@hub Making it Open Source would be better. But the API at least allows people to build something to keep the systems operational. It's not "the best thing" but it should be the minimum.
I've been using a mechnical keyboard for almost 10 years now, its a Lioncast one with hardware macros, which I found to be really useful when I bought it back then, since it doesn't require software and it works on any device instantaneously. I think i've got Cherry blue switches in here, they aren't quiet, but I love the feel of typing on them.
@ToniBarth Yeah, I thought there'd be mention of mechanical keyboards somewhere. What's the difference between a mechanical and non-mechanical? I know absolutely zero about the keyboard world other than I want decent multi-key capabilities and a lot of standard keyboards don't give you that. And they certainly don't tend to last ten years either.
You might want to look into gaming keyboards then, they're build to last alot of excessive use and therefore live quite a while. Non-mechanical keyboards are usually the ones you find in laptops, but also in slim keyboards like the Logitech MX keys. Usually membrane keys, means they are really flat and don't require much pressure to be used either, they are also really quiet, but you don't get the haptic feedback of mechanical keys when using them.
@ToniBarth The one you use now definitely sounds mechanical going on what I heard on TT. Unlikely to be hot swappable though, so if it's knackered in some way, probably time for a change.
@Scott Nope, that is not a thing that is common to all mechanical keyboards. That depends on the controller used and the software behind it (if there is any). Usually workspace keyboards are a bit cheaper and limit you on that, gaming keyboards, also more expensive, come with controllers that don't hold you back in that regard. Mine supports basically pressing all keys at once, if that is what you want to do. I don't recommend though.
@NicksWorld Mechanical keyboards (assuming you get a hot swappable one) are easy to modify. You can change keycaps and switches, sometimes that's done because people want to change the sound or feel, but it's also good for repairability. The K10HE model you've just been recommended has hall effect switches instead of traiditional mechanical. Technically those are more flexible, you can configure the actuation point per switch, IE decide how much you need to press before it registers the keypress. Useful in some mainstream games, but hall effect tends to be a lot more expensive and I don't remember coming across any blindy games that support it.
@Scott i could not have said it in a better way though the reason I chose the HE is because I wanted a smooth experience and this really does fit the bill.
In my opinion, lack of accessibility is the main *real* argument against the widespread adoption of Free and Open Source Software.
I reckon, if, especially European, governments and institutions really are serious about digital sovereignty, they should invest serious money (I'm talking billions with "B") into that area.
#GNOME has implemented: HDR brightness controls, lock‑screen media controls, a new accessibility menu, and multitouch input support but people are like “meh.” But they’re proposing to remove the central click‑to‑paste feature, and people are going crazy xD
Quick, tell me which selection will be pasted if I press the middle button of my mouse.
People either remember the '90s, where applications would only have one selection; or they remember when all they did was selecting text to and from the terminal and didn't have more than two windows. Once applications started retaining their own selected text, it was all over.
You don't miss the '90s. Like Taylor Tomlinson put it: "what you miss is a time in your life where you didn't have a lot of responsibilities because nobody expected anything from you."
Wait, is it being removed (i don't keep up). I use middle click a lot.... The only thing i didn't like was that it used a second clipboard sometimes on x11 because x11 clipboard is cursed anyway.
Aw :( Well I'm gonna be a little bummed... but i sorta get it because its kinda a doohickey from the past. Worst case I'll patch it back cuz old habits die hard, but will there be a gsettings flag? (you mention gtk settings, so i assume so?)
Oh please don't! The last thing I need in my live is further incompatible behavior of my programs. No I don't use GNOME and it's already a pain to make GTK and QT applications to behave similar.
If that's going to change the default on all GTK apps I really hope for a fork without that nonsense.
If GNOME devs really want to change the default do it by shipping it as a set option but please leave the rest of us alone with that.
one of the things I caused to really use middle click paste for was opening urls in Firefox. I stopped using that years ago because the keyboard is faster...
@grimmy if an URL is not already linkified, select, right click, and Paste & Go is a great replacement; I'd rather applications implemented this, rather than re-implementing X11 selections
sure, but I'm personally in a tabbed am now so keyboard is much easier / faster for me now.
That said I wish more stuff would default to copying "clean links" and make paste special the exception not the norm. These are both things I'll be adding to @pidgin 3 at some point.
