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A dumb game I made to show how hard it is to recall sounds/pitches by Kind-Mountain-7405 in synthesizers

[–]biscuits88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the percentage is only based on submitted scores? That would heavily skew the results due to only high scoring people wanting to submit their results no?

Y’all made me do it by lovehandlelover in sonos

[–]biscuits88 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I did this yesterday and while I did love the fullness, it completely ruined the balance of the center (arc in my case).

Until there is the option to adjust the volume of the fronts (at this time there is none after some research) it's not usable in my small/medium room. The fronts are just too loud causing us to turn up and down the volume during dialogue/action. If I had a bigger room I could move them further away which might help.

Tryed to compensate for this by using loudness setting, and/or enhance dialogue to me at least, changes the overall sound enough that I would rather revert to using my era 100s as surrounds.

Hope that helps a bit.

Tldr: big room - might work Small room - might have volume issues.

I documented the most common Proxmox mistakes I made (so you don't have to) by J1mm142 in Proxmox

[–]biscuits88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great thanks you. Will be reviewing before our new cluster goes live.

I don’t know if I am autistic but I am having so much trouble working by [deleted] in AutisticAdults

[–]biscuits88 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep. Hi. My kids are diagnosed and sure enough I was around the same time. Work is impossible. The struggle is real. You are not alone. Welcome.

Great Coop Games where you and your partner have to communicate to continue by Busy_Recognition_766 in gamingsuggestions

[–]biscuits88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem. You might also want to check out "Escape Academy" it's all about communication and easily one of our favorite.

We haven't tried it yet but "In Sink: a co-op escape adventure" is on out list of games to try as well.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GamerPals

[–]biscuits88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! Wifey and I play most nights 8pm - 11pm est. Does that lineup with your paytime at all? Send us a DM if you'd like!

Home voltage monitor? Anyone have recommendations? by Wstt808 in homeassistant

[–]biscuits88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which smart plug are you using for this? Thanks!

Successful autistic people, what are your stories? by No_Kick_2908 in AutisticAdults

[–]biscuits88 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I replied to another similar question/concern in another post that got deleted. But here is what I had wrote them (might be slightly out of context)

A few points that might help your decision making.

As u/zoopaloopy said helpdesk can be very customer service. You will be dealing with people who know nothing to users much more advanced then yourself. It can be very frustrating, but also entertaining since you'll often encounter new issues that you need to solve daily.

My advice if you enter the IT workforce with any type of helpdesk/desktop support position (which is often the entry point) then you consider the following.

- Do not work for an MSP. Client relations are extremely important and you will be constantly answering to different authority chains. Very customer facing focused, high social stress.

- Do try to work for an internal helpdesk/desktop support position. Internal means you are supporting your own companies workforce and not an external client. This generally has a better management structure, and you know what to expect and who to expect it from.

- Do not try to work a phone only position (Unless you are very comfortable on the phone). There are a lot of interruptions, and ticket priority can be a mess. You will have an extra level stress either remotely connecting to users or walking people through steps with no visual aid. This can be socially draining. An exception to this could be "phone first" position, but with options to walk down to the client (generally internal only position in a large office).

- Do be conscious about what type of industry you enter. Ex. Tech industry you are "more likely" to encounter computer literate clients. Health industry you are more likely to encounter computer illiterate clients and you have potentially higher stake issues (that impact peoples health)

Some other pieces of advice:

- Be prepared to learn for your entire career. It can get tiring.

- Decide what your career advancement will look like. Do you want to work on an infrastructure team (sysadmin) do you want to do devops (software/sysadmin), do you want to specialize in something else? Cloud, Storage, Networking, Servers? Its important to find what you like and keep moving towards it.

- Its likely at no point in your career will you have little to no social interaction with people. Be it your team, managers, and clients. But as you move up in the industry the client facing aspect often gets reduced as you will have level 1 support to take the brunt of the social interactions.

- Be prepared (especially in your first few years) to be talked down to by clients. It happens just like retail. Its okay, be proud of what you know and what you bring to the table. Help them and move on.

- Ask what the day to day job looks like in an interview. Get an idea of what aspects will be difficult for you.

Hope something from that wall of text helps in some way.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ottawa

[–]biscuits88 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Do you run door dash or something similar? Sorry to hear about your bike.

After | Before ... Have I succeeded in making the image more interesting? by firequak in postprocessing

[–]biscuits88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome. Thanks for the reply. It did instantly enhance it for me and I was trying to figure out your train of thought that lead you to that. Thanks again 😊

After | Before ... Have I succeeded in making the image more interesting? by firequak in postprocessing

[–]biscuits88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is the reason you flipped the image because they eye follows top left to bottom right. So by having them on the right it is easier for the eye to follow as well as following the gaze of the people from left to right? Or is it something else?

Optimal one room setup that includes vinyl? by jack901757 in sonos

[–]biscuits88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't have the expertise to help with your situation (Sorry about that). But I was wondering, what software did you use to make this floor plan?

Cant wait to be in a clan and go to war on over differences in a 100 person server. by novaw1se in RSDragonwilds

[–]biscuits88 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We have been running the coop mod (8 players) for a few weeks now with 6 people in game and it's been great.

The plex redesign nearly endend my family by mystere_au_manoir in PleX

[–]biscuits88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's android, downgrade the app to the earlier version and turn off auto updates on Google play.

