Re: Text Messages on iPhone

['E.T.' via MacVisionaries]

   That is what I should have done first them the printer.

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On 3/13/2019 9:19 PM, David The Computer Guy wrote:

Ever consider taking a screenshot of the said text?

Sent from my iPhone


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   I got a text today I wanted to print out. By the time I got a printer setup, 
the text was gone. Is it possible that some texts can self destruct? It was a 
potential phishing text.

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Re: Text Messages on iPhone

[David The Computer Guy]

Ever consider taking a screenshot of the said text?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 13, 2019, at 6:31 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries 
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>   I got a text today I wanted to print out. By the time I got a printer 
> setup, the text was gone. Is it possible that some texts can self destruct? 
> It was a potential phishing text.
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is.gd URL Shrinker

['E.T.' via MacVisionaries]

   I have used TinyURL in the past but never heard of is.gd which was 
in the suspicious text i received today. Curious to know if scammers use 
this to hide the URL and trick the unwary into clicking.


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Text Messages on iPhone

['E.T.' via MacVisionaries]

   I got a text today I wanted to print out. By the time I got a 
printer setup, the text was gone. Is it possible that some texts can 
self destruct? It was a potential phishing text.


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Re: Apple mail

[Petrus Tuerlings]

Thanks Tim,
I’ve just stuck to the modern view for now. 

> On 14/03/2019, at 10:02 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It's mostly just a preference.  The Classic view is preferred by some as they 
> find it easier to move through messages by specific columns.  , like you am 
> used to the Modern view and have stuck with it since it came out a number of 
> years back.  There are likely some other advantages/disadvantages for each, 
> but I believe you should just stay with whatever you feel suits your needs.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Apple Teacher
> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Mar 6, 2019, at 13:39, Petrus Tuerlings  > wrote:
> 
> It looks like I’m using modern view, what are the differences? Are there any 
> advantages to using the classic view? Although I’ve only ever  used modern 
> view so I’m used to it now.  
> 
>> On 7/03/2019, at 6:36 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
>> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> You can check whether you are using classic view or modern view by going 
>> into mail preferences and selecting viewing from the toolbar. When in the 
>> view tab, if the classic view check box is checked and you are using 
>> classic, if it is not, you are using the modern if you.
>> 
>> Later…
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Mar 6, 2019, at 10:02 AM, Petrus Tuerlings > > wrote:
>> 
>>> Okay, here is another silly question. But how does one know weather they 
>>> are using classic view or standard view in the mail App? I don’t think it 
>>> has been changed from the factory setting after I took it out of the box. 
>>> Although I did have a friend come around to help me set it up when I first 
>>> got the Mac, but I can’t remember if we changed anything regarding the 
>>> layout when we were setting up my email.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Petrus 
>>> 
 On 7/03/2019, at 5:47 AM, Julie Rattray >>> > wrote:
 
 Hi,
 
 I use the latter view and do find that when I sort in that way it stays 
 sorted how I have selected - but I also think you can set a default sort 
 order in preferences - might be wrong though 
 
> On 6 Mar 2019, at 16:22, 'Tim J Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
>  > wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Depending on the Mail view you are in, the process is slightly different. 
>  In Classic view, there are column headers, and you can use the VO-back 
> slash method to sort vy the specific column.  In the regular Modern view, 
> there is a pop-up menu just to the left of the Messages table where you 
> can set the sort order.
> 
> 
> Later...
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Mar 6, 2019, at 3:55 AM, Simon Fogarty > > wrote:
>> 
>> The key above your return / enter key
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>  
>> > > On Behalf Of Mary Jo Partyka
>> Sent: Wednesday, 6 March 2019 3:47 PM
>> To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > >
>> Subject: Re: Apple mail
>> 
>> Where is the backslash?
>> 
>> 
>> Mary Jo Partyka
>> choir...@gmail.com 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 5, 2019, at 1:43 AM, Anne Robertson >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Lorie,
>>> 
>>> What I do in Mail is to interact with the message list and navigate to 
>>> the column I want to sort by. I then do the following series of 
>>> commands:
>>> VO-Shift-Backslash
>>> VO-Space Bar
>>> VO-Shift-Backslash.
>>> Then if I want the sort to go in the opposite direction, I repeat the 
>>> process.
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Anne
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On 5 Mar 2019, at 03:24, Lorie McCloud >>> > wrote:
 
 classic view, I think.
 My Youtube Channel:
 "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud 
 
 
> On Mar 4, 2019, at 8:12 PM, M. Taylor  > wrote:
> 
> Hello Lori,
> 
> Are you using the standard or the classic view in Apple Mail?
> 
> Just curious.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Mar 4, 2019, at 4:41 PM, Lorie McCloud > > wrote:
>> 
>> can somebody please detail for me how to have my mail be sorted by 
>> date? I think I'm doing it correctly but it doesn't say set. if I 

Re: Apple mail

['Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries]

Hi,

It's mostly just a preference.  The Classic view is preferred by some as they 
find it easier to move through messages by specific columns.  , like you am 
used to the Modern view and have stuck with it since it came out a number of 
years back.  There are likely some other advantages/disadvantages for each, but 
I believe you should just stay with whatever you feel suits your needs.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Apple Teacher
(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Mar 6, 2019, at 13:39, Petrus Tuerlings  wrote:

It looks like I’m using modern view, what are the differences? Are there any 
advantages to using the classic view? Although I’ve only ever  used modern view 
so I’m used to it now.  

> On 7/03/2019, at 6:36 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> You can check whether you are using classic view or modern view by going into 
> mail preferences and selecting viewing from the toolbar. When in the view 
> tab, if the classic view check box is checked and you are using classic, if 
> it is not, you are using the modern if you.
> 
> Later…
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Mar 6, 2019, at 10:02 AM, Petrus Tuerlings  > wrote:
> 
>> Okay, here is another silly question. But how does one know weather they are 
>> using classic view or standard view in the mail App? I don’t think it has 
>> been changed from the factory setting after I took it out of the box. 
>> Although I did have a friend come around to help me set it up when I first 
>> got the Mac, but I can’t remember if we changed anything regarding the 
>> layout when we were setting up my email.
>> Thanks,
>> Petrus 
>> 
>>> On 7/03/2019, at 5:47 AM, Julie Rattray >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I use the latter view and do find that when I sort in that way it stays 
>>> sorted how I have selected - but I also think you can set a default sort 
>>> order in preferences - might be wrong though 
>>> 
 On 6 Mar 2019, at 16:22, 'Tim J Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
 mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> 
 wrote:
 
 Hi,
 
 Depending on the Mail view you are in, the process is slightly different.  
 In Classic view, there are column headers, and you can use the VO-back 
 slash method to sort vy the specific column.  In the regular Modern view, 
 there is a pop-up menu just to the left of the Messages table where you 
 can set the sort order.
 
