Metal Mutton 🤖🐏 @SteelWool@computerfairi.es

#security #gender

https://sarahcandersen.com/post/758801433803079680

how about you masto don this maid dress

Kim Dotcom is being Megauploaded to the US for trial https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/15/24220920/kim-dotcom-megaupload-us-extradition-trial

‪i don't want everyone to go back to old computers, i do want everyone to be able to have a computer that empowers them for creative ends, that gets out of their way, and that is as good at running 30-year-old creative tools as it is at running whatever the hot new thing is‬

the debugging manifesto poster I've been talking about is finally available for sale! You can get it here for $20: https://store.wizardzines.com/products/poster-debugging-manifesto

"Many cultures around the world recognize and value genders beyond the binary ones. Transphobia is colonization. #ThisIsNotBrazil"

Spotted in University of Brasília - UnB, Brazil

Don't. Ever. Publish. Stuff. That. ONLY. Supports. Dark. Mode.

I mean, I know a LOT of people love dark mode, and given the benefits that darkening interfaces provides... I get it.

But there are some people (like me) who may be visually impaired. Astigmatism, for example, can make reading text that is white on dark a real PITA. An effect known as "halation" occurs, where each letter behaves as if it were a flashlight, gaining its own halo of light and making all text read more blurry than normal.

No matter how good your glasses are, astigmatism still causes you to see a little blurry—it's something you get used to. But this damn effect makes all the text read as if you don't have your glasses on, or even worse, leading to much more tired eyes or even pain.

For everyone's sake, if you really care about accessibility, respect user preferences. If you want a dark interface by default, offer a light version if the user specifies it (in web design, this would be prefers-color-scheme: light). The same goes for light interfaces.

I'm a few thousand dollars away from being able to pay my bills this month, but the most important thing I need to pay for is my health insurance: I've got meds I can't afford without it and an upcoming CT scan.
If you can donate a few dollars or more, that'd really help! Thanks!

https://ko-fi.com/fooneturing
#mutualaidreqest

Web port of Diablo:
https://d07riv.github.io/diabloweb/

Today I learned that the Alien franchise is owned by Disney, which means that every xenomorph egg that hatches, being a daughter of the xenomorph queen, is technically a Disney princess

I am once again begging people to create written manuals on websites for software-y things they make, and not just video tutorials. Tutorials are not reference guides, and videos are not ctrl+F -able.

Bunch of professional engineers followed me on my main Twitter acc recently so i can't post indulgent doodles like this there for a lil while(this is a real problem that matters)

So cool! A one-pixel-wide font that exploits subpixels.

(Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/slGDHG3oyt cc @elliotjaystocks @glennf)

Apple-the-Company pulling the same "We've got a monopoly in this space and can screw you" crap:

"Apple will be applying their 30% App Store fee to all new memberships purchased in the Patreon iOS app, in addition to anything bought in your Patreon shop."

"Apple has also made clear that if creators on Patreon continue to use unsupported billing models or disable transactions in the iOS app, we will be at risk of having the entire app removed from their App Store."

-- https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon

It's happening, people. Google Chrome is moving to the Manifest V3 framework. If you haven't transitioned to a different browser yet, now's the time to do so.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2423294/google-is-killing-one-of-chromes-biggest-ad-blockers.html

A decent alternative is Firefox with uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger, and if you want to go for full privacy-awareness, I've heard good things about LibreWolf:

https://librewolf.net

and Floorp:

https://floorp.app

#google #chrome #browser #privacy #ublock #UblockOrigin #internet #web #online #firefox

A member of one of my Discord groups told me of the unrest in #Venezuela . I was going to image copy her post, but now they have started scanning people's phones, so I will repost without her name. She first commented on July 29, 2024.

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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/08/venezuela-tech-companies-set-dangerous-precedent-with-app-for-reporting-anti-government-protesters/