I am a blind technologist, humanist, a voracious devourer of books, speaker, writer, and a thinker, who finds himself championing #accessibility for fun and necessity. I'm currently exploring the complex world of AR and VR worlds to find best ways to achieve full accessibility for disabled people.
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Last Notes npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…9vmh I know two other Leos. One is a major tech personality. Check Twit.tv. Another used to be an employee of mine. he moved to the UK couple of years ago. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…9vmh From what I've noticed, there's always some kind of justification. None of it really believable IMO. I don't engage with the original books any more. The fanfics have created a rich set of works that fill in a lot of gaps. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Snape/Granger dom/sub thing I do not want in the HP fandom universe. I wouldn't mind a good HP/granger/others dom/sub relationships. I'd love to see one of those if it's good. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…p25k You mean the sound that you get when pressing control+left and right when there's no more posts by the same erson in that direction? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Once upon a time, when Power Toys was mostly accessible, ... ... npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel I’m excited to announce the first public release of Terminal Access for NVDA: an add-on focused on improving the NVDA experience when working in terminal/console applications. Inspired by TDSR and Speakup, there's quite a bit of functionality here. I welcome contributions. Issues and PRs welcome. Lots of testing needed. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Why are there so many SS/HG romance fanfics in the HP universe? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…awd8 I own every single one of her books. I love that her books are now starting to appear in audio. Well, some of them have been around but there are new ones showing up. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Oh wow. Well played indeed. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr @nprofile…ex04 Could it be called overused when it's actually true? Or is it used correctly for most people but they don't like being called Nazis so they try to change the conversation. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…mkp4 @nprofile…ukrr That is certainly true. If you look at the messages coming out of quite a bit of the right these days and examine what they're doing, Naziism isn't so far from the true. Not all labels when applied to people are wrong. It's taking the "balanced" perspective too far. At what point do those labels become the actual truth, not just the exaggerated push from politicians, the money peoples, and those in power to retain what they have. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr @nprofile…ex04 Language is important. When you're being hyperbolic to make a point—especially about something where you're going to be claiming to be victimized by a whole group of people, it's important to note that people will not take you seriously if your point is not actually a point but a piece of propaganda meant to perpetuate your victimhood. Don't be surprised if people call you out on it. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr @nprofile…ex04 Really? The way you eat? Boy they have you truly trained to cry victim at every little thing that you *perceive* to be their fault. Has anyone actually called you a Nazi for eating wrong? Or is this something you truly believe people do? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel I'm reminded of how good the TV show was when I drop into my Bablylon 5 folder and pick a random episode to watch. It brings me right back to the station and its politics. So fun! If there's a show that deserves to be remade or extended, that show does. Too bad no one is doing much about it. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…98lq @nprofile…ukrr I could be wrong but I don't believe you'll get access to books through the Internet Archive. A law suit that they lost last year restricted their ability to lend books. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel The second Civil War starts with a few hundred national guard personnel moving to states and cities controlled by the political opposition of the incumbant government—especially when the incumbant is thoughtless, self-absorbed, authoritarian, and the worse kind of predator. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel If you think that all the tech execs like Apple's Cook are boughing down to Trump for reasons like this, then you're absolutely correct. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr You can keep yourself in shape without a machine. You don't even need weights. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr I love rowing. I used to hang out with a crew a ffew years ago. Unfortunately, we all scattered during Covid. I haven't found another group. I ended up buying a rowing machine for exercise. It's not the same as being on water. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…3x5a @nprofile…ukrr @nprofile…ex04 Now that's really impressive. I really need to put in some time on BSI. I can't seem to get my mind around it. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr If you have a membership to Bookshare, there are plenty of books. There are blogger sights that specialize in each type of cooking. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr Instant pot is pretty much a glorified pressure cooker that has lots of uses. A crock pot is a slow cooker. Most things take 6 to 8 hours of cooking time. Basically, you dump a bunch of things in there and leave it for a certain amount of time while you go do things. Instant pots/pressure cookers take significantly less time for their cooking. You can cook multiple things simultaneously. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr Add something like an instant pot to that list of equipment. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Wow. Judgy anyone? How about people who can't afford the expensive options? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr So in many cases, the things that people can afford and not go hungry are often limited. In addition, seniors or disabled people on Snap may not be able to buy whole foods and cook it themselves. They may have to revert to buying completed meals. THe price of food also depends on where people live. This, like, many other things, take a toll on living conditions. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr SO. How much luxury do you think a foodstamp recipient buys per month? And, what exactly is luxury? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel You know, if I were the President, I'd be imbarrassed to receive something that appears to be so tacky from Tim Cook. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr I've never been too fond of it. I made the transition to not eating too much fried food about 10 years ago. Haven't stopped since. