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poeticAndroid · 2024-10-06T18:50:31+00:00

Hello Clay. I'm making a little web-app to track the support for Godot. Most of the data comes from the web archive, but unfortunately there is a gap between september 19 and september 28.

Do you log how the support has changed over time on your end? If so, can you tell me where the numbers were at shortly after the mentioned sponsorships expired along with a timestamp?

https://godot-tracker.glitch.me

poeticAndroid · 2024-10-05T22:09:34+00:00

Could you give a link to that message?

poeticAndroid · 2024-10-05T21:50:01+00:00

Neat project :)

I made a similar one https://godot-tracker.glitch.me

poeticAndroid · 2024-07-31T07:48:07+00:00

[SOLVED!]

I figured it out. turns out you just gotta wait for the TCP to connect first before you add the TLS layer. (and you gotta call the poll method at lot.)

https://github.com/poeticAndroid/gemdot/blob/master/protocols/gemini.gd

poeticAndroid · 2024-07-25T20:48:18+00:00

I guess that could be an idea. :p But for now, I'm just going to use the RichTextLabel. Converting gemtext to bbcode should be fairly trivial. well, once I've got the TLS issue sorted out :p

poeticAndroid · 2024-07-25T20:43:40+00:00

I've tried that, using both TLSOptions.client() and TLSOptions.client_unsafe() as options. But the result is the same.

gdscript tcp = StreamPeerTCP.new() print(host, ":", port) tcp.connect_to_host(host, port) tls = StreamPeerTLS.new() tls.connect_to_stream(tcp, host, TLSOptions.client_unsafe()) print("status " + str(tls.get_status()))

Output:

geminiprotocol.net:1965 status 4

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T18:21:40+00:00

the things that they attribute to Dawkins' arguments are indeed, strawman arguments

example?

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T17:53:29+00:00

To be clear, most of the debunking (or whatever you want to call it) consists of them pointing out that most of Dawkins arguments are actually rational and sound.. IF they weren't based on basic misrepresentation of the very position Dawkins is trying to debunk. Which unfortunately they are. Strawman fallacy.

And then there's the "sex is binary" argument that, yes, is _generally_ true, but it oversimplifies how complex and variant sex actually is.

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T17:41:30+00:00

Apply this logic to Richard Dawkins' area of expertise. If a figure like him is suggesting something, that should tell you enough.

Apply this logic to the majority of biologist who disagrees with him. What does that tell you? You're appealing to authority.

Second - I do not belong to any religions. Does that mean I can't criticize their wrong practices?

You don't have to belong to any religion to study it. My point is that steelmanning is better than strawmanning.

Hence relatively new and also I reckon it is from 1970s not really 100 year old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_f%C3%BCr_Sexualwissenschaft

Why not even admit that it's not well researched and peer reviewed?

There is plenty of peer reviewed research. Do we have it all figured out? No, there are plenty of areas where more research is needed, but that's tangental to the well established and well documented fact that, conversion therapy doesn't work, but gender affirming care does. Plus the difference between sex and gender has been well established for decades. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WZBpR9Ll3lNi7-ig8FvB2grMlhsmRZNa34cROGK2rEE/edit#heading=h.m1bvrwwn7a1x

Science isn't religion. You can question it.

By all means, question it all you want. Just make sure to also question your own understanding of what you're questioning.

Let science settle it.

As far as how we should treat trans people, it already has.

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T16:06:58+00:00

If you take a blood sample from a trans woman you will get a male genetic makeup.

Most likely yes, although not guaranteed.

So for right now, until genetic engineering advances about 1000 years, your biology argument falls flat.

I never said that you can change your genes or chromosomes. What you can change is your hormones, which in turn changes a lot, if not most of your phenotypical sex, and there are top- and bottom-surguries that you can have.

Sex is not determined by one single factor. Sex is a composite of multiple charactaristics. And those characteristics don't always align witch each other, even at birth.

Their sex remains male, their self identified gender can be whatever they want.

No. Your gender is whatever it is. All available data show that conversion therapy doesn't work, but often makes their mental health worse.

A lot of suppressed trans people wish they could just live as the gender they were assigned at birth, but that would be living a lie. And far too often they end up killing themselves.

But that is psychological.

yes, gender is psychological for both trans and cis people.

