Yep and this is an actual proper heat pump too, not just an air conditioner with “supplemental heat” which is a fancy term for a 1500w resistive heating element… there’s a lot of those on the market.

i do wish companies would realize it’s not a good idea to put all their eggs in one basket - first crowdstrike last year and now this

Oh and for those wondering, near-future project is to build a small lean-to to keep this from being buried in snow as normally you don't mount one this low to the ground.

yeah, Apple does not have nearly as much of a history of forcing something on you and then telling you to deal with it. They still believe in choice. it’s there if you want it, you can shut it off if you don’t want it.

I jumped ship in March and bought a Mac, and I’m not going back unless Apple does this shit as well

JCO is sooooooo much fun to deal with when you’re the fire alarm tech…… ask me how i know

Heh thanks, it's how I save some height in that stereo cabinet, though you have to be careful with a playing record not to make it skip. I usually load, slide in, then hit the auto start but some records don't have the "leader" groove cut so I can't do that with those.

Yeah, that makes sense. Social statuses are something our brains aren’t wired to do so it’s another way we have to adapt to interfacing with NT individuals.

On the other hand i’ve had many NT people get bent out of shape when I decline an invitation, so it’s like what the hell people…..

But also yes when you think you’ve fucked up and have no idea how and the other person won’t tell you, it’s VERY stressful for us.

They won’t tell you because again afraid of hurting feelings but it’s the complete opposite for autistic people.

I’ve noticed NT people prefer to not outright decline out of fear of hurting feelings and instead make excuses or give the runaround.

I’d prefer if they’d just decline because in my logic driven mind it’s a response to a boolean variable. Yes or no. Don’t give me maybe when it’s really no.

*hugs* it’s often hard for us to tell when it’s happening and often even harder to bail out before it gets worse.

i know how you feel. *hugs again*

yeah, a lot of us can spot it, but I’ve seen a lot of cases where they don’t realize what’s happening until it’s too late.

And also, yes, I’ve experienced the same thing before with ghosting like that.