 
 Later...
 
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
> On Mar 6, 2019, at 3:55 AM, Simon Fogarty  > wrote:
> 
> The key above your return / enter key
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>   > On Behalf Of Mary Jo Partyka
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 March 2019 3:47 PM
> To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries  >
> Subject: Re: Apple mail
> 
> Where is the backslash?
> 
> 
> Mary Jo Partyka
> choir...@gmail.com 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 5, 2019, at 1:43 AM, Anne Robertson > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Lorie,
>> 
>> What I do in Mail is to interact with the message list and navigate to 
>> the column I want to sort by. I then do the following series of commands:
>> VO-Shift-Backslash
>> VO-Space Bar
>> VO-Shift-Backslash.
>> Then if I want the sort to go in the opposite direction, I repeat the 
>> process.
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Anne
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 5 Mar 2019, at 03:24, Lorie McCloud >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> classic view, I think.
>>> My Youtube Channel:
>>> "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud  
>>>
>>> 
 On Mar 4, 2019, at 8:12 PM, M. Taylor >>> > wrote:
 
 Hello Lori,
 
 Are you using the standard or the classic view in Apple Mail?
 
 Just curious.
 
 Mark
 
 
 
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
> On Mar 4, 2019, at 4:41 PM, Lorie McCloud  > wrote:
> 
> can somebody please detail for me how to have my mail be sorted by 
> date? I think I'm doing it correctly but it doesn't say set. if I go 
> intoanother mailbox and come back it's off again. 
> 
> thanks.
> Lorie
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Re: spell-checker weirdness in High Sierra?

['Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries]

Hi,

I've had it happen occasionally, but not consistently.  Sometimes, it was my 
problem as it was fixing my grammar.  For example I had put y o o  apostrophe r 
e instead of y o u r.  Other times, my grammar was correct, but it still felt 
that it wasn't.  Again, I haven't figured out a pattern yet to know for sure 
the problem.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Apple Teacher
(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Mar 13, 2019, at 13:46, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries 
 wrote:

Hi all,

I have noticed that in High Sierra spell-checker is seeing certain words as 
mis-spelled which are not.  Mostly these are prepositions and some pronouns: of 
off  your, for example.  Does anyone experience this?  Does anyone know of a 
way to fix it?
TIA,
Donna

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spell-checker weirdness in High Sierra?

['Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries]

Hi all,

I have noticed that in High Sierra spell-checker is seeing certain words as 
mis-spelled which are not.  Mostly these are prepositions and some pronouns: of 
off  your, for example.  Does anyone experience this?  Does anyone know of a 
way to fix it?
TIA,
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Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Sandie Jazmin Kruse]

Yuma, usually I certainly dont do this ... but i have a few scanned books 
around you might liked reading .
Do you by chance have anything with SCP?


Sent from my iPad

> On 13 Mar 2019, at 17.20, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
> 
> Hi Sandy,
> 
> Maybe I'm the one who doesn't write in proper English, I'm multi lingual 
> after all, which may make my grammar less than stellar at certain times.
> 
> However, I re-read again, and it seems pretty clear that the feature I am 
> working on, and talking about, is about exoplanet identification using the 
> app. This is the main objective of my Holman prize submission, and whether I 
> get it or not, I am investigating with astrophysicists about the use of audio 
> signals to hear the dip of host star light curves to potentially discover 
> those exoplanets. So when I say it can be one of us, or many of us, I mean 
> discovering exoplanets using the app.
> 
> The ability to perhaps get someone onboard space X is actually a stretch 
> goal, as in by completing the objectives I outlined in my submission, there 
> will be enough media coverage and exposure across various communities, from 
> my uni, astrophysics, astronomy, the app eco-system, some other communities I 
> can't really talk about right at this moment but are there, the tech 
> industry, as well as a few others, to reach the mentioned Tycoon, and perhaps 
> get someone onboard that scheduled mission. 
> 
> Yes, I fully admit that It's a dream of mine to get onboard that flight. i 
> have read countless books on missions, systems, planets, black holes, 
> physics, the cosmos, sci-fi from classics to page turners like contact, and 
> still much more, but I can't be so selfish as to do this just for my own 
> enjoyment. There has to be a goal that reaches beyond the individual for 
> something to be valuable, and so my active time investment is about making 
> STEM subjects accessible to kids with blindness or visual impairment.
> 
> And please do flood me with your knowledge, I'm open to any and all 
> suggestions, comments and feature requests on Astreos, and am happy to 
> implement them. such as visiting the ISS in 3D audio, for example, which is 
> something I have deeply reflected on as the ISS is currently around 8 
> football fields and 10 storeys high in dimension, and still growing.
> 
> Anyway, I digress :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 14 Mar 2019, at 1:14 am, Sandie Jazmin Kruse  wrote:
>> 
>> Rereads, and rereads again... let me see if i get this right ... you are 
>> most certainly right in that Space x have just flown its demo 1 mission with 
>> its Dragon who will take humans too the space station.
>> But. The way i read your mail, you make it sound like 100 people at the same 
>> time , will go into space? And one of them being blind?
>>  If i am mistaken and they will go , 7 after each other , read up about what 
>> it will cost nasa, just for that one demo 1 mission.
>> I truly understand your fascination for space. I truly do, i am just 
>> scanning a wonderful book about ISS. So i can flooow you better than you 
>> might think. And your  i can do it all attitude is damn uplifting , but 
>> stop... think... a blind person? That would be for the media scoop alone.
>> However if think if anyone should go , you should be the one , you made the 
>> App after all.
>> I can be wrong , but i doubt it ,
>> I should add ... when the dragon docked, and undocked from ISS i was crying 
>> my eyes out , this is so good we are back in business
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 15.35, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your kind words Mike,
>>> 
>>> I think it really is about passion, a bit of madness in that you will spend 
>>> hours to validate what you think is a thread that can lead somewhere, long 
>>> hours of fun and sometimes not so fun work, but all the way is the 
>>> certitude that this will help promote education, cross over activities and 
>>> especially the value of blind people the world around.
>>> 
>>> And well, I love travelling for investigation :)
>>> 
>>> Have a great day 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yuma 
>>> 
>>> 
 On 13 Mar 2019, at 10:59 pm, Michael Busboom  wrote:
 
 You have a phenomenal can-do attitude, and it is extremely motivational! 
 Keep up the excellent work, and thanks for making it possible for those of 
 us who are interested in space to participate in the study of the cosmos.
 
