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I found over 130 people to follow on #Bluesky without much effort, but only the tiniest handful are blind. I have no objection to keeping up with the blindness community on #Mastodon, but choice is good, and I hope the development of #accessible BS clients accelerates soon.
in reply to Matt Campbell

@matt Not sure, I've only used Skeets on iOS which is native. Reports I've heard from others suggest that their official mobile app suffers from the "multiple swipe targets per post" problem, among other things.

The website is as bad as you'd expect a modern website to be, and I consider it quite unpleasant to use. That's sadly not surprising, and I find the official Mastodon web UI similarly unusable.



While doing an unrelated Google search, I discovered a Youtube video about a fascinating toy from the 70's. I've never owned or seen one of these, but the way they managed to make the toy seem to be intelligent is just amazing. There's no computer chips, no data processing, none of that. Just an 8-Track player at the heart of the thing. 2XL: The '70s Toy that Faked AI with an 8-Track: youtube.com/watch?v=amuRIydCoJ…
in reply to Jayson Smith

I had a 2XL back in the day. It really was just an 8-track tape player with four buttons to jump too each of the tracks. Each track was recorded in such a way that, whenn you switched tracks at the right time, you'd get a different response. As you say, it had no intelligence but it sure did a nice job faking it. Unless you were one of thhose kids who understood how 8-track tapes worked.
in reply to David Goldfield

@DavidGoldfield I also had a 2XL, didn't know how it worked until long after they were both dead. I had two, not at the same time, and quite a few tapes. Some were, Battman's Gotham City, Riply's Believe it or Not, Spiderman (unsure of full title,) and Music Maker, which was the coolest one! It allowed you to use diferent musical snippets to make a song! Primitive now of course.


Thinking of switching back to Linux from Windows but I have some questions on the state of accessibility these days:

  1. Is full Wayland accessibility any closer? I know xorg is still supported but that going away is only a matter of time.
  2. Is there any way to duck non-screen-reader audio when the screen reader is speaking? This is so integral to my workflows now that I'm having a hard time doing without it, even only on the media PC which does run Linux.
  3. Is there a plugin mechanism for Orca yet? I have a long-standing wontfix annoyance where pressing enter on a clickable HTML element that doesn't support keyboard handling doesn't send a click like it does on NVDA, so a bunch of times I press enter to click a thing and spend a bit searching for changes only to realize that I have to use capslock-7 to click the left mouse instead, and I was told 20 or so years back that wouldn't be changed.

I have more but those are the big ones.

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in reply to Nolan Darilek

To answer question 1, I participated in a meeting about accessibility work for the GNOME 48 development cycle yesterday, and it seems likely that they'll be able to land a solution to the main problem with screen reader accessibility on Wayland, specifically keyboard input handling, in time for GNOME 48, building on the prototype work I did earlier this year. Disclaimer: That's not an official statement from GNOME, but I feel I can say this publicly since this meeting wasn't under an NDA.
in reply to Matt Campbell

Oh neat, is there any public work happening there? Don't know a whole lot about the lower-level a11y stack but am starting to worry a lot more about Microsoft's Windows 11 strategy/recent security lapses. If folks could use my help, I'd be willing to come up to speed. I'd just prefer to work with folks and not be plugging away on something on my own. And it'd be nice to have something good in place when Microsoft goes full-on AI overlord.
in reply to Nolan Darilek

Well the work that needs to be done in the short term, to land the screen reader keyboard handling support, is all in C, in Mutter and libatspi.
in reply to Matt Campbell

Right. Are there any actual efforts I can plug into and help with? I'd be willing to chip in if I can, I just can't be on my own, at least not initially while I figure things out.
in reply to Matt Campbell

woot woot... you are getting me excited about possibly returning to linux after years of absence...


V rámci dnešní prokrastinace jsem dal unfollow účtům, které jsou 1) víc jak rok mrtvé a 2) nesledují mne. Udělalo mi to radost a cítím se trochu volněji :-)

Odslednul jsem i pár mlčících Pirátů. Ti sice jistě dostanou za pár měsíců příkaz ke kampani na všech sítích a obživnou, ale o takové nucené účty nestojím. Nešel jsem na #fediverse, abych byl produktem pro cílenou kampaň.



Hraje tu někdo tuhle ruletu? Trh si evidentně myslí, že se s #CEZ něco brzy stane…
#CEZ
in reply to Jiří Pavlík

@jiri Tak je tam spekulace, že proběhne odkup s prémií kvůli tomu, že jinak bude těžší financovat silně rizikový projekt těch dvou dalších bloků #JEDU. Úplně bych ale neřekl, že to bude stát, kdo bude oškubán 🙂
in reply to Marek Demčák

@Marek Demčák Akcionář bude oškubán o dividendu, to je jasné, a je škubán daní z neočekávaných zisků. Ale výkupní cena bude slušná (to je to, co ukazuje optimismus trhu). Myslím, že to nebude podfuk jako za Kalouska.


