Apple's done it again: they've created another amazing piece of hardware that would be a fantastic tool for writing software, and yet they still prohibit local development

@… No need to apologise for prioritising your newborn over replying. Congratulations 🎉 ! And yes there should be a 1.0 release. Doing the merging of both clients is a bit box to tick off for that.
And yes you're right, it had its own event loop in the sync client. Kinda forgot about that after yanking it out 😅 .
To bad you can't help me test 0.6 b…

Spent some of the weekend playing with Arduinos Home Assistant (@…) to keep a better eye on my plants. Even though it's C , it's so refreshing compared to shipping modern prod code!
Single file, no tests, no 3rd party dependencies, no infra, just run code & see results immediately (if it works, it's done). And with deep sleep th…

J'ai enfin reçu une notification officielle de ma mutuelle #WTW Willis Towers Watson concernant la #fuite massive de données personnelles de 33M de personnes suite a une faille chez #viamedis et

That actually sounds like a pretty darn good deal

Nach über fünf Jahren mal wieder ein #Date und ich hab #Muffensausen wie ein Teenager 🤪🤣🥴 Da wird meine Herzensfrau heute Abend wohl ein Hormonbündel aufpeppeln dürfen 🙈

I don't know if this is a mastodon issue, or user issue, but I see a lot of Germans using the #homeassistant hashtag. Maybe mastodon don't filter language for followed hashtags? But you(you know who you are :P) know you can set the language of the toot?
'EN' in the screenshot denotes an English toot. Click the button to select the language your toot will be in and m…

Would have been a nice morning bimbling around #Anglesey with the camera. Unfortunately I left the bloody thing at home 40 miles away 😂
I blame the nephews who stayed last night. If they’d been awake at 6AM they would have told me I was leaving my camera behind.
Anyway, morning Dic!
#moelfre

Chrome for Android is **very** bad at allowing you to use the system password manager

@… Yup that will do it, thanks for sharing. Especially the sheer size of the property will make you need more than the average Dutch house to cover everything 😅

ARIA `note` role:
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#note
ARIA `note` role tests:
https://codepen.io/aar…

I just read a job posting with a requirement of a minimum of 10 years of experience with Amazon Bedrock.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-amazon-bedrock-general-availability-generative-ai-innovations

@… @… Again, which Regional Internet registry ran out this time?

ARIA `note` role:
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#note
ARIA `note` role tests:
https://codepen.io/aar…

@… Effective app, where do I download it?

@… A Collections notification. I must be that one person, that does get them every day😅

(zero context)

Wsiadam do pociągu, przede mną idzie pani z dwoma torbami i kubkiem kawy. Pani pakuje się ostrożnie na miejsce, aby nic nie wysypać i kawy nie wylać. Ja sobie cierpliwie stoję, bo nigdzie się nie spieszę, i pomyślałem, żeby jej nie poganiać. Pani w pewnym momencie odwraca się i patrzy na mnie. Uśmiechnąłem się do niej. A pani na to:
YYYYYYY JEST TAKIE MAGICZNE SŁOWO "PRZEPRASZAM"???

@… This Wednesday 6th March, there's an event in #Cardiff to examine the approach for public sector in Wales towards digital

Made it to #a11yNYC to catch Jesse Beach.

Alkohol
Auf das Kribbeln im Bauch und wundervolle Momente, auf das herzliche Lachen und unbeschwertes Sein 😊

I have owned two apple pencils. I won't be buying a third at any point.

#AudioEye has a blog post where its CAO talks about “trust, transparency, collaboration, and innovation.”
Which is code for rebranding its #overlay product without issuing refunds for its prior guarantees.
Anyway, I offer my thoughts in a bit more detail as a comment on the post that got me sued:

#AudioEye Will Get You Sued
Disclaimer: This post and the headline is my opinion. I provide verifiable facts throughout to inform that opinion. I am also not a lawyer, and this post does not constitute legal advice. The content reflects my genuinely held beliefs and opinions. My concern with AudioEye has consistently been with the…

Another day, another PR to the minutiae of Node.js's internal network stream handling: #opensource

Fix h2-over-h2 connection proxying by pimterry · Pull Request #52368 · nodejs/node
This fixes #52344. Previously, kSession was used on sockets to track the HTTP/2 session happening within that socket, and used on HTTP/2 streams to track the HTTP/2 session containing that stream (...

I just got a "Although your background is impressive, we have decided to move forward with other candidates who more closely align with what is needed for the position." email for a job that I applied for in February.

