I'm sure the @Vivaldi folks are sick of hearing this feedback, but I'll say it anyway (sorry): the only thing that holds me back from adopting and enthusiastically recommending Vivaldi is that it's not 100% open source.
With Mozilla chasing the AI dragon, now would be a really great time for Vivaldi to take the plunge and go fully FOSS. I don't know that it gains much, if anything, by being just mostly FOSS.
Apparently Amazon's entire DMCA/copyright division is now bot-run, without a single human to correct any bungling.
It's almost as if they get a cut off every copyright violation, and want to keep it that way.
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.
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
#NS Fanshop: "Trademark Rights:
The products in the NS Fan Shop are licensed products and may not be resold."
They should probably learn something about the principle of "exhaustion of rights," for instance here: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten…
Waterfox: No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter
waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-here-r…
Mozilla's pivot to AI first browsing raises fundamental questions about what a browser should be.Alex Kontos (Waterfox)
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
A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom. Please report issues to https://codeberg.org/librewolf/issues.Codeberg.org
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.
#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.
Tak můžeš to zkusit u nás na @rosti. Kromě toho, že se snažíme držet nabízené technologie aktuální, tak máme i Docker compose hosting, kam si můžeš strčit prakticky cokoli.
Dostałem linka phishingowego od... Instagrama (naprawdę!) 🤔
Nawet z ciekawości sprawdziłem, gdzie on prowadzi.
Typowa próba przejęcia konta.
Jak to możliwe, że platforma rozsyła phishing do swoich użytkowników?
Czytaj dalej 🧵 ↓
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.
The effect of putting the #postmarketOS wiki behind #Anubis 😞
I really hope whatever entities are doing this will run out of money soon...
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…
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING IT IS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE GREAT, POWERFUL, INCOMPARABLE, INSCRUTABLE, IRREPRESSIBLE UNASSAILABLE, EMPRESARIO.....beige.party
Ja, natürlich ist das maximal negativ. Der junge Mann hat keinen Bock und wird gedrängt und wenn ich heute in Ämter gehe, erlebe ich diese Lustlosigkeit eben oft. (Ausnahmen bestätigen die Regel)
Ich schreib das aber auch, weil ich maximal gerne meiner Berufung nachgehe und diese ohne jeden Zwang gewählt habe.
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!
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.
Today, twenty-nine awesome years ago, httpget 0.2 shipped. Unfortunately, both the source and the changelog for this release have been lost in time (like tears in rain).
httpget was the precursor to what later would become #curl
The internet, and the web, was different in 1996.
Historic versions of httpget source code. Contribute to curl/httpget development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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…
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
You weren't tempted to ask "Before I spend time responding, first tell me what amount of NASA's $22.6 billion budget has been donated to the curl project to keep it going?"
planetary.org/space-policy/nas…
Analysis, summary, and final outcome of NASA's budget for fiscal year 2020.The Planetary Society
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5yo has a firm grasp of Christmas lore.
"Christmas is special because it's when Jesus was burnt. No, bought. No, born!"
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@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.
New release v2.33.0 of DeltaTouch, an inofficial Delta Chat client 🎉
It's mostly a maintenance release, bringing some bugfixes and preparing for future greatness 
If you're interested in the details, check out the changelog: codeberg.org/lk108/deltatouch/…
> Officials Say Gunman Likely 'Cased' Campus Before Brown Shooting
Such a useless announcement. What's the point, to stoke fear? It's certainly not educational or informative
RE: ravenation.club/@etherdiver/11…
Pigments 7 is out! I'll probably cover the new stuff briefly, too.
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.Ether Diver (Mastodon)
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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…
Watch the official "Will You Dance?" video: https://youtu.be/flbce8yaBaoThe Bird and the Bee's new album "Recreational Love" is out now! Download it on iTun...YouTube
I just got over my addiction to chocolate, marshmallows and nuts.
I won’t lie, it was a Rocky Road.
Spellcheck isn’t very rock and roll.
Just ask Megadeth.
Thibaultmol 🌈
in reply to Joe Brockmeier • • •vivaldi.com/blog/technology/wh…
Why isn’t Vivaldi browser open-source? | Vivaldi Browser
Julien Picalausa (Vivaldi Technologies)Joe Brockmeier
in reply to Thibaultmol 🌈 • • •@thibaultmol I'm quite familiar with that post.
But it's been four years since it was published. They've had four years to assess whether being closed is accomplishing their goals, and a lot has changed with Mozilla in that time as well.
If I were at Vivaldi, I'd be arguing that the benefit of going fully open and welcoming Firefox users who are unhappy outweighs the benefits of being closed. Yes, people could fork the UI bits - but I've seen some pretty snazzy Firefox forks since that post that have really done wonders with the UI. I don't think the value of preventing forks is as high as they seem to believe. (Of course they don't have to provide their branding/trademarks in any source.)
Especially since AIUI Vivaldi has already struck a stance that is less AI-happy than Mozilla, I think they have an opportunity to win over some hearts and minds, as it were. They could also become the default browser and ship with distributions like Fedora and Debian, which won't ship it now as closed-source...
But, that's just, like, my opinion.