Jawa21, are you from Canadia? Omg poutine is amazing, it’s like the next natural evolutionary step of the fried potato. Has to have cheese curds, I’ve learned. I’ve had it with regular cheese before, and is that sacrilege? It tastes like sacrilege to me. Anyway yes fricken poutine is amaaaazing
Ah yeah, I can imagine it gets pricey depending on where you are in relation to the nearest local cheese curd makers. I’m pretty lucky, I can take a short drive to Wisconsin if I wanna stock up. It’s crazy, like, once you cross the border, even at the gas stations there’s so much cheese. So much cheese. It’s everywhere!
This whole thread is like, pure gold-pressed latinum. If Lemmy GPL was a thing, I’d GPL everyone in this thread. That just sounds wrong. I’d latinum everyone in this thread…yeah, that’s better. I guess
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked former Biden family associate Tony Bobulinski about what crimes he alleges he witnessed President Biden commit during a House Oversight Committee hearing. CNN’s Melanie Zanona breaks down the exchange.
Hey FlyingSquid! So, like, there are different types of mj aromas, which are solely dependent on the terpenes present in the plant. That’s a documented thing. There’s a over a hundred terpene types that can result in citrus, diesel, skunky, or woodsy smells, for example. However, as it’s been pointed out already, plants have been cross-bred so much over the years that individually named strains don’t always have their “known” unique characteristics these days. And that includes smell/aroma.
So yeah, it doesn’t really matter anymore. I wouldn’t put much stock in how flower smells, because it’s largely inconsequential save for personal preference. I prefer citrus-y flower cuz it smells better to me. There’s one strain I used to buy regularly from my dealer that had a really strong but pleasant grapefruit smell (and taste, just a little), it was awesome.
Also, wrt indica vs sativa… there’s never been any scientific data that can back the claim that they provide different kinds of high, like energizing versus relaxing. It’s just not true. Like the meme says, weed is weed.
I picked up Tekworld #1 eons ago, back when I was a young voracious comic book collector and would buy anything off the “New” shelf. I never bothered to read it…I figured it couldn’t be worse than TJ Hooker, but it appears I was terribly mistaken. I’m sorry I contributed to this shitty franchise, I thought it would be worth a fortune when I got old (it’s not).
Also, wrt:
I’m not sure how thankful I should be that someone made William Shatner’s TekWar more accessible to me, but at least I didn’t struggle with PGUP and PGDN to move my virtual neck.
Yeah, thank your lucky stars that gaming with a mouse became a fuckin thing, because hitting PGUP and PGDN to pan up & down sucked back then too.
Mike Macgirvin, the long-time developer that brought us Friendica, Hubzilla, Streams, and the Zot protocol, is bringing his most powerful concept to the rest of the Fediverse: Nomadic Identity.
This would come in handy for temporary outages or worst-case scenarios where the instance doesn’t come back. Should be interesting to see how it develops
Assembly Bill 1757 will make businesses prioritize digital accessibility and foster access for all people. I completely disagree with this article but I think it is important to know about the fear-mongering being used by the other side to try to drum up support to kill this legislation. We need to stand up for disability rights...
The guidelines themselves aren’t a problem—websites want more users, and some of these accessibility techniques could help. Yet, such legislation will make upstart entrepreneurs vulnerable to debilitating lawsuits.
This is the same fear-mongering pro-capitalist garbage that Jakob Nielsen has been peddling. This bill is like 508, it’s about equal access for the disabled and should not be demonized in propaganda pieces like this.
That’s my personal favorite. It’s something I didn’t hear when I was younger, so now I try to recall it when I realize I am being too hard on myself. The fact that it’s a Picard quote makes it more reassuring, if not comforting in a way.
This article explores different ways of coding strikethrough and uses screen reading software to determine how accessible each method is. Hopefully, more screen reading software will support the scenario 1 method used in the future.
I also hope scenario 1 is adopted more widely. Native html is always ideal due to its inherent semantics without the need for hacks or additional workarounds, though users will have to demand their screen readers support it and devs will have to insist on using it if it’s ever to become widespread.
They never should have deprecated <s> as a strikethrough in the first place, but I digress. The <s> tag makes the most sense because it is an HTML5 standard, and we should all push for semantic html usage and support.
JFC, this troll again. You’re the one who’s been stalking Stamets for the past several months, posting shit about him constantly. What, did you get bored with your other account? Piss off.
The show’s use of the ‘bury your gays’ trope is so disappointing. It was so noticeable on first viewing, I remember thinking “why the hell are they killing them off?”
