KestrelAlex

joined 1 year ago
[–] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

If anybody knows of something similar I'm happy to be pointed as well. Searching "keyboard accessible keyboard" is understandably nonsense.

[–] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Yes! I am an assistive technology specialist - helping people with all kinds of disabilities access computers - and I have a laundry list of little challenges I haven't found the right tool for.

An example to start is needing something kind of like the windows on screen keyboard but that selects letters/keys using arrows and space/enter (a lot like typing using a remote).

The osk has some special feature to not steal focus from where you're typing, but this could instead let you do all your typing and then when you select done run a sendkeys to type in the text (could have clipboard option but this doesn't work everywhere). This also makes correcting errors easier. Bonus if it works with text prediction same as the osk :)

[–] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Almost 40, comfortably established with no kids, so life is overall pretty easy.

I got into audiobooks on Libby and have gotten through about 400 in the last 4 years. I listen while I'm driving and sometimes while doing chores, but mostly I listen while hiking or paddling - on a weekend backpacking trip I can get through 3-5 books.

My books are almost all what I would call "human adjacent non-fiction" - science and information related to people and the planet, but I don't find deep science like quantum physics relatable enough to be interesting.

I love to read and learn and wish more people wanted to talk about books, but book people and outdoor people don't overlap that much.

[–] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If sunrise and sunset is your thing then the website suncalc.net works great to find what places will have the best views for different times of year.

I go watch the sunset as part of my solstice and equinox adventures so finding new places with nice views is fun.

[–] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I use the AR tool for sun positions every time I'm finding a tent spot or to watch a sunrise/set, and the bubble level is perfect for finding a tent spot that isn't tilted 2 degrees towards your head so you wake up with a headache.

[–] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I have a huge number of content filters, basically stopping just short of blocking the words "left" and "right" but trying to block everything else political.

What I wish I could find a way to do is pick by post language - I have nothing against a user/community, I just don't speak (usually) German.

[–] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

When google asked if I wanted to try Gemini I gave it a try and the first time I asked it to navigate home, something I use assistant for almost daily, it said it can't access this feature but we can chat about navigating home instead - fuck that!

Even though I switched back to assistant it's still getting dumber and losing functionality - yesterday is asked it to add something to my grocery list(in keep) and it put it on the wrong list, told me the list I wanted doesn't exist, then asked if I wanted to create the list and then told me it can't create it because it already exists.

I've talk to more logical toddlers!

[–] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't feel like the government should be matching donations to a private organization...it's the f-ing government - either just go help people who need help because they're your people or contract with red cross to do the helping for you with accountability for the job they do.

Matching private money, hoping its enough to help where they obviously see it's needed, and putting no accountability on the recoever of the money to do anything specific with it is not how to deal with disasters! PR Garbage.

[–] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's okay to be curious about the world - wanting to understand is not the same thing as wanting to judge or prevent.

[–] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I'm amused there's a GMC model called the "Terrain", not all terrain or off road or anything, just "this vehicle drives on surfaces"

[–] KestrelAlex@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

You got me there, my brain did just jump to high O2

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