Leonora, Bitweaver @tindall@cybre.space

I am a #foss / #free #software radical.

This is because I understand some things that many people do not, or do not want to. This isn’t because those people are stupid or purpousely ignorant; rather, my circumstances forced me to part with some of the comforts of predatory software, and it opened my eyes to the world that universal software freedom could create.

Honestly, Microsoft, for all their "focus on the developer", remains a pernicious disease carrier. I've now spent over four hours trying to get working Windows installation media booting on my friend's new PC.

Half way through, I tested my Ubuntu install drives. They work fine. It's just Microsoft that makes it basically impossible to work with their crap from other OSes.

Designing something for a sooper seekrit project... #ElectricalEngineering

So far the only thing slow about #Matrix Synapse on my personal server is the room directory.

Ok, I'm done with code for the moment. Time to make some zines.

I'm @nora@matrix.nora.codes on #matrix if anyone wants to connect with me, to test federation (or just for fun).

With all this Discord nonsense going on, I finally set up a Matrix home-server at https://matrix.nora.codes

I'm going to evaluate how its federation works for a little while and then hand out registrations to my Patrons. After a week or so, I'll let anyone ask for an account.

[6:55 PM] NoraCodes:
> your suggestion is the first one I've seen about this

Discord is a web application and should consider WCAG guidelines when building at least its web software; in Canada, Britain, and Australia, this is a legal requirement. (see https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32016L2102#d1e1150-1-1 and http://www.ccdonline.ca/en/blog/jodhan)

[6:55 PM] Blastoise186: Thanks, hopefully it happens someday

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Ahahahahaha me too! And I bet your lawyers hope it happens before some Brit gets mad and sues your ass!

The light in my room doesn't turn on :(

So, finally got ahold of a staff member, they said they'd "bring it up, but no promises".

Fair enough, I guess?

From the reddit mod who deleted my post. I ask about why my post was deleted and what I can do to make it not a problem; they reply with, literally, a shrug.

The same person just literally told me that "if it never worked, it's not a bug".

Are you _fucking_ kidding me.

Fun interactions with Discord Testers mod just now:

"It's intended behavior? Does that mean you intended to violate WCAG 2.3.3?"

"I have no idea what WCAG is."

... clearly.

I'd appreciate some assistance with this, perhaps (if you don't mind) upvote this suggestion:

https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360041539611-Don-t-give-users-nausea-on-opening-the-app

That post was 2 years ago.

For context, this post https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/7poqn4/a_community_still_closed_off_from_discord/dsja52k/ is the best we've gotten. Accessibility is still awful on Discord and while it's a "priority" nothing is getting done.

So I go to that server to report the issue and this is the first thing I see

(Image below: When a user asks about low-vision accessibility for Linux and is told it's a "high priority" and they should go to the Discord Testers server, #a11y channel.)

Problem is, that channel is locked.

I fucking _cannot_ anymore wow

(Image below: in which I report the bug the user in the linked post was talking about, where Discord causes nausea, and am told that it's not a bug but rather a "feature suggestion")