a stubborn pressure mark. Perhaps you were carrying it around in a bag that pushed on the same area of the lid all the time. These usually fix themselves pretty quickly, or never return to normal, but I guess it's possible it just needed time and cycles of...
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    I need some healthy coping mechanisms.

    I don't have intrusive thoughts really, I just have thoughts that race. So that sort of acceptance without taking ownership is what I mean. i recognise it's there, I'm not worried per se, but I know that if I go investigate, the pandora's box opens and I'll be constructing mental models...
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    I need some healthy coping mechanisms.

    I have a big problem with racing thoughts generally at night. Since I use melatonin I've found it much easier to keep them at bay enough to get to sleep. It's really helped, but you do still need to resist the urge to dive in to the thoughts and just let them exist at the side of your mind.
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    Are you guilty of data dumping????

    I'm not going to say what it is, because I don't want to dox myself, but my area of interest tends to unsettle people. Not at face value, people are mostly quite interested, but when I start to talk it tends to unsettle them. They either walk away looking concerned or shut it all down with a "I...
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    MBTI (Meyers Briggs Personality)

    Bwahaha, I know I shouldn't laugh - that's just terrible - but still, couldn't help myself.
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    MBTI (Meyers Briggs Personality)

    I've had a lot of interaction with HR functions in business over the years. It's deeply troubling how easily they take on pseudo-science as tools. I've seen major decisions and programs based on concepts that have little evidence to back them up. I'd even suggest that the people who gravitate...
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    Data mining... Some thoughts?

    I mean, it's just a case of opinion I guess. Because yes, if you use loyalty points, etc. details of your spending habits are used internally to offer you promotions, whilst also being sold on in an anonymised form (which can often be fairly easy to de-anonymise). But yeah, you get promos...
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    I would trade it all

    But mate, this is your life, it's not a treasure hunt. And that's what I mean. The language you use is as though these things are external to you and your experience. They are objects, almost, things to be "gotten". The problems here are a) that mindset won't go away when you "get" these other...
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    I would trade it all

    And what happens if/when you have both of these ticked off? You think you'll be content? Contentment is a stake of mind, it can only come from you. If I was to guess I'd say that before your first sexual experience you probably thought having sex would sort out that missing piece, but after...
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    Lost [TOS] Enterprise Model Found...!

    Not sure about the restoration. Has something of the Ship of Theseus about it.
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    Lewitt Ray Microphone

    You might also go for the headphones being whatever you like for music and using something like the Rode GO II for the mic.
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    I would trade it all

    I thought you might get some advice on "treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen". And there is some truth to it (regardless of genders). Marketing and sales people have always preyed on this tendency for people to desire what they think is scarce and to avoid loss. Hence time limits on sales and use it or...
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