TheMightyTRex
@themightytrex.bsky.social
Dinosaur. West Ham season ticket holder (Block 221). Like boxing and MMA, used to work as a content designer. Massive geek. From Northern Ireland. ⚒️ COYI ⚒️
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TheMightyTRex
@themightytrex.bsky.social
· Oct 16
Screen reader alt attribute accessibility test
YouTube video by Peter Brumby
www.youtube.com
Can you please make sure alt text is used for images with text as those with screen readers have no idea what is posted, they cant read the text on images.
To understand what people "hear" this is an example of an image with and without Alt text. Close your eyes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvqa...
To understand what people "hear" this is an example of an image with and without Alt text. Close your eyes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvqa...
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/f...
Great explanation on generative text AI
"The concept of following instructions for an LLM is fundamentally different from how we typically think about following instructions as humans with general intelligence, or even a traditional computer program."
Great explanation on generative text AI
"The concept of following instructions for an LLM is fundamentally different from how we typically think about following instructions as humans with general intelligence, or even a traditional computer program."
Forget AGI—Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules
Ongoing struggles with AI model instruction-following show that true human-level AI still a ways off.
arstechnica.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/f...
Great explanation on generative text AI
"The concept of following instructions for an LLM is fundamentally different from how we typically think about following instructions as humans with general intelligence, or even a traditional computer program."
Great explanation on generative text AI
"The concept of following instructions for an LLM is fundamentally different from how we typically think about following instructions as humans with general intelligence, or even a traditional computer program."
having to carry coco to the park so she can pee before bed and she's shaking like crazy. she's terrified of the fireworks. she just wants to go under the duvet with one of us.
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
having to carry coco to the park so she can pee before bed and she's shaking like crazy. she's terrified of the fireworks. she just wants to go under the duvet with one of us.
November 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Happy 43rd birthday to the UK's fourth TV channel, launched this day on November 2nd 1982.
November 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Happy 43rd birthday to the UK's fourth TV channel, launched this day on November 2nd 1982.
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⚒️ West Ham 8 Newcastle 1, in 1986. Only the last 5 or 6 goals on here but includes an Alvin Martin hat trick, Beardlsey in goal & Glenn Roeder backheel.
footballbobbles.com/product-tag/...
Get a West Ham Boble from 12.50!
#WHUFC #COYI @WestHamWayCom @westham_latest @_WestHamReport
footballbobbles.com/product-tag/...
Get a West Ham Boble from 12.50!
#WHUFC #COYI @WestHamWayCom @westham_latest @_WestHamReport
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
⚒️ West Ham 8 Newcastle 1, in 1986. Only the last 5 or 6 goals on here but includes an Alvin Martin hat trick, Beardlsey in goal & Glenn Roeder backheel.
footballbobbles.com/product-tag/...
Get a West Ham Boble from 12.50!
#WHUFC #COYI @WestHamWayCom @westham_latest @_WestHamReport
footballbobbles.com/product-tag/...
Get a West Ham Boble from 12.50!
#WHUFC #COYI @WestHamWayCom @westham_latest @_WestHamReport
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My Space Quest site, Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset, launched 30 years ago this month. That makes it one of the oldest video game fan sites on the web.
To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html
To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html
Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset: The Original Space Quest Fan Site
The web's first and most comprehensive Space Quest fan site, packed with Easter eggs, trivia, downloads, and retrospectives on Sierra's classic adventure series.
wiw.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
My Space Quest site, Roger Wilco's Virtual Broomcloset, launched 30 years ago this month. That makes it one of the oldest video game fan sites on the web.
