escapologybb

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by escapologybb 4y ago
Thank you, that is now going round in my head on a continuous loop! I pretty much completely agree with the content of what you said as well.
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by escapologybb 4y ago
I absolutely loved Terry Pratchett Discworld, make me laugh at some real bad times in my life. I'm currently listening to thief of time which is weirdly good, didn't like it at first but it really is good. That and the last contin
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by escapologybb 5y ago
edited to add: over the past few weeks Apple and their accessibility approach has come up a few times on HN, and when I responded there have been so many questions that I really really wanted to answer. However, not had the energy to be abl
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by escapologybb 5y ago
I would just like to say that there isn't a company on the planet making consumer electronics that leans in harder than Apple does, as a quadriplegic I can get an able-bodied monkey to take my new iShiny out-of-the-box and from then on
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by escapologybb 5y ago
My money doesn't seem to fit in any of the slots on my computer... Apple just keeps knocking it out of the park and into a completely new sports metaphor assistive technology provision, they really do. Any measure, I'm a massive n
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by escapologybb 5y ago
If anybody from the project is reading this, could you tell me where I should send the application, entrance form, fee or even straight up bribes to get my brain and this technology smushed together please? I'm quadriplegic and since l
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by escapologybb 6y ago
Feels weird to say thank you, but the kind words make me feel better. thank you.
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by escapologybb 6y ago
You will understand why your comment makes me feel deeply uncomfortable and incredibly proudTo hear that someone of my peers. My partner says (and I think she is totally right) that I have major trouble when I have more than one emotion at
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by escapologybb 6y ago
Using my computer. I had to give up my degree in CompSci because I was becoming quadriplegic beginning in the early 2000's, And was unable to type. I then spent a decade working out how to become a computer scientist/robotic/
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by escapologybb 7y ago
EditedTo Add: well, that was meant to be a minor comment and request for pointers but turned into somewhat of a rant. My apologies HMN, my apologies. This kind of dashboard really does have the possibility of reducing the overdoses I am s
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by escapologybb 7y ago
No need to eat humble pie at all! it has been my experience thatEngineers And other reprobates like the ones that haunt can use don't know anything about this stuff, but the second it is brought to their attention I pretty uniformly h
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by escapologybb 7y ago
Aeotec and Fibaro Tend to be my go to companies when I want to buy some sort of sensor, anything from door and window sensors to motion sensors. Overall they have been the most solid and well performing in my experience.
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by escapologybb 7y ago
Can you clarify what you mean by "conveyance of choice has" please? Apple has a very very awesome accessibility software, it is seriously the best of the world and I have tried all in the decade since I became a full-time wheelcha
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by escapologybb 7y ago
No problem, in about an hour things will start appearing And I will include usefulness et cetera. The most commonly used automation by a very long way are the lights, because I use voice operated computer people were continually coming int
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by escapologybb 7y ago
I just wanted to saythat I totally agree with part: > However, the power of HA comes from the third step: automation. The best interface is the one you can forget exists. I have the interface just for my carers and PAs et cetera, almost
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by escapologybb 7y ago
I thought somebody might ask, so I am just sanitising my config files and then they will be available on my Github[1] hopefully in about an hour. Was there any particular automation you were interested in? [1]: https://github.co
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by escapologybb 7y ago
Just wanted to say that my life as a quadriplegic would be 13.4 million percent more crap without Home Assistant. Being quadriplegic and having something as open as Home Assistant is absolutely amazing, I have automated absolutely everythi
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by escapologybb 7y ago
Oh man, I really wish this was available on my Mac and not just mobile. I'm quadriplegic and cannot hold my camera to take pictures, but if I could get my PA to snap pictures throughout the day and then have my Mac process them with a
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by escapologybb 7y ago
This is one of those things that now you've seen it you'll start to notice just how bumpy the world is! I know I didn't give any of this stuff a second thought until quadriplegia meant I became a full-time wheelchair driver.
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Ask HN: Alexa left me a creepy message for somebody else. Anybody else had this?
23 points by escapologybb 7y ago|10 comments
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by escapologybb 7y ago
I just emailed you, this definitely looks promising!
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by escapologybb 7y ago
Hey, that reminds me of me as well! I still use DragonDictate for Mac to do all of my dictation, whether that is writing Hacker News comments, writing emails, having meaningful discussions (okay arguing) on Twitter or writing code. One of t
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Apple and Other Tech Giants Condemn GCHQ Proposal Eavesdrop Encrypted Messages(macrumors.com)
4 points by escapologybb 7y ago|0 comments
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Code as Documentation: New Strategies with CSS Grid – CSS-Tricks(css-tricks.com)
1 points by escapologybb 7y ago|0 comments
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by escapologybb 7y ago
Please take this comment from a quadriplegic with spina bifida in a positive sense it was made. No, you're not alone and that is a very very common opinion. It's an opinion that very quickly evaporates in my experience when somebo
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by escapologybb 7y ago
I almost certainly know the answer to this question and understand you're not my doctor et cetera et cetera et cetera and I won't try to do something Internet crazy when you tell me it's not possible. (Deep breath) That bei
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by escapologybb 7y ago
Rock on, I bet she's wonderful. Congratulations! If you find yourself getting low and want to talk to another grey beard hacker with spina bifida, just hit me up. I'm sure in my 41 years I can find something interesting to talk ab
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by escapologybb 7y ago
That is a pretty wild hypothesis, but I would have to say that when we are at the point of editing genes to get rid of debilitating diseases then sign me up. I am very happy the way I am right now, but given the choice then of course I woul
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by escapologybb 7y ago
This is amazing news, it really is. Slightly off topic but I would like to address the people in this thread saying things along the lines of "with a medical condition is serious as this, it's better to abort" Yeah, fuck no.
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by escapologybb 7y ago
Can you email me, I would love to move more and more of this stuff inside the wire and if we can do something that we can then share with other quadriplegics so they can keep control of their own medical info; that would be very groovy.

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