Thanks for the support, Eric. So glad that things are working out for you! On Wed, Jun 19, 2024, 12:14 AM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> Guys, > > I am totally blind, and that’s partly due to traumatic brain injury back > in 1989. I’ve also had my moments where I am exceedingly curse when it > comes to some subjects. I also tend to be a little bit obsessive, > compulsive, and that happens to be the autistic side of my nature which > I’ve had all my life. I am a bit unusual, but science and technology are my > thing so I tend not to ask too many questions because I’ve already done > most of the research. However, sometimes research isn’t enough and I may > end up having gas questions here. So, one should look past some of the > commentary on here and recognize and realize those of us were traumatic > brain. Injuries may not necessarily operate in a normal fashion. I happen > to be one of the few exceptions because the area of the brain and question > for me that was damaged with my visual cortex. Also, as an aside, I also > have prosthetic eyes, so it doesn’t matter what my visual cortex does > because I wouldn’t be able to perceive anything anyway. In any case, this > really hasn’t slowed me down much in both the accessibility and Lennox > fields. I’ve been writing a bunch of scripts, especially for . Comes in > handy when I want to download a video from YouTube and then listen to it > using VLC. Makes a lot easier than having to deal with the stupid app and > their commercials. > > Anyway, that’s my opinion on this subject and now we should probably get > back to Lennox and what it can be used for and how accessible it really is. > > – Eric > From the central offices of the Technomage Guild, Opinions and research > department. > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 16, 2024, at 6:22 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > > > I hear about and read about everyone wanting to get along. I am old > enough to know that is impossible. I tend to get political and my views > are at odds with some or maybe most on the list. > > > > Here is what I came to say. Shame on you all. You need to take an > inventory for what you have. Most of you can run me in the ground. I > struggle with technology. I always have. > > > > I talked with Mike about 10 years ago. Apparently you do not know that > Mike experienced a traumatic brain injury. > > > > Mike do not let this get to you. It is just junior and senior high BS. > > > > I've been on this list since 1999 or 2000. Some of the questions I ask > are probably annoying. I use Google and as of late have started using > ChatGPT (AI) to seek information. The latter seems to do a better job. > > > > I believe we are all here because of our common goal to work with, > learn, and enjoy Open Source - I know I am. I also know we do not live in > a vacuum. Other things overflow that are not Open Source. > > > > We are a community. I could go as far as to say we are a family. I > heard a pastor say once that families prepare us for the world. I guess > families have a lot of strife. > > > > Keith > > > > > >> On 2024-06-15 22:54, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: > >> There's been a long thread of people mocking somebody who asked a > >> stupid question. Yeah, the guy's annoying; annoying Open Sourceenough > that I piped > >> all his posts to /dev/null starting two or three years ago. This thread > >> worsens the list's signal to noise, and personally, it constantly > >> reminds me of the annoying person I killfiled years ago. > >> I have a suggestion. If the guy annoys you, either ignore him, correct > >> him offlist, or killfile him and move on. There's no need to mess up > >> the list with mockery. Whether you believe, as I do, that he's an > >> attention seeking troll who thinks his stupidity is cute, or whether > >> you believe his behavior is entirely caused by some sort of brain > >> injury, either way, the on-list mockery does no good for anybody. > >> Ignore him, correct him offlist, or killfile him and move on. > >> SteveT > >> Steve Litt > >> Autumn 2023 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century > >> http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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