Yeah, I feel that!

Yeah… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3ADopamine.svg

I get your point. But isn’t it in the interest of large tech companies that their users stay as unknowing and uninformed as possible? They don’t want you to know how to actually tinker with their systems, how to change stuff yourself or have any control over technology at all. The more docile people are, the better they can sell their products (both the actual product to the people and the people’s data to their consumers). And so there are those people who are not OK with being on a dumbed-down system because they want to know how it works and have control over it, so they go over to Linux.

This is not too different from modern cars that no one can really repair on their own. Consumers are totally dependent on the company producing the car. And planned obsolescence can be implemented even better in a system that is out of the control of the user.

Another point is that huge tech companies often have the most comfort and ease in their products. Yeah sure, they have the means to make it so. But this automatically makes leaving these platforms/products so much more uncomfortable. Consumers are already so uninformed but dependent on tech that they would obviously stir towards the more comfortable situation.

Using tools (be it digital or manual) you can actually control sure is more work and has a certain learning curve. No one denies this. But from a political standpoint I think it is important for people to have control over the tools they use, over their own life. Let’s not allow capitalism to take away even more freedom and control from us as it already took.

All I found about that gitlab incidence sounded like it was one single event and more importantly that they’ve learned from it. So I don’t get the critique there. But yeah, apparently they’ve had a security hole a few days ago.

Same unfortunately :'(

Other people already commented that ADHD symptoms usually are experienced by neurotypical as well but that the degree differs.

To give an example: I tend to get really sucked in in some stuff that interests me, spending hours on end learning something new etc. Often to the point that I postpone to go to pee or eat etc. But if I have to learn something I’m not interested in, it often gives me mental discomfort. I feel tired and like I cannot pay attention to anything. Once that annoying thing is out of the way I feel fine again. Being able to stay up all night to learn about something else. This is really annoying with anything that has to do with paperwork. Like I said, I get mental and sometimes even physical discomfort trying to understand how I would have to apply for stuff or what papers I have to hand in somewhere.

Wow, thanks! What an interesting read :O (But also really sad to watch the video on the templeos site)

Oh nice, I’m just listening to the first episode and yes, it is pretty easy to listen to :) Thanks again for the recommendation

Haha, username checks out I guess xD

Have not heard of this podcast yet, but will have a listen. Thanks! Usually I have problems paying attention to non-fiction podcasts. But I give it a try.

I can send you a dm regarding my iNat. Have my real name over there and don’t wanna dox myself…

Yeah, this sounds about right. I think this is why other people (without ADHD) often identify me with only one or two of my special interests instead of the full variety of all those interests. The other day I had to introduce me in a certain setting to someone where everyone had to mention their hobbies as well. I was struggling at first how to cram so many hobbies in a short time or how to prioritize them. Then a friend, who was also there, said to me “Oh, you like to upload pictures on iNaturalist!” This is true, but I did not really feel seen because of all the other hobbies that seem similarly important!

Hm, I think it is probably a bit more nuanced than that. Sure, insecurity with rejection plays a huge role. So does having having a brain that orders information in a neurodivergent way, be it more jumbled up, associative or more structured.

I often need to know everything about a certain topic until I feel like I understand it. And it has to follow logic. If you only give me single bits, I will be confused. So when explaining stuff to other people, I try to convey as much information as I can because that’s what I would need as well. This might easily be confused with mansplaining or with being pedantic. I point out logical fallacies when I spot them because my brain gets confused otherwise. Some people might also misread this as power play. But usually my insecurity speaks for itself I guess because if you are outwardly insecure it will fail as power play (e.g. mansplaining).

Another aspect of neurodivergent oversharing is getting obsessed with a special interest that then everything revolves around and you want to only talk about this topic. I guess it is a state where the brain is so focused on this one thing that the outside world just isn’t as relevant. This might also be confused with mansplaining, but is probably more likely to be read as socially awkward? Although both have in common that the other person is seen as somewhat irrelevant and unknowing.

Interesting video. Although I strongly disagree with him on why “mastodon diehards” don’t want to federate with meta “because they just don’t like the company”. He mentioned it himself in the video that big companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft, etc actually adopt a certain protocol just to make it obsolete and destroy the competition. This is a real threat with many previous examples to draw from. Why would he frame it as if only some mastodon nerds want to block meta because of some silly reason? This is misleading at best.

He also fails to make the connection that the example of the 90ies would just repeat if big companies adopt the new protocol. Someone develops a new protocol to escape the walled garden(s), big companies come in and erect a new walled garden. What about this is any good if we cannot keep it open for everyone and away from corporal greed leading to enshittification?

Statements like these make me be very wary with this channel. He is pretty oblivious and naive of capitalism.

(And also interesting to see that Abigail Thorn doesn’t want tumblr to join the fediverse)

Thanks! Ever tried it out yourself?

I guess because the author is actually mostly playing small games on android: “Admittedly, I am not much of a gamer, and never have been.”

Good on android are also unciv, feudal tactics, beat feat and flowit!

Not Foss, but free without ads or trackers FOSS and my all-time favorite is “Simon Tatham’s Puzzles”. This is so addicting I go through a cycle of playing it obsessively until I have to delete it and wait a few months until installing it again xD

ETA: thanks for providing the sources. Couldn’t find it on fdroid because of the different name :)

If you write in lowercase it doesn’t count as Roman numerals ;)

This! And on top of that the article casually mentions that Musk frames cis and cisgender as slurs on Twitter!! This seems much more relevant to be posted here. I just hope Twitter died already…