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RE: tldr.nettime.org/@dk/115883067…

Una reflexión muy interesante: el «código ptolemaico» es, como el viejo sistema geocéntrico de Ptolomeo, software basado en un modelo del problema a resolver incorrecto que solo se acerca a un funcionamiento adecuado mediante sucesivos parches. La generación de código asistida por IA va a traernos muchos de estos «regalos».

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I hereby coin the term "Ptolemaic Code" to refer to software that appears functional but is based on a fundamentally incorrect model of the problem domain. As more code is generated by AI, the prevalence of such code is likely to increase.
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I just got falsely flagged as a bot while trying to use the DB train connection lookup service (from first use on, on a residential connection, both in Firefox during multiple attempts, then also in Chromium, only the third attempt in an Epiphany browser got through). People will be very amused if that happens to them on a journey while frantically trying to figure out alternative connections during one of the usual DB situations. ┐(シ)┌

(Going by what I'm reading from sysadmins these days, I guess this is another case/consequence of big tech AI scrapers DDOSing the web to death.)

DB (german railways) website screenshot: An error has occured We apologise, but an error has occurred during this process: Your browser's behaviour resembles that of a bot. To continue, the following steps may help: Please use a different browser. Clear your browser's cache and reload the page: To do this, delete the browser data, cache, and cookies in your browser settings. Use a different internet connection and reload the page (for example, switch from LAN to Wi-Fi or use a mobile hotspot). If you are using a VPN client, anonymisation tool, iCloud Private Relay (an iOS feature that hides your IP address), or third-party antivirus software, please temporarily disable it. If you are unable to make a booking without logging in, please log in to your DB customer account or register.

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#XMPP Community

The Chat of the Future initiative has its first session today from 19:00 CET!

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#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #xeps #standards #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging

The Chat of the Future Banner with four icons referencing to experimentation, exploration, collarboration and innovation.

Chat of the Future Initiative | XMPP - The universal messaging standard

The XSF Communication Team is launching the ‘Chat of the Future Initiative’ to support the XMPP ecosystem through collaborative discussions, development, and improved public communication. This new initiative invites participants from all …
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#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #federation #chat #interoperability #decentralization #standards #messaging #rtc #xeps

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You may also find this of interest, if you ever decide to get the boys the Nintendo Switch online plan, as these are the list of games provided by the service if you download the free emulators from the Nintendo EShop.
I spent nearly two hours on a call with a fantastic Aira agent who was kind enough to type out these lists for me in text form, then I had an AI turn them into tables for easier viewing.
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Mantis Q40 question: when using the onboard applications, I can switch between QWERTY and #braille input by pressing F12. Is there a way to achieve the same thing while connected to an external device in terminal mode?

In other words: I want to use the FDS and JKL keys as simulated Perkins-style input while connected to NVDA, VoiceOver, etc. without using any software-based simulation features built into the #screenReader itself.

#screenreader #braille

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On January 6th my idea paper got accepted for the Web 2026 conference. Now i'm basically registering my first conference entry, booking flights from and to Valencia and a place to stay for a week. I'm afraid of flying and am generally overwhelmed with all the things that need to be done. I also have to pay everything first before getting it paid back afterwards, but man, it isn't exactly cheap either. Kinda locked in decision paralysis right now, not gonna lie.

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Alright. It's 4 in the morning, 3 hours before work, what am I doing?
Bug reports came through that SoftVoice will not read Mastodon posts. Turns out we need to do the character splitting in the wrapper.
Re-download eurpod.com/softvoice-2025.nvda…. Alternatively, if you have a cached copy, use eurpod.com/softvoice-2025-v07.… for a clean one.
This copy fixes it so we do split into 350-character chunks at the wrapper side. In my testing this reads all Mastodon posts to expectation now, as these can often throw the entire post's chunk onto the engine.
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Stefan Rower🏴‍☠️🦊 🇺🇳🐧 🏳️‍🌈🤝

Ich mag ja nicht jedes Dateils dieses Deals zu überblicken oder maße mir an alles zu verstehen. Aber ausser dem Namen des Kapitalgebers ändert sicht nichts. Menschen die JETZT irgendwelche Einstellungen ändern glauben doch nicht wirklich, dass die bereits übertragenen worden sind, dann auf den Servern verschwinden. Oder?
Oder dass die Afinum andere Zeile hatte als jede andere Firma.
Warum ist Wachstum erstrebenswert habe ich gelesen. Das hängt von der Situation ab. Wenn es WhatsApp und Meta im allgemeinen ein Stück weit verdrängen soll ist esSEHR erstrebenswert. Höhere Mitgliederzahlen heisst auch stabilerer Service für uns Nutzer.

Dieses reflexartige zuschnappen und diese Versuche hier einen Dämonen herraufzubeschwören ... statt unter Umständen darüber nachzudenken, dass irgendwer den Bumms auch bezahlen muss und das nicht mit 3,50€ lifetime getan ist.

Threema kann als Inhouse-Messenger genutzt werden. Evt ist das der Grund für eine Firma eine Softwarebude finanziel zu unterstützen.