 Mike
 
 
 
> On 13.03.2019, at 11:00, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
> 
> Also,
> 
> Having won the NASA space app challenge here in Brisbane, and being in 
> touch with a few engineers working at NASA, the job is about going to 
> them and communicating. if no-one does it, no-one at NASA will really 
> think anyone who is visually impaired is interested in working for them. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 7:49 pm, Raymond Foret Jr  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Very interesting:  but, do you really think that 

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

Hi Sandy,

Maybe I'm the one who doesn't write in proper English, I'm multi lingual after 
all, which may make my grammar less than stellar at certain times.

However, I re-read again, and it seems pretty clear that the feature I am 
working on, and talking about, is about exoplanet identification using the app. 
This is the main objective of my Holman prize submission, and whether I get it 
or not, I am investigating with astrophysicists about the use of audio signals 
to hear the dip of host star light curves to potentially discover those 
exoplanets. So when I say it can be one of us, or many of us, I mean 
discovering exoplanets using the app.

The ability to perhaps get someone onboard space X is actually a stretch goal, 
as in by completing the objectives I outlined in my submission, there will be 
enough media coverage and exposure across various communities, from my uni, 
astrophysics, astronomy, the app eco-system, some other communities I can't 
really talk about right at this moment but are there, the tech industry, as 
well as a few others, to reach the mentioned Tycoon, and perhaps get someone 
onboard that scheduled mission. 

Yes, I fully admit that It's a dream of mine to get onboard that flight. i have 
read countless books on missions, systems, planets, black holes, physics, the 
cosmos, sci-fi from classics to page turners like contact, and still much more, 
but I can't be so selfish as to do this just for my own enjoyment. There has to 
be a goal that reaches beyond the individual for something to be valuable, and 
so my active time investment is about making STEM subjects accessible to kids 
with blindness or visual impairment.

And please do flood me with your knowledge, I'm open to any and all 
suggestions, comments and feature requests on Astreos, and am happy to 
implement them. such as visiting the ISS in 3D audio, for example, which is 
something I have deeply reflected on as the ISS is currently around 8 football 
fields and 10 storeys high in dimension, and still growing.

Anyway, I digress :)






> On 14 Mar 2019, at 1:14 am, Sandie Jazmin Kruse  wrote:
> 
> Rereads, and rereads again... let me see if i get this right ... you are most 
> certainly right in that Space x have just flown its demo 1 mission with its 
> Dragon who will take humans too the space station.
> But. The way i read your mail, you make it sound like 100 people at the same 
> time , will go into space? And one of them being blind?
>  If i am mistaken and they will go , 7 after each other , read up about what 
> it will cost nasa, just for that one demo 1 mission.
> I truly understand your fascination for space. I truly do, i am just scanning 
> a wonderful book about ISS. So i can flooow you better than you might think. 
> And your  i can do it all attitude is damn uplifting , but stop... think... a 
> blind person? That would be for the media scoop alone.
> However if think if anyone should go , you should be the one , you made the 
> App after all.
> I can be wrong , but i doubt it ,
> I should add ... when the dragon docked, and undocked from ISS i was crying 
> my eyes out , this is so good we are back in business
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 13 Mar 2019, at 15.35, Yuma Decaux  > wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for your kind words Mike,
>> 
>> I think it really is about passion, a bit of madness in that you will spend 
>> hours to validate what you think is a thread that can lead somewhere, long 
>> hours of fun and sometimes not so fun work, but all the way is the certitude 
>> that this will help promote education, cross over activities and especially 
>> the value of blind people the world around.
>> 
>> And well, I love travelling for investigation :)
>> 
>> Have a great day 
>> 
>> 
>> Yuma 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 10:59 pm, Michael Busboom >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> You have a phenomenal can-do attitude, and it is extremely motivational! 
>>> Keep up the excellent work, and thanks for making it possible for those of 
>>> us who are interested in space to participate in the study of the cosmos.
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On 13.03.2019, at 11:00, Yuma Decaux >>> > wrote:
 
 Also,
 
 Having won the NASA space app challenge here in Brisbane, and being in 
 touch with a few engineers working at NASA, the job is about going to them 
 and communicating. if no-one does it, no-one at NASA will really think 
 anyone who is visually impaired is interested in working for them. 
 
 
 
 
> On 13 Mar 2019, at 7:49 pm, Raymond Foret Jr  > wrote:
> 
> Very interesting:  but, do you really think that Nasa actually believes a 
> blind person will ever actually go in to space?  Hate to tell you, but as 
> for me, I think not;  their noises to the contrary not with standing.
> 
> 
> Sent from the first computer with built-in screen 

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Sandie Jazmin Kruse]

Rereads, and rereads again... let me see if i get this right ... you are most 
certainly right in that Space x have just flown its demo 1 mission with its 
Dragon who will take humans too the space station.
But. The way i read your mail, you make it sound like 100 people at the same 
time , will go into space? And one of them being blind?
 If i am mistaken and they will go , 7 after each other , read up about what it 
will cost nasa, just for that one demo 1 mission.
I truly understand your fascination for space. I truly do, i am just scanning a 
wonderful book about ISS. So i can flooow you better than you might think. And 
your  i can do it all attitude is damn uplifting , but stop... think... a blind 
person? That would be for the media scoop alone.
However if think if anyone should go , you should be the one , you made the App 
after all.
I can be wrong , but i doubt it ,
I should add ... when the dragon docked, and undocked from ISS i was crying my 
eyes out , this is so good we are back in business
Sent from my iPad

