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In the Netherlands we had a weird law introduced a while ago: to fight sodas the government introduced a tax on all drinks, with the exception of dairy (because, you know, lobby). For some reason it was exceptionally difficult to make a distinction between sodas and fruit juice, so they got swept up in the tax.

The food industry retaliated by adding trace amounts of milk to their fruit drinks. After all, there’s no legal distinction between a milk drink with added fruit flavor or a fruit juice with added milk.

So we got this kind of nonsense: fruit juice “with a twist of dairy” to avoid the tax. Dutch innovation at its best I guess.

Do they sell these in other countries though?

Photo of a box of Coolbest, with the text “with a twist of dairy” on one of its corners.

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I got weirdly good sleep last night. It could have been better, but at this point I'll take what I can get. I've had my usual two cups of coffee and I'm pretty sure breakfast is happening. I'm not 100 percent on that but even if not it's all right. I switched back to old WhatsApp which has improved things a lot, hoping I don't get force updated, again, if I do I'll cross that bridge. Even though there is some physical discomfort I'm in an oddly good mood. Hoping to stay that way. I've been down as of late and I hate it. Fuck you depression.

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Do you want help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse?

Please feel free to ask if you have any questions about using this place! There's no such thing as a silly question, it's fine to ask about anything however simple.

I'm especially keen to help new or non-technical people on here 🙂 And yes I am a human being, I don't use AIs!

(Alternatively, you can browse my website at fedi.tips which has lots of easy-to-understand help and advice.)

#FediTips #Mastodon #Fediverse


Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
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#fediverse #Mastodon #FediTips
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MariahL

@JEkis Before doing all of this, make sure that you uninstall whatsapp that you installed from microsoft store.
First download this zip file:
drive.google.com/uc?id=12Z3kjH…

Enable developer mode in windows.
Extract the wa folder from inside the zip file you downloaded to c:\.
Open powershell and enter this command.
Add-AppxPackage -Register "C:\WA\AppxManifest.xml"

Google Drive - Virus scan warning

drive.google.com
@Justin Ekis

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Heutiges Knie-Update: Heute blieb das Pflaster drauf, morgen auch noch, um dem Knie eine Chance zur besseren Heilung zu geben. Es zieht und tut an der Wunde leider immer noch weh beim Beugen oder Strecken, oder wenn ich aufstehe. Hoffentlich beruhigt sich das bald! Ansonsten war der Sonntag ruhig, und es gab von einem Lieferdienst noch einmal lecker Ente mit Rotkohl und Knödeln.

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RE: mastodon.n6.io/@graham/1157896…

Great presenter too! :)

Graham Pearce

2025-12-27 04:38:00

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I just found an interesting video segment on PBS about the old Eureka A4 Braille computer, featuring it singing, playing music, and more. youtube.com/watch?v=84C5SFRh81…


The Computer Chronicles - Computers and the Disabled (1992)

Special thanks to archive.org for hosting these episodes. Downloads of all these episodes and more can be found at: http://archive.org/details/computerchroni...
YouTube

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Die #39c3-Principles-Infobeamerfolie spricht von physical & psychological circumstances — physischen und psychologischen „Umständen“.

Hier der Reninder, dass wir dafür ein Wort haben. Es ist „disability“ oder „Behinderung“. Es ist kein böses Wort. Lassen wir doch einfach die ewigen Euphemismen für und in diesem Fall auch ganz besonders der Individualisierung von solchen Problemen sein.

#39c3

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I'm just making a note of this because I'm old enough to remember and a lot of people aren't – I saw someone claim that Google stole the name Chrome "from Firefox's internals", which makes no sense.

Back in the early 2000s, "chrome" was common programmer slang for "user interface". Like in general. Any user interface at all was "the chrome." I have no doubt Firefox's older source code refers to it as chrome, because I'm pretty sure I was referring to UI as "chrome" in my own university homework assignments at the time.

The term became much less common after Google Chrome launched because it became too confusing. Google's own claim is that the name was inspired by sports cars, and the programmers found it funny because having less "chrome" in the UI sense was an explicit goal. Whether that's true or not: they definitely didn't spitefully steal some secret Firefox codeword???

The above post is not to be construed under any circumstances as general approval of Google and everything they have ever done ever, and anyone yelling at me about how I'm a bad member of their religion because I said this SPECIFIC accusation is ahistorical will be blocked to the moon and back.

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We just released Polish as an additional language for the pbx annoncements. You can select it for your extension in Guru3 guru3.eventphone.de/ and afterwards try it by calling 0311 for example.
Thanks to @dragoonaethis for translating. #amazingtimetomarket #39c3

GURU3 | designed for the IoP

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#39c3 #amazingtimetomarket @Dragoon Aethis @ 39C3 [🤙4909]

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my latest blog post, which feels kinda like a work in progress, but helped me organize some of my ideas about this somewhat cryptic klezmer's mutual aid society.
alte.klezmor.im/2025/12/28/som…

#klezmer #immigrationHistory #NYhistory #MutualAidHistory #MusicHistory #ResearchBlog

Some thoughts about the Progressive Musical Benevolent Society – Old Klezmers – Alte Klezmorim

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#klezmer #musichistory #immigrationhistory #nyhistory #mutualaidhistory #researchblog
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Mike Gorse

I took the last couple weeks off, but not the 2nd I'm pretty sure, so I have one day, then the weekend. But then I'm writing some documentation for a piece of Linux accessibility infrastructure that I maintain, and I need to clean it up, and a release is due on Saturday, so I have work to do anyhow. I'm really glad that I'm allowed to work on that when I don't have other important things to do, since it's kinda my responsibility regardless, unless someone takes it over from me. But then i might also have other things to work on, so we'll see. Sorry--I'm just rambling at you now, but I kinda wish I was off until the 5th.

