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If you have Pigments, and have ever given me a dollar, or helped share my work, go grab these! If you have Pigments and HAVEN'T ever offered any support, well, drop a dollar or five in the can and get it!

#Pigments #ArturiaPigments

Ether Diver (@etherdiver@ravenation.club)

Okay, just a day late for Christmas, here is my gift to the #Pigments community, especially the friends who hung out on stream with me while I made these 51 Pigments patches. Free/pay-what-you-want to supporters via Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.
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#pigments #arturiapigments

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NO PARENT LEFT BEHIND

I promise you cannot read these and not laugh out loud. These are REAL
notes written by PARENTS in a school district. (Spellings have been left intact.) Most of them are funny, but some are just sad.

1-- MY SON IS UNDER A DOCTOR'S CARE AND SHOULD NOT TAKE PE TODAY. PLEASE EXECUTE HIM.

2-- PLEASE EXKUCE LISA FOR BEING ABSENT SHE WAS SICK AND I HAD HER SHOT

3-- DEAR SCHOOL: PLEASE ECSC's JOHN BEING ABSENT ON JAN. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 AND ALSO 33.

4-- PLEASE EXCUSE GLORIA FROM JIM TODAY. SHE IS ADMINISTRATING.

5-- PLEASE EXCUSE ROLAND FROM P.E. FOR A FEW DAYS. YESTERDAY HE FELL OUT OF A TREE AND MISPLACED HIS HIP.

6-- JOHN HAS BEEN ABSENT BECAUSE HE HAD TWO TEETH TAKEN OUT OF HIS FACE.

7-- CARLOS WAS ABSENT YESTERDAY BECAUSE HE WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL. HE WAS HURT IN THE GROWING PART.

8-- MEGAN COULD NOT COME TO SCHOOL TODAY BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN BOTHERED BY VERY CLOSE VEINS.

9-- CHRIS WILL NOT BE IN SCHOOL CUS HE HAS AN ACRE IN HIS SIDE.

10-- PLEASE EXCUSE RAY FRIDAY FROM SCHOOL. HE HAS VERY LOOSE VOWELS.

11-- PLEASE EXCUSE PEDRO FROM BEING ABSENT YESTERDAY. HE HAD (DIAHRE, DYREA, DIREATHE), THE SH**S.

NOTE: [WORDS IN (** )'s WERE CROSSED OUT.

12-- PLEASE EXCUSE TOMMY FOR BEING ABSENT YESTERDAY. HE HAD DIARRHEA, AND HIS BOOTS LEAK.

13-- IRVING WAS ABSENT YESTERDAY BECAUSE HE MISSED HIS BUST.

14-- PLEASE EXCUSE JIMMY FOR BEING. IT WAS HIS FATHER'S FAULT.

15-- I KEPT BILLIE HOME BECAUSE SHE HAD TO GO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BECAUSE DON'T KNOW WHAT SIZE SHE WEAR.

16-- PLEASE EXCUSE JENNIFER FOR MISSING SCHOOL YESTERDAY. WE FORGOT TO GET THE SUNDAY PAPER OFF THE PORCH, AND WHEN WE FOUND IT MONDAY. WE THOUGHT IT

WAS SUNDAY.

17-- MY DAUGHTER WAS ABSENT YESTERDAY BECAUSE SHE WAS TIRED. SHE SPENT A WEEKEND WITH THE MARINES.

18-- PLEASE EXCUSE JASON FOR BEING ABSENT YESTERDAY. HE HAD A COLD AND COULD NOT BREED WELL.

19-- PLEASE EXCUSE MARY FOR BEING ABSENT YESTERDAY. SHE WAS IN BED WITH GRAMPS.

20-- GLORIA WAS ABSENT YESTERDAY AS SHE WAS HAVING A GANGOVER.

21-- PLEASE EXCUSE BRENDA. SHE HAS BEEN SICK AND UNDER THE DOCTOR.

22-- MARYANN WAS ABSENT DECEMBER 11-16, BECAUSE SHE HAD A FEVER, SORETHROAT, HEADACHE AND UPSET STOMACH. HER SISTER WAS ALSO SICK, FEVER AN SORE THROAT, HER BROTHER HAD A LOW GRADE FEVER AND ACHED ALL OVER. I WASN'T THE BEST EITHER SORE THROAT AND FEVER. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING GOING AROUND, HER FATHER EVEN GOT HOT LAST NIGHT.

