Email is critical infrastructure in today's digitalized world. Relying on foreign hosting is not a good idea for anybody at risk of political interference because of their profession. Hosting email locally is still very much possible, even if it gets more involved year over year. Email is the one federated protocol that we have for direct communication. Even with all of its deficiencies in security and privacy, it is the common denominator that connects people. Don't give up control over your own, most basic digital communication channel. Use local hosting companies that you can still call in an emergency, ideally within your own (maybe extended, like EU level) jurisdiction.
Update: As pointed out by @ilumium, depending on your threat model, using an explicitly foreign email service provider can be beneficial if your *local* government is the main threat actor. However, if the local government can physically get you or your client devices, then don't assume too much protection through the email service.
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has lost access to his (Microsoft) email and bank accounts. Prosecutions are faltering now. This all due to US sanctions. 'Microsoft did not respond to a request for comments'. Yet European governments are collectively moving their email and files to Microsoft, risking similar problems if they ever upset the US administration. apnews.com/article/icc-trump-s…
You just know you're doing something right when #Meta 's data protection officer talks about your ‘power’ and how she wants the #EU to ban you from doing your work.🤡
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A RIPE Meeting is a five-day event where Internet Service Providers (ISPs), network operators and other interested parties from all over the world gather.
Google has started rolling out version 16.0 of the TalkBack screen reader. This release introduces new image description features powered by Gemini AI and new
We’re thrilled to welcome Steven Deobald as the new Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation! 🎉 Learn more about Steven’s background and vision: blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/05…
Huge thanks to Richard Littauer for his fantastic work and leadership 🙏
Auch der Dachkasten wurde von der braunen Einheitslasur befreit und, wie in den 60igern hier noch üblich, neu mit #Naturfarbe der regionalen Manufaktur in fröhlichem Oker gestrichen.
I'm looking forward to the free version of #DigitialSamba. It's EU-based and the promo video I saw looked incredible. Paid plans are already available.
I've been using Brave Talk as an alternative to Zoom for video call meetings.
My biggest concern is getting folks who are familiar with Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet to use and adapt to other platforms like Brave Talk.
I'm curious to hear how other people have dealt with this. In my experience, people oftentimes seem hesitant and reluctant to try new apps b/c they're comfortable with what they already know.
With that said, I'm going to try using Jitsi and Calyx for future video calls
As usual you forget Infomaniak. Swiss bases they have a whole office suite including software for calls. They have great customer service and prices are low.
StackOverflow je prý mrtvé. No je pravda, že v poslední době, když tam jdu něco hledat, tak jsou tam otázky i odpovědi zpravidla 3, 5, nebo dokonce 10 let staré, ale aktuálnějšího často nic nenajdu 🫤 blog.pragmaticengineer.com/sta… #links
Vypadá to, že to umře stejně jako technické knihy. Před 20 lety jsem studoval bifle jako Dokumentační projekt, pak to nahradily věci jako SO. Akorát tedy nevím, z čeho se to AI bude učit, když lidi přestanou vytvářet obsah, protože aby se to učilo nějak samo, k tomu to má ještě hodně daleko.
Tak oni si lidi tyhle věci píšou, jenom je to jinde (různá řešení jsou např. v GitHub Issues), nebo to není veřejně (Discord). Pokud někdo bude potřebovat novější data a SO umře, tak holt nakoupí data z top programátorských Discordů a jede se dál. Ve výsledku mi pak výsledné LLM poradí rychleji a lépe, než kdybych to na těch Discordech hledal sám.
@sesivany To je odvážná hypotéza :) V těch issues a Discordech je IMO velká hromada bordelu a na rozdíl od Stack Overflow u nich absentují jasně čitelné signály o kvalitě odpovědí. Jsem hodně zvědav, jestli tyhle „špinavé“ zdroje budou stačit. Stack Overflow ostatně kdysi uspělo právě díky tomu, že člověk věděl, že se nebude muset prodírat hromadou bordelu a rychle dojde ke správné (-ish) odpovědi.
@zoul @sesivany Můžeš použít existující LLM na to, aby pochopil ty konverzace a ten bordel trochu vyčistil. Chvíli se budeme nacházet ve zvláštním mezistavu, ale podle mě se tyhle věci pak zajedou a budeme schopni jednak dostávat data z míst, odkud to předtím vůbec nešlo, jednak je čistit způsoby, kterými to předtím nikdy nešlo.
