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Inspired by T.V. Raman's latest blog post on Emacspeak, I have started updating my Emacs configuration and exploring the new Emacs packages now supported by Emacspeak. It has become clear that the best solution is to recreate my Emacs configuration from the beginning - slower, but sufficient to get rid of all the old and outdated code that had accumulated.
emacspeak.blogspot.com/2024/07…
#Emacs #Emacspeak #accessibility



Last night Organic Maps was removed from the Play Store without any warnings or additional details due to "not meeting the requirements for the Family Program". Compared to Google Maps and other maps apps rated for 3+ age, there are no ads or in-app purchases, and no user information is collected in Organic Maps. We have asked for an appeal.

As a temporary workaround you can install the upcoming Google Play update from this link: cdn.organicmaps.app/apk/Organi…

This APK should work with Android Auto.

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in reply to Stefan

@kranzkrone @IzzyOnDroid We are building the map app for everyone on the planet, not just for geeks.
in reply to Organic Maps

Does that imply only geeks are using F-Droid? 👀 Kidding of course, and understood: people are intentionally misled to think only PlayStore is safe, though studies even state the opposite… Not your fault nor ours, and we know who does that and why. Monopoly, capitalism… sadly. Keep up your good work, we try the same on our ends. @kranzkrone


Fascinating in-depth piece debunking a long-standing myth about my first computer, the Apple IIGS: userlandia.com/home/iigs-mhz-m…

in reply to Alessandro B

Hi there! It's part of our bigger rebranding process! Stay tuned for some exciting new things coming soon ;)


I do realize I'm screaming into a void, but writing this email was cathartic.


This is why friends don't let friends buy app-controlled (or internet of things connected) domestic appliances.

It's always an excuse to up-sell you shit you don't need, and when that fails, the owners (not you, the corporations!) will jack up the rent.
mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1…



🚨 BREAKING: Were all social security numbers in the US leaked? Find out more - and how to protect yourself!

👉 Tips to protect yourself
tuta.com/blog/how-to-protect-d…

👉 More details here
latimes.com/business/story/202…

#socialsecuritynumber
#ssn #databreach #socialsecurity #securitytips #digitalidentity

in reply to Tuta

More info here: krebsonsecurity.com/2024/08/na…


Here's a video I want to age like curdled milk. Age so quickly it's out-of-date a week after it's made. The issues I've outlined here should be fairly simple fixes if they follow Apple's accessibility guidelines, so here's hoping someone at Floatplane Media can get some eyes on this.
I've tried to be as fair as possible, not just to make a 'bitch and ditch' style video, and to showcase the issues I have.
Please boost if you have an interest, or know that it can potentially reach someone who can make a difference.
Not my cup of tea to ask for those under normal circumstances, so I will not be making a habit of it.
Thanks.

#Accessibility Issues With #Floatplane (from a #VoiceOver Perspective) youtu.be/2sZTsrek08M

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in reply to Andre Louis

So, that play and close button, they’re actually completely unlabeled which makes it even worse. The only reason you hear “play” and “Close” there is because VoiceOver is doing its image recognition magic and guessing by how the graphic looks like (you can tell by the ding sound that goes with the announcement). If someone has this turned off, or the feature just broke randomly (which I’ve seen it do sometimes requiring a redownload of the models or a phone restart), you’d just get a click on those and nothing else.
in reply to Pitermach

@pitermach Wow, didn't know that actually. I just always have the image thing on because it's useful. If we can raise awareness and bring their attention to it, hopefully it can help. Like I said, I'm not here to shit all over it. I *want* to use it, but the refund email doesn't help.
in reply to Andre Louis

Oh yeah, that feature saved me so many times it’s not even funny. That’s why I pointed it out, if you can get in contact with a higher level tech support, or if you see this anywhere else in the future you want to tell them those buttons are just straight up unlabeled and need fixing. And yeah, you were. I find screen recordings do often help with situations like this.
in reply to Pitermach

@pitermach I of course had the screen going, not just VO. I did the whole thing in OBS with quicktime in the background.
in reply to Pitermach

@pitermach Please do let me know if you think I was fair and constructive though.
in reply to Andre Louis

