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1. dvh · 1790274997 · focus · HN ↗

   For extra fun, you can make font that are the same as original but then you add ligature for some words and you make ligature using the same font but spelling different word. For example "red" ligature will be "green".

   1. someonebaggy · 1790275242 · focus · HN ↗

      Do this on a document to determine who is copy-pasting or reading it with AI.

      1. smeehee · 1790282258 · focus · HN ↗

         Fun though the idea is, assistive technologies such as TTS will also have problems with it.

         1. servo_sausage · 1790318574 · focus · HN ↗

            Accessibility should only ever be an addition, never a limit.

            1. Semkas · 1790332868 · focus · HN ↗

               Why should that be true?

               1. servo_sausage · 1790337398 · focus · HN ↗

                  Because proposing to limit something needs better justification than a fundamentally limited group can't use it.

                  It's an out of place performative moralism.

                  1. Semkas · 1790347876 · focus · HN ↗

                     We will all become, or temporarily be, fundamentally limited at times in our life.

                     It's trivial to build something that accommodates an ideal user, the challenge in software engineering is creating a solution that suits many kinds of people, at different points in their life. Refusing to engage with that challenge is a kind of proud mediocrity.

                  2. ryandrake · 1790349117 · focus · HN ↗

                     Engineering is fundamentally about building within limitations.

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