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my mother died four years ago, and her cel phone has been sitting, locked, on my dresser ever since. i made four bad pin attempts at it years ago then decided not to push my luck any further.

this morning, while making coffee, it suddenly dawned on me what it would be and, behold, it was.

here is the lesson: write down your important passwords. put them in a sealed envelope and give them to someone you trust, or the executor of your will or your lawyer. do it today.

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If any developer of any software I use to write/review code announced they were going to put logic in that software to extract/send/train on my code - **even if it was opt-in/disabled by default** - that software would be uninstalled and that developer blacklisted from any system I had any control over for the rest of time.

Without hesitation or delay. Even with the best of intentions and security practice I could simply never trust that piece of software again.

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For all gods sake, of course, not in the #EU! I'm tired. Hopefully they will solve it sooner than later. #ChatGPT #AI Oh yeah, I'm super enthusiastic about SDK! thurrott.com/a-i/327982/openai…

OpenAI Launches New Third-Party Apps in ChatGPT

ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, and Pro users outside of the EU can now chat with a selection of apps that include Booking, Expedia, Canva, Coursera, Figma, Zillow, and Spotify.
Laurent Giret (Thurrott.com)
#AI #EU #chatgpt
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Hello Masto-peeps who use screen readers!

I just learned that I need to put alt text on URLs for more accessible PDFs, but -- what should it say?

I am formatting academic citations that include a URL, so all the information about where that link will take you is in the text. I don't want it to read the URL to you and I don't want to just repeat the same information you just heard. What do you find most helpful in this situation?

Pls boost for reach!

#accessibility #AltText #ScreenReader

#Accessibility #screenreader #AltText

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NV Access

How did you go with this? Do you have a link to anything saying you need alt text on links? Everything I learnt is that you need MEANINGFUL TEXT on links, ie <a href="nvaccess.org">NV Access website</a>. Reading sites like w3schools.com/tags/tag_a.asp the only thing I can think is using alt text if you use an image as a link? But that is for the image, not the link. PDF should be similar. Creating from Word for instance, there is no provision for alt text on a link in Word.

W3Schools.com

W3Schools offers free online tutorials, references and exercises in all the major languages of the web. Covering popular subjects like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Java, and many, many more.
www.w3schools.com

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Dolphin has launched a very clever and captivating campaign to sell licenses at a 50% discount to JAWS users who are willing to switch from JAWS to Dolphin's Supernova. I have never used their screen reader and I have never met or worked with anyone in the U.S. who said they used that product. I admit to being a bit curious but certainly not enough to give up my JAWS license.

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Pitermach

@menelion @luiscarlosgonzalez As far as I know it has a scripting facility built-in based on the mainstream Lua programming language, so in theory it would be capable of hosting some advanced scripts. I last tried it many years ago, maybe around 2018 or so and the main thing I remember was finding its web support lacking. Not so much in the hotkeys, because all the virtual buffer type concepts you have in JAWS and NVDA were there, but it just didn't read well on the sites I tried it with. Things could certainly have improved since, they are making regular updates, but at the same time I know some long-time users who have switched away to NVDA recently like @FreakyFwoof who might have more insight.
@André Polykanine @Luis Carlos @Andre Louis

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Anyone using the Blade Player for Spotify, Deezer, SoundCloud?

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/v.bla…

It wasn't updated since 12/2023, but still sees more than 100 installs per month here. In its issue tracker, there are reports of crashes, and Spotify being broken. Does it still work for you? Or should we rather remove it?

EDIT: as it seems entirely broken, it has now been removed. Thanks to all who checked!

#serviceToot #FollowerPower #IzzyOnDroid


„Blade Player“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

music player that plays from local library, Spotify, Deezer or SoundCloud
IzzyOnDroid Repo Browser
#followerpower #serviceToot #izzyondroid
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I personally believe that the age limit on being able to run for office should end at age 65, maybe 70 if pushing it, but nobody should be closer to 80, or 77 or whatever, closer to death at any point in those years and have political power. This isn't about #Republican or #Democrat, this is about people being able to live long enough to see how there laws affect other people who are younger, and people who are in there 80's who could die if the wind blows the wrong way shouldn't be allowed to hold power. If you can't stay for dinner, you shouldn't be invited to the table. #USPol
#uspol #republican #democrat
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André Polykanine

@adamvs1 No, I feel it's democracy. Otherwise, if you can elect a 80-year-old president, than you can hire and cannot fire another 80-year-old specialist, there must be equality. But to be honest, I don't know how it really works in the States, it's like this in Europe where it's basically mandatory to go on retirement if you are in public service.
@Adam van Sertima
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LeonianUniverse😁

