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menelion

@menelion@dragonscave.space

A married and happy geek from Ukraine living in Strasbourg, France. #Backend software engineer, #accessibility specialist.
My main programming languages are #PHP and #CSharp.
Pro-Ukrainian, pro-American, pro-European. Technical progress must not be stoppable.
Pagan, worshipper of Scandinavian gods.
Pronouns: He/him.
This account is multilingual. Posts may contain strong language, not always behind a content warning, and personal opinions.
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lulu_bear, to random

It's amazing the things you can learn about from books, I don't just mean facts and figures. In a novel I was reading once I heard about a firm that made extract of lime aftershave. Actually they make a whole set of toiletries with that smell. I really dislike the smell of men's toiletries normally, so I got some for @brianhartgen to try and he's used it ever since. It's the only smell of men's toiletries I really absolutely love.

menelion,
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@lulu_bear could you please tell the name? It seems, I might also love the smell.

menelion, to Eurovision
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Re last: Yes, that is a song! but I wonder, why didn't they sing it that way? (I'm talking about this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmSxPm1YcmQ)

menelion, to Eurovision
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Also, on Ireland at . If your one and only argument is that they represent non-binary people hence should be voted for, then have a big NO for me. If your reasoning for voting is to support non-binary people (which is totally your right I understand and appreciate), better vote for Switzerland. That's how non-binary people are represented, with a great song and good and spectacular performance.

menelion, to Eurovision
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Just had a little discussion on YouTube where a guy tried to convince me that the Ireland… performance on is a song. When I asked him whether he thinks that a song should be, well, sung, he replied that it is and sung very well. Well… well. I don't understand people's vision of music these days.

menelion, to music
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Re last: are they kidding us? That is so good, I can't believe it!

aardrian, to random
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This is a big reason I find demands that users upgrade to the latest release to be unrealistic, and why companies need to support more versions than “latest minus one” or “current release minus 6 months” or whatever.

Reminds me of current problems with Sonos or Tandem.

https://mastodon.stickbear.me/@seedy/112412309443250570

menelion,
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@Myndex @aardrian I'm sorry, I understand your users needs being a blind screen reader user myself, but it's just not how programming and viability works. Being a software engineer, I can tell you that it's beyond frustrating and burnout-prone to work constantly on something old without any possibilities to implement new features. And if we support a zillion older versions, we don't have time to progress. And also, USB-C standardization is one of the most important steps in modern technology. Need to have Mini-USB, Micro-USB, Lightning, USB type B and some proprietary cables really drives me nuts.

seedy, to random

7-Zip implies 1-Zip, 2-Zip, 3-Zip, 4-Zip, 5-Zip and 6-Zip.

menelion,
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@seedy Windows 95 implies Windows 94, 93, 92… :)

menelion,
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@seedy @sasquatch I prefer built-in OpenSSH over PuTTY. Also, I had deep troubles with porting GPG keys to another Windows machine, so for me SSH keys are the only solution whenever possible (thank gods now it's possible to sign Git commits with them).

menelion,
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@sasquatch @seedy I'm sorry, but what is not accessible in FileZilla? Maybe I used it long ago for the last time, but still interesting.

podcast, to random
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A new update for Windows 11's best File Explorer alternative adds a revolutionary Windows search tool and personalized keyboard shortcuts for easy retrieval of files and folders

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/a-new-update-for-windows-11s-best-file-explorer-alternative-adds-a-revolutionary-windows-search-tool-and-personalized-keyboard-shortcuts-for-easy-retrieval-of-files-and-folders

menelion,
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@podcast From the accessibility perspective, it's… kinda meh because it's a UWP app. I didn't install the last version though, just evaluated alternatives to File Explorer some time ago.

jess, to Eurovision
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Fire ✔️
Gratuitous on-screen graphics ✔️
Gratuitous cleavage ✔️
Front wedgie ✔️
Armenia... (just… Armenia) ✔️

Really fun to spend it in a bar in Copenhagen with about 300 other similar nutters. Top job.

