Notices by Sam Strong (samstrong@hachyderm.io)

@thomasfuchs 😮😮😮

BRB buying a couple more MacBooks to stack so this fits!

@thomasfuchs I’d quite like it if USB-C cables could be secured like in the old days. The one that powers my MacBook seems like its losing its battle with gravity.

@thomasfuchs Yeah the iOS photo identification stuff varies incredibly in accuracy. Most folks don’t even know the feature is there either.

I doubt any of this is going to accurate enough to consistently match the tone of any given post. It reminds me of those gestures they added to the web cam software built into Mac OS that got in the news when folks accidentally set off celebratory reactions to bad news.

@thomasfuchs Should the intent of the person posting the image matter? Post text + image give context? Should alt text be neutral?

(Not that I think any of this “AI” stuff is going to end well, but I’m always curious about thoughts and opinions on alt text)

@aral @cferdinandi What Aral just said about the fundamentals is where my brain went on reading this. Your emails continue to be a brilliant resource and your vanilla JS stuff is evergreen because *waves hands everywhere*.

I hope your educational stuff bounces back!

@aral Oh is that how some posts turn up massive? I always wondered how that worked.