Three Things (and Metrics)

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First!  merlin_horror is open for both writers and artists to claim prompts!  Go, go, go check it out and claim a prompt.  The claiming is open until August 1, and both fic and art are due Oct 15.


Second! summerpornathon Challenge #6 voting is open!  Anyone can vote, the comments are screened.  The challenge this time was Crossovers/Fusions.


Third!  And this is relevant to my interests (link goes to New Scientist) for reasons some of you will already be aware of, and others might figure out, but still!  Relevance!  I've complained about the poor quality of the so-called automatic captioning that is done on YouTube (it really, really sucks monkey balls, I'm not kidding you.  You do not want to watch a video where they're supposedly discussing wave dynamics, but the captioning is giving you instructions on how to catch an octopus.  IDEK) many, many times.  What is less well known to people is that despite the prevalence of captioning or subtitling on television and on DVDs, broadcasted television shows that are also streamed on the web through the broadcasters' websites are not captioned or subtitled in any way.  I have trouble following the logic of not making content accessible when (1) the technology is there to implement it, (2) the issuing media company has made the effort of making content accessible in other formats, why not the web, too? and (3) it's the law in most countries -- in particular the USA, where most of the television shows being streamed online are coming from.


Metrics!  There's still hours left in the day, but I'm tired, so I'll quit while the going is good, and I'm stopping at a nice, round 3,000 words for LM Part 10.


And how was your day?