Skip Navigation

InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)K

KestrelAlex

@ KestrelAlex @lemmy.world

Posts
1
Comments
32
Joined
3 yr. ago

  • Deposits should be held by the city. The landlord should be forced to prove they deserve it in a court of law.

    Jump

  • In Canada your landlord is required to pay back your deposit with interest, so if you gave them a $1000 deposit and stayed for 10 years and interest is at 5% they would be giving you back about $1600.

    Very few actually do this and most of the time interest is so low nobody bothers to fight for it.

  • Communities for "someone should make this"? And does anyone have any general software project requests?

    Jump

  • If anybody knows of something similar I'm happy to be pointed as well. Searching "keyboard accessible keyboard" is understandably nonsense.

  • Communities for "someone should make this"? And does anyone have any general software project requests?

    Jump

  • Yes! I am an assistive technology specialist - helping people with all kinds of disabilities access computers - and I have a laundry list of little challenges I haven't found the right tool for.

    An example to start is needing something kind of like the windows on screen keyboard but that selects letters/keys using arrows and space/enter (a lot like typing using a remote).

    The osk has some special feature to not steal focus from where you're typing, but this could instead let you do all your typing and then when you select done run a sendkeys to type in the text (could have clipboard option but this doesn't work everywhere). This also makes correcting errors easier. Bonus if it works with text prediction same as the osk :)

  • How do you actually read?

    Jump

  • Almost 40, comfortably established with no kids, so life is overall pretty easy.

    I got into audiobooks on Libby and have gotten through about 400 in the last 4 years. I listen while I'm driving and sometimes while doing chores, but mostly I listen while hiking or paddling - on a weekend backpacking trip I can get through 3-5 books.

    My books are almost all what I would call "human adjacent non-fiction" - science and information related to people and the planet, but I don't find deep science like quantum physics relatable enough to be interesting.

    I love to read and learn and wish more people wanted to talk about books, but book people and outdoor people don't overlap that much.

  • New breast cancer cases among women under 50 in the USA, by race

    Jump

  • My thought is that the huge decrease in screening during the pandemic is leading to more cases being caught now that things have resumed normal.

    Its kind of nice to see a "by race" article showing that race is really not showing to be a factor in this study, every line looks the same.

  • UK considering making USB-C the common charging standard, following the EU

    Jump

  • This is just to avoid becoming the dumping ground for previous gen tech.

  • What small tiny app have you found that not many people know about

    Jump

  • If sunrise and sunset is your thing then the website suncalc.net works great to find what places will have the best views for different times of year.

    I go watch the sunset as part of my solstice and equinox adventures so finding new places with nice views is fun.

  • What small tiny app have you found that not many people know about

    Jump

  • I use the AR tool for sun positions every time I'm finding a tent spot or to watch a sunrise/set, and the bubble level is perfect for finding a tent spot that isn't tilted 2 degrees towards your head so you wake up with a headache.

  • What instances do you block and/or contain the most trolls?

    Jump

  • I have a huge number of content filters, basically stopping just short of blocking the words "left" and "right" but trying to block everything else political.

    What I wish I could find a way to do is pick by post language - I have nothing against a user/community, I just don't speak (usually) German.

  • Reading habits in Europe

    Jump

  • Do they count audiobooks? Is it about consuming the content of the book or the delivery system?

  • What's a life lesson you learned the hard way that you'd want to share with others to help them avoid the same mistake?

    Jump

  • From my therapist: In the absence of a crystal ball the best predictor of someone's future behavior is their past behavior.

  • Gemini is replacing Google Assistant on Pixel phones, and it’s a train wreck

    Jump

  • When google asked if I wanted to try Gemini I gave it a try and the first time I asked it to navigate home, something I use assistant for almost daily, it said it can't access this feature but we can chat about navigating home instead - fuck that!

    Even though I switched back to assistant it's still getting dumber and losing functionality - yesterday is asked it to add something to my grocery list(in keep) and it put it on the wrong list, told me the list I wanted doesn't exist, then asked if I wanted to create the list and then told me it can't create it because it already exists.

    I've talk to more logical toddlers!

  • Is there anything you've never done, that wouldn't be believed when sharing this with others?

    Jump

  • The first wedding I ever attended was my own...and I was 35. I somehow had friends & family who didn't get or were already married my entire life.

    Still never been to a birth or a funeral.

  • Women of Lemmy, do you mind being called cute?

    Jump

  • It really depends on what I'm doing to elicit the comment - I'm often doing silly things, getting enthusiastic about stuff, exploring my environment and other things vaguely "childish" and so would consider cute to be a compliment.

    Coming with no context it's neutral, way better than being called sexy but generally my appearance doesnt need comment.

    If I'm upset, or being professional, or an authority than being called cute is 100% and insult.

  • Too many tourists?

    Jump

  • Yes, a line graph showing residents vs visitors by month would tell a much more meaningful story.

  • what is with child names like Aiden, Braiden etc?

    Jump

  • It's okay to be curious about the world - wanting to understand is not the same thing as wanting to judge or prevent.

  • Fellas of Lemmy, what's your Every Day Carry (EDC)?

    Jump

  • I pull my card out to tap, though it's just habit from pre-tap and I probably wouldn't need to. I leave NFC off on my phone or it tends to keep detecting my cc and chime.

  • What's a nice thing, small or big, that someone's done for you recently?

    Jump

    1. Friends girlfriend lent me her hiking shoes when I picked him up to go hiking having forgotten mine.

    2. Payment was down at a hardware store and the manager just let me walk out with the $7 of screws I needed to finish my project that day

  • Fellas of Lemmy, what's your Every Day Carry (EDC)?

    Jump

  • My EDC is

    1. A pixel phone with a case on it, in the case I tuck my driver's licence and one credit card. I have a wallet app on the phone for all other cards I might need.

    2. Keychain is a carabiner and short piece of webbing holding 2 house keys, car fob, mini knife and mini flashlight.

    The keys clip onto bra strap and go inside my shirt and phone tucks into bra. Definitely not a fella :P

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    KestrelAlex @lemmy.world

    Is attention seeking behavior a personal failing or a societal I'll?