Heck, that would scare me! Squamish man uses motion-activated zombie to scare bears away from garbage: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/zombie-scaring-bears-from-squamish-garbage-bin-9.7358769
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mastodon 4.8.0-alpha.3+glitchI'm a guy who happens to be blind and also possesses most of his teeth. I like to make people laugh and love to annoy others. I'm also a gadget geek.
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All Canadian AI systems should have the extension of .eh instead of .ai. just use canadian.eh?
For those blind folks using Claud Cli, there's a commandline for your geeky little fingers: --ax-screen-reader This lets Claude know to stop yammering and just give you the last deets without repeating itself. Also, if you tell it that you're using a screen reader, it will actually ask you a few setup questions to make things a bit better. It can shove its dentists symbols and glitter stars up its virtual arse. This was brought to you by the letter B and the number 3.
Any blindy folks using matrix.org for chats? Trying to figure out if there's an accessibel client out ther.
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@funhouseradio@mastodon.world And it's high time to listen to this song then: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv_QUiDYTTg
The Biggest Ball of Twine In Minnesota
Hey Windows. You know, in Windows settings, Instead of having, "Show more settings", at every 4 tab key presses, how about we show all settings by default? Sincerely, Your annoyed user!
Just realised that I have a presentation on Friday for blind people searching for accessibility jobs. Boy, won't they be disappointed. I'm totally going to have them participate, because, a talking head for an hour is so frigging boring. I mean, there's just so much you can say about eggs.
It's now warm and I can finally breathe again. No more smoke in the air.
And one last one. Lolol. Speak and Spell as your computer voice
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@anon_opin@mastodon.social I was just thinking that. It just makes everything sound rushed and unnatural. Really annoying!
We, the undersigned, call on Toronto City Council to support Councillor Parthi Kandavel’s motion, Ensuring due diligence on data centres in Scarborough
Southwest. STACK Infrastructure is seeking to expand its existing facility at 3650 Danforth Avenue into a 56-megawatt AI data centre. The site is surrounded
by family neighbourhoods, and residents have raised serious questions about: Electricity demand and the capacity of the local power grid. Water consumption,
water pressure and local infrastructure. Noise from regular operations and emergency backup generators. Environmental impacts. The cost of any required
upgrades to public infrastructure. Local employment, tax revenue and tangible community benefits. Ownership and control of the computing infrastructure
and the protection of Canadian data. Toronto is still developing its first city-wide approach to large-scale AI data centres. That work is expected to
return to City Council in 2027, while the application for 3650 Danforth Avenue is moving through review now. We do not believe an application of this scale
should be finalized while critical questions remain unanswered and before Toronto’s data-centre work can properly inform the review. We call on City Council
to support Councillor Kandavel’s motion and: Align the timing of the application’s review with the City’s ongoing data-centre policy work. Require an independent
peer review of the applicant’s noise study, including regular operations and emergency power-cut scenarios. Report publicly on electricity, water, environmental
impacts, infrastructure capacity and costs, ongoing noise monitoring, local jobs and community benefits. Provide meaningful opportunities for residents
to participate in the development of Toronto’s data-cententre policies. Clarify who would own, control and use the proposed computing capacity, what safeguards
would apply to Canadian data, and what concrete benefits would be secured for Scarborough, Toronto and Canada. Ensure local councillors are notified when
future large-scale data-centre applications are received. A project this large should have to demonstrate that local infrastructure can support it, that
nearby residents will be protected, that the public understands who would bear its costs, and that meaningful community benefits and safeguards will be
secured. Read more about this project here No approval before answers. Support Councillor Kandavel’s motion and add your name.
Can you join me and take action? Click here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-danforth-data-centre-i-am-taking-action-at-city-hall?source=email&
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@gtbray@allovertheplace.ca Well, I had my wife look at it and she said it looked fine. This dude has to stop being Rambo and maybe consult with others? He is *not* the voice for every disability.
Okay, my sighted folks, can you look at this Youtube video? Is the ramp really that bad? The hugest pro is that a ramp doesn't break, like so many elevators do in the TTC and then stay broken for months. This guy annoys me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr67d5bJMLk
Ooo, the Nothing phone seems very cool! And its pormance sounds pretty darn fast. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9XXHSCG?th=1
Ugh! I sometimes hate online recipes. 200 F for pork ribs sounds very high to me. We'll get there, it's only been like 5 hours. Grr!
