⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@social.cleverlibre.org

"Here's an AI to write Alt-Text for your images" is exactly what @danmcquillan argues is the "management of austerity" at the core of current "AI" systems: Marginalized (in this case blind) people get a shitty version of the real thing because we can't be bothered ("can't afford") to give the real thing.

Writing alt text is not some annoyance that you should automate half-assedly. Write the fucking description of you post an image. It's just part of what you do when posting a fucking image.

I had to go find another keyboard though. my spare keyboard on hand is an AT keyboard, and while of course I have a (hand made!) AT-to-PS/2 adapter, this computer for some reason only has USB ports.

I can't understand these companies just expecting us to have obscure hardware on hand to diagnose their failures.

You (uninspired, bland, predictable): syntax highlighting with colours.

Me, (innovative, experimental, pushing the envelope): syntax highlighting with fonts.

Horrified by the prospect of Suella Braverman's impending dismissal as Home Secretary.

Not because I *like* her but because the trajectory for the past 20 years has been a downward spiral.

So who will they install as Home Secretary next?

Dracula?

Hitler?

Kemi Badenoch?

@SolarDavy @cstross

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/golden-age

The cover of this week's Lancet and the accompanying article on the UK Covid inquiry by the Editor-in-Chief

https://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02504-7/fulltext

Imagine if this was done in the United States

of all the government sites the I’ve audited in the past half of a year, the sites that have the best frontend (most accessible, most performant) are the ones that were built 20 years ago, but the devs are usually embarrassed that they haven’t kept up with “what’s new” and I always go the extra effort saying “no no no, this is great. you want to look new? over lunch I’ll write 100 lines of CSS to make that happen. but this site is plain old HTML and it is the best.”

“add some headings though.”

Beautiful pixel art https://x.com/arkhaipxls/status/1723123099774968225?s=46

I’ve been running an ORG stall today at the Liberal Democrat’s regional conference in Leeds. If you have a relevant conference or event then we would love to come and talk about digital rights issues at it! #digitalrights #privacy

41 American and Canadian companies trialed a 4 day work week in 2022. None has reported going back to working 40 hours a week.

Requirements: a tolerance for risk, and trust, creativity, and open-mindedness. https://www.npr.org/2023/11/11/1207991399/4-four-day-work-week-manufacturing-work-life-balance

Steam Deck OLED is HERE! It’s real! I have it! OMG

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c0UaWgVGZ0

Tommy Robinson supporters shouting 'English till I die!' whilst trying to storm the cenotaph at 11.00 am on 11th November. Of course.

Meanwhile the press breathlessly pontificate about the 'danger' of the entirely peaceful cease-fire protest.

This country is a fucking sewer.

#X

Not a new post, but as I'm seeing the topic a lot lately - here's a demo of a web component that wraps an existing table to add sorting - light DOM ftw I suppose? :)

https://www.raymondcamden.com/2023/03/14/progressively-enhancing-a-table-with-a-web-component

New blog entry: We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus! (Text of a keynote talk from Next Frontiers Applied Fiction Day, Stuttgart):

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2023/11/dont-create-the-torment-nexus.html

New Outlook users risk having their IMAP and SMTP credentials and whole emails transferred to Microsoft servers without proper consent given
#MicrosoftOutlook #privacy #datasecurity #Microsoft #cybersecurity #infosec #email

https://cybernews.com/privacy/new-outlook-copies-user-emails-to-microsoft-cloud/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cybernews&utm_content=post

@timnitGebru Personally I blame SF writers (like me) for uncritically writing fiction popularizing the idea in the 90s/00s.

(I just did a keynote speech about it in Germany, you got a name-check:
https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2023/11/dont-create-the-torment-nexus.html )

Moving from petrol cars to electric cars is not the answer