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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 15 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

In this post, I wrote about the sad experience of having a friend use AI to wish me a happy birthday. https://robertkingett.com/posts/6627/ #AI #Blog #Blogging #Blogs @fuck_ai in c/techtakes@awful.systems

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 9 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

Google is no longer asking — feed the AI or you’re not in search results in c/techtakes@awful.systems

Just learned that the community for UBlock is here in the fediverse at in c/ublockorigin@lemmy.ml

I’m trying browser and it might seem like a small thing to you all, but they went out of their way to preserve accessibility features for disabled users like myself, whereas other privacy in c/librewolf@lemmy.ml

[-] weirdwriter@tweesecake.social 3 points 6 months ago

I'm totally blind so don't know how it is for low vision, but I seriously doubt any visual accessibility stuff like contrast would flag their privacy stances. If they do, well, uh, yikes! @Sho

*Permanently Deleted* in c/books@lemmy.ml

[-] weirdwriter@tweesecake.social 2 points 11 months ago

@GreyTechnician Reading the one star reviews and the five star reviews were enough for me

The narrator for the Percy Jackson audiobooks is really good in c/audiobooks@literature.cafe

[-] weirdwriter@tweesecake.social 3 points 1 year ago

@gabe @audiobooks Agreed!

I've always wondered if the rise of audiobooks and easier access to them has benefited blind and visual impaired people as a side effect to its mainstream popularity in c/audiobooks@literature.cafe

[-] weirdwriter@tweesecake.social 2 points 1 year ago

@BrikoX @RandomDent Not all of us want that. In fact, many would rather keep our TTS inauthentic because of speed. As for the AI nonsense, https://robertkingett.com/2023/01/19/how-to-appreciate-humans/

I've always wondered if the rise of audiobooks and easier access to them has benefited blind and visual impaired people as a side effect to its mainstream popularity in c/audiobooks@literature.cafe

[-] weirdwriter@tweesecake.social 3 points 1 year ago

@southsamurai @gabe Now it's all downloadable, not so much CD's anymore.

12 reasons to stop using Goodreads - selected by Goodreads staff in c/books@lemmy.ml

What are your favorite non-foss apps? in c/foss@beehaw.org

[-] weirdwriter@tweesecake.social 2 points 1 year ago

@renard_roux @foss Do you know if it can output in Shun mamuscript format with a plugin?