John BS @johnabs@qoto.org

@E_Nonymouse @dramypsyd My wife is autistic (I helped her get diagnosed a few years ago...somehow I was the first one to notice despite all the signs, and there were a lot, lol) and we've figured out a lot of coping strategies that help us both function better both separately and together.

I think her diagnosis and our shared experiences explains a lot of my own experience and behaviors as well, though we'll see.

@Ulrich_the_Elder@mastodon.social my wife had very similar responses on that front, and I suspect the people who fall into camp one are either unaware or autistic themselves (as we figured out with my in laws, lol).

I agree self-diagnosis *can* be valid, but I would argue that subjective experiences can be brought about by a variety of underlying factors, and having a knowledgeable professional capable of sussing out the minutiae to allow for the development of successful coping strategies (depending on the issues a person deals with) will likely be more helpful for non practitioners. Thoughts?

@jmw150 I honestly agree, I've had some amazing profs and some super bad ones this semester, and of course the bad one had an attendance policy...and the course I teach had some awful students but no attendance policy. The latter scenario was somewhat more bearable. (Also, I think attendance policies don't factor in illnesses, and other adult responsibilities. I'm here because I want to learn, but if I'm not here, it may be because I'm sick, my wife is sick, my house flooded, etc. and these aren't always accounted for which frustrates me).

@steve @vicgrinberg Have y'all heard of/tried out steam cleaners yet ? I bought one a few years ago (Dupray is the best brand IMO) and I will never go back. It does bathrooms, kitchens, floors, clothes (at least de-wrinkling, lol) and more, and in an instant. I hope this also places me somewhere on the adulthood ladder 😂

@jradavenport

Do you get to work from home every day or just certain days? If the former, how do you manage that as a Prof?

Also, what's your favorite breakfast to make? 😁

@freemo

Okay, I love this but I want to nitpick, so prepare yourself:

1) I am seeing a startling lack of neodymium magnets and pogo pins to connect the boards together when linked, rather than constantly relying on the cable between the halves. Adding to this, why a separate macropad with separate "to-pc" cable instead of passing through the rest of the keyboard like the right half?

2) I feel like you could easily make this thing completely wireless between halves/modules when split using bluetooth (or logitech's unifi dongles) between them, and toggle-able between the wire-to-computer and wireless-to-computer modes would be a nice touch for
✨U L T I M A T E✨
✨F L E X I B I L I T Y✨.

3) I LOVE THE KEYCAPS where did you get them and how many limbs do I need to sell to afford them?

4) You cannot go on the internet with a keeb-build and prevent us from judging you by refusing to provide the switches you used. I'm pretty sure that violates the keyboard Geneva convention or something. (Also, soldered or hot-swap? And prefab circuit board, self-cnc'd board, or hand wired?)

5) Macro keys look sick, as do the little extras around the keyboard.

6) I like the knob(s), but what do it (they) do?

7) What be the sensor looking thingy below the knob?

Overall, I rate this keyboard a solid tenkeyless+macropad out of 40%.

"Improvements" I would suggest is an aluminum/steel base for heft, a solid wooden (preferably oiled walnut or cocobolo) upper half, and at least 10 solenoids that fire synchronously every time you hit a key, like [this](https://youtu.be/a5QyJOwJusQ?t=10) (see the earlier part for the "before solenoid" sound).

But in all seriousness, it looks great! (And I would love to see a slightly less wired version lol)

Edit: Please justify your answers lol, forgot to put that in the original post.

Thoughts on attendance policies in graduate vs undergraduate courses courses? If you have an alternative view, please leave a comment.

@freemo Probably not, but I'm going to start 😂

@vicgrinberg

Sorry to hear that 😥 Here's hoping he takes a nap at some point.

Are you at the wanting to be heard stage or the action oriented stage?

If the latter, I have a tip from my wife that she uses to manage problems like this considering her sensory issues, just let me know if you want her secrets for future trips 😁

@vicgrinberg Oh I get it, James is the spider, and his web is the scaffold for the telescope; I always wondered who it was named after! 😂

I never thought I could hate Microsoft more than I already did, and yet my school's IT administrators have managed to make the impossible possible.

I hate dealing with telecom companies.

My first book chapter/(conference proceedings for a conference I didn't know was a conference???) is out today! Not my first peer-reviewed paper, but definitely the first that went into a book 😁

The title is "Systematic Review of Inclusive Design via Neuroergonomics as Assistance for Atypical Neurology"

The book is here, my article/chapter is at the end of the first page (and starts in the book on page 272)
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-44373-2

It's not what I normally work on, but I'm grateful that I was able to find a gap in the literature that I think needs to be filled and to hopefully put some attention toward it!

(Note the paper isn't as polished as I would have liked, the professor who ended up submitting it didn't do as many revisions to what was originally a just supposed to be a term paper as we expected, though I'm sort of a perfectionist 😓 )

@vicgrinberg Who got stabbed? I hope she’s alright 😂

@yukiame @coolboymew *minecraft pigs*

@BerLinguistin What was it? I see a croissant, but is that jam and coffee? I'm honestly jealous rn, but one day I'll be able to have nice European croissants with my wife...I hope 😩