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For anyone using Parallels Desktop on Mac OS:
What's the secret for disabling all these annoying and unnecessary shortcut keys, like command+q=alt+f4, command+b=CTRL+B, etc? I found them in a nice list in preferences > keyboard > Windows 11, I think, but every single one of these checkboxes is permanently checked, and can't be unchecked. I want all these stupid things to get out of my life.

Edit: Figured it out, I think. I changed the keyboard profile from "Windows" to "Generic". That seems to have done it.

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Možná jste to nevěděli, ale reader mode ve Firefoxu umí číst články. Jakože nahlas. Přečte text jako audio. Ale zní to prehistoricky a čeština je to vtipná. Kdyby zrovna do tohodle vrazili AI a vylepšili to, neuráželo by mně to.

Myslím, že jsou věci, které jsou AI a jsou pro lidi užitečné, ale je otázka, jestli to jsou zrovna ty, které si produkťáci vycucali z prstu, a jestli jich je tolik, kolik se nám snaží aktuální trh naznačit.

#ai #firefox #mozilla #readermode #tts

#firefox #mozilla #AI #tts #readermode
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nixCraft 🐧

For a long time, Mozilla has mismanaged Firefox while its CEO and other C-suites have taken massive salaries. Yesterday’s news must have hit them hard, as social media users expressed their anger toward turning Firefox into an "AI browser." But here is the thing, they are not going to back down (at least that is what I think). These executives don't understand open source or who their users actually are. It is still not too late for Mozilla to stop this madness and return to its roots.
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nixCraft 🐧

LibreWolf is another option. It is a custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom with all bad bits (like LLM/AI, No trackers/telemetry, enhanced privacy etc) removed.

* Repo codeberg.org/librewolf

* Home page librewolf.net


LibreWolf

A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom. Please report issues to https://codeberg.org/librewolf/issues.
Codeberg.org

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Silly idea that has probably been done before:

In the United States, amateur radio operators can apply for special event 1x1 callsigns, which are good for 15 days. They start with K, N or W, with a number (0-9) and a letter (A-Z, excluding X).

So, I dare someone to do a personal special event, called Naps on the Air, reserving the call N4P, using FT8 in fully automated mode, and working as many stations as possible while sleeping... or not.

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#Wedos (tedy dnes Vedos 🤦 - pitomý rebranding) jde úplně do kopru.
Už 9 měsíců mám u jednoho webu připravený upgrade na aktuální #Drupal 11. Ten už tu s námi je rok a 4 měsíce. Ale nasadit ho nemůžu.
Vedos totiž nabízel max PHP 8.2. Verze 8.3 kterou potřebuju vyšla už před dvěma roky, a než ji nasadili přechází do režimu security maintenance.
OK, nasadili i PHP 8.4 - tak web upravuju a testuju, aby fungoval i na PHP 8.4.
Jenže teď jsem zjistil, že mají jen MariaDB 10.4. Ta dostala poslední update v květnu 2024, už není supportovaná a i Drupal vyžaduje minimálně 10.6.

Co je to za hosting, kde nelze nasadit aktuální verzi CMS? A podpora mlčí. Na opakovanou otázku, jaký mají plán upgradu, a kdy se ho dočkáme, odpoví: Ano máme outdated verze, nevíme.

Wedos si pamatuju jako progresivní firmu pyšnící se serverama v oleji, aktuálními verzemi, super supportem a skvělou cenou. Dnes? 👎️

Asi to prostě naházím na nějaké levné VPS v Dockeru a bude pokoj.

#drupal #wedos
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miki

Ja kiedyś dostałem na bardzo podobnej zasadzie maila z Githuba, tam (jeśli dobrze pamiętam) wykorzystany został mechanizm powiadamiania mailem o issues, w których użytkownik jest wspomniany. W ten sposób w mailu można zawrzeć dosłownie wszystko, bo treść issue staje się częścią maila. Tam zabawa była dość prosta, chodziło o odebranie nagrody od Githuba za kontrybucje do open source, coś w stylu phishingowej wersji hacktoberfest. Oczywiście odebranie wymagało potwierdzenia autentyczności konta, "w celu ochrony przed robotami", potwierdzenie miało postać "depozytu" w kryptowalutach.

Co jak co, ale scam dość kreatywny.

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@tayfonay

Uh-oh (for you). Just came across an old post and have there-fore realised it is your BIRTHDAY coming up soon! Please can everyone remember it's Tays birthday at the end of this month and see who can send the most unhinged psychotic birthday card. I realise as I type this I mean like an alligator in a tutu on a skateboard juggling, not like a crazed photo of her front door while she's sleeping. Get the vibe right, peeps. X

beige.party/@TheBreadmonkey/11…

Bendolph T. Red-Nosed-Reindeer (@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party)

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING IT IS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE GREAT, POWERFUL, INCOMPARABLE, INSCRUTABLE, IRREPRESSIBLE UNASSAILABLE, EMPRESARIO.....
beige.party
@TayFoNay, Sigh-D
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Dennis

@svenja .Wenn die Wahl nicht aus freien Stücken passiert, ist das fatal. Allerdings gibt es schon sehr viele gute Gründe, in eine Beamtenlaufbahn einzusteigen. Einer davon ist tatsächlich die Vielfalt des öffentlichen Diensts. Jemand, der lieber handwerklich unterwegs ist, könnte eine Laufbahn im technischen Dienst in Betracht ziehen. Ich lese aus dem Beitrag viel Negatives. Mit Abstand das Wichtigste ist es, herauszufinden, was der Sohn sich wünscht und welche Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten es dafür gibt.
@Svenja📞7852

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Happy to share, that my #FOSDEM talk for 2026 has been accepted!

