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  • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldContext
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    10 hours ago
    Needs text alternative.

    Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. Losses due to image of text lacking alternative such as link:

    • usability
      • we can’t quote the text without pointless bullshit like retyping it or OCR
      • text search is unavailable
      • the system can’t
        • reflow text to varied screen sizes
        • vary presentation (size, contrast)
        • vary modality (audio, braille)
    • accessibility
      • lacks semantic structure (tags for titles, heading levels, sections, paragraphs, lists, emphasis, code, links, accessibility features, etc)
      • some users can’t read this due to lack of alt text
      • users can’t adapt the text for dyslexia or vision impairments
      • systems can’t read the text to them or send it to braille devices
    • web connectivity
      • we have to do failure-prone bullshit to find the original source
      • we can’t explore wider context of the original message
    • authenticity: we don’t know the image hasn’t been tampered
    • searchability: the “text” isn’t indexable by search engine in a meaningful way
    • fault tolerance: no text fallback if
      • image breaks
      • image host is geoblocked due to insane regulations.

    Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.

    Posting images without/instead of links to source around here makes it hard to look carefully at the context.



  • CSM

    • Command Sergeant Major
    • Chopped Strand Mat
    • Customer Service Management
    • Customer Service Manager
    • Chadwell St. Mary
    • College of San Mateo
    • Colorado School of Mines
    • Christian Science Monitor
    • Come See Me
    • Content Switching Module
    • Cyberdyne Systems Model

    Why we dragging the Terminator into this?













  • Needs text alternative.

    Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. Losses due to image of text lacking alternative:

    • usability
      • we can’t quote the text without pointless bullshit like retyping it or OCR
      • text search is unavailable
      • the system can’t
        • reflow text to varied screen sizes
        • vary presentation (size, contrast)
        • vary modality (audio, braille)
    • accessibility
      • lacks semantic structure (tags for titles, heading levels, sections, paragraphs, lists, emphasis, code, links, accessibility features, etc)
      • some users can’t read this due to lack of alt text
      • users can’t adapt the text for dyslexia or vision impairments
      • systems can’t read the text to them or send it to braille devices
    • searchability: the “text” isn’t indexable by search engine in a meaningful way
    • fault tolerance: no text fallback if
      • image breaks
      • image host is geoblocked due to insane regulations.

    Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.

    • Liberalism can be leftist, it was the original leftism, and in the US liberal means left.
    • Female is not derogatory, and females should treat that word with pride.
    • Protecting free speech includes protecting freedom to express hate speech, and merely offensive words can’t hurt you.
    • We don’t need to censor names when discussing public social media content. We should link to it as inherently intended by the design of the world wide web.
    • The spoiler effect is real: not voting for a major party helps elect the major party you oppose most.

  • Nothing, because the confidential financial & health information was already protected by other laws, and the rest was bullshit metadata[1] only good for targeted advertising to pay for free services. It’s their problem.

    It only makes sense to protect data that truly matters after you’ve assessed the risk & impact to rationally identify it. Information sufficient for identity fraud, financial records, health records, private communications & online activity you don’t want others to see: protect that. Security in layers is good. However, web browsing activity to public sites that don’t matter, public activity, etc: doesn’t matter, not worth your time.


    1. either already found in the phonebook, plainly observable in the open internet to accessed systems, or voluntarily given ↩︎


  • On here

    • liberalism is a non-economic political & moral philosophy worth defending, it can be leftist & makes more sense that way, socialism can be liberal & should be if it truly aims to be egalitarian
    • it’s okay to refer to human females as females, and that word should be embraced with pride
    • insults are supposed to be abusive
    • comedy doesn’t need to be politically correct or enlightened, and good comedy challenges us by derisively subverting sacred presumptions & conventions