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Come to terms with this: you are owned. You are a slave. I am a slave. We're all slaves. Our owners are the ones whose names appear in newspapers, and on our ballots, and on our receipts.

Understand that you are bought and sold, and your wishes are as relevant to public policy as my cats' opinions on free software.

Only when you begin to understand this (and that I am not joking in any way at all, I am 100% deadly serious about this) will you grasp how fucked we all are, and will be, until we either die or fix it.

Which do you want?

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Microsoft Ava (Natural HD) and Microsoft Andrew (Natural HD) can now be used offline with NVDA and JAWS, via the SAPI Adapter utility. The voices come from Windows 11 Insider builds.
You need to go the Google Drive page whose link will be provided at the end, and grab both voice packages and REG packages from there.
Unzip the voices into the C:\TTS folder (or edit the path in the reg files).
You should have the following folders:
C:\TTS\AndrewHD
C:\TTS\AvaHD
Add all the reg files from AvaHD_reg.zip and AndrewHD_reg.zip to the registry.
They are called HD for a reason. They sound amazingly natural, though not as perfectly lively as their online counterparts, and each voice is about 230MB. Ava offline doesn't breathe unlike its online counterpart either.
drive.google.com/drive/folders…

AndrewHD and AvaHD – Disk Google

Google Drive

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Interested in creating your own synthesizer sounds, or maybe just learning about how that is done? Check out my How to Synth guide for practical, easy-to-follow info and lessons on the major synthesis methods used today!

etherdiver.com/how-to-synth-a-…

#synth #synthesizer #SynthProgramming #SoundDesign #HowToSynth

How To Synth: A Guide to Programming Synthesizers – Ether Diver

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#synth #sounddesign #synthesizer #synthprogramming #howtosynth

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RE: mastodon.social/@bagder/115745…

This is my main issue with all the LLM ("AI") use. I don't even care if people use it for their own projects, but so many people use it to offload their critical thinking to maintainers.

If you use LLM to generate your code that someone else has to review you're not saving time, you're *offloading* the time you "saved" to the reviewer who has to figure out if it is correct.

*You* as *submitter* need to be sure it is correct. Using an LLM does not absolve you of your responsibility to research.

daniel:// stenberg://

2025-12-19 07:42:18

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This is not working. The number of #hackerone report submissions for #curl in 2025 is going through the roof, while the quality is going through the floor.

And the year isn't over yet.

Hackerone reports per year in #curl, showing 2025 having many more than any previous year, in particular the number of AI slops

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My friend Ron Fisher accompanied me with his Norman guitar while I played "Welkin Walk" on my mandolin.

There's sheet music for the tune at the end.

youtu.be/oV_wJ_RQCpM

#music #mandolin #guitar #fiddletunes #sheetmusic #delong


The Welkin Walk - with sheet music

This tune, composed by Anne Delong, was inspired by the beautiful view which at one time could be seen from Richardson's Lookout. Trees have now almost tota...
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#music #guitar #mandolin #fiddletunes #sheetmusic #delong

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🎉 Wrapping up 2025 the way we started: with new features & improvements in Tuta Mail & Tuta Calendar.🎉

Sneak peak of what's new:

👉 Auto-save drafts
👉 Drag and drop to nest folders
👉 Display multiple days in the widget

Coming soon:
👏 Schedule send
👏 Better spam sorting with an amazing new spam filter

What is your biggest wish for 2026? 🎁

Find out more here: tuta.com/blog/auto-save-drafts

What's New in Tuta? Mail Updates + Calendar Updates iOS badge counter Auto-save drafts Drag & Drop to nest folders Display multiple days in the widget With screenshots of each feature.
What's New in Tuta? Mail Updates + Calendar Updates iOS badge counter Auto-save drafts Drag & Drop to nest folders Display multiple days in the widget With screenshots of each feature.
What's New in Tuta? Mail Updates + Calendar Updates iOS badge counter Auto-save drafts Drag & Drop to nest folders Display multiple days in the widget With screenshots of each feature.
What's New in Tuta? Mail Updates + Calendar Updates iOS badge counter Auto-save drafts Drag & Drop to nest folders Display multiple days in the widget With screenshots of each feature.

