A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!

Working my way through Anne McCaffrey’s Pern novels again. Read them first as a child and it’s lovely being back in that world again

In fairness, games are still something I’m willing to pay for and books. I think probably because Kindle and Steam are better user experiences than pirating those.

I used to have a moral objection to piracy, I thought that if a piece of media is good enough that I enjoy it then the people that made it deserve to be paid for their work.

I’m increasingly of the opinion that even if I do pay for something there is no guarantee that the people that worked on it will get their fair share and paying for media is increasingly a worse user experience than piracy.

I’m not neurodivergant, but I’ve definitely had to consciously get better at this. Booking regular holidays throughout the year is what helped me, don’t just take holiday when you get to screaming pitch. This gives you something to look forward to and hopefully means that you’ll be able to decompress before all the various annoyances build up.

I haven’t yet found a job that hasn’t eventually caused me to burn out, even the relatively chill jobs with little pressure have eventually had enough niggling issues to cause me issues.

Another thing is to not take on more trouble than you are paid for. If managers aren’t listening or politics is causing issues then just concentrate on doing your job to the best of your ability and nothing more, when issues start affecting the companies bottom line then they’ll take notice.

“Nextcloud is a can of worms” is an understatement. I keep talking myself into and out of trying to install it. I just don’t have the time at the moment to troubleshoot it when something inevitably breaks.

Yes. Not taking into account anything except the output of the laser verses the output of the reaction.

What you are talking about is the “split attraction model” it’s very helpful for the asexual and aromantic community when describing ourselves. It absolutely applies to people who experience attraction too.

I think on the ace subreddit the consensus was the whale. Blåvingad.

Yes, discovering I’m aroace and not broken was brilliant. It gives me permission to live how I want and not feel like I’m missing out.

Is the sphere part functional or is it just design?

Jesus Christ that hit hard, also nearly gave me a cry!

Can the asexual one just say “NO”?

I was put off by the pricing on these. Full price for novella length. I really enjoyed the first one, I’ll grab the rest if they go on sale

Currently working my way through the Three Body Problem series. They are very good but I’m not sure how much I’m enjoying them, they are pretty bleak in places.