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I really enjoy the interface of , is onto something. However, I also like my blog. It is a static blog generator connected to a bot, this way I can write from my phone or computer with easy and the bot publishes the posts. I will soon release the source code. But, I wonder how I could connect both of them. Maybe I just can pull my textlog posts into my blog using RSS.

We also have embedded widgets check the for more details.

Somehow, I can't work in the mornings. Going to the office earlier just makes longer the "warmup period", this is, the period I stare the computer's screen reading stuff that is completely unrelated to my work.

Comments in have no dates. I understand why, the idea is to promote timeless dicusssions. But, sometimes things are heavily dependent on context. Imagine a ten year old commend, before AI. Thus, I propose to use colour. Paper becomes yellowish with time. Thus, comments could also become yellowish (or some colour indicator within the comment).

You can enable timestamps from the Appearance → Misc settings. Also as a post becomes older it gets approximate time anyway and relative time in the hover in the post page.

OK. That should be enough. Thanks!

I find the localtion of the “you continued” boxes, which are below the last message a little bit confusing. I often would expect them to be before the current message, not below.

I'm not saying that your approach is not ok. I'm just saying that my brain works backwards. 😉

Can you explain a little bit or with a screenshot? I’m not sure what you mean.

For example, this screenshot. First I see your comment, then my previous comment, finally the field for my response, below. The chronology is broken. I would expect:

My previous comment (small)
Your comment.
The box.

I see now. Maybe we should change it.

I think you have to think about this a little bit more. Here, a more obvious exampe

Now all conversations are trees. No more quoted parents.

The new approach is much better. Thanks!

Now, another possible improvement would be to somehow differentiate read and unread messages, specially in the "@" section. The new messages should be easier to spot. Maybe addind a coloured "*" neat the <"author" replied to "author">.

But they get an unread dot and different bg unless you’ve read the page already.

When I read about in reputable , I relate to almost everything that is described (keeping in mind that no two autistic people are alike). However, I always read the sections on with bewilderment. I don't identify either with the obsessive need to make eye contact, which UK and US books often mention as behavior, or with the difficulties in making it.

I suspect—and this is the interesting part—that there are significant cultural differences in this regard. In fact, the reputable Spanish books on autism that I have read don't address this topic (if I remember correctly).

Unless I am attracted to the person I almost never maintain eye contact while talking to them. I’m from Greece btw, doing eye contact is normal, I see others do it, so I diverge there.

Is it eye contact or is it looking at the face, in general? I never thought I had a problem in this department unter I started reading about ASD. Do people look at the eyes like when they make a toast? It feels unnatural to mee. My observation is that people look at the face, in general, without focusing on the eyes exactly, except for short intervals. It would seem strange to me if someone fixated on my eyes this way and I don't think that people do like that.

Definitely people here do intense full locked eye contact, which I can’t do, unless I’m attracted to the person as I said. Even then I’ll move a bit around the face because it’s uncomfortable even then. But others just lock in completely I see them doing it.

OK. I guess that Greece may be similar to Spain. I feel comfortable hanging with greeks, in Greece and elswhere. Then, if I don't look at the eyes, but others do. I guess that I'm very good at masking that I don't look at the eyes. I never got a comment related to eye contact.

I don’t think it’s something people notice immediately and consciously think this is wrong to make a comment, they will probably just not feel the same connection or feel something is off about you in general or think that you’re busy thinking other things. It’s not the only case to not make eye contact with someone, you might just not like them. That’s probably what they will sense.

This is probably the right answer. I guess I have to forget about it. The kids I think about it the better.

Anyone in the room recently diagnosed as being in the spectrum and older than 40?

I'm 55 and recently self-diagnosed as "fairly ASD with some ADHD" after watching a lot of youtube videos. It's been immensely helpful (to the point of bringing me to tears sometimes) in understanding the struggles I had when I was younger. It's also been very helpful in understanding what I can do currently to support myself and work with my brain instead of against it.

I'm glad it was useful to you. This process of becoming aware of our autism is not easy. It is liberating, but it is also difficult, at the same time. I watched a lot of videos too, but then I visited a couple psiquiatrists and a psycologist (I had other problems too), just to be sure. What is your opinion about the ASD youtube landscape? I think that there are a few very good channels, but there is lot of noise too. I see some danger there.

Those "10 signs you may be [or not be] autistic" seem quite dangerous to me. Neurodivergence can be tricky.

Yeah. I do like them sometimes, but the good authors are careful to start the video with looots of caveats (e.g. "this is not how to diagnose, just something that's maybe helpful").

Yeah I agree that there are many ASD channels on YT of varying qualities. I only follow a few. Some of my favorites (very roughly in order):

@MomontheSpectrum
@imautisticnowwhat
@elenacarr0ll -- kinda more emotive, but I find that helpful sometimes
@autismfromtheInside -- no longer posts (burned out)

I think for now being self diagnosed is enough for me. Just knowing that I'm neurodivergent has been helpful for me to be kind to my own mind.

Yes. It’s helped me understand more about how things affect me and why I respond to things in certain ways, which helps me manage situations and myself better. It’s given me a vocabulary to articulate experiences that I struggled to make sense of.

This is a good idea.

Aha! That's great. I will never hit the wall, I use none. :-D

They're useful for tracking a thread of posts e.g

Indeed, that's a good use case. I mean, I am just not that interesting. :-D

What plans are there to avoid ?

Are there any plans to filter by language? What will happen when people start posting in several languages?

Maybe introduce a setting, to select languages you'd like to see posts in, and/or a translate action appears in the posts that are not in those. Or simply don't follow those accounts and they stay only in

I have found engaging with people in other languages to be an advantage. There are translators in all platforms!

Yes, introducing seamless translation, as, for instance, X does, is a good idea, as it allows for intercultural communication, which is needed.

Just today we’ve added a translate button on plausible non-English text, though Chrome will autotranslate when you visit the page itself. See !

Is textlog federated? I suspect it isn’t.

Nope, single instance running on a vps. Nothing of the sort. But you can build interesting things through the API

OK. Thanks! I keep an eye on the experiment. But nowadays I prefer playing with federeated tools, as we know that centralized stuff can go the wrong route entrapping you in it.

You can export your data, and I'm considering federation/replication but it would become an order of magnitude more complicated. A lot of effort maintaining that part instead of improving the actual service. It's something for the future, once the core semantics are in place.

I understand your choices.

This approach makes sense.

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