●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 ●● ● Jan 11 [00:30] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@fpfsqjchsbkme.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:59] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:59] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@fpfsqjchsbkme.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 11 [03:47] *geert (~geert@j9xdbw5ebibma.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 11 [05:10] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Jan 11 [06:30] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@fpfsqjchsbkme.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 11 [08:03] schestowitz EFF: [08:03] schestowitz > Hello, [08:03] schestowitz > [08:03] schestowitz > Thank you for your email. We'll look into this. [08:03] schestowitz > [08:03] schestowitz > Best, [08:03] schestowitz Thank you! very much appreciated! [08:03] schestowitz Regards, [08:21] schestowitz > I understand and support this line that xxxxxxxx raises. It_is_ quite [08:21] schestowitz > simply an accessibility issue. But also think we have to be very [08:21] schestowitz > careful how that's worded. [08:21] schestowitz > [08:21] schestowitz > The trick the man performs by turning disadvantage into capital is [08:21] schestowitz > that it makes those who should unite in struggle compete for [08:21] schestowitz > victimhood. Each person experiences their disadvantage as exceptional [08:21] schestowitz > and is insulted by others claiming parity. [08:21] schestowitz > [08:21] schestowitz > Your disabled friend xxxxxxxx, is probably feeling "How can he possibly [08:21] schestowitz > compare not being able to access documents, when he doesn't know what [08:21] schestowitz > it's like to have to piss in your pants because the toilet door isn't [08:21] schestowitz > accessible" (that's just a real life account from a good-humored [08:21] schestowitz > colleague of mine who is chair-bound since childhood from polio). [08:21] schestowitz > [08:21] schestowitz > Careful words are needed to make the case. I still don't think [08:21] schestowitz > I have the pitch of this [1] article right, but I;m open to [08:21] schestowitz > hear more from disabled/disadvantaged individuals who can [08:21] schestowitz > speak about the_feelings_ of that. [08:22] schestowitz > [08:22] schestowitz > [1]xxxx [08:22] schestowitz > [08:22] schestowitz > Because I think what we share, in exclusion and frustration, are the [08:22] schestowitz > same_feelings_. [08:22] schestowitz > [08:22] schestowitz > How I try to turn that around is I, grateful for the ADVANTAGES I have [08:22] schestowitz > as free software user. However, I am reluctant to "make capital" of [08:22] schestowitz > that for reasons expressed above, and steer clear of casting Software [08:22] schestowitz > Freedom as identity politics. I'd like the same rights and freedoms [08:22] schestowitz > for everyone. [08:22] schestowitz > > I had an epiphany some weeks ago, as I talked about software freedom to [08:23] schestowitz > > a person on a wheelchair. I found myself comparing her difficulties to [08:23] schestowitz > > obtain documents or get government services because of inaccessible [08:23] schestowitz > > offices with mine because of intolerable software. [08:23] schestowitz > [08:23] schestowitz > I too describe this as an issue of "accessibility" -- whether a page [08:23] schestowitz > is accessible from the Free World. [08:23] schestowitz > [08:23] schestowitz > > It's not like either of us couldn't overcome the accessibility barriers. [08:23] schestowitz > > She could overcome the architectural barriers by getting off the [08:23] schestowitz > > wheelchair and crawling to the office, just as I could overcome the [08:23] schestowitz > > systemic barriers by "just" installing the software. Easy, right? [08:23] schestowitz > > Except both of us would be giving up our dignity and self respect in the [08:23] schestowitz > > process, to the point that the very idea is unthinkably humiliating to [08:23] schestowitz > > each of us. [08:23] schestowitz > [08:23] schestowitz > That expresses it well. [08:23] schestowitz > [08:23] schestowitz > > Now, some could argue that it's not a matter of accessibility to me, [08:23] schestowitz > > because there doesn't seem to be any defficiency involved in my case, [08:23] schestowitz > > it's "merely" an objection of conscience. [08:23] schestowitz > [08:23] schestowitz > The response to this that you've presented here describes how you [08:23] schestowitz > and I feel, but I don't think it will win support from those who [08:23] schestowitz > don't feel this way. [08:23] schestowitz > [08:23] schestowitz > To show non-free-software-supporters why this is important, I describe [08:23] schestowitz > it as matter of security. That is true -- running a nonfree app is [08:23] schestowitz > insecure, and so is running nonfree JS code (it often snoops on users [08:23] schestowitz > and profiles them). [08:23] schestowitz > [08:23] schestowitz > I think that the loss of freedom is deeper and more important, [08:23] schestowitz > but the security issue is the best way to explain in 20 seconds [08:23] schestowitz > to someone I don't know. [08:24] schestowitz When people (here at least) hear accessibility they think of persons in wheelchair or something. Any debate about accessibility in another domain or context would be better framed in other terms. [08:24] schestowitz My 50c. [08:51] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [08:52] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 11 [10:50] *qa2 has quit (Quit: ) [10:50] *Moocher5254 (~quassel@i7sfqsqsuqk4i.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 11 [11:23] schestowitz
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    Some business graphs for 2022
    [11:23] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-jvns.ca | Some business graphs for 2022 [11:23] schestowitz
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    Hello! I like looking at other independent authors business graphs, so I thought Id share some percentages and graphs of my own this year. Hopefully some of this is useful to other writers who run internet businesses.

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    All of the graphs are about Wizard Zines business selling zines I dont do sponsorships or consulting or commissions or anything.

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