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr I try to avoid a lot of fried stuff, not because I don't like the taste but more because i find fried food too heavy. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr I don't do nachos too often because of the fried corn chips. But, I do use corn tortillas to make something similar. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr Spice is a part of it. But, the combination of sauces and veggies combined different ways with beans and rice appeals to my palot. A lot of times, mexican food can be made so quickly. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Out of all vegan foods I like to make and enjoy, I'd have to say that Mexican is probably my favorite (not counting Indian). npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Cloudflare says Perplexity uses stealth crawling techniques, like undeclared user agents and rotating IP addresses, to evade robots.txt rules and network blocks. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Anyone know if there are installation files around for the Orpheus synth? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr I find the workout to be doing something in and of itself. It's a form of meditation. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel So. Is it weird that I don't listen to anything when I exercise, especially when running or when I'm on my rowing machine? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Soooo, laptop recommendations? Not a Mac. I'll be making this a future proof one. So, ideally a one that will support up to 64 gb of ram. Lenovos are generally good. Thanks all. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr And, liking business or that world shouldn't preclude you from seeing what businesses are or what they do. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr Corporations aren't people though. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Oh look, a headline that actually works. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr Can you explain more? I'm not familiar with that idea. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel I'm taking ideas for possible web based apps or services (including possible games) that could benefit/entertain blind, partially sighted, or other disabled people. While I won't spend full time on this, I'll spend some time programming. Depending on the difficulty of the project, the resulting product/service may be free. With games, I'm aiming for more casual than not. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr Not so weird. I sometimes do rice and veggies. A lot of Southern Indian breakfast foods are rice based. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…6h3y What is wrong with these people? Bad practice after bad practice that has proven to be detreemental and now taken on by the money-making machine? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…ukrr @nprofile…du2e Good luck today. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @nprofile…gjrl I fell in love with the series because the main character has such a unique outlook and personality. Besides, I'm all for a robot who loves trash TV. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel two weeks of not thinking about work. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1gaj…78dz Question, Do you have UIA detection switched on in NVDA's advanced settings? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1gaj…78dz Hmm. I'll see if I can replicate this with Office 2016, which is what I'm using. I haven't encountered this particular issue before; that is not to say that it doesn't happen. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1gaj…78dz What screen reader? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1gaj…78dz Shift+left/right arrow should do it. My strategy is to go to the line where the image is, press end, and use shift+left arrow to select the image. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel It's more like regulate us. But not like that. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1eav…g6f3 Oh and you may need to add tanginess to the coating if the tofu isn't tangy enough. Otherwise, it may taste bland. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1eav…g6f3 I like a few different versions. Making it with Cumin powder and smoked paprika allows me to add it to either Indian or mexican foods. I also like to keep some spicy ones around so that I can just snack on the cubes. I take the spicy ones, coat them with a bit of corn starch, ginger, black salt, garlic, and curcumin before roasting it in the oven or air fier. Those make for either good chunks for gravies or snacking. I just heat them in the toaster oven for a bit. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1eav…g6f3 Do you mean spices? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1eav…g6f3 And the tanginess cuts down on different flavors from the beans used. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1eav…g6f3 I make chickpea tofu in similar ways. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1utv…87lr @npub1q9j…an4c Given their desire to run everything on device, I suspect they'll use Gemini for large tasks. Rest will be done on device including running Siri responses. Their quiet announcement about their MM1 model with 30B parameters leads to the conclusion that they're certainly not far behind. A quantized MM1 model could certainly be run on our devices. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1ahq…wjwd What I truly wonder is who earned the 500K, shifting sand from somewhere to this area? I want to create a company with this particular grift. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1gaj…78dz Definitely not moved to India. It’s a combination of personal and business business. I’ve been here plenty of times. This time, it’s pretty bad. It feels like the bureaucracy keeps on getting worse. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel So, I have arrived in India. And, for those of you who are following the saga, my first task was as expected: The type of complete bureaucratic bullshit that you don’t wanna go through. Efficiency, never heard of it. Ableism, all the way! #Accessibility, none to have. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel So, considering that Google is making a big deal about Gemini 1.0 being equivalent to GPT 4 more than a year after GPT 4's release, all the noise about Bard last year was Google essentially trying to cover up its ass. Wasn't it? All the supposed #AI work aside, there was no LLM from Google that matched GPT 4 despite all the noise we heard from them. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel If #AI were real, it would detect cats showing up near a laptop or keyboards, stopping everything such that no inputs would be possible until the cat moved away. I'll refuse to believe any AGI is real until that time. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1x8t…8wyn @npub1gaj…78dz Formatting cells should also let you accomplish this. