TIL that the reason that Mr. Rogers told viewer that he was feeding his fish as he was doing so was because a five-year-old fan who is blind was concerned that he wasn't, so he wanted to put her mind at ease.
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GitHub - nvaccess/nvda: NVDA, the free and open source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows
NVDA, the free and open source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows - nvaccess/nvdaGitHub
PipeWire 1.2 Can Stream To Snapcast Servers For Multi-Room Audio
Following the recent PipeWire 1.2 release candidate, a second release candidate is out today that also includes the ability to stream to Snapcast servers...
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Am Fr, 24.Mai ist wieder Metaday!
Dieses Mal geht es um Braille und die, die es nutzen - Vortrag von Anne Günther
In der Rathausstraße 6, 1010 Wien
Bitcoin, Ether in Stasis as SEC ETF Decision Looms, Nvidia Hits Record High
There is a 90% probability the SEC will approve a spot ether ETF, one observer said, drawing attention to the narrowed discount in the Grayscale Ethereum Trust.Omkar Godbole (CoinDesk)
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Arguments about taste are more common than ever before. The long tail makes it easy to find what you like, and to talk about what you don't. There's no accounting for taste, and that's a good thing. Because taste is useful. Flopping the toilet paper under or over the roll, Beatles vs. Stones, Chevy vs. Ford... the interactions and tribal identity that result from these discussions satisfies our need to be seen, to have agency and to be part of something.
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Arguments about taste are more common than ever before. The long tail makes it easy to find what you like, and to talk about what you don’t. There’s no accounting for taste, and that…Seth's Blog
TIL that in 1990, on flight BA 5390, a poorly installed windshield blew off, partially sucking the captain out of the plane. The crew managed to hold onto him until they landed, and amazingly, he survived.
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Sunak announces UK general election for 4 July
The PM calls an early summer poll - having been widely expected to wait until the autumn to do so.
Linux 6.10 Adds eDP/DisplayPort Support For The Snapdragon X Elite
Qualcomm and their partners at Linaro have been busy working on the Linux support for the Snapdragon X Elite as the high-end Arm SoC beginning to roll-out for laptops. The latest Snapdragon X Elite upstreaming is Embedded DisplayPort and DisplayPort support for the Snapdragon X Elite...
phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.10-e…
"The financial costs of healthcare costs, or, is keeping me alive worth it?"
Link: jakeseliger.com/2024/05/16/the…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
The financial costs of healthcare costs, or, is keeping me alive worth it?
Right now, from a society-wide perspective, the healthcare I’ve been getting to keep me temporarily alive against a squamous cell carcinoma onslaught probably fails the cost-benefit test.[1] …The Story's Story
ElevenLabs quietly launches ElevenLabs Reader: AI Audio, its first consumer app to read web pages, PDFs and other documents aloud in 11 different voices (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
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ElevenLabs quietly launches ElevenLabs Reader: AI Audio, its first consumer app to read web pages, PDFs and other documents aloud in 11 different voices
By Ashley Carman / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
Every map of China is wrong - Anastasia Bizyayeva - Medium
I work in a climate tech startup, and although I don’t directly manipulate geospatial data in my role (at least not at the moment), I’m very interested in this aspect of our work. I came across a…Anastasia Bizyayeva (Medium)
PeaZip: Open-source file compression and encryption software
Link: peazip.github.io/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
PeaZip free archiver utility, open extract RAR TAR ZIP files
Free file archiver utility for Windows, macOS, Linux, Open Source file compression and encryption software. Open, extract RAR TAR ZIP archives, 200+ formats supportedPeaZip file archiver utility, free RAR ZIP software
SDL3 Adds PipeWire Camera Support
Adding to the growing list of features coming with the SDL3 release for this hardware/software abstraction layer commonly used by cross-platform games and other software is PipeWire camera capturing support...
phoronix.com/news/SDL3-PipeWir…
The new iPads are ditching physical SIM cards
Apple’s new iPad Pro and iPad Air models are missing one small feature: a SIM tray. Like some iPhone models, the iPads are going all in on eSIM.Allison Johnson (The Verge)
Stenberg: I survived curl up 2024
Daniel Stenberg has posted a report about the recent curl up conference about curl development. It was held over two days in Stockholm. The report has short summaries of the talks with links to the recordings.lwn.net
Show HN: Dillo 3.1.0 released after 9 years
Link: dillo-browser.github.io/latest…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Barrierefreiheit: Sieben Änderungen, die einem Blinden das Leben leichter machen würden - wdr.de
Kevin Barth ist fast blind. In seinem Alltag begegnen ihm viele Hürden - hier macht er Vorschläge, wie sich das ändern könnte.wdr.de
Bits from the DPL
Hi, Keeping my promise for monthly bits, here's a quick snapshot of my first ten days as DPL. Special thanks to Jonathan for an insightful introduction that left less room for questions. His introduction covered my first tasks like expense...Debian Project
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Kate & Icons
How it shall look… # Linux & BSDs # Windows # macOS # State on Fedora 40 Workstation & XFCE Spin… # Screenshots taken from the GNOME bugtracker, copies to not stall their GitLab instance.Christoph Cullmann (cullmann.io)
Debian welcomes the 2024 GSOC contributors/students
We are very excited to announce that Debian has selected seven contributors to work under mentorship on a variety of projects with us during the Google Summer of Code. Here are the list of the projects, students, and details of the tasks to be...Debian Project
Infomaniak First Platinum Sponsor of DebConf24
We are pleased to announce that Infomaniak has committed to sponsor DebConf24 as a Platinum Sponsor. Infomaniak is an independent cloud service provider recognised throughout Europe for its commitment to privacy, the local economy and the environment…Debian Project
⭐️ Why are my live regions not working? - TetraLogical
Essential reading from @patrick_h_lauke
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Why are my live regions not working? - TetraLogical
Live regions have a reputation for being "flaky" and inconsistent. While this can be attributed in part to shortcomings in current implementations, the problem can also be caused by developers misunderstanding how live regions are intended to work.TetraLogical
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systemd Rolling Out "run0" As sudo Alternative
Overnight systemd lead developer Lennart Poettering wrote on Mastodon around systemd's newest effort: run0 as a sudo-like command...
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Quad Lock Case držák mobilního telefonu na kolo. Zkušenosti a tipy
Koupeno před pár lety a od té doby skvělé slouží. Mezitím koupen ještě jeden držák na druhé kolo a s novým telefonem i nový obal na telefon. Tohle je jedno z těch nejlepších co můžete mít.
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Quad Lock Case držák mobilního telefonu na kolo. Zkušenosti a tipy - Kolotipy.cz
Když už jsem provedl zásadní upgrade na celopéro od Haibike, tak to taky chtělo zásadní upgrade toho, kam dávat telefon. Původně jsem ho dával do brašny vepředu na řídítkách (na předchozím Agogs Gust), pak do cyklo batohu na zádech.Kolotipy.cz
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Mario Kart Ride-On Racer Toys Recalled After Multiple Crashes From Stuck Accelerator Pedals
Mario Kart ride-on racer toys have been mass recalled after multiple crashes due to a stuck accelerator pedal.
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Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and alcohol brands
Link: curingaddiction.substack.com/p…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
"Growing concerns" that Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and alcohol brands, according to Morgan Stanley
Are GLP-1 drugs the first real threat to the hyper-processed food and alcohol industries?Nicholas Reville (Curing Addiction)
Lessons learned after 3 years of fulltime Rust game development, and why we're leaving Rust behind
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VMware outsourcing their support
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