Hi @ebassi, it pastes the last highlight and if there is no highlight it pulls the info from the clipboard. There is nothing more logic than that. As you have seen from hundreds of comments on several news sites and here in the Fediverse that people are loving and using this practical and useful feature. It is perceived as a strength of Linux systems and should be retained as default. If there are any problems with it, the problems should be addressed and not the feature itself deactivated.
Hi @ebassi, the use case that you describe doesn't exist. There isn't really a risk that the user forgets the last highlight before middle-click paste. It's usually seconds between highlighting and pasting, because this feature saves time and clicks (2 clicks instead of 6), that's why people love it.
Also seriously: Please point to a place where there can be an honest discussion about this feature, with evidence/points. The pull request is blocked. Where is it possible to properly discuss it?
side quest: tell which selection will be pasted by Ctrl-V. Showing only a screenshot without telling in which window one made a copy operation last also doesn't indicate what's in the clipboard either 🤷
except one is a specific command that does not risk getting replaced when focus changes or you can forget about it, while the other is an implicit one that does
The one I selected just a second ago to paste somewhere else. Are people really middle click pasting everywhere? Also I came here just to say that GNOME is volunteer driven project but first thing the merge request do is stop community from discussion and why they want or don't want the said "feature".
@desertcamel “the community” of onlookers don’t get to comment on code, especially on platforms that don’t allow for strict moderation like GitLab’s merge requests. That’s what Discourse is for. Also: good luck with pasting stuff after you selected some text a week ago on a browser tab that you forgot about.
They don't get to comment on code, true, but communities input should at least be considered for the change to default. Also what happened on discourse today? thread got locked. So no more input from community on change? We don't hate volunteers and we have respect for what they do, but locking out community doesn't send right message.
Právě jsem přihodila na kickstarter pro novou gTLD doménu ".meow" a myslím, že byste měli taky. Má ji spravovat neziskovka v Belgii, idea je, že to bude LGBT safe heaven a tak. Víc na webu: kickstarter.com/projects/dotme…
Welp, if it's really true that AI is killing Tailwind, there goes our argument that AI isn't actually good for anything. social.lol/users/robb/statuses…
I'm not fan of Tailwind but this is brutal (https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss.com/pull/2388#issuecomment-3717222957). Traffic down 40% because of AI, 75% of engineering staff laid off.
Clippy profile pics started spreading mid of 2025, kicked off by YouTuber Louis Rossmann. The iconic Microsoft Office helper stands for not invading user rights to help out.
Thought the sentiment about Clippy is understandable, doesn't it actually represent exactly what Microsoft is doing now? Though no data collection was involved twenty years ago, people (at least in my surroundings) remember it to be not useful and its inevitable presence - non-consensual, what is exactly what they are recreating now, just on a whole another scale of invasion into private space and workflows
Ich habe noch mehr #Google APPs gefunden, selbst der dämliche Wecker war von Google aber ich sollte nun alles mögliche gelöscht/deaktiviert haben. Dafür habe ich viele gute #opensource APPs gefunden. Meist ähnliche oder identisch zu ihren Google equivalent, meistens bieten die Open source Varianten sogar mehr features. Ich hab jetzt vpn, DNS sever mit firewall, APP blocker & nutze #ArcaneChat Fazit: umstieg auf #F-droid / Open Source lohnt sich. #smartphone
Předně bych chtěl říct, že nějaký takovýhle tool je must have do každé domácí sítě. Používám už dlouho Pi.Hole, takže mě občas překvapí, jak jiný je internet u nás doma v porovnání třeba s internetem u mého táty.
Nám Pi.Hole odfiltruje cca 20 % dotazů. Ale v době, kdy děti jely Android hry, tak to bylo klidně 60-70 %.
AdGuard jsem se ale rozhodl zkusit, protože Pi.Hole má takové ubastlené uživatelské rozhraní, tak mě zajímá, jestli bych si třeba nějak nepomohl.
Blokátor reklamy dnes považuji za jeden ze základních prvků internetové bezpečnosti. Rozšíření v prohlížečích dnes nestačí. Platí to obzvlášť pro mobily, kde může zobrazovat reklamy a šmírovat prakticky každá aplikace.
