In terms of form factor, Fisher & Paykel DishDrawers really suit us: you effectively get two half dishwashers, so you can easily run a half load, run one while you're still filling the other, etc. We had them at our old house years ago and they were awesome. They were also the most accessible dishwasher I've encountered by design: they had tactile buttons, and even though some of the buttons cycled between options, there were different beeps when you wrapped around to the start of the options, so if you couldn't see the screen, you could choose what you wanted easily once familiar.
So when our old dishwasher died last week, it was a clear choice: we'd get DishDrawers. There's always a risk that new models will regress accessibility, and unfortunately, it's pretty difficult to test or find out about stuff like this. But this new model also has WiFi connectivity, so I figured that would work as a fallback at least.
It turns out that they're all capacitive touch buttons; i.e. not tactile, no press. Worse, there are no distinct beeps when you wrap around to the first option, etc.
So I resigned myself to using the app, which is surprisingly very accessible. But... no go there either. Because of a safety feature you can't disable, you have to enable remote start using the (inaccessible) buttons on the dishwasher. Remote start gets auto disabled when the door is opened, after the next wash completes or after 72 hours, whichever comes first.
At best, that makes this thing extremely tedious for me to use. I can stick tactile dots above or below the buttons, but even then, it's easy to accidentally touch a button while you're looking for them and you can easily choose the wrong option due to the lack of useful audible feedback. I already have this problem with our air fryer and it frustrates the hell out of me. But I guess it just is what it is, as is so often the case.
The worst part is that they took a reasonably accessible product and made it inaccessible. And for what? Visually pleasing touch buttons that probably don't even function when you have wet hands (because surely people don't have wet hands in a kitchen?). It's Thermomix all over again. And the message these companies send is clear: "we don't care about people with disabilities at all. We don't even give it a thought."
I called Fisher & Paykel to see if there's anything they can do and it's been escalated to their tech team, but I'm not holding my breath, especially because the inability to permanently enable remote start is a deliberate safety choice. I'm just so, so tired of struggling with and fighting these battles every. Single. Day. I barely even have the energy to be angry. The temptation to just give up is immense.
Pellegrino Mastella: “Nel nome di mio papà Clemente vado a sinistra, ma Meloni è brava”
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Pellegrino Mastella: “Nel nome di mio papà Clemente vado a sinistra, ma Meloni è brava”
Il figlio dell’ex ministro candidato in Campania: «Il nostro nome è un brand»Alberto Mattioli (La Stampa)
Guten Morgen liebes Fediverse.
Es ist Freitag und ich war zudem erfolgreich im Pastpuzzle.
Da kann jetzt nichts mehr schiefgehen.
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Russian losses per 05/09/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff.
+810 men
+2 tanks
+2 AFVs
+50 artillery
+1 MLRS
+222 UAVs
Hackerato l'account su X del ministro della Difesa Crosetto
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Hackerato l'account su X del ministro della Difesa Crosetto
Leggi su Sky TG24 l'articolo Hackerato l'account su X del ministro della Difesa CrosettoRedazione Sky TG24 (Sky TG24)
Legion Go 2 official: Lenovo’s new flagship handheld costs $1,099 — and up
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Legion Go 2 official: Lenovo’s new flagship handheld costs $1,099 — and up
The new Lenovo Legion Go 2 is the company’s flagship handheld with improved screen and battery — but slightly bigger, heavier, and more costly.Sean Hollister (The Verge)
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Lenovo updates its beefiest and bulkiest laptops
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Lenovo updates its beefiest and bulkiest laptops
Lenovo has updated its bulky Thinkpad P16 and P1 workstations with the latest Arrow Lake processors.Terrence O'Brien (The Verge)
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Lenovo’s new concept laptop has a rotating screen that’s perfect for doomscrolling
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Lenovo’s new concept laptop has a rotating screen that’s perfect for doomscrolling
Hands-on with Lenovo’s ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept, a laptop with a 14-inch screen that can turn sideways for a vertical orientation.Antonio G. Di Benedetto (The Verge)
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»EuGH stärkt Datenschutz – Pseudonymisierung allein reicht nicht immer:
Der EuGH hat präzisiert, wann pseudonymisierte Daten als personenbezogen gelten. Er hob ein Urteil auf, das Kontrollbefugnisse der Aufsicht eingeschränkt hatte.«
Pseudonymisierung ist digital gesehen sogar das Gegenteil der Anonymisierung und doch benötigt es techn. klare Identifikationen, die aber nicht unbedingt auf Pers. rückschlissend sein müssen.
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#fotografie #photography #rolfnobel
Fotografie: Pferdefischer und Eisenfresser
Als eine Art von Resümee der Arbeit des Fotografen Rolf Nobel sind eine Ausstellung und ein wunderbar gestaltetes Buch entstanden: »Arbeiter des Meeres. 13 Reportagen«.Matthias Reichelt (junge Welt)
Lenovo stellt seine Business-Thinkpads mit Arrow Lake und Blackwell vor
Intels CPU-Generation Arrow Lake zieht in Lenovos Thinkpads ein. Das Thinkpad X9 erscheint zudem mit einem weißen Gehäuse.