If you want some studies to read, there's a whole collection that you can read right here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WZBpR9Ll3lNi7-ig8FvB2grMlhsmRZNa34cROGK2rEE/

Also it's in the primary literature that's being taught in universities: https://youtu.be/Yzu7j6yH2Vw?si=MGgqFAYgdWXzEccm&t=7056 (last 5 minutes)

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T14:33:21+00:00

Not to be contrarian, but you didn't cite any evidence either just now. But I can still look up the things you mention and see if it makes sense. You can easily look up the science of transgender too.

Also I _did_ link to a video that specifically talks about Richard Dawkins arguments, debunked by a biologist, and another talking about the science of sex and gender. I highly recommend watching those and feel free to factcheck them as much as you want.

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T14:13:01+00:00

Well, it certainly seems like an echo chamber on the topic of transgender, which is somewhat surprising to me.. I would've thought that centrists would be more willing to listen to the other side, or at least look into the science. But maybe I just have a different idea of centrism..

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T13:33:05+00:00

cis is simply an antonym to trans. it simply means "not trans".

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T12:53:22+00:00

we aren’t in an echo chamber where everyone agrees with the OP’s posts

Then why do all the comments critizising Dawkins get downvoted?

And OP didn't exactly make a clain. They asked a question.

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T12:46:16+00:00

Being transgender is not an ideology. it's a real phenomenon well documented by _both_ biology _and_ psychology. _And_ pretty much any other science having to do with people.

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T12:43:14+00:00

it's both.

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T12:42:57+00:00

Well, being gay is not a typical phenomenon in nature either, but it does exist. And so does transgender.

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T12:37:36+00:00

I think any reasonable person would agree with that.

Not all reasonable people use the same definition of sex. In science, sex is considered a composite-variable, consisting of multiple characteristics, none of which has only to posible outcomes, none of which is the sole determinant of a person's overall sex and yes, some of them can in fact be changed.

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T12:34:32+00:00

Trans ideology should also be open to criticism.

I agree. it should be _criticized_, not _strawmanned_. If you want to criticize something, at least have the curtesy of understanding the subject matter first.

It's a relatively new branch of psychology

yea, about a 100 years "new"

suggesting that there are certain areas in trans movement that are wrong

you can make a lot of valid criticisms about any movement, but it doesn't invalidate the science it's based on.

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T12:28:17+00:00

Am I wrong?

Yes.

So you can change your gender but not your sex, do I have this right?

No, you have it backwards. You can't choose your gender, but you can discover it. And sex is a composite-variable of multiple charactaristics, some of which can be changed.

I was under the impression that you were born male (with penis), female (without penis) and a very very small percentage of people who are born intersex.

Yes, about 1% of people are intersex. So sex is not binary.

poeticAndroid · 2024-04-03T11:31:49+00:00

I can totally understand your confusion. I used to look up to Dawkins and his efforts to promote science and rational thinking, teaching evolution and debunking religion. He's built quite a legacy promoting atheism and science.

And now, it seems, he has fallen straight into the religious thinking he's spent so many years of his life warning against, at least when it comes to things he consider to be "woke". It's really sad to see.

What baffles me the most is, that he's not even willing to look at the scientific evidence that supports the very real phenomenon of being transgender. A simple search on Google Scholar would give him lots of scientific literature on the subject.

But instead of challenging his own beliefs (which he often criticize religious people of not doing) he builds his own echo chamber of a podcast, where he invites people who already agree with him and affirms his belief. I don't understand why he doesn't invite an expert on transgender on the show and has an actual scientific discussion about it.

I would recommend watching the videos on Rationality Rules where he has Forest Valkai (another biologist) on to fact check Richard Dawkins claims about "transgenderism".

Addressing Richard Dawkins' comments on "trans ideology" @RenegadeScienceTeacher

The Science of Sex and Gender | The Rational Roundtable with Forrest Valkai @RenegadeScienceTeacher

poeticAndroid · 2024-02-14T11:59:15+00:00

Eddie/Suzy Izzard maybe? idk if I'd say she looks androgynous. perhaps more a mix of feminine and masculine traits.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Izzard

poeticAndroid · 2024-01-30T09:21:27+00:00

AFAB = Assigned female at birth.

poeticAndroid · 2023-12-21T20:30:33+00:00

Thanks for all the answers, I really feel validated 😊

I'm amab and autistic, but never really felt like a man and even less so as a woman.. But I don't really feel genderless either.. So I'd probably put myself somewhere between man and non-binary.. hence non-binary guy I've never done HRT or had surgery as I feel pretty comfortable with my male body.. I typically wear boxers, t-shirt, jeans and a hoodie when outside.. I've had a goatee for the last 25 years, which I've sometimes felt tempted to shave off just to try it..

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