Sad Israel got through. Sad San Marino didn't.

menelion,
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@jess I'm sorry, but what did you like about San Marino?

crazydutchy, to Eurovision

Ooh yayayayayay, the Netherlands is in the grand final this Saturday! Along with another favourite of mine, Austria!

menelion,
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@crazydutchy both great indeed, I liked the Netherlands so much! And yes folks, keep singing in Dutch, it's so nice to hear different languages!

menelion,
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@crazydutchy Speaking of Dutch songs, I really like De Diepte by S10. I mean, really. But for me it's also very often like this. For some reason (you can start hating me here), I found the so-called song from Ireland this year the most awful and disgusting thing I've heard in many years. Again, the keywords here are "heard" and "song". I acknowledge the video performance, although it's also not my style, so… you got it.

menelion,
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@crazydutchy Oh wow, I didn't realize you're also blind! Just found your post in the Eurovision hashtag timeline :).

menelion, to music
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If someone of you didn't hear that, you should, it's a true gem, astonishingly beautiful and pure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmM1ATJgQE4

menelion,
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@cordova5029 This is Voces8, but in collaboration with another group called Ringmasters.

menelion,
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@Caoimhe Для мене у них скоріш «Сад ангельських пісень» :)

davew, to random
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I'm tired of people using the term "podcast" when I can't find it at the place where I get my podcasts.

menelion,
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@davew A podcast must have an RSS feed, by definition. To me, if you are on Apple Podcasts but you don't publish your RSS for me to subscribe… bye-bye, I'll search for something else.

darrell73, to accessibility
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I finally got a response from where they're continuing to make the assertion that their new app has "basic support" for screen readers. We need to keep pushing back as this statement is just plainly false and seems to represent a dishonest way of trying to make the issue seem less terrible to the rest of the world while their disabled customers continue to suffer.

menelion,
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@darrell73 Sorry, but to me it means this: "Can you open the app? Can you close the app? Basic support is there, you blind bastards." Utterly disgusting attitude, and I was planning to get one of their devices…

pianomarian, to random

I hate the English language! I mean, it's so easy to foul something up; accidentally reverse just two letters and the whole thing is urined!

menelion,
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@wmj1102 @pianomarian @technocounselor I read this brilliant thing back in 2010 or so.

tardis, to Eurovision
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Unpopular opinion: Bulgaria and Hungary need to return to that's it, that's the post of today. Since I've been watching wayy too many videos. Both had good songs. And I need show in my life, or something of that kind. We can make the best and the worst music at the same time. That's a talent you can't say it isn't. 😂😂

menelion,
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@tardis Also, I wish they were there and sang something in the languages, you know. I even don't know if there was a Bulgarian-language entry ever.

Bruce_Toews, to random

Does anyone like Bill Gates? People on the right are convinced he's involved with every conspiracy they cancome up with, and the people on the left don't like the fact that he's amassed wealth (Tim Cooke gets an eternal pass).

menelion,
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@Bruce_Toews I like him and always stood for him in various discussions. However the fact that they divorced (probably)… I don't know, didn't follow him in recent years, so now I have no opinion.

menelion, to croatia
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My favorites in the first semifinal are: #Croatia, #Finland (NO RULES!!), #Ukraine, #Luxembourg (thank you for that earworm!), #Moldova and #Australia (bits in the Yankunytjatjara language are very much appreciated, spread and keep your culture!). #Eurovision

menelion,
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@Caoimhe Yeah, I also don't like rap, but still the number was very good.

KaraLG84, to random
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giving the latest version of JAWS a spin since I plan to update the JAWS to NVDA guide for the next version.
I keep doing NVDA commands and wondering why it's not working.

menelion,
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@KaraLG84 I'll report it to them.

cariefisher, to random
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Excited to share a new blog post detailing GitHub's journey in fostering accessibility through our in-house Champions program. Learn how we empower accessibility advocates within our organization to drive positive change and gain insights for fostering accessibility in your own organization! 🙌

https://github.blog/2024-05-01-empowering-accessibility-githubs-journey-building-an-in-house-champions-program

menelion,
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@cariefisher Wow, thank you so much!

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