> On 13 Mar 2019, at 15.35, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
> 
> Thanks for your kind words Mike,
> 
> I think it really is about passion, a bit of madness in that you will spend 
> hours to validate what you think is a thread that can lead somewhere, long 
> hours of fun and sometimes not so fun work, but all the way is the certitude 
> that this will help promote education, cross over activities and especially 
> the value of blind people the world around.
> 
> And well, I love travelling for investigation :)
> 
> Have a great day 
> 
> 
> Yuma 
> 
> 
>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 10:59 pm, Michael Busboom  wrote:
>> 
>> You have a phenomenal can-do attitude, and it is extremely motivational! 
>> Keep up the excellent work, and thanks for making it possible for those of 
>> us who are interested in space to participate in the study of the cosmos.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 13.03.2019, at 11:00, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Also,
>>> 
>>> Having won the NASA space app challenge here in Brisbane, and being in 
>>> touch with a few engineers working at NASA, the job is about going to them 
>>> and communicating. if no-one does it, no-one at NASA will really think 
>>> anyone who is visually impaired is interested in working for them. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On 13 Mar 2019, at 7:49 pm, Raymond Foret Jr  
 wrote:
 
 Very interesting:  but, do you really think that Nasa actually believes a 
 blind person will ever actually go in to space?  Hate to tell you, but as 
 for me, I think not;  their noises to the contrary not with standing.
 
 
 Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the 
 blind:
 
 Sincerely,
 
 The constantly barefooted Ray
 
> On Mar 13, 2019, at 4:25 AM, Sandie Jazmin Kruse  
> wrote:
> 
> Lool. While i really respect your work, i really do, a blind person 
> in space. I will believe it when i see it .
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 03.01, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
>> support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well 
>> as what I am about to ask.
>> 
>> Some of you know that I have been working on the first star gazing app 
>> for sighted and blind, Astreos. 
>> 
>> Let's say that it has gotten very far since I first started playing 
>> around with NASA's data trove. It won a NASA space app challenge, has 
>> appeared across the globe, at an Apple summit for education, and even a 
>> physics magazine from the U.k. 
>> 
>> Some also might know that I have spoken at a recent TEDx in Brisbane, 
>> Australia.
>> 
>> I am about to release a version which now has every object which has 
>> been classified and is known to pro astronomers, and some objects which 
>> are only known in the scientific field, along with some big 
>> improvements, bug fixes and a special feature which is the reason of 
>> this invitation.
>> 
>> I have spoken to several astrophysicists, both at my uni and one close 
>> to my city which is the only one in the SOuthern hemisphere working with 
>> MIT on a data set coming from a recently launched satellite, the TESS or 
>> Transit Exoplanet Search Satellite. Our discussion is ongoing as they 
>> are validating what I thought would be possible as a blind person.
>> 
>> What the TESS satellite basically does is to capture what is known as 
>> light curves, a time based light value set of pixels from hundreds of 
>> thousands of stars in the night sky.
>> 
>> With a set of tools, scientists usually try to identify various 
>> phenomenon, such as the explosion of a super nova, what is called tidal 
>> disruptions which are basically black holes ripping stars apart, 

Re: Optimizing SSD drive

['E.T.' via MacVisionaries]

   I don't either. TRIMming the SSD took care of it.

From E.T.'s Keyboard...
   ancient.ali...@icloud.com
Many believe that we have been visited
in the past. What if it were true?

On 3/12/2019 10:59 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote:

I don't think it's a specs issue,
I was getting the same issue today on a mac book air that wasn't mine and would 
have had lower than average specifications.

I also get it on an imac and my own mac books as well,
I think along the lines that it's a voiceover issue

-Original Message-
From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries 
Sent: Tuesday, 12 March 2019 8:09 AM
To: MacVisionaries 
Subject: Optimizing SSD drive

 Some time ago I upgraded the 8gigs of ram to 16 on the MBP and swapped the 
spinning drive for the SSD.

 I don't recall if the issue with Voiceover existed before then. What 
happens is often when I am navigating the Mac, VO will sound like its being 
throttled back then comes back quickly. Its random, I never know when or what 
may trigger this.

 So I will have someone help me put the 8gigs back tomorrow and see if the 
issue clears up. But I am wondering if the SSD is automatically optimized or 
not. If not, can it be optimized?

 This happens even when I have done clean installs and have set things up 
from scratch but I am willing to try anything to run this down. Thoughts?

  From E.T.'s Keyboard...
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Many believe that we have been visited
in the past. What if it were true?

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Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

Thanks for your kind words Mike,

I think it really is about passion, a bit of madness in that you will spend 
hours to validate what you think is a thread that can lead somewhere, long 
hours of fun and sometimes not so fun work, but all the way is the certitude 
that this will help promote education, cross over activities and especially the 
value of blind people the world around.

And well, I love travelling for investigation :)

Have a great day 


Yuma 


> On 13 Mar 2019, at 10:59 pm, Michael Busboom  wrote:
> 
> You have a phenomenal can-do attitude, and it is extremely motivational! Keep 
> up the excellent work, and thanks for making it possible for those of us who 
> are interested in space to participate in the study of the cosmos.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
>> On 13.03.2019, at 11:00, Yuma Decaux > > wrote:
>> 
>> Also,
>> 
>> Having won the NASA space app challenge here in Brisbane, and being in touch 
>> with a few engineers working at NASA, the job is about going to them and 
>> communicating. if no-one does it, no-one at NASA will really think anyone 
>> who is visually impaired is interested in working for them. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 7:49 pm, Raymond Foret Jr >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Very interesting:  but, do you really think that Nasa actually believes a 
>>> blind person will ever actually go in to space?  Hate to tell you, but as 
>>> for me, I think not;  their noises to the contrary not with standing.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the 
>>> blind:
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> 
>>> The constantly barefooted Ray
>>> 
 On Mar 13, 2019, at 4:25 AM, Sandie Jazmin Kruse >>> > wrote:
 
 Lool. While i really respect your work, i really do, a blind person in 
 space. I will believe it when i see it .
 