@menelion @adamvs1 Not to mention that a person who is younger could still serve the needs of senior citizens, but the realistic truth is that a person who is 80 or older is at more risk of death than a person who is younger, they will not live to see what it is there laws that they support would do to the American people, so that by vertue of knowing they will die, they will be able to implement laws that they personally support that can and would cause harm to the American people, because they know that they won't be there to suffer the consequences. This is why I think its important for younger people to take political roles and let older people enjoy there retirement, because a younger person will see the consequences of there actions, good or bad, and will more than likely want to help people that they know will live after them having known what it is to live under there own policies, and so I stand for the limiting of age when it comes to running for any office of government power.
@André Polykanine @Adam van Sertima
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Adam van Sertima

@menelion I think we have to draw a distinction between public service jobs, private sector jobs, and elected roles. We pay elected officials so that, hopefully, people with lower incomes, or lacking other privileges, can take part in a role fundamental to a representative democracy. Retirement age is mostly optional (or impossible, for many) in North America, and is a separate problem from choosing competent representatives…
@André Polykanine

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Need some #Ceph advisory for my private cluster on #proxmox:

3 nodes with 2x 18 TB HDD each.

According to some docs I found, WAL/DB size should be 1-4% of the disk size, so a SSD should be between 180 to 720 GB for each disk or 360 to 1.44 TB for the two disks in each node.

Is this still be true or is it nowadays more relaxed and - let's say - 200 GB for each HDD will be sufficient?

#followerpower #ceph #proxmox

#followerpower #ceph #proxmox
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"Don't Forget: Remote MCP Servers are Just #cURL Calls"

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Don't Forget: Remote MCP Servers are Just cURL Calls

You can call any streamable-http transport MCP (Model Context Protocol) server tool with any HTTP client - even cURL! And lots of things take cURL as example configuration (like Shopify Flow!), so it’s a good starting point for building things....
Josh Beckman
#curl

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#FAQ: “What do you do with #FreeBSD ?" "Operating in the financial markets" 😀 #ThePowerToInvest 😆

#Investing 📊 #Trading 📈 #Stocks 📉 #ETFs #Bonds #Commodities #Derivatives #Forex 💹 #Crypto 🪙 #NASDAQ #SP500 #DOWJONES #WallStreet 🗽 #Bull 🐂 #Bear 🐻 #TechFinance

#FreeBSD :freebsd: #Unix #OpenSource

Screenshot of a FreeBSD desktop running XFCE showing multiple open windows related to finance and trading. The terminal displays system info via Neofetch (FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT on AMD Ryzen 5 3450U). Other windows include CoinMarketCap with cryptocurrency prices, a Hyperliquid trading chart for ETH/USDC, and a CNBC article about AMD and OpenAI’s new partnership with a stock surge.
#opensource #crypto #freebsd #unix #faq #stocks #trading #nasdaq #investing #bear #wallstreet #thepowertoinvest #etfs #bonds #commodities #derivatives #forex #sp500 #dowjones #bull #techfinance

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I finally found the instrumental version of ABBA’s “Money, Money, Money” that I used to hear back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It’s the orchestral rendition by Franck Pourcel, recorded in 1978, just a couple of years after ABBA released the original. Hearing it again brings back so many memories. The piece was remastered in 2023 as part of the album “Franck Pourcel Plays ABBA,” and it’s now available on Apple Music in excellent quality.
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Franck Pourcel - Money, Money, Money (1978) マネー・マネー

Franck Pourcel - Money, Money, Money (B4)Album : Franck Pourcel Meets ABBA ℗1978 フランク・プウルセル：マネー・マネー (B4) アルバム：プゥルセル・ミーツ・アバ ℗1978 1978年に本アルバムを購入した時から、不思議に...
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Fette Lücke in der #GameEngine #Unity mit Schadcodeausführung, teilweise auch aus dem Internet: heise.de/news/Spiele-Engine-Un…

Die Liste erscheint mir, auch mit der Einschränkung "in Unity Gaming Engine Editor Version 2017.1 oder neuer" erstellt etwas kurz, wenn man bedenkt wie krass verbreitet Unity doch ist. Und ob da noch alles gepatcht wird, darf bezweifelt werden - da sind ja so seinige Legacy-Titel bei.

Ohje ohje... 🙈

#Gaming #Security


Spiele-Engine Unity: Lücke bedroht Android, Linux, macOS und Windows

Unity steckt in zahlreichen populären Spielen für Mobilgeräte und Desktop. Eine gravierende Lücke ermöglicht Angreifern, Schadcode auszuführen.
Dirk Knop (heise online)
#gaming #security #unity #gameengine
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Bubu

Meh, this seems mostly overblown?

> In its default configuration, this vulnerability allowed malicious applications installed on the same device to hijack permissions granted to Unity applications.

flatt.tech/research/posts/arbi…


CVE-2025-59489: Arbitrary Code Execution in Unity Runtime

Introduction Hello, I’m RyotaK (@ryotkak ), a security engineer at GMO Flatt Security Inc. In May 2025, I participated in the Meta Bug Bounty Researcher Conference 2025.
GMO Flatt Security Research
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Bubu

Like, this is only looking at android to begin with as desktop systems have usually no app isolation anyway, so "local app can gain privileges of other local app" is not a vulnerability there.

