And thank you Keith for your words! I wish I could remember meeting you. The only names I can associate with a 30 year younger face is Brian and Hans. On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM Michael wrote: > Thanks for the support, Eric. > So glad that things are working out for you! > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2024, 12:14 AM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> Guys, >> >> I am totally blind, and that’s partly due to traumatic brain injury back >> in 1989. I’ve also had my moments where I am exceedingly curse when it >> comes to some subjects. I also tend to be a little bit obsessive, >> compulsive, and that happens to be the autistic side of my nature which >> I’ve had all my life. I am a bit unusual, but science and technology are my >> thing so I tend not to ask too many questions because I’ve already done >> most of the research. However, sometimes research isn’t enough and I may >> end up having gas questions here. So, one should look past some of the >> commentary on here and recognize and realize those of us were traumatic >> brain. Injuries may not necessarily operate in a normal fashion. I happen >> to be one of the few exceptions because the area of the brain and question >> for me that was damaged with my visual cortex. Also, as an aside, I also >> have prosthetic eyes, so it doesn’t matter what my visual cortex does >> because I wouldn’t be able to perceive anything anyway. In any case, this >> really hasn’t slowed me down much in both the accessibility and Lennox >> fields. I’ve been writing a bunch of scripts, especially for . Comes in >> handy when I want to download a video from YouTube and then listen to it >> using VLC. Makes a lot easier than having to deal with the stupid app and >> their commercials. >> >> Anyway, that’s my opinion on this subject and now we should probably get >> back to Lennox and what it can be used for and how accessible it really is. >> >> – Eric >> From the central offices of the Technomage Guild, Opinions and research >> department. >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Jun 16, 2024, at 6:22 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >> > >> > I hear about and read about everyone wanting to get along. I am old >> enough to know that is impossible. I tend to get political and my views >> are at odds with some or maybe most on the list. >> > >> > Here is what I came to say. Shame on you all. You need to take an >> inventory for what you have. Most of you can run me in the ground. I >> struggle with technology. I always have. >> > >> > I talked with Mike about 10 years ago. Apparently you do not know that >> Mike experienced a traumatic brain injury. >> > >> > Mike do not let this get to you. It is just junior and senior high BS. >> > >> > I've been on this list since 1999 or 2000. Some of the questions I ask >> are probably annoying. I use Google and as of late have started using >> ChatGPT (AI) to seek information. The latter seems to do a better job. >> > >> > I believe we are all here because of our common goal to work with, >> learn, and enjoy Open Source - I know I am. I also know we do not live in >> a vacuum. Other things overflow that are not Open Source. >> > >> > We are a community. I could go as far as to say we are a family. I >> heard a pastor say once that families prepare us for the world. I guess >> families have a lot of strife. >> > >> > Keith >> > >> > >> >> On 2024-06-15 22:54, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> >> There's been a long thread of people mocking somebody who asked a >> >> stupid question. Yeah, the guy's annoying; annoying Open Sourceenough >> that I piped >> >> all his posts to /dev/null starting two or three years ago. This thread >> >> worsens the list's signal to noise, and personally, it constantly >> >> reminds me of the annoying person I killfiled years ago. >> >> I have a suggestion. If the guy annoys you, either ignore him, correct >> >> him offlist, or killfile him and move on. There's no need to mess up >> >> the list with mockery. Whether you believe, as I do, that he's an >> >> attention seeking troll who thinks his stupidity is cute, or whether >> >> you believe his behavior is entirely caused by some sort of brain >> >> injury, either way, the on-list mockery does no good for anybody. >> >> Ignore him, correct him offlist, or killfile him and move on. >> >> SteveT >> >> Steve Litt >> >> Autumn 2023 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century >> >> http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: