What a curiously dispassionate post on The Verge about their parent company signing a deal with OpenAI. Itโs interesting that they posted about it in a way that lumps it together with the other deals and thereโs no statement from The Vergeโs famously opinionated leadership about what this deal means for publishing, journalism, and the open web.
Any tips for consoling a four year old who is suddenly very very upset about the idea of death and dying?
We're making it clear he's got a long long long time to be alive yet, as have we, while trying to be real and not tell any fairy stories - but he's very young of course and can't imagine ever being sort of "done" and really really doesn't want to ever die ๐ญ
(Please nothing about climate change etc. in this situation - I'm well aware I've brought a child into a period of change that sucks.)
I've been reading "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" (thank you @dletorey for the tip), and I'm really (really) enjoying it - no spoilers please (about 75% through).
But it's giving me an extremely strong desire to MAKE. I really want to make a thing, but first - work, but also - where to start (too many (stupid) ideas).
Still, excellent book, definitely recommend (so long as it doesn't bork it in the last 1/4th)
I always want to start conversations about WCAG/guidance changes that I would like to see in the A11y Slack, but I feel like most folks want to talk about compliance instead.
For example: I want a link element to respond to the same keyboard keys as a button element does.
Another example: I think if you have alt="" and role="none" it is an acceptable demonstration of author intent and should not fail validators.
Another topic and probably controversial: I wish browsers would stop trying to low-key fix author issues behind the scenes. It gives authors the incorrect impression that the code they wrote was valid when it absolutely was not. It hurts everyone in the long run.
@patrick_h_lauke and I agree with priority of constituents but idk, this pretzel twisting we do is how weโve locked ourselves into never being able to really agree on things or move it forward.
โOk so we all agree that this thing is good for a11y?โ
โWait what if developers do this one weird thing?โ
โFml who wants to work this outโ
The problem stays a problem for too long because we are unable? unwilling? to call it what it isโ an author error.
So these Boeing whistleblowers dying brings back the harsh reminder of the realities of whistleblowing.
My husband was just about to wrap up his PhD โ a novel method for imaging that would have applications like detecting arthritis early enoughโฆto reverse it. ๐งต
I hate the world on days when I have to remember what happened to him. I hate that I have to be grateful that he is still alive despite doing the ethical thing. Thatโs not a sentence that anyone should have to say.
I feel like he should have been at least comped for his student loans. Like โlol no whistleblowers go down sorry but we will erase the financial burden of your past so you can just quietly go do something else with your life.โ
Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if heโd told more people his story.
I have to imagine there would have been some outrage even if itโs just the UNC student newspaper ๐คทโโ๏ธ