Notices by Adam MacLeod (adam@fedi.adamm.cc)

For those who are unaware, hCaptcha are the people who exist for other companies not to trust anyone. And yet, they expect people with accessibility needs , of whom they actively and knowingly discriminate against, to trust them with an email address, to send them a cookie, so they can be tracked. Then, to make things worse, the cookie is useless unless the person being discriminated against by hCaptcha tells their browser to accept cross-origin site cookies, opening up a whole new privacy-invading and even risk potential can of worms. Why isn't this a legal issue, anywhere?

@BeAware Oh wow. That sucks for sure.

@BeAware Yeah, that's what we've been using. We finally got it done, nd now just waiting for the followers list to populate. And it looks like it has! Wow! I just checked. Well, that was fast.

Helping someone migrate to my #Mastodon instance. They really, really, really need to make this process simpler.

New instance, new introduction. Hello, I am Adam from Ottawa Canada. I am a totally blind man, identifying as he/him.
My primary interests are technology and music. I was a former professional drummer, playing the bar stages of Ottawa and the ocasional out-of-town show.
I've always been rhythmical, annoying the heck out of my parents at the tendor age of four on up banging on pots, pans, spoons, and whatever else I could get my grubby little hands on.
I got my first drum kit when I was 12, back in 1999. I got a couple of upgrades over the years, and then switched to electronic kits in 2007 when I managed to save and purchase a Roland TD-12 kit with my own money. That was like buying a car for me, LOL.
I was professionally active from 2007 until 2019.
Some hearing issues with extended loudness causing anxiety and unease started my issues with playing live shows, and then COVID19 really finished that career.

I've been interested in technology from a young age as well, receiving my first electronic note taker for the blind, a Blazie Engineering Braille Lite in 1996 at the age of 9.
I then got my first computer in the summer of 1998, learned DOS, then eventually Windows 3.1, 95, and on up.
I've had many, many, many computers and other technological devices since those days, and I have done any serious compute work in Linux, where in I am mostly referring to running servers, hosting things, and distributed compute projects.
Professionally, I am currently a systems/server administrator, backend web developer, database administrator, and infrastructure administrator.
Other interests include animals, documentaries, listening to most kinds of music, having deep intellectual conversations, and pondering the meaning of life.
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