I wish alt text showed in the Tweesecake view dialogue.
in reply to Justin Macleod

oh it does, you just have to tab over once to "post details" and down arrow in there as well :) It exists in just another text field. HTH.


Windows 365 Link is a $349 mini PC that streams Windows from the cloud theverge.com/2024/11/19/242997…



Remembering William Russell, who played one of the earliest (and one of my very favourite) of the Doctor's companions, Ian Chesterton, on what would have been his 100th birthday.

#DoctorWho #WilliamRussell

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Pro nově příchozí je dobré čas od času zopakovat některé #tipy, jak chápat svoji přítomnost na Mastodonu:

- není tu žádný algoritmus, vůbec žádný. Vaše příšpěvky ručně přepisují na psacích strojích sektretářky najaté provozovateli instancí. Občas se používá i OCR a AI na přepis mluveného slova.

- Mastodon nepatří miliardářům, ale bezdomovcům. Normálně se instance zakládá tak, že vyšlete bezdomovce na sběrný dvůr nasbírat nějaký vyřazený hardware. Současně prohlásíte, že jim ten hardware patří, kvůli ochraně před GDPR. Mastodon je tak složitá aplikace na administrování, že ji zásadně necháte spravovat někoho jiného. Zodpovědní admini toto bezpečnostní dilema řeší tak, že instance neaktualizují vůbec.

- používat Mastodon je nesrozumitelně složité. Především musíte mít chytrý telefon a na něj nainstalovat hloupou aplikaci, která se jmenuje jinak, než Mastodon. Dále musíte mít účet, který si vytvoříte ve webovém prohlížeči, což se naposledy používalo v éře vlaků, tažených parními lokomotivami. Nakonec musíte do appky napsat náhodné bláboly a zmáčknout "Tootnout", což je zase nepřekonatelná překážka pro introverty.

- Mastodon vůbec nefunguje! Pokud vidíte odpovědi na svoje statusy, tak se vám to jen zdá. Nikdy nevidíte všechny odpovědi - počet odpovědí o kterých nevíte, tedy narůstá exponenciálně. S čím větší přesností znáte počet odpovědí na svůj status, tím méně vám zbývá času na to, si ty odpovědi přečíst. Navíc v řadě statusů se ukrývají fotky koček (i když jejich počet v čase klesá...)

- Mastodon nemá žádné uživatele. Pokud někdo váš status boostuje nebo favuje, tak jen předstírá, že je uživatel. Divní autisté na Mastodonu pouze předstírají, že jsou uživatelé, ve snaze vytvořit honeypot na lov trollů (trollové se loví do kbelíčků, jejichž vnitřní stěny jsou namazané sádlem, což je mimochodem přiléhavá metafora pro celý ekosystém Fediverse).

#tipy
in reply to Chao-c'

mne dal niekto na starosť nedávno alianciu v hre a taký som bol z toho na nervy že až
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TFW you get a meeting link, then it insist on wanting to open a fucking app. And to add insult to the injury, the download is a .pkg (macOS).

This is a product by a BIG CORP. I guess their back doored hardware is more important...


in reply to Archos

@archos Začínal jsem s Rouvy, ale Zwift mi sedí nejvíc — virtuální krajina bez stále se opakujících natočených a zpomaleně divně vypadajících aut, UI, podpora platforem, dostupná cvičení (intervaly, testy). Prostě Just works.


Ve fediverse slýchám, že potřebujeme obsah, ale čím víc nad tím přemýšlím, tím víc docházím k tomu, že spíš potřebujeme interakce.

Sítí, kde většina lidí jsou pasivní konzumenti a kde většina obsahu je prázdná, protože je dělán na objem, máme dost.

Za sebe můžu říct, že si chvilku ve fediverse užiji víc, když přečtu deset postů a na část zareaguji, než když jich pasivně projedu stovku. A myslím, že v tomhle je krása fediverse, že to jde.

