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gerryflap

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  • Summer is the worst season of the year, isn't?

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  • Honestly, how it's been so far here this year, it's pretty much the perfect season. Temperature during the day between 18C and 25C. Warm in the sun, but with a cold wind. Cooler in the night, so I can sleep decently. And nice and sunny, with very long daylight. I always notice that I'm a lot happier when it's light outside, so I'm feeling a lot better in this weather. I do agree that the 30+ C days and 20+ C nights are hell, mostly because airco's aren't that common here

  • What's the hardest lesson you've learned?

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  • Exactly. I think it's easy for autistic people like me to fall into this mindset. When I was younger I was quite disillusioned with the world, mostly because I didn't fully fit in. Feeling like I was in some way better, because I was driven by logic instead of emotion, was probably a defense mechanism or something. In truth it was not that I didn't have emotions, I just wasn't able to listen to them. Luckily I never really got into the far right "facts don't care about your feelings" bullshit.

  • Dutch exit poll: Labor-Green alliance narrowly beats far-right Wilders in EU election

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  • It's still pretty scary though. The far right wasn't usually this close to the top. It's like whole political center has been obliterated. Which, to be fair, is something they kinda caused themselves. People have lost trust in the government and are more and more just putting their faith in populists. I'm happy we're at least somewhat matching that with a progressive/left/green vote, but still, scary times.

  • What's the hardest lesson you've learned?

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  • You can't just pretend that you're "driven by logic" and ignore your "weak" emotions forever. If the foundations upon which you build your personality are rotten, there will be point where it all comes crashing down. Until that moment you just waste time pretending to be someone you aren't.

  • What are your ideal temperature and weather conditions?

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  • 20-23C, partially cloudy, cold-ish wind but quite hot in the sun. At night is should cool down to like 10-14C. Preferably with summer-like day length, I don't really like the dark. But I don't mind the variation, and I can also really enjoy a sunny -10C winter day or a stormy 5C autumn day.

  • Nederlandse partij (NL Plan) bij Europese verkiezingen heeft banden met China'

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  • Niet zeker of dit de "NL Plan" meme beter of slechter maakt

  • Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare

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  • I'm not so sure that the laypeople will, but I do expect a shift. Personally I'm still running Windows 10 next to Linux currently. Most of my time is still spent on Windows, because it's generally a bit more stable and hassle free due to the Windows monopoly. Software is written for Windows, so sadly it's usually just a better experience.

    But so many things I read about Win 11 (and beyond) piss me off. It's my computer, I don't want them to decide things for me or farm my data. I'm mentally preparing for the transition to Linux-only. 90% of the software I use will work out of the box, and I think with some effort I can get like 8% of the rest to work. It'll be a lot of effort, but Micro$oft has pushed so far that I'm really starting to consider.

    Multiple friends and colleagues (all programmers) I spoke are feeling the same way. I think Linux may double in full-time desktop users in a few years of this goes on.

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    New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools

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  • Maybe you should learn how to hold a normal discussion without attacking the other party. Cursing and telling the other party to fuck off just because they disagree with you will not convinced anyone of anything and will only make you look bad. It's not like the person you're responding to is advocating for school shootings or anything else immoral.

  • meme

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  • As an asexual (who really finds sex yucky): guess I'll die

  • Do you ever feel like that sometimes ?

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  • I do, but I've gotten better at it. More often than not I just struggle to get started. So just forcing myself to get started results in actually doing what I wanted to do. Sometimes I'm just exhausted, and I accept that I'm just gonna "waste" the evening with video games or something. Rather have some enjoyment than nothing.

    That being said, I'm still learning to be better. I'm still too judgemental and unrealistic to myself

  • His neighbors live in constant terror

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  • I hope for this person that they switch direction every now and then. Constantly turning in the same direction doesn't sound optimal

  • Sweet deal as Haribo plans multi-million investment in German factory

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  • Haribo is nice, but if I'd allow myself to eat candy again I'd devour bags full of salty/salmiac licorice before going for the sweets again.

  • Sweet deal as Haribo plans multi-million investment in German factory

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  • Hmmm, then we have different experiences I guess. A lot of people that I know (friends, family, etc) who used to regularly eat sweets all quit almost 100%. More than fat or processed foods I always hear people talking about reducing sugar/carbs. But that's probably just anecdotal. Still it's surprising to me that they need to produce more, not less, given that people seem to be watching what they eat way more than 10 years ago.

  • Okay this is getting a bit real now Duo, thanks 💔

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  • Okay, but have you ever tried being sad even though rationally speaking everything is going super well? ( Don't worry about me, I managed to get out of that vibe :3 )

  • Sweet deal as Haribo plans multi-million investment in German factory

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  • Damn. I would've expected candy demand to be on a downhill trend, as people seem more and more focused on eating more healthy. I probably live in a bit of a bubble then...

  • Oh no, they put GRANDMA in the McFlurry!!!!

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  • Yeah that's probably why it's so noticeable to me as well. I'm not exactly counting calories yet, but I've been trying to reduce the amount of excess carbs and calories in my meals. So seeing this is quite the shock.

  • Oh no, they put GRANDMA in the McFlurry!!!!

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  • 600 cal?! Sjeesh. Puts into perspective how overkill desserts like these are. I just ran for an hour and (according to my watch) burned like 800-900 cal, which I don't fully trust. One of these bad boys would probably undo all of the hard work

  • Thanks. That was what I was looking for.

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  • What's wrong? I find this a reasonable result. Most people looking for megabyte to bytes are actually looking for mebibytes, since the mega- prefix is literally just times a million but a lot of programs actually list mebibytes as "megabytes".

  • The new Dutch coalition faces imminent EU reality check

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  • So they're just gonna cry that the EU is the cause of all of our problems. It's Wilders, he always needs someone else to blame. I'm afraid that he'll try to convince a substantial part of Dutch society that "we need to take back control" from Brussels just like they did in the UK. A lot of people don't like nuance and complexity, they just want a silver bullet and people like the PVV and BBB promise them that. Let's pray that NSC and the VVD (lol) have some integrity.

  • Mhhhh hagelslag

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  • I don't understand how other countries manage to remain civilised without eating a broodje hagelslag regularly.