Wrapping up 2025 on a high note: Auto-save drafts, badge counter on iOS, & more. | Tuta

Tuta Mail and Tuta Calendar have both improved to help boost your productivity and work better for you. Let’s take a look at what's recently been added, and a sneak peek of what's coming in 2026!
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@jonathan I'd love to have a Christmas dinner with you, actually. You don't know about it, but you influenced me positively very much. My family, even those who don't speak English at all, know your name because I quite often say "Jonathan once said this" or "as Jonathan used to tell in his podcast"… really, I have a huge amount of topics to discuss. I don't always agree with you, but isn't it even better like this? #MushroomFM
#mushroomfm @Fun Guy Jonathan Mosen
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A County’s Move to Protect Domestic Violence Victims Is Spreading Across Tennessee After Legislative Delay
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Judges across Tennessee are now demanding greater accountability from people who have been ordered to give up their guns, a shift aimed at strengthening protections for domestic violence victims.
propublica.org/article/tenness…

#News #Tennessee #DomesticViolence #Violence #Guns #Safety #Women #Law


A County’s Move to Protect Domestic Violence Victims Is Spreading Across Tennessee After Legislative Delay

Judges across the state are demanding more accountability from abusers who have been ordered to give up their guns in an effort to strengthen protections for domestic violence victims.
Peter.DiCampo@propublica.org (ProPublica)
#News #law #women #guns #Safety #violence #domesticviolence #tennessee
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Chick Enheart

@archos @sesivany No a to se jim občas zadaří třeba tak, že celá série baterií je špatná a aktualizace softwaru způsobí, že baterie vydrží pár hodin. Ale je fakt, že se k tomu Google postavil celkem solidně (v rámci možností) a umožnil v některých regionech výměnu baterie, případně slevu na nákup nového telefonu, nebo (v mém případě) vrácení části zaplacené částky zpět.
@Archos @Jiří Eischmann

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Switched from #Spotify to #Tidal. 🎉

Reason? Spotify is the biggest player, but rips off artists the most. And now they generate AI crap to rip off artists more. 🤑

It took me a year or so from decision to actually doing it. It's cool that favourites and playlists can be migrated using #TuneMyMusic for few dollars. But I had shared playlists with several people, I used the jam feature from time to time etc.. The social aspect of any service is always the best way to lock users in a one platform, and It worked on me also. But this situation of being a hostage somewhere is uncomfortable for me so much, that I did the switch finally. 🫂

Now I am in phase of discovery of the Tidal service. Maybe I will find some missing killer feature and I will return, but I am fully decided to give it proper trial. 😅

Spotify as a mainstream service has advantage of wide device support, that could be one of the challenges. 🤷

On the other hand I immediately liked, they have a DJ plan to allow you mix the music in supported DJ software. Sadly my favourite software @mixxx is not supported. 🎛️

#spotify #Tidal #tunemymusic @Mixxx DJ Software
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Štěpán Škorpil

By the way, what also helped a bit with the switch is, that all podcasts started to monetize, thus on spotify there is always only a short preview version of the podcast. Full one is usally available as a user specific rss link. This pushed me to find separate podcast solution and I am much happier with the solution I found:
:nextcloud: #NextCloud + Gpodder sync plugin as synchronization server
:nextcloud: NextCloud + Podcasts plugin for web browser listening on desktop
:antennapod: #AntennaPod for on the go listening on Android

It's #selfHosted, it's #openSource and that's what I like.

#opensource #nextcloud #antennapod #selfhosted
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Zrušení zákazu je prohrou evropského autoprůmyslu
Zrušení zákazu prodeje automobilů se spalovacími motory je prohrou paradoxně pro ty, pro které se to dělá. Proč? To se v článku snažím vysvětlit.
#automobil #electromobility #elektroauto #eu #evblog.eischmann.cz/2025/12/20/z…(reakce na tento příspěvek se může zobrazit jako komentář pod článkem)

Zrušení zákazu je prohrou evropského autoprůmyslu

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#EU #ev #electromobility #elektroauto #automobil

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Jane Goodall said "You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
To me this illustrates how everything is interconnected you are not just in the world, you are of it. We are collectively, responsible for so much harm to our world but individually we are responsible for the healing. Collectively we make change.

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I asked a shop employee at the supermarket where the cocoa powder was. She laughed, and led me to the shelf.

There were none left. Big gap.

She grabbed a foot stool, climbed up on it and started reaching round the back of the next product.

That's very sweet, really trying for me.

She wasn't even looking, like she knew there was one there. Smile on her face.

There was.

She handed it to me.

"Was that for you?"

Big smile. "Yes, but don't worry, they will re-stock, I'll get one later."

So sweet. I thanked her profusely.

Life is made of magical interactions like this. Connections. Short overlaps into other people’s lives.

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