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Here in our vacation home in southern Kentucky we recently got a new LG washer and dryer. The dryer, when it finishes, plays this melody. Anyone know what it is? Note: this Youtube video is not mine. youtube.com/watch?v=nidrIvBqny…
in reply to Jayson Smith

@FreakyFwoof I actually researched that and it in deed seems to be something custom-made. Some users were tipping "The Lincolnshire Poacher" but definitely not that one. For the record, the Samsung's tune is a stanza from Schubert's "Die Forelle". BTW: If you actually Google all of that the first result you'll hit is a nicely written essay about how singing and music in general accompanied performing of household duties and how that plays into slavery themes and gender stereotypes.



The Daily Telegraph is COMPLETELY losing its shit:

"I hope you enjoy horror films, dear readers, for British politics is about to be turned into an infernal, soul-destroying hellscape worthy of the sickest of Hollywood minds …"

archive.ph/2024.07.03-203833/t…

(Starmer is apparently the leader of a party of "left-wing stormtroopers". If only it was true!)

in reply to Charlie Stross

What the hell am I reading... This is amazing. As a set piece of hyperbolic polemic, it leaves nothing to be desired. I can't stop shedding tears for the tory non-entities who will lose their cherished rights such as... checks notes... ministerial cars and special advisors.


Aquí tienen la inoportuna sentencia que absuelve a dos acusados por un delito de odio homófobo. Dictar la sentencia durante las celebraciones del Orgullo Gay es todo un mensaje.

Lean la sentencia completa:

poderjudicial.es/stfls/TRIBUNA…

in reply to Almeida

Flipo con esta parte:

Sí que detectamos un componente -más reprobable si cabe- en el uso de expresiones amenazantes como “esel día de soltar hostias” o “te voy a hacer heterosexual a hostias” o “cuando salgas te voy a dar una hostia quela mariconería se te quita”.


Pues menos mal. Pero no lo bastante reprobable para ser típico, parece. En fin...



Maybe the last batch of new GNOME app icons in #pixelart form. Time to shove them into the updated wallpaper.

#gnome #app #icon #pixaki #nostalgia

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There's a new update to the HIMS Braille EMotion display. himsintl.com/en/public_relatio…
in reply to Brian Hartgen

Incredible. Learning tables are so useful for those new to Braille, I'm glad they got those in.








Job Hunting Advice from Accomplished Blind Career Coach Cheryl Cumings lhblind.org/job-hunting-advice…



5 Signs Your Personal Data Is on the Dark Web --And What You Can Do About It cnet.com/how-to/5-signs-your-p…


Au lieu de gloser bêtement et de façon complètement contre productive sur des mauvaises notes, lisez donc le long article du Canard enchaîné sur les conseillers du RN. On y apprend par exemple, ce qu’ils pensent de l’assassinat de Samuel Paty. C’est ça le RN

in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

Seems to be a lot of "I don't understand why this tool for people who can't remember a string of options is needed, I'm perfectly capable of remembering a string of options". Never change hn.


Another one back-to-back! Accrescent 0.22.0 is released to ensure Accrescent can always update itself, add a theme option to settings, and fix a bug related to preferred languages: github.com/accrescent/accresce…

#security #android #appstore #privacy #accrescent



For more than 20 years, I’ve downloaded files using wget because I could never remember curl options.

It turns out that I was not alone.

@samueloph created a simple wrapper around curl called "wcurl". This is brilliant! And, yes, the name is very intuitive. Best of all, it is already in Debian (and on my system) but it should really be part of the official curl distribution (ping @bagder )
samueloph.dev/blog/announcing-…

#curl #debian

in reply to ploum

as a non-native speaker of English I always read "w(e)get" (mostly in my head, e pretty silent), not "double yu get". wcurl standing for "we curl" (instead of we wget) would be a nice statement :)


No office suite is complete without high-quality documentation! Check out what the #LibreOffice docs community worked on last year – and download the books: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource

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in reply to LibreOffice

No guide about Base (database editor) and Basic (BASIC IDE) ?
in reply to Alnotz

@alnotz The 500 page Base Guide is here: books.libreoffice.org/en/ – It's for an older version of LibreOffice, but there haven't been huge changes in the last few years. Re: BASIC, there are lots of guides on our wiki. Remember that the documentation is written by volunteers, so if you're missing something, please help us to fill the gaps 😊


