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I think my philosophy when making software is that it should work for people with zero money or no bank account / credit card.

I know it's not a popular mindset to be in since money and profit is everything in the tech world.

I think it comes from growing up as a kid with no disposable income or access to anything but my shitty computer.

I'd rather support people with almost nothing than people with latest and greatest tech gizmos and spare cash for subscription services. ๐Ÿ˜…

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Thread of stuff I wanna buy. Will "like" my own toot if I get it.

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I'm gonna use this yhread as a way to keep track of links to read and like my own posts when I get around to them.

Finding signal in a bunch of slop genned noise is a pain.

Remember kids: the best way to lie is to tell the truth!

Youtube search is such garbage lately. It's hard to actually get the videos for my search terms. And then harder to find something that's low effort and full of empty words. ๐Ÿฅฒ Gotta publish my own blog post about it once I figure it out.

Snake food 

My ball python missed its initial strike on its food and now it's too nervous to acrually eat it ๐Ÿ˜ญ Sensitive baby.

Anyone have tips for deobfuscators for #android app reversing / #hacking ?

This thing has like 8k randomly named files and it'd be nice if there was a way to zip them together more before I sic my LLM on em.

Pissed off at how many supposed "bone conduction" headsets are actually "air conduction". One I considered had the usual bone conduction design in the marketing but very obviously had shitty speaker grates in the customer review photos.

Systemd is the GNOME of init scripts.

Yep, I'm about to be that person again. Please remember to put alt text on your audio as well as your images. Deaf people matter, too. "A silly song" or "game sounds" is not helpful, the same way "a cute bird" or "a funny meme with a cat" aren't helpful as image alt texts. Blind or sighted, please do this. I'm not even someone who really needs audio alt texts and I'm still sad when I see missing or unhelpful alt text. It doesn't have to be some elaborate thing, you don't have to be a perfect writer or capture every minute detail, just describe what you're hearing. I always liked the thing of "describe it like you're talking to a friend who can't access it," and I think that's applicable here just as much as it is to images. And no, it is not just deaf people who benefit from audio alt texts.

Gentle reminder, when someone is sharing some small piece of resistance they have done, DO NOT SHIT ON IT. Do not tell them it isn't enough or it's still bad because blah blah other stuff...

Everyone is tired and overwhelmed and trying to find some accessible way they can push back. Cheer that!

Celebrate the small; celebrate the imperfect.

No single action is gonna solve everything, but a whole bunch of small actions start the sea change.

Don't punch down when we all need lifting up.

I really wish blind people whos only disability is blindness would remember and keep at the front of their minds that "just because something talks, or makes noises,' does not by default make it accessible. And when someone who is blind tells you that this talking device/tool/thing isn't accessible that you don't immediately start yelling, name calling, etc. This shit is SO EXHAUSTING! There are people who "require" braille. Not because it's nice, or fun, or cool.... but because without it *nothing* is accessible. So when we say "This game" or "this tool" or smart speakers in general aren't accessible, it's facts. I'm going to go touch grass now.

Why do all the straight boys look the same these days? Like all the same haircut and same style of clothing ๐Ÿ’€

"If I fits, I sits" shalt be the whole of the law.

Having shorter friends is convenient because it's easier to pick em up and spin them around.

we take security very seriously. that's why we have gotten you used to constantly smashing in your login credentials until it becomes something you do uncritically and as fast as possible

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