Austin Seraphin @austinseraphin@mastodon.technology
A blind computer programmer and Linux administrator who practices Qigong
Joined Aug 2018
I have gotten really into #Qigong over the last five months. It has helped bring my eye pain under control. You can enjoy a free Qigong online summit for the next few days. https://QigongGlobalSummit.com
My favorite late night talk show returns October 1st! The Kingdom of Nye with Heather Wade: https://TheKingdomOfNye.com
The developers of the #Mastodon appsneed to step up their #accessibility. I'll try to file a few issues but don't wait for me. Label those buttons! Let me know if you would like me to test any updates. Let's make Mastodon usable by everyone!
Austin Seraphin
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“I need to change some of my
behavior, and I want to apologize to the people that my personal
behavior hurt and possibly drove away from kernel development
entirely.”
I did not expect to see this kind of introspection from Linus Torvalds https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/16/167
@liz7 Hi Liz! Welcome to the party!
've decided to learn a functional programming language. I enjoyed #Lisp in college so have considered #Clojure and maybe a #Scheme dilect. Some friends have tried to conince me to go with #Elixir, especially because I already do a lot of work in #Ruby. I do appreciate the elegant Lisp syntax and its rich history.
Speaking of H/P/A, a friend triggered her work's firewall by trying to listen to this weird piece of audio from the Phone Losers of America. http://www.phonelosers.org/media/Relay_Operators_Summer_Nights.mp3
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Today, Europe Lost The Internet. Now, We Fight Back. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/today-europe-lost-internet-now-we-fight-back
I have a meditation app in the works, so today's #AppleWatch announcement about improved heart rate monitoring interests me.
I touched up my #Jekyll home page. Now it has a more streamline design and features #Mastodon! https://AustinSeraphin.com #accessibility #ruby #linux #meditation #qigong
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Why I'm staying with Mastodon.
https://ultramookie.com/2018/2018-09-10-staying-with-mastodon.html
Austin Seraphin
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So, yet another amazing story sourced from this basket of delectables.
@lesschinski tooted about this event happening at the Science History Institute.
Then with her help I found out there was a really cool three-year project happening there, focused on visibility among STEM researchers with disabilities.
Check it out:
https://technical.ly/philly/2018/09/06/science-history-institute-disabilities/
Thanks @fenwick67 for Mastofeed. It works perfectly on my #Jekyll blog.
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Just opened a new GitHub issue on Mastodon: Allow moderation through API. https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/8580
My hope is that this can increase the effectiveness of moderators, which could help them better protect users against mobbing, harassment, or other bad acts.
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@kev@mike @nolan @SuperFloppies (This could be another item for your list)
A friend has an iPhone still running iOS 10.
Her: I need to upgrade my phone.
Me: Yeah...
Her: Has it gotten any better?
Me: I don't know. I switched to Android.
The blind will always need braille. Show more
Austin Seraphin
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If someone says to you "of course, algorithms don't have any biases", write their name down in a little book and never let them near any critical task again.
Austin Seraphin
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In 1947 Bell Labs invented the transistor. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
A blind computer programmer and Linux administrator who practices Qigong
Joined Aug 2018
