Jupiter Sigh

Academic librarian. Interested in experimental archaeology, writing, spinning, knitting, textiles, fibre arts, miniatures, dolls, games.

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2026-03-10 04:25:59 GMT

@nprofile…e762 Hi LibreOffice, Do you have any plans for creating a PDF editing program? I know some things can be done in your existing products, but I'm wondering if you might be planning a specific tool to rival Adobe Acrobat?

2026-01-18 01:49:20 GMT

I'd like to know people's opinions on this. I enjoying following people who post in a variety of languages. I also know I have followers who appreciate alt text in images and do my best not to boost images that have no alt text.
What do you do when the image has alt text but is in another language? To boost it as I would like to would mean those using screen readers are disadvantaged, as far as I know. To boost and comment with English alt text would seem rude to the original poster who has already included alt text. (I'm only using English as an example there as it's the one I usually communicate in). Do screen readers have their own translation functions by any chance?
If you're someone who uses a screen reader what do you do when you come across alt text in a language you don't understand?
#AltText #languages #ScreenReaders

2025-10-31 02:30:08 GMT

I'm being bombarded with this again today and I've had enough so please forgive me some yelling.
THERE IS NO WAY TO USE AI ETHCALLY.
(Regarding, of course, the most popular uses of the term 'AI' today.) Stop saying you're using it 'ethically' or 'responsibly'. There is no such thing. It is built on massive theft, the undermining of humanity, and the willingness to give up food security, among other major issues. Stop pretending. Stop trying to force others to use it. Just fucking stop! The only way you're using it 'ethically' is if your ethics are bad.
And no, I don't give a shit how you want to reply to this, whine your way out, or excuse yourself as some shining exception.
#rant #AI

2025-10-05 11:31:07 GMT

I'm going to say this because, while it probably seems obvious, I forget it a lot.
It's perfectly fine to create something just for yourself. You can spend a large amount of time doing something that you never show to anyone. It is still worth all of the effort that you put into it. You don't need to put it online. You don't need to make money off it. It can be just for you.

2025-06-07 04:16:28 GMT

Does anyone know of a handy list of good books around topics like how to do things without electricity/gas/etc? I'm finding it difficult to explain what I mean, but in a solarpunk/sufficient/'the world is crap and too expensive but I still want to have a thing' sort of way.
Like knitting, weaving, gardening, building, etc. I'd like to build a library of physical resources/books for knowledge to have on hand if the world goes to crap. But not in a 'prepper' way.
I guess it can rely on electricity, but derived from solar or hydro rather than from a grid. And maybe then stuff about that would be good like how to fix a generator or something.
I'm sorry this is rambley, hopefully it makes sense to someone. I'm not even sure what tags to give this.
#solarpunk #SelfSufficiency

2025-01-17 00:58:42 GMT

I don't like the whole generation divide thing. It feels like just another way to split people up instead of having us in community and working together. You know the whole boomers do this, millennials that, alpha over here. Yes, we have differences. We grew up in times that gave us different challenges, necessities, and possibilities. But our differences should be complimentary not dividing.
We should be able to value the skills in each other and support each other with them. For example, I wish I had paid a lot more attention to my Gran when she gardened because I could really use that knowledge now in the face of our exorbitant grocery prices. There are things I could have helped her with too, things I can navigate more easily than she could. I hope my nephews and nieces and I can help each other out with things as we grow too.
I feel like there's not much more scary to leaders than people of different generations working together. Hard to just pin something on one generation and get everyone else to hate on them when we're all here.
#ramblings #thoughts #generations

2025-01-12 19:46:30 GMT

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@nprofile…843t Sounds like a great and very fun idea! It would be great if people felt like recording their game play and/or thoughts and putting them on peertube. Maybe a playlist could be made.
Also could it be a bit dip in and out depending on availability and genre of game? I can't do first person shooters like Doom, but count me in for things like King's Quest and Space Quest.
Edit: woops, I just saw that you said console. I'm not sure if you're including PC games in that.

2024-11-27 01:07:28 GMT

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@nprofile…ypxz Whenever I see places like this I wonder if we can just walk in and get building and crafting/making supplies there. I mean if they aren't wanted then why not? Looks like some of those chairs could be something.

2024-11-25 04:45:48 GMT

Hi experienced folks who do canning/preserving, I want to get started doing this but I have a question. Whenever I look up about preserving and canning around the internet I get told about XYZ speciality canning system that I need to buy. My Gran used to can and preserve things in jars she saved from store bought products using an old pot and that seemed fine to seal them.
My question is, can I just do as my Gran did or is there some reason I need to shell out money for speciality products?
I realise I need to find jars with reasonably thick walls and would only use ones that had originally come with products such as those I want to put in them.
#canning #preserving

2024-09-02 21:03:58 GMT

My words are my words. They are flawed and badly chosen and imperfect. But they are my words. They are my voice. I have zero interest in having my words erased and replaced by "correct" words as interpreted by a program that has been stuffed full of the stolen words of others. I would rather never write and never publish if it was not my own 'badly written' words. So they can fuck all the way off and then some with this bullshit. #nanowrimo #AI