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Finally I think I've found a suitable portable computer https://www.waveshare.com/pocketterm35.htm

A linux #RaspberryPi5 pocket computer.

Mostly working with a built in physical keyboard (so it'll work within my medical limits), under 1/2 the price of Smartphones with physical keyboards that are questionable in being able to be degoogled.

which is to say with a free tailscale account https://tailscale.com/pricing#why-does-tailscale-use-a-seat-based-pricing-model

I should be able to email back & forth with my spouse as needed when I'm on the go.

#Foss #Linux #raspi5 #Smartphones

#DisabilityAccessibility

@aj @acb @taylorlorenz

I agree with your ideal, however the lawsuits (which is the legal enforcement mechanism for the disability accessibility law set in the USA exists) have already set this precedence. I hate it & would love it overturned, beyond which I'd like to see the ADA changed to switch the burden of proof from disabled people to those (mostly institutions) not granting accessibility. This would include a dramatic set of changes, including to what buildings are used for poverty aid programs and in many cases medical centers.

Over 60% of medical centers, including hospitals in the USA are inaccessible to disabled people, over 70% of government buildings, where regional meetings are held, are also inaccessible in the USA. Over 90% of poverty aid application centers are also inaccessible to disabled people. Public libraries are the best subset of public infrastructure in accessibility at about 50-60% accessible. Schools and universities are probably the worst, at 20-30% accessible in their physical buildings, with their websites not being much better.

Overall to redo the all the websites & fix the government buildings would minimimally take 5-10 years even if it began tomorrow with decent plans & a budget to enact said changes, so for now, I will cede the point that our town hall meetings are held in casinos, which may explain just how big of a mess set our political situations are. The background noises of the slot machines, poker & roulette tables being a huge distraction sets, for said meetings.

(*I got back home under a week ago from a trip to my late parents place to collect some of their things & they lived in a suburb of Las Vegas, so within that definitely understand the comparison & agree this hybrid is a mess.)

My spouse and I are both disabled, with different medical conditions so this is a critical issue & problem set for us.

#DisabilityAccessibility

@acb @aj @taylorlorenz Not sure what country you're in, but in the USA, these big tech platforms have merged in effect with government, when it comes to #DisabilityAccessibility of information & access to government officials & public meetings, where instead of physically getting public buildings modified for said accessibility, they've used these platforms as said access points. This is why I view them not at all as casinos, of which there are many real options online, but as said government meeting halls.

@Tutanota Show us by your actions, not just words! So far you've shown in your actions, both for those with #MobilityImpairments on Captchas and for #blind users a screenreader issue, that your platform is not at all about #DigitalIndependence or real change, unless you've got neither disability set nor anyone you communicate with does.

#DisabledPeople are the subset of the population most denied our independence and yet which is most easily helped by modern technology, so this slight on your part is a continuation of the larger problem set, not a legitimate change to the status quo.
#DisabilityAccessibility #DisabilityRights

@Tutanota Show us by your actions, not just words! So far you've shown in your actions, both for those with #MobilityImpairments on Captchas and for #blind users a screenreader issue, that your platform is not at all about #DigitalIndependence or real change, unless you've got neither disability set nor anyone you communicate with does.

#DisabledPeople are the subset of the population most denied our independence and yet which is most easily helped by modern technology, so this slight on your part is a continuation of the larger problem set, not a legitimate change to the status quo.
#DisabilityAccessibility #DisabilityRights

@Tutanota Show us by your actions, not just words! So far you've shown in your actions, both for those with #MobilityImpairments on Captchas and for #blind users a screenreader issue, that your platform is not at all about #DigitalIndependence or real change, unless you've got neither disability set nor anyone you communicate with does.

#DisabledPeople are the subset of the population most denied our independence and yet which is most easily helped by modern technology, so this slight on your part is a continuation of the larger problem set, not a legitimate change to the status quo.
#DisabilityAccessibility #DisabilityRights

@Tutanota Show us by your actions, not just words! So far you've shown in your actions, both for those with #MobilityImpairments on Captchas and for #blind users a screenreader issue, that your platform is not at all about #DigitalIndependence or real change, unless you've got neither disability set nor anyone you communicate with does.

#DisabledPeople are the subset of the population most denied our independence and yet which is most easily helped by modern technology, so this slight on your part is a continuation of the larger problem set, not a legitimate change to the status quo.
#DisabilityAccessibility #DisabilityRights

@Tutanota Show us by your actions, not just words! So far you've shown in your actions, both for those with #MobilityImpairments on Captchas and for #blind users a screenreader issue, that your platform is not at all about #DigitalIndependence or real change, unless you've got neither disability set nor anyone you communicate with does.

