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    How to deal with losing a special interest that others don`t want you to let go?

    That's exactly how it went for me. I still tinker a little if I decide I need a new graphics card or whatever, but it's just not fun like it used to be. Instead I now prefer just like you said, plug and play. When I found out about autism and things started to click in to place for me I moved...
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    How to deal with losing a special interest that others don`t want you to let go?

    For me it's been a long slow process, the fascination with computers has finally died though. My interest first started back in 95 with a second hand 386 computer and learning how to beef it up a bit so that I could play games on it. At this time the internet was just going through it's first...
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    puzzles

    Sudoku.
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    Favorite Music Time Period?

    The 70s and 80s were a huge era for Aussie music but it started dwindling in the 90s. Many of our popular artists back then were better live than they were on tape and live music was what everyone went for for entertainment. AC/DC back when Angus really was young: The Black Sorrows: The...
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    Realizing you're autistic, how'd you react?

    At the time I was living a semi feral lifestyle in remote tropical rainforests and had been homeless for many years. Finding out about autism was the key to understanding how I got there. I was happy to finally have some answers.
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    Anyone else Touhou fans?

    You'll be my age yourself one day - if you're lucky. ;)
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    Introducing myself

    Hi and welcome to the forum. Your doctor gave you good advice, no matter how much people study autism they can never truly understand unless they are living it.
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    Son has been progressing very well since coming out

    @Aproudmom , I have no opinions on this topic myself. Although @Hazel_1914's advice might not be what you want to hear he is a young cross dresser going through hormonal transition and he understands all the problems your son will face quite intimately. He has been recording some of his journey...
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    Sony & TCL Merger

    Same. Very common brand of white goods in Australia but they have a mixed reputation - very good products and very cheap but poor quality control. So if you get a good one then it's really good and will last you for years but there's also a fair chance that you'll get a lemon. Retailers are...
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    In Australia we're now using facial recognition software as part of a program to save sea horses...

    In Australia we're now using facial recognition software as part of a program to save sea horses and dragons: WAM SeadragonSearch project tracks >3,000 - CAMD
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    Post something Weird or Random

    One of the much loved champions of our racing scene was a Canadian - Allan Moffat. Allan Moffat - Wikipedia
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    Intro - Late Diagnosis, Interests, etc.

    From very early childhood I always knew I was different to everyone else but we didn't have the words to describe things like autism back then. I was very successful in life until I burnt out in my 40s, and then I ran away in to the rainforests to live like a feral and was homeless for 12 years...
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    Intro - Late Diagnosis, Interests, etc.

    Hi and welcome to the forum. That's the most comprehensive introduction post I've seen so far. You sound like so many of us here. Welcome home. I'm an irreverent Aussie diagnosed at age 55.
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    This was the side of things that I was taught, and that early races were actually clandestine meets between different grog runners. They'd get together to discuss different tactics and strategies to avoid detection and show off their cars while they were at it. Car racing in Australia didn't...
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    Do any of you not bother going to autism groups? I used to in the past but I haven't had tons of progress making friends.

    Those two points were very much my experience as well. Add to that a 30 to 40 year age difference and I was the only straight man in the room and it was just an incredibly uncomfortable experience for me. The whole time I was there I spent wishing I'd gone to the pub instead. When they announced...
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    That's also the case with what these days is called the Australian Supercar Championship. But here our racing started out as a production model touring car race and a lot of that heritage has stuck. Nascars aren't real cars, they're just a very thin shell over the top of the chasis for the sake...
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    More than 100 species are venomous, more than 130 if you count our sea snakes too. We have 40...

    More than 100 species are venomous, more than 130 if you count our sea snakes too. We have 40 species that aren't venomous. As far as I know none of them are poisonous though, they're a common food to the traditional people.
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    It's a sign of maturity, being able to focus on the things that are important to you instead of...

    It's a sign of maturity, being able to focus on the things that are important to you instead of worrying about what your peer group might think.
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    This is a short documentary about Australia's most famous road race - Bathurst. The commentator is Mark Larkham, a previous champion race driver. When I was growing up the race was for production model cars only and any car that was seen on that track was also available for people to buy in...
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    Today I learned...

    That whole situation seems very strange to Aussies, we don't worship celebrities the way you do and we don't know what any of their political stances are. None of them would dare to declare what their stance is as doing so would spell instant death for that party. But in Australia we don't even...
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