We already have this in Australia - my local supermarkets are all using electronic pricing labels - you cannot tell if prices have changed and they can literally change them whilst you are in the store - you cannot even tell when something is on special anymore as the large paper tags you used to see have all gone in the name of “saving the environment” - which is absolute garbage considering we are subjected to a grocery store duopoly in Australia who are renowned for price gouging….

But with the iPhone it’s free, and not carrier dependent and works outside of the United States for those of us in the rest of the world….

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one scratching my head at why was this an issue….(30 + years in aircraft maintenance just not avionics trade, airframes and engines)

Of course self diagnosis is valid. But you can’t expect everyone to accept it - that’s just life, but people do not have the right to tell you that you are wrong either.

However without a formal diagnosis there are no legal workplace supports, access to certain services (I live in Australia so YMMV) no access to certain medical services and medication and other things that actually require a formal diagnosis.

I am dubious though when people self diagnose but refuse to tell anyone other than the internet about it because they feel they will be discriminated against at work or by their peers……because for the rest of us who ended up with a formal diagnosis as a child we didn’t get that choice…so in that sense that view is a little bit privileged in that you get a choice many in the rest of the community did not….

That’s only if you live in the US though….the rest of the world doesn’t care that much for your local politics….so it won’t be “shoehorned” into all posts as there are internet users outside the USA….gasp

My first was the HTC Dream (G1) followed by the Motorola Droid - still miss their form factor before everything became the black slab.

I am an Aerospace Engineer (I was an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer by trade prior to going to University) and I have spent the last 30 years in the airline industry….it isn’t as bad as you are allegedly making it out to be….pilots are not engineers either……

Experience from the 60’s and 70’s isn’t really relevant to today’s industry- I started in the early 90’s and it’s massively different today from back then….so your point is?

I am also based in Australia so that might also make a bit of a difference because we have had no airline crashes in this country and we have a very strict Potentially Unwanted Parts (PUP’s) system and other checks and balances that because we are under EASA based regulations and not FAA ones (who, by the way allowed the PMA part system….where parts are no longer required to be manufactured by the OEM for aircraft….and I’ve got plenty of stories about that nonsense…)

So yeah…. I quite happily still fly everywhere around the world….

They are actually paid $25 an hour here in Australia- how is that only “gig money”?

Again, tipping is not a thing in Australia and should never be expected by drivers who actually choose to do this sort of work….

Oh that’s amazing!

The 80’s were certainly a different time. Especially when only allowed to access a computer at school for a few minutes in the day (Apple IIe) so all of us could “have a go at the computer in the library”!

I would never have imagined as a kid what it was going to be like today with smartphones and the internet everywhere….

We get asked for tips here in Australia where we have a minimum wage and no tipping culture - it’s rubbish because we don’t need to subsidise people’s income at all, but the app doesn’t differentiate countries customs it seems. Uber’s apps are the same always asking for tips despite minimum wage….

Ooh! I had a ZX-81 with a 16k ram pack on it (and cassette recorder to save with!) as a kid haha….god I’m old!!

Well lucky I am a woman then and personally don’t think my lady parts are offended at all….

Irony?

Since Musk is allegedly about “free speech” - but obviously only if it suits him and your handle isn’t something he wants…

In regards to that twats tweet regarding the “the Australian people” - as a member of “the Australian people” I want to put it on record that that asshat does not speak for many of us here……some of us are pleased about this (the ABC app is a far better source of news without the rubbish and downright unintelligent comments that come from posting articles on social media anyway….)

Around 2002 when I tried Ubuntu for the first time on an old Dell laptop.

I only tried it initially as I was bored with Windows UI and liked the look of Linux. Used Linux ever since on and off.

Spotify Premium - because firstly don’t care about paying for it as I use it literally every single day and after using it for nearly 10 years the algorithms are perfect when it comes to music recommendations - plus it has a better catalogue as I listen to some pretty obscure non-mainstream dance and jazz/funk music. As for the UI it’s fine as I guess I am used to it. As for music sound quality - if I want music sound quality I will listen to my CD collection but for streaming via Bluetooth buds out and about with ANC it’s a moot point really…

Well this hits close to home…in a good way I guess…(I mean I was diagnosed 10 years ago and I think the PDA aspect of myself went into overdrive in the opposite direction around “what would the Dr know and I’ve done just fine for myself until now anyway” - only been the last couple of years I’ve slowly started to “accept” myself as actually autistic…)

It can be good to challenge authority when it’s called for, I mean, I’m the person my friends (nearly all are NT) when they want to know about situations (legal and workplace in particular) and what they can do to fight back… challenge authority as I am all for it, but it still needs to be done within the bounds of not getting into serious hot water over it as well.

In that sense it has helped me as well. Plenty of situations where they don’t expect people to stand up for themselves or understand the laws (which I have used to protect myself over the years in things like real estate leases, employment etc)

But the flip side is challenging every little thing that seems wrong. I have lost count of the amount of times I’ve been into a HR office for formal counselling over the years because of refusal or being “argumentative” or just flat out “not a good fit for the business”…so yeah like everything it’s not a feature it’s a bug that probably needs work in my case…but where do you ever start after so many years anyway sigh

Thanks for the heads up!

Just disabled this and a few other “Meta services” apps for “app download” and all the other nonsense…

Unfortunately using a bloated S23 at the moment but toying with getting a P7 Pro 🤦🏼‍♀️

Unfortunately I don’t work in IT - Aerospace Engineer and don’t get a say in IT and operating systems generally!

Absolutely however I do not own a person computer currently as I have to use one for work - when I did own one until recently I usually ran Manjaro on it. I started tinkering with Linux back in the days of early Ubuntu as an alternative to Windows XP :)