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I just had whatever the opposite of 'future shock' is - I stumbled upon a telescope proposal from 2001 and I wondered if the #latex would compile - of course it did, and the proposal looked exactly as it should have.

In related news, I wrote my thesis in Word 98 and the next version refused to open one of my chapters for no obvious reason.

Plain text and openly documented image formats are definitely the way to future proof your work.... #astrodon #opensource #openscience #TeXLaTeX

A telescope proposal rendered in LaTeX showing the logo of the Submillimeter Telescope Observatory and the title of the proposal.
#opensource #openscience #Astrodon #latex #texlatex
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Rust 1.67.1 fixes a regression for projects that link to thin archives (.a files that reference external .o objects). The new archive writer in 1.67.0 could not read thin archives as inputs, leading to the error "Unsupported archive identifier." The compiler now uses LLVM's archive writer again, until that format is supported in the new code.

The clippy style lint uninlined_format_args is temporarily downgraded to pedantic -- allowed by default.

blog.rust-lang.org/2023/02/09/…


Announcing Rust 1.67.1 | Rust Blog

Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
blog.rust-lang.org

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I hit the Just Press Record widget on my watch face by mistake, and ended up making a like 9 hour recording of the day I flew here. Was just seeking through it, and found the part where I put my watch in my backpack, and it went through security. It actually sounds quite interesting.

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Apple complains UK watchdog wants to make iOS a 'clone' of Android... The reason for its unhappiness? The UK Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) key fix is to kill Apple's WebKit requirement on iOS amid claims it is anti-competitive.

theregister.com/AMP/2023/02/09…


Apple complains UK watchdog wants to make iOS a 'clone' of Android

Move means possibility of new WebKit-free iPhone browsers is even more likely
Jude Karabus (The Register)

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This is objectively very funny.

Twitter is falling apart. I currently can’t follow anyone or post anything. In the midst of this, Musk had a meeting to find out why his engagement is plummeting.

An engineer looked into the code, found no issues, and speculated it’s because he’s less popular.

Musk fired him on the spot. 👶🏼

t.co/orXAYv5yEq


Elon Musk fires a top Twitter engineer over his declining view count

Inside Twitter 2.0, turmoil leaves employees stretched to the max
Zoë Schiffer (Platformer)

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Coming up live at 00:00 UTC (7:00 PM Eastern, 4:00 PM Pacific in the Americas) on The Global Voice Internet Radio: two hours of relaxing #newage, #ambient, and #meditationmusic on Northern Lights: The New Age Show with Kelly Sapergia. More information about the show is at ksapergia.net/northernlights/. Tune in either by visiting theglobalvoice.info and clicking on the Listen Live link, or put the following URL in your favorite media player: theglobalvoice.info:8000/broad… #audio

Northern Lights: The New Age Show

Northern Lights is a weekly live and interactive show featuring the best mix of relaxing music from independent and mainstream artists. Genres you’ll hear include New Age, Ambient, and music …
Kelly Sapergia's Home Page
#audio #ambient #newage #meditationmusic

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Nintendo’s CEO recently said “If we reduce the number of employees for better short-term financial results, employee morale will decrease” and is instead doing the opposite by raising pay to address inflation.

Some leaders are built different.

gamespot.com/articles/nintendo…


Nintendo Will Pay Its Workers 10% More

The move is meant to invest in the workforce and address inflation.
Grace Benfell (Gamespot)

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Podporujete Piráty, ale roznášení listů a kontaktní kampaň není úplně pro vás ?
Jste spíše na počítače, brouky v kódu a tak ??
V rámci Technického odboru jsem rozjel stránku, kde budeme umisťovat přehledněji úkoly/projekty, které lze plnit jako dobrovolník a to jako člen/regP ale i fanoušek !
Máte zájem třeba i se něco přiučit, spolupracovat s zajímavou skupinou lidí a podpořit Piráty ? Koukněte na web ;)
to.pirati.cz/zapoj-se/

Zapoj se ! | Technický odbor

Technický odbor

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people keep expressing surprise that consumer reports wrote about memory safety.

First off, @yaelwrites is -great-

And second, this is a problem for consumers! Lots of consumers! Software and devices consumers rely on to keep their intimate and personal details safe have these problems!

advocacy.consumerreports.org/w…

@Yael Grauer‪
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February is Free and Open-Source Software month - #FOSSFeb! As the your #FOSS screen reader, we want to encourage everyone to explore the world of free, open-source software - especially #accessible software of course! Here are a couple of links on #FOSSFeb to get you started:

opensource.com/article/17/2/fo…

onyxpoint.com/national-free-an…

codemotion.com/magazine/dev-li…

How are you celebrating #FOSSFeb?

The hashtag #FOSSFeb in purple, in Saltash grunge font, on a white background which gradiates to turquoise in the bottom left corner and orange in the top right, with a white border set inside from the edge.

How to Find Cool Open Source Projects - Codemotion Magazine

If you're looking to find interesting open source projects to join and learn from, this is your starting place. Read on to discover more!
Codemotion
#accessible #foss #fossfeb

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Fellow #iOS #swift #swiftui developers. Do you know if the ButtonRole structure actually does anything purposeful? With #VoiceOver, I cannnot get any indication whatsoever about the button’s role, while at the AppleDeveloper documentation site: developer.apple.com/documentat…, they state that such an info should be conveyed. Is there any visual indication of the role? If so, what?

Apple Developer Documentation

developer.apple.com
#ios #swift #voiceover #swiftui
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robb

Since Button also functions a kind of labeled function to place in e.g. Menu or Swipe Actions, I there's a lot of surface area to check – that said, this kind of semantic tagging also pays off long term.

