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This is great but what is the person under Heavy Accent doing? Is that a sword and shield?
Quoting @carnage4life: https://mas.to/@carnage4life/109840772570956275 #retoot
Attached: 1 image Microsoft has always had a great philosophy around accessibility and introduced me to the idea of temporary disability. It’s a great way to broaden one’s perspective on how much impact making your product more accessible has.
This is really cool. I tried it out tonight. Lovely design and UX on the app, too. Well done, Consumer Reports!
Quoting @vmbrasseur: https://social.vmbrasseur.com/@vmbrasseur/109770818026897717 #retoot
Huh. Consumer Reports (CR) has released a mobile app (iOS, Android on the way) that shows what data companies collect about you, then allows you to have CR get the data deleted: https://www.permissionslipcr.com Essentially, CR will act as the data ombudsman for anyone who asks them to. I love it. CR is a non-profit that accepts no advertising or corporate sponsorship, and they have a great reputation. It's a superb choice to take on the data capitalists. #privacy
In case your faith in humanity needed a gentle push this weekend.
Quoting @mark: https://tapbots.social/@mark/109768188450257277 #retoot
Just wanted to provide an update to this. I actually responded back to him in a very civil way, and he/she responded back much more politely. I've noticed this trend in general: Upset person comes in guns blazing. I respond by giving this person a big hug. Person initially confused, but then defuses and gives a light hug back. Doesn't always work, but most of the time it does! It can be hard, but always be kind to people! Especially to those who aren't kind to you. They need it most.
I’ve long known about hex but never really thought about why it is used in practice. This makes total sense.
Also Julia’s visuals are all lovely and useful. Follow recommended!
Quoting @b0rk: https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/109762231476576293 #retoot
I knew there was a reason I moved here …
Quoting @schwa: https://mastodon.social/@schwa/109756572955987159 #retoot
This is great! I’ve always done this “by hand.”
Quoting @lucabernardi: https://mastodon.social/@lucabernardi/109753759137038640 #retoot
Oh finally Picard Tips is here. Mastodon has officially made it.
Quoting @picardtips: https://botsin.space/@picardtips/109733706256459058 #retoot
Picard leadership tip: The larger your audience and the higher your position, the greater the need to communicate with care and precision.
This makes for some some nerdy and fascinating reading.
Quoting @[email protected]: https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/109676836655086299 #retoot
Sigh, someone asked about the Asahi Linux install and how it affects security of your machine (actual answer: it doesn't) on Stack Exchange and got a long and confidently incorrect answer claiming it completely disables security on your system... 🤦♂️ It's sad how Apple built, to my knowledge, the first platform ever that can do this (authorize third party OSes without compromising security of others) and the concept is just so unbelievable to everyone that they will confidently state otherwise without reading the docs nor give them credit for it. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/453093/why-does-asahi-linux-require-disabling-security-features-to-be-installed/453256#453256
Do it!
Quoting @Verso: https://mastodon.social/@Verso/109728451674415186 #retoot
Mind blown.
Quoting @gparker: https://discuss.systems/@gparker/109728199503200611 #retoot
@[email protected] Pólya's random walk. Take a discrete infinite 2D grid. Perform a random walk. You will eventually ("with probability one") return your starting point, or visit any other point you choose. Makes sense, right? With infinite time you will go everywhere. Now do the same in 3D. Your chance of returning to the origin is just over 1/3. Infinite 3D grid > infinite time > infinite 2D grid. I thought I had a workable intuitive understanding of infinity. Nope!
