I work at a large tech company. It’s in our expectations. I hate it so much

It’s very obvious half my team’s code base is AI written garbage

Mirrors Edge

I will never let go of the original

That’s just called the American education system

Not a website, but I’m partial to the terminal from Tron Legacy

There’s a simplified version in the Tron Uprising recaps as well

Isn’t their whole thing complaining that Canada is a “socialist hellhole”? Wtf is he doing up here? Half the provinces don’t even have privatized liquor stores

It exists, and 99% of it is made for men

Edit: even (especially) the lesbian porn 😤

Last winter was pretty brutal. It didn’t stop snowing for like two months. There would be an extra 2" (5cm) of snow every time I opened the door. Temperatures vary depending on where you are but can get pretty cold. Parts of Quebec are infamously cold. Toronto has been chilling around 20F (-6C) but can drop close to 0F (-17C) at times. Overall weather in Toronto is closest to Buffalo or parts of the northeast. Buffalo is only 2 hours away, for reference.

That said, the cities are absolutely prepared for winter. Many of them even have sprawling underground pedestrian networks, like the PATH in Toronto or the RÉSO in Montreal. Most people have winter tires. Outside the cities it’s a bit harsher though

Very difficult and full of unprocessed grief

I moved to Canada and have only felt welcomed. The trick is to not be an asshole, give people a reason to want to be your friend.

Parts of NYC truly are that crowded on any given day. Locals try to avoid those parts for the most part (especially around midtown and the financial district except for work). They’re honestly the worst parts of the city, but are also the most touristy. The rest of the city is still crowded but much more sane and honestly a better experience overall

- proud NYer

Absolutely love that I can toss them right into the oven, and maintenance is not that bad

Shoe size is all over the place. I never trust a number.

I definitely agree that NVDA is the best on Windows. Narrator is eh (you described it well) and JAWS is somehow both costly and shit? I’ll give it to Apple too, VoiceOver is one of the best I’ve used.

What are your thoughts on AI powered screen readers?

Personally, despite being rabidly anti-AI, it seems like one of the few positive uses for AI since it can fill in the gaps where web a11y fails. I’m honestly curious about its development, but worried about the technology being tainted by capitalism (as is tradition)

Disclaimer: I’m not fully blind (though I do have my own complex eye disability), but I’ve done a TON of work on web a11y and appreciate the responses

What’s your favorite screenreader?

Well a famous podcaster hasn’t said a racist thing in the last month or two, so I’ll give him that

I ignore Christmas and celebrate Shreksgiving. We invite friends over to get high, eat green tinted food, and watch the Shrek movies

Although this year I might switch to Ratatouille

American education has always been a complete shitshow. Recently I realized that I never actually knew anything about the war of 1812 because the extent of what was taught to us in fucking NY was like a single page in a textbook. Unless you took AP you didn’t learn shit.

I’ve learned more about it now, I’m just pissed that my education didn’t actually cover jack shit.

It’s by design

I’m from the US but left to live outside it. I will NEVER FUCKING EVER call myself an American, much less a proud American. I’ll call myself a NYer because I owe most of who I am to that state/city, but I am ashamed about the country I grew up in and absolutely do not want to be associated with it. The US government has only ever caused me and my people harm.

It’s gonna be especially difficult since languages rarely have a perfect one to one translation

I’m perfectly ok with dehumanizing literal flag waving Nazis. I give them no quarter. If a Nazi fell into the train tracks in front of me, I would just walk away.