Was mir echt gewaltig gegen den Strich geht: zwei Striche

[1/2]
Google Maps emailed me with early access to its automated venue suggestions (branded ‘AI’).
So I asked for wheelchair accessible restaurants within a mile.
It offered four options with the nearest ~3 miles away, the fourth ~18 miles away. I know at least one of them is wrong about wheelchair access. Each is a regional / national chain.
While Google Maps supposedly tracks wheelchair access as reported by users, it seemed to go off user reviews. And it did so poor…

I just published "Debugging a Docker Container" over on @…. https://jws.news/2024/debugging-a-docker-container/

I know I have a bit of a schtick, but I'm genuinely excited about how this could be used in #webextensions https://v8.dev/blog/sandbox

I tried jump starting it but I think that the battery is just too flat. I hooked it up to a solar trickle charger to see if it does anything. I'm guessing that I'm going to end up needing to buy a new battery.

Czy ktoś z Was ma doświadczenie z domowymi maszynami do liofilizacji? Rozważam kupno takowej i nie wiem, od czego zacząć.
Boosty mile widziane 🙌

@… @… Currently commuting to work, essentially on the edge of the cell blackhome. And that page loads visually better than SPA JS-bloated crap sites

Of course the battery is dead because I didn't disconnect it and the booster pack is dead so I can't actually start the thing

I recognize this tactic — drown the one you are suing in overly-broad discovery requests. It's combination fishing exercise, financial burden, and scare tactic to others. #AudioEye tried the same shit in its SLAPP against me (thankfully NY stays discovery when there is a motion to dismiss, not like AudioEye’s attorneys honored that).
“X filing ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ in Texas should be ‘fat…

X filing “thermonuclear lawsuit” in Texas should be “fatal,” Media Matters says
Musk’s attempt to venue-shop Media Matters lawsuit is not likely to end well.

@… @… To TL;DR you have to be scarred to see their use? 😜

I don't know if it helped or not but nothing got in through the exhaust pipe (Thanks to the steel wool, I shoved in there).

Do any of you have any experience with home freeze dryers? I'm considering investing in one and don't know where to start. Bosts welcome!

I missed this one about my settlement with #AudioEye from early January:
https://sites.harva…

I threw these on the floor mat back in October. They seem to have worked?

I got the cover off of the truck. I was a little afraid of what I was going to find after 4 or 5 months.

Czy ktoś z Was ma doświadczenie z domowymi maszynami do liofilizacji? Rozważam kupno takowej i nie wiem, od czego zacząć.
Boosty mile widziane 🙌

I tried jump starting it but I think that the battery is just too flat. I hooked it up to a solar trickle charger to see if it does anything. I'm guessing that I'm going to end up needing to buy a new battery.

Of course the battery is dead because I didn't disconnect it and the booster pack is dead so I can't actually start the thing

Do any of you have any experience with home freeze dryers? I'm considering investing in one and don't know where to start. Bosts welcome!

Updated the post to use terraform_data instead of null_resource thanks to Charles: https://toot-toot.wyrihaxim.us/@charlesnru@mastodon.social/112197088411904845

I don't know if it helped or not but nothing got in through the exhaust pipe (Thanks to the steel wool, I shoved in there).

Video call screen sharing tips:
• Only share the current window (if it’s an option). This reduces distractions from your low battery indicator or Slack alerts telling you about your demotion.
• Don’t have the window maximized. Folks on the video call rarely have as a big a display (let alone same aspect ratio), never mind the video thumbs they might want to keep handy.
• Use a presentation mode if sharing PowerPoint, a browser, or similar. This will get rid of the chrome / …

I threw these on the floor mat back in October. They seem to have worked?

I got the cover off of the truck. I was a little afraid of what I was going to find after 4 or 5 months.

Local wrestling is the best wrestling

@… what bothers me most is that 4 has more rows than the others on that table 🤯

is evaluating a prospective employer based upon if they offer car charging at the office.

@… I know this account is not tech support, but here I am anyway.
Is there a way to announce the col/row header for the current cell in a table without moving the virtual cursor?
I see nothing in the docs. The source code suggests no:

nvda/source/documentBase.py at 7bfe7137fe5ce0595729bee8e95ea80bb31652e7 · nvaccess/nvda
NVDA, the free and open source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows - nvaccess/nvda

You know that your Chinese food is going to be pretty good when an 8 year old takes your order.

A common refrain from the older folks in my life:
“I asked my father if he considered himself disabled, or someone who had a disability, or was deaf. He answered no, no, and no.”
https://www.lflegal.com/2024/02/accessibility-for-elders/

iPhone Live Captions Wow My 91 Year Old Dad
My 91 year old father Saul Feingold (pictured here) is a role model of aging. He looks forward and not backward. He has no regret for what he can no longer do and is thrilled with what he can. He's lucky and he knows it. When I asked my dad how old he was when he gave up golf he said he never gav

You know that your Chinese food is going to be pretty good when an 8 year old takes your order.

Managed to get a -17dBm #WiFi signal strength with one of the devices at home. Never thought I would see it drop under 30 😱

Ah, React Native, where filing an issue tagged as “#accessibility” is a guarantee Facebook is just gonna ignore it until it stales-out and auto-closes:
https://social.vivaldi.net/@brucelawso

Asking for a friend, how many devices is to many devices? Well asking for myself as I just added 7 new #IoT devices to the #WiFi, to control some lights 🤐 .