#DisabledPeople are the subset of the population most denied our independence and yet which is most easily helped by modern technology, so this slight on your part is a continuation of the larger problem set, not a legitimate change to the status quo.
#DisabilityAccessibility #DisabilityRights

@the In part because of the state of my home but in part over my mostly seasonally flaring medical conditions, even as I have been pretty continually using computers of this general type consistently for about 15-20 years, I've not had them enabled to make calls for over about 10 of those years.

This is also why/how I know virtual keyboards don't work often for me at all, because of how often I've had them fail me.

*Most of when I regularly had them enabled, physical keyboards were common.

This adds to why I really do consider them very separate but also why as I basically look to complete my transition away from big tech operating system ran computers, beyond my enjoyment of having #CalyxyOS for a while on one device, I really do need this to be a complete transition to having my computers back under my control.

*When you've got Google or other AI/LLMs embedded in said setups & automatic by the provider set times for updates, you don't at all have that control at all.

#DisabilityAccessibility #Smartphones #Hardware #ComputerHardware #OpenSource #BigTech

#shitpost yes I'm perfectly capable of using touchscreen only devices if .... it isn't snowing or raining within 150 mile radius of where I am & if the temperature stays at 70-80°F at under 20% relative humidity & if I don't exercise enough or too much & if I don't stretch too much or not enough & if the pillows I sleep on don't bunch up in a bad way ....

But I find the notion of ever managing to get all these conditions consistently met to be rather ridiculous, so that's why I'm looking for ones with physical keyboards.

#DisabilityAccessibility #Tech #Enshittification

@Em0nM4stodon same, I really feel the approximate peak of modern technology in it's utility, ease of use, valued cost & lack of privacy invasions, was reached around 2000-2005 ACE. By then we had solid speech/talk to text software & hardware. Mobile phones, including smartphones were durable & had cameras or not depending on your preference. Similarly phones had GPS, & satellite or not. Screen readers were likewise fully developed.

Not everyone needs everything a piece of advanced technology & that's why I would love to see a renewed separation of different devices. Cheap mapping/direction GPS systems, separate from phones, separate from PDAs, separate from cameras.

Speed of doing every tech related task hasn't really changed for most people & if anything it's probably slower due to infrastructure decay.

*As I'm unfortunately continuing to consider which smartphone I should get over the next year & same for my spouse, it really hits me hard how it'd be better for us both if we could just get PDAs, his with a touchscreen & me with a physical keyboard that were 5g enabled. We don't make phone calls, nor answer them on the go & thusly don't need a mobile phone at all.
#Tech #NoGenAI #SurveillanceState #Innovation #Regression #DisabilityAccessibility

@rraggl You think it's an attitude problem of mine, that you don't understand what "preset" means, nor the concepts of #DisabilityAccessibility or #Budgetable ????

To repeat & summarize realism for who I am & where I live: After I get enough new & thusly functional electric circuits put into my home to plug-in a desktop computer, get said desktop computer with a #linux distro on it (likely costing under $150) , I will most likely get a $70 -$250 smartphone setup, with #CalyxyOS, because I don't have the money to burn on a $900 setup (like #Fairphone & #Swiftphone) that'd still be inferior than the $70 one for my #DisabilityAccessibilty needs.

@rraggl You think it's an attitude problem of mine, that you don't understand what "preset" means, nor the concepts of #DisabilityAccessibility or #Budgetable ????

To repeat & summarize realism for who I am & where I live: After I get enough new & thusly functional electric circuits put into my home to plug-in a desktop computer, get said desktop computer with a #linux distro on it (likely costing under $150) , I will most likely get a $70 -$250 smartphone setup, with #CalyxyOS, because I don't have the money to burn on a $900 setup (like #Fairphone & #Swiftphone) that'd still be inferior than the $70 one for my #DisabilityAccessibilty needs.

@rraggl You think it's an attitude problem of mine, that you don't understand what "preset" means, nor the concepts of #DisabilityAccessibility or #Budgetable ????

To repeat & summarize realism for who I am & where I live: After I get enough new & thusly functional electric circuits put into my home to plug-in a desktop computer, get said desktop computer with a #linux distro on it (likely costing under $150) , I will most likely get a $70 -$250 smartphone setup, with #CalyxyOS, because I don't have the money to burn on a $900 setup (like #Fairphone & #Swiftphone) that'd still be inferior than the $70 one for my #DisabilityAccessibilty needs.

@rraggl You think it's an attitude problem of mine, that you don't understand what "preset" means, nor the concepts of #DisabilityAccessibility or #Budgetable ????

