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I would have agreed with this, and then they did the `pathlib.Path` bit of cuteness with the `/` operator: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/5afbb60e0283caaf34990... And despi…

What vehicle did Mazda screw this up so badly in? Neither of my Mazdas with CarPlay disable the touchscreen in CarPlay. The ‘21 Miata disables it while in motion (which sucks badly…

Heads up, most of the community migrated off Fandom a little while ago. https://mtg.wiki/page/Judge_Tower

Oops, I forgot this one wasn't public. Sorry! Auth was implemented using a library I don't know much about, so I figured better safe than sorry.

Mostly games-adjacent hobby tools, it turns out. (Edit: forgotten in first edition) A cookbook to store the recipes my family likes to cook so I can eventually break up with Pinter…

There’s a community keeping it alive with fresh content: https://nullsignal.games/ I sadly haven’t convinced my MtG playgroup (or family or other friends) to try it with me.

Wait, is this Azure or GitHub who had the booth? If it was GitHub, I’m super confused and there must have been some serious missing context. I was at GitHub from 2020-2023 and am n…

It feels wrong to say something nice about Ticketmaster, but you don't need their app to add concert tickets to Apple Wallet (at least at all the venues where I live). I strictly u…

If you ever find yourself in Raleigh, Videri Chocolate offers tours! https://viderichocolatefactory.com/

The opposite is also true: Apple’s parental controls fail closed in inscrutable and impossible to debug ways. Yesterday, in order to share an iPad’s location with my iPhone, I had …

None of this matches my experience as a board member and officer at a nonprofit, nor what I observe with my partner who has worked at multiple nonprofits. I don’t understand the di…

Accidentally turning on the wipers was definitely #1 for me. A close second was nearly turning the wrong way in roundabouts. I’m not sure why regular box turns were easy to mentall…

I have another reply in this tree talking about outcomes and independence being much worse not even all that long ago. I won’t repeat it all here but it squares with what you obser…

> I'm sorry, what? Those with Down's Syndrome are people, with all the emotions and experiences that entails. If they are supported, nurtured and loved then they'll lead correspond…

I had to look both of those up, and you’re right. The rule is inconsistently applied for sure. This got me curious about where the so-called rule came from. Wikipedia says: > Auto-…

“Performative” feels a bit judgmental, given that America/UK differences in orthography are common. But yeah, y’all spell it differently than we do. I think you might also capitali…

Yes.

> Down Syndrome leads to an objectively worse outcome for the affected individuals. And their parents, I might add. Please cite your sources and show your work. My child with Down …

There is absolutely no benefit to being many things that some humans are.

If you never interacted with the residents there, how are you so sure it was so bad? Nevermind the people in the group home — on what basis did you acquire the belief that the neig…

This starts from an incorrect premise — that everyone with Down syndrome “will perpetually need care and supervision” — and then heads downhill. “Misery” and “ends up in a hellhole…

I don’t think I entirely disagree with your position. However, positioning my kid (and others with DS) in opposition to “normal” makes it hard to engage respectfully. As a parent o…

I think this point would be better made without using the word “extreme” so much. All children bring new challenges; kids with DS often bring more; my child with DS has never, ever…

Why do you think that people with Down syndrome are “utterly dependent on [their parents] for their entire lives”? All children come with a severe “emotional and mental cost”, have…

Why do you think people with Down syndrome can’t “achieve independence and a life of their own”? And what makes you think they, or their families, see their existence as suffering?…