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Gajim 2.4.5 has been released! 🎉

Gajim now lets you know when somebody reacted to one of your messages 👍 😎
It also comes with automatic timezone updates ⌚ and improvements for macOS, and bugfixes

Thank you for all your contributions ❤️ Let us know what you think!

Support Gajim's development: liberapay.com/Gajim

#gajim #xmpp #chat

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Gajim 2.4.5

What’s New Notifications for Reactions Reacting to messages offers a quick way of answering or acknowleding your contact’s message. It may be a simple 👍 or it may carry emotions 😁😎 and meaning.
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#xmpp #chat #gajim

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Big news!
I'm launching a tiny Mac app 🥺🔍🤏

:tinystart: It's called TinyStart, and it's a lightweight Launcher and Emoji picker for macOS!

Unlike Spotlight, TinyStart is super fast at showing results and launching apps. It never becomes overcrowded with search results you don't need, and it lets you open URLs, perform web searches with custom search engines, and quickly open folders in Finder.

Oh and yes, I think the Emoji picker is pretty good too. It's everything the default macOS Emoji picker isn't: it's fast, it lets you insert Emojis in any text field, it isn't picky about keywords, and it learns your favorite Emojis over time.

Get TinyStart at tinystart.app: it's €5, you pay for it once and future updates are free!

also I made a lil' video to show you what it looks like:

TinyStart, a Tiny Launcher and Emoji Picker for Your Mac

TinyStart, a tiny launcher for your Mac. Launch apps, insert Emojis, open Links and Folders, and more.
tinystart.app
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Heals

that looks like the best drop-in replacement for most of what I use #RayCast for - very well done!

At first while watching your video I was like "okay, that looks well made but I also need a symbol picker and sometimes like to do math / conversions quickly" -- imagine my gleeful smile when you listed those towards the end just like it's the easiest thing in the world to add those in!

#raycast
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Jana

That's very cool!

I was an Alfred "user" for the longest time, but I never really used any advanced features, it just worked better than Spotlight.
With macOS 26 I gave Spotlight a try. It was not great, but just okay enough that I didn't bother re-installing Alfred.
Now this looks like it does everything I need: Quick, no unnecessary animations, looks nice and only has features that I'll actually use.

Bought it, installed it, gonna use it the next little while and see whether it works well for me in praxis :neobot_happy:

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Wir haben Erklärbären gespielt, Vorzüge gepredigt, Instanzen empfohlen.
Ergebnis? „Zu kompliziert!“, „Hier ist nix los!“, „Wo ist der Algorithmus, der mich beschimpft?“ 🙄

GENUG MISSIONIERT! 🤚
Wir gründen jetzt die ultimative Instanz für gescheiterte Fediverse-Aktivisten. 💪

Wie nennen wir das Elend?
haeh.social, nix-los.online, ohne-ki-frontal.lappen

Eure Ideen unter #FediElend 🎤👀

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Admin #Community #neuhier

#fediverse #Mastodon #admin #neuhier #community #fedielend

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MY FRIEND: So what have you been up to lately?

ME [ face smeared with chocolate ]: ...nothing

usatoday.com/story/news/world/…

Thieves stole 12 tons of chocolate cars, KitKat maker says

The truck contained 413,793 car-shaped KitKat bars, Nestlé says. That's 12 tons of chocolate.
, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
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My Whack A Braille game is now live on the #iOS App Store! Whack moles with #Braille Screen Input, an external braille display, or a bluetooth keyboard! Practice your touch typing and your braille entry and win silly prizes! Lots of general gameplay updates from my original web version, so have fun playing! apps.apple.com/us/app/whack-a-…

Whack A Braille! App - App Store

Download Whack A Braille! by Marco Salsiccia on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Whack A Braille!.
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#ios #braille

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I wonder whether this is the news that made Russians lose their sh*t today and start trying to hack my accounts. They usually do that when they're having a particularly bad day.

united24media.com/latest-news/…

EU Launches $1.7B Defense Program to Boost Weapons Output With Ukraine

The EU's new $1.7 billion defense initiative aims to accelerate military equipment production and integrate Ukraine's industry.
Roman Kohanets (UNITED24 Media)
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🇺🇦 Anna Filina

