subtitle hell

Replied to this is the title of a blog post by Jess Driscoll (jess is typing)

I don’t remember when I started adding alt text to photos. That’s not to say I’ve been doing it for soooo long. Back in my hand-coded HTML days, it wasn’t a regular practice. It’s only been in the last ten years (perhaps less?) that adding alt text has become the polite thing–and then the right thing—to do online. I just don’t remember when or why I started.

What I know for sure is that I was inspired by someone else. Someone wrote about the benefits of alt text. Someone showed us how to add it

excellent post. however, to the point: As I’m planning to make video content again, I’m thinking about whether I want to add hardcoded captions. No! No you don’t!! Find a hosting provider that allows you to have a separate .srt file for subtitles. NEVER burn them into the video EVER. Some of us need to…

Imagine a conference without blood loss

Replied to What does my Menstruation has Against Conferences? by Sara Jakša (sarajaksa.eu)

This is a rant
I am currently on my first day of the PyCon Slovakia. And I had not be able to take the full advantage of this because of menstrual pain.
Usually on the first and last strong day of the menstruation, I get some pain. How big it is and how many hours it lasts depends on multiple factor…

I know, right??? Menstruation happens for about one week out of four. Ovulation is another couple of tough days somewhere in the middle. And yet everytime we have a conference or really cool event we’re on our periods and can’t make the most of them. It’s statistically impossible AND YET I believe there is a…

Pumpkin autumn challenge chez Winter Witch

Replied to Mes premières lectures du Pumpkin Autumn Challenge by Winter (A Winter Witch)

Légendes & Lattes de Travis Baldree : je ne savais pas grand-chose de ce roman avant de l’acheter, j’ai surtout été attiré par le titre. Notre héroïne orque Viv, lassée des combats, découvre l’arôme délicieux du café (…) (oui je déteste le café) et décide d’en ouvrir un dans un village où personne ne connaît cette boisson. Mais bien sûr, cela sera plus compliqué que prévu ! J’ai été ravie de tomber sur cette histoire par hasard. C’est cosy, doux, avec beaucoup d’amitié et un soupçon de romance. Il y a suffisamment d’intrigue et de rebondissement pour qu’on ne s’ennuie pas. Ce ne sera clairement pas le roman de ma vie, mais une lecture rapide et qui ne se prend pas au sérieux, je dis forcément oui !

J’avais raté ce post, je sais pas ce qu’il s’est passé pour que je le loupe mais maintenant j’ai bien vérifié que t’étais dans mon lecteur de flux RSS donc ça devrait aller mieux ! Cette année j’ai pas fait de challenge de lecture et ça m’a pas franchement manqué, mais c’est toujours aussi cool…

Some answers on ActivityPub for WordPress.com

Replied to Some flaws with ActivityPub and wordpress.com integration by Elizabeth Tai (Elizabeth Tai)

Definitely liking how ActivityPub works with my two blogs. However, there are a few limitations.

I’ve been using activitypub for wordpress for several months now, before it was officially supported by wordpress.org and then wordpress.com. Otherwise I don’t have any good knowledge of the plugin, so this is just « random user knowledge », not expert or even power user answers. But replying to two of the flaws you highlight…

reply to sara on sponsoring women

Replied to Ali je slabo, da sem slaba v sponzoriranju ljudi? by https://sarajaksa.eu/2023/08/ali-je-slabo-da-sem-slaba-v-sponzoriranju-ljudi/Sara Jakša (sarajaksa.eu)

Pred kratkim sem ponovno prebrala članek What does sponsorship look like?. Govori predvsem v tem, kakšna je razlika med mentoriranjem in sponzoriranjem ljudi.
Sama pri sebi opazujem, da sem še vedno slaba v dejanskem sponzoriranjem ljudi. Ne vem zakaj, mogoče nisem pretirano dobra v tem, da prep…

In my opinion, being the only woman in your org and staying there and existing there and advocating for yourself is already a huge militant step. I also don’t think there is a responsibility for women to sponsor other women, specifically – anyone can and should sponsor women (and people of other minorities, of course).…

How I got into personal websites

Replied to Send a Friend a Webmention Day or Some of my Thinking about Webmentions by https://sarajaksa.eu/2023/07/send-a-friend-a-webmention-day-or-some-of-my-thinking-about-webmentions/Sara Jakša (sarajaksa.eu)

Since we all here, lets talk about how you got into personal websites. Not how you got in the indieweb, but tell me about what was the trigger for you to start your first personal website.
I mean, it is also a first of the yearly events,…

Ohh, I’m a friend! I’m really, really glad to have received a webmention seen the post on your blog and realised that mine doesn’t support webmentions on the homepage and (hopefully) fixed it! When I was a kid, I didn’t really grasp the difference between a blog and a diary. This has come to bite…

Replied to Nous ne sommes pas préparés à ça by Nicolas Lœuillet (nicolasloeuillet.fr)

Publié le 30 juin 20222 août 2022 par Nicolas Lœuillet
On se dit qu’on va seulement s’investir pour sa ville.
On se dit qu’on veut participer aux idées de projets communaux.
Juste regarder.
On se dit que, bon, de toute façon, on ne passera pas. On regardera comment ça fonctionne. Et puis…

Merci pour cet article tout doux sur le rôle d’élu local. Je me tâte à m’investir dans ma nouvelle ville, mais je ne sais pas si tes propos tiennent la route quand on vit dans une ville plus grande – même au niveau du quartier on parle de dizaines de milliers de personnes, et je…

Replied to Fediverse Account Portability And Blocking by @edent@edent (shkspr.mobi)

One of the many great things about the Fediverse (Mastodon, PixelFed, Lemmy, etc) is that your account is portable.
Let’s say you’re bob@social.boring and, one day, you decide to move your account to foxyfun@furryextreme.yif. Well, with a few clicks of a button, all of your old followers are now fol…

I entirely agree with your post, and feel like this is a pretty big problem with most of the Fediverse (with maybe the exception of Mastodon): it was not built with moderation in mind and now that it’s taking off, admins & users are unprepared for many possible types of abuse. One of the many…

testing lemmy comments from wordpress

Replied to Bingo! How to post to Lemmy from Mastodon! – Lemmy (lemmy.ml)

Bingo! How to post to Lemmy from Mastodon! @test [https://lemmy.ml/c/test] Put
the title of the post in the first line. Then tag the lemmy community as though
they are an account. Then tag other people at the end if you want them included.
@paulschoe [https://mastodon.world/@paulschoe] @piratepost
[https://poliverso.org/profile/piratepost] @fediversenews
[https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews] @alghost
[https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@alghost]

My turn to test: I’m wondering if posting from my Wordpress website, which is compatible with activitypub, works to post a comment to Lemmy. If that works, I’ll then have to figure out how to create a post in a community 🙂

Replied to Speaking in different languages by Pablo Morales (lifeofpablo.com)

I wrote a post a few weeks ago about writing content in other languages and marking it up using h-entry tags. There is something so satisfying to write in different languages. Different parts of my brain activate and it works differently in each language. I also « become a different » person as each l…

pablo, félicitations pour ta première vidéo et bon courage pour ton apprentissage du français !