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by ndarilek 11y ago
Here's a question for you, then. Has any thought been given to the accessibility story for Eve and tools like it? As a blind developer, I always get a bit nervous when the future of programming is discussed in terms I've read used
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by ndarilek 11y ago
An old 90s-era laptop with a monochrome display whose brightness I could turn down to 0, a screen reader that let me arrow around all the tiles, and a bunch of long boring high school classes where teachers thought I was such a diligent stu
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by ndarilek 11y ago
Sweet, I will check that out. Thanks!
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by ndarilek 11y ago
Answering my own question: Google led me to an 8-page forum thread on the subject. Checking it out now, and spinning up a Vagrant VM to play with the Linux version's text mode (it segfaults for me under Windows, unfortunately.)
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by ndarilek 11y ago
Does anyone know enough about how this game works internally to know if alternative interfaces and presentations are possible? I'm blind, and have wanted to play this game ever since I heard of it years ago. I used to play console-base
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by ndarilek 11y ago
For interpersonal transfers, I had good luck with Dwolla for a while before switching back to Paypal for faster transfers. If they go through with this, though, I guess I'm back to Dwolla if they haven't yet gone evil. Was pretty
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by ndarilek 11y ago
Silly question, maybe I just can't find the correct keywords to search. Are there any Smalltalks that allow coding/interaction from a text-based console? Maybe line-oriented commands with $EDITOR used for coding? I've wanted
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by ndarilek 11y ago
Maybe, but I'm a lot more concerned with tax-dodging American companies incorporating in Ireland and skipping out on millions, than I am about safety nets that help people to get by. I don't think that unhappy neighborhoods are ca
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by ndarilek 11y ago
They aren't unnice neighborhoods because those living there have nothing to do. They're unnice neighborhoods because, while many of those living there do all they can, it isn't enough to make their lives worth living. So thos
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by ndarilek 11y ago
I've been using Scala for years and have been eying Rust for a while. Nice to see lots of the things I like from Scala carry over. In particular this seems like a less magical version of Scala implicits, which seem incredibly cool at f
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by ndarilek 11y ago
I didn't get that at all. In particular, he lists several regrets that those dying experience about their lives. My impression is that many of those regrets stem from spending too much time on things that others, rather than the self,
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by ndarilek 11y ago
All of the below examples aside, why not? Why should your wanting to hide something be any more sinister than what you want for dinner? And if you yourself don't have anything to hide, awesome. Is it not worth protecting my right to
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by ndarilek 11y ago
The ADA is indeed retroactive if the modifications would not pose an undue burden on an establishment's business. In this case, I assure you that the undue burden clause does not apply. There is also a difference between negotiating in
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by ndarilek 11y ago
What we were taught as guide dog owners is that many dog allergies are to dander, and that you as an owner are responsible for brushing your dogs regularly to minimize the effect of your dogs on those with allergies. Owning a guide dog is a
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by ndarilek 11y ago
You might be astounded at the lengths businesses go to to win ADA lawsuits. My girlfriend uses a wheelchair, and after months of negotiation with the clinic where her doctor works, she brought suit against them for not providing her with ac
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by ndarilek 12y ago
Call it thefork?
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(RE)INTRODUCING ESPEAK.JS(blog.monotonous.org)
2 points by ndarilek 12y ago|0 comments
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The Wacky, Wiggly, Razor-Thin World of the Flexi Disc(medium.com)
6 points by ndarilek 12y ago|2 comments
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by ndarilek 12y ago
"would not recommend python to blind people." Kudos to you for undertaking this task. I think a lot of folks would have simply not used their devices for 48 hours rather than learn the assistive tech. That said, please don't
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by ndarilek 12y ago
Sure, that'd rock. Drop me an email. :)
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by ndarilek 12y ago
If you're looking for someone to contract with to improve your accessibility, I do lots of web development and would be happy to help. I suspect you have my contact info already (assuming you're the swelljoe I suspect you of being
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Video Streaming with RethinkDB Changefeeds(github.com)
107 points by ndarilek 12y ago|17 comments
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by ndarilek 12y ago
This blog post states that community members are working on an integration, but is that work happening publicly? I'd be iterested in following it even if it isn't ready for use.
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by ndarilek 12y ago
Check out Emacspeak[0] for one of the best audio coding environments I've worked with. Not a big fan of Raman's "ignore decades of accessibility work and run Emacs apps for everything!" approach, but based on my recollec
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by ndarilek 12y ago
Being blind doesn't mean you don't conceptualize things visually, or at least spatially. When I was younger and being taught how to get around a new area, I had a hell of a time trying to get my instructors to draw me a map. Not s
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Text-only video game shows how genre can be beautiful, innovative and complex(slate.com)
246 points by ndarilek 12y ago|85 comments
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by ndarilek 12y ago
That's actually an interesting bit of feedback. Thanks. I'm using SIP/web RTC for my for-profit version of this and had considered adding text chat, but I couldn't come up with a good use case so left it out. It'd p
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by ndarilek 12y ago
Also, something else that bothers me a bit about lots of the comments in this thread: It's nice that people want to keep things free and to avoid the influence that money might bring to a thing. But the unfortunate reality is that we l
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by ndarilek 12y ago
As a blind person, I find the idea that my borrowing someone's eyes is viewed as a charitable thing somewhat bothersome, particularly if I'm doing it to use my time more efficiently. Put another way, sure I can wait 6 hours or so
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by ndarilek 12y ago
Actually, I haven't abandoned it--literally working on it this very minute, in fact. :) The problem is that multi-platform video interchange is a hard problem. Very hard. SIP only gets you so far even with web RTC, then you hit issues

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