@pitermach my only complaint with the video I suppose is you were, in my opinion of course, maybe a little too nice at the beginning. You said multiple times that you're just trying to give constructive critique. I'd have probably just said hey floatplane, I'm a paying customer and as a blind person I have a few issues with your app. If you could fix them, that'd be really great.
Instead they just kinda... gave you a refund? I understand that this is probably some support misunderstanding but like... to an accessibility issue? That feels super tone deaf. lol. Come on LMG. You can do better than this! We know you can! You know we exist, you made a video including accessible Linux! Big sad puppy eyes
in reply to Talon

@talon @pitermach I know but people have been canceled for less haha, I really want them to take me seriously. Once they do... Then we pull out the big ones. lol
in reply to Andre Louis

@pitermach nah I get it I also usually take the side of overpoliteness, which is why I noticed it immediately. lol
in reply to Talon

@pitermach well... except on mastodon. I do let loose here sometimes. lol.
in reply to Talon

@talon @pitermach Here feels different. Feels like you can cut loose in a different way somehow.
in reply to Andre Louis

@pitermach yup. Probably because it's not directly targeted. I'm just airing my frustrations in the moment. I hate the situation I'm in because of a thing. I don't hate the people behind it or sometimes not even the thing that caused it. I just hate that I am where I am now because of whatever it is I'm complaining about.
in reply to Talon

@talon @pitermach That's probably the best summation of a thing I've seen in a long while haha
in reply to Andre Louis

@talon @pitermach Nothing wrong with being overly polite as far as I’m concerned, unless the company in question has clearly demonstrated that they don’t have a care in the world for accessibility. That person who offered a refund might just have been an underpaid support rep trained to resolve most situations of customers expressing some sort of negative experience with the app in this very manner.
in reply to Robin Kipp

@robin_kipp @pitermach Oh yes. It's absolutely nitpicking and I would most likely have done the exact same thing which is why I immediately noticed it.
in reply to Talon

@talon @robin_kipp @pitermach Had I been 15 years younger, that video would have been terrible. I was so much more angry back then.


Its been a long time guys, but I'm back, with a Final Hour stream with @meatbag, @TheFake_VIP and tunmi13.

We are starting at 08:00pm UTC.
To save y'all the trouble, here it is in different time zones.
British Summer Time: 09:00pm
Pacific Time: 01:00pm
Mountain Time: 02:00pm
Central Time: 03:00pm
Eastern Time: 04:00pm

You can watch on Youtube or Twitch:
youtube.com/watch?v=lUJg7ijvzY…
twitch.tv/eagle_eyed612



Good morning everyone @Friendica Support

I would like to try to understand why from Friendica I can't connect to the Wordpress blog of @.mau. :friendfeed: already federated with @Matthias Pfefferle plugin, which is instead displayed correctly by Mastodon.
The blog is xmau.com/ while the user who publishes is @Notiziole di .mau.

If I paste the address of this post xmau.com/wp/notiziole/2024/08/…

in the Friendica toolbar, I get an error, while if I paste it on mastodon, I can view the post (here is an example: mastodon.social/@

Furthermore, if I try to search on Friendica for the user @Notiziole di .mau. I can see it, but if I try to follow it, I still get an error.

NB: I also have federation problems with Lemmy and not just with Friendica

Have any of you figured out what the problem might be that prevents Friendica and Lemmy from federating with that blog (but not Mastodon)?




Bude mi ctí, pokud ohodnotíme mou firmu na firmy.cz/detail/13496609-marie…


Abyste si nemysleli, že kecám, potomci při vyklízení stáje objevili další obratle....😕


@Tusky

Hi, thanks for your wonderful app. I am very grateful for all your work.

I've noticed the following case, when a caption for a video is long it covers the video controls.

