masukomi

masukomi, 3 months ago to random

#TechWriters matter

Discord is NOT documentation

masukomi, 4 months ago to random

PSA:
“if it was important, you would have remembered it.” And “if you cared, you would have remembered.“

Neither of these claims have any basis in reality. Importance, and caring have no correlation to whether a memory is formed.

These sentences only serve to gaslight people about a chemical, process that they cannot control.

Please spread this knowledge.

Please stop gaslighting people with memory issues.

masukomi, 6 months ago to random

Today in AI bullshittery:

Nvidia has trained an LLM on their codebase to save senior designers having to answer junior's questions about what some code does.

I don't know how many times i have to say this, but these are not search engines. They are not inference engines. Their answers are 100% "what would be a plausible sounding string of words to respond to that input?" that's it. That's all they do.

1/2

masukomi, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

For those of you considering starting something with Patreon, it's fully moved into late stage enshitification.

This poor creator was given $583 by their patrons, and Patreon took $109 of it in fees. 🤦‍♀️

Go use Ko-fi, they're still run by humans who actually care about creators and don't try and screw them at every opportunity. Also consider Ghost.org. They're working hard to make an Open Source Patreon style platform w/ NO fees beyond simple hosting cost.

masukomi, 11 months ago to accessibility

I want to take a moment to talk about code #accessibility. Like How accessible your source code is for your fellow #programming

Practically speaking I count as a "Low vision" user. My need for larger fonts means that lines wrap earlier for me than most users. Wrapping sucks, so when i write code I typically use 80 characters as an upper limit to width. There are computing history reasons for 80 but it also just works.

The problem is other dev's perception & reaction

🧵 1/?

masukomi, 7 months ago to transgender

humor via the threadiverse https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/3185265
#transgender #comics

masukomi, 9 months ago to random

Discussing internationalization (#i18n) issues at work.

A coworker noted that only one customer has asked about it. We have theaters across England and Ireland. As of 2021 there were 880,000 people in England and Wales that don't speak English well, and 160,000 that don't speak it at all. + plenty more in Ireland.

Don't confuse a lack of request for internationalization with a lack of need for internationalization.

masukomi, 7 months ago to accessibility

Kagi.com has improved the #accessibility of their maps service (demo of it with voiceover in link) and asked for folks who can provide real feeedback about accessibility improvements that should be made.

Another month, another reason I'm happy to be giving my money to Kagi instead of letting Google treat me like a commodity.

Latest Changelog https://kagi.com/changelog

Also, just communicating what you've done to users. What an idea!

masukomi, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to ruby

My current contract has just ended, and I'm officially on the hunt for a new job.

If anyone needs a Tech Lead / Principle dev with boatloads of #Ruby / #RubyOnRails experience‡, hit me up.

Resume here: https://masukomi.org/resume/kay_rhodes_resume.html

‡ and a bunch of other languages you're probably not hiring for: #RakuLang, #Scheme, #Lisp, a little #Elixir

#fedihire #fedihired #getfedihired

masukomi, 8 months ago to random

> 80% of Walt Disney VFX workers have voted to try and unionize. Earlier this month the VFX folks from Marvel voted to do the same.

If you're not aware, the VFXs treatment of its workers has been unquestionably immoral, and cruel (like ~100hr weeks frequently without extra pay) and it's been getting worse for years.

https://variety.com/2023/artisans/news/walt-disney-pictures-vfx-workers-union-1235706136/

masukomi, 8 months ago to CSS

TIL about CSS's font-variant-numeric functionality. If you use #CSS, and like the idea of being able to add a little bit of polish to your text, check this out.

It can do a few things to improve how you represent numbers. Here's the most visually significant one.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/font-variant-numeric

masukomi, 10 months ago to random

arbitrary code execution vulnerability in webkit. If you use any apple OS, update NOW

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-releases-emergency-update-to-fix-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/

masukomi, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

We did not need this 💩 right now. Also holy crap is this a wildly ignorant and stupid claim.

#transgender

masukomi, 8 months ago to random

Kagi, once again showing what happens when a search engine's values are aligned with its users' instead of trying to find ways to SELL the users.

