MurdoMaclachlan

Image Transcription: Code

[Transcriber's note: the first line in the following transcription is incorrect. After the equals, there should be eight instances of the word "Option", each succeeded by a less-than symbol, then two brackets, like (), before the first greater-tha symbol. However, if you type a less-than symbol on Lemmy, it seems to strip that symbol and whatever word comes next out of the source when you save the comment.]

type Wtf = Option>>>>>>>;
let two = Some(Some(Some(Some(Some(Some(None))))));
let three = Some(Some(Some(Some(Some(None)))));
let six = Some(Some(None));
unsafe {
    assert_eq!(
        std::mem::transmute::(two) * std::mem::transmute::(three)
        std::mem::transmute::(six)
    );
}

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Hopefully many others will follow suit. Pavement parking is an accessibility nightmare.

Image Transcription: GitHub Commits

[The order of the commits has been swapped from the order in the image so as to preserve chronological progression.]

Clean up unused CSS, committed 10 minutes ago

It turns out that CSS was, in fact, used., commited 1 minute ago

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This isn't something I'd thought about when creating this community, but I'm going to say that comments within the code don't qualify here. I created this as a replacement for a subreddit I used to moderate, which was specifically focused on commit messages, and that's the intent for this community too (as stated in the sidebar).

It may be more suitable if a Funny Comments community exists, or if it doesn't is created, and then posts with humorous comments could go in that community.

Ah, now this isn't something I'd thought about when creating this community, but I'm going to say that comments within the code don't qualify here. I created this as a replacement for a subreddit I used to moderate, which was specifically focused on commit messages, and that's the intent for this community too (as stated in the sidebar).

It may be more suitable if a Funny Comments community exists, or if it doesn't is created, and then posts with humorous comments could go in that community.

I'm also experiencing this problem, however I don't see anything about being blocked by Cloudfare. What I do see in the network tools is that on the image's POST request, Lemmy is returning a 400 (Bad Request) error. Issue is happening on both the normal Lemmy UI and the Photon UI.

If one does ever get created, I'll definitely try and remember to ping you!

To answer your edit questions, which I've just seen:

1. The original r/TranscribersOfReddit (ToR) was run by an actual non-profit organisation (the Grafeas Group) with a lot of infrastructure built up to support it and keep it running smoothly. When Reddit's API changes happened, we didn't have the resources to move the project somewhere else (and nowhere else was as dreadfully inaccessible as Reddit), so we were essentially forced to shut it down. The communities that exist on Lemmy aren't coordinated, they're just people who used to be part of ToR doing transcriptions in their free time, in a capacity not associated with the Grafeas Group. As such, there isn't really a way to coordinate them.

2. I just sort by new on the communities I'm subscribed to.

3. I don't use a screen reader but l do know the answer to this -- alt text on the image is a much better route to go when you have the option, as it means people can find the transcription right next to the image instead of looking for it in the comments. Helping people find our transcriptions in the comments was a challenge on Reddit.

As I don't personally benefit from transcriptions (except in extremely rare cases where my colourblindness becomes pertinent), I'd say asking the folks over at c/[email protected] would probably give you the best answer, but I can give my take as someone who has been doing transcriptions for a few years.

I think that including a transcription when you have the time do so is always better. It's never possible to say who might be interested in experiencing the content (and it's not just blind/partially sighted people who are helped out by transcriptions; see section 1, here for a non-exhaustive list). I an say for certain that there are people who benefit from and want them; when I was part of the (sadly now shuttered) r/TranscribersOfReddit project, we did receive requests for transcriptions of purely aesthetic pieces.

I think that, though the minority that can't view the image will be even more pronounced here, transcriptions are essentially another way of including more people in experiencing the same "scene", if that makes sense, even if they're doing so via a different medium. As just one example, that could include people who previously enjoyed the community, but became blind/partially sighted and still want to experience the content in some way. Obviously it's a bit subjective, which is usually something we try to avoid in transcribing, but I try to write transcriptions of art or scenic photographs with the intent of capturing the atmosphere of the image rather than with purely clinical descriptions as I might in other situations, while still including all the actual details of the image.

That said, obviously detailed transcriptions take a fair bit of time, so it's definitely not a mark against anyone who doesn't include them. I find myself doing a lot less of them these days as well. I would say this is one of the circles where transcriptions are less pertinent, but I think it's always a good thing to have more ways of accessing content.

Neither, it'll be included as-is without a [sic]. I follow the guidelines of r/TranscribersOfReddit, since they were developed in cooperation with members of rBlind.

The policy there was always that doing any sort of change affects the message and delivery fo the original content, so it should be avoided. [sic]s are avoided because they affect the flow of the content, and particularly in posts with multiple typos they can be very distracting.

Image Transcription: Art

[The artwork shows a snowy nighttime setting. The sky is dark and clear, scattered with countless stars, and the full moon hangs bright and large in the top left. In the distance, a line of mountains is cast dark in silhouette. Close-up, a small hill and stretch of flat ground are swept with snow and sparse tufts of grass and other small plants. They lead up to a length of railway atop a ridge.

A steam train is front-and-centre here, emerging from the distance with its engine carriage facing towards the viewer. The windows burn with a fiery glow as a column of steam trails away behind it, highlighted with touches of deep red just above the chimney. A pale yellowy light illuminates ahead of the train. The other carriages are mostly hidden behind the engine.

Atop the hill, on the right side of the image, a figure in a long coat and a hat, probably a fedora, stands facing the train, their back to the viewer. Their hand is raised just in front of their mouth, and a spark of flame-coloured light suggests they may be lighting a cigarette, cigar or pipe.]

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Image Transcription: Meme

[A screenshot of Grogu / Baby Yoda, a character from "The Mandalorian". He is a small green-skinned alien character with large pointy ears and big eyes. In the image, he is leaning towards a control panel to push a button whilst looking right towards something off-frame with large, innocent eyes. Text at the top and bottom of the image reads:]

ME FINDING OUT IF THE 3 MEMES PER DAY RULE

IS POSTS AND COMMENTS OR JUST POSTS

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