Peter Drake HAS MOVED @peterdrake@qoto.org

In the United States, we have plenty of current ongoing problems. But a lot of them are actually the hangover from past mistakes and disasters: slavery and Jim Crow, incredibly late and incomplete rights for women, etc.

One I don't think we talk about enough is how badly my generation (X-ish) was screwed up by the concept of "stranger danger." That people you didn't know were the primary thing to fear. It's statistically and logically nonsense, but so much bad is built on and supported by it.

Straubinger et al 2024: "Acknowledging Good Java Code with Code Perfumes" https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16348 Instead of a tool that complains about code smells, the authors use one that praises things students have done well. "Our evaluation shows…programs with more code perfume instances tend to have better functionality and readability [and] students who incorporate more code perfumes tend to achieve higher grades. Thus, code perfumes serve as a valuable tool to acknowledge learners' successes…" #nwit

Are you (or know) a blind programmer? What is your set-up? TTS or Braille? What OS do you use? IDE/editor? What limitations, annoyances or show-stopper issues have you encountered? Particularly interested if you use Rust, but happy to hear about the state of developer experience for blind programmers more generally.

#Rust #RustLang #Programming

Saved this like ten years ago. Still lovn' it.
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#BlackMastodon

Before Mastodon lets out for summer make sure to sign everyone’s yearbooks.

I want fat scrollbars. Stop making scrollbars so thin. >:(

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219062763 Atheist parolee to get $100,000 in damages after being jailed for rejecting Bible study

I spent ages saying "Antibabypillen" for contraceptive pills as a funny little joke with a german-sounding word and it was only after literally years doing it that I learned this is the actual german word for contraceptive pills which is why nobody else found my little joke as funny as I did

Mutual interests
#dog's #dogsofmastodon #Humor #cartoons

Researchers Upend AI Status Quo By Eliminating Matrix Multiplication In LLMs https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/06/26/001222/researchers-upend-ai-status-quo-by-eliminating-matrix-multiplication-in-llms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

I am really enjoying this new trend in Hollywood that is "let's make that movie that we always make, except go absolutely bugfuck nuts with it."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2PoZb1YGSw

Boosts appreciated. I'm making a page of questions #blind people get asked repeatedly, that you can send to a curious sighted person. If you're a sighted person with questions, or if you're a blind person who's been asked certain questions repeatedly, send them my way.

Graffiti Documentary Leads Police to 1,500-Can Stash of Spray Paint https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/06/25/graffiti-documentary-leads-police-to-1500-can-stash-of-spray-paint/

#wweek #oregon