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by mlang23 7y ago
In a way, I feel people that fall for such stuff deserve it. OTOH, whenever reading stuff like that, I cant help but think that religious freedom is one of the bigger errors of our modern society.
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by mlang23 7y ago
In addition to the reasons listed in the article, I also notice (as someone relying on accessibility) that the overall readability of news sites has gone down dramatically in the recent years, especially considering accessibility. With all
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Show HN: Draw “text-mode” diagrams using Braille characters(github.com)
22 points by mlang23 7y ago|12 comments
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by mlang23 7y ago
Sorry, I shouldnt have implied this has anything to do with the culture in the country. However, it still baffles me that the system in a country which is generally thought of as being very correct would fail so consistently to provide a s
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by mlang23 7y ago
While I am definitely not a facebook fan, I think the problem lies somewhere else. Its a "dont shoot the messenger" problem. In my book, the problem is that people tend to believe shit. It doesnt really matter if the 50+ person
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by mlang23 7y ago
Which I consider outright discrimination. Why exactly would the vote of one individual be less or more worth then a vote from another individual?
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by mlang23 7y ago
Gosh! How is it possible I missed C-x C-e for over 20 years?
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by mlang23 7y ago
Democratic values? As in, the one who receives the most votes will win the election?
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by mlang23 7y ago
Oh yeah, DB is indeed extremely bad. Not really related to high speed trains, but I was relying on assistance to switch trains in germany three times (I am blind), and in all cases, nobody showed up despite me registering a day in advance.
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by mlang23 7y ago
I find it particularily morbid that both countries that seemingly fight over the tech leadership on thsi planet both have the death penalty. Makes it hard to make out the moral winner watching from afar :-( Also, given all the bad spying
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by mlang23 7y ago
This is a hoax. I very much doubt unrefrigereated LSD would stay potent for several decades.
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by mlang23 7y ago
There is a german word for this: "erselbstmordet". I hope there is nobody in sight who believes this bullshit. Still, makes you wonder about the state of the "free world" if the press actually publishes such articles wit
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by mlang23 7y ago
Indeed. Never liked reading manpages more then when I was briefly exposed to OpenBSD. Really envied them for the concise and well written documentation they have.
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by mlang23 7y ago
As long as they dont do away with the Touch Bar, I am not going to get one. People use machines with real keyboards for a reason. Ruining that experience by forcing a touch component onto a keyboard user is just absurd!
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by mlang23 7y ago
What a surprise (not).
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by mlang23 8y ago
I am too lazy to look up URLs for you, but here are the keywords/product names you need: UltraCane, LaserCane, BuzzClip, Sunu Band
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by mlang23 8y ago
As a blind guy, I find this idea quite interesting. An extra sense of direction could indeed be useful. However, north alone isn't much. A system that encodes obstacles as vibrations would be nice. Indeed, such systems are already
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by mlang23 8y ago
Biohackers give me the creeps. I remember this one big failure story of a women that spoke at a CCC event a few years ago. The magnet she implanted into her finger dissolved in her and they had a pretty hard time pulling out the individual
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by mlang23 8y ago
Had something like that happent o me when I tried to terminate my Audible abo. Apparently, the website was broken, the button to click simply didn't do anything. Last resort was to call support via phone. This taught me a lesson, an
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by mlang23 8y ago
Been there. I was, and still am, surspised that we allow for automatic algorithms to do copyright claims. non-free algorithms deciding about the faith of real people sounds like the stuff from dystopian scifi novels, but that is what we a
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The lang= HTML attribute(blind.guru)
1 points by mlang23 8y ago|0 comments
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by mlang23 8y ago
Never talk to the press, under no circumstances. They either get ir blatantly wrong, or outright spread lies to meet their deadlines. Just show em the door. I have been interviewed a number of times, and never has the reporter ever writt
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by mlang23 8y ago
I wonder how long it will take until public press will admit that the autonomous driving hype was just that, a hype to generate investor money. We aren't there yet, it was obvious already a few years ago when google and tesla began to
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by mlang23 8y ago
The accessibility of eBay is a nightmare. I would need an assistant to get anything done with that beast. Pretty much the same with Etsy. Digital divide, thank you. You will not be missed.
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by mlang23 8y ago
The keyboard is one of the last reasons why someone would want a laptop vs. a tablet. I loved my MacBook Air, but no Apple laptops for me until they fix the keyboard. But hey, I am sure they found a market for this stuff. It is just not
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by mlang23 8y ago
Which doesn't make it any less insulting.
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by mlang23 8y ago
20-30 submissions, in 4 years? Maybe he was blocked as a spam protection measure?