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Cake day: August 19th, 2023

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  • You just have to add two numbers. With the big number hand you can count hundreds by using the closest segments first, then medium then distant and so on. Hardest additions will make you carry the one once for a case like 19+175 which is easy enough. Also, going from 37 to 38 in binary with fingers you have to close 4 fingers and open one while counting segments you at most move your thumb to the next segments on both hands.

    Binary still works fine and is better depending on the specific case but in my opinion counting segments is usually more convenient and base 10 friendly.



  • For anyone considering running a marathon then they should know it’s easy to train for it. Elite runners train with 80% of their weekly distance as easy and going 100% on that is totally ok.

    So going out there, running at a comfortable/enjoyable pace is all you need as long as you’re consistent. It’s literally that easy. Increase weekly distance by 10% a week and do a long session ideally once per week. Long distances should also follow a 10% per week max increase to avoid injury.

    So basically, you end up chilling, listening to podcasts and plodding along for a year and you end up being ready for a marathon.

    One quick side note: If something feels weird in any of your tendons, just chill and take some days off and do quick warm ups before running.












  • I was in denial about being autistic for around a decade after I first had suspicion because of exactly the reasoning you provide.

    To provide some insight to my experience is that I had to manually decode all the non-verbal communication with logic while keeping track of the verbal stuff and monitoring my own expression back when I was masking. That shit is exhausting. Masking isn’t just picking a personality to wear based on the occasion, it’s doing that while it doesn’t come naturally and consciously tweaking behavior. Jokes on us, we give of the uncanny valley vibes when do that because it “feels off”.

    If there’s something loud around me I will intensely try to hear what people say to me but I just can’t because the surrounding is louder.

    I was so bad at throwing and kicking balls that I was made fun of despite actually practicing both football and handball.

    I went to sleep scared for a long time because I imagined people breaking in because of slightest squeek in the house.

    It’s also hard to explain how easy it is to have conversations with other autistic people vs normies.


  • I mean, it’s kinda true. A rocket just makes fire which expands and pushes whatever it burns out to make it go fast. You got the fire, the fire pushes things away from whatever you’re burning and the rest is just optimisation.

    If you manage to make a helium balloon that floats in the air, attach a burning log fire to the bottom of it and enclose it in a way that the air intake is on the top and outlet is on the bottom you’ve made an engine that you just need to aim with a ballast weight.

    Still wrong, but you were onto something.