amaurose

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   by amaurose 2y ago

   I also had several Nokia Communicators. They were great unique pieces of hardware.
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   by amaurose 2y ago

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   by amaurose 2y ago

   I'd be very interested in the reverse: A background sound generator for still images. Would be nice to have for advanced picture frames...
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   by amaurose 2y ago

   The one who ends up calling the other one names always loses.
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   by amaurose 2y ago

   I saw Joachim talk about Tiptoi years ago here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzXtgR73icg IIRC, thats the video with the talking calculator demo...
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   by amaurose 2y ago

   Who defines what is culturally OK? I ask because in my book, using an ad blocker regularily is worse then skipping the occasional public transport ticket. I don't even know why. But I definitely dont give ad blcoker people that much
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   by amaurose 2y ago

   I have the theory that domesticated animals learn a lot of what we perceive as their traits from their owners. For instance, my cat never really cared much about new years eve fireworks. I attribute that to me not being anxious around that
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   by amaurose 2y ago

   Humility doesn't hurt anyone.
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   by amaurose 2y ago

   From about: > Visual storytelling makes ideas more accessible From an a11y standpoint, that statement is very ironic. Because for visually impaired people, the effect is the opposite of what the sentence claims.
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    by amaurose 2y ago

    I still fondly remember how inclusive the minimalism of games like NetHack actually were. NetHack was the first game I played after moving to Linux, roughly 1995. I say inclusive, because I played it with a Braille display. Many aspects
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    by amaurose 2y ago

    I dont think it is as simple as that. Throwing everyone into the a-hole pool is a rather simplistic approach, and a very dismissive one at that. In particular, the first sentence is often a reply to someone lamenting their situation, whil
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    by amaurose 2y ago

    Its the brain child of Dave Abrahams, who is rather big in C++. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lecIqUhEl4
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    by amaurose 2y ago

    I am wondering if this sort of thing could be used in the real world, in particular, as navigation helper for a blind pedestrian. Products like Orcam have shown a cam + headphones can more or less easily be packed onto some glasses (for OC