If you are in #Rochester, NY during the eclipse (and hopefully not getting gouged on hotel fees), there will be a viewing party for visually impaired folks:
https://EclipseFestival.org
Audio darts, b…

Total Eclipse of the Park: April 8, 2024 Genesee Valley Park
A total solar eclipse viewing party in Rochester on April 8, 2024 with accessibility for the visually impaired!

FT article that references #AudioEye, #accessiBe, #UserWay (#LevelAccess), and

I randomly stopped in at wheel & sprocket to see if they had a better way of carrying the bike lock on my specialized. WTF? 🤨
#Bike #BikeTooter

I accept, with anger, that the likes of Uber and Lyft have sufficiently hollowed out the taxi industry that I have no choice but to sign up for one of them now that my travel is constant and the lack of taxis comedic.
I am not happy about this.

Related to that last boost (https://mastodon.social/@SteveFaulkner/112212980289113651), I have already encountered orgs who have scaled back their accessibility efforts or plans because they feel automation that can do it *all* for them is right around the corner.…

I got 4th place in nerd trivia #CypherCon

There are four players who are wearing dog shock collars. 🤨 #CypherCon

Fine, I updated this to set the base font size on `html`:
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/03/the-ultimate-ideal-bestest-base-font-size-that-everyone-is-keeping-a-secret-especially-chet.html…

The Ultimate Ideal Bestest Base Font Size That Everyone Is Keeping a Secret, Especially Chet
It’s none. Clarification Let me clarify: don’t set a base font size. body { /* font-size: yeah, no */ } Got a linter or code checker or boss-man hassling you that you need to set something? Ok, use something like this: body { font-size: 100%; } Because This approach has…

There are four players who are wearing dog shock collars. 🤨 #CypherCon

“Observations on Squarespace Accessibility”
https://theamycarney.com/2024/04/02/observations-on-squarespace-accessibility/
From @…

Observations on Squarespace Accessibility
Summary: Squarespace, like other no-code content management systems (CMS), is a common choice for people who want to easily create a website. Choosing Squarespace comes with pros and cons when maki…

I’m working on figuring out React as a long-time Vue developer. That #JSX syntax is a bit of a mind f#%k.

“Hanging punctuation in CSS ”
https://adactio.com/journal/21027
I wanted to avoid an additional selector to undo the style, but Safari 17.3 Does not exclude any in the `:not()`:
```
html :not(pre, input, select, textarea) {
hanging-punctuation: first last;
}

Hanging punctuation in CSS
A little fix for Safari.

I spent some time working on @…, tonight. Fingers crossed?
If the 6am post is successful, I’m going to start moving the rest of my shit off of #Pipedream.

“The Insurance Buys The Wheelchair, But Not The App To Run It”
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/09/the-insurance-buys-the-wheelchair-but-not-the-app-to-run-it/
Which covers this post from a wheelchair user who had to hack hi…

The Insurance Buys The Wheelchair, But Not The App To Run It
The writer Cory Doctorow coined the term enshittification to describe the way that services decline in quality as their users become the product. He was talking about online services when he came u…

Informed responses to Jakob Nielsen’s less informed article:
• https://jakobnielsenphd.substack.com/p/accessibility-generative-ui/comments (the comments page, not the article itself)
•

Accessibility Has Failed: Try Generative UI = Individualized UX
Traditional methods for accessibility have been tried for 30 years without substantially improving computer usability for disabled users. It’s time for a change, and AI will soon come to the rescue with the ability to generate a different user interface for every user, optimized for that person’s unique needs.

Me: Happily going along in GitHub at the same viewport size as always when I then go to batch commit.
GitHub: Fuck you. Buy a bigger monitor.

Me: Happily going along in GitHub at the same viewport size as always when I then go to batch commit.
GitHub: Fuck you. Buy a bigger monitor.

Damn it! It looks like @… failed to post again, this morning.

I just published "I rewrote “Good Morning, Milwaukee!” in Python" over on @…. https://jws.news/2024/i-rewrote-good-morning-milwaukee-in-python/

Steve shows a #UserWay bug I pointed out to UserWay (acknowledged by its CTO in person) still exists:
https://mastodon.social/@SteveFaulkner/112033393638360444
My …

The golden retriever in the yard across the street is howling in response to the ambulance going down Port Washington road.

... The result

The golden retriever in the yard across the street is howling in response to the ambulance going down Port Washington road.

... The result

I just published "Joe discovered Tailscale" over on @…. https://jws.news/2024/joe-discovered-tailscale/

Joe discovered Tailscale
This past month, I was talking about how I spent $528 to buy a machine with enough guts to run more demanding AI models in Ollama.  That is good and all but if you are not on that machine (or at le…

is waiting for Dune 2 to start ...