I asked about macOS email clients and one of the results had a red shield. That's not normal, so i clicked it. 24 ads / trackers detected, and since they don't earn money when you see ads, they are motivated to warn you that that link might be something you want to avoid.

https://kagi.com/

masukomi, 3 months ago to 3DPrinting

#3DPrinting I just stumbled across @MLE_online 's ~7min tutorial on how to make a 3D printed part look like a metal one with paint that's chipped off.

Very straightforward, and involves a technique i would NOT have considered.

You should watch it.

https://youtu.be/tpFE_XsS5rE

Also, thanks For the tutorial Emily.

masukomi, 3 months ago to 3DPrinting

#3DPrinting A friend of mine has an odd #accessibility issue. The palm rejection on #Apple trackpads refuses to work for him, so he can't rest his hands on the laptop without it thinking he's mousing. He's taken a Tré and stuck some corrugated plastic over the sides of the trackpad. It was a great proof-of-concept but horrid for day-to-day.

So, I'm developing a 3D printed skin to slip over it. Holler if this, or something like it would be useful for you.

a 3D rendering of the slip-on skin I'm making for my friend. It's a three-quarter view showing blue plastic. Most notably there are two rectangles that cover the sides of the trackpad so that he has somewhere comfortable to rest his palms.

masukomi, 1 month ago to productivity

Folks, I'm working on the final (🤞) tweaks to my note card holders before putting them up for sale.

If these look like something you'd be interested in a) please let me know b) please share any initial thoughts / questions you have from these pics.

notes: there will be usage videos, tips, etc.. Also, left handed versions & other colors. ;)

#productivity #stationary #gtd

a close-up of one of them showing a moveable lid, and sections for used and new cards.

masukomi, 1 month ago to animals

Pet owners. If you need to regularly give your pet oral meds, and have a 3D Printer I've just uploaded this rock-shaped holder I made for ours.

Holler if you need to support a different sized bottle / syringe, or would like one that can hold hypodermic needles.

https://www.printables.com/model/819639-medicine-oral-syringe-holder

Works for human meds too ;)

#CatsOfMastodon #Dogs #Pets #3DPrinting

masukomi, 13 days ago to 3DPrinting

A little over a week ago I put my #3DPrinting Filament Stackers up for sale on @cults3d & Printables. I'm happy to report a handful of sales 😄

quick numbers, commentary, & screenshots of sales pages in thread.
🧵1/4

masukomi, 2 days ago to random

My phone saw some truly amazing things.

I mostly saw what looked like light pollution on the wrong side of the clouds. Occasionally we could see a brighter streak reaching up. @dachary was able to make out fainter things with more colors, but only tempting hints.

These were all long exposures on a jib with iPhone 15 Pro Max.

#Aurora

The same silhouette of trees and clouds, but all the colors in between are fading as if the saturation has been dropped and a green haze lays over things
A dramatically different photo. The bottom match is a silhouette of trees above that is an incredibly bright section very pale, green, almost white stripes, heading up at a slight angle to the right before being occluded by clouds a little higher there is a break in the clouds and you can see that it has transitioned to a beautiful violet.

masukomi, 2 months ago to random

we went to the next room to eat lunch and left the game table open but i don't trust the cat, so just in case i took a pic. It was a bit too wide so i was like "I know. I'll take a panorama."

The result is… it's a thing.

Jobob, 2 months ago to actuallyautistic

So, a question for undiagnosed late realised @actuallyautistic folks.
Your work makes a change and it saves them money but plays actual havoc with all of your traits that you're still learning to recognise as autistic. You tell them about the impact it has on you and they completely dismiss your complaint, saying its fine for most people.
If there was a diagnosis it'd basically be indirect discrimination. But there isn't, and no prospect of one any time soon.
What do you do?

masukomi, 3 months ago to 3DPrinting

#Makers #3DPrinting
I reached for my digital calipers the other day, and they were flickering like an LCD in a horror movie. Unsurprisingly, I did not have spare LR44 disc batteries on hand.

I decided "Eff this. I never want to need my calipers and have them not work because some battery died." So, I ordered these. Mitutoyo is a brand known for good precision, but I couldn't bring myself to spend the $100 to $300‡ for their more precise ones. These were only $35.

‡ still unemployed