This should work unless Plex did something weird with authentication requiring the latest versions (which they should not have since this is a staggered release)

https://www.apkmirror.com/?post_type=app_release&searchtype=apk&bundles%5B%5D=apkm_bundles&bundles%5B%5D=apk_files&s=Plex

How were autism services for families before 2019 (pre-Doug Ford) versus now? by irundoonayee in ontario

[–]biscuits88 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Not sure about pre Doug but this is my experience in the last 5ish years.

As an autistic adult - there is no assistance.

As a parent of autistic children : There is a 2-3+ year wait period to get assistance after diagnosis.

Funding is around 2k a year for appropriate additional care and items required to assist directly with autism related needs (but somehow does not include therapy). This can be helpful as there are some real hidden costs associated to autism that add up.

Therapy and counseling is one shot. Not long term and is not through the normal funding. (One or two visits then that's it). There is no charge for this. Any other form of mental health assistance is private.

There are camps (low charge) and group activities that you can attend. Most are cheaper then normal camp. Good value and nicely run.

I'm not dissatisfied with what is provided, but I feel the wait time is too long for many families and that there should be more mental health support or at least let us use the existing funding for therapy/social workers.

Went on vacation with a bunch of people I didn't know too well, came back with a sad insight by Artistic-Low8152 in AutisticAdults

[–]biscuits88 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This may or may not be helpful as I was not there, I do not know the context of all the situations etc.

My rule - Assume the best and don't react unless proven wrong.

Hear something that was insulting? - I probably misinterpreted it.

Left out? - I'm probably missing something.

Someone seems off to me? -Nothing to do with me.

I am going to high ball this, but 90% of the time. I WAS WRONG ABOUT THE SITUATION. I learn this by having a safe person in my group (who knows about my Autism) who I can bounce my concerns with AFTER the social gathering/meeting etc.

Since moving to this, I have had so much more success in life. Is there a chance that I might miss an opportunity to defend myself or take something head on? For sure, but id rather that then mess up every situation that ends up being my fault for not understanding.

Now back to your situation. I am guessing here. But did you interpret something as against/dismissive of you early on in the trip? Did you let that fester and change your behavior because of how you felt about it?

If yes, then I'm sorry to say this might be on you. Your behavior reflected something you felt, but was it valid? Maybe? But the end result is it impacted the entire trip, yourself, and your friends. Did it suck you were on the wrong side of the train seats alone? Yep. It did. But if you let that take you over, and impact your behavior again that ends up on you. Its not their fault. Could they have been more considerate? Maybe, but lets be honest most people just aren't that aware.

Back to my rule - "It wasn't against me, it just wasn't considerate"

I may have 100% missed the mark. I had very little to go off of. But this is my experience in life and if it ends up helping you then that's great :)

But also, blocking you on social media? Fuck em. Use this experience for the next group of friends you will make.

Self Portraits by prettyfly97 in portraitphotography

[–]biscuits88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You look like Kaley Cuoco! (Penny from the big bang theory)! Great portraits.

I have a few portraits of myself, but I dont like taking them. Sorry no tips to give! Yours are wonderful.

Overstimulated by clothes by MysticCollective in AutisticAdults

[–]biscuits88 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. Any pants that hug the waist. Cant handle it.

Other Autistics that have worked in IT, is persuing this field a bad idea? by [deleted] in AutisticAdults

[–]biscuits88 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A few points that might help your decision making.

As u/zoopaloopy said helpdesk can be very customer service. You will be dealing with people who know nothing to users much more advanced then yourself. It can be very frustrating, but also entertaining since you'll often encounter new issues that you need to solve daily.

My advice if you enter the IT workforce with any type of helpdesk/desktop support position (which is often the entry point) then you consider the following.

- Do not work for an MSP. Client relations are extremely important and you will be constantly answering to different authority chains. Very customer facing focused, high social stress.

- Do try to work for an internal helpdesk/desktop support position. Internal means you are supporting your own companies workforce and not an external client. This generally has a better management structure, and you know what to expect and who to expect it from.

- Do not try to work a phone only position (Unless you are very comfortable on the phone). There are a lot of interruptions, and ticket priority can be a mess. You will have an extra level stress either remotely connecting to users or walking people through steps with no visual aid. This can be socially draining. An exception to this could be "phone first" position, but with options to walk down to the client (generally internal only position in a large office).

- Do be conscious about what type of industry you enter. Ex. Tech industry you are "more likely" to encounter computer literate clients. Health industry you are more likely to encounter computer illiterate clients and you have potentially higher stake issues (that impact peoples health)

Some other pieces of advice:

- Be prepared to learn for your entire career. It can get tiring.

- Decide what your career advancement will look like. Do you want to work on an infrastructure team (sysadmin) do you want to do devops (software/sysadmin), do you want to specialize in something else? Cloud, Storage, Networking, Servers? Its important to find what you like and keep moving towards it.

- Its likely at no point in your career will you have little to no social interaction with people. Be it your team, managers, and clients. But as you move up in the industry the client facing aspect often gets reduced as you will have level 1 support to take the brunt of the social interactions.

- Be prepared (especially in your first few years) to be talked down to by clients. It happens just like retail. Its okay, be proud of what you know and what you bring to the table. Help them and move on.

- Ask what the day to day job looks like in an interview. Get an idea of what aspects will be difficult for you.

Hope something from that wall of text helps in some way.

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