Catoblepas
@Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- Comment on Is it possible to use an Android device entirely as "black box" (without touching it looking at it)? 5 days ago:
I don’t know if this is still the case, but I know years back iPhones were preferred by a lot of blind people just in terms of accessibility. Digging through accessibility settings, it looks like you can use Voice Control to tell it to open Lemmy, and VoiceOver to read all the text on the screen without touching it. I don’t know about the example you added to your OP, adding phrases it would need to interpret seems more like a Siri thing (which I don’t use), do I don’t know how well that plays with Voice Control.
I wouldn’t rush out to buy anything unless some Android people confirm it’s not doable. Apple does have people that know the software working at their stores, so they could tell you specifics for sure. And check that I’m not totally wrong, lol.
- Comment on Is it possible to use an Android device entirely as "black box" (without touching it looking at it)? 5 days ago:
Someone who knows more about how to/if you can do this on Android will have to answer the specifics for that; I know on iOS you can use custom voice control actions (along with default voice control phone navigation mode) to do more or less what you’re describing. I’m surprised if Android has no accessibility features that work similarly.
- Comment on Is it possible to use an Android device entirely as "black box" (without touching it looking at it)? 5 days ago:
Sorry if I’m overlooking something obvious here, but you’re basically asking about accessibility features, right? Whatever settings and features blind users use should let you navigate without looking at it.
Although I will say you probably would need to get used to listening to text at a very high speed to use it at the speed you read.
- Comment on ‘Not a Scam 😂:’ Caitlyn Jenner Is Being Sued For Memecoin Securities Fraud 1 week ago:
If you needed a trans person to come tell you this is not okay: hi! Here I am! Don’t do this. All it does is advertise that you view using someone’s correct name as a privilege that can be revoked for bad behavior.
- Comment on Discord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history - Ars Technica 1 week ago:
Although Teixeira asked Discord members not to share the documents, an investigative journalism group, Bellingcat, found that Teixeira’s friends spread the documents widely, first to other Discord servers, then to Telegram, 4Chan, and Twitter (now called X).
What’s the saying? Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead?
- Comment on I swear to god 1 week ago:
But in a centaur, the human torso is placed where the horse neck would be. If it was the torso that was replaced they would look more like satyrs.
- Comment on I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down yet ...well maybe not that surprised 1 week ago:
I think admins should do whatever is necessary to comply with their local laws, and that’s all I’ve got to say about that.
- Comment on Did something about mass produced ice cream change like 10 years ago? 1 week ago:
The Mayo Clinic has a good overview here that explains about the different types of fats
- Comment on Did something about mass produced ice cream change like 10 years ago? 1 week ago:
Hydrogenated Oil == Trans Fat
Just as a point of chemistry clarity, partially hydrogenated oils contain trans fat, fully hydrogenated oils do not. Partially hydrogenated oils are no longer GRAS by the FDA and shouldn’t be in any commercially sold foods, except the amount that occurs naturally in foods like butter.
Fully hydrogenated oils still have saturated fat so it’s not like it’s healthy, but it’s not as bad as trans fat.
- Comment on "Florida is a conservative Christian state" 1 week ago:
There are other programs for other regions too! I wish I’d known about it when I was in college.
- Comment on "Florida is a conservative Christian state" 1 week ago:
Not to pressure you to leave if it’s not feasible for you (I’ve so been there), but in case you haven’t heard of it: the Academic Common Market program, run by the Southern Regional Education Board, may be an avenue to get out of Florida while staying in college.
Hang in there.
- Comment on Guy Who Taunted Nintendo About Streaming Pirated Switch Games Before Release Now Faces $7.5 Million Lawsuit 1 week ago:
I read an article about a leather artist who recycled secondhand Gucci (I think? It was a big name fashion brand is all I recall) bags into wallets and things like that, and despite everything being clearly labeled to make sure nobody could mistake it for an official product, they had a similar experience. I wish I could find the article again, because I don’t remember what came of it and my search skills are failing me.
- Comment on Hey, smoothbrain! 1 week ago:
- Comment on To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks 1 week ago:
I think the decades of family and social pressure telling me that my appearance defined my self worth which I experienced when I was raised as a girl is the reason I wear a hat to cover my balding head, thanks for asking!
- Comment on To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks 1 week ago:
Friend, I am trans, I could reproduce if I wanted to with a dude (I absolutely do not want to). I’m also already married to a gay man, so my rainbow hat is not to pick people up, it’s to cover up my balding head. :p
- Comment on To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks 1 week ago:
I mean, are straight people who normal about it clamoring for the title to begin with? This seems like a problem invented basically entirely by the whiners. You could just as easily say it affects gay people who want an ironic title, or straight trans people, but for obvious reasons the whiners don’t really care about that.