Weight-loss jabs may be linked to condition that can cause blindness, study finds theguardian.com/science/articl…


New "Big Brother" tools make it easier for employers to catch workers faking computer activity techspot.com/news/103663-new-b…


In today's Teams fun: you can join this meeting, but don't have rights to do it in the app


Willy Tarreau's feedback on LTS (for #curl) could be the best comment my blog ever received: daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/06/27…

(Willy is known as the man behind haproxy)

#curl


The Procession to Calvary,
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1564)

#art #merzart #bruegel #renaissance #nederlandse #painting #dutch

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Stevie Nicks has begged fans to wear face masks, claiming if she catches COVID-19 she "will probably never sing again".

The 72-year-old Fleetwood Mac singer urged fans to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously, and adopt precautions to limit the spread of the virus.

Nicks wrote on her Facebook page: "A lot of people still aren't taking the wearing of a simple mask seriously - or, just trying to be aware of how close you are to others... It is not political. It is a silent killer hiding in the shadows. It is stalking you. It doesn't care who you are... It's just looking for a victim."

She went on: "If I get it, I will probably never sing again. Put me on a ventilator and I will be hoarse for the rest of my life - I don't have much time."

The Go Your Own Way singer compared the pandemic to the 2018 Ryan Murphy TV series she guest-starred in, American Horror Story: Apocalypse.

She said: "What's going on in our country now, is a real American Horror Story. Nobody is leading us. Nobody has a plan. Unless people change their attitude from - Oh this is such a bummer to stay in and wear a mask and follow the rules, and not party' - We will never get ahead of this virus."
She added: "This is a real American Horror Story. It is not a mini-series - it is a tragedy."

uk.news.yahoo.com/stevie-nicks…



Finally some good news this week! #Fractal 8.beta is here 🎉

Details at discourse.gnome.org/t/fractal-…

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Niekto pasívnu dovolenku v rezorte pri mori zaznáva, ja ju však, raz za rok, mám naozaj rád. Veľa spánku, veľa jedla, veľa slnka, vody... žiadne plánovanie, žiadne rozhodovanie, nič - proste vypnúť mozog, a to úplne. Maximálne ešte nejaké ľahké, ultra zábavné čítanie - nejakú Zemeplošskú klasiku od Pratchetta...

Takže tu som sa posledných niekoľko dní váľal a nehanbím sa za to... Dnes už späť do reality. Bolo to skvelé.

#sktwitter #vacation



Změnil jsem instanci Mastodonu

Před několika dny jsem po několika letech změnil instanci Mastodonu. Proč jsem se k tomu odhodlal? Podle čeho jsem vybíral novou? Co obnáší samotná migrace a jak jsem na nové instanci spokojený?

#fediverse #Mastodon #migrace #sociálníSítě #Vivaldi

blog.eischmann.cz/2024/07/04/z…



It may not be the shitpost you want, but it's the shitpost you deserve...


War in Ukraine

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Great interview of Joe Biden on Howard Stern’s show: youtube.com/watch?v=Fz45sMb4js… mstdn.social/@penpencilbrush/1…


Well put! Thank you! mstdn.social/@DemocracyMatters…
in reply to victor tsaran

I don’t really care if he can do the job for the next four years. Just get us through November man. That’s all that matters.



“We often dismiss skills that are not societally valued by pretending they are not skills. Or, sure, maybe they're skills, but they're mysterious and ineffable!
“You reinforce this idea each time you say ‘soft skills’ instead of working to enumerate them. Perhaps you mean ‘interpersonal skills,’ ‘leadership skills,’ or ‘communication skills.’ These are all technical skills, and they all have names.” - Sasha Laundy 🔥🔥🔥
⬇️⬇️⬇️ social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/112722455…


appreciated this essay about “technical” skills by Sasha Laundy (“If you've ever said "soft skills" and felt weird about it, this essay is for you”) sashalaundy.com/writing/techni…



Open source software is the people who make it, and we think Team Thunderbird has some especially awesome people. But don't take our word for it! Watch our latest 'Meet the Team' with UI/UX Designer @solange_valverde!

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #UIUX

tilvids.com/w/9Bf1UxjcLa5MDzPv…



blog.dshr.org/2024/07/x-window… - David Rosenthal remembers his early work at Sun on NeWS and porting X to Sun workstations, and explains why he thinks X11 won out over NeWS, and why Wayland is now displacing X11.