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#IFA #Laptop #Lenovo #LenovoThinkPad #Mobiles #Notebooks #news
heise+ | Dorfromantik trifft Kurzgesagt: Im Gespräch mit den Starbirds-Entwicklern
In einer Erfolg versprechenden Kooperation eines Studios mit einem YouTube-Kanal entsteht das knuffige Aufbauspiel Star Birds. c’t hat mit den Teams gesprochen.
Mit dem Smartphone aufs Klo? Studie weist auf mögliche Gesundheitsgefahren
Die meisten Menschen brauchen offenbar selbst auf der Toilette sitzend noch Unterhaltungsprogramm. Das kann unangenehme gesundheitliche Folgen haben.
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Ah, I remember what I wanted to say….
Yesterday this personal #sharkey instance (hosted by @markus@dresden.network ) celebrated its second birthday.
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This never ending story is like the ugly gift that keeps on giving 🍿
“This is about to get ugly ‼️
DOJ caught on hidden camera admitting they’ll only redact Republican names from the #Epstein files.”
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This is about to get ugly ‼️ DOJ caught on hidden camera admitting they’ll only redact Republican names from the Epstein files.Christopher Webb (Substack)
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This is about to get ugly ‼️ DOJ caught on hidden camera admitting they’ll only redact Republican names from the Epstein files.Christopher Webb (Substack)
Now, the Home Office has one the right to appeal the court decision that set in motion the judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action.... in one sense this is no surprise, but also suggests that Yvette Cooper wants to halt the Judicial Review in its tracks, not least as she may be concerned about the outcome.... It will also have the pragmatic advantage t her of costing PA yet more in legal fees, further draining their supporters' resources.
#politics
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Home Office wins right to challenge Palestine Action’s terror ban appeal
Court of appeal ruling means Yvette Cooper can try to block move by protest group to have its proscription overturnedRajeev Syal (The Guardian)
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Well, that's a distinct danger given the political classes populate the judiciary to a large extent
Last week I fell for that fucking AI and deleted that post - 👇🏾 is the real stuff
“This is real footage from the Global Sumud Flotilla. 💙 Please avoid posting or liking AI-generated videos or images about the Flotilla, it doesn’t help, and honestly, it’s not necessary. If you follow their page, you can share real footage straight from the source. Let’s keep it real. ❤️🇵🇸”
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This is real footage from the Global Sumud Flotilla. 💙 Please avoid posting or liking AI-generated videos or images about the Flotilla, it doesn’t help, and honestly, it’s not necessary.Aalia Mauro (Substack)
I thought this was a very interesting discussing about Bitcoin and human behavior.
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Google Foto si aggiorna: arriva Veo 3 per video migliori
#AI #App #Fotografia #GenAI #Google #GoogleFoto #Innovazione #IntelligenzaArtificiale #Novità #TechNews #Veo3 #Video
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Google Foto si aggiorna: arriva Veo 3 per video migliori
Google Foto si aggiorna con l'IA di Veo 3 per creare video dalle foto. Più affidabile e di qualità superiore, con opzioni gratuite e a pagamento.CeoTech
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Hannes Caspar / Philippe le Hardi, bataille de Poitiers, 1356
#photography
Zwischen Trance und Transzendenz
#photography #fensterfreitag #windowfriday #urbex #lostplace #urbexportrait #lostintime #gedankenverloren
VPN Getting Blocked Everywhere? My New Split Setup (13:08) #tech
VPN Getting Blocked Everywhere...
VPN Getting Blocked Everywhere? My New Split Setup
After years of using system-wide VPNs, I made a switch to browser-only VPN extensions because I was constantly turning off my VPN for banking apps, flight check-ins, and captcha-heavy sites.Videum
malgrado tutto credo ancora che ci sia
è la passione l’ossessione della tua diversità
che al momento dove è andata non si sa
dove non si sa dove non si sa."
(Da "Destra-Sinistra" di Giorgio Gaber)
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In #greece after reports of Israeli tourists harassing the local people, antifascists wearing Palestine shirts are walking the streets.
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen
#SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon
#palestina #StopAIPAC #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism
Oura Ring users question its ties to Palantir and U.S. military projects
Oura Ring promises users their data is safe — is that enough?Christianna Silva (Mashable)
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Cette semaine c'est aussi la rentrée pour EPOC.
Nouveau format, nouvelle adresse epocinfo.fr/
#politique #election #resultat #sondage #article #bio #necrologie #rentree #rentree2025
Hai presente quella soddisfazione che provi dopo aver scattato la foto che cercavi da tempo? Ma proprio mentre torni soddisfatto alla macchina, un ultimo sguardo alle tue spalle… ed eccola lì: una scena inaspettata: un raggio di sole che filtra tra le nuvole, una silhouette perfetta che si staglia all’orizzonte, un riflesso che trasforma tutto in magia. Mai..Continua a leggere: galassianatura.it/pixeldinatur…
Il segreto per scatti unici? Voltati e guarda! - Pixel di Natura
SUGGERIMENTI & CONSIGLI - Il miglior scatto potrebbe essere dietro di te: non aver paura di voltarti...Pixel di Natura
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How Not Being Relevant Is Now An Advantage
I never followed trends. Still don’t. The branded trainers, the tribal colours, the group signalling that consumed my schoolmates meant nothing to me (still doesn’t, I don’t wear brands). While they sorted themselves into neat categories of belonging, I couldn’t be bothered allocating brain
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A colour drawing of silhouettes on black paper of cow parsley flowers, a wildflower also known as Queen Anne's Lace.