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My next project or mission is to look into whether we can remove silences from speech ourselves somehow, if the engine doesn't provide a pauses setting itself. Since we get the direct audio stream, it may be possible but anything would need to carefully be assessed in performance penalty and whether it causes audio overlaps if the work isn't done right. For now at least V1.1 is a lot more stable and performant wrapper.
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Updated: FlexVoice 1.1. the native wrapper was doing redundant normalization work (literally normalizing twice), which can add extra stalls between chunks. Do not sync() inside _runWrapperTextSegment(). If we still want “accurate doneSpeaking” for non-indexed one-shot speech, only sync() once at the end of the utterance. Remove the second normalization in workerLoop and just move the already-normalized string into the prepared list. Also a small micro-opt: normalizeFragileTokens was scanning alpha tokens twice (once to find token end, again to detect ALL-CAPS). I changed it to detect “allCaps” during the first scan.
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Mckensie parker

Interesting. unfortuantely, i don't know if I can use this as a daily driver at the minute, because it refuses to read most mastodon posts, which I see as a problem. however, I know this is actively being worked on, so I will get it time. It also skips a few words. Hopefully these issues will be fixed soon, however, I'm not too sure about a daily driver as of right now, as again, some things it refuses to read.
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Tamas G

@mckensie @mcourcel well it's been some people who get it with Masto posts, whereas others don't. for sure one of those illusive bugs. but if you can do a "view post" on the ones that don't read, then perhaps it's possible to find where it falls silent, like which sentence or set of words it stops reading at. Once we have a text piece that does that it's a lot easier to make a new rule inside the normalizer against it and patch.
@Mckensie parker @Martin

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Long post about e/os accessibility

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So in today's edition of #screenreader problems: reading a book with a #Japanese character named Mami is deeply disconcerting, because my screen reader pronounces it "mommy". I just thought...the character was weirdly being called mom by everyone until I finally stopped to check the spelling. Screen readers of the time are also why I thought "anime" rimed with "time" until I was like 14. Uselessly, looking it up online gives me four different examples of how to pronounce Mami, all with different emphasis and "a" sounds. Including one joker who really is pronouncing it exactly like "mommy". So I dunno.
#screenreader #japanese

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What's the current state of XMPP and OpenID Connect? My web search returned that ejabberd is still considering if and how to implement and Prosody has experimental alpha-stage support via a module. I couldn't find anything conclusive in regards to XMPP clients. What's with Gajim(?) and Conversations? Or other clients? Are there any web clients supporting OIDC?

#jabber #xmpp #oidc #openidconnect

#xmpp #Jabber #oidc #openidconnect
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Fluchtkapsel

@daniel @mattj Ach, das war das Meetup, wo ich kommen wollte, aber leider krank war. 😄

Back to English: For a few years now I want to get some contact again to XMPP because the IM landscape is too dependent on Big Tech, and Matrix … well, it has its use-case, I guess. I'd rather onboard non-tech people to XMPP than to Matrix.

I understand your intention re channel binding. I heard of the jabber.ru case. I'm still not entirely sure, though, OIDC would block channel binding. AFAIU it's the SCRAM part that might get disrupted because there's no password involved in authentication anymore, just a token (or two?). The connection between client and server would be untouched, though.

@MattJ @Daniel Gultsch
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muppeth

@daniel @mattj Sure but if someone already uses external auth, being able to add xmpp to the stack would bring extra security features like global 2FA.

Here is my use case. I use LDAP for authentication and currently in the process of adding keycloak for oidc. XMPP at this point needs to stay with LDAP only, while it would be an added feature for me if it would support openid

@MattJ @Daniel Gultsch
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Daniel Gultsch

@muppeth @mattj Sticking with LDAP would at least on paper leave the door open for channel binding.

2FA could be added to XMPP w/o involving web stack stuff.

I'm not fundamentally opposed to oauth. I'm just pointing out that the use case of oauth is convenience rather than added security. If we implement it wrong me might even loose security (channel binding).

@muppeth @MattJ

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I had people asking, so here's the first level of Armadillo Army. Think pacman just. not pacman. The main objective is to clear the maze of goodies without getting wrecked by the armadillos. Yes you can shoot them which I do, but every shot costs ten points whether you hit or not. If you do hit an armadillo you get 30 points. Armadillos are represented by a really fast spoken directional cue. You'll know, I'm sure. As the levels progress things get harder, there are more goodies, and a tornado that can eat the things you're after. The second thing in this level that I encounter is the pepper. Once eaten your character tex goes "loco." This means arrows are reversed and your laser for armadillo shooting doesn't work right. this last for fifteen seconds, I think.