To repeat & summarize realism for who I am & where I live: After I get enough new & thusly functional electric circuits put into my home to plug-in a desktop computer, get said desktop computer with a #linux distro on it (likely costing under $150) , I will most likely get a $70 -$250 smartphone setup, with #CalyxyOS, because I don't have the money to burn on a $900 setup (like #Fairphone & #Swiftphone) that'd still be inferior than the $70 one for my #DisabilityAccessibilty needs.

@rraggl You think it's an attitude problem of mine, that you don't understand what "preset" means, nor the concepts of #DisabilityAccessibility or #Budgetable ????

To repeat & summarize realism for who I am & where I live: After I get enough new & thusly functional electric circuits put into my home to plug-in a desktop computer, get said desktop computer with a #linux distro on it (likely costing under $150) , I will most likely get a $70 -$250 smartphone setup, with #CalyxyOS, because I don't have the money to burn on a $900 setup (like #Fairphone & #Swiftphone) that'd still be inferior than the $70 one for my #DisabilityAccessibilty needs.

@Tutanota @volla @Fairphone @murena They're essentially all the same design, which is to say multiple camera having, GPS, AIs in the form of digital assistants embedded in them & none have physical keyboards, only Volla is military grade durable in said hardware, but it doesn't work in my country. So for my long-term needs in any smartphone I'd pay for, as they'd work for me year-round, which include having a physical keyboard, no AI and durability, none of these are real options.

Diversity in hardware is needed in the open source sphere, for widespread adoption to be possible. #DisabilityAccessibility #OpenSourceHardware #deGoogled

*I know what amounts to an open source version of a blackberry smartphone does exist, as I believe sliders (with full keyboards & bigger screens than blackberry) do, both being durable but I've yet to see any #deGoogled phones in those different design categories.

I overall think the #OpenSource technology world/sphere is about 70% there in development of systems, that everyone can use with a reasonable amount of effort, but the lapse set is affordability and #DisabilityAccessibility (mostly for mobility issues). Likewise it's mostly in the #Hardware not #software nor #OS spheres, (70/10/20 split) which is why not finding much if any chatter on the Hardware problems is so disheartening, because it needs the most work.

@sb I've pointed out this problem, numerous times BTW, and at best I basically get people shrugging their shoulders.

I very much do support Open Source Software as a concept, just as I do Open Source Hardware but without #DisabilityAccessibility included in the design phase, all they are is yet another set of gates to privilege, in a world full of obstacles for disabled people, when computers retain the potential to remove those obstacles in at least the digital sphere of the world.

@the this keyboard ability, is something I've not yet seen in OS reviews but as I consider which distribution(s) to get, it's definitely a sizable factor, because even as I'm fine for now in using a mouse, I don't know how long-term I'll maintain that status, as my spinal derived neuropathy slowly progresses.

This is also the mainstay of why I'll be sure to have a full keyboard, to include the F keys, toggle & numeric keypad, because that should maintain my ability to use computers better long-term.

*My best guess is that I'll be fine for another 5, maybe 10 years but after that it's going to be questionable.

#LinuxOS #DisabilityAccessibility

@the this keyboard ability, is something I've not yet seen in OS reviews but as I consider which distribution(s) to get, it's definitely a sizable factor, because even as I'm fine for now in using a mouse, I don't know how long-term I'll maintain that status, as my spinal derived neuropathy slowly progresses.

This is also the mainstay of why I'll be sure to have a full keyboard, to include the F keys, toggle & numeric keypad, because that should maintain my ability to use computers better long-term.

*My best guess is that I'll be fine for another 5, maybe 10 years but after that it's going to be questionable.

#LinuxOS #DisabilityAccessibility

@the this keyboard ability, is something I've not yet seen in OS reviews but as I consider which distribution(s) to get, it's definitely a sizable factor, because even as I'm fine for now in using a mouse, I don't know how long-term I'll maintain that status, as my spinal derived neuropathy slowly progresses.

This is also the mainstay of why I'll be sure to have a full keyboard, to include the F keys, toggle & numeric keypad, because that should maintain my ability to use computers better long-term.

*My best guess is that I'll be fine for another 5, maybe 10 years but after that it's going to be questionable.

#LinuxOS #DisabilityAccessibility

@the this keyboard ability, is something I've not yet seen in OS reviews but as I consider which distribution(s) to get, it's definitely a sizable factor, because even as I'm fine for now in using a mouse, I don't know how long-term I'll maintain that status, as my spinal derived neuropathy slowly progresses.