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1ahq…wjwd Then there are nature photos and landscapes and cats and dogs, and other good things. I'm sort of comforted by the fact that, even if we manage to screw everything up, nature will survive. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel This billionaire shit is getting old. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1ahq…wjwd There's that group of people that will never associate the circumstances between the two since TFG can do no wrong. HRC described it perfectly as a cultish behavior. Deprogramming them will take a long time if ever since other grifters will continue to grift. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1ahq…wjwd I'm beginning to wonder if chiding media for its mistakes itself is becoming sort of a point/counterpoint business--all apart of the cycle. Instead of taking criticism seriously, the executives are using the criticism to fuel revenues. Same 'ol coverage; be criticized for it by reputable sources like James Fallows and Margaret Sullivan; have attention drawn to the coverage; repeat. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1ahq…wjwd You know they'll never learn from that though. They'll blithely go on and blame everyone else when things don't go their way. They think of nothing about their terrible political coverage and platforming some terrible people in their opinion sections. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1ahq…wjwd Thanks for including me among this great group of people. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1typ…c8hh I went to check after reading your piece. I have it but it's on a 3.5 disk. If I could get it out of there, I'd be happy to share. I wanted to reread it. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1typ…c8hh I did a 30 page essay in college comparing the two. I agree that Smith's version is way better. I managed to get an a++ on that essay so the prof either agreed or I wrote something worthy of being read. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1ahq…wjwd @npub1v2s…mqq5 You mean to tell me that it was a bad idea to have him lead the Judiciary Committee? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Oh? Both parties? Seriously? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel #BlindPeopleUnite npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel The Internet of Shit strikes again. Or did iOS 17 sneak up on them? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Let me rewrite the headline and the emphasis for you. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1gaj…78dz Hmm, Why use the NVDA key with your selection commands? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel With BeMyAI and Lookout on the rise and existing services like Seeing AI and Envision being out there, it seems like a lot of #blind people are trying to become familiar with phone cameras and their interfaces. There are a lot of questions about camera positioning--e.g., how to point, how to stand, what will be covered, etc. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel I don't want to be the guy who always mocks things. But "The Next Big Thing" from FreedomScientific deserves to be mocked. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1gaj…78dz Yes. Send them along. I'll see if I can glean something that you might have missed, though I doubt it. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1gaj…78dz Based on the search I did, it was either power or old drivers including sound drivers, which were most frequently associated with the error. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1gaj…78dz This could also be caused by wrong sound drivers. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1gaj…78dz usually associated with power issues. If your computer is abnormally restarting without you initiating it, check your power settings. If you have hybernation switched on, you may need to turn it off. Quick restart with hybernation could cause this problem. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1gaj…78dz Ya. well. Mine sounds like a chipmunk. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel It's good to have a start to #Caturday with a few described cat #photos. Keep those coming for those of us who'll need them throughout the day. It seemed like there were only a few of them last week. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Interesting idea but it's not only about ads. Is it? It's also about data collection. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1t64…u4j0 They consider photos as biometric data. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1lzz…jhl3 We thought "sober" people would not vote for Trump in 2016. And yet, they did. So let's not discount sober people's self-interest or stupidity. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel You know how X, the site formerly known as Twitter, can't collect your biometric data or other data? npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1ahq…wjwd It may not be up to them though. He still has agency. It annoys me that people like him and Feinstein think they need to be deffensive about their conditions. Openness and transparency would be far stronger. It's also sad that politicians' definition of strength precludes any kind of physical weakness. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel As much as I hate Mitch McConnell (because of his politics), it would be remiss of me to watch otherwise kind people joke about a completely uncontrollable situation and not say anything. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Here's an accurate headline, worthy of its name. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel In my small timeline here, I have seen at least 5 people say that they got #Covid this week. People, please wear masks no matter where you go. Especially if you're going to be inside without ventilation or small amounts with public, you should wear a mask. Covid is dangerous npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel Looks like India succeeded in landing its lander on the moon. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1lzz…jhl3 That quoted sentence is awkward while attempting to be fancy. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel I know that there was a thread some time ago here that asked for cozy mystery recommendations. I just don't remember who asked. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1uxz…5ma4 You might also want to consider meta data about posts by him or others who had access to the account. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel @npub1ahq…wjwd It's not only about DMs if I'm not mistaken. I suspect it's about what message was posted by POTUS himself compared to others controlling his account. npub1rsree2kty7e8g6xz0d4y8y95g6q3ykkzqwf9rtjtzw89sr8utvusva0nue Pratik Patel The US Federal Reserve launches FedNow Service, its long-awaited real-time payments system, enabling individuals and businesses to instantly transfer money