Pak napiš, jaké z toho máš dojmy. Názor někoho, kdo má dlouhodobé zkušenosti s Pi-hole mě zajímá. Můj zásadní problém s Pi-hole je, že neumí rozpoznávat klienty na protokolech DoT a DoH. Používám to i jako rodičovskou kontrolu. Nastavím dítěti na tabletu jako soukromý DNS pro něj unikátní adresu a na základě toho dotazy od něj rozpoznám. Dosáhl bych něčeho podobného, kdybych měl všechna zařízení na VPN s pevnou IP adresou, ale tomu jsem se chtěl spíš vyhnout.
Me by docela zajimalo srovnani s DNS4EU - ma vyznam se vubec potit s domacim resenim? Pi-Hole jsem pred lety zvazoval (mozna i zkusil), ale uz mam tech tamagotchi moc:D. Jedu ted kratce na EU (vlastne vsichni doma:) a zda se mi to OK.
@testmir Za mě to má pár výhod. Zrychlí se načítání webů, zvlášť pokud si na slabší lince. Navíc můžeš nastavit jiná pravidla pro sebe a pro děti. Já si třeba blokuju Facebook. Žena zase chce povolit nějaké reklamní hosty, aby fungovaly odkazy na jedné konkrétní stránce. Dětem pak zablokuješ porno, hazard, TikTok a podobně. Takže záleží jestli to chceš nějak customizovat nebo ne.
@testmir Já to mám jako rodičovskou kontrolu. Když děcka zlobí, jde YouTube a Netflix na blocklist. Na jejich tabletech. TikTok.com je zablokovaný pro všechny.
It amazes me that the broadcast of killing of another human being is fine, but if someone uses a hurty sweary word that is beyond the pale. Grow up people!!
Alors que Discord semble se préparer à entrer en bourse, ça semble le bon moment pour commencer à prévoir la sortie du silo fermé dans lequel votre communauté se trouve. #Emmerdification
En alternative qui vous conviendra peut-être, Framasoft propose framateam.org (mais d'autres options existent, avec leurs avantages et leurs inconvénients, comme @element / @matrix).
Start considering moving your communities out of Discord now. Don’t wait for the enshittiffication to arrive, the clock is ticking. No one will listen to me, but let’s talk again later. reuters.com/business/chat-plat…
Loin d'être seulement un protocole, c'est une communauté fédérée qui propose une alternative en phase avec la protection de la vie privée (salons semi-anonymes, facilement auto-hébergeable avec #snikket), la sobriété énergétique (serveurs très peu consommateurs, repose sur des connexions TLS idle), et très compatible avec les idées du logiciel libre (normes gérées par une fondation au fonctionnement démocratique @xmpp, logiciels et clients majeurs entièrement libres).
In this section you’ll find information about XMPP Software, including clients, servers, libraries, and more.
An XMPP client is any software or application that enables you to connect to an XMPP for instant messaging with other people over the …
Movim will be at the @fosdem 2026 in Brussels ✨ This year we will also have a conference! 😽
📢 Movim: Building a Decentralized Social Network on XMPP 📍 Room: AW1.126 📅 Day: Sunday 1st of February 🕛 Start: 13:45
In this conference we'll discuss the technical challenges of building a rich web frontend on top of XMPP, showcase the exciting features recently added to the project, and introduce the upcoming planned ones.
What happened to Renee Nicole Good is not an anomaly or a rare phenomenon.
The only unusual factor is that she was white.
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot & killed by ICE on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body. She survived but has a hole in her arm forever.
Silverio Villegas González was shot dead in Franklin Park Illinois when he panicked and tried to run.
Then there’s the more than 30 people who’ve died in the camps.
No accountability. No punishment.
Keep speaking out. Let’s make sure this officer is held responsible.
Tonight I’m thinking about #emigration and how tempting it feels. Right now, at this moment, there’s nothing I’d like better than to just up and leave from this country that has turned into a complete and utter hellscape for any of us who still hold onto even a shred of our humanity. I’ve heard people posit that it’s relatively easy to leave, but I beg to differ. First, not only am I a person with a disability, I’m also married to another person with a disability, and I already know many countries take a rather dim view of people with disabilities popping up. Public charge, anyone? It doesn’t matter that I have guaranteed income, and Sarah is employed. So emigrating is pretty much a nonstarter. I even looked into #Canada a while ago, since I am second generation (my grandfather emigrated from Quebec), but that doesn’t give me any special perks. So, as long as I’m stuck here, I’ll just continue annoying people with my periodic shitposts.