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 13 Mar 2019, at 03.01, Yuma Decaux >>> > wrote:
 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
> support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well 
> as what I am about to ask.
> 
> Some of you know that I have been working on the first star gazing app 
> for sighted and blind, Astreos. 
> 
> Let's say that it has gotten very far since I first started playing 
> around with NASA's data trove. It won a NASA space app challenge, has 
> appeared across the globe, at an Apple summit for education, and even a 
> physics magazine from the U.k. 
> 
> Some also might know that I have spoken at a recent TEDx in Brisbane, 
> Australia.
> 
> I am about to release a version which now has every object which has been 
> classified and is known to pro astronomers, and some objects which are 
> only known in the scientific field, along with some big improvements, bug 
> fixes and a special feature which is the reason of this invitation.
> 
> I have spoken to several astrophysicists, both at my uni and one close to 
> my city which is the only one in the SOuthern hemisphere working with MIT 
> on a data set coming from a recently launched satellite, the TESS or 
> Transit Exoplanet Search Satellite. Our discussion is ongoing as they are 
> validating what I thought would be possible as a blind person.
> 
> What the TESS satellite basically does is to capture what is known as 
> light curves, a time based light value set of pixels from hundreds of 
> thousands of stars in the night sky.
> 
> With a set of tools, scientists usually try to identify various 
> phenomenon, such as the explosion of a super nova, what is called tidal 
> disruptions which are basically black holes ripping stars apart, and also 
> exoplanets transiting their host stars. Visually, this is quite messy, so 
> teams around the world try to use algorithms. However, human perception 
> is way more advanced than computers.
> 
> And this is where the idea came. What if we as blind users can actually 
> hear the transition of an exoplanet? it happens to be very much a reality.
> 
> So I am working with those astrophysicists to create a sequence of tools 
> for the blind, so that we can download light curves associated to what 
> are called authorised campaigns, use the tools to identify yet 
> undiscovered exoplanets, report it to the scientific team working on that 
> quadrant, and if the discovery is confirmed, the exoplanet will be named 
> under whatever you want it named.
> 
> This is citizen science to its most universal.
> 
> And this is my proposal for the Holman prize, so that I can keep 
> investigating, and speaking to the people who will make this a reality, 
> including 2 blind astrophysicists, one in SOuth Africa, who 

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Michael Busboom]

You have a phenomenal can-do attitude, and it is extremely motivational! Keep 
up the excellent work, and thanks for making it possible for those of us who 
are interested in space to participate in the study of the cosmos.

Mike



> On 13.03.2019, at 11:00, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
> 
> Also,
> 
> Having won the NASA space app challenge here in Brisbane, and being in touch 
> with a few engineers working at NASA, the job is about going to them and 
> communicating. if no-one does it, no-one at NASA will really think anyone who 
> is visually impaired is interested in working for them. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 7:49 pm, Raymond Foret Jr > > wrote:
>> 
>> Very interesting:  but, do you really think that Nasa actually believes a 
>> blind person will ever actually go in to space?  Hate to tell you, but as 
>> for me, I think not;  their noises to the contrary not with standing.
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the 
>> blind:
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> The constantly barefooted Ray
>> 
>>> On Mar 13, 2019, at 4:25 AM, Sandie Jazmin Kruse >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Lool. While i really respect your work, i really do, a blind person in 
>>> space. I will believe it when i see it .
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 03.01, Yuma Decaux >> > wrote:
>>> 
 Hi everyone,
 
 I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
 support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well 
 as what I am about to ask.
 
 Some of you know that I have been working on the first star gazing app for 
 sighted and blind, Astreos. 
 
 Let's say that it has gotten very far since I first started playing around 
 with NASA's data trove. It won a NASA space app challenge, has appeared 
 across the globe, at an Apple summit for education, and even a physics 
 magazine from the U.k. 
 
 Some also might know that I have spoken at a recent TEDx in Brisbane, 
 Australia.
 
 I am about to release a version which now has every object which has been 
 classified and is known to pro astronomers, and some objects which are 
 only known in the scientific field, along with some big improvements, bug 
 fixes and a special feature which is the reason of this invitation.
 
 I have spoken to several astrophysicists, both at my uni and one close to 
 my city which is the only one in the SOuthern hemisphere working with MIT 
 on a data set coming from a recently launched satellite, the TESS or 
 Transit Exoplanet Search Satellite. Our discussion is ongoing as they are 
 validating what I thought would be possible as a blind person.
 
 What the TESS satellite basically does is to capture what is known as 
 light curves, a time based light value set of pixels from hundreds of 
 thousands of stars in the night sky.
 
 With a set of tools, scientists usually try to identify various 
 phenomenon, such as the explosion of a super nova, what is called tidal 
 disruptions which are basically black holes ripping stars apart, and also 
 exoplanets transiting their host stars. Visually, this is quite messy, so 
 teams around the world try to use algorithms. However, human perception is 
 way more advanced than computers.
 
 And this is where the idea came. What if we as blind users can actually 
 hear the transition of an exoplanet? it happens to be very much a reality.
 
 So I am working with those astrophysicists to create a sequence of tools 
 for the blind, so that we can download light curves associated to what are 
 called authorised campaigns, use the tools to identify yet undiscovered 
 exoplanets, report it to the scientific team working on that quadrant, and 
 if the discovery is confirmed, the exoplanet will be named under whatever 
 you want it named.
 
 This is citizen science to its most universal.
 
 And this is my proposal for the Holman prize, so that I can keep 
 investigating, and speaking to the people who will make this a reality, 
 including 2 blind astrophysicists, one in SOuth Africa, who has also 
 spoken at TED, and another in the U.K, who will most probably love the 
 work being done.
 
 Finally, the last leg of the investigation will be to NASA's jet 
 propulsion labs, where the engineer I have been working on for solar 
 system objects as well as asteroids and comets, will help me promote 
 science topics for blind kids who have an inclination for maths and 
 sciences.
 
 And this one being a stretch goal, but still a possibility, is to approach 
 a Japanese tycoon who has recently booked a flight with space X to the 
 moon scheduled in 2023, with the intent of having various human 

Re: Force Tap

[Michael Busboom]

Thank you, Robert.