Laškuju s myšlenkou, že LLM jsou asi něčím, co lidstvo už dlouho potřebovalo, aby se vyznalo v kvantech bordela. Dřív to byl search typu Google, ale to dnes už nestačí.
@zoul mě na tom mrzí jen to, že to povede k uzavírání znalostí. LLM naučené jen na otevřených zdrojích budou vždycky horší než LLM, které se naučí na těch otevřených a ještě na uzavřených. Správci těch zdrojů budou motivovaní to uzavírat, protože to budou moct lépe zpeněžit. Že se podpora různých projektů přesouvá na Discord popravdě považuji za velmi špatný trend. Tady doufám v nějaké soudní rozhodnutí, že trénování LLM není fair use a vznikne nějaká viralita u toho obsahu. Ale to AI lobby je tam obrovské, že jsem k tomu skeptický.
@sesivany @zoul Že se podpora různých projektů přesouvá na Discord taky považuji za velmi špatný trend, ale open source alternativa, kterou by šlo používat stejným způsobem, neexistuje.
On the completely impossible situation of blocking the Tor .onion TLD to avoid leaks, but at the same time not block it to make users able to do what they want.
their will be other softwares than cURL which follow their RFC, I suggest oniux to add an option (or do it by default) to start a socks proxy listening on its namespaced interface and inform the child processs of it via *PROXY* env vars. cURL will handle this smoothly…
This is the kind of thing I deal with at work in the corporate world almost daily. Some group wants something to be a certain way, and they convince upper management to create a company wide rule for them that forces everyone to comply. Then later they realize their silly rule causes them trouble, and they show up at my door asking me personally to violate the company policy that they got implemented. I ignore them vigorously. It is funny to see this same thing play out in the wild.
So we’re half-way through the Month of LibreOffice, May 2025. And already, 216 contributors have won cool LibreOffice sticker packs! Details on how to claim them will be provided at the end of the month, but if you don’t see your name (or username) o…
Co-founder Italo Vignoli shares insights on the tech, the community, and what’s next for LibreOffice. LibreOffice is a powerful open source office suite that supports all platforms: Windows, Mac, and... Read More
Dear #Letsencrypt, you helped secure millions and millions of servers, not just web servers. But your announcement at letsencrypt.org/2025/05/14/end… about ending Ending TLS Client Authentication Certificate Support in 2026 because Google changes their requirements would result in your certificates becoming a possible risk for ensuring SMTP traffic. Please think again. Please.
Let’s Encrypt will no longer include the “TLS Client Authentication” Extended Key Usage (EKU) in our certificates beginning in 2026. Most users who use Let’s Encrypt to secure websites won’t be affected and won’t need to take any action.
Incredible (but predictable) : #Microsoft has blocked the International Criminal Court's access (#ICC) to its services on the orders of the #Trump mafia.
Read that carefully : an international organisation that has no presence in the United States and no US legal rights has had its work tools blocked simply because it disagrees with the Trump administration. 🚩
In a recent educational trick, curl contributor James Fuller submitted a pull-request to the project in which he suggested a larger cleanup of a set of scripts.
Great writeup and reminder about how easy it is to be tricked by the simple stuff. Using homoglyphs like these is relatively common in phishing emails, but we may not bee good enough at looking for them elsewhere.
I have made GitHub aware of how I consider this a flaw in their site and an attack surface they are not helping much to combat. We will have to see how they respond.
Just opened a ticket to implement this on company level. I suppose that this is also a threat wenn people copy/pase code into our main production system 🫣
That reminds me of the case where a colleague had issues applying a log4j mitigation back in 2021. System wouldn't start because the command line was wrong. The recommendation he followed was nicely formatted and used a ‐ instead of -.
@elmuerte for curl we nowadays check for and warn if a unicode double-quote is found where a normal ascii double-quote was probably intended. Because so many people copy and past command lines from webpages that use unicode double-quotes...
YEah, the whole theory was weird from the start. I just knew it'd be faster internet. That's all I needed to know. Had covid twice and it was far worse than 5G. 😆
In this video, I showcase the work-in-progress redesign of Libervia’s web frontend. You'll see the new chat and blog pages, and a quick demo of available features. I hope to make an alpha release soon.