This is also the mainstay of why I'll be sure to have a full keyboard, to include the F keys, toggle & numeric keypad, because that should maintain my ability to use computers better long-term.

*My best guess is that I'll be fine for another 5, maybe 10 years but after that it's going to be questionable.

#LinuxOS #DisabilityAccessibility

@the this keyboard ability, is something I've not yet seen in OS reviews but as I consider which distribution(s) to get, it's definitely a sizable factor, because even as I'm fine for now in using a mouse, I don't know how long-term I'll maintain that status, as my spinal derived neuropathy slowly progresses.

This is also the mainstay of why I'll be sure to have a full keyboard, to include the F keys, toggle & numeric keypad, because that should maintain my ability to use computers better long-term.

*My best guess is that I'll be fine for another 5, maybe 10 years but after that it's going to be questionable.

#LinuxOS #DisabilityAccessibility

@admin @the It has 1 tiny screw but that doesn't solve the basic problem of the tip being too small, too lightweight & too fragile.

I know HDMI isn't really USB but as shitty as it is, it may as well be, when it comes to #DisabilityAccessibility

@the Those screws let me know when tight physically if I have it connected or not, and I don't need to be able to feel my fingers fully either, I can listen for when they stop & thusly abrade my fingers a little. This makes the computer system more #Accessible to me without the BS of "hiring help" be it in person or considering a remote diagnostician to tell me if my USB tip is worn out or if I've not pushed it in enough, as I can't even tell when I've got full sensation on said garbage. #DisabilityAccessibility #DVI #Enshittification

@the Those screws let me know when tight physically if I have it connected or not, and I don't need to be able to feel my fingers fully either, I can listen for when they stop & thusly abrade my fingers a little. This makes the computer system more #Accessible to me without the BS of "hiring help" be it in person or considering a remote diagnostician to tell me if my USB tip is worn out or if I've not pushed it in enough, as I can't even tell when I've got full sensation on said garbage. #DisabilityAccessibility #DVI #Enshittification

@the Those screws let me know when tight physically if I have it connected or not, and I don't need to be able to feel my fingers fully either, I can listen for when they stop & thusly abrade my fingers a little. This makes the computer system more #Accessible to me without the BS of "hiring help" be it in person or considering a remote diagnostician to tell me if my USB tip is worn out or if I've not pushed it in enough, as I can't even tell when I've got full sensation on said garbage. #DisabilityAccessibility #DVI #Enshittification

@the Those screws let me know when tight physically if I have it connected or not, and I don't need to be able to feel my fingers fully either, I can listen for when they stop & thusly abrade my fingers a little. This makes the computer system more #Accessible to me without the BS of "hiring help" be it in person or considering a remote diagnostician to tell me if my USB tip is worn out or if I've not pushed it in enough, as I can't even tell when I've got full sensation on said garbage. #DisabilityAccessibility #DVI #Enshittification

@the Those screws let me know when tight physically if I have it connected or not, and I don't need to be able to feel my fingers fully either, I can listen for when they stop & thusly abrade my fingers a little. This makes the computer system more #Accessible to me without the BS of "hiring help" be it in person or considering a remote diagnostician to tell me if my USB tip is worn out or if I've not pushed it in enough, as I can't even tell when I've got full sensation on said garbage. #DisabilityAccessibility #DVI #Enshittification

@cyberseckyle At the rate of convergence, without some meaningful rebellion, they're going to be giving the "choice" of either voice control, with biometric ID autofill every computer, with digital assistants & AIs pre-installed or virtual keyboard & autofill with digital ID/biometric ID for everything, by 2035.

This is why, even as I don't really have skills in this realm, since I can't physically use a touchscreen to any degree of accuracy more than 1/2 of the year and neither mainly used form of biometric ID will work for me. I may well end up building things myself, during one or 2 of my "best time" stretches from the pi's on up.

*My spouse being a hearing aid user, I don't really have a use for a smartphone to talk to him or anyone else, when I'm out on my normal 20+ mile drives for various errands, but now it's either a "dumb phone", to make texting harder, even as those are far more durable or the only satellite communication device with a keyboard, which are easier to use but I'd need to do so outside & have sensibly timed message receipt even more questionable than cellphones.

Everything, especially stores, having a "smartphone app" thusly overall doesn't help me & many others who will never have & be able to use a dozen apps on their smartphones, just to do what coupons & appointment confirmation slips used to.

#DisabilityAccessibility #TechnologyTrends #BigTech

@cyberseckyle I see this overall as a bad trend, increasing autofill on the software end & increasing lights, including backlighting on keyboards as a mess for the hardware end.