You mean this? newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/privat…

(that would actually better explain why they're pissed at an individual financial contributor)

Private air defense in Ukraine shoots down drones for first time

Private business in Ukraine shot down enemy drones for the first time — in the Kharkiv region, a private air defense group destroyed several UAVs, inc
RBC-Ukraine
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IRCv3 at this rate is genuinely shaping up to be an amazing way to move away from Discord for text-based chat

their specs cover things like:
- Multiline
- Chat history
- Replies
- Emoji Reactions
- Network Icons (an SVG icon or similar that a network can set, like an avatar)
- Typing indicators
- Arbitrary account metadata
- This data can be subscribed to, so a client could display i.e a "pronouns" field for users or "website" field for channels
- Message redaction

WIP but still noteworthy:
- File uploads
- Message editing
- Custom Emoji

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Eigentlich wollte ich heute Abend ja nur ein paar Eindrücke der Showdown-Gruppe im BSVH für den Podcast sammeln. Aber wie ich da so stand und den Spielen zuhörte, Aufnahmen machte, um das ganze schön in stereo akustisch einzufangen, da begann es mich in den Fingern zu jucken. Und nachdem ich die Aufnahmen hatte, habe ich mir aus dem Schrank einmal Handschuh, Dunkelbrille und Schläger gesucht und ein paar Ballwechsel mit einer der Teilnehmer*innen gespielt. (1/3)
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Marco Zehe

Meine Hand wollte nicht lange mitmachen, aber die Ballwechsel haben Spaß gemacht. Ich hatte Showdown vor der Corona-Pandemie angefangen, dann wegen selbiger aufgeben müssen, und als es wieder möglich war, war ich so krank, dass ich das nicht konnte. Und obwohl die mentalen Kräfte für was wirklich regelmäßiges auch heute weiterhin nicht vorhanden sind, ist so ein schöner Sport doch was anderes. Es ist eine nette Truppe, zumindest die, die heute da waren. (2/3)

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🛑 From April 24, GitHub will use Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ user data for AI training by default, unless opted out. Business and Enterprise users are excluded, and collected data will exclude issues, discussions, and content from private repos at rest.
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#Audio I just returned from a camping trip I took this weekend. There were many bees around the campsite. This is a recording of one particular B, who was obviously pollinating a flower. This is a pretty good up close recording. I was in the midst of a lot of bees, and thankfully, did not get stung. 😊
#audio

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Is anyone here #BetaTesting #CardWorld, made by the same developers as #DiceWorld? If so, you'll be delighted to know that both games now have a #WhatsApp presence, as yours truly has created a community for #CardWorld last night.
You can join here:
chat.whatsapp.com/CXIE29o6NSoA…
Feel free to boost for reach! :)

Let's play card world!

WhatsApp Group Invite
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#whatsapp #betatesting #cardworld #diceworld

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You know, even if you have a fallback internet connection in the form of a 5G router that is very well capable of lifting all the data processing via mobile if necessary, all things fall apart if the main router ends up in some kind of weird loophole where it'd switch to the fallback connection once every... few hours and then return to the main connection, which might or might not have failed, I don't know, because when I returned a week later and rebooted everything worked just fine.

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The March update for JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2026 is now available. From new features to productivity enhancements, there’s a lot to explore in this release. Check out the highlights in our latest blog post.

Read it here: training.vispero.com/download-…

Download the March Update of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2026

The March update of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2026 is now available, offering new functionality and enhancements that increase efficiency and productivity. Here’s a look at three enhancements. Tra…
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Anthropic lost a class action suit for scraping books. Writers can register with Anthropic to be compensated for their pillaging of our copyrights.

The compensation system was AI-coded.

Anthropic can't keep track of our submissions. They don't know who wrote what.

Their customer support is AI-driven. Send a mail! Log in to a nonexistent page! Resubmit and it'll be fine!