Join me on Saturday, 31st January 2026 in Brussels (Belgium) to hear the latest mainline kernel status for Fairphones! Lots of things to talk about!

fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…

There's also so many more exciting talks scheduled for the FOSS on Mobile devroom, so you probably want to see them all!

#Fairphone #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #postmarketOS


FOSDEM 2026 - Mainline kernel for Fairphones - 2026 update

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#fosdem #postmarketos #fairphone #MobileLinux #linuxmobile

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When you‘re low on RAM, I recommend using a recent #curl for your internet transfers.

It can shuffle gigabytes back and forth using a few MB of your memory (mostly used by openssl).

If you develop an application, you can use #libcurl to gain its benefits.

Need to shape your traffic? For example bc you run a streaming service? #libcurl does that for you for all HTTP versions.

#curl #libcurl

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Five years ago I started getting these emails about #curl from NASA. Months later we learned this probably was related to them using curl in the Mars Helicopter mission.

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2020/12/17…


curl supports NASA

Not everyone understands how open source is made. I received the following email from NASA a while ago. Subject: Curl Country of Origin and NDAA Compliance Hello, my name is [deleted] and I am a Supply Chain Risk Management Analyst at NASA.
daniel.haxx.se
#curl
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Jiří Eischmann

Já se ho zatím držím i kvůli tomu, že ho můj tým podporuje ve Fedoře a RHELu. Dokud ty věci půjdou vypnout, jsem s tím ještě OK. Ale mám v záloze připravené Vivaldi. UX mi nepřijde tak dobré jako Firefox, ale hodnotami máme shodu prakticky 100 %. Duch staré dobré Opery. Možná je načase se vrátit domů. Operu jsem používal mezi lety 2004 a 2014.

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Long post about the most boring part of the HP audio drama

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Drew Mochak

@miki It does feel that way, yes. "This one recorded the on location audio for the scene where the Dursleys go to the zoo. This guy recorded his gardener snake in the back yard. This lady over here supervised them. These people over there assisted them, by hanging the microphones."

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for everyone involved getting credit, but there are hundreds of names here for not even 9 hours of audio, which is just insane.

@miki
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Zach Bennoui

Well that text option isn't implemented everywhere, websites have to specifically enable it. You're not typing exactly what's displayed, they like ask you questions that you respond yes or no to. I think it's designed so that an AI model would get confused if presented with the same information, but a human should be able to figure it out pretty easily.

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RE: ravenation.club/@etherdiver/11…

Pigments 7 is out! I'll probably cover the new stuff briefly, too.

Ether Diver (@etherdiver@ravenation.club)

Wednesday I'll be streaming Pigments: "Draw The Rest of the Owl," or How & Why to finish your synth sounds. Subscribe to my YT channel and turn on notifications so you don't miss it, or just watch this space. https://www.youtube.
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Gemini came to my Google Home devices today, and now everything is better! It's all so much better! I don't know how anyone could think it is anything but better! Listen for yourself! #Tech #AI #Gemini #Google

#gemini #google #AI #tech

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it's truly amazing what LLMs can achieve. we now know it's possible to produce an html5 parsing library with nothing but the full source code of an existing html5 parsing library, all the source code of all other open source libraries ever, a meticulously maintained and extremely comprehensive test suite written by somebody else, 5 different models, a megawatt-hour of energy, a swimming pool full of water, and a month of spare time of an extremely senior engineer
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Reading the RSS 2.0 specification and found this: "The purpose of the <textInput> element is something of a mystery. You can use it to specify a search engine box. Or to allow a reader to provide feedback. Most aggregators ignore it."

This, right here, back in 2002, was when the web went wrong. We don't know what it's for or why it exists, and everybody ignores it, but it's part of the standard anyway!

Also, bonus fun: RSS 0.9 claims to be RDF but isn't, RSS 1.0 really is RDF but is incompatible with RSS 0.9, RSS 2.0 is incompatible with all of the above, and Atom is the modern W3C format that is incompatible with everything else and nobody uses. And everyone wonders why normal people don't use RSS.

I learned all this because I wondered why my static website generator wants to produce feed.rss, feed.rdf, and feed.atom.

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Love these guys. The keys player/producer is Greg Kurstin, really talented guy who's worked with lots of artists.

The Bird and the Bee - Will You Dance?
youtu.be/CLPGmnRlhl0?si=B0BF7k…


The Bird and the Bee - Will You Dance? (Official Audio)

Watch the official "Will You Dance?" video: https://youtu.be/flbce8yaBaoThe Bird and the Bee's new album "Recre​ational Love" is out now! Download it on iTun...
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It has come to my attention that the artwork for the original mozilla.org "dinosaur" logo is not widely available online. So, here it is.

As I explained in some detail in my 2016 article "They Live and the secret history of the Mozilla logo", I commissioned this artwork from Shepard Fairey to use as the branding of the newly-founded mozilla.org and our open source release of the Netscape source code, which eventually became Firefox. This happened in March 1998...
jwz.org/b/yk0j

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jwz: The original Mozilla "Dinosaur" logo artwork

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