Australis13

The desktop application (both Windows and Linux) allows free users to pick tracks. The mobile application does not.

The mobile application has always had this restriction for free users (as far as I know), but the desktop application has not.

I think the 90 minutes is how long OP took to create the project and write up the document.

This is definitely a decent starting point but not a complete solution, unfortunately. It’s not always cost-effective if you only want a few tracks from an album or need to import it to get it at all (or if it was a limited release it can be hard to find at all).

I agree (for similar reasons).

That is why the DSM has levels 1-3 (classified in terms of support requirements), with level 3 requiring the most support. This classification is actually used (at least here in Australia) with NDIS support.

It’s not a linear scale from “mild*” to “debilitating”. A spectrum just groups closely-related things (e.g. consider the visible light spectrum; red is not more of a colour than blue). The whole point of it was to highlight that autism is a complex condition that has a wide range of presentations.

There is also a good argument that so-called “severe” autism (learning disabilities, etc.) are conditions that are simply more likely to be comorbid with autism (just like many other medical conditions) and are not an intrinsic part of autism itself.

*mild really should just be considered high-masking and indicates that those people have learnt how to “fit in” to a neurotypical society.

This appears to be the research paper in question: https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-025-01208-0

It’s a lot to wade through right now, but it does suggest that this should be investigated further.

Given the highly genetic and heriditary nature of ASD and ADHD, I really wish studies for prenatal exposure included assessments of the mother at minimum and ideally both parents. This would help clarify two important points:

1. Does the child in question already have the genetic potential for ASD or ADHD and if so, does the prenatal exposure to certain medication increase the likelihood of it being exhibited?

2. How much of the correlation between maternal use of certain medications and ASD/ADHD diagnoses is a result of the mother being neurodivergent (but potentially undiagnosed) and hence taking medication for one of the many medical conditions that are statistically more likely to be comorbid with ASD & ADHD? (See https://allbrainsbelong.org/all-the-things/ for details)

Given how genetically complex both ASD and ADHD are (and are clearly multi-factorial in nature) I would expect both of the above points to explain the majority of any apparent link.

Ouch. Glad I don’t run Windows 11…

In the undertaking, Google commits to removing certain pre-installation and default search engine restrictions from its contracts with Android phone manufacturers and telcos.

This ought to be interesting. At least it will hopefully mean one less bit of bloatware on Android phones.

I’m not sure if this is petition is actually helpful. It is 4 years old and hasn’t been updated to note the renewed focus on this legislation: https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/the-eu-could-be-scanning-your-chats-by-october-2025-heres-everything-we-know

Some of us do, but you can see their eyes glaze over the moment you mention Linux…

Not these days, at least.

I did go around telling people how much better 7 was over Vista at the time, though.

I use Pi-hole, except that I originally retrofitted after setting up DNScrypt years ago to connect to Cisco OpenDNS. That’s not the only DNS server you can use with it, though, and it’s added more features since.

To use DNScrypt with Pi-hole on the same device, set DNScrypt to listen on 127.0.0.1:54 and point Pi-hole to that as the DNS server.

The only time I have ever had any trouble with this setup and DNS resolution is when the network is recovering from a power outage; there’s a race condition somewhere between the Pi and my modem/router that I’ve never found the time to pin down (given outages are so infrequent I just haven’t gotten around to it) and it’s easily resolved by rebooting the Pi.

Frustratingly I have just a few applications that are Windows-only and don’t work under WINE. I’ve filed bug reports but haven’t had the time to learn how to debug it myself, so am somewhat stuck dual-booting on one device for the near future (everything else is now Linux).

I know, but that year will be valuable for a certain family member who is stubborn and needs time to be eased into a new system. The problem is that now I have to set up a MS account for them just to get the extension!

Yes, I am likely to shift them to that as well.

shakes fist

Family members have PCs that can’t support Windows 11 (not that I’d want them to get it anyway) and I’m not yet in the position to migrate them to Linux.

This type of behaviour makes me glad I’m most of the way to ditching MS entirely on my own systems.

I’ve known a few narcissists and they definitely weren’t out to please people! They just seem to have a much better grasp of charm and know how to behave in order to get what they want; once they’re high enough up the food chain, treating anyone decently is no longer required.

Depressingly, narcissism is more socially acceptable than autism (and I suspect narcissists can “play the game” more easily, too). My impression is that this more applicable in western culture with our emphasis on individuality, with the US taking top place with its “American exceptionalism” (to be fair, my own country did export one of the worst - Rupert Murdoch).