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botvolution

@botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org

your unpleasant lizard.

I've been floating in the fediverse since at least 2018 in one guise or another.

Avatar: Mole in gasmask, cropped from a cartoon by Tom Gauld

#NoBridge

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nocontextb5, (edited ) to Babylon5
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botvolution,
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@nocontextb5
Lol autocorrect strikes again I guess.

"Lennier"

MLE_online, to random
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A guy just boarded my bus with boxes of chlorinating liquid and the driver was looking at them with concern

botvolution,
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@MLE_online
Perhaps someone got on earlier with boxes of Sulfamic acid

mxtthxw, to fediverse
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Going through some old drives, found an unreleased Morcheeba remix we did as The Soundmakers, also The Crown Jewels parts 1 and 2, The Wreckshop plus some very
y old Assembly Worker beats (my old alias).

All going on #PeerTube :)

botvolution,
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@mxtthxw
Where peertube instance?
Also, did you know your website certificate is out of date?

ParadeGrotesque, to random
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Fist Monday and first full week of work in a long time* and, oh boy, am I tired.

(* May being what it is in Western Europe, we have a lot of days off)

botvolution,
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@ParadeGrotesque fist Monday is correct

botvolution, to random
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See, I learned i, cw, ^,$, w!, wq, p, P, r, u, o and O, and if I ever need to know more than that I will throw away all my computers.

botvolution,
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oh, and / too

botvolution,
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@ParadeGrotesque
I'm not even going to look those up

MLE_online, to random
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Like I need another bike project, right?

I picked this Huffy Sportsmen for $20 because it has a Sturmey Archer three-speed hub and I've been wanting to build a bike with only of these

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botvolution,
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@MLE_online @Stinkie
Wut?
"Made in England"
Does this mean I live in Ohio now?

MLE_online, to random
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The bus seats for seniors and people with disabilities should be prioritized

seniors and people with disabilities > tall people > people who are not tall

The tall amongst us do not fit well in the regular seats!

botvolution,
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@MLE_online
Have you tried simply not being so tall tho?

stefan, to accessibility
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I honestly enjoy writing good, descriptive alt text. Once you get used to it, it's no longer a chore, rather a fun exercise.

It gives you an opportunity to focus on the image you're sharing, sometimes revealing details you might miss.

It's a great writing challenge as well.

And it's just the right thing to do to help folks who rely on it.

botvolution,
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@stefan
Sometimes when I've had to describe something slightly unusual or meme-y or chaotic then I've used a sort of Jane Austen wry tone, because why should an image description have to be dry or formal ? Why not try to transmit something about one's personal response to the image? Why not be funny?

stefan, to accessibility
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Not trying to call out anyone in particular, I see a lot of people doing this, but I'm really curious and would like to understand this better.

Folks who use vague alt text with your images ("a funny book cover", "photo of me outside"), what is your thought process? Is the image description intended for sighted people? Or maybe your admin made alt text mandatory? Or maybe that really does seem sufficient.

botvolution,
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@stefan
Something I see a lot of - here and at bsky - is posting of images that have captions, with alt-text that is just the caption.

ParadeGrotesque, to random
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Saved .docx document from Google Docs = 2.3MB

Reformatted the document under Libre Office, saved .docx = 8.3KB

Something is really wrong here... 🤔

botvolution,
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@ParadeGrotesque
Is it Google that's wrong?
It's Google, isn't it.

botvolution, to random
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Oh wow, Boots pharmacies now longer reorder regular medications for customers, instead you have to DOWNLOAD THEIR APP and order it for yourself.

This will have no inconveniences or possible unforeseen consequences I'm absolutely sure,

Fuckers.

mxtthxw, to random
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    botvolution,
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    @mxtthxw
    Not raining in my part of the UK, so checkmate commie.

    botvolution, to random
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    "complexify" ?

    No. Shut up.

    botvolution, to random
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    A Very Good what fucking time of the morning do you call this to every bastard out there.

    botvolution, to random
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    Hmm that new Make Noise Ch.Svr looks tasty, and under the £100 mark too.

    Mind you, it's easily possible to pick up a used Maths for about £200 these days.

    But still, tasty all the same.

    MLE_online, to random
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    Mahogany is cool because it has chatoyance

    video/mp4

    botvolution,
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    @MLE_online
    I move that this be pronounced so as to rhyme with "kinda fancy"

    cenbe, to random
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    Wasn't MS-DOS 4.0 the buggiest version ever? I seem to remember that it was withdrawn almost immediately in favor of 5.0. Maybe M*S released the source so that young programmers would learn how not to code!

    botvolution,
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    @cenbe I certainly remember everything >= 4 being shit. Anyone who needed to get stuff done stuck with 3.3x and 3.2x had its fanbois.
    I knew one IT manager guy for part of a large public service who preferred dos 2

    ParadeGrotesque, to random
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    Ruby might be faster than you think:

    https://www.johnhawthorn.com/2024/ruby-might-be-faster-than-you-think/

    In other words:

    • First, check your ruby code for strangleholds and remove them.

    • Then, use the Ruby JIT for an easy speed boost

    • Finally, rewrite the whole thing if needed.

    Lobste.rs discussion here:
    https://lobste.rs/s/hnp82i/ruby_might_be_faster_than_you_think

    botvolution,
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    @ParadeGrotesque

    • Finally, rewrite the whole thing in Rust
    botvolution,
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    @ParadeGrotesque
    Yeah but this is the fedi, There Is Only Rust

    botvolution,
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    @ParadeGrotesque
    Ruby is just Python for people who have fond memories of Turbo Pascal

    MLE_online, to random
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    With wheels like those, this vehicle could traverse the Oregon trail

    botvolution,
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    @MLE_online
    If they'd put these on the cyberduck it would have been a success

    botvolution, to random
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    Turned on the TV at random and given a reminder that the last couple of series of Stargate were just terrible dogshit

    botvolution,
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    @cenbe I don't have amazon prime or any streaming services in fact

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