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"Moon bags" in Japan refer to stylish, crescent-shaped crossbody or shoulder bags, often with a sleek, structured design or inspired by Japanese aesthetics like minimalism and art, made from materials like leather or unique Japanese textiles, serving as fashionable, practical carriers for daily essentials. They're a trend focused on a curved, half-moon silhouette, popular for their modern look and versatility in carrying essentials hands-free. Also, perfect for the Cadence Braille displays. I'll be using one in the future to avoid my mishap again.

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✔ Say you search for something and there's a list of smart results.

You have a toggle that enables something like 'strict keyword matching' - which means any result not having those keywords will be dealt with.

👀 Catch: Keep in mind that often search results can be indirectly related to what you looking for without containing those keywords.

Question is, how would you like them dealt with?

#askfedi #userresearch #ux #ui #linux #youtube #google #browsers #webdev #enshittification #firefox #chrome #writing #cooking #accessibility

  • Lowered opacity (14%, 1 vote)
  • Border around to show who's the odd one out (14%, 1 vote)
  • Completely removed (57%, 4 votes)
  • Other (please comment) (14%, 1 vote)
7 voters. Poll end: 1 day ago

#Accessibility #linux #firefox #google #askfedi #webdev #youtube #chrome #UX #writing #ui #cooking #browsers #userresearch #enshittification

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FOSDEM 2026 Social Web Speakers

I have been trying to create a list for #fosdem26 and realized that (ironically) most of the people in the socialweb track ... does not have a fediverse account listed there.

I am also at fault, btw, so shame to me.

If you know someone who is presenting at #fosdem26 please send them my way. I will update this thread with the list of confirmed speakers.

The Fosdem 26 social web track List:

@pfefferle
@andypiper@macaw.social
@andypiper@flipboard.com
@evan @evanprodromou
@haubles
@mapache
@darius
@bjoernsta
@django
@resieguen
@openforfuture
@iusondemand
@cwebber
@tsyesika
@zzepposs
@melaniebartos
@Pepijn
@Floppy
@tobias
@mayel
@ivan
@hongminhee@hackers.pub
@samvie
@benpate
@neiman
@hongminhee@hollo.social

Social Web Track

fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track…

Boosts are also appreciated!

P.S. Special thanks to @liaizon for the suggestions.

#askfedi #activitypub #fosdem


FOSDEM 2026 - Social Web

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#askfedi #activitypub #fosdem #fosdem26 @wakest ⁂ @django @Matthias Pfefferle @Darius Kazemi @Tobias @Valentino Spataro @James Smith 💾 @Mayel @Rebecca Sieber @Ben Pate 🤘🏻 @Pepijn @Melanie Bartos @Andy Piper @Maho 🦝🍻 @Open For Future | Italia @ZZEPPOSS @Evan Prodromou @Evan Prodromou @samvie @Björn Staschen @Andy Piper @Christine Lemmer-Webber @Jessica Tallon @洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) @Neiman @洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) @hannah aubry @ivan
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So installing Windows 11 LTSC alone did actually fix most of the Asus Driver issues I had. Wifi, bluetooth, and audio/speaker drivers work again. Still had to load the drive driver at installation, but well that was all. Glad I actually didn't have to bloat it with that stupid My Asus app and to have a suitable Laptop again. It's weird, I could've sworn it had 32 GB of Ram but can only see 16. Well I guess my brain is just rotting away...

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Friend: Ugh.

Me: What now?

Friend: This bank app. Ugh!

Me: What about it?

Friend: It says the password is weak. My memory is weak too, let me keep this password.

Me: My friend, let me introduced you to KeePassXC, a free and opensource password manager for Windows/Linux/macOS desktop and Android (KeePassDX/KeePass2Android) app. There is also KeePassium for iOS which is free and has a pro version too. You can do cloud sync if you want.

Friend: Naa. That is too much work.

Me: 😶

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Jonathan

What about selfhhosting a TeamTalk server? Was quite the go to in my blindie bubble for years, feel like many have ditched it for Discord at this point, including me, but still works great and simple. There are server hosting providers, but I think you'd rather setup thhe server yourself, there are management scripts and all to do it, but I guess it's not that hhard without either.
bearware.dk/?page_id=327

TeamTalk 5 Conferencing System – BearWare.dk

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In 1991, a uni student from Finland started a "hobby" project because he couldn't afford to pay expensive Unix license that could run on a commodity hardware. At the time, he told on the mailing list that his project wouldn't be anything "big or professional."

It turned out that he was totally wrong.

Happy 56th Birthday to the creator of Linux kernel and git, Linus Torvalds! May you live healthy and happy forever. Thank you for all your hard work and providing us employment and keep it FLOSS😊

A pic of Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and git. Source https://www.facesofopensource.com/linus-torvalds/

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My laptop is set up about six feet away from the nearest wireless access point. For various reasons, I can't use Ethernet in the part of this house where I am most of the time.

There is no good reason why I am seeing latency spikes up to 200 MS, not to a remote server in Australia, not to my first internet hop, not even to my local router, but the access point itself.

I HATE WIFI!

Time for spectrum analysis and junk, I guess.

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