gwenhwyfaer

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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
Stockpiling large quantities of biological and chemical weapons? Er... doubt it.
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
> At least with Windows, you could reformat your PC and install Linux or any number of other PC-compatible operating systems. Can I reformat my iPod and install something else? Yes: http://www.rockbox.org/
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
I kind of went the opposite way; after many years of trying to be OK in social situations and more or less pulling it off, I finally admitted to myself that actually, but for the societal conditioning that people without rich and varied soc
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
Indeed. My family, who basically haven't really known me since I left home, are sure I do have Asperger's; my friends, all of whom have only known me since I've lived alone, are equally sure I don't (although they will happily describe me a
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
INFP here (but see previous comment). edit: ...or possibly ISFP...
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
Dates. Specifically the second one.
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
I'm not sure how well the test distinguishes between those who are actually autistic, and those who simply cannot bear social situations under any circumstances. (I'm also not happy about the lack of distinction between "x" and "strongly x"
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
> I won't announce my score, other than it in the set of the Nth-prime-numbers where N is also prime. With a statement like that, I'd suggest that stating a score is superfluous anyway.
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
Well, the original test was kind of vague about what it means (and because I don't have a working Flash, I can't see what this one says about it). I can mention the "the neurotyp mean score was 16.4, but 80% of aspies scored above 32" bit t
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
http://www.isle-of-avalon.co.uk/cgi-bin/aq.cgi - here's a fixed version of that one. It doesn't look very pretty, but it does the job. edit: if anyone else wants to host it, drop me an email and I'll send you the source.
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
> it provides built-in features appropriate to the needs of 2007 customers I get that they're arguing that the database should fit the customer, but isn't that rather a drastic market size limit to impose on oneself?
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
Interestingly, a few years ago I took the same test and scored 20 (vs. 37 just now)... on the other hand, I seem to come out with a different MBTI result every time I take that test too. Perhaps I have DID :)
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
Here's one that doesn't require Flash: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html . Unfortunately they've misconfigured their website, so you get the source of the results calculator rather than the result; but if you copy aqtest
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
In my case, the toxoplasmosis didn't have anything to do when it got there. :-P
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
Low maintenance? Huh! sometimes they can be positively exhausting... Anyway, I think we'll have to agree to differ here, since both of us appear to have have reached our conclusions through observation. All I will add is that I have no doub
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
(I probably should have put that as "women clubbing their apes"... oh well.)
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
Yes, because human motivation is always simple and one-dimensional, and humans never find themselves caught between conflicting goals.
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
> Sure guys think about sex every 3 minutes but we're not a bunch of women clubbing apes. I dunno, you can see plenty of women clubbing apes in Sheffield on a Friday night...
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
Credit unions are useful too, for similar reasons. There's a difference between borrowing a little money to lever yourself out of poverty, and borrowing an obscene amount of money so you can buy that dream house your salary won't stretch to
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
Or "this is what happens when you lend money to people who can't persuade anyone to lend them money"...
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
> You don't own the cats, it is the other way around. The cats own you ;) I know that, and you know that, but try explaining the concept to a dog lover. ;)
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
Well, I pay for the board and lodging... but yes, strictly speaking, they own me. :) Seriously, the word that best encapsulates my relationship with them is probably "guardian".
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
> I cannot stand fucking liars. Keep your trousers zipped and you'll be fine... Everybody lies. The most successful liars are the ones who can hoodwink themselves - if you can convince yourself that you don't lie, you have carte blan
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
> It takes empathy and tact to do this well. It also takes time .
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
As a devoted owner of three of them, I can tell you that you're quite wrong about that; cats are highly sensitive creatures, and have plenty of empathy. They're also amongst the most conscientiously polite creatures around; if one watches c
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
I like cats better than humans, because they know to leave each other the fuck alone.
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
Sounds like someone who's watched way too much House, frankly. It's laziness, just as much as lying because you don't want to hurt someone's feelings is laziness; it's a different path of least resistance, that's all. There are ways to tell
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
By not having one. ;)
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by gwenhwyfaer 19y ago
A stack overflow.