I'm running 26.0

mastodon.social/@danluu/112947…

Thanks



in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

Thanks! Honored to be a committer, even if it was just text changes to `SECURITY.md` :)


Určitě znáte skvělou webovou aplikaci pro Mastodon Phanpy 🐘. Nyní je možné pracovat na překladech do češtiny, a komunita kolem Phanpy by ocenila vaši pomoc. Pokud máte čas a chuť přispět, každá pomoc je vítaná! Překlad můžete začít na Crowdin zde: crowdin.com/project/phanpy. Díky moc všem, kdo se zapojí! 🌟 A za #boost fotku Wicka :-)
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in reply to Archos

No jo, ale u půlky pojmů to bude chtít diskusi nad překladem.
in reply to Jan

@Jann
Jo taky jsem se zarazil už u pár věcí. Třeba se připojí ještě pár lidí, ono víc hlav víc ví 🙂👍
Ale chápu, času má každý málo a ještě je čas dovolených.
@Jan




Google might be cutting support for 'the world's most popular ad-blocker,' but this Windows Registry trick will help Chrome and Edge users keep intrusive ads at bay for a year longer windowscentral.com/software-ap…


A person message from Big Finish chairman, Jason Haigh-Ellery bigfinish.com/news/v/a-person-…


An update and an apology from Big Finish bigfinish.com/news/v/an-update…


LSD, the dream emulator in #openbsd

automa.triapul.cz/lsd/

Quick guide on how to play the occult game using the mednafen emulator.

#serpico #gaming #tutorial



🔓 #odemceno denikn.cz/1487129/v-praze-mate…
zpravobot.news/@enkocz/1129723…


Join us this weekend at FroSCon – the Free and Open Source Software Conference – near Bonn, Germany! froscon.org/en/

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Last spring, Washington State passed a bill banning commercial octopus farming.

Today, we (myself and 99 others, led by Jennifer Jacquet, Becca Franks, Peter Godfrey-Smith, and Walter Sanchez-Suarez) have a letter in Science supporting the US OCTOPUS Act, which would do the same nationwide.

science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc…

in reply to Carl T. Bergstrom

Octopuses cannot be farmed humanely.

They are highly intelligent, extremely curious creatures that fare poorly in monotonous environment without natural stimulation. They are naturally solitary and experience intense stress in crowded environments.

Farming conditions are horrible for them.

(It's also highly inefficient, ecologically, to farm carnivores.)

Here's the full PDF: carlbergstrom.com/publications…



Ahoj komunito! Určitě znáte skvělou aplikaci Phanpy 🐘. Nyní je možné pracovat na překladech do češtiny, a komunita kolem Phanpy by ocenila vaši pomoc. Pokud máte čas a chuť přispět, každá pomoc je vítaná! Překlad můžete začít na Crowdin zde: crowdin.com/project/phanpy. Díky moc všem, kdo se zapojí! 🌟 Díky za #boost :-)


Tak hele jo, k tomu globálnímu oteplování:
Tropický noci: Meh
Lesní požáry: Smutný
Sucho: Nepříjemný

ALE

Jestli ještě jednou, budu lovit ve 3 ráno v ložnici po posteli takovýhle hovado, co u nás vůbec nemá co dělat a ještě k tomu skáče a kouše, tak se stěhuju do Finska.



Since 2020, Next Generation Internet (NGI) programmes, part of the European Commission's Horizon programme, fund free software in Europe using a cascade funding mechanism. This year, according to the Horizon Europe working draft detailing funding programmes for 2025, we notice that Next Generation Internet is not mentioned any more as part of Cluster 4.

The signatories of this open letter say: The European Union must keep funding free software

apc.org/node/40261

@NGIZero #NGI0




Knowbility seeks participants to make the digital world more accessible to people with disabilities knowbility.org/blog/2024/knowb…



Generosity and dedication have led to over 250 issues of MicroTimes magazine to be scanned in.

archive.org/details/microtimes

But now we're looking for missing issues to scan in. Do you have: MicroTimes Volume 2 Number 12, Volume 3 1-3, 6-12, Issue 78, 151-152, 154-155, 159-160, 162, 165,182-199, 201-215, 217-end? Reach out.



Spectrum Cable TV & Internet Customers Are Being Targeted With A New Scam cordcuttersnews.com/spectrum-c…





Cítím a počujem, svaly. :kekw:

edit: potom budem jesť mesiac cottage
edit1: toľko piva som vypil že až

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Major tech companies are producing far more carbon emissions than they suggest in their sustainability reports.

They’re lobbying hard to rewrite the rules on how emissions are calculated to show net zero on paper, but not in practice.

ft.com/content/2d6fc319-2165-4…

#tech #climate #emissions #climatechange