Long time, no talk.

My very best to you, and thanks,

Mike



> On 10.03.2019, at 15:16, Robert Carter  wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> The force touch feature is done by pressing hard on the screen. It is similar 
> to the 3D Touch on the iPhone.
> 
> Robert Carter
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 9, 2019, at 8:48 AM, Michael Busboom  wrote:
>> 
>> Hope everyone is enjoying (or enjoyed their weekend).
>> 
>> Recently, M. Taylor sent an article to this list about the Apple Watch, and 
>> I found it to be quite informative.  However, the writer referred a few 
>> times to the Force Tap feature.  How does a Voice Over user accomplish this? 
>>  One friend told me to tap once and hold, and this would invoke a Force Tap. 
>> However, that didn’t work for me.  A clarification would be great.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
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Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

Also,

Having won the NASA space app challenge here in Brisbane, and being in touch 
with a few engineers working at NASA, the job is about going to them and 
communicating. if no-one does it, no-one at NASA will really think anyone who 
is visually impaired is interested in working for them. 




> On 13 Mar 2019, at 7:49 pm, Raymond Foret Jr  wrote:
> 
> Very interesting:  but, do you really think that Nasa actually believes a 
> blind person will ever actually go in to space?  Hate to tell you, but as for 
> me, I think not;  their noises to the contrary not with standing.
> 
> 
> Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind:
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> The constantly barefooted Ray
> 
>> On Mar 13, 2019, at 4:25 AM, Sandie Jazmin Kruse > > wrote:
>> 
>> Lool. While i really respect your work, i really do, a blind person in 
>> space. I will believe it when i see it .
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 03.01, Yuma Decaux > > wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
>>> support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well as 
>>> what I am about to ask.
>>> 
>>> Some of you know that I have been working on the first star gazing app for 
>>> sighted and blind, Astreos. 
>>> 
>>> Let's say that it has gotten very far since I first started playing around 
>>> with NASA's data trove. It won a NASA space app challenge, has appeared 
>>> across the globe, at an Apple summit for education, and even a physics 
>>> magazine from the U.k. 
>>> 
>>> Some also might know that I have spoken at a recent TEDx in Brisbane, 
>>> Australia.
>>> 
>>> I am about to release a version which now has every object which has been 
>>> classified and is known to pro astronomers, and some objects which are only 
>>> known in the scientific field, along with some big improvements, bug fixes 
>>> and a special feature which is the reason of this invitation.
>>> 
>>> I have spoken to several astrophysicists, both at my uni and one close to 
>>> my city which is the only one in the SOuthern hemisphere working with MIT 
>>> on a data set coming from a recently launched satellite, the TESS or 
>>> Transit Exoplanet Search Satellite. Our discussion is ongoing as they are 
>>> validating what I thought would be possible as a blind person.
>>> 
>>> What the TESS satellite basically does is to capture what is known as light 
>>> curves, a time based light value set of pixels from hundreds of thousands 
>>> of stars in the night sky.
>>> 
>>> With a set of tools, scientists usually try to identify various phenomenon, 
>>> such as the explosion of a super nova, what is called tidal disruptions 
>>> which are basically black holes ripping stars apart, and also exoplanets 
>>> transiting their host stars. Visually, this is quite messy, so teams around 
>>> the world try to use algorithms. However, human perception is way more 
>>> advanced than computers.
>>> 
>>> And this is where the idea came. What if we as blind users can actually 
>>> hear the transition of an exoplanet? it happens to be very much a reality.
>>> 
>>> So I am working with those astrophysicists to create a sequence of tools 
>>> for the blind, so that we can download light curves associated to what are 
>>> called authorised campaigns, use the tools to identify yet undiscovered 
>>> exoplanets, report it to the scientific team working on that quadrant, and 
>>> if the discovery is confirmed, the exoplanet will be named under whatever 
>>> you want it named.
>>> 
>>> This is citizen science to its most universal.
>>> 
>>> And this is my proposal for the Holman prize, so that I can keep 
>>> investigating, and speaking to the people who will make this a reality, 
>>> including 2 blind astrophysicists, one in SOuth Africa, who has also spoken 
>>> at TED, and another in the U.K, who will most probably love the work being 
>>> done.
>>> 
>>> Finally, the last leg of the investigation will be to NASA's jet propulsion 
>>> labs, where the engineer I have been working on for solar system objects as 
>>> well as asteroids and comets, will help me promote science topics for blind 
>>> kids who have an inclination for maths and sciences.
>>> 
>>> And this one being a stretch goal, but still a possibility, is to approach 
>>> a Japanese tycoon who has recently booked a flight with space X to the moon 
>>> scheduled in 2023, with the intent of having various human citizens 
>>> onboard. This is to get one of us, picked from a facebook page I will 
>>> establish, to be on that flight.
>>> 
>>> I know this is ambitious, but there are no limitations to what we can do, 
>>> and I guarantee this is the case, from my own experience. And I am sure 
>>> most of you think the same.
>>> 
>>> Here is the link to the video, please press on the like button and help me 
>>> get this investigation through to 

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Yuma Decaux]

It's not NASA putting a ship out to the moon, but Space X. Basically, the owner 
of a retail store called Zoo city, a japanese billionaire, has booked the trip 
to the moon that will hold around 100 people. he said he wanted every facet of 
humanity in it. Scientists, engineers, philosophers, economists, athletes, etc, 
so the idea is why not a blind person as well? But that's not the biggest goal 
of this investigation. It's more about the app and its exoplanet hunting 
feature :)