On android some malicious app you have installed can exfiltrate your savegames or game logins, I guess?

Remote exploitability while theretically possible has a lot more requirements.

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Tak tohle je mi líto. Z veřejného vystupování mi vždy přišla velmi sympatická a vždycky jsem zhltnul jakýkoliv rozhovor s ní.
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Ve věku 64 let zemřela Dana Drábová. ‚Vykonala výjimečnou práci pro bezpečnost země,‘ napsal Pavel

V pondělí zemřela dlouholetá předsedkyně Státního úřadu pro jadernou bezpečnost Dana Drábová, bylo jí 64 let, oznámil úřad.
David Schalek (iROZHLAS.cz)
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Die #Pixum #Software zur #Gestaltung von #Foto #Drucksachen gibt es auch für den #Linux #Desktop:

pixum.de/fotobuch/software
Finde ich gut.

#Design


Pixum Fotowelt Software kostenlos herunterladen | Pixum

Gestalte dein Pixum Fotobuch mit der kostenlosen Fotowelt Software ♥ Download für Windows, Linux oder Mac ✓ Einfach und vielseitig ✓
Pixum
#linux #software #design #desktop #gestaltung #foto #pixum #drucksachen

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Rush Tour 2026: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Return to Road

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Without Neal Peart.

Edit: I trust it will be an awesome tour with Anika Nilles


Rush Tour 2026: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Return to Road

Drummer Anika Nilles will join Lee and Lifeson for a 50th anniversary tour dedicated to the memory of the late Neil Peart
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***** An Open Letter to the CEOs of #Apple and #Google: Would you have supported the Nazis during WWII? *****

Dear Tim and Sundar,

Hi. I'd normally start a letter like this asking how you were doing, but since you're both billionaires who have been palling around with Donald Trump, I think we can dispense with that formality this time.

I've got a question for you guys. I don't really expect an answer, but I feel that it needs to be asked anyway. Here we go ...

"If Apple, Google, and apps had been around during WWII, would you have supported the Nazis, either explicitly or implicitly?"

As you probably know, IBM has been raked over the coals for decades for the technological assistance they provided the Third Reich, helping them tabulate "undesirables" for a "final solution."

Which brings us to you two! Yeah, you knew this was coming. I have to assume that your dramatic decisions to remove apps that helped the public legally determine the location of ICE operations was approved at your level. If not, you're still ultimately responsible, of course.

Word is that DOJ requested Apple to pull the apps, and that Google pulled them proactively without waiting around for a request. These of course were completely legal apps, breaking no laws that I'm aware of. Banning them from your apps stores effectively bans them virtually completely in a practical sense. Sideloading in iOS has always been difficult, and Google has announced upcoming restrictions that would make sideloading much more difficult for Android as well.

The parallels between your decisions regarding those apps and what went on during WWII in Nazi Germany are very troubling indeed. The Nazis legally (under then current laws) rounded up their target populations: Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and a range of other "undesirables", then "disappeared" them with minimal or no due process, whisking them off to concentration camps. This included cripples, mothers, children -- an enormous range. Many were never heard from again. Millions were exterminated.

I don't need to spell out the parallels with what Trump's ICE is now doing -- they're obvious on the daily news. And before you protest that you're not killing anyone by banning those apps, I'd argue that you indeed are very likely contributing to deaths.

The large majority of people being deported via these ICE raids have no criminal record and their only "crime" is being in this country illegally -- sometimes for decades raising families of U.S. citizens. Many are being deported to countries where they face the high likelihood of horrific treatment including torture and death.

I don't really need to go on any further, do I boys? You're both intelligent and informed. You both know exactly what you're doing. So I come back to the original question. If your firms had been around during WWII, would you have supported the Nazis? If not, your apparently enthusiastic embrace of the current administration's fascist behaviors seems inexplicable.

But hey, perhaps you have logical explanations that aren't obvious to those of us in the non-billionaire class. If so, we'd love to hear them!

Sincerely,

L

#apple #google

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🚨 #Chatkontrolle BLITZ-ALARM - DEINE Chats in Gefahr!
1️⃣ EU belügt Kinderschützer 😡
2️⃣ BMI pusht Fake-Kompromiss 🕵️‍♂️
3️⃣ Morgen könnte 🇩🇪 sie durchwinken ⏰

📞 RUFT MINISTERIEN/ABGEORDNETE AN — JEDER ANRUF RETTET PRIVATSPHÄRE! 🔥
fightchatcontrol.eu/de/?countr…
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Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
fightchatcontrol.eu
#Chatkontrolle

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Holy shit, Rush is going back on tour!

youtu.be/koiX_Wspatw?si=Knhq49…

Anika Nilles is a great choice. Incredible chops: youtu.be/Zae4Vo6Mx8I?si=2vulMs…

/cc @ddurst


Anika Nilles - "Alter Ego" [official video]

#anikanilles #drumming #nevellAnikas Gear: https://thmn.to/thocf/ehoozg60r8If you seek to improve your drumming join me and learn through my course at: https...
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