Good day to you, profile reader! I`m a person with curiosity in all things coding ( this profile was created on Stack Overflow; re: non-coding stuff is in 2nd paragraph, so feel free to skip to there if reading on a non-coding site ). My current project is working on a sound effects HTML page to use on my Fire Tablet for my model street railway for my 2 dimensional diorama (the MSTRR part of my handle, the GL-RTA part being the name of this fictional entity). I`m an autistic person who has 6 years clean of heroin & sober of alcohol (as of June 2023). As such, I`m having to take things at a slower pace as I can understand them. It is my hope that by learning to code for this project, I can eventually code other projects for people with needs similar to mine (as messing something up for a fictional company doesn`t matter 2 heave-ho`s, whereas messing something up for a live project has consequences). Normally, I`m reservedly comical or snarky in these bio`s for privacy`s sake. However, since the point of this community is to lift each other up thru mutual aid in each other`s projects thru questions, answers, edits, etc., I`m being more open than normal. It is my fervent hope that by becoming a contributor to that community, in whatever fashion I can do so, I pay forward what it has given me before I registered: knowledge to both begin learning from the coding experiences of others and hope that I`m not alone in having various issues and frustrations regarding the 0`s and 1`s flying thru the air in our modern, techno-society. This site-- and others like it-- have given me a sense of purpose and I`d like to return the favor by helping others as I`ve been helped. I didn`t realize, at first, the incredible diversity of this community`s experiences when I first signed up and when I first wrote this bio section. My interests outside of coding vary greatly, one example being The Mandalorian . So, when I saw something about that in a column to the side, I clicked on it and realized that there`s more similar groupings to Stack Overflow and they do more than talk about coding. I look forward to participating in these communitites! As an autistic person, I naturally see things differently. However, while that doesn`t always mean I see things correctly, it does mean that I have an attention to detail and see things that those around me don`t necessarily notice (or didn`t connect 2+2 to make 4, and so on). I`m looking forward to discussing these things with others that have noticed them (without necessarily having the same diagnosis), and correcting misconceptions about movies, tv, even life itself. This is a place that I feel safe to do as Ms. Frizzle always says, "take chances, get messy, make mistakes" and learn something.
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