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Nolan Lawson

The "big tech companies are evil/stupid" framing is not only wrong but unhelpful. It's like calling a bear evil/stupid and then getting mad at him when he devours you for following his nature. The bear has internal logic that makes sense in his bear-brain, just like big companies do. Although it's more around promotion-seeking, risk-minimizing, legibility, etc. than around honey.

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Tonight at 6 PM Eastern, sonic synergy goes live for our year in review.
We unpack all the cool stuff we were involved in throughout 2025 and send the year off in our irreverent yet thoughtful way.
So join us for our unique brand of crazy conversation and say 1 last hurrah for 2025.
Extremely NSFW, and not for everyone.
Proudly powered by your calls and messages to (833) 452-4452.

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„Jeden ersten Sonntag auf die gute Seite wechseln!“ am militärisch klingenden „di.day“, aber die „gute Seite“ hat die digitale Barrierefreiheit vergessen und eine für viele Menschen unbenutzbare Website hingestellt. Ohne Überschriftenauszeichnung, ohne Navigationsbeschriftunng, ohne Alternativtexte.

Nur einmal dazugehören und mitmachen können… is‘ das so schwierig? #39c3

Digital Independence Day

Digital Independence Day
#39c3
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Hi everyone, I wanna tell you about a really cool #trans person I’ve learned about recently - Wendy Carlos. (Thread: 1/3)

Carlos was born in 1939 and is currently 86 years old. She helped develop the first ever commercial #synthesizer, Moog, in 1964. She created the scores for iconic movies including A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Shining (1980), and Tron (1982). She even won three #Grammy awards in 1970 for her album Switched-On Bach. (First trans woman to ever win one!)

She was also one of the first public figures to disclose that she underwent a feminizing gender-affirming surgery (she got the procedure in 1972, went public in 1979).

#transHistory #transgender #history #music #musicHistory #funFacts

Photo of Wendy Carlos surrounded by keyboards, electronic music equipment, and holding a Sphynx cat in her lap. Wendy is a white woman with shoulder length brown hair with an endearing and awkward smile.
#history #music #transgender #trans #synthesizer #funfacts #musichistory #transhistory #grammy
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Mariya Delano

History of trans musician Wendy Carlos (2/3)

I learned about this incredible woman after coming across an old video with her on YouTube the other week (see part 3 of the thread for link).

And I thought it’s important to share given that trans history is being actively erased from public consciousness these days, and right-wing politicians / pundits are trying to claim that trans people are invading and ruining culture. In reality, people like Carlos have been here this whole time, creating the very culture that these jerks claim is being ruined by “woke”.

This is also telling. Carlos said about the public’s reaction to her transition, back in the 80s:

"The public turned out to be amazingly tolerant or, if you wish, indifferent ... There had never been any need of this charade to have taken place. It had proven a monstrous waste of years of my life."

#trans #synthesizer #Grammy #transHistory #transgender #history #music #musicHistory #funFacts

#history #music #transgender #trans #synthesizer #funfacts #musichistory #transhistory #grammy
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Mariya Delano

History of trans musician Wendy Carlos (3/3)

And here is the video where I first came across Carlos.

Two bits of context here:

1. This is one of the most impressive explainers of how electronic music works and the different wavelengths that go into turning electric signals into sound that I’ve ever seen (and I studied physics for 2 years in university, so I had at least some background on this.) youtu.be/4SBDH5uhs4Q?si=kll8Uv…

2. At this point, Carlos had started hormone therapy but was not public about her transition. So she’d put on fake sideburns, a wig, and try to appear more masculine.

#trans #synthesizer #Grammy #transHistory #transgender #history #music #musicHistory #funFacts


Wendy Carlos demonstrates her Moog Synthesizer in 1970

Wendy Carlos interview on PBS' NOVA in 1989: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EtH5E1N91YNote: the BBC has posted a longer version available here: https://www...
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#history #music #transgender #trans #synthesizer #funfacts #musichistory #transhistory #grammy
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Closed this "critical" one. Only three to go...

hackerone.com/reports/3480641


curl disclosed on HackerOne: Cross‑Layer State Confusion in...

## Summary: This report describes a state‑level security invariant violation in libcurl where credential‑ or key‑related state may persist or be re‑applied across logical trust boundaries...
HackerOne
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Ever notice how people who spit bigotry and racism immediately turn around and say they have friends who are of the race that they claim to hate? For example. The guy who says I hate black folks and drops the end bomb like it's going out of style. But in the next breath he's all like, I hate black folks, but I have black friends. What exactly is the point in that? I find that very confusing. If it's true that you really are racist, would you not avoid friendships or any kind of interaction with the people you claim to hate?
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Winter blue tardis

That is to add that, there are people who are assholes of any colour, race, group, disability, etc. because they are also unaware of their own idiotic actions. We are all people at the end of the day, and if we can't tolerate each other, then we gotta fix something in ourselves and realise that humanity is humanity, and to not invalidate the struggles of others, too. But the first step is to realise, and some people never pay attention to it, or want to, even if their mind screams it at them. They are too busy with their hate for no reason what soever.