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Do you find proposed WCAG 2.1 SC 2.4.11 Focus Appearance confusing? Alastair takes a stab at it:
alastairc.uk/2023/02/focus-app…

It is a partial response to Eric’s ratings of WCAG 2.2 SCs:
yatil.net/blog/new-wcag-22-fea…

Read for the comments / conversation.


New WCAG 2.2 features rated · Eric Eggert

How usable are the new success criteria in WCAG 2.2: How understandable, teachable, testable are they and how much positive impact do they have?
Eric Eggert
in reply to Adrian Roselli, pH0

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Adrian Roselli, pH0

One WCAG 2.2 change that is mostly uncontroversial is the purging of SC 4.1.1 Parsing.

If you find it controversial, my post mapping 4.1.1 to other SCs might be helpful:
adrianroselli.com/2022/12/the-…

#a11y #accessibility


The 411 on 4.1.1

There is a non-zero chance that WCAG Success Criterion 4.1.1 Parsing will go away in WCAG 2.2. This isn’t a problem for users, regardless of the problems it may pose for the WCAG process, ACT rules, automated testing tools, or ossified testing proces…
Adrian Roselli
#a11y #Accessibility

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Reading the "how we built it" part of the article about Wildebeest (blog.cloudflare.com/welcome-to…) causes my eyes to glaze over.

It's basically just list of 100 different cloud services with dumb names and might as well be written in an alien language.

As an "old guy" this stuff really bugs me. This entire "app" is built of remote procedure calls. Every example function is just a bunch of async/await to something else.

I look at this and see "FRAGILE FRAGILE FRAGILE" in large blinking red letters.


Welcome to Wildebeest: the Fediverse on Cloudflare

Today we're announcing Wildebeest, an open-source, easy-to-deploy ActivityPub and Mastodon-compatible server built entirely on top of Cloudflare's Supercloud.
Celso Martinho (The Cloudflare Blog)
in reply to Sean Heber

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miki

I think you misunderstand what async / await does in JS. If your function calls any asynchronous API, whether it’s reading files or talking to databases or sending HTTP requests, your function is itself declared asynchronous, and other functions must call it with await and become asynchronous themselves, and so on. So, if you’re calling a function that is calling a function that is calling a function that is accessing the database, you’re using await.
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miki

also, for what it’s worth, I find Wildebeest way more understandable than the official Mastodon app. I’m pretty sure you could give it to a junior programmer with little Typescript or even JS experience, explain file based routing to them and they’d be somewhat productive within an hour. This is definitely not true about the official Mastodon app, or even alternatives like Pleroma

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Hahha, this has freemium gaming written all over it! applevis.com/blog/candywriters…

Candywriter's Betrayal of the Blind and Low Vision Gaming Community: Announcing the Forced Removal of the BitLife AppleVis App Directory Entries | AppleVis

I regret to inform the community that we have received a notice from the legal agents representing Candywriter, the developers of the BitLife series of games, alleging that our App Directory entry for BitLife - Life Simulator is infringing on their i…
www.applevis.com

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every now & then I check in on what the state-of-the-art for (relatively) inexpensive android phones is.

it blows my mind that ₹10k (~112€) apparently now gets you an octa-core phone with 3-4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage...

and even ₹5k has moved from being featurephone space to Android with quad-core/2GB/32GB

91mobiles.com/top-10-mobiles-b…

Best Mobile Phones Under 10,000 in India (9th February 2023) | 91mobiles.com

Looking for best mobiles below Rs. 10,000 in India but confused? Get a budget phone equipped with good camera, battery and other specs online.
www.91mobiles.com

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Ukraine belongs to the European family.

President Zelenskyy's visit to Brussels reaffirms Ukraine's stern determination to make this bond stronger than ever.

Today, the courage and bravery of the Ukrainian people in fighting for the respect of our shared values have echoed at the heart of Europe.

Our support is unwavering.

So far, we have mobilised €67bn, and more is coming. We will step up sanctions and ensure Russia is held accountable for its aggression.

Long live Europe! Слава Україні!

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European Council President Charles Michel walk together as they leave the European Council's press conference room.

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Qué dice la ciencia sobre el gran debate de la cafetera italiana: si es mejor levantar la tapa o no

xataka.com/medicina-y-salud/qu…


Qué dice la ciencia sobre el gran debate de la cafetera italiana: si es mejor levantar la tapa o no

Estamos en el año 2023 y todo el mundo del café parece dividido entre los que se hacen el café con cápsulas y los "cafeteros de especialidad"… ¿Todo? ¡No! Un...
Javier Jiménez (Xataka)

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Silly name, great product! "Who Gives A Crap" — eco-friendly paper products! Bamboo, recycled, plastic-free.
us.whogivesacrap.org/ 50% of profits donated. We just got our 2nd large order. #gogreen #paperproducts

Who Gives A Crap + Good Time

Eco-friendly bathroom essentials that do good and feel good. 50% of profits donated to clean water and sanitation non-profits around the world.
us.whogivesacrap.org
#GoGreen #paperproducts

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#Thunderbird Product Design manager @alecaddd answers a burning question with some important history, a look into the future, and some real talk.

blog.thunderbird.net/2023/02/t…

Some of these talking points might be divisive. They might touch a nerve. But we believe in being transparent and open about both our past and our future.


The Future Of Thunderbird: Why We're Rebuilding From The Ground Up

"Why does Thunderbird look so old, and why does it take so long to change?" Let's answer that burning question with some important history.
Alessandro Castellani (The Thunderbird Blog)
#thunderbird @Aleca
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