All that said I have no idea what the price tag means in terms of gameplay time to acquire it. If it’s unachievable without 10 hours of grinding or something that’s a little mean, but not enough that I really care.
- Comment on To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks 1 week ago:
It’s okay to take context into account and not just look at it as a math problem. Targeting a minority isn’t the same as doing it to people who make up 90% of society but are whiny.
- Comment on To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks 1 week ago:
Plenty of times someone’s sexuality is held above someone’s head, quite literally in the case of this casual fishing game where I feel it doesn’t even slightly belong
As a gay dude with a rainbow hat IRL this made me lol. I’m not wearing it to pick people up, I’m wearing it because I’m not ashamed of who I am. It’s not any different from wearing a wedding ring, couples shirts, or any of the million other displays of heterosexuality that you see and don’t think anything about.
PS: even if you are gay, internalized homophobia is a thing. Feeling that it’s super inappropriate to mention that you’re gay unless you want to fuck someone falls under that.
- Comment on On a lighter note: Why do people still buy fast food? 2 weeks ago:
I live in southern CA and burritos are cheap ✌️ Once a week it’s nice to not have to cook.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
If you haven’t talked to a therapist about this, please do so. Even if you were physically ‘fine,’ what you’re describing would be pretty traumatic for most people. Feeling guilty about defending yourself is totally normal, even though it was completely justified and there was every reason to believe he was trying to kill you. It means you’re a normal person with empathy who doesn’t just want to stab people.
- Comment on lab toys 2 weeks ago:
Oh man, do you think spilling some FBS once is what cursed me? I think that might be what cursed me.
- Comment on Researchers discover localized pain relief using known chemical reaction 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for the info! I’ll bring it up with my doctor.
- Comment on Researchers discover localized pain relief using known chemical reaction 2 weeks ago:
Gabapentin is cool and everything, but if this new stuff doesn’t have any bad side effects I’d love to try it. Gabapentin gives me slow brain at effective doses, and it seems like something that only activates at the pain site could potentially avoid systemic effects like that.
- Comment on Is including one of these with every ballot really cheaper than a sticker? 2 weeks ago:
Disagree, as a society we should embrace rewarding good behavior with stickers. You don’t have to wear it or take it if you don’t want it.
- Comment on Drab Breasted Bamboo TYRANT 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know if this is true of all species in the family, but the North American tyrant flycatchers are absolutely named that because they’re bossy little shits and very territorial, they won’t hesitate to attack and terrorize larger birds. They’re the chihuahuas of birds.
- Comment on Tiny pp 2 weeks ago:
In primates small testicle size is correlated with how many males a female typically mates with. More males mating with the same female means the male that produces the most sperm has an advantage. So gorillas have tiny balls because every troop only has one silverback male, and chimps have horrifically huge nuts because there’s a lot of competition for mates from other males in the troop.
Interestingly, humans fall roughly in the middle of the scale in terms of ball size!
- Comment on What percentage of lead gets washed off the fingers of a typical human after handling lead solder? 2 weeks ago:
But it tastes so sweet!
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Not saying that’s not frustrating, but don’t fixate too much on the ups and downs of it if you’re not set to retire soon. What the stock market is doing now is barely going to impact the value of your retirement fund in 20, 30, etc years.
- Comment on Facial Recognition That Tracks Suspicious Friendliness Is Coming to a Store Near You 2 weeks ago:
Oh, I don’t even mean from lost sales, I mean because this service is fundamentally going to cost more than the “theft” (lol) it’s allegedly stopping. If any one employee (or even a team) is doing this at scale and a business needs AI tracking customers to pick up on it, there is something drastically wrong.
This service is basically pure AI hype. It’s not doing anything a minimally engaged manager couldn’t already do with the salary you’re having to pay them anyway. Except the AI is also doing it worse and are a higher cost. Yay!
- Comment on Facial Recognition That Tracks Suspicious Friendliness Is Coming to a Store Near You 2 weeks ago:
About a month ago, Israel-based Corsight AI began offering its global clients access to a new service aimed at rooting out what the retail industry calls “sweethearting,”—instances of store employees giving people they know discounts or free items.
Lol, I hope stores that use this lose millions on this stupid ass privacy invasion. Anyone stupid enough to believe the savings of catching a 10% employee discount used occasionally for friends or whatever is going to offset whatever the fuck this most recent torment nexus is going to cost frankly deserves to be swindled.