> On 13 Mar 2019, at 7:49 pm, Raymond Foret Jr  wrote:
> 
> Very interesting:  but, do you really think that Nasa actually believes a 
> blind person will ever actually go in to space?  Hate to tell you, but as for 
> me, I think not;  their noises to the contrary not with standing.
> 
> 
> Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind:
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> The constantly barefooted Ray
> 
>> On Mar 13, 2019, at 4:25 AM, Sandie Jazmin Kruse > > wrote:
>> 
>> Lool. While i really respect your work, i really do, a blind person in 
>> space. I will believe it when i see it .
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 03.01, Yuma Decaux > > wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
>>> support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well as 
>>> what I am about to ask.
>>> 
>>> Some of you know that I have been working on the first star gazing app for 
>>> sighted and blind, Astreos. 
>>> 
>>> Let's say that it has gotten very far since I first started playing around 
>>> with NASA's data trove. It won a NASA space app challenge, has appeared 
>>> across the globe, at an Apple summit for education, and even a physics 
>>> magazine from the U.k. 
>>> 
>>> Some also might know that I have spoken at a recent TEDx in Brisbane, 
>>> Australia.
>>> 
>>> I am about to release a version which now has every object which has been 
>>> classified and is known to pro astronomers, and some objects which are only 
>>> known in the scientific field, along with some big improvements, bug fixes 
>>> and a special feature which is the reason of this invitation.
>>> 
>>> I have spoken to several astrophysicists, both at my uni and one close to 
>>> my city which is the only one in the SOuthern hemisphere working with MIT 
>>> on a data set coming from a recently launched satellite, the TESS or 
>>> Transit Exoplanet Search Satellite. Our discussion is ongoing as they are 
>>> validating what I thought would be possible as a blind person.
>>> 
>>> What the TESS satellite basically does is to capture what is known as light 
>>> curves, a time based light value set of pixels from hundreds of thousands 
>>> of stars in the night sky.
>>> 
>>> With a set of tools, scientists usually try to identify various phenomenon, 
>>> such as the explosion of a super nova, what is called tidal disruptions 
>>> which are basically black holes ripping stars apart, and also exoplanets 
>>> transiting their host stars. Visually, this is quite messy, so teams around 
>>> the world try to use algorithms. However, human perception is way more 
>>> advanced than computers.
>>> 
>>> And this is where the idea came. What if we as blind users can actually 
>>> hear the transition of an exoplanet? it happens to be very much a reality.
>>> 
>>> So I am working with those astrophysicists to create a sequence of tools 
>>> for the blind, so that we can download light curves associated to what are 
>>> called authorised campaigns, use the tools to identify yet undiscovered 
>>> exoplanets, report it to the scientific team working on that quadrant, and 
>>> if the discovery is confirmed, the exoplanet will be named under whatever 
>>> you want it named.
>>> 
>>> This is citizen science to its most universal.
>>> 
>>> And this is my proposal for the Holman prize, so that I can keep 
>>> investigating, and speaking to the people who will make this a reality, 
>>> including 2 blind astrophysicists, one in SOuth Africa, who has also spoken 
>>> at TED, and another in the U.K, who will most probably love the work being 
>>> done.
>>> 
>>> Finally, the last leg of the investigation will be to NASA's jet propulsion 
>>> labs, where the engineer I have been working on for solar system objects as 
>>> well as asteroids and comets, will help me promote science topics for blind 
>>> kids who have an inclination for maths and sciences.
>>> 
>>> And this one being a stretch goal, but still a possibility, is to approach 
>>> a Japanese tycoon who has recently booked a flight with space X to the moon 
>>> scheduled in 2023, with the intent of having various human citizens 
>>> onboard. This is to get one of us, picked from a facebook page I will 
>>> establish, to be on that flight.
>>> 
>>> I know this is ambitious, but there are no limitations to what we can do, 
>>> and I guarantee this is the case, from 

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Raymond Foret Jr]

Very interesting:  but, do you really think that Nasa actually believes a blind 
person will ever actually go in to space?  Hate to tell you, but as for me, I 
think not;  their noises to the contrary not with standing.


Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind:

Sincerely,

The constantly barefooted Ray

> On Mar 13, 2019, at 4:25 AM, Sandie Jazmin Kruse  wrote:
> 
> Lool. While i really respect your work, i really do, a blind person in 
> space. I will believe it when i see it .
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 13 Mar 2019, at 03.01, Yuma Decaux  > wrote:
> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
>> support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well as 
>> what I am about to ask.
>> 
>> Some of you know that I have been working on the first star gazing app for 
>> sighted and blind, Astreos. 
>> 
>> Let's say that it has gotten very far since I first started playing around 
>> with NASA's data trove. It won a NASA space app challenge, has appeared 
>> across the globe, at an Apple summit for education, and even a physics 
>> magazine from the U.k. 
>> 
>> Some also might know that I have spoken at a recent TEDx in Brisbane, 
>> Australia.
>> 
>> I am about to release a version which now has every object which has been 
>> classified and is known to pro astronomers, and some objects which are only 
>> known in the scientific field, along with some big improvements, bug fixes 
>> and a special feature which is the reason of this invitation.
>> 
>> I have spoken to several astrophysicists, both at my uni and one close to my 
>> city which is the only one in the SOuthern hemisphere working with MIT on a 
>> data set coming from a recently launched satellite, the TESS or Transit 
>> Exoplanet Search Satellite. Our discussion is ongoing as they are validating 
>> what I thought would be possible as a blind person.
>> 
>> What the TESS satellite basically does is to capture what is known as light 
>> curves, a time based light value set of pixels from hundreds of thousands of 
>> stars in the night sky.
>> 
>> With a set of tools, scientists usually try to identify various phenomenon, 
>> such as the explosion of a super nova, what is called tidal disruptions 
>> which are basically black holes ripping stars apart, and also exoplanets 
>> transiting their host stars. Visually, this is quite messy, so teams around 
>> the world try to use algorithms. However, human perception is way more 
>> advanced than computers.
>> 
>> And this is where the idea came. What if we as blind users can actually hear 
>> the transition of an exoplanet? it happens to be very much a reality.
>> 
>> So I am working with those astrophysicists to create a sequence of tools for 
>> the blind, so that we can download light curves associated to what are 
>> called authorised campaigns, use the tools to identify yet undiscovered 
>> exoplanets, report it to the scientific team working on that quadrant, and 
>> if the discovery is confirmed, the exoplanet will be named under whatever 
>> you want it named.
>> 
>> This is citizen science to its most universal.
>> 
>> And this is my proposal for the Holman prize, so that I can keep 
>> investigating, and speaking to the people who will make this a reality, 
>> including 2 blind astrophysicists, one in SOuth Africa, who has also spoken 
>> at TED, and another in the U.K, who will most probably love the work being 
>> done.
>> 
>> Finally, the last leg of the investigation will be to NASA's jet propulsion 
>> labs, where the engineer I have been working on for solar system objects as 
>> well as asteroids and comets, will help me promote science topics for blind 
>> kids who have an inclination for maths and sciences.
>> 
>> And this one being a stretch goal, but still a possibility, is to approach a 
>> Japanese tycoon who has recently booked a flight with space X to the moon 
>> scheduled in 2023, with the intent of having various human citizens onboard. 
>> This is to get one of us, picked from a facebook page I will establish, to 
>> be on that flight.
>> 
>> I know this is ambitious, but there are no limitations to what we can do, 
>> and I guarantee this is the case, from my own experience. And I am sure most 
>> of you think the same.
>> 
>> Here is the link to the video, please press on the like button and help me 
>> get this investigation through to the first blind citizen having an 
>> exoplanet named after him/her. It might be one of us, or many of us. But in 
>> the end, it will only show the world that being blind does not limit us to 
>> anything, and that we are fully part of the space age.
>> 
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TDsHHuT3CQ=youtu.be 
>> 
>> 
>> Also, here's the link to get the app Astreos, and be part of the beta 
>> testing stage when the exoplanet hunting 

