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I do not believe that is as relevant as you think it is.
There is a certain overlap between autistic people and furries/therians, but that is very much not usually the reason for this behaviour.
EDIT: usually
Not necessarily a sign; just a common quirk to have with the condition.
Not all toe-walking is related to autism: it can also be musculoskeletal or related to other psychological conditions; and at the same time, not all autistic people walk like this.
I have a habit of sneaking up on people like this, too; and yeah, not all toe-walking is related to autism, just as not all autistic people do this.
Just “autistic toe walking”. I myself have no sources, sadly, but it’s widely reported and documented.
There can be a few reasons. Sensory, coordination, neurological… Usually it simply feels more natural.
A common quirk of autism is putting pressure on the fronts of your feet (though rarely as high as this) while walking.
I do it a bit, but the only sign that I am is that my shoes wear down on the front faster than other people, while the heel generally stays intact.
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Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•PSA: Trilium Notes (FLOSS alternative to Obsidian) is now heavily AI coded with ClaudeEnglish
2·4 days agoI gave up on notes platforms like this a couple of years ago. I just have a bunch of well-sorted Markdown files that I edit with nano on desktop and Markor on mobile.
Updating my shit in Termux:
# update via apt wrapper pkg upgrade # update yt-dlp yt-dlp -U # update everything in ~/.src # (in this case, just ksh93) gr ~/.src cd ~/.src/ksh bin/package make bin/package install /data/data/com.termux/files/usr
heliotrope@slrpnk.nettoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Additional hot take: it's too hot and only getting worseEnglish
12·6 days agoMy favourite season is Autumn.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Doug Wilson Wants The Bible To Determine Tax RatesEnglish
33·6 days agoI miss that brief period of time when dipshits like this would be told “Okay, buddy” and escorted out of the building.
Ah, yes. The OS with an innit system, UKUI (United Kingdom User Interface) or MATE (you wot m8‽), and british (bloody ridiculous interactive terminal input shell).
Goddamn, that’s a dense meme!
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Linux@programming.dev•What Software Do You Use? INCLUDING OPERATING SYSTEMEnglish
0·10 days agoI have several machines, a few of which I plan to reinstall sooner or later, so:
# System Distro: Devuan GNU+Linux, Void Linux, NetBSD, Alpine Linux (near future), Guix (near future) Init System: OpenRC, SysVinit, Shepherd (near future) Window Manager: cwm, Fluxbox, Xfce, river-classic (near future), *TBD* (near future) Shell: ksh93 Terminal: Alacritty, Sakura, foot, Xfce Terminal Terminal Multiplexer: dvtm Application Launcher: (WM builtin), rofi Notification: dunst, Xfce Notifier Compositor: Picom, XCompMgr, wlroots, Xfwm Panel: Polybar, fbpanel, Xfce Panel, *TBD* (near future) Audio: PulseAudio, ALSA, OSS # The Web Web Browser: Tor Browser, Librewolf Chat: Discord, Signal VPN: IVPN # File Management File Browser: Midnight Commander, Nemo, PCManFM, Thunar File Sharing: Syncthing, netcat, (physical disks) Torrent: KTorrent, Deluge Git CLI: Game Of Trees, Git # File Creation/Modification Text Editor: nano Code Editor: nano LaTeX Editor: TeXStudio Image Editor: GIMP, GraphicsMagick Video Editor: OpenShot, ffmpeg, blind Audio Editor: Tenacity, KWave, ffmpeg Document Editor: OpenOffice, nano # File Viewing Music Player: qmmp Media Player: MPlayer Image Viewer: imv Document Viewer: Zathura # Utility Screenshotter: scrot, grim Video Recorder: SSR, wf-recorder Color Picker: gpick, GIMP, (custom script I keep losing) Default Apps: XDG Dotfile Manager: `cp -r ~/.* /path/to/disk` Network TUI: nano, nmtui, nyx Bluetooth TUI: bluetoothctl Volume TUI: pactl, alsamixer, mixerctl Disk Analyzer: Baobab Wallpaper: Nitrogen, swaybg Markdown Renderer: glow # Gaming Game Launcher: Steam, PrismLauncher # Productivity Flashcard: (physical cards)I also plan to run Haiku on one of my older machines, but I can’t write down its components (e.g. init system, audio server), as it’s more monolithic than NetBSD or GNU/Linux.
To transfer files using netcat, it’s:
# Replace 1337 with any port number you like nc -vl 1337 > file # On recipient nc -N 192.168.X.X 1337 < file # On senderOf course, things like compression and encryption need to be done beforehand; but one would hopefully use other means to transfer such files.

(InfoSec vs. PrivSec, perhaps?)
Depending on your drivers, you could give Guix a go. It’s not for everyone; but it’s decent, solid, and I used to run it on a 32-bit machine with 3GB of RAM.
If you do require nonfree drivers, there are guides to set it up using Nonguix; but I don’t know how well that works (I am yet to try it).
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Waiting to go into action and debating where you will wind upEnglish
11·10 days agoFun fact: this is from an anti-pollution PSA by Friends Of The Earth or Greenpeace or some other activist charity.







I’m suggesting the BeOS successor.