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Hey #support guys who work in a #NOC or #datacenter or provide support for #vps hosting: if I open a support ticket about an issue, and the issue is resolved an hour later without a response to my ticket, what's the Etiquette here? Should I close the ticket as resolved without waiting for an answer? Or does that mess up your quotas or workflows or whatever? Is it impolite to close my own ticket when I notice the problem is fixed without waiting for your response? Am I taking away the satisfaction you get from closing a ticket? Or am I just making your life easier by saving you from dealing with yet one more customer.
#vps #support #datacenter #noc

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“This is totally the World Juniors” says woman trying to trick her boyfriend into watching Heated Rivalry

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“This is totally the World Juniors” says woman trying to trick her boyfriend into watching Heated Rivalry - The Beaverton

SUDBURY, ON - Local girlfriend Ashlynn Timbers is currently monitoring her boyfriend as he watches the program she told him was the World Juniors Hockey Tournament, but is in fact the steamy gay romance sensation Heated Rivalry. 
Ian MacIntyre (The Beaverton)

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When Big Tech clouds fail, are censored, or collude with the (US) government, which would you choose for private messaging?

#privacy #security #decentralization #securemessaging #matrix #xmpp #simplex #deltachat #signal #poll #polls #askfedi

  • Matrix (10%, 8 votes)
  • XMPP/Jabber (24%, 18 votes)
  • SimpleX (2%, 2 votes)
  • DeltaChat (62%, 47 votes)
75 voters. Poll end: 4 days ago

#xmpp #matrix #privacy #askfedi #signal #security #decentralization #poll #polls #deltachat #simplex #securemessaging

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Well, we finally opened our Christmas gifts today now that we're not feeling so awful. And there's a particularly useful one I got I want to highlight here. As a blind person with not a lot of training I've always struggled with keeping my fingernails trimmed independently. I'd cut them too short, or uneven, or have difficulty getting the nail to cut at all, or sometimes really hurt my finger. The clippers in this house also aren't the best. Now that's changed! One of our Christmas gifts this year was the Edjy fingernail cutter, a clipper which is loads easier to use and comes with blade guards so you physically can't cut it so short the nail bed is overly exposed. It makes clean, precise cuts without near the amount of fiddling traditional clippers require, and it even stores the clippings in a little basin inside it that can then be dumped into a garbage can or whatever instead of just launching them anywhere immediately. The only thing I'd say is that depending on the curvature of your nails, you potentially can't clip the entire nail at once, I have to do mine in three pieces. Best is one side, the middle, then the other side. Used it this morning and got a perfectly rounded and even cut on all of my fingernails including my thumbs, which the normal clippers have trouble getting at sometimes.
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#blind @mastoblind

EDJY Fingernail Cutter

Experience perfectly smooth nails with the EDJY Fingernail Cutter. Crafted with a precision single blade, EDJY provides effortless cutting and a built-in collection system for easy cleanup.
EDJY
#blind @Group 4 Blind & VI people

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It’s #winter. The buzzing has stopped - mostly.
So what’s happened to all the #bees?
Let me explain.
Please #repost this thread.
Don’t just like/look.
It literally takes you a second. Costs you nothing.
Bees are in trouble and need you good people to help.
Thank you.
#share
1/14
#repost #winter #share #bees
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The Bee Guy

In a world that appears ever more divided, ever more angry, ever more willing to embrace the obvious annihilistic option we refuse to give up on the premise that most #people are #decent. That most people #care deeply.
Maybe we can #unite over #bees.
Do the right thing for once.
Make the good choice.
Maybe?
Please share this thread far and wide.
#repost
We know you care.
Show us.
Show one another.
Show the bees you care.
It’s okay to care.
It’s more fulfilling than hate.

14/14 Part 1/2

#repost #people #CARE #bees #decent #unite

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Cory's rousing #enshitification talk mentioned how capital always imagined the web as a kind of interactive cableTV, a series of walled gardens, reminded me of this text of mine from 2013, one of many on how the internet cam to be centralized. #39c3

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The September that never ends

Scratch-off the Facebook logo, and you’ll find the CompuServ logo underneath.
Dmytri Kleiner
#enshitification #39c3
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