bermudianbrit

bermudianbrit, 7 hours ago to random

ok techy humans final query then I'm pulling the trigger on this build. All 3 of these graphics cards seem basically the same. Any of them worth choosing over any other for AI workloads because I don't give a damn about visual performance for obvious reasons: - 16GB Sparkle Intel ARC A770 Titan;

• amd radeon rx7800 xt; or
• 16GB NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4060 Ti

Thanks

bermudianbrit, 1 day ago to random

hay tech humans: Gigabyte Vs ASUS motherboard, thoughts? I'm not overclocking and both seem to offer the right feature set for me just at £150 premium for the ASUS. Is it worth it?

bermudianbrit, 15 days ago to random

A microphone shoot-out between the Jabra Evolve 75, Steelseries Arctis Pro and Audeze Maxwell low latency wireless headsets.

munchkinbear, 17 days ago to random

so people in the house are reporting issues with the wifi in places, I'd like to get extenders to fix this, to extend the network, but I don't want to have to create an entirely knew network, I'd just like to be able to connect them and extend the existing wifi as provided, sadly, by the ATT modem. I can put an extender upstairs, as I do have a switch I can ethernet an extender into. Thoughts?

bermudianbrit, 18 days ago to random

NVDA folks: Is there a way to drag sliders which register as sliders but don't respond to keyboard commands?

aardrian, 18 days ago to random

Apparently IRC spam is still a thing?

bermudianbrit, 18 days ago to random

seriously, the Audeze Maxwell has the best user guide I've ever seen for accessibility. No images, useful heading layouts, and it even says things like: the Microphone port is here and the aux port is there, and if the switch is up, the microphone is active whereas if its down the microphone is muted. Voice guidance on the unit even tells you what EQ profile you've chosen. Accessibility is absolutely mindblowing.

datajake1999, 18 days ago to random

The Neural voices NVDA addon was updated. The default language is now English, and audio device fixes were implemented. The link is the same as before.

alexhall, 21 days ago to random

I'm using Microsoft's neural voices for my NVDA say-all voice. I just read the abbreviation "C/SrA.", which is short for cadet senior airman. Instead of just saying the letters, the voice decided to say "C/ sister A" for some reason. Please, voice manufacturers, PLEASE stop making assumptions about abbreviations, dates, and acronyms.

vick21, 22 days ago to accessibility

I believe this is the first of its kind implementation on the web, i.e. first-letter navigation, so kudos to the Drive team! :) #accessibility #ux https://unmute.community/@payown/112369398805758817

bermudianbrit, 24 days ago to random

random blindy query: is there a device that can reliably and accessibly measure in incredibly small distances i.e. 1/1000th of an inch? I need something fool proof I can use to determine difference guitar string gages because I cannot do it by feel.

objectinspace, 25 days ago to random

The venom all-star jam is live! Tune in for some of the best musicians you've ever heard. https://play.venom.fm/live or join our teamtalk server on venom.fm to join the line-up!

drew, 29 days ago to random

I love getting feedback about WhatsApp, please continue to send it!

That said, if you keep asking about the same things, especially on the weekend, especially especially if you are rude about it, you're probably gonna get blocked.

This shouldn't really need to be said, but some people are stubborn. Don't be one of those.

ToniBarth, 1 month ago to random German

I wholeheartedly disagree with Rowlings political view and her movement against trans people, but I absolutely love the book series that is Harry Potter. Thus i'm really looking forward to the project and will enjoy listening to those audio dramas as soon as they get released. I will however not pay a single cent for them, this woman will not see any more money from me, movements like these shouldn't get supported in any way. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/25/audible-all-seven-jk-rowling-harry-potter-books-full-cast-audiobooks

bermudianbrit, 1 month ago to random

I had ocasion this evening to show someone else this. So for those nerds who might find it interesting: The bermudian accent. A deep dive, including slang and common phrases. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTBDXjKZB08

bermudianbrit, 1 month ago to random

hay masto humans: Is there any reason why I shouldn't pull the trigger on the Instant Pot Duo Crisp + Air Fryer? In Uk so selection is more limited but this thing has buttons and a friend loves it. Comments/alternatives welcome.

dgar, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to soundcloud

If anyone is planning anything for Weed Day this Saturday, 20th April (4/20), and you’re looking for something to put on your Weed Day song playlist, I have something that may just fit the bill.

