Derek Riemer
@blindguy.ninja
Loud and proud Coloradoan. Interests: accessibility, adaptive sports, programming, skiing, climbing, hiking, paddling, music. I am also Blind. Remember, I am allergic to your low expectations.
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My statement from @americanprogress.bsky.social on disability justice activist, author, MacArthur fellow, and cyborg oracle Alice Wong.
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My statement from @americanprogress.bsky.social on disability justice activist, author, MacArthur fellow, and cyborg oracle Alice Wong.
this is some of the best alt text I've seen in ages.
Just released cargo-nextest 0.9.113, with support for a long-requested feature that I realized I needed all of a sudden: debugger support! Run individual tests under gdb, lldb, WinDbg, or Visual Studio Code via CodeLLDB! This preserves all the environment setup done by nextest.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
this is some of the best alt text I've seen in ages.
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Just released cargo-nextest 0.9.113, with support for a long-requested feature that I realized I needed all of a sudden: debugger support! Run individual tests under gdb, lldb, WinDbg, or Visual Studio Code via CodeLLDB! This preserves all the environment setup done by nextest.
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Just released cargo-nextest 0.9.113, with support for a long-requested feature that I realized I needed all of a sudden: debugger support! Run individual tests under gdb, lldb, WinDbg, or Visual Studio Code via CodeLLDB! This preserves all the environment setup done by nextest.
C:\Users\driem\nvda [bootloop-remove ≡ +0 ~1 -0 !]> .\runlint.bat
All checks passed!
4 files reformatted, 670 files left unchanged
0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 informations
Lol. I'm glad we know how to speak english! I'm going to find out what an informations (sigular) is.
All checks passed!
4 files reformatted, 670 files left unchanged
0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 informations
Lol. I'm glad we know how to speak english! I'm going to find out what an informations (sigular) is.
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
C:\Users\driem\nvda [bootloop-remove ≡ +0 ~1 -0 !]> .\runlint.bat
All checks passed!
4 files reformatted, 670 files left unchanged
0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 informations
Lol. I'm glad we know how to speak english! I'm going to find out what an informations (sigular) is.
All checks passed!
4 files reformatted, 670 files left unchanged
0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 informations
Lol. I'm glad we know how to speak english! I'm going to find out what an informations (sigular) is.
Who is noreply? They seem to be employed by every company I interact with. Noreply must be one talented employee to have so many jobs. They never respond to my emails though. It's kind of sad.
August 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Who is noreply? They seem to be employed by every company I interact with. Noreply must be one talented employee to have so many jobs. They never respond to my emails though. It's kind of sad.
Is there a rule of the universe that causes all of the leaf blowers to start all at once whenever I try to do important work?
June 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Is there a rule of the universe that causes all of the leaf blowers to start all at once whenever I try to do important work?
#blindBirding While many birds make sounds , in many cases, seeing the bird can help with identification and tracking individuals. There's so many different sounds even the same species make. In my area, I'm always impressed with how many sounds house finches and red winged blackbirds make.
June 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
#blindBirding While many birds make sounds , in many cases, seeing the bird can help with identification and tracking individuals. There's so many different sounds even the same species make. In my area, I'm always impressed with how many sounds house finches and red winged blackbirds make.
NVDA noteppad++ 2025.05.1 has been released. You can directly download it at this link, or wait for it to be in the official store in a few days max. This simpply updates the compatibility flags for 2025.1. github.com/derekriemer/...
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May 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
NVDA noteppad++ 2025.05.1 has been released. You can directly download it at this link, or wait for it to be in the official store in a few days max. This simpply updates the compatibility flags for 2025.1. github.com/derekriemer/...
Found this sign by a bird sanctuary at Wanaka Lake in Lafayette, CO.
May 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Found this sign by a bird sanctuary at Wanaka Lake in Lafayette, CO.
wow. I just encountered my first ever experience with an Ai making a spelling error. it wrote unwraped rather than writing unwrapped.
May 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
wow. I just encountered my first ever experience with an Ai making a spelling error. it wrote unwraped rather than writing unwrapped.
On this wonderful day, I am unbelievably excited to announce a brand new product! But working on this one for a while! 😀 derekriemer.com/posts/2025/0...
April 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
On this wonderful day, I am unbelievably excited to announce a brand new product! But working on this one for a while! 😀 derekriemer.com/posts/2025/0...
I just discovered Duduk music, from Armenia. Here's a really interesting piece. music.youtube.com/watch?v=Teeo... & si = kWopXc1jMNL2_SQG
Aravot Luso (Hovivi Kanch)
YouTube video by Djivan Gasparyan - Topic
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March 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I just discovered Duduk music, from Armenia. Here's a really interesting piece. music.youtube.com/watch?v=Teeo... & si = kWopXc1jMNL2_SQG
I wanted to be lazy and have an AI write a test for me, to see if it would actually generate valid scaffolding. Nope, in this case it wrote a test that mocked out the unit under test and then tested that the mock did what it was supposed to do. Brilliant!
March 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I wanted to be lazy and have an AI write a test for me, to see if it would actually generate valid scaffolding. Nope, in this case it wrote a test that mocked out the unit under test and then tested that the mock did what it was supposed to do. Brilliant!
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March 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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I'll be at csun. I got laid off Friday and made last minute travel plans. If you want to meet up and say hi, let me know! #11y @nvaccess.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I'll be at csun. I got laid off Friday and made last minute travel plans. If you want to meet up and say hi, let me know! #11y @nvaccess.bsky.social
github copilot is a bad junior engineer who only comments obvious things, and screws up the rest.
E.G.
# Defines the RESULTS_FILE constant.
RESULTS_FILE = 'results.csv'
# Opens the file for writing.
foo = aio_open(RESULTS_FILE, 'w')
#writes to it.
foo.write('duh')
#does not bother to close it.
E.G.
# Defines the RESULTS_FILE constant.
RESULTS_FILE = 'results.csv'
# Opens the file for writing.
foo = aio_open(RESULTS_FILE, 'w')
#writes to it.
foo.write('duh')
#does not bother to close it.
March 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Grr, another smart cane. Need I say, this is not a product we we need? The cane here is not necessary for this tech, and putting this in a cane is worse than just making a separate device. www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
St. George resident is beta tester for cutting-edge cane for the blind
A local nonprofit has been developing a special cane equipped with audible navigation through a phone app.
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February 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Grr, another smart cane. Need I say, this is not a product we we need? The cane here is not necessary for this tech, and putting this in a cane is worse than just making a separate device. www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
February 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Comments on US Federal Trade Commission's Order against AccessiBe (that it agreed to) are due this Wednesday, 2/5. I updated my article about the case with the comment I just submitted. (updates linked after the summary at top. #a11y #accessibility #disability www.lflegal.com/2025/01/ftc-...
Beware of AI Accessibility Promises: US Federal Agency Fines an Overlay Company One Million Dollars
The new year brought weclomed digital accessibility news from the United States Federal Trade Commission, known as the FTC. The FTC is a federal (national) government agency whose mission is "protecti...
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February 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Comments on US Federal Trade Commission's Order against AccessiBe (that it agreed to) are due this Wednesday, 2/5. I updated my article about the case with the comment I just submitted. (updates linked after the summary at top. #a11y #accessibility #disability www.lflegal.com/2025/01/ftc-...
First post from mobile!
February 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
First post from mobile!