@Edent what's so bad about <div> ... or: Why do you want to avoid them?

[luis_in_brief@social.coop]

@Edent how did you compile the covers?

[edent@mastodon.social]

@luis_in_brief I had them all from Calibre. Then I did this https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/11/quick-image-montages/

[edent@mastodon.social]

@DrFerrous sadly, the cats book was shite.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/03/book-review-medieval-cats-claws-paws-and-kitties-of-yore-by-catherine-nappington/

I had a review copy of Start Villain and loved it.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/06/book-review-starter-villain-john-scalzi/

[ndonegan@mastodon.ie]

@Edent Looking at the Haiket website, and it specifically says "Connect with WhatsApp users in Europe". Does this mean that if you do use one of these options you can only talk to EU based folk in WhatsApp? That seems more than a little limiting.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@ndonegan you'll need to ask them.

[ketumbra@infosec.exchange]

@Edent are you getting involved in this WhatsApp compatibility @signalapp @Mer__edith ?

[fallenhitokiri@social.screamingatmyscreen.com]

@Edent wow, this is worse than I expected even for this site…

It seems to tilt more and more towards SV tech bros fans who ask for publicly hanging people.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@neil yeah, sometimes it is a gem. Other times a cess pit. Oh well!

[fazalmajid@social.vivaldi.net]

@Edent If you have the time, do visit Waiheke. Island, off Auckland. Lovely place. We spent one night of our honeymoon at the Te Whau lodge, and it was the best experience of the entire trip.

[peach@phpc.social]

@Edent i just wanted to say i liked your post (the actual post) and agree. And yer I agree people like D_HH have no place in an inclusive web. There are prob many others id say, but thats one who i immediately thought of.

Those hacker news comments are just stupid in my opinion, unable to see any sort of analogy.

Thanks for the post.

[nigel@unsociable.lowkey.party]

@Edent lol Sandra and Simon look like LLMs

[edent@mastodon.social]

@tml I think you've read something into my post that I didn't write.

You can read more about my thoughts on accessibility at https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/a11y/

[chloeg@mastodon.art]

@Edent I saw all of that and even though it brought the haters out it is good to know that people such as yourself are allies. It’s a message they didn’t like but still need to read and hear.

[mal3aby@mastodon.smears.org]

@Edent @neil I mean... not _all_ of the comments are out-and-out terrible... I'd count that as a win!

[edent@mastodon.social]

@bluegreenandfree to be clear, I think Calibre adding this as an optional choice, with support for local models, is a good thing.

[waf@dataare.cool]

@Edent I think the comparison you make here is so valid.

[martijn@scholar.social]

@Edent I'm taking the level of snark as permission to counter with the Troy stories of Cassandra and the wooden horse 😋

[edent@mastodon.social]

@silvermoon82 it is very different from what I was expecting. Festival worthy!

[phil_tanner@mastodon.philtanner.com]

@Edent oh the waterfront is an exceptional place on a day like today!

[kay@mastodon.nz]

@Edent I'm in Wellington aka Te Whanganui A Tara in indigenous language, Te Reo Māori. I enjoy meetups with folk with overlapping interests. When will you be visiting?

FWIW I used to help with hackathons using open data sets and lots of other tech events.

I also met my partner at a science fiction convention years ago and we're both keen readers.

Wellington used to be livelier in tech sector before Covid and subsequently a change of government in 2023. Here's a flavour from @miramarmike
https://blog.mikeriversdale.co.nz/2025/12/which-wellytech-xmas-were-you-at.html

Cheers, Kay 🍻