~b @torresjrjr@qoto.org

@devinprater Terminals are not "more accessible" to blind users because they lack metadata. Screenreaders need to know when a piece of text has a different locale because they can switch TTS settings; they need to know semantic meanings because blind users can't just "see" text with different meanings.

Single-locale line-mode interfaces without any ascii art or other prettification *is* quite accessible, but this is a subset of programs for the terminal.

I say this as someone who hardly uses GUI apps besides the browser and inherently graphical tasks (e.g. viewing images/videos). Whenever I do a "blind for the afternoon" challenge (something I highly recommend), accessible widget toolkits (ideally supporting AT-SPI) are ten times easier to operate.

I'd recommend reading documentation for assistive technologies/standards like AT-SPI to see what all is required; not all of this maps well to a terminal.

TIL about https://lichess.org/ , one of the world's most popular chess servers, run entirely on free software by a nonprofit, ad-free, supported by donations with a budget of ~$420K/year according to https://lichess.org/costs

They've been around since 2010.

As awesome as this is to see, imagine how many free/open nonprofit alternatives to Big Tech platforms would exist if, down to the municipal level, we decided to support them with funding & infrastructure.

New official #Gemini news feed:
gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/news/
https://gemini.circumlunar.space/news/

We have closed the loop.

The launcher can now assemble tal files on the fly, you can use Left to write #uxn programs, Nasu to make graphics, Dexe to include them into your projects.

That means you can have a complete workstation on a NDS, GBA, Playdate, etc..

Thanks to everyone who helped to put this together.

>[centralized service] banned me
>oh i know i'll sign up for [different centralized service]
>it'll be different this time
>

“wow the fediverse federates… let’s keep it to 2 or 3 instances guys, let’s never use this awesome power to actually do anything”

Dino (XMPP): Decentralized End To End Encryption Messenger/+ Chatroom Client (Linux/Pinephone Shown) https://tube.tchncs.de/videos/watch/86d8b6df-8000-41f6-a92c-1d8ba2501972

🔭 #Fediverse in 2021 🎉

https://fediverse.party/en/post/fediverse-in-2021

#ActivityPub #federation

@p @yes @trending
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This blew our socks off - #PineNote 's e-paper display now works on mainline #linux ! 🎉

Thanks to Samuel Holland (https://github.com/smaeul) as well as other contributors for this incredible achievement.