Notices by Quin (thequinbox@dragonscave.space)

"This is just a friendly note to remind you that you've forgotten to do something really important. I don't know what it is, but there is definitely something."

Not sure how many Survive the Wild players are on my timeline, but Sam Tupy, the game's developer, just posted this blog post announcing it's coming to an end. https://samtupy.com/blog/2024/07/stw-late-july-update/

What happens when you have a bunch of blind people and 3 braille pluses in the same room for a few days?
No one gets the right braille plus back, that's what. At least if my experience is any indication.

"Windows 11 has no windows" - macOS VoiceOver, 2024.

I bounce between a lot of different laptops, reinstalling Windows and trying crazy things. As such, I've hit a lot, lot of annoying trackpads in my lifetime, as have my friends. As such, I spent tonight writing this tiny Win32 C program that eats all events from your physical trackpad or mouse, making this a nonissue. NVDA's mouse movement/clicking commands still work, too! It's incredibly lightweight, coming in at around 30 KB for a 64-bit executable. The hook gets reinstalled every 5 minutes to avoid an annoying bug in Windows 10, but you probably won't notice. Click on the system tray icon to exit, should you so choose. https://quinbox.xyz/files/Mousecat.exe

At long last, Apple has brought the Nickie Compact voice back to iOS and iPadOS! Oh man, now I can enjoy reading again! The noise I just made when I discovered this probably got picked up on my dad's conference call just now, but ooooooomg!

VoiceOver finally has a tutorial in iOS/iPad OS 18! It seems to work really well, and is laid out very similar to TalkBack. This is one big thing I used to say VO needs, and it's amazing that we now have it!

The M3 MacBook Air is the BEST MAC for EVERYBODY! Watch Video"
Unless you're blind, yeah.

The best friendships are when you can say the phrase "Well I mean..." and the other person just completely and totally understands what you mean immediately.

Knowing how to code can be such a double-edged sword at times. Anyone can come up with an idea, that's the easy part. But it's probably very easy for someone who's not a programmer to think of a program idea, think about it for a second, go "not my field, let's hope someone does it" and move on, just like I do with so many other fields. But it's so frustrating as a programmer when you know that *you* won't be able to do something due to lack of time/energy/etc., even if you know how it should work. I came up with a random idea a few minutes ago that I have absolutely no time or anything to work on or finish, but I can see the code in my head, I can see the UI, I can see the DB schemas... and it's frustrating. Because I know I could in theory do it.

@alexhall Even Notepad didn't support it until Windows 10 1809 actually, so it's definitely not standardized. Which is annoying, because it should be.

@alexhall Apps have to implement it. I'm actually not sure how, I couldn't find a way to do it in native Win32, my kit of choice. I wonder if it's implemented in the higher level frameworks like UWP or WX

Me: "Hey Siri, what's the weather?"
Siri: "It's currently rainy, and 49 degrees."
Me: "Hey Siri, how much is it gonna rain?"
Siri: "There is no rain expected today."
#WTF

I mean okay but A, that's a tiny percentage, and B, think that's a decent price to pay for us like. Living. Maybe try and focus on the um like 99.9% of everything else? WTF! "“Exhaled human breath can contain small, elevated concentrations of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), both of which contribute to global warming,” according to research released last week in the UK  journal PLOS."
https://nypost.com/2023/12/19/news/humans-may-be-fueling-global-warming-by-breathing-new-study/

"I have a cut on my arm, so let's put masking tape over it. Didn't fix the problem but at least I can't see the blood anymore." #QuotesSaidWhileDebugging @e

Re last: I have no words. Be My AI public beta on Android, and now Seeing AI? Holy shit Android access just took an absolutely massive leap.

I can't wait until I can actually build desktop apps in Rust. Native-feeling GUI, no DLL hell, tray icons, cross-platform... With AccessKit it's closer than ever.

Imagine being a transphobic programmer, walking into your first ever job and having your manager go "so yeah these are your coworkers, they're all trans and gay and flirty and in love with each other".

A skill I really need to learn is being just decent at something. I absolutely hate not being good at things, and this has held me back in so many ways. When you grow up being told that you're smart constantly over and over, it does something to your mind. It makes you feel like you have to either be perfect at something or not do it at all. This is actually why I never bother with music. I'm decent enough at it, but then I see super talented musicians and my brain just goes "welp, you'll never be on their level so why are you even bothering?" I wish it were easier to train your brain to just be like "no, it's okay to only be decent at something. It doesn't make you a failure." Because simply knowing it doesn't make it any easier.

I probably have covid, so that's cool. Getting a test as soon as I'm able, but the rest of my family has it so it's extremely likely.