Dan SinkerI hope the people back in the Sinbad-Shazaam universe are happy.
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Yael GrauerLearning How U.S. Consumers Perceive and Use VPNs
https://digital-lab-wp.consumerreports.org/2023/01/11/learning-how-u-s-consumers-perceive-and-use-vpns/
https://digital-lab-wp.consumerreports.org/2023/01/11/learning-how-u-s-consumers-perceive-and-use-vpns/
Learning How U.S. Consumers Perceive and Use VPNs | Digital Lab at Consumer Reports
Co-authored by: Roya Ensafi and Yael Grauer In March 2021, Digital Lab fellow Roya Ensafi, PhD, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan, and her team launched a user survey aimed at understanding VPN users. Because this survey was promoted to Consumer Reports readers and attendees of a CR-hosted digital […]
David CarrollYou didn’t notice a block of #mastodon instances go dark yesterday with the outage of a major European backbone host provider (OVH) because the #fediverse is so distributed and decentralized. But if you’ve got a flight in the USA today then you know exactly what happens when a centralized software service goes down. #FAA
Qasim Rashid, Esq.We often view violence through the lens of a person with a lethal weapon harming another—but we should expand our view to recognizing the different types of violence that harm society.
For example:
•Poverty is violence
•Banning asylum is violence
•Denying reparations is violence
•Forcing child hunger is violence
•Denying healthcare access is violence
Violence isn’t just when a person uses a Lethal weapon on another person. It’s also when Legal power is weaponized to deny justice to any person.
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Simon B. StøvringIt's launch time! 🚀
Re: Toot is now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Re: Toot turns Mastodon posts into images that are suitable for quote posts with attribution to the original author and an alt text.
Get the app here 👇
Rachel StantzIn a couple of different places on Mastodon this week I’ve seen people saying something to the effect of “what does visible alt text matter, it’s for screen readers.”
Here are just a few scenarios why people might want to view alt text visually:
1. “I made the post and I want to double check the alt text I wrote.”
2. “I did not make the post but I want to learn how other people write alt text so I can write better descriptions.”
3. “I’m having trouble making sense of the image but I think a written description would help.”
4. “My vision is enough to read text at my preferred font size but not in a tiny screenshot with jpeg compression.”
5. “This is what works best for me because of reasons I don’t want to get into.”
Accessibility is for everyone. Try not to make assumptions.
Katie Moussouris (she/her)🥜👋🏼Trying a veganish January.
Who’s kinda with me? 🌱🎋🥬🌶️🥕🥦🥒🥗🍆🌽🍠🧄🍅🫑
This is why I get all of my best work done in the shower, or while lying in bed trying (and failing) to fall asleep at night: https://hachyderm.io/@holly_cummins/109636163544669034
Holly Cummins (@[email protected])
TIL there's a technical name for why ideas happen in the shower: the "default mode network" is a pattern of brain activity, measurable using fMRI, that happens when we're unfocussed. When the brain goes into idle mode (reduced activity), this part of the brain actually becomes *more* active. What does the default mode network do? Research is ongoing, but part of it definitely seems to be making connections, which is associated with curiosity and creativity. More here: https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/08/the-science-of-why-you-have-great-ideas-in-the-shower
Holly CumminsTIL there's a technical name for why ideas happen in the shower: the "default mode network" is a pattern of brain activity, measurable using fMRI, that happens when we're unfocussed. When the brain goes into idle mode (reduced activity), this part of the brain actually becomes *more* active. What does the default mode network do? Research is ongoing, but part of it definitely seems to be making connections, which is associated with curiosity and creativity.
