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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a COVID test show your level of infectiousness?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The effect you are describing is “viral load”; the degree to which a virus is present in the body. And while this is an indicator of how infectious you are. It is especially important for people with HIV to see if they are “safe” or need their medication adjusted.

  However, an at-home test will not be a good indicator of this. These have too many variables such as the site that was swabbed, time delays from the various biological functions, how well you used the kit and even variability in the kit itself.

  To properly test for viral load, a blood test should be used. I worked with a company that tested for viral load via expelled breath, and while this was a good indicator of infectiousness y/n, and was faster than a PCR, it was not more accurate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There should be a Callisto Protocol 2, says Dead Space creator Glen Schofield: "we had to cut two and a half bosses"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, I don’t even dislike Dead Space 3, but I would rank Callisto Protocol far, far, below that game. I finished the entire game and felt like I had simply wasted a colossal amount of time. The story was abysmal, the world building was weak, the gameplay was repetitive sidestep nonsense. I literally see no reason to ever recommend that game to anyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There should be a Callisto Protocol 2, says Dead Space creator Glen Schofield: "we had to cut two and a half bosses"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s wrong Glen? I thought you said this game was your baby, exactly how you envisioned Dead Space was supposed to be, if you had completely creative control?

  Turns out maybe the problem was you, Glen. Because that DDR-inspired wet napkin of a game that was Callisto Protocol, had zero of the appeal that draws people to Dead Space. The DLC was something you should creatively be absolutely ashamed of and made it pretty much impossible to actually continue the story.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neurodivergents of Lemmy. Do you think of yourself as (A) Cursed by fate, permanently damaged and suffering OR (B) Gifted by fate with a nonstandard package of strengths and weaknesses?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m mildly autistic, to the point I do have to put on a “face” and try to act “normal” in social situations. I am generally quite sociable and outgoing, so I don’t feel it’s held me back. It’s just different.

  Both socially and through work I interact with a diverse range of people, and I don’t think I am any more different than a British person is from an Italian. I’ve taken the mindset that if someone has a problem with that difference, it’s merely an excuse for their bigotry that would’ve surfaced for a different reason either way.

  On the flip side, it’s been incredibly helpful in my career. I have an affinity for processes and an analytical brain, as well as the ability to disconnect from any discussion emotionally. I have always felt that this stems from my autism and it’s allowed me to have business discussions about difficult topics while leaving Ego at the proverbial door.

  So I would say that for me in particular, it’s been a positive. Someone having a problem with me being different is just that; their problem, not mine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, this is completely fair.

  Plus it competes with OneNote, Sticky Notes, and Notepad internally. How many note taking applications does an OS need to ship with, really?