To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html
To celebrate the milestone, I've updated the site for the first time in ages with tons of new content. Check it out! wiw.org/~jess/roger.html
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I told my wife that kids online were daring each other “kind of like a Bloody Mary thing” to listen to this cursed song that a dead child molester recorded in the eighties and I asked her if she wanted to hear it and she wasn’t sure but she said yes
And she was so mad at me when it was “Thriller”
And she was so mad at me when it was “Thriller”
November 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I told my wife that kids online were daring each other “kind of like a Bloody Mary thing” to listen to this cursed song that a dead child molester recorded in the eighties and I asked her if she wanted to hear it and she wasn’t sure but she said yes
And she was so mad at me when it was “Thriller”
And she was so mad at me when it was “Thriller”
overheard
November 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
overheard
frankie and Coco having a treat
November 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
frankie and Coco having a treat
just about to go in to the prince Charles Cinema for "solve along a murder she wrote"
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
just about to go in to the prince Charles Cinema for "solve along a murder she wrote"
well that my Sunday lunch sorted for next week
Stuffed yorkies and honey-roast duck with pears: Joshua Overington’s recipes for duck, Yorkshire-style
Stuffed yorkies and honey-roast duck with pears: Joshua Overington’s recipes for duck, Yorkshire-style
Two warming autumnal centrepieces from the north of England that ooze cosy comfort food
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
well that my Sunday lunch sorted for next week
overheard
sobbing as mom makes me smoke a whole pack of baseball in one sitting
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
overheard
overheard
There is 100% a guy who brought a girl to the World Series game with the hopes it would get him laid and is now, like both teams on the field, unable to score
October 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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We, as a digital society have forgotten the important rules of the internet:
October 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
We, as a digital society have forgotten the important rules of the internet:
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Jurassic Perk: The coffee cart is now armored. Please report any claw marks or bite attempts.
Staff Notice:
Do not attempt to “boop” the nose of any dinosaur. That’s how Gary lost his booping privileges.
Staff Notice:
Do not attempt to “boop” the nose of any dinosaur. That’s how Gary lost his booping privileges.
October 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Jurassic Perk: The coffee cart is now armored. Please report any claw marks or bite attempts.
Staff Notice:
Do not attempt to “boop” the nose of any dinosaur. That’s how Gary lost his booping privileges.
Staff Notice:
Do not attempt to “boop” the nose of any dinosaur. That’s how Gary lost his booping privileges.
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Jurassic Perk: Our espresso is ethically sourced and dinosaur-proof. Mostly.
Staff Notice:
Staff are reminded that “playing dead” is ineffective against velociraptors. They’ve read the handbook.
Staff Notice:
Staff are reminded that “playing dead” is ineffective against velociraptors. They’ve read the handbook.
October 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Jurassic Perk: Our espresso is ethically sourced and dinosaur-proof. Mostly.
Staff Notice:
Staff are reminded that “playing dead” is ineffective against velociraptors. They’ve read the handbook.
Staff Notice:
Staff are reminded that “playing dead” is ineffective against velociraptors. They’ve read the handbook.
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One of the most important lessons from decades of design work: if you ask people exactly what they want, and then give it to them, they will often *hate* it.
One of the most important jobs of a designer is understanding that there are some things that everyone says they want, but then absolutely hate if they get it
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
One of the most important lessons from decades of design work: if you ask people exactly what they want, and then give it to them, they will often *hate* it.
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
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Coufal fan interaction on Twitter
https://www.eucup.com/1330029/
Makes you wonder how much criticism on social media is actually received by players. by Mrs_Payet
https://www.eucup.com/1330029/
Makes you wonder how much criticism on social media is actually received by players. by Mrs_Payet
Coufal fan interaction on Twitter - European Football - EUCUP.COM
Makes you wonder how much criticism on social media is actually received by players.
www.eucup.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Coufal fan interaction on Twitter
https://www.eucup.com/1330029/
Makes you wonder how much criticism on social media is actually received by players. by Mrs_Payet
https://www.eucup.com/1330029/
Makes you wonder how much criticism on social media is actually received by players. by Mrs_Payet
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Happy birthday, MS Word; released today 1983!
Word was the first software officially confirmed by the Vatican as haunted.
Despite several exorcisms, users around the world still suffer fonts mysteriously changing in the night & paragraph spacing moving with a life of its own! 😱
#TillysGameversary
Word was the first software officially confirmed by the Vatican as haunted.
Despite several exorcisms, users around the world still suffer fonts mysteriously changing in the night & paragraph spacing moving with a life of its own! 😱
#TillysGameversary
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Happy birthday, MS Word; released today 1983!
Word was the first software officially confirmed by the Vatican as haunted.
Despite several exorcisms, users around the world still suffer fonts mysteriously changing in the night & paragraph spacing moving with a life of its own! 😱
#TillysGameversary
Word was the first software officially confirmed by the Vatican as haunted.
Despite several exorcisms, users around the world still suffer fonts mysteriously changing in the night & paragraph spacing moving with a life of its own! 😱
#TillysGameversary