[-] SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

On Android, Mull offers more extensions, unless that's changed recently

[-] SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

You didn't specify open source so I'll post a mixture...

GrayJay (YouTube and other streaming video) RiMusic (YT music streamer) Easy Noise (white noise for sleeping) Peristyle (wallpaper changer)

[-] SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Eh call me when they make a new Gun Nac

[-] SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

Level playing fields for women and girls aren't served by allowing competition from people who haven't always been female. Its not fair on cis women to have to compete against people who've had advantages from going through puberty while male.

The purpose of women's sport isn't to be inclusive of women, its to be exclusive of men. And its not that it's too much work to include some trans women on the basis of ability, it's that it's just impossible. Do they include only those who aren't likely to win? Maybe some that can win, but not by too much? What about a champion male who's recently transitioned and would shatter the world record, making it unattainable for any cis woman for years to come, maybe ever? There's no way of making those judgements, no matter how much work is done.

Its the same principle as banning performance enhancing drugs. Some clean athletes might beat some drug using athletes, but we don't try to figure that out, we just ban drugs. And puberty as a male is getting a few years if hormone-induced muscle gain that isn't fully lost even post-transition, even on hormone blocking drugs.

[-] SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

No, not any woman stronger than the average for women, because by definition the leading woman will always be stronger than other women.

At the same time, plenty of cis men are weaker than the average female athlete, but we don't let them compete.

We exclude all males as a category, including former males, because on average they have an unfair advantage. Attempting to make exceptions based on individual performance isn't feasible.

Effectively, women's sports are like amateur vs pro competition. You don't let an ex pro play in an amateur match, even if they're not as strong as they once were.

[-] SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

Literally the only reason we have a separate category of women's sports is because, on average, women are physically weaker than men. If both sexes could compete against each other, women would barely exist in elite sports. If that wasn't the case, there'd be no justification for excluding cis men from women's sports. After all, being male is "just another advantage" like being tall, right?

On average, cis women are physically weaker than trans women also, and so the same logic applies.

The only equitable solution I can see is a third category of trans sports, where trans people compete against each other

[-] SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works 56 points 3 months ago

This is illegal in the UK and probably other places in Europe. US really needs to make a law against this kind of shit

[-] SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago

American companies have way more power over my life than the Chinese government

[-] SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago

I actually think it can be harder to communicate moderation. I have a friend who's a recovering alcoholic and when he says "I don't drink" he rarely gets any pushback.

Whereas I do drink sometimes, and even get drunk very occassionally, but can go weeks without it. Some people have trouble with the idea that I drank one time they saw me but are choosing not to the next time. It's a bit like the way some straight or gay people can't wrap their heads around the concept of bisexuality... "which one are you? Straight or gay? Teetotal or drinker?" 😂

[-] SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works 21 points 8 months ago

I know this is a gaming sub, but I'll just add that I had a similar experience with music production. Used to he a fiddly disappointimg nightmare, now it's smooth and usable as a daily driver

[-] SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works 35 points 9 months ago

Ah yes I remember this guy, they call him the Crystal Methodist

[-] SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works 46 points 9 months ago

Ars Technica

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