The problem with “symmetrical” standard scissors is that you can’t see where you are making the cut properly.
Many lefties who are like me and got used to symmetrical scissors may not even be aware properly pointing blades make it easier of an angle to see what you’re doing.
Might be a different comment in the chain where i mentioned i don't agree with this either but if i want the accommodation today then thats my reality.
I am a firm supporter of moving to a needs first society, not because i have a plan to make things sustainable but because the current system where we sell human survival to corporate greed isn’t doing us many favors.
Thank you for posting content on behalve of jawa21.
I recognize that this is a very different angle but there is a global trend for free open source software which are non profit by design.
Of course this basically means you need to be a developer and than there is still the question about how to survive within economic society.
I doubt you want to live from donations coming from where you are now.
The sweet spot, which might be viable for you is an open source devision within a for profit company. Many industries have started to understand the massive value of open source software and standards. Companies like redhat build open source tools on one side but then sell industry tailored packages and support to enterprises for profit. Even Nvidia has started to open source some level of their drivers because they realized that enthusiast will often improve on those for zero costs.
I imagine in some of those divisions its just like a normal company with not just devs but all kinda of roles your direct product will be used by the for profit stuff but also be free for everyone else out there that might need it.
Drop in what bucket?
The one we keep the deficit? The interest on existing debt are paid with new loans. This bucket has no bottom. Money is seizing to have its own value in the long run and the numbers are just a measurement of consumed energy.
Forgive me for asking but are you actually left handed though?
Everywhere i go the default scissors are molded for right hand. On my job (which is very accommodating in a general sense) if you ask they have an additional shitty type which is still right handed in terms of the blades but at least the handle more symmetrical.
For computer mice, those aren’t usually very symmetrical anymore either. Especially if those extra side buttons seem useful there is exactly one on the entire market that i know. This is why the vast majority of lefties use their mouse right handed.
There have been very real situations at my job where could not accomplish a task alone because left handed tools where not available and i was just going to hurt myself. Same thing at home because left handed tools are rarely affordable but are just have to bite the bullet and hurt myself to get the job done.
Don't even get me started on walking in class room and seeing this:
And then they complain about lefties handwritten being bad.
We are tolerated and accommodation exists but these are still fairly new. My grandpa literally got beaten the left handness out of him. We still face daily disadvantages.
About your sunscreen, i am pretty sure if you would ask a doctor they could point you to the most appropriate sunscreen. My point was not to medicalize everything but to break the illusion of the medical perspective. People have different needs and they need those needs accommodated without unnecessary hoops to jump trough.
Of course neither left handed or fair skinned is of a similar complexity as neurodivergence or autism. Many accommodation i need for my autism are outside my price range, they will only give them to me if i first proof they are required. I disagree with the system but the system is all i got to work with.
There is nothing wrong with people looking for an income to support what they do. But if you compare it.
Every single lemmy instance is a server someone is running and maintaining. I have yet to see a single one that integrates ads.
The developers that develop the lemmy code themselves aren’t asking us for money either.
As for apps why would you not use one with the same spirit as the above? Voyager is both on playstore, ios store. And available as a hyper performant web app. Works on any device basically.
The code for voyager is again fully open source, you yourself could self host an instance of the webapp, no ads, no one serving you. Just some software that you control doing what you need it to do.
Its not the only one of its kind but its the one i can personally vouch for is great.
When you want to support developers there is usually ways to donate directly.
The tldr for this is Neurodiversity
Almost all disabilities exist only within the context of a culture. They are a human applied label.
I recon most disabled people can do more advanced complex tasks than any animal/pet. Yet we do don't think of our pets as disabled.
We are all born with a useless appendix, which can potentially burst and kill us. If someone was born without. Would we all have a disability compared to them.
Someone with only one arm is considered disabled, extra fingers? If its not the default it’s considered disabled.
Now imagine a humanoid alien race with only 1 arm and a hand with 6 fingers. And imagine what their keyboards may look like. A normal human in their society would be considered disabled. Not because you cant use the keyboard but because you would struggle using a tool not designed for you.
Now the reason why you still want a diagnosis even when you agree with the above is simple. Society has not evolved this perspective. We can accommodate almost all disabilities but they key to getting that help is by first bureaucratically “registering” yourself as disabled by a medical professional.
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Alternative self-host solution that does not require a pi.
Get hold of a functioning spare pc with any os that can run docker containers ( highly recommended proxmox for server and opensense for diy router but that may be to advanced) but most os incl windows should work.
Install adguard home in a docker container. Its a dns based blocker like pihole above. Just set your devices to its ip for dns.
Want it on the go? If you have an internal vpn (wireguard) you can set it up so your tunneling al your traffic from home with all protections persisting.
I have not found a way on ios to block those last pesky ads that adguard misses but its still day and night difference.
There is no "but" that is what i said in different words.