I feel like it would take a lot of planning. I don't think it would be particularly easy, either, but I haven't really tried to look into it, so other people might know things that I don't. It would probably be somewhat easier for someone who can retire and doesn't need to worry too much about generating income, and of course the cost of living is lower in some places, and every country will have its own rules. I was reading an article about Thailand (I think) having the equivalent of assisted living facilities targeted at expats from places like the US. I was reading a post from someone trying to emigrate (I don't know what his reasons were), but his employer wasn't being supportive, so he would eventually need to find another job. I don't think I would leave, personally. Aside from the disability-related reasons you mention, I would need to figure out where to go and take the time to learn the logistics of trying to establish residency somewhere else. It would be a longer trip to visit my family, and I'd need to learn a new place and likely a new language. I'm not nearly as eager to uproot myself as I might've been when I was younger and had more energy. Sometimes I phantasize about living in a village near the ocean on an island in the south Pacific (and I know that that's oddly specific--sometimes I wonder if I had a past life like that and I'm sub-consciously remembering it, but no way to know), but it's not something that I'm likely to actually try to do.
@archos Ja ted testuju rozpoznavani a popis ptaku. A cvicne zapojeni do BirdNETu. Fotky uz to cvaka, tak je potreba to vylepsovat! A mrkni na navod, postav si ptakoboudu a budeme si pomerovat hyly!
@archos To je blby. Bez signalu nebo wifi je to k nicemu. Co doma za okno? budku postavis snadno. Nedavno jsem delal z odrezku jednu tchyni. tak to zvladnes taky:)
@archos Hele, ja pouzil Android a IFTTT. Na ty desny sracce to neumi nic. Umi to postovat jen z Mastodon.social. Uz mam rozpracovanou verzi pro iphone, hlavne kvuli AI rozpoznavani ptaku, coz je na Androidu problem i s placenym IFTT. Z ios uz muzu postovat kamkoli. Tak uvidime.
but, essentially, the music is emitted from the music, through bone conduction is emitted from the stick, but does not start playing until one has the sucker at the back of the mouth, so when one bites on it, the song vibrates through the jawbones.. But once the sucker has been eaten, the music stops. I guess one can keep the stick. not sure if anything else could be done with it after that. Sounds kind of wasteful if not.
The EU is working on what is in essence a new Open Source strategy for Europe, and the call for evidence is now open. This is our cue to provide feedback and input to the strategy!
If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from Open Source, or if you're simply interested in questions about digital sovereignty, please visit ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-r… for details on how to contribute.
Krásné dobré ráno zmrzlí mastodonti! 🙋♀️🐈🐶 Záměrně píšu zmrzlí a ne zamrzlí. V tom by byl obrovský rozdíl. A už vůbec namrzlí....Ale to zase odbočuju někam jinam na tenký led.....šmarja zase špatně....no prostě máme tady -14 a já mám po venčení asi z mozku ledovou kostku. 😂 Sira Artura už druhý den necháváme doma. Chodí se venčit stejně, jako Jeho Lordstvo. A já dneska budu v práci úplně sama! Heeeeč! Jenom teda budu muset kontrolovat skleníky, protože zlobí vytápění a já bych popřípadě musela znovu nahazovat kotel. A zítra mám volno, protože s Dcerou národa jedeme k doktorovi. Její zdravotní problémy přetrvávají a pořád nikdo neví, co jí je. Čeká nás vyšetření na gastru. Na vás dneska určitě někde čeká nějaké příjemné překvapení, tak si dnešní den pořádně užijte! 😊 #dobre_rano #dobréRáno
my brain generated the shitpost “linux for dogs” and then my other brain almost immediately started designing a small embedded linux collar computer with a sensor suite and wifi and now I want linux for dogs
Another day, another reply guy telling blind people to pay or "lower your expectations" to use free and open source apps😩 Weird how many of those there are, on this website especially! vmst.io/@RyanFrancis/115854200…
@jonathan859 you're throwing cash at the big apps by giving them unlimited access to your data to sell, while these free apps don't sell data, don't have ads, and don't have a revenue stream at all.