TLDR pomaleji skrolujte. 😁

#fediverse #content



kto si myslí že som zodpovedný by mal prehodnotiť svoje úvahy
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in reply to SuspiciousDuck

ale zajtra už idem do práce a od zajtra, vlastne už teraz som si dal jednu pokračujem v liečbe, vážne..
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You can either hear these images or you never had the chance to play these systems.
There’s a an entire art of boot animation/sounds that modern consoles simply don’t have.
in reply to David Amador

I don't know the gamecube and the playstation one. The Sega one I know from PC ports of their games. :)
in reply to Bubu

@Bubu I’ve seen it on the ports, but hearing that sound blasting from a CRT is just something else
@Bubu


loops.video has 10K+ users 🥳 🚀

#loops #fediverse #tikTok



Mention of DV/abuse, looking for advice

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Somewhere in France, there's a company that keeps sending me pool email alerts everyday at 8 AM. Even though we are not using their product anymore. I'd reach out, but I'm just too lazy.
in reply to Martin from Toronto

ha, I have this for a payment provider we no longer use. I have an empty email going back months at just after midnight, or 1:00AM with the time change on a Friday morning.
in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo I have a weekly email to my work address telling me my timesheet is overdue on a system we moved away from nearly 2 years ago.


@JamminJerry It's all your fault! Your Amazon.com order of "Redragon K618 PRO 3-Mode..." has shipped!, Unread, Amazon.com, 2:31 a.m.


The ferris wheel in Vienna with the full Moon.

(Apart from cropping this is an unedited photo, it really looked a bit surreal with this lighting all around.)

#vienna #wien #ferriswheel #photo #nofilter



No, ono to je tak, že když napíšu, že jsem byl v Mogau, zásadní buddhistické lokalitě, o které se dnes píše na OpenCulture.com, poté, co jsem přejel Gobi na solárním kole, tak to sklidí dva favy. Když napíšu rádobyvtipnou satiru, kterou se v podstatě vymlouvám na to, že pořád nemáme upgradnutou instanci, tak to ale všichni boostujou.

A tak je to na sociálních sítích se vším :-)

Nicméně, povahou Buddha je stále čist.



Tras el post que publiqué anoche acerca de la negligencia que comentieron con nosotros, els bombers forestals del País Valenciá, manteniéndonos en base y negando nuestra actuación en la #DANA hasta 2 dias después del desastre, hoy me levanto con la noticia de que el CECOPI empieza a retirar a bomberos forestales de otras provincias porque “ya no hay trabajo para hacer” (wtf!)

Esta gente debe ser procesada por ineptitud. No puedo levantarme más cabreado.

levante-emv.com/horta/2024/11/…

masto.es/@Nostii/1135061776462…

#dana


confilegal.com/20241119-el-abo…
in reply to Jesus Margar

No, ese desde luego que no, pero muchos funcionarios, sobre todo los más jóvenes, optan por tener su prestación sanitaria fuera de MUFACE.


Dneska to vidím bledě. Napadl sníh, klouže to, je tam zima, nedá se nic dělat, v takovémhle počasí nemůžu zodpovědně dělat svoji práci.
Kdo by se proboha v tomhle nečasu vydal z ložnice do pracovny!


Damnit 念无双people, why are you stingy with the promos??
Ok at this rate I want to say all I want is for A Moment But Forever to release now so that I can stare at the pretty people.
Ok ONE specific pretty person, admittedly.
Also realised that it's not that I dislike #xianxia. So much of xianxia is catered to the 20s demographic. I want the characters to be more mature and older. We older folks want our fantasy stories too & this is a rare one that caters to older audiences.

#Cdrama #Cdramas

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Keď ťa hitne na ulici a potom na pive čakáš kedy ťa to prejde.
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is it just me, or is the entire #gnome ecosystem virtually integrated into accomodating bigtech and bigtech only?

i recently tried to reach out to developers and met a wall of amazon, fastly, microsoft and cloudflare. i don't think its possible to meaningfully contribute the gnome ecosystem without being poached/disrupted by the corporates.... pretty sucky :(

in reply to find you on fediverse

I honestly don't understand what are your objections to infrastructure requirements, really. We have had our own (donated) infrastructure for more than two decades, but it's really hard to make it work on minimal staffing and volunteer time. For instance: we just got hit twice in a month by a bunch of AI web scraping that broke everything, with contributors unable to actually do anything. The price of the admission to play in this space is higher than 20 years ago.


Estoy leyendo Pórtico, el clásico de la ciencia ficción de Frederick Pohl, y tengo que reconocer que lo que más me flipa es el concepto que tiene el autor sobre los niños pequeños y el tamaño de las cocinas.

En serio.

A partir de aquí "microspoilers".

Aparece una niña de año y medio que habla como un adulto. En ningún momento se plantea siquiera que sea una niña excepcional en ningún sentido.

Luego describe que las naves Heechee son muy pequeñas. "El interior de una nave Heechee, incluso una Cinco, no es mucho más grande que la cocina de un apartamento", para luego apuntillar "de ese total de espacio disponible, unos cuarenta y dos o cuarenta y tres metros cúbicos". ¿Perdona? ¿42 metros cúbicos? Eso es perfectamente una planta de 20 metros, 4x5 con 2 de altura. ¿Cuándo han sido las cocinas de los apartamentos tan enormes?

