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soniaRAADS–R test for autistic adults. Free and anonymous. As usual, I get "kinda?" results.
Added later: I forgot I had this Am I German or Autistic link stashed. My results were "Why not both?"
Your [Android] phone is about to stop being yours.
Normalization of Deviance by Dan Luu
How building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight by Alistair Davidson.
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Simple HTML by Terrence Eden.
British Columbia, Time Zones, and Postgres by Christopher Winslett.
Who it’s for: Adults (16+) who suspect they may be autistic, were missed earlier in life, or relate to autistic traits.
Length: 10–30 minutes
Statements: 80
Purpose: To identify patterns in four areas related to autism traits in adults.
Added later: I forgot I had this Am I German or Autistic link stashed. My results were "Why not both?"
Both involve systematic thinking, a preference for precision, and difficulty pretending small talk is acceptable. The question is which one explains it.
Your [Android] phone is about to stop being yours.
Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.
Normalization of Deviance by Dan Luu
Have you ever mentioned something that seems totally normal to you only to be greeted by surprise? Happens to me all the time when I describe something everyone at work thinks is normal. For some reason, my conversation partner's face morphs from pleasant smile to rictus of horror. Here are a few representative examples.
How building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight by Alistair Davidson.
It is not acceptable to bounce users on old browsers, users with bad network connections, users using assistive technologies. Certainly not from a monopoly public service. A lot of hype and noise is pressing us to extend the cowboy, wild-west phase of the software industry’s expansion. We should set that aside, and take ourselves seriously as a mature industry. Build a web application that works on a playstation portable on a 3G connection - if you do, it will work for all your users, and it will still work 30 years from now.
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Simple HTML by Terrence Eden.
Go sit in an uncomfortable chair, in an uncomfortable location, and stare at an uncomfortably small screen with an uncomfortably outdated web browser. How easy is it to use the websites you've created?
British Columbia, Time Zones, and Postgres by Christopher Winslett.
On March 8, 2026, British Columbia moved their clocks to a year-round Pacific Daylight Savings Time. In March, they did the spring forward one hour with their clocks to UTC-7, but they won't fall back to UTC-8 in November. Going forward, the UTC offset for America/Vancouver timezone is permanently UTC-7. [...]
If you stored timestamps in a UTC-based column for British Columbia-based appointment in 2026 and beyond, your November through March appointments may be off by an hour!
also Alberta
Date: 2026-07-04 11:51 pm (UTC)Re: also Alberta
Date: 2026-07-04 11:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-07-05 01:41 am (UTC)As usual, I got "oh, wow, you're wildly autistic". This despite not having a box at the end saying "I questioned the interpretation of half these questions".
no subject
Date: 2026-07-05 02:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-07-05 02:57 am (UTC)But given how stressed out people are who say they do mask a lot, I think I'm good.
no subject
Date: 2026-07-09 12:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-07-05 03:43 am (UTC)I'm below the threshold, but I knew that--I'm only a border-friend when the questions spill more towards trauma scars or ADHD-specific things. This questionnaire seems rather tidy and responsible.
no subject
Date: 2026-07-09 12:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-07-09 07:28 pm (UTC)I could guess at the probably-German responses and wasn't avoiding them particularly; my formative stuff was in multicultural strands, sometimes plaited and sometimes tangled in knots, but the German influences are only one part.
for random amusement
Date: 2026-07-09 07:31 pm (UTC)Re: for random amusement
Date: 2026-07-09 10:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-07-09 12:30 am (UTC)