Gettin Stoned (feat. Andre Louis) will be coming out this Friday on Apple Music, Tidal, Spotify, and all the other streamy places, just in time for you to add it to your Saturday playlist. Be sure to give @Onj a follow!! He did an awesome job on the drums for this track and is a general, all-round legend!

As all #Dgarheads know, the original, full-quality wav file for every #DgarMusic track is available for download from their respective Soundcloud page, which you can then convert to your favourite format and play it on any device you choose.

Want to listen to it now? Okay then! Here it is on #Soundcloud!

Gettin Stoned (feat. Andre Louis)
~ #Dgar

https://soundcloud.com/dgarmusic/gettin-stoned-feat-andre-louis

@FreakyFwoof

#WeedDay #420day #420event #IndieMusic #music #rock #StonerRock

bermudianbrit, 1 month ago to random

hay techy types. I purchased my Lenovo X1 Carbon in the US but ideally would like a british plug. The part of the cable from the transformer to the wall plug looks very standard and I know I've seen it with other manufacturers. So surely I can just buy one with British prongs? But what on earth is it called? lol.

18+ talon, 1 month ago to random

I saw another big thread about people talking at each other concerning Linux accessibility where one side goes "no this sucks" and the other side goes "But how?", and then it's a constant back and forth with no real resolution.
I wonder if a lot of this stems from the fact that a lot of people actually putting in work for Linux accessibility don't really need it? Like, for example if I boot up a Linux distro, sometimes I'll be able to do what I want, sometimes I won't. One of the biggest issues is that Orca and the accessibility stack will randomly fall over. Like I'll be in some app like Mate software update center or whatever and then it just stops reading. Even worse if Orca was playing a progress beep at the time, which then becomes stuck. So I have a constantly beeping unresponsive system. That's anything but pleasant. But here's the thing. These systems working together are complex. You can have just a slightly different config, or sometimes even just different apps open, and you'll get a completely different experience. Sometimes the update center works fine. Sometimes it doesn't. Telling me that this is a bug with the update center doesn't help because it's the screen reader that died, and without it, I can't do anything. So that's not the solution. The solution is clearly to make the screen reader or accessibility stack somehow work despite this.
But the real thing I'm trying to get at is that we're expecting a largely sighted developer base to fix this for us. Then they do some work, it works theoretically, so they throw on Orca and mess around for a few minutes and everything seems to work fine, so issue solved right? So off goes Orca, and back to visual working it is without a screen reader.
But not much longer and someone blind tries to use it, has lots of apps open, is doing complex and elaborate work, and something falls over again. So they report it. "Wait, but this was fixed wasn't it? Let me try." So they do. And it works for them. Can't reproduce, must be user error, and Orca gets disabled again and on with normal work.
And who can blame them? I mean this makes perfect sense right? We don't really want to use something we don't need to use. There's really no reason to keep using Orca if you can read the screen just fine.
Don't take this as fact. For example I know that there are at the very least a few blind devs and devs with assistive tech background working really hard on trying to make Linux accessibility better, and I'm not sure how many. But that's probably gonna take some time. Because if all this stuff was easy, we wouldn't even have all these issues right?
Anyway if you're working on Linux accessibility, don't take it personally. This is a hard problem to solve, and it's not your fault. Neither is it ours. If something sucks, listen to the ones who're complaining. It's the same stuff over and over. :)

bermudianbrit, 1 month ago to mastoblind

@mastoblind idle thought stemming from a conversation I was having today: If anyone in the blindy world ever new a Taylor Laurie from Texas (moved to Utah) in the early 2000s, I wonder what ever became of her. I hope she made out ok.

simon, 1 month ago to random

Have been trying to install Debian on a 2012 Mac Mini, which is otherwise stuck on Catalina and not especially useful as a Mac. Whether I boot the net installer or the DVD, I can't seem to get the speech synthesis option to work. As soon as I select it, the screen goes black and the installer never returns. Seems to happen whether I have a USB soundcard connected or not. I'll probably try connecting a Braille display and see if it gets autodetected, but this is not a great start.