My neuropathy isn't that bad yet (& a few months a year I've still got full sensation) but it's bad enough that I need a clicky keyboard to help me to know when I've pressed a key, and backlit keyboards are painful to see.

We overall used to have a greater diversity of designs, which helped disabled pick what was best, without paying extra for true customization and that's a larger problem I'm seeing, which includes #FOSS having open source hardware that mimics #BigTech in having under basic 3 designs with 20+ options that have the tiniest of differences between them. #TechAccessibility #Diversity #DisabilityAccessibility

@BrahmaBelarusian Totally with you on that. “Convenience” isn’t really convenient when it just bakes your mistakes into the system and forces you to fight the tools you’re supposed to rely on, especially if you already have to work around cognitive / motor load.

And yeah, handing even more sensitive data to a single Big Tech vendor is the opposite direction I want to go. Between the privacy risk and the UX friction you described, browser autofill for IDs manages to be hostile to both security and accessibility.

#DisabilityAccessibility #BigTech #infosec

@cyberseckyle For me this is yet another reason to avoid Google use as much as I possibly can & deliberately keep seeking more ways to enable me to do so more.

"Convenience" also isn't convenient when you often enter data wrong & thusly autofill ends up repeating those typos you made, over & over again. This being a frequent problem I have with current autofill & autocomplete features. #DisabilityAccessibility #BigTech

@Tutanota Electronic Frontier Foundation, because unlike the others listed here & many more I've seen, they include #DisabilityAccessibility as an element of digital freedom. Most groups & individuals I've encountered view it as a "choice" & thusly disabilities as prisons disabled people aren't allowed to leave.

#DisabilityAccessibility #BigTech

https://mastodon.accessinformationnews.com/@news/114035868587422278

In looking through this I see 2 huge flaws -
1. (beyond mastodon)These are big tech extensions/parts & thusly they're privacy disrespecting pieces of trash.

2. On the accessibility group/features - they're really only meant for #VisuallyImpaired & #HearingImpaired folks, beyond one that's for temperature regulation issues

*I'm not saying the groups these are meant for don't matter but the one I'm in & need help with is #spinal.

@ArtseaGardener @ahermitforhire I really love to use all 3 of these entities, but view them as different in main purposes. #JohnnySeeds is for things I want to grow in large quantities outside, to replace grocery store staples. #Fedco is for diversity of tastes and colors, at good & ethical prices, that's stable in it's general midrange production. The experimental network is where I find the niche items that I can use & mix around for my #DisabilityAccessibility needs, as I try different growing methods with their items.

#DecoupledAquaponics #PlantDiversity #Gardening #Seeds #SustainableAgriculture

@ente Privacy but that's sacrificing #DisabilityAccessibility at least 75% of the time as are claimed convenience options at least 50% of the time, and thusly at least 1/2 the time I get neither privacy nor convenience.

@Tutanota adding pass phrases as an option to logins, for greater security & #DisabilityAccessibility at the same time.

@fiery

Just because something can be theoretically done doesn't make it at all worthwhile for all to consider doing it. Not everyone can use a mortar & pestal with any degree of proficiency & my disabling medical conditions definitely place me among those who cannot do so, which is why I'd absolutely never consider using that to hull rice!

I overall find it a ridiculous trend & push set for staples like grains, protograins and even tubers, some even whole meals, for people to store 5-10 years worth on their homesteads...and even worse for people to just put a tiny amount aside & keep it there for 10+ years, because inevitably an animal, insect, moisture or raw time will destroy it if that short-term emergency ever happens.

But to reiterate rice isn't at all in the same category as Salt, Sugar & Baking Soda, because in space & weight the average household would need in baking soda for 2 years of our average use is less than on rice for just one month, and the same is true for Salt. Sugar isn't as extreme in it's difference with rice, but it's still under 1/2 the average household usage. *Rice having an average consumption of 27lbs per person, per year & average household size being 2.51 people. Wheat being about 129lbs per person, per year and that's something I rather ridiculously see pushed commonly for everyone to try & save 10 years worth, which is completely insane for most people. 10 years worth of baking soda, salt & even sugar, on the other hand, are sensible if you've got enough space for that.

#DisabilityAccessibility #Homesteading #GrowYourOwn

@sarahtaber I wonder if beyond the taste factor if the same digestive system issues, teeth/jaw issues and energy constraints that some disabled people have today, which make said people use animal fats & proteins instead of plant based one's, may not well have been another reason, beyond taste, as to why they did animal fat rendering. The digestive issue set not being something that's show in the archeological record as the bone & eye issues were for the disabled people whom were active members of their societies. #DisabilityAccessibility #Food #History