• lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com
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    12 hours ago

    The lack of link in this post is a crime.

    Post needs text alternative.

    Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. Losses due to image of text lacking alternative such as link:

    • usability
      • we can’t quote the text without pointless bullshit like retyping it or OCR
      • text search is unavailable
      • the system can’t
        • reflow text to varied screen sizes
        • vary presentation (size, contrast)
        • vary modality (audio, braille)
    • accessibility
      • lacks semantic structure (tags for titles, heading levels, sections, paragraphs, lists, emphasis, code, links, accessibility features, etc)
      • some users can’t read the image due to lack of alt text (markdown image description)
      • users can’t adapt the text for dyslexia or vision impairments
      • systems can’t read the text to them or send it to braille devices
    • web connectivity
      • we have to do failure-prone bullshit to find the original source
      • we can’t explore wider context of the original message
    • authenticity: we don’t know the image hasn’t been tampered
    • searchability: the “text” isn’t indexable by search engine in a meaningful way
    • fault tolerance: no text fallback if
      • image breaks
      • image host is geoblocked due to insane regulations.

    Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.

  • Zier@fedia.io
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    20 hours ago

    African Grays are complete assholes. One of the worst birds to own.

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      13 hours ago

      I have an African Grey. She’s quiet and gentle and obsessed with climbing under blankets and she’s dumb as a rock. Truly a model specimen.

      Here she is climbing the stairs one by one instead of flying.

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        Sadly they can be very good for a very long time, but once they become obsessed with something, the horrid noises they make are utterly exhausting. I have lived with 3 that have been utter nightmares. The Timneh’s are worse than the larger Greys.

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          4 hours ago

          More like “eventually… I will probably take a little rest halfway and make some sad sounds trying to manipulate you into carrying me”.

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      16 hours ago

      All parrots are great trolls.

      All corvids are humorless vengeful beasts.

      Both orders coexist around Australia. I’m really curious of how they do it. I imagine they have some kind of unstable feud.