Re: Call for action: Astreos exo hunting

[Sandie Jazmin Kruse]

Lool. While i really respect your work, i really do, a blind person in 
space. I will believe it when i see it .


Sent from my iPad

> On 13 Mar 2019, at 03.01, Yuma Decaux  wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have spoken to Mark about this off list and he has been kind enough to 
> support the endeavour I have been embarked on for the past year, as well as 
> what I am about to ask.
> 
> Some of you know that I have been working on the first star gazing app for 
> sighted and blind, Astreos. 
> 
> Let's say that it has gotten very far since I first started playing around 
> with NASA's data trove. It won a NASA space app challenge, has appeared 
> across the globe, at an Apple summit for education, and even a physics 
> magazine from the U.k. 
> 
> Some also might know that I have spoken at a recent TEDx in Brisbane, 
> Australia.
> 
> I am about to release a version which now has every object which has been 
> classified and is known to pro astronomers, and some objects which are only 
> known in the scientific field, along with some big improvements, bug fixes 
> and a special feature which is the reason of this invitation.
> 
> I have spoken to several astrophysicists, both at my uni and one close to my 
> city which is the only one in the SOuthern hemisphere working with MIT on a 
> data set coming from a recently launched satellite, the TESS or Transit 
> Exoplanet Search Satellite. Our discussion is ongoing as they are validating 
> what I thought would be possible as a blind person.
> 
> What the TESS satellite basically does is to capture what is known as light 
> curves, a time based light value set of pixels from hundreds of thousands of 
> stars in the night sky.
> 
> With a set of tools, scientists usually try to identify various phenomenon, 
> such as the explosion of a super nova, what is called tidal disruptions which 
> are basically black holes ripping stars apart, and also exoplanets transiting 
> their host stars. Visually, this is quite messy, so teams around the world 
> try to use algorithms. However, human perception is way more advanced than 
> computers.
> 
> And this is where the idea came. What if we as blind users can actually hear 
> the transition of an exoplanet? it happens to be very much a reality.
> 
> So I am working with those astrophysicists to create a sequence of tools for 
> the blind, so that we can download light curves associated to what are called 
> authorised campaigns, use the tools to identify yet undiscovered exoplanets, 
> report it to the scientific team working on that quadrant, and if the 
> discovery is confirmed, the exoplanet will be named under whatever you want 
> it named.
> 
> This is citizen science to its most universal.
> 
> And this is my proposal for the Holman prize, so that I can keep 
> investigating, and speaking to the people who will make this a reality, 
> including 2 blind astrophysicists, one in SOuth Africa, who has also spoken 
> at TED, and another in the U.K, who will most probably love the work being 
> done.
> 
> Finally, the last leg of the investigation will be to NASA's jet propulsion 
> labs, where the engineer I have been working on for solar system objects as 
> well as asteroids and comets, will help me promote science topics for blind 
> kids who have an inclination for maths and sciences.
> 
> And this one being a stretch goal, but still a possibility, is to approach a 
> Japanese tycoon who has recently booked a flight with space X to the moon 
> scheduled in 2023, with the intent of having various human citizens onboard. 
> This is to get one of us, picked from a facebook page I will establish, to be 
> on that flight.
> 
> I know this is ambitious, but there are no limitations to what we can do, and 
> I guarantee this is the case, from my own experience. And I am sure most of 
> you think the same.
> 
> Here is the link to the video, please press on the like button and help me 
> get this investigation through to the first blind citizen having an exoplanet 
> named after him/her. It might be one of us, or many of us. But in the end, it 
> will only show the world that being blind does not limit us to anything, and 
> that we are fully part of the space age.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TDsHHuT3CQ=youtu.be
> 
> Also, here's the link to get the app Astreos, and be part of the beta testing 
> stage when the exoplanet hunting sequence starts.
> 
> https://astreos.oseyeris.com
> 
> Thanks a lot for your attention, and have an awesome week :)
> 
> Yuma, the space indiana jones
> 
> If you can, please help propagate this around your networks, family and 
> friends. I and many others think this can usher in a lot of new ideas and 
> promote accessibility to a whole lot more for us.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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RE: Optimizing SSD drive

[Simon Fogarty]

I don't think it's a specs issue,
I was getting the same issue today on a mac book air that wasn't mine and would 
have had lower than average specifications.

I also get it on an imac and my own mac books as well,
I think along the lines that it's a voiceover issue 

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To: MacVisionaries 
Subject: Optimizing SSD drive

Some time ago I upgraded the 8gigs of ram to 16 on the MBP and swapped the 
spinning drive for the SSD.

I don't recall if the issue with Voiceover existed before then. What 
happens is often when I am navigating the Mac, VO will sound like its being 
throttled back then comes back quickly. Its random, I never know when or what 
may trigger this.

So I will have someone help me put the 8gigs back tomorrow and see if the 
issue clears up. But I am wondering if the SSD is automatically optimized or 
not. If not, can it be optimized?

This happens even when I have done clean installs and have set things up 
from scratch but I am willing to try anything to run this down. Thoughts?

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