Got dragged out to a teppanyaki bar for a family birthday shindig. The food was admittedly amazing, but the restaurant was... a lot of stimulus for my poor #neurodivergent brain. It was much more... interactive than I was expecting.
Fortunately for me, it was a set menu, so I didn't have the added stress of having to pour over an unfamiliar menu on top of everything that was going on around me.
If you don't mind eating in the middle of a three ring circus, I can see how some people might enjoy the experience.
it's my absolute favorite kind of restaurant but when we went for my birthday one year my poor grandma couldn't stand the noise, and when our chef accidentally dropped his spatula during one of his tricks she was so terribly rattled...
@Antonio Giamberardino Oh yeah, the chef was clearly very talented. No doubt about that. It was all just a bit much for me. I don't do particularly well with unpredictable environments.
Yeah, I very much dislike those "Mongolian Hibachi" restaurants where they ask you what kind of beef you want and cook it right there. I want to go home.
Are lighthouse operator jobs still a thing or have they all been automated? It sounds to me like an ideal job. The thing that people seem to complain about is the isolation. To me, that's a selling point (as long as I have a reasonable internet connection).
@Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🎃 👻 8647 It's just that we have a candy called "smarties" in Canada, but they're entirely different. They're like plain M&Ms. The thing Americans call "smarties" we call "rockets".
Was out visiting with family today and the subject turned to religion. I was straight-up asked: "what do you think about God?"
After a moment's pause, I could only reply with "my thoughts on the subject are... complicated", which was code for: "This is a subject I actively avoid here because it's not going to go well."
I've been through a faith deconstruction. It was a horrible experience, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
@🇨🇦 CleoQc 🍁🦜🧶🚐🌈 My partner and I have been going through some stuff (which we were discussing with them). I get that their faith has helped them through some difficult things and they were only trying to help. 🤷♂️
FIND THE FULL PODCAST HERE:
https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-instascammer-investigating-liana-shanti--7247429
In this full-length interview, Kacey speaks
My phone keeps telling me that I'm at risk of losing my stored passwords—unless I jump through some hoops or somesuch. It's been saying this for months now.
It's okay, phone. Your password manager hasn't been the definitive source of such information in years. Your extortion efforts are wasted on me.
Mother-in-law took Katy and me out to a new restaurant for lunch today. The service was a tad slow and the prices a tad high, but the food was absolutely top notch. If you're in the downtown Kitchener area, like Salvadorian food, and accessibility isn't a major concern,* Pupusa City is definitely worth checking out. #KWAwesome #DTK
* Helping her up the (three-ish) stairs was tricky.
In this episode, host Kacey presents a deep-dive episode on Kenyan preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and the Shakahola Forest deaths.
WARNING of child deaths, st
Had to leave the apartment again today. Didn't have it in me to get properly dressed, so it's the bear onesie again. Let's just call it a Hallowe'en costume.
So, I keep seeing people using LLMs to generate alt-text for images. From an accessibility standpoint, I guess this is better than no alt-text at all, but...
I notice that the descriptions they generate are... often technically accurate... I guess? It's just that they really seem to suck at infering from context what parts of the image are noteworthy and what aren't.
To be fair a lot of humans are also very bad at writing alt text, if they try at all. I just hope the LLM assisted ones are a lot more coming from an attitude of "I can start from the generated text then learn to do it better" or at least "this is all I have time for and it's better than nothing" rather than "I don't have to think about this anymore because the computer will do it."
@fionescu(1) Oh, I knew that Friendica allowed me to interact with both Mastodon and Diaspora*, but didn't realize Friendica was able to share Diaspora* posts with Mastodon.
Par-ce que le message original ne tiends pas texte alternatif:
trois photos avec texte: le premier est d'un rottweiler avec la texte "J'attaque sur ordre de mon maître"; le deuxième est d'un bergier allemand avec la texte "J'attaque si mon maître est menacé"; le troisième est d'un chat avec la texte "J'attaque mon maître"
Because the original message lacks alt-text:
three photos with captions: the first is of a rottweiler captioned, "I attack on my master's orders"; the second is a german shepherd captioned, "I attack if my master is threatened"; the third is a cat captioned, "I attack my master"
The irony of this statistical issue in healthcare is women typically have higher tolerance for pain than men, yet the opposite solution happens. A woman in pain really means they are in pain.
My wife has had pharmacists accuse her of med seeking. Shut up and fill the rx, she has a rare, deadly, and painful medical condition most doctors don't even understand, let alone a pharmacist 🫠 #veds
So since this morning I've been having this weird weakness in my arm. I figured it was possibly a result of the muscle relaxant I was prescribed last night, but I imagine that should be well out of my system by now. I called the telehealth system again and am currently waiting on a callback from a nurse—which should happen in the next couple hours.
It was suggested that I could use their online symptom assessment tool for faster advice, but after jumping through those hoops, all it tells me is "seek medical advice".
Umm... what exactly is it you think I've been doing all this time?
Threw out my shoulder the other day and it seems to be getting worse rather than better. The past couple nights it's been impacting my ability to sleep. 😢
On call doctor wrote me a script for some muscle relaxants, but interestingly, during our consultation he seemed confused by the term "stimming".
The context was when he asked if I knew what brought it on, I said: "I do this thing when I get excited where I'll sort of tense all my muscles up for a second; it's kind of a stimming thing. I did that and there was a sudden sharp pain." I had to re explain this a couple times. I'm not quite sure he actually understood in the end.
@tom grzybow I wondered if maybe I didn't explain it well. It was a phone appointment, so I couldn't demonstrate. I had to paint a word picture, which I find difficult.
Welp, I'm taking the first pill and calling it a night early. I held off as long as I could because I didn't want them to wear off in the middle of the night. The over over the counter stuff just isn't cutting it.
In this episode, Kacey interviews Amir, a former Scientology executive from Scotland who says he escaped in January after four years in Scientology.
Amir descr
My #sourdough starter frequently smells of apples, and the resulting bread of molasses. I have no complaints about this, but I also fail to understand why.
I don't normally get cereal but I got a free box of Cinnamon Crunch Special K. I just pour a little in a cup and eat them dry. Sometimes there's a weird nugget in the bottom. I spent 4-5 cups of this wondering if these manufacturing errors were safe to eat or just swept up of the floor before looking at the box to realize they're supposed to be there. They're the "crunch."
Low consumer confidence is not at all good for business. But they don't care because they know we don't have choices anymore.
Yeah I've just been continuing to consume what I need and throwing the scary thoughts into the compartment where I put all of societal monsters I have no control of. There's not much else to do.
Our apartment building does not have assigned parking. It's just kind of a free-for-all. Anyhow, some time between when we parked two days ago and just now, the spot we were parked in became one that requires an accessible parking permit.
Fortunately, we didn't get a ticket. That would've been an interesting one to fight.
Katy made a really amazing lentil soup for dinner today. I contributed by making a loaf of sourdough to go with it. It was one of the best meals we've had in a while. Dirt cheap ingredients, but restaurant quality meal.
Antonio Giamberardino
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •Jonathan Lamothe likes this.
Jonathan Lamothe
in reply to Antonio Giamberardino • •tom grzybow
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •Jonathan Lamothe likes this.