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If whatever learning meant +1 brain complexity then it we would never catch up because it would be the infinite hotel. example: learning one unit of brain complexity adds one unit of brain complexity.

if learning meant < +1 brain complexity, then the next limiters would be brain space and time. example: learning one unit of brain complexity slightly complicates an already existing complex.

if learning meant > +1 brain complexity, then the more you learn, the farther you get from understanding the whole thing. example: learning one unit of brain complexity requires the addition of another unit of brain complexity plus its relationship with other complexes.

!autism!autism@lemmy.world might be good since it has a larger user base while the autism.place instance doesn’t really have that many users yet nor a community for that kind of post.

I searched for AMA communities. I only found one: !askmeanything@lemmy.ca. It doesn’t seem active tho. You could try there as long as you’re okay with possible disappointment. Otherwise, I don’t have any other suggestions.

It would be cool if you could make your own tabs, so that everytime you subscribe to a community, you can go down a checklist of tabs you created, picking ones you think that belongs to.

Fo now, I guess the work around is to have several usernames divided by categories, but that seems cumbersome and disjonted.

Not only that, all these failed/terminated google services collected huge amounts of data. They were able to analyze that data and make ridiculous conclusions about human behavior. Whether those services are functioning or not anymore, they still learned what they learned. For companies and governments that want to manipulate populations, that is the most valuable product that exists.

I would use the translator on my phone to understand 👍

I remember hearing that American service members are by far the best fed of all countries since WWII.

Along with resource richness, I think it’s important to note how USA’s geography also makes it extraordinarily safe from invasion. It is flanked by two oceans with die hard allies as neighbors to the North and South. Anyone that wants to invade USA would have to make an impossible amphibious landing or super-blitz through Canada or Mexico. Both of those options are nearly impossible. The entire world vs North America might not even he able to pull that off. Then, once the invaders get to the continental USA, they would have to deal the most possibly armed insurgency due to the culture’s obsession with firearms. So, the only way the USA could be militarily taken over is by near complete destruction of its population via long-range missiles. This disregards the USA’s vastly superior military power. The USA has more aircraft carriers than the next 7 countries combined and each one is technologically superior as well.

With that in mind, the USA didn’t have to direct considerable economic efforts to protecting its homeland, while knowing that it’s economic production would go mostly unharmed. In contrast, the Soviet’s were scorching their own production centers just so the enemy wouldn’t acquire them.

Additionally, the USA has the most expansive freight rail system and the Mississippi River allows for easy and efficient shipping of resources, especially from the food production area (eg the Bread Basket). So not only can the USA produce lots of food without having to worry much about protecting that, but it can also easily transport the food to other locations efficiently. When it comes to food and defense, the USA is overpowered af.

I like Lemmy especially because it has not gone mainstream. I was already disliking Reddit around 2016/7 and tried to find alternatives, but nothing was good enough for me. Around 2018/9, the porn subs got pretty popular, then WallStreetBets. That brought on a massive amount of users, and the Reddit I joined in 2011 was definitely gone.

It used to be interesting, unique, and respectful.It became repetitive, predictably standard, and rude. Many subs function as low-key advertising or propaganda without users awareness. It was a hive mind. I was wanting to leave, and luckily the API fiasco happened so that I was able to find a new place.

I like it small like it is now. Users feel more familiar. Also, I love the idea of instances. If one instance has a shitty community on a topic you like, then find a community on a different instance. There’s none of that BS where mods control an entire topic. Maybe there are a lot of topics that aren’t popular here, so that sucks. Still, it’s no worse than reddit with 1+ million people all saying the same crap I don’t vibe with on a topic.

Thanks!

What -fetch program is that?

by crapbook, are you referring to a Chromebook?

Interesting! If you do an AMA, I would love to know.

Thanks! Yeah, I impulsively rejected that stance, since in my experience and from what I know about autism, I would have assumed lower rates of crime among us. Particularly, autistic people tend to be more justice-oriented and rules-based than others, so I would assume that would lead to lower rates of crime. However, I DDG’d to see if I could find anything. According to this Psychology Today article that reports on study, autism actually served as a protective factor among those with conduct disorder and ADHD. This literature review also points to lower rates of crime among the autistic population.

I 💯% need my alone time to recharge, or I start falling apart. Things that can happen if I’m don’t get quiet alone time:

• irritability
• careless injuries, including broken bones
• lack of engagement in anything enjoyable
• inability to think
• not completing any responsibilities (eg bills, work, etc.)
• not completing activities of daily living
• going mute
• drinking excessively
• verbally snapping at someone or insulting them
• crying
• seeing everything and everyone as a threat
• complete shutdown or even meltdown

My most reliable solution in social situations has been going to the bathroom. There must be soooo many people that think I constantly have diarrhea because I go to the bathroom that often, sometimes for up to 30 mins a session. I love how the bathroom fan’s noise drowns out everything else. If I can still hear people outside, then the bathroom break doesn’t work, so I might go outside or to my car.

It’s not that people are annoying or I don’t like them. I just need solitary silence to process the ideas on my waitlist or allow my mind to focus on what it wants without interruption to recharge. It’s almost like sleep. If I don’t get it, I fall apart.

The link isn’t working for me. Firefox says that the connection was reset.

My fave internet initials are IANAL, which I pronounce as “I anal”.

You’re welcome 🙂

I’ve accepted that I’m never going to be normal, and I’ve stopped trying. Instead, I find people and places where I can be my abnormal self freely because I have every right to exist how I want as long as I’m not hurting others. Those people that like to throw shame around, whether explicit by saying it or implicit through gestures, can dump it on someone else. Leave me out of that.

Normal people maintain stability. We shake things up. Play your part. Share minute details. Create art. Feel the vibration of life. You be you, booboo ❤️

I have those periods. I think of them as autistic shutdowns. For me, they happen when I’ve been overwhelmed by too much stress, interruptions, demands, or sensory overload.