Ok, so you said something that really got me thinking:
And Adira doesn’t get the dignity of even existing without having to declare themselves and struggling to fit in as well.
Yeah, thank you for saying this. I hadn’t thought about this before, but Adira not even existing is crazy ironic because queer folks everywhere right now are fighting just to exist…not just as a byproduct that accompanies coming out in the modern era (having to explain your identity can be exhausting), but in the context of severe oppression where it’s a crime to be queer or where laws are being changed to restrict queer rights. Take your pick of which state, or country, for that matter…queer erasure is happening in a lot of places.
I wish I had enough faith in the writing team to believe this was intentional and meant to be an allegory, but nah. They were just tone deaf.
They’re regarded as objects of pity, cudgels for plot points, set pieces, and fucking ghosts, but never with the dignity and respect that any other crew member receives, and that’s just fucked up.
Thank you for saying this too. FFS, can’t we just have a gay character on screen without constantly having to O’Brien the poor dude? It is fucked up, it’s today’s version of making all your female characters victims of rape (poor Deana, how many times was she violated?). So incredibly fucked up
Argh I know! It’s like, they couldn’t think of something more original? Gotta keep them all in the same space? People who complain about this show’s “wokeness” specifically have obviously never seen it, because it’s strangely regressive in some ways.
If you feel personally attacked when people voice their dissent against regressive discriminatory behavior, perhaps consider it’s your conscience trying to tell you something.
This journal article explores computer science professors teaching accessibility. Only half of the 175 institutions surveyed had a professor teaching an accessibility course. The researchers also surveyed 1,857 computer science professors and found that over 10% reported not being knowledgeable about accessibility and over 60%...
Oh I am aware, I was just venting and pointing out the irony. The academic sector has always lagged behind tech-wise, but its insistence on publishing in a format designed for print rather than one for display is particularly embarrassing. As you can imagine, the PDF is not accessible at all; it looks like SIGCSE didn’t even bother auto-tagging it. They’re a global org that claims to be passionate about the science behind education, but it’s incredibly difficult to teach others if they’re unable to access your content. The situation just really sucks all around.
Q... This has gone on long enough! (lemmy.world)
Managed to find a few different borders for use
When your girl so high she mangles the movie quote with an illogical and objectively unsexy misappropriation of your heritage but you don't say shit because she Bevved up and you about to see titty (lemmy.world)
Novelization (lemmy.world)
I spent literally tens of minutes on this, so I hope you like it.
‘It is simple. You name the crime’: AOC has contentious exchange with Biden probe witness (www.cnn.com)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked former Biden family associate Tony Bobulinski about what crimes he alleges he witnessed President Biden commit during a House Oversight Committee hearing. CNN’s Melanie Zanona breaks down the exchange.
Hell yeah its weed (lemmy.world)
William Shatner's TekWar is the technological future of crap (www.destructoid.com)
When the universal translator malfunctions again (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Oh, Zot! Nomadic Identity is Coming to ActivityPub (wedistribute.org)
Mike Macgirvin, the long-time developer that brought us Friendica, Hubzilla, Streams, and the Zot protocol, is bringing his most powerful concept to the rest of the Fediverse: Nomadic Identity.
Fear Mongering Article About Assembly Bill 1757 (www.ocregister.com)
Assembly Bill 1757 will make businesses prioritize digital accessibility and foster access for all people. I completely disagree with this article but I think it is important to know about the fear-mongering being used by the other side to try to drum up support to kill this legislation. We need to stand up for disability rights...
Any Trek quotes that are stuck in your head?
There are countless amazing ones but just curious if there are any that are burrowed in deep and won’t leave. For me there are two....
In Your Opinion what is the Most Emotionally Touching Line in Gaming? (lemmy.world)
Strikethrough Accessibility (www.webaxe.org)
This article explores different ways of coding strikethrough and uses screen reading software to determine how accessible each method is. Hopefully, more screen reading software will support the scenario 1 method used in the future.
The Vulkan Science Directorate has... Wait a minute... (lemmy.world)
Does this seem familiar to you?...
I'd be angry too (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Source
Bad faith actors putting on a performance about their hate for new Trek (or anything progressive) (lemmy.world)
Who Teaches Accessibility? A Survey of U.S. Computing Faculty (dl.acm.org)
This journal article explores computer science professors teaching accessibility. Only half of the 175 institutions surveyed had a professor teaching an accessibility course. The researchers also surveyed 1,857 computer science professors and found that over 10% reported not being knowledgeable about accessibility and over 60%...