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  • Back in my much older days, people used newsgroups/email/ and before that, magazines to work out how to use windows.

    You guys that grew up with the windows' dominance, forget all you actually had to learn. You think of windows like riding a bike. Not because of windows design. But because you have been doing it all your life and learned the stuff when you were freshly minded and quick to learn.

    I'm not opposed to AI. Although atm it can get shit wrong more often then other sources so care is required.

    But please stop thinking your need to learn is a Linux issue. Rather than a complex system issue. .

  • Well put. But yep, that pretty much somes it up.

    The issue is how much stuff seems to just say. Let's not bother at all. I will not the worst OS software for this has commercial names attached to it. Even when OS if some big company is responsible for funding. It's down to the community to fight to get any decent support as a default. Capitalism really dose not want to care about disabled users unless forced. Or medical level profits are attached. But lets ;leave that mess out for now.

  • Yep no one seems to like it. Yet it keeps getting implemented.

    My current conspiracy. It my brothers guide dog controlling the world so she has a job.

  • Grins Been non windows at home since the 90s. Lost my vision and mobility in the early 2000s. So really have not tried to use windows since.

    But yeah I have 3 32-inch monitors, tend to have the magnifier on the alt key with the mouse to zoom. But only use it for setting up new software of the odd gnome menu stuff.

    But every now and then you get some software that just refuses to follow the gui text hints and fails to give users any options. OS is way better than proprietary. But many developers just do not realise how little accessibility in the OS actually helps with workflow when they do not allow text customisation.

    And what the F%$^ is it with pale grey on white text lately why the hell does anyone want that. Low contrast text and backgrounds seems to be a very annoying trend over the last 10 years.

  • Disabled users tend to customise a lot. Because no matter how well-intentioned the accessibility options may be. Most are actually unusable in real world situations.

    Generally because developers are rarely disabled in the way being supported. And seem to assume full or 0 use. Never recognising we depend more on our limited abilities to see, hear or move than most able-bodied do. So options that try to replace 100% slow us down rather than making things easier. So we are forced to spend time trying to adapt colours fonts and sounds in ways they never consider. Just to be able to compete in any form of work.

    Don't get me wrong. Accessibility options are essential and more are needed. But for most disabled they are essential (when there at all) to allow us to access the device/software while we customise the displays and devices to actually be easy to use. Not for actually doing the work.

    Desktops can be bad. Limited options for text on menus etc. But far far too much software seems to lock down layouts and forget that some users are unable to use it effectively without the ability to go in and customise everything.

    (Today I'm looking at you guys, orca slicer. Cura is better but far from perfect, Blender developers. Please marry me. You guys are fantastic and getting better every release. )

  • I am not good enough at this law

    Nor am I. But Do know pre Brexit the EU was funding actual wood land. That is a huge part of the issues farmers have now.

    The huge farm subsidies the EU provided were still not replaced or agreed to long after Brexit. I'm not sure if they ever were at all. But farmers were forced to change growing habits with no idea what the gov was going to support.

    It was a huge part of way £350m a week was an outright lie. Not only were we not actually sending that much due to discounts. We got a huge chunk back via farm subs, and others.

  • This is a point that needs pushing more.

    Save the planet is not only false. But less impactful than just save humankind.

    Trying to convert humanity back to low meat diets (again a much easier sell and the real issue is mass production). It is more likely if people are convinced it is their children to great grand children that will Suffer/Die/never happen. Rather than suggesting all life will end.

    The sun god will still burn. Just like you did after the last great extinction.

    Sorry could not resist the silly joke. I'll go hide in a bottle now

  • to convert their source of income into land for trees?

    The correct trees are income. Less than other sources. But I spose that is where gov needs to step in. But well managed wood cultivation is both CO2 absorbing and would reduce the huge transport harm imported wood causes.

    Also, wood is getting insanely costly in the UK due to import costs. It may help other industries.

    Also wood absorbs more Co2 in early growth so 10-50 year (depending on wood type). Replant and Investments plans in such land can be very effective.

  • Def a better manned military dose. Well-trained disaplined manpower can be the most helpful aid to many a crisis.

    Unfortunately, equipped depends very much on the type of equipment. With the modern military, less spending goes on such equipment. As more effort is made to move personnel from the field. IE remote combat.

  • Bit depressing that they can find the cash for weapo

    Defence increase (by 2027) is entirly funded by aid reduction.

    So seems that was the only way to fund it.

  • Please explain that one. I prefer new talent as well.

    But do not get why a well known actor would require a different story to a new one. They are after all acting, so the writer's job story wise would be the same.

  • The puppet is less important than what the hand up its arse is able to do with said puppet.

  • You seem to totally forget multiple doctor murders and violence over the years.

    Not to mention the simple fact. Just because someone believes something does automatically mean they have the courage to fight in every way. To exclude fear of punishment as the reason these people refuse to act. It is a clear failure to look at the realities of humanity. Completely ignoring a huge history of people objecting to things but still failing to act.

  • The anger over that

    Considering, they criticize it and constantly claim it doesn't work or provides worse service.

    Let them get angry. It really only points them to their own failures. If they were correct, they would have no reason for anger. Just pity.

  • I disagree with her. Mainly because I'm not religiose. But if she honestly believes life starts at conception. Then its really not hate but preventing murder.

    I disagree and support the law banning protests near clinics. But failing to understand the other side's motives makes for an ineffective fight.

  • Grins. Just looked. Screw up happen i make more then my share :) PS sorry for any typos im visually impaired, after a while it just gets annoying to hunt for them.

    Yeah, my calling wait list's pointless comment was more about having an effective alternative to measure NHS effectiveness. So we technically agree here.

    My caution about using customer satisfaction. Is customers are less qualified than anyone to do so. In general they have 0 understanding of the workload involved and needs to triage the needs of a population. Heck, even if we just look at an ER environment. Where triage is litrally about life and death. Most patients are unable to place their own priorities appropriatly to those they see. Let alone based on medical knowledge, they cannot or should not see due to privacy or lack of medical understanding.

    That same triage needs to happen when it comes to the effect of medical issues on quality of life.

    If we accept more money is not going to happen ( Once again ill say it def needs to. But unlimited resources are never going to happen, no matter what % of our GDP we spend ). There will always be a need to prioritise some types of care over others. And the people receiving that care are the least qualified to make that decision.

    Satisfaction is important. But, as this is not a retail or restaurant environment. The opinions of the recipiant of care are much less important data wise when it comes to how wer need to allocate the resources we have.

  • Their is a movement wanting solar on all viable new builds.

    Goven how many are sold to landlords. I assume that is in part the goal of articles like this.

  • and now can’t get her child into the UK

    While more egregious may be common. Separation of family is a clear violation of our EHCR commitments. And refusing entry to parent unless they dump dependent children (let alone babies) is pretty unacceptable attack on refugees. No matter the birth location of that baby.

    Our human rights commitments in no way approve locking refugees/asylum cases within our borders. Or rights to change their status based on reproductive choices.