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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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completely blind computer geek, lover of science fiction and fantasy (especially LitRPG). I work in accessibility, but my opinions are my own, not that of my employer. Fandoms: Harry Potter, Discworld, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Buffy, Dead Like Me, Glee, and I'll read fanfic of pretty much anything that crosses over with one of those.
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Location Ottawa
Birthday 1987-12-20
Pronouns he/him (EN)
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@JamminJerry @FreakyFwoof Correct. Tweesecake doesn't support HTML formatting in posts. So tweesecake interacts fine with itself and anything that also doesn't support that.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@tardis @FreakyFwoof I do post https. Your client removes it because I don’t use mastodon and tweesecake is deeply broken in many ways.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@phillycodehound Problem is way more people stand me up on zoom. So it kind of equals out.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@FreakyFwoof Yup because most people use mastodon. If you follow people on iceshrimp or go to social or pleroma is when it breaks.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@FreakyFwoof Nope. I type https and they remove it lol
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@klittle667 Yeah, they're really good on desktop or with the web interface. They offer there own PVR app and IOS app as well, but those are less accessible. Use channels instead. Or VLC or Kodi or whatever else you like.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@FreakyFwoof No. It's fully clickable. It's just that the blindy clients grab the HTML version and convert that to text, removing the link in the process, even though a text version is fully available. They're just not smart enough to look for it. But if you check Enafore, or the Mastodon web interface, or Mona, or literally any normal app, you can click the link.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
My Cordcutting Solution: I haven't paid for a cable subscription for years. This is what works for me as a watcher: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/07/accessible-cordcutting.html
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
is good because of the humans, not the AI
@InnosearchAI is an shopping solution, powered by . But it's the human support that makes it worthwhile. My review: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/03/innosearch.html
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@lynessence @atherjammoa Uh, sorry. I know your eyes are...well, I was going to say up there...but you're shorter than me haha. So down there, I guess. grin
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@lynessence @atherjammoa But how will I know she’s a woman if I don’t know everything about her boobs? Otherwise she’s just another man! This complaint applies to far too many female characters written by male authors.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@jscholes This is why my personal blog is a static site where I control every line of code.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@jscholes Oops! This was working when I last tested it. Some plugin or theme must’ve broken it. I’ll get this fixed. Thanks!
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
I don’t usually share my work stuff here for various reasons. But I’ll make an acception as this article might be of interest to some of my followers here: makeitfable.com/article/mobile-usability-reality-check-for-inclusive-ux/
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@jaybird110127 I get a 404. Here’s its page from the manufacturer: www.resmed.com/en-us/products/cpap/machines/airmini/
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@jaybird110127 The air mini doesn’t connect to cell directly. It connects to your phone via Bluetooth and sends data to the cloud that way. I have a basement bedroom with no cell signal. So I couldn’t use a cell connection anyway.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@jaybird110127 Maybe there’s a newer model? Mine is 1.5 years old.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@jaybird110127 The air mini doesn’t take an sd card. It sends data to a phone via Bluetooth. So sadly not an option for me.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@jaybird110127 I personally hate full face masks. They feel smothering and hot to me.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
9mo
@jaybird110127 Investigate the air mini. It’s way more accessible, and I find the masks more comfortable. Also it’s smaller and doesn’t need water.