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TerminalJunkie | 6 years ago | on: Supreme Court allows blind people to sue retailers if websites aren't accessible

Honest question from a web developer, and I'm ashamed I don't know more, is there a clear concise guide to building accessible websites? I've had to support ARIA for U.S. Government websites, and certain color schemes for color accessibility, but I really don't feel like I know how to build a web product with accessibility in mind. I am genuinely sorry that I haven't developed the skill more, and would like to take this opportunity to learn more.

TerminalJunkie | 8 years ago | on: The US Marines' Love Affair with 3D Printing

Older military aircraft used to have a 'War emergency power' setting (WEP), it produced more than 100% of the engine's normal rated power but it decreased the operating life of the engine substantially and could only be run for a few minutes.

TerminalJunkie | 8 years ago | on: DOJ Subpoenas Twitter About Five Users Over a Smiley Emoji Tweet

I assume that if you're freelance you're at more risk of finding yourself on the receiving end of a CFAA violation. What I wonder is that if security researchers who work for domestic companies face the same degree of scrutiny that these freelance researchers do.

I guess that if you work for a company you're probably not looking at anyone's website that's not explicitly paying you/your company and under some contract.

TerminalJunkie | 9 years ago | on: How to Avoid Going to Jail Under 18 U.S.C. For Lying to Government Agents

Probably a daft question but I'm curious as to what others have to say. If this happens, what kind of attorney or lawyer should you contact? Is simply googling "attorney's near me" and reaching out to the first result good enough? The lawyers I work with are all corporate contract lawyers, not the kind that deal with criminal law.

TerminalJunkie | 9 years ago | on: I supported legalizing all drugs, then the opioid epidemic happened

If you were able to get drugs from a pharmacy or dispensary or a regulated service, there would't (hopefully) be a black market to supply the drugs which creates untold violence.

I have a completely untested theory that the number of deaths would be less with a well regulated legalization of drugs than with an unregulated black market where gangs and organized crime supply the demand for illicit substances.

TerminalJunkie | 9 years ago | on: A customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Simulator

This quote was stolen from the comments section on the original article by Brian_EE

"I wonder how realistic the operations of the virtual airlines are. In the game, do you get to have local police come on your plane and beat up your passengers and drag them off before you take off on your flight route?"

TerminalJunkie | 9 years ago | on: Let's stop bashing C#

I just prefer to use languages that I'm more proficient with. And, the cost of MSVS etc. is expensive, as the article mentions.

TerminalJunkie | 9 years ago | on: The privacy wars are about to get a whole lot worse

NY Times had an article in 2013 about this very thing. [1] But the amazing thing was, when users/customers found out that they were being tracked and the level of detail found in the tracking methods, some of them complained. They were quoted as saying "creepy", and "way over the line."

If users knew how much of their entire lives could be pieced together by browser tracking, cookies, and the same techniques that advertisement companies use to target groups of people, I feel that they would say the same thing.

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/business/attention-shopper...

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