The Wheelhouse - Week 12

[clauderainsrm]

I know a don't post a lot lately. It's not that I don't have a lot of say. It's just that it's a lot of the same. I'm really grateful though that people seem to be enjoying/tolerating this Wheel concept. :D

The new poll is happening right now - https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1205156.html

Definitely go check it out if you haven't. The one thing that hasn't changed is that there is a lot of really good writing happening here.

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How have you been?

Comments

[bleodswean]

There IS a lot of really good writing happening here and that's one of the aspects of Idol that make it truly enjoyable even when the "game" can feel really challenging. LOLL! Personally, I think Chaos would have played better with a larger group ... but long form journaling platforms are what they are these days and I'm grateful there's anyone here at all.

I'm busy. But enjoying LIFE!!!

[muchtooarrogant]

Lizbeth and I went to the dentist yesterday. There wasn't anything momentous or painful about either of our appointments, just the regular cleaning. Then, we reviewed our treatment plans, and discovered that every procedure's out of pocket cost had jumped up in price by several hundred dollars. They recently moved to a new building, and my comment to Lizbeth was, "I guess we're helping pay for the increased rent." (sigh)

For work, one of my current tasks is to read through an online file with many different math expressions, and identify areas where speech and braille access can improve. For example, if the speech says, "1 over x plus 2," what's actually in the denominator, just x, or x plus 2? I'm about half way through reviewing the file with screen reader number one, and then its on to screen reader number two! It's the definition of tedious, until the speech really flakes out! "Arc RT" becomes "Quantity RT with frown above." WHAT?

I thought there were some really great entries this week. Several people took the prompt to unexpected and interesting places. Good luck to everyone!

Dan

[halfshellvenus]

Oh, boy. I can't imagine trying to get a screen reader to parse math correctly. That sounds like a challenge!

Our son went off our insurance at his last birthday, and had a filling fall out about one week afterward. He was eligible (via work) for new insurance by then, but he had to get it set up, and then get an emergency appointment, and still had to pay out-of-pocket because fillings were not covered until 6 months in. That seems kind of bogus-- this wasn't a new filling. It was an old one that aged out. It's not like he spent 20 years eating Oreos every day and then finally had a chance to get treatment. :O

[muchtooarrogant]

Oh, boy. I can't imagine trying to get a screen reader to parse math correctly. That sounds like a challenge!
There are reading rules that define how expressions should be read, so that makes it a bit easier identifying when there's an issue, but the drudgery remains. :)

Yikes, what happened to your son sounds completely bogus to me! In my opinion, either coverage has started or it hasn't, not some in-between state.

Dan

[clauderainsrm]

Be careful not to trip over that empty vial in the hallway!!