One often overlooked aspect of picking a like, whatever tech thing?

Checking out the community behind it. I'm like... not rly into dealing with insecure manbabies and Linux brodudes so yeah. Being rude to ppl asking stuffs is a super big red flag.

(Kind of like, surprised I ever tried Linux tbh, community in some of those spaces is more toxic than #Overwatch.)

#foss #opensource #techrant

Why, I mean why why why do we need an app to show the ticket to Ed Sheeran's concert???

Why can't I just get the pdf instead of installing the app, create an account there and import the ticket from my online account?

Sometimes I wonder what the world is becoming. And yes, I feel like a proud boomer who regrets the old days of tech. Just send me the damned pdf!!!!

#concert #ticketmaster #EdSheeran #livemusic #techrant #boomer

Just published a blog post tearing into hCaptcha’s so-called “accessibility” mode.

It’s not accessibility. It’s a cookie. And to get that cookie, you now have to submit your email and send a code via SMS to an U.S. phone number. It fails silently. It doesn’t confirm anything. You click “Confirm Code” and get “An error has occurred.” No cookie. No fallback. No support. And if you somehow get it? It’s a third-party cookie your browser probably blocks, and it expires. Then you get to do it all again.

Meanwhile, hCaptcha’s text-based challenge — the only mode that might actually work with a screen reader — isn’t tied to the cookie at all. It only shows up if the website owner specifically enables it. Most don’t. So even if you’re blind, even if you’re using assistive tech, you get the same unusable image grid as everyone else.

This isn’t accessibility. It’s exclusion wrapped in PR.

The blog post breaks it all down: how the cookie flow works (or doesn’t), why the system is broken by design, how developers got misled, and what real alternatives look like. If you care about accessible design or just want to understand how bad this gets, read it.

Link: https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/hellcaptcha-accessibility-theater-at-its-worst/

#Accessibility #a11y #BlindTech #hCaptcha #HellCaptcha #UX #WebDev #ScreenReaders #Disability #TechRant #DevTools #Ableism #Privacy #FOSS #Inclusion

Sorry everyone... I accidentally possessed Adam Conover

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eDsSg-Xm1ms

#techrant #sidefriction #PrivacyMatters

Big thanks to Ada for translating Post 1 of my blog series “I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back” — titled “Built for Control, but Not for People” — into French.
They’ll be reading it live on the radio today with Irina!

Tune in: https://p-node.org
Time: 12:12–13:30 CEST

I’m deeply honored this piece resonated enough to be shared like this.
Post 2 and the first interlude are already out — more posts to follow.

Boosts appreciated!

#Linux #FOSS #Accessibility #BlindTech #BlogSeries #OpenSource #PNode #Radio #TechRant #Translation #Français

Tutanota — это такой сервис, который вроде как про приватность, но по факту больше про то, чтобы ты ни с кем не мог нормально взаимодействовать. Забудьте про SMTP и IMAP, это слишком небезопасно по их версии реальности. Поэтому подключить почту к своему клиенту? Нет. Сделать рассылку с CRM? Нет. Перенести архив писем на другую платформу? Ну-у-у… теоретически когда-нибудь. Зато внутри своего уютного гетто всё шифруется насмерть, а если вы хотите написать внешнему миру, то собеседник должен пройти квест с паролями и временными ссылками. Очень удобно, да. И да, сервера строго в Германии, потому что если уж быть заложником системы, то хотя бы с немецким паспортом. Tutanota — это не «почта нового поколения», это скорее почта без почты. Без протоколов, без совместимости, без вариантов. Полностью безопасно, потому что полностью изолировано. Лучше сразу голубями, там хотя бы SMTP не нужен.

#Tutanota #Email #Privacy #SecureButUseless #NoSMTP #NoIMAP #LockIn #TechRant #Encryption #DigitalPrivacy #Germany #EmailClients #WalledGarden #PrivacyMyth #UserExperience #EmailGatekeeping #BetterUsePigeons #ModernTech #PrivacyForWho #GDRPApprovedPigeons https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/111114851022098476

Hey I'm on TV!

[TECH RANT] Don't act like you're not creative #techRant
https://podcastaddict.com/tech-rant/episode/193103819 via @PodcastAddict

Thanks @activenode for having me.

#tech #rant #dev #podcast

Spent better part of last night, running around the office building and borrowing HDMI capable displays. And no fucking dice (8 displays, 3 cables, and 2 DP converters tried, thus at least 48 combinations). This industrial Intel based board is just not compatible anymore with modern displays and resolutions. So how the fuck am I going to get into it's highly guarded BIOS?

Who thought that HDMI was a good idea?

#techrant

It just occurred to me that when someone asks for information that you could easily find online:

Let me explain, Tarantino-style.

As an individual who is particularly skilled and experienced in technical matters, not only do I know the right search terms to find a thing online, I also (and this is crucial and leads to point number 1) know what I'm looking for.

• credible,
• vetted,
• trustworthy,
• reliable, and
• safe

With all the information and misinformation online, all the scams, and hacks, and frauds, it seems like everyone is out to make a buck off you, legally, or not. With my tech experience, it is trivial to spot scams and know good information from bad. However, the training and experience I have wasn't easy and came after years of study and exposure. Not many have it.

People don't want information. They want assistance that is trustworthy, safe, and reliable. Those of us with tech skills might remember that the next time they go to tell someone to "Yoogl It".

Things that are simple to some, are mountainous to others.

#techrant
#insight
#care
#helpothers

Veeam is turning into a 4-letter word for me, like how I think of Cisco.

#ITSysAdmin #TechRant #Frustration