A $1k Wheelchair(newmobility.com)

910 points by bo0tzz 2 years ago | 395 comments

New Mobility article on how the JerryRigEverything YouTubers are making affordable $1,000 wheelchairs while bypassing insurance and regulatory red tape.

Buy Me a Chair: The wacky world of university endowments(musgrave.substack.com)

58 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 64 comments

Nobody Cares (2011)(a16z.com)

35 points by joshuawright11 2 years ago | 19 comments

MacBook Neo and how the iPad should be(craigmod.com)

282 points by jen729w 6 months ago | 164 comments

Cory Doctorow's Vision for a Just Tech Revolution(jacobin.com)

34 points by webmaven 3 years ago | 3 comments

Russia’s Nukes Probably Don’t Work – Here’s Why(wesodonnell.medium.com)

27 points by nixass 3 years ago | 39 comments

The Future Is Niri(ersei.net)

388 points by mattjhall 1 year ago | 202 comments

A personal blog post giving the author's opinion on the Niri scrollable tiling Wayland compositor after years of using Sway and i3.

JavaScript Demos in 140 Characters(beta.dwitter.net)

325 points by themanmaran 9 months ago | 59 comments

Dwitter, a community site for sharing and remixing JavaScript canvas demos written in 140 characters or less.

More disabled Americans are employed, thanks to remote work(bloomberg.com)

367 points by petethomas 2 years ago | 199 comments

Bloomberg Businessweek article reporting that employment among disabled Americans has risen thanks to remote work, flexible hours, and other pandemic-era accommodations.

We’re all just temporarily abled(blog.jim-nielsen.com)

793 points by imadj 3 years ago | 447 comments

Jim Nielsen's blog post reflecting on a knee injury and the idea that everyone is only temporarily abled, relating it to accessibility.

My Friend Aaron(rorz.io)

562 points by sarreph 2 months ago | 152 comments

A short story by Rory McMeekin on his personal blog about a school friend, Aaron, who obsessed over things like World of Warcraft instead of studying.

Cold-blooded software(dubroy.com)

499 points by arbesman 2 years ago | 198 comments

Patrick Dubroy's blog essay using cold-blooded animals as a metaphor for software that can sit untouched for long periods and still work when revived.