You're expecting devs to just "magic" a fully featured app to compete with mega corporations for nothing.
Either drop your expectations a little and show some gratitude or pay them.
@Bri A lot of things don't bother me, but someone saying to show some grattitude for something unuseable and then say oh fix it yourself? absolutely not.
@MariahL @Bri Sadly this is pretty typical. I almost don't bother opening accessibility issues on githubs anymore, nine times out of ten the response is a variant of "submit a pull request or GTFO" They talk a big game about ditching the corpos, but when the rubber meets the road they are just making toys for themselves like everyone else.
@Bri What people seem to forget, particularly those saying this stupid bullshit is that they could become disabled, they aren't excluded. It's a horrible thing to say, sort of, but it's true. I replied to the thread on my other account and said as much. I don't wish the way I exist on anyone, but it could happen.
It does just seem to be the one guy though, fortunately. I don't think he expected the flood of negative responses. But that's what you get when you're an idiot🤷♂️
@svenja Nah this is shades of just about every time I go onto someone's github asking them to make it so I can use it. "Submit a pull request or GTFO" I'm not sure why so many people seem to think shaming someone into using your app is a viable strategy...
@svenja Vibe code it! Oh wait, AI is demon technology. Get a computer science degree from Cornell and learn five programming languages! Then you can use your computer.
Looks like vscode no longer announces the current line and character when hitting ctrl+g, at least when using NVDA. Anybody know if there's an alternative method to get the current position? #nvda #nvaccess #vscode #blind
Hey sorry, I've been away from my desk since about when you posted this question! Since you didn't get any answers that I see, I'm not sure if you're still experienceing this, but yes, Microsoft been making changes, not all for the better, in VSCode lately. Reporting the line & column number are currently working as expected for us, but alternate releases seem to fix, then re-break it. Best suggestion is to complain to Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk: microsoft.com/en-au/accessibil…
Dell admits consumers don’t care about AI PCs. Dell is now shifting it focus this year away from being "all about the AI PC," because consumers aren't interested. A surprisingly honest admission from one of Microsoft's biggest PC partners. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/857723/...
> A spokesperson for Google offered some additional context on this decision, stating that it helps simplify development, eliminates the complexity of managing multiple code branches, and allows them to deliver more stable and secure code to Android platform developers.
What's wrong, is their AI so bad that it can't handle this minor inconvenience for them? RT: androiddev.social/users/Mishaa…
If you like to neaten things up, and particularly if you want to mount, say a 8-port gigabit router or whatnot under a desk or just out of the way, 3M Dual Lock strips are your bestie—it locks with itself, so you don't have to deal with separate hook and loop pieces
I've hung huge 180w Dell power bricks on the underside of my desks at work, and if I have to replace one, just cut another strip off the roll and attach to the part already stuck to the desk
“What began as deportation operations…has grown into something far darker. This is no longer about immigration. American citizens are being targeted, brutalized, and now killed for attempting to protect their own communities.”
I’m just saying y’all, $500 is a really good price for an unlocked 128 GB obsidian pixel 10 pro. I also forgot to mention yesterday that shipping is free in the US. If I need to ship internationally, I might need you to throw me a little extra for that. Smiley
Hheeeyyyy you there. I just wanted to make sure you saw the government normalising murdering you in cold blood in broad daylight on camera with no accountability.
A small piece of advice for left-wing readers: if you are part of a serious and genuine movement that truly cares about its legitimacy, and one that indeed has many positive aspects, you must stop supporting totalitarian regimes. Stop endorsing dictatorships, and stop glorifying nefarious figures from history.
I support plurality of thought, beliefs, and political spectrum! It's the best thing in the world, being able to debate, exchange ideas, and learn from others!
But if you support a dictatorship, I can't take your argument seriously... It's like if I started to defend the United States government tooth and nail.
We must be critical and realistic, even with our own beliefs.
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in reply to tante • • •but the terminology is incorrect (and confusing) — it first it make the reader think that the software is.
Yes it's still better than any other, but the bar is set so low..
Ars is doing us a disfavour here and they should know better.
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