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@mayintoronto@beige.party It is my Mastodon penchant. I am known for liking eggs. Or inserting likeing eggs when conversations get tense. I can talk about other things, but eggs, I like.
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@wmj1102@tweesecake.social Lololol!!!! Dude, that sounded pretty darn fast! Sounded like a lot fo fun.
@ShariRockz@tweesecake.social
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@sapphireangel@hear-me.social @SapphireRose91@tweesecake.social Oh good. So you play the harp? That's so cool. This is my favourite harp song. It was played for a childrens' show called the Friendly Giant, but I know it's an actual piece: I just find it so lovely and haunting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vm2-JUldNw
Friendly Giant Intro
2 years ago, I bought some lego. Wife: Why would you buy that? Me: I like it, because I can conceptualize stuff with it. Wife: That's stupid. Meanwhile, wife is working on building a section of cabinets and whatnots in the house. She keeps saying: "I need to find a way of showing you what I want to do." Guess who is playing with Lego right now? Lololol! I win!
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@sapphireangel@hear-me.social @SapphireRose91@tweesecake.social Ah, well visiting family can be stressful.
New Peter Griffin voice brought to you by NVDA's Pocket PC.
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@datajake1999@dragonscave.space @rooktallon@dragonscave.space Yes, it's like you want to be tortured again, but some of the TTS reboots actually sound much better. Still robotic, but better.
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@JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me @shefoof@someplace.social Lolololol! We should have a baked beans farting contest. Those farts are just deadly. Even the dogs can't stand them.
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@bmoore123@tweesecake.social @mewproj@fwoof.space Oooo, and I gave you a used Dectalk Express for your birthday way back when? My bad. Lol!
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@bscross32@tweesecake.social @NicksWorld@mastodon.stickbear.me @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space Oooo, ooo, ooo, last one. My dad's cousin was working on his tractor. There's a gear on the back that powers such things as tillers and stuff. It's called a power takeoff. He once got too close and it seized upon his pants. Fortunately, his pants ripped, but that power takeoff not only took off his pants, but his genatalia as well. He survived, but they never did fix his plumbing. Ouchies!
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@coboldragon@leaseysocial.com But I can't ignore. I need to reply! It's like this weird virtual itch.
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@Tamasg@mindly.social I keep wanting to get a Pixel watch, but I keep hearing how sluggish they are. So annoying.
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@Tamasg@mindly.social @JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me My stupid Apple Watch might last half a day and I've turned everything off that I can. So stupid.
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@walkside3@mastodon.social @DavidGoldfield@allovertheplace.ca @serrebi@serrebiradio.com So, it's installed, but it decided to vomit at the end. No problem. Nvda menu, tools and then the add-on store. Choose to install from external, point it to c:\program files\homer view\build and you'll find the addOn there.
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@bscross32@tweesecake.social @NicksWorld@mastodon.stickbear.me @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space My uncle also got a sewing machine needle perferate his finger nail and go through his finger. We had to remove it with pliers.
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@serrebi@serrebiradio.com @Tamasg@mindly.social @JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me All I use it for is sleep tracking and time telling. Lol!
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@JamminJerry@mastodon.stickbear.me @shefoof@someplace.social I would check, but I can't see the top of your head from here. Well, it's definitely better.
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@SapphireRose91@tweesecake.social @sapphireangel@hear-me.social Where are you going? And sorry about the harp.
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@shefoof@someplace.social K, well first here''s the pocketTTS addon. https://github.com/timonvanhasselt/pocket-TTS-nvda-screenreader-addon/releases/download/update/pocket-tts.1.1.1.nvda-addon
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@serrebi@serrebiradio.com not bad for 25 seconds of material. And it was a motivational Peter speech, so not his usual banter.
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@NicksWorld@mastodon.stickbear.me @ZBennoui@dragonscave.space @bscross32@tweesecake.social Well, there's always crazy glue.
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@serrebi@serrebiradio.com @walkside3@mastodon.social @DavidGoldfield@allovertheplace.ca Yeah, my solution fixes it. Well, Jamal shared it first, but still. Lol!
If you're going to boost stuff, do it in moderation. 20 boosts in a row does not make friends.
I like to break things. That's the post.
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@austinnix@dragonscave.space Oh wow! They layered so much over that before releasing it. So neat!
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@shefoof@someplace.social Lolol. PocketPC with NVDA lets you create voices with a minimal amount of audio.
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@Blindy@convo.casa @rowdyamerican@dragonscave.space Where does one get the DoubleTalk for IOS?