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.
No one needs to starve. No one needs to freeze. No one needs to die. There is enough for everyone. More empty homes than all the people without them, more food than grocers can even sell. The labor and the materials to end scarcity exist now. It is not a far-off dream. We can end scarcity in this life.
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So far the only thing slow about #Matrix Synapse on my personal server is the room directory.
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!
I'd appreciate some assistance with this, perhaps (if you don't mind) upvote this suggestion:
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.
leonora, call me nora.
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"We don't need to wait for deities to part the seas around us, or turn water into wine /
We are the miracles; we happen all the time."