¿¿Había visto este señor alguna vez un niño o una cocina??

#Booktodon #Portico

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comrade danielle and myself at a solidarity protest for brauni, a housing project near s-bahnhof neukölln. the case has been postponed but the judge ruled that the landlord's grounds for eviction were invalid! also it started snowing suring the drag king performance


Cinco detenidos en #Brasil🇧🇷 (un policía y cuatro miembros de las fuerzas especiales del Ejército) por planificar el asesinato del entonces todavía presidente electo Lula, del vicepresidente electo Geraldo Alckmin y el juez del Supremo Alexandre de Moraes en diciembre de 2022

Detalle: han sido detenidos en Río de Janeiro, mientras operaban en la protección de la cumbre del #G20

#golpe #terrorismo #política #noticias
g1.globo.com/politica/blog/cam…

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It's snowing in the Valleys, clumps of fluffy flakes interspersed with sleet.

It's not settling in my semi-urban area, but the mountains on the horizon have disappeared, which typically means they'll be dusted white when they re-emerge from the clouds later.

They're like a theatre performer doing a costume change under cover of artificial smoke.

#UKSnow



Two quick updates: 1. Be My Eyes now seems to support Bluetooth headsets. Remember to grant Bluetooth access after updating.
2. PiccyBot’s latest update allows Pro users to describe videos up to 5 minutes long.
For YouTube videos longer than 5 minutes with an available transcript, PiccyBot will now give a summary of the contents. #Android #AI


I really love my job, but some days when the pages are overwhelming, I just want to take a month off. I probably could afford to, but I'm always scared to take a vacation.
in reply to Eden Linnea

ugh I often have the same problem. Two strategies I've come up with:
- I split vacation days to only one single Friday of the week for a month and usually coming back on Monday I'm not overwhelmed by what has come up in Slack and meetings.
- Take days when work is a bit slower, like Christmas or holidays, but the downside that you travel with the pack, so to speak (So for me I'm limiting it to local-ish travel to destinations that are no more than an hour away from home.)
Sadly in a world where a lot changes or the work can pile up quickly if not attended to, this can be harder said than done, so I do get the feeling. Hope you can find a break soon.


Not sure I'd have gotten a taxi to the office in this weather. Luckily for me the home office is attached to my garden. my average commute nowadays is pretty nice, more so when the heater kicks in so it's toasty when I arrive.
in reply to James Scholes

@jscholes clever, took me a minute there!

The wife insists it is a 'Summer House' and half of it will be used for 'Enjoying the nice weather' when we have it.
For me, I have a solid desk, good wifi, and enough power outlets for my job so happy for now!



His dog is a guide dog, as he's doesn't care where he's going.
in reply to Col

I'll top that with: "Any dog is a guide dog if you don't care where you are going." 😂


It’s #InternationalMensDay today.

This isn’t a laughing matter. As the trustee of a charity dedicated to stamping out domestic violence, I know that almost all of this (97% +) is perpetrated on women by men. That doesn’t mean that men don’t experience domestic violence too. And yes, NOT ALL MEN, etc.

Lots of men are struggling. Suicide rates are shockingly high and toxic male role models are everywhere.

Today, let’s try to help each other be better. Have a great day.

in reply to swisslet

So much of what 'being a man' meant as a child is now, looking through the lens of me being an adult, having a family, home and job etc, ridiculously toxic. I'm lucky to have left that behind.


Oha, das ist provokativ: Dieser Blogartikel sagt:

- Nutzt kein #PGP / #GPG
- Nutzt kein #XMPP + OMEMO
- Nutzt kein #Matrix (im Sinne: verlasst euch nicht auf die Verschlüsselung)
- E-Mails verschlüsseln ist sinnlos

Ich kenne den Autor nicht und würde ihn nicht erwähnen, würde der Artikel nicht in ernstzunehmenden ITSec-Newslettern zitiert

soatok.blog/2024/11/15/what-to…

Meinungen? #itsec #security

in reply to Senioradmin

Der verlinkte Artikel über OMEMO ist kompletter Schwachsinn und da der Autor absolut nicht an einer Diskussion oder Richtigstellung interessiert ist würde ich den Post eher im Bereich FUD einordnen.


Morning all. It's a filthy cold, wet day out there and I have to go out! Having my Covid jab today. I was hoping to go grab a bite of lunch afterwards, but I'm not sure if I will, it's so cold. We're going to have snow later.
in reply to Lulu Hartgen

The air is just bitter here. Objectively I know it is 0 degrees, but breathing it in is somethin' else!
Stay safe. :)


Part of maturing as an engineer is recognizing the difference between "thing you would do differently" and "thing you should comment on during code review"

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