This will be fine. :flan_executioner: :guillotine: :flan_stick:

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The Psychotic Network Ferret

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Соня позавтракала и устроилась в своём любимом кресле. Вообще-то это моё кресло, поэтому у нас за него постоянная борьба с кошками. Стёпка с недавних пор тоже включилась в это противостояние. Так что мне не одну, так другую приходится из кресла выковыривать прежде чем самому сесть.

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На стриме зрители открыли мне глаза.
Одна компания, чьи вакансии я регулярно вижу на HH причастна к производству военных дронов, а другая к ТСПУ.
Нужно быть аккуратнее, чтобы случайно не зашквариться.

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I'd guess FreeBSD's infrastructure is under attack. mailing list manager is super slow, forums have been defaced, what else is going on?

also, no official channel has acknowledged this yet?

tagging @FreeBSDFoundation for lack of a better profile

#freebsd #ddos #cybersecurity #hacking

#hacking #freebsd #cybersecurity #ddos @FreeBSD Foundation
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Cool, so transfering your WhatsApp chats from an iPhone to Android is impossible without the iPhone being factory reset (according to WhatsApps FAQs). Wasted half an hour trying and now have paranoia that I've missed messages while I was logged out, because you don't receive messages at that time. I mean how old school is WhatsApp? Just make it an account system and be done with it.
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🌈ᚩ🌈

> maybe we'll find some exploits or flaws in the map design and use that in our battle plans

that's one of my pet peeves about modern games, all the fun stuff gets patched out because obviously we can't have people having creative fun.

in my teens we glitched through the sky-block in counter strike and used that. never was patched, admin usually said "haha funny, please don't do that" but was a good sport.

now people get triggered if you glitch as if they couldn't do it themselves.

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русреал, тырено

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Daniel Evers

Immer! Welche Richtung / Sprache etc?

*Hust* nexburg.com/ *hust*

Nexburg - Nexburg | A global leader in mission-critical compliance solutions for regulated markets

Nexburg supports telecom service providers in meeting legal requirements by providing a secure and reliable platform for the lawful interception of communication services.
www.nexburg.com

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Wenn die sog. "KI" wieder mal phantasiert - Logfile-Analyse-Edition.

Da schickt mir ein Kollege eine super klingende Logfile-Analyse von Claude, und schon beim ersten Lesen wird klar, dass die aufgezeigte Kausalkette nicht so sein kann - weil der Code völlig anders tickt.

Aber statt mich ums eigentliche Problem zu kümmern, muss ich jetzt erklären, warum die LLM-Analsye Humbug ist...

🙄

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Cynthia

I do not, and I’ve run into patterns at least in the past where Narrator has conflicted with NVDA behaviors so I generally try to stay clear.

Also incase it’s helpful, every so often WebAIM will do a survey of a couple thousand screenreader users to try and identify support and trends. Not everyone, but generally a good “gut check” IMO: webaim.org/projects/screenread… , and Narrator was at 0.7% back in 2024.

WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #10 Results

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So, jetzt isses soweit. Auf diesem Blog schreibe ich in den nächsten Monaten über meine Erfahrungen als Spielleiter für einer Gruppe "Shadow of the Demon Lord".
blog.raindog.de

Dahinter steckt WriteFreely, ihr könnt dem Blog also im Fediverse unter @thomblogs folgen.

Über Feedback würde ich mich sehr freuen.

Achja, @systemmatters wird auch erwähnt ;)

#PNPDE #Rollenspiel #Blog #WriteFreely

#blog #writefreely #pnpde #rollenspiel @System Matters Verlag @thomblogs
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GrapheneOS

@mek2600 @Gina Yes, LinkedIn allows anyone to say they worked anywhere with no verification and no proper process available for addressing it as an organization. Abdoul Rasnab used to claim he was a Founder of GrapheneOS on his LinkedIn and after repeatedly agreeing to stop doing so reduced it to Co-Founder in his biography along with claiming to be a Director of something at GrapheneOS to this day. He has never worked for us, has never been in the project's internal chat rooms, etc.
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GrapheneOS