Today, Maxine Williams, Meta’s VP of Accessibility and Engagement, is recognizing Global Accessibility Awareness Day by showcasing our efforts to advance accessibility and building products that serve everyone.
New from 404 Media: Flock, the license plate reader company that has cameras all across the U.S., is now building a massive people lookup tool using hacked data. The plan is to "jump from LPR to person." Won't require a warrant. This is according to leak we obtained.
Flock, which has license plate readers (LPRs) all around the country, wants police to be able to “jump from LPR to person,” according to leaked audio obtained by 404 Media.
🎧 New Echo Tips Podcast Alert! 🎧 This week, David dives deep into the Library of Congress's "My Talking Books" Alexa skill for print disabilities. Get the inside scoop on what works, what could be better, and how it stacks up against similar services. From clunky controls to brilliant potential, we cover everything. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/… #Alexa #a11y
In this week's omnibus episode of the Echo Tips Podcast, host David Ward provides an in-depth, yet constructively critical, review of the Library of Congress's "My Talking Books" Alexa skill for individuals with print disabilities.
It’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day. AI is moving fast—but can it really make everything accessible? Or are we ignoring the basics? I wrote about this on Substack, including a new idea: Vibe Coding—building software with empathy, not just code. Read & join the convo: taylorarndt.substack.com/p/hap… #GAAD #Accessibility #AI #VibeCoding #Inclusion
I am honored to share that I’ve been nominated for an Emmy as host of PBS’s Serving Up Science - a series funded by the National Science Foundation.
This recognition is a testament to what federal science funding & public media can achieve when we invest in #science, education & evidence-based storytelling.
And it’s a reminder that curiosity matters & there is value in making science understandable & available to all.
If this resonates with you, I hope you’ll support science agencies & PBS.
I wrote about Great Replacement Grok and the growing number of ways that AI systems are working against their own users. It's the age of adversarial AI: platformer.news/grok-white-gen…
Innosearch AI and National Federation of the Blind Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Digital Accessibility for Blind and Low-Vision Communities | AT-Newswire at-newswire.com/innosearch-ai-…
Innosearch AI and the National Federation of the Blind have formed a strategic partnership to make online shopping and digital services more accessible for blind and low-vision users. Plans include co-developed platform enhancements, user training, a checkout round-up donation, and a $10 welcome credit.
"Still masking?" Here's why one health professor hasn't stopped.
Sean Mullen, PhD, used to take risks. He trained in martial arts, traveled frequently, and lived a high-intensity lifestyle. But as research on the long-term effects of COVID-19 emerged, his priorities shifted.
Yup. Still. Because the pandemic didn’t end—it just got rebranded. We’re still dealing with an airborne, immune-damaging virus that doesn’t care if you’re over it. I wear an N95 or better everywhere I go. In the lab. In the classroom. On Zoom calls that turn into in-person meetups. I mask because it aligns with who I am now."
by Sean Mullen, PhD “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right…” That line plays in my head more often than it should—especially when I’m the only one walking into a conference ballroom, faculty meeting, or classroom wearing an N95.
Introducing Access Ableton, a new podcast created and hosted by me to help screen reader users get the most out of Ableton Live. Each week, we'll talk about a different aspect of producing music in Live, starting with the basics and going from there. After we cover all the major features, we'll move on to a more relaxed show where I discuss news, production techniques, and whatever else comes to mind as it relates to creating music in a DAW. If that sounds good to you, feel free to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. The fun starts June 1.
@threlm4280 I have been getting tempted to get a Mac strictly for audio. I really despised using my Komplete on Windows because every time an update happened, my audio would take a dump. True or not Mac is more stable with audio production?
@EdenLinnea @threlm4280 I would say yeah, Windows is getting better and there isn't a huge difference between them AFAIK, but I find for the most part Mac just works when it comes to audio.
@threlm4280 Well, Windows inconsistency is why I quit making music. I got fed up with getting things fixed and then everything going to Hell when it forced an update. Now to decide between a MacBook Pro and Studio.
Of course, because nothing makes us safer and shows how we are saving or spending taxpayer money responsibly than buying a brand new luxury airplane for no needed reason.
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