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rpd9803··on Don’t use “click here” as link text (2001)
Ah the fallacy of 'universal accessibility'

Not everything done in the name of accesility makes it accessible to all, nor does accessibility have a necessary correlation with 'good design'.

That's not to say we should't strive for both and require accesible solutions, but let's not pretend putting lightswitches 40" from the floor or those bumpy concrete pads in grocery store parking lots are better for everyone.

rpd9803··on Don’t use “click here” as link text (2001)
The reason JAWS and Voiceover are to widely used is not because no one else has tried.

I'd reckon 90% of 'accessiblity' software was written by a sighted or hearing dev that thought they had an idea that would be 'helpful'.

rpd9803··on Meta's Llama 3.1 can recall 42 percent of the first Harry Potter book
Copyright fair use rules are tools designed to govern how humans use protected works in dervied works. AI is not human use, therefore the rules are only coincidentally correct for AI use where it even is.
rpd9803··on Meta's Llama 3.1 can recall 42 percent of the first Harry Potter book
"It's just doing what a human would do!" -Internet AI Expert
rpd9803··on Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background?
You should view this page in Microsoft Edge for the best experience! \s
rpd9803··on Why I don't discuss politics with friends
They thought "Well, I guess this makes me one of those people for whom "Not talking about politics with Friends" becomes a core tenent to my personal philosophy."
rpd9803··on Ketamine-Fueled 'Psychedelic Slumber Parties' Get Tech Execs Back on Track
If this is Elon post Ketamine, what drug can we give him to put him back in a negative frame of mind?
rpd9803··on Some flag emojis aren’t working on Chrome on Windows
Even Old New York used to be call New Amsterdam..
rpd9803··on AI's boosters think copyrighted works are fair game but that their models aren't
How does it feel, OpenAI?
rpd9803··on Netflix Shuts Down Its AAA Game Studio
I mean, I think there is a signifigant portion of video game players that could have told you Starfield and RedFall would underwhelm.. Bethesda players clearly want, nay are begging for more Elder Scrolls and Fallout main line games.

I know Bethesda wanted a new IP, but literally their audience was begging them to make the stuff they want to play faster and it seems like they ignored it, at their peril.

Agree on everything else, just salty at Bethesda for dropping the ball. I'd also add Valve to the list somewhere as another weird example because they make far too much money distributing games to have as strong an appetite for making them despite a pretty good track record (The hardware... maybe another story)

rpd9803··on Bloomberg gives $1B to Hopkins to make tuition free for most medical students
Won't somebody think of the poor doctors?
rpd9803··on Cellular outage in U.S. hits AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon users
worth noting that without cell service, GPS can reliably give you time, lat, long and elevation. So if previously you had no actual map downloaded, or an old or out of date map, you'd just get a pretty accurate dot on an inaccurate map, or just raw coordinates.
rpd9803··on Why is Common Lisp not the most popular programming language?
this is a controversial take, but IMHO, the immutable data structures make Clojurescript (+ Reagent) a very, very nice way to build SPAs.
rpd9803··on Anti-Piracy Group Takes AI Training Dataset 'Books3′ Offline
We've tried nothing and are all out of ideas!
rpd9803··on Anti-Piracy Group Takes AI Training Dataset 'Books3′ Offline
I mean, except if they are clearly copying works they don't have copyright to, they are violating the law and effectively taking some amount of money out of the pocket of authors and rights holders. You can try and demand people use more "neutral" language to disucss copyright violations, but good luck.

I hope you never know the misfortune of having assets devalued by people that feel they don't need to operate within the boundaries of the rules.

rpd9803··on ''Vinegar syndrome'' decaying archives of cellulose acetate microfilm stock
archivists hate robots.. doesnt matter if the error rate or risk is lower than with human handling, many refuse to believe it.
rpd9803··on ''Vinegar syndrome'' decaying archives of cellulose acetate microfilm stock
When I worked at the George Eastman Museum many moons ago, the staff entrance had a distinct vinegar-like odor that I believe was from vinegar syndrome isolation storage for the film collection at some point in its history before the archive building was made in '89. That place has an AMAZING collection.
rpd9803··on Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions
some people just don't want to throw out the baby with the caste-water.
rpd9803··on Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions
Yeah I mean we said sorry, what more do those people want? \s
rpd9803··on Ask HN: Who Started the Reddit Blackout?
i mean I guess Spez started it by trying to monetize the API, unless you meant who started the idea of a blackout as a reaction to that, in which case Im not sure.
rpd9803··on The AWS Console is mostly down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1kJhSMuV60&t=90s
rpd9803··on Fake It Til You Make It: How ChatGPT Is Fabricating Resources
Imagine how much faster we'll be able to generate Fake News!
rpd9803··on Streaming data in Postgres to 1M clients with GraphQL
I sort of hate GraphQL. Multi-mutation syntax sucks, no select-all.. do not like.
rpd9803··on Copilot sells code other people wrote
GPL code is open source but what you do with it also needs to be open source as a condition of its use. Will CoPilot inform developers if suddenly the code suggested requires them to re-license their software?
rpd9803··on Copilot sells code other people wrote
Some trivia: CC0 is a public domain declaration.. at least in the US. There is no process by which an author can make their works public domain, CC0 is just a (weak) promise that the copyright holder will treat the work as if it were public domain.
rpd9803··on Copilot sells code other people wrote
Based on this comment, you may not understand what the GPL's purpose actually is, because it is NOT simply for the promoting sharing and remixing. The GPL is for ensuring that code, and its derivatives, are all able to be shared and remixed in perpetuity. the biggest (imo) difference between GPL and MIT/BSD licenses is that you CAN NOT use GPL'd code in a non-GPL* codebase. (*or GPL-compatible license)
rpd9803··on Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
lol /r/IAmVerySmart material here. WAKE UP SHEEPLE. LMAO he thinks he's smart.
rpd9803··on Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
Good. That's the Market at Work™
rpd9803··on Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
I mean, it's not hyperbolic, it's literally used to de-worm horses.
rpd9803··on Spotify sides with Joe Rogan, removes Neil Young’s music
I mean, a DRM-free uncompressed file will be yours as long as you can back it up.. a CD will delaminate in a few decades, vinyl will warp, tapes demagnetize..
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