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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: I think i've caught "Computer Neurosis" |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2010, 4:20 am
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| you can always wipe your drive and reinstall the OS if worse comes to worse. Arman has a good point. Installing a recent distribution of linux (Xubuntu or Jolicloud) only takes 30 minutes and puts your computer back in a "clean" state. Besides, if most of your personal data is "in the cloud" (gmail... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: How long per day does one need to work out to burn fat? |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2010, 2:58 pm
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| I found the stepmaster extremely effective in burning fat. It works large muscles and you end up consuming lots of calories (15-20 per minute) at high speeds. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: are people afraid of you? |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2010, 2:56 pm
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Replies: 19
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| Sometime people, especially if they are in a position of customer service, may be unable to explicitly say "no" to a customer. So it is a possibility that the lady at the kiosk for some reason felt coerced into giving her number, and later resentful of you not picking up her cues, even though she se... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: What is it about Aspie women that men can't stand? |
| thegreatpretender |
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Posted: 25 Nov 2010, 4:42 pm
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Replies: 55
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| According to Simon Baron-Cohen, autism can be characterised by an extreme "male brain". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathizing%E2%80%93systemizing_theory Therefore, the difficulties that you (a person on the autistic spectrum) are encountering towards NT men are likely comparable to the difficulti... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Is there a french section ?Need help please. |
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Posted: 07 Oct 2010, 2:22 pm
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Replies: 6
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Wearing a mask |
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Posted: 07 Oct 2010, 2:20 pm
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Replies: 20
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| Look for the few people where you do not have to wear a mask. Or at least where you wear a mask that you enjoy. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Always wind up going out alone |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2010, 1:06 pm
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Replies: 10
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| Perhaps send an email invitation to a group of people that you know (including men and women), instead of asking them one by one. Done this way, it will be blatantly obvious that the invitation is open to anyone and not directed to a specific person. If you end up with only one person accepting, it ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How Going Abroad Helps in Bypasses Certain Issues |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2010, 2:56 pm
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| I warmly recommend living abroad. Locals have a much greater tolerance for idiosyncrasies, as they are blamed (or rather attributed) to your being foreign. This allows you to have a sweet life where you are seen as "charming" rather than "weird". Just caricaturing but it works! One thing though: you... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky |
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Posted: 30 Sep 2010, 5:30 pm
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| Here are some of the characteristics of the main protagonist: - neuro-atypical, epileptic - does not see the point of lying - profoundly gullible, takes what he is told literally - oblivious to the intrigues around him and hidden agendas - age-inappropriate friendships with children - insensitive to... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Want to start a programming business |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2010, 5:23 pm
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Replies: 6
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| For what it is worth, here is my advice: just go ahead and start building an app for fun, not profit. Once you gain confident in your technical abilities, start working on a more "serious" app, and make sure you work out how it is planning to make money in the long run. Typical questions to ask your... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Stopping someone touching you - ideas? |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2010, 6:43 pm
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I think she is probably trying to show you affection but does not realise it upsets you, since similar behaviour would not upset her.
Maybe you can explain to her or give her something to hold/hug like a fluffy toy. Maybe a silly suggestion but who knows... she is twelve. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: AS the result of excessive empathy ? |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2010, 1:59 pm
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| And the fact we all seem to feel a lot of empathy toward tv and cartoon situations, possibly a bit more than others people, might be explained by the fact it's easier to read the over-exaggeration of emotion that is used in cartoon and drama. Or even by the simple fact that while watching tv, we kn... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Do you always have to repeat yourself? |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2010, 9:12 am
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| I think I was subconsciously keeping my voice low because it made me anxious to think anyone could overhear me besides the person I was speaking to. That is interesting: I have exactly the same behavior. I usually tend to speak clear enough so the person I am talking to can understand me, but mumbl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Logic riddle |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 2:49 pm
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Replies: 33
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| there is no difference between there being 2 or 3 or more people. if the cutter does not get to choose until last, they will cut the cake as equally as they can, as any inequality in the cuts will result in a "smallest piece", and that is the piece the cutter would get. Thank you all for your respo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Logic riddle |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2010, 5:52 pm
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| Hi all, I recently came upon a new answer to a very common riddle, that surprised me, as I understand the rationale, but would have decided for another answer. Here is the problem: Let's say two people want to share a cake in a "fair" way. We want to find a "fair" process so they are both treated fa... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Young autistic people and the aquaintance/friend divide |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2010, 4:26 pm
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Replies: 8
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Little relevance, but I liked this illustration:
If you are sitting in a cell in jail some day, a good friend is the one who will come bail you out. But your best friend is the one who will be sitting next to you saying… “Wow that was fun!”
I do think real friends are rare. |
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