@mek2600 @Gina He was only ever an external party who sold phones with GrapheneOS while misrepresenting himself as having created and founded GrapheneOS to help him sell phones. He would repeatedly agree to stop misrepresenting himself while secretly doing it on a far grander scale than we realized behind our backs. He was extremely manipulative and dishonest. He also seems to believe the phony stories he comes up with about himself. Check out his site:

aquax.nl/

AquaX Cyber Division — Ex-Darknet Security

14 zero days ontdekt. 13+ jaar darknet ervaring. Wij denken als hackers — zodat jij ze niet hoeft te vrezen.
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GrapheneOS

Abdoul Rasnab has created a website filled with AI slop where he claims to have discovered a bunch of severe vulnerabilities and claims credit for hacking multiple companies. He's once again falsely claiming to have founded GrapheneOS on this website:

aquax.nl/

AquaX Cyber Division — Ex-Darknet Security

14 zero days ontdekt. 13+ jaar darknet ervaring. Wij denken als hackers — zodat jij ze niet hoeft te vrezen.
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GrapheneOS

Cybernews is a content farm presenting their coverage of information security as being investigative journalism and security research. We've previously debunked a story from them involving the Pixel 9 which was heavily spread by other news publications:

discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16338…

Highly misleading and inaccurate article from Cybernews about the Pixel 9 - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum

GrapheneOS discussion forum
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GrapheneOS

@Elizafox It's the name of a Dutch website which is why it's capitalized. You appear to be misunderstanding our usage of the word. Our previous post mentioning it called it Tweakers.net and we can edit this one to refer to it the same way but it doesn't seem necessary considering which already made it clear it's a website called Tweakers.net and capitalized it in the subsequent reply.

Tweakers also does still have the same meaning they're using for their website in the US despite the other use.

@Elizabeth
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This isn't limited to tech news sites passing themselves off as credible sources. Here's one of the major Dutch news sites publishing his claims:

bnr.nl/nieuws/tech-innovatie/1…

We've attached some screenshots of claimed achivements on Abdoul's website at aquax.nl/.

AquaX Cyber Division — Ex-Darknet Security

14 zero days ontdekt. 13+ jaar darknet ervaring. Wij denken als hackers — zodat jij ze niet hoeft te vrezen.
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People have no shame!
Here's scammer Abdoul Rasnab in action.

I don't know if this will help, but there's a TV show in the Netherlands that exposes scammers. Who knows? Maybe they can help with this situation:
opgelicht.avrotros.nl/
On the show, they expose scammers and collaborate with agencies such as the police and the tax office.

Another option is the online help desk: fraudehelpdesk.nl/
I checked the government website, and they redirect to this address.
They provides all kind of informations on what to do if someone is scammed in the Netherlands. They can refer you to the agency that handles these matters. It's for individuals and businesses. But make sure you do your research, because here in the Netherlands, nonprofit organizations receive a lot of support, and legal services are often free.

I imagine the process is complicated.
But have you considered filing a report with the Dutch police and pursuing legal action?

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GrapheneOS

@Joris He's a serial fabricator and many of his claims about it are likely untrue. He's experienced at getting the Dutch media to believe his inaccurate stories including previously duping them into believing he created GrapheneOS. The content on his site claims he was responsible for the 2014 celebrity nude leaks and much more. It's clearly not true and there's nothing ethical about the kind of stuff he's claiming credit for doing. He likely didn't do much or even any of what he claims.
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GrapheneOS

@Joris He literally spent time in prison which was seemingly because he makes up stories about his crimes. He's a serial fabricator. He did not create GrapheneOS and was not a founder. He made a company selling a proprietary fork of it which he wrongly called GrapheneOS. He now claims he founded it since he made a fork of it wrongly reusing the name. He has never worked for us and yet his LinkedIn claims he's working for GrapheneOS to this day as a business director. It's utter nonsense.
@Joris (dwz)

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"I warn my students:

- Yes, AI can generate the code for this assignment. Don’t let it. You have to write the code.

I explain that, if they don’t write the code, they will not be able to effectively read the code. The ability to read code is certainly going to be valuable, maybe more valuable, in an AI-based coding future."

This is 💯 the advice I'm giving young folk right now.

htmx.org/essays/yes-and/

htmx ~ Yes, and...

In this essay, Carson Gross discusses his advice to young people interested in computer science worried about the future given the advancements in AI.
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