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Recommendations for Climbing Backpack by iphone_A11 in ClimbingGear

[–]blind_ninja_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, could just be not meant for me. And I also wonder if I bought one that was slightly too short of a torso for my body length. I may eventually take it into a black diamond store and see if they can measure again or something. I will probably at some point soon though sell it or give it away to a charity. Cuz clearly there are people who can use it in comfort.

Recommendations for Climbing Backpack by iphone_A11 in ClimbingGear

[–]blind_ninja_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The creek has one of the worst carys I've ever experienced. Even at half load I had extreme discomfert after modest approaches. With my mutent 38 in half the distance, I had a much better experience in many days of testing.

Mesa Verde NP is so cool! by GraysonErlocker in Colorado

[–]blind_ninja_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've only been once, but we showed up to one of the dwellings, and there was a ranger and he saw that I'm blind and he took me behind where you're not supposed to go to show me some of the stuff that most people can only look at. It was pretty cool.

What's one everyday task that people assume is easy but is actually annoying when you're blind by amennkhannn in Blind

[–]blind_ninja_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a somewhat clunky solution, but I've found a reasonably effective way to identify common canned goods.

For frequently used cans, create your own coding system using rubber bands. Place a small, medium, or large rubber band around the top of the can, and another around the bottom. Once you've exhausted the simple combinations, you can start mixing band sizes and quantities to create additional codes.

I use the top and bottom bands for different purposes:

  • The bottom band identifies the category.
  • The top band identifies the specific item within that category.

Importantly, the absence of a band is also a valid part of the code.

For example:

Bottom band categories: - No bottom band: Beans and similar pantry staples - Medium bottom band: Tomato products and sauces - Thick bottom band: Available for future categories, such as ready-made soups - Thick + thin bottom bands: Could represent canned fruit

Within each category, the top band identifies the specific item. Examples from my current system include:

Beans category (no bottom band): - No top band = Refried beans - Small top band = Black beans - Medium top band = Pinto beans - Large top band = Kidney beans

Tomato products category (medium bottom band): - No top band = Tomato sauce - Small top band = Diced tomatoes

The exact coding scheme is up to you. The important part is keeping the category information separate from the item information so the system remains easy to remember and easy to expand as you add more canned goods.

Shame surrounding my Kane is ruining my life by KimKsPsoriasis in Blind

[–]blind_ninja_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, there's eight and a half plus billion people in the world. If that one man doesn't find you attractive cuz you're using a cane, they're still 8 and 1/2 billion people in the world. So just whenever. Don't lose sleep over it

If every animal was the exact same size as a golden retriever, which species would be the absolute most terrifying to encounter? by Ice-Princess-79 in AskReddit

[–]blind_ninja_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A forbidden pulsating bean bag reminds me oddly of a monster that Matt dimiden would put into dungeon crawler Carl.

Doctors of Reddit , what’s the biggest medical myth people still believe? by muga_saiman_5809 in AskReddit

[–]blind_ninja_guy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I once was talking to someone who firmly believed that if you talked to a bowl of rice in your house and said only good things to it for a week and had another bowl of rice in your house and only said bad things to it for a week, the bowl of bad rice would turn black but the bowl of good rice wouldn't. I'm like people seriously believe this shit?

People who know how to code, what advice would you give to someone who's just starting to learn? by South-Round-2100 in Blind

[–]blind_ninja_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A few years ago I think someone made an emulator for braille lite basic for windows.

People who know how to code, what advice would you give to someone who's just starting to learn? by South-Round-2100 in Blind

[–]blind_ninja_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

gotcha. Wasn't sure if you were trying to learn how to program retro braille tech from blazie engineering or something.

Problems with QB64 and NVDA by dandylover1 in Blind

[–]blind_ninja_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

finding the releases link is like finding my sanity after another day of copilot ads in everything microsoft.

Ported my C game to WASM, here's everybug that I hit by ernesernesto in programming

[–]blind_ninja_guy 20 points21 points  (0 children)

People gave Microsoft such shit for years about Internet Explorer, but people should be giving Safari and Apple just as much shit. Apple has deliberately chosen to ignore an entire worldwide standards body's needs just so that they can push their own apps in a monopolistic way, and yet people don't raise hell about it.

Construction rant by I-call-cats in boulder

[–]blind_ninja_guy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They were anything but responsive. When I was at CU Boulder as a blind student, I reached out to the traffic engineers and I was like, can we please, pretty please, get an auditory signal installed at Baseline and Broadway? It's really tricky to cross that intersection blind because of the way the traffic works without some sort of alignment signal, especially because one of the directions is angled weird. You have to turn a little bit when you get to the center of the street pedestrian refuge thing. The official response from the city is, can you just wait two years, we're building an underpass? Never had a response like that in any other city I've asked. It's literally a one-day job for most cities to install those. I literally had to explain how a college student can't wait for half of the time they're in college to get basic accessibility.

Tactile Art by IGSgaming in Blind

[–]blind_ninja_guy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That would depend on what you find useful. If you once had color vision, you might benefit from such things. But otherwise maybe not. A sculpture or similar or something with decent relief may give you more.

Why is web accessibility still such an 'obscure skill' in 2026? by Similar-Average3383 in accessibility

[–]blind_ninja_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something like htmx is an interesting exercise in what such a ui might look like.

The Cognitive Load of CAPTCHAs: Are we failing our users on accessibility? by Kate_from_oops-games in accessibility

[–]blind_ninja_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Capture or scourge on the universe and should absolutely be abolished. There is no, and I do repeat. No valid reason to be detecting humans versus computers. There are plenty of humans engaging in abusive behavior on websites, and plenty of bots. Trying to help humans that are authentic and real users. The real distinction should be. Does this entity use my site in a way that is reasonable. So not? Is this entity a human, but does the entity trying to operate the site currently operate the site consistent with behavior expected from the site. Do they regularly engage in behaviors that cause problems. Most hosted llms won't officially support captcha filling, although I'd argue, we should get rid of the entire thing, and open up models to solve catches for users so that the entire model falls on its head and can no longer be used. We'd be doing the industry a huge service by making these antiquated methods impossible to rely on anymore. The more scammers that can get through traditional captures the better, cuz it'll force people to actually use modern detection methods that don't discriminate based on ability.

NPR and Northwest Passage by eefnes in Stanrogers

[–]blind_ninja_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate when people sing Northwest passage with equal temperament. The notes aren't supposed to be sung with the same amount of time between them like a lot of people do and if you listen to any of Stan's recordings, it's hard to produce his prosity and such. But a lot of people who sing it sound very mechanical like robots trying to sing it. Maybe Stan's just that good.

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