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Got dragged out to a teppanyaki bar for a family birthday shindig. The food was admittedly amazing, but the restaurant was... a lot of stimulus for my poor #neurodivergent brain. It was much more... interactive than I was expecting.

Fortunately for me, it was a set menu, so I didn't have the added stress of having to pour over an unfamiliar menu on top of everything that was going on around me.

If you don't mind eating in the middle of a three ring circus, I can see how some people might enjoy the experience.

#neurodivergent

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religion

Was out visiting with family today and the subject turned to religion. I was straight-up asked: "what do you think about God?"

After a moment's pause, I could only reply with "my thoughts on the subject are... complicated", which was code for: "This is a subject I actively avoid here because it's not going to go well."

I've been through a faith deconstruction. It was a horrible experience, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

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Jonathan Lamothe

@🇨🇦 CleoQc 🍁🦜🧶🚐🌈 My partner and I have been going through some stuff (which we were discussing with them). I get that their faith has helped them through some difficult things and they were only trying to help. 🤷‍♂️

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friendica (DFRN) - Link to source

My phone keeps telling me that I'm at risk of losing my stored passwords—unless I jump through some hoops or somesuch. It's been saying this for months now.

It's okay, phone. Your password manager hasn't been the definitive source of such information in years. Your extortion efforts are wasted on me.

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Mother-in-law took Katy and me out to a new restaurant for lunch today. The service was a tad slow and the prices a tad high, but the food was absolutely top notch. If you're in the downtown Kitchener area, like Salvadorian food, and accessibility isn't a major concern,* Pupusa City is definitely worth checking out. #KWAwesome #DTK

* Helping her up the (three-ish) stairs was tricky.

#kwawesome #DTK

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LLMs and accessibility

So, I keep seeing people using LLMs to generate alt-text for images. From an accessibility standpoint, I guess this is better than no alt-text at all, but...

I notice that the descriptions they generate are... often technically accurate... I guess? It's just that they really seem to suck at infering from context what parts of the image are noteworthy and what aren't.

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Ryan Robinson

re: LLMs and accessibility
To be fair a lot of humans are also very bad at writing alt text, if they try at all. I just hope the LLM assisted ones are a lot more coming from an attitude of "I can start from the generated text then learn to do it better" or at least "this is all I have time for and it's better than nothing" rather than "I don't have to think about this anymore because the computer will do it."
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Jonathan Lamothe

Par-ce que le message original ne tiends pas texte alternatif:

trois photos avec texte: le premier est d'un rottweiler avec la texte "J'attaque sur ordre de mon maître"; le deuxième est d'un bergier allemand avec la texte "J'attaque si mon maître est menacé"; le troisième est d'un chat avec la texte "J'attaque mon maître"

Because the original message lacks alt-text:

three photos with captions: the first is of a rottweiler captioned, "I attack on my master's orders"; the second is a german shepherd captioned, "I attack if my master is threatened"; the third is a cat captioned, "I attack my master"

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differences in experiences with the health care system

So, one of my nieces told me a story today about how she went to the hospital in severe pain and they wouldn't even give her Advil.

I, on the other hand, went in—admittedly in pain, but it wasn't my primary concern—and was offered a morphine script (which I declined).

What??

I don't want to just jump to the conclusion that the difference is that I'm a white male, but...

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JSkier

The irony of this statistical issue in healthcare is women typically have higher tolerance for pain than men, yet the opposite solution happens. A woman in pain really means they are in pain.

My wife has had pharmacists accuse her of med seeking. Shut up and fill the rx, she has a rare, deadly, and painful medical condition most doctors don't even understand, let alone a pharmacist 🫠 #veds

#veds

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source

So since this morning I've been having this weird weakness in my arm. I figured it was possibly a result of the muscle relaxant I was prescribed last night, but I imagine that should be well out of my system by now. I called the telehealth system again and am currently waiting on a callback from a nurse—which should happen in the next couple hours.

It was suggested that I could use their online symptom assessment tool for faster advice, but after jumping through those hoops, all it tells me is "seek medical advice".

Umm... what exactly is it you think I've been doing all this time?

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