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New comment by nostats in "Don't put aria-label on generic elements like divs"

nostats — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:18:05 +0000

Is this an arcane rule? "Don't label divs" and "aria-label is for when there's no content in the DOM that can be read" are pretty simple rules. Labels are ways to tell a screen reader about content it can't read, like an image or icon. Pretty straightforward.

It's way way simpler than, say, var hoisting in JavaScript.

New comment by nostats in "What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard"

nostats — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:06:13 +0000

I came up in malls in the past. They did but it was also different. You could be a kid there and it was more tolerated. You weren't treated like a suspicious person by default. (Unless you were not white, or a punk. Then security tailed you the whole time.)

New comment by nostats in "What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard"

nostats — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:03:23 +0000

They are saying that homeless people are scary or messy. Or that drug use happens sometimes in a bathroom, etc.

Obviously, this attitude is born from some incorrect assumptions, but it's a pretty standard feast from folks out of town.

New comment by nostats in "What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard"

nostats — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:01:17 +0000

It's also shocking to have someone roll coal or call you a gendered or racist or homophobic slur in the country because you look a little different.

Or seeing the expansive yards filled with decaying cars, appliances, and other metal scrap.

Both urban and rural life have people suffering from poverty, mental health issues, and drug addiction. It just looks different.

New comment by nostats in "What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard"

nostats — Tue, 26 May 2026 13:55:08 +0000

I've been in my city (Seattle) for 40 years. Homelessness has increased faster than population growth. Crime rates are way down. Like half what they used to be.

Mental health is down everywhere, nationwide, and we spend an absurd amount of money on our police.

I love it here, great city. It's not perfect, but I can't imagine living elsewhere.