Available in my Folksy shop...
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#Flowers #FlowerArt #FlowerDrawing #OriginalArt #Drawing #PenAndInk #ColourPencil #MixedMedia #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop
Queen Anne Lace Floral Silhouettes - Original drawing, wall art
A colour drawing of silhouettes on black paper of cow parsley flowers, a wildflower also known as Queen Anne's Lace. The work has a background in grades of pink and white in the background.Folksy
Moin Leute! ✌️🙂
Ich wünsche euch allen einen guten Morgen. Habt alle einen tollen Tag und bleibt sicher und gesund. 🍀
Viele Grüße
Houbey
#freitag, #gutenmorgen, #mastodon, #deutschland, #troetcafe, #troet_cafe
Primary problem I have with lambdas is that they're called lambdas, which doesn't mean anything if you don't know what lambdas are.
If they were called inbound functions or something - I'm sure someone could come up with a better name - the name would tell at least something about what it means.
#linux #opensource #tecmint
How to Find Your DNS Server IP Address on Linux
In this article, learn how to find your DNS server IP address on a Linux system using resolv.conf, systemd-resolve, and nmcli commands.Martins D. Okoi (Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides)
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#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen
#SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon
#palestina #StopAIPAC #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism
Well, well, well.... Nigel Farage uses a personal services firm in a common if often criticised 'tax planning' approach to (legally) reduce his tax bill.
Once again Farage is showing that despite his man of the people approach he's a lot more like the establishment figures he criticises... but, while this features in the Guardian, my guess is unlike Angela Rayner's, Farage's tax affairs will garner little interest or traction in the Right media.
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Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrumPippa Crerar (The Guardian)
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Once again Farage is showing that despite his man of the people approach he's a lot more like the establishment figures he criticises... but, while this features in the Guardian, my guess is unlike Angela Rayner's, Farage's tax affairs will garner little interest or traction in the Right media.
Probably correct, Farage is a born privileged Millionaire , has Private School Mis Education, man of the people is a downright lie.
The disgusting creep wants to be the Trump of UK.
I've (obviously) got no love for the man but this is so common I'd be more surprised if he WASN'T doing it.
As for comparisons with Rayner... if someone says, "If you do this, you'd pay less tax, it's completely legal", EVERYONE would do it!
Victim of bad advice, if anything!
As we listen to a piece of music, our ears perform a calculation.
The high-pitched flutter of the flute, the middle tones of the violin, and the low hum of the double bass fill the air with pressure waves of many different frequencies.
When the combined sound wave descends through the ear canal and into the spiral-shaped cochlea, hairs of different lengths resonate to the different pitches, separating the messy signal into buckets of elemental sounds.
Amid the chaos of revolutionary France, one man’s mathematical obsession gave way to a calculation that now underpins much of #mathematics and #physics.
The calculation, called the #Fourier transform, decomposes any #function into its parts.
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What Is the Fourier Transform? | Quanta Magazine
Amid the chaos of revolutionary France, one man’s mathematical obsession gave way to a calculation that now underpins much of mathematics and physics. The calculation, called the Fourier transform, decomposes any function into its parts.Shalma Wegsman (Quanta Magazine)
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This is a disaster unfolding in plain sight. Each day Keir Starmer is smoothing Nigel Farage’s path to No 10
A simple, terrible and obvious mistake is being made. The more Labour echoes Reform’s talking points, the more it strengthens them, says Guardian columnist Owen JonesOwen Jones (The Guardian)
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L'indiscriminato utilizzo di una PLE con rischi sia per gli operatori che per gli utenti.
Le immagini dell'insicurezza: PLE su suolo pubblico, ci risiamo
L’indiscriminato utilizzo di una PLE con rischi sia per gli operatori che per gli utenti.Stefano Farina (https://www.puntosicuro.it/)
ウクライナ安全保証、外国軍は提供できず＝ロシア大統領府 | ロイター
９月５日、ロシア大統領はウクライナに対する安全の保証を外国の軍部隊が提供することはできないという見解を示した。写真はロシア大統領府のぺスコフ報道官。モスクワで５月代表撮影（２０２５年 ロイター）WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
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in reply to Jamie Teh • • •In today's episode of #accessibility shit-fuckery: our new dishwasher.
A dishwasher that can or needs an internet connection absolute no go.
Crappy sensors which only function sometimes and not with wet hands.
Ask Bosch Siemens.
There is so much untested trash sold as advancement, why because engineers are scared to tell their bosses to F Off because that great new idea is just flashy shit.