Not really read up on it yet, but can you do serial over Bluetooth? Quick Google gave me this: https://raspberry-projects.com/pi/pi-operating-systems/raspbian/bluetooth/serial-over-bluetooth
There may even be an android app that could help. Suppose it depends on the scope of your project.
Funnily enough I may have to do something with this tech myself later in the year.
Rolling codes may protect you from a replay attack, but if the attacker is more sophisticated and has worked out the algorithm, then they can send the commands and effectively lock you out.
Is Bluetooth no good? Lots of protection baked in already.
Right! Take a deep breath. You are the same person that you were yesterday, in that, the diagnosis means very little. I had no emotional response to my adult diagnosis either, though it has had an impact down the line that i’m still processing.
I too was the weird kid, now I’m just eccentric and mostly harmless. Accept yourself for who you are, the world needs more interesting people and if those in your circle can’t accept you, you deserve to find yourself a better circle.
Talk, friend. It may be cathartic, or you may work something out for yourself and find a new path. It’s all good
Being ND in a Neuroboring world will likely always be difficult, do what you can to make it easier without compromising yourself. - I’ve stopped masking, and don’t care that much if I cause a little disruption!
Another vote for obsidian. Plays quite nicely on android as well as the laptop and you can use syncthing to sync them. All for free.
One line, or a single riff… Round and round and round until something takes its place.
People are strange. NT people are stranger. I too fail to move from positive first meeting to friend (whatever that is). - to be honest it’s something I’m not uncomfortable with. I don’t know what is said behind my back at work, but as I can be rather ferocious at times people tend to be careful. Being good at my job probably helps too.
One thing that did occur to me, and this is not meant to be offensive is that the uncanny valley may play a part. If you don’t know what this is, it started with humanoid robots that looked too human and they freaked people out, while non human robots were fine. If the masking isn’t perfect NTs can have a hard time with accepting, however people on the other side of the valley can be ‘endearingly eccentric’ and get along fine. I don’t mask anymore, I go for eccentric, it’s easier. It is however a fine line and even I have to pretend to be normal sometimes.
Getting diagnised: I suspected that I was ‘different’ for many years. I thought I was autistic for a few years but didn’t really admit it to myself. Finally I decided that I should get tested and stop hiding from it. I still only tell people on a need to know basis at the moment, but is an open secret.
Telling work: People at work know I’m not NT shall we say, but being in a technical field it’s kind of accepted. Work wise however it has held me back. I’ve been given (well meaning) opportunities that I’ve not been able to thrive with. Things are getting a little more cut throat nowadays, with more severe consequences, so I thought anything that I can do to preemptively rebalance the deck must be a good idea.
It means that I can have a conversation along the lines of “you know I’m going to have difficulty doing X with Y people, so I’ll need some support there, but you know I’ll do Z really well. Can we work something out?” Previously I’d just struggle with, and probably fail the whole task, benefitting noone. I’d get over stressed so probably fail other things too. To be absolutely honest, I’m too old and too tired for that shit. Another aspect is that being professional is communicating where you are not able to do a task to a high enough standard. The diagnosis allows me to do this in an open and constructive way.
What do I expect to happen from this? Not much, immediately other than an amount of ‘process’.
I don’t currently need adjustments and am reasonably good at my job, so don’t have major worries right now. However, things can change. I may be given a task that would be easy for an NT, but very difficult for me to do. This could affect my performance, with potential negative consequences over several years. Now the company knows, we can work something out to mutual benefit, otherwise I’d be in trouble.
To say I want to weaponise my diagnosis would be unfair, but if I can fairly use it to help me exist in an NT corporate environment, where otherwise I’d have difficulties, then I think I’m taking the sensible approach. Time will tell. In the UK, compared to perhaps other less civilised places, we have a degree of legal protection, but it is a two way street.
I’ve done what I call a ‘good engineering fix’ to a garage door opener. It now works fine on my bench power supply and the fob needs its surface Mount switches replacing so requires a knack to use.
It functions, I understand how it failed and what I need to do to make it work properly… So job done!
It’ll now live in my pile of technical crap for the next decade.
My problem with ‘likes’ is that it’s so context dependent. My favourite colour depends on whether we’re taking about paint for the walls, a car, a new jumper or the colour of my finger.
It’s the same as for music, my favorite depends on if I’m working, driving, relaxing or wanting to destroy something.
I really don’t understand how people can have ‘one’ favorite and stick to it.
On the excitement front, yeah, I don’t get people jumping around with joy unless they’re a 6 year old getting birthday cake… But then I’m British, and we don’t do that sort of thing. (Edited for typo twice!)
Surely the simplest approach is not to use a wifi ssid that you don’t trust. Yes, mobile broadband is slower and more expensive, but is also more under your control, it is however harder for your boss to monitor.
If I was an it manager I’d probably want to keep an eye on WiFi traffic, even on the open ssid, just to see what’s going on. I don’t trust free WiFi.
If you can’t use 4/5g, and can’t find a suitable firewall or VPN, can you set up a different user on your phone? - and be disciplined in is use.
Have you talked to the school? They may be able to help out, particularly if he’s already in the queue for a diagnosis. Maybe a note from your doctor would support this.
Help may be tuition support, guidance or even some extra time in the exam room - or doing the exam in a different area.
Anything you can do to stack the odds in your favor can help, and the worst they can day is ‘no’, so there’s nothing really to lose.
Finally, though exams are important, they are not the end of the world. They can be retaken later if necessary so try and remember to keep things in perspective and manage the stress accordingly.
Finally finally, good luck to you and your son.
Another vote for scratch. Most kids that age want quick results and not to spend ages debugging something. Funnily enough I’ve seen the same scratch interface used to program industrial robots.
How much time one on one are you committing to spend with the child? This will make the difference.
Alternatively, think about some sort of robotics kit. Doing stuff in software is great but if it changes something in the real world, even better. Have you thought about something arduino?
Just for balance though, make a raft, a treehouse, a tent, make a fire without matches. It’s all problem solving but I bet any kid will remember getting muddy more than writing a neat while loop.
Eyesight started going in mid 40s. Still not happy about it.
Long day!
When I was working in Switzerland briefly, people would speak Swiss, German, French and Italian as well as English all in the same breath. I was told they used whatever word was easiest at the time.
I barely remember my birthday.
Unless I’m careful I find I obsess about things, and it isn’t sustainable. Either overload or burn out on it. Nowadays I try to pace my obsessions, do a bit at a time and enforce breaks, sometimes a few days or even weeks. It allows me to think about the subject, lock things down and make links. Sometimes less is more.
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That when I grew up I’d know what I was doing and my body would work.