Torvalds arbeitete jahrelang für Transmeta und wurde von denen bezahlt um den Linux-Kernel zu managen. Weil die den Kernel brauchten. So wie viele Entwickler der OpenSource Scene auch einen Anstellungsvertrag haben.

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Twelve(!) years ago on this day, I started my job at #Mozilla

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2014/01/13…

(I was there for almost five years, left again in late 2018: daniel.haxx.se/blog/2018/11/18…)


This is my first day at Mozilla

I'm now a Senior Network Engineer at Mozilla. Today is my first day as an employee. Here's my summary of how I got here and how the process has been so far, from my perspective.
daniel.haxx.se
#mozilla

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Everyone knows Streetcomplete, but have you heard of MapComplete yet?
What a nice project, i recently found. Contribute to Open Street Map theme and project based.

mapcomplete.org/ by @MapComplete

#MapComplete #OSM #openstreetmap


MapComplete - editable, thematic maps with OpenStreetMap

MapComplete is a platform to visualize OpenStreetMap on a specific topic and to easily contribute data back to it.
mapcomplete.org
#openstreetmap #OSM #MapComplete @MapComplete

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mikka

i am infinitely grateful for a tool that helped not just me but millions of people create a reliable common network (http mostly?) api clients.

maybe well before the time I started programming curl might have been the only library in the world that helped us use apis (as of now there are hundreds of network libraries that are stable and relatively widespread, but even still I use it almost everyday from the shell).

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V novem roce slapeme do nabirani umelcu a misto uvodniho callu a pitch decku se rovnou vrhame do nahravani obsahu (a u toho se samozrejme salesuje).

A novy tematicky web nemuze chybet!

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#music #unreleased #art


UNRELEASED

Not a label. Not management. Just a collective of artists, dreamers, & designers trying to change an unfair industry.
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#music #art #unreleased

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So I am contemplating possibly moving to Connecticut for a fresh start. I live in Boston currently, and don’t get me wrong. Boston has great resources for the blind and visually impaired community as well as other communities for different disabilities. As much as I like Boston and I love my current location, after all, I’m two bucks from Fenway Park, I’m just not happy here. So I have decided to look into possibly moving to Connecticut. If anyone knows of any resources I can grab a hold of as far as planning a move to Connecticut goes that would be great. The two main things I need to do right now are find a place to live, and I’m looking at getting involved with the American council for the blind in the state of Connecticut, I know they have a chapter somewhere. But I need a life change. #Connecticut #Moving#Fediverse #StartingOver#ACB#Depression #Hope #Healing.#Wellness.
#wellness #hope #healing #connecticut #moving #startingover

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Warum uns das Anfangen oft so schwer fällt. Experiment enthüllt Motivationsbremse im Gehirn – und wie man sie lockern könnte. #Motivation #Vorsaetze #Gehirn #Neurowissen
scinexx.de/news/psychologie/wa…

Warum uns das Anfangen oft so schwer fällt - Experiment enthüllt Motivationsbremse im Gehirn – und wie man sie lockern könnte - scinexx.de

Das kennen viele von uns: Eine unangenehme oder lästige Aufgabe steht an, aber wir können uns nicht aufraffen, damit anzufangen. Was hinter dieser
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#motivation #vorsaetze #gehirn #neurowissen
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Jiří Eischmann

Tak ty máš hlavně ledovku vyřešenou, ne? 😉
idnes.cz/magaziny/koktejl/na-n…

Na náledí a ledovce funguje zaručený trik s bramborou. Škrob může zachránit zimní krok

Náledí dnes pokryje Česko, hrozí kolaps dopravy a kdo se chystá ven, bojí se uklouznutí a zlomenin. Trh nabízí nespočet protiskluzových doplňků, ale existuje i jednoduchá, levná a překvapivě účinná alternativa – obyčejný syrový brambor.
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Ich arbeite schon sehr lange bei #Threema und sehe, dass hier gerade eine Panikwelle durchzieht, man die App jetzt plötzlich boykottiert, weil Threema verkauft wird. Vielleicht darf ich das mal einordnen:

Ich habe viele Jahre mit den drei Gründern zusammen an Threema gearbeitet. Ich habe den Verkauf an Afinum 2020 miterlebt und später den Rückzug der Gründer in 2024. Derzeit wird Threema an Comitis verkauft - auch ein Private Equity Unternehmen, genau wie Afinum damals. Wenn's also nur um den Verkauf geht, gibt es erstmal eigentlich keinen Grund zur Panik.

Aber: Es ist eine Änderung. Auf jeden Fall gilt es, das kritisch zu betrachten und zu beobachten. Auf jeden Fall sollte laut geschrien werden, sobald Enshittification stattfindet! Bitte, macht das! Und ich wäre mit Sicherheit unter den ersten Personen, die aus Protest gehen würden, sollte Threema mal die eigenen Werte aufgeben.

Aber warum diese Aufregung jetzt, weil Threema gerade von Private Equity A an Private Equity B verkauft? Das verstehe ich nicht.

#threema

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I am very proud to share that I have been awarded the IP Prize by the Swedish Network Users Society (SNUS). The motivation, which is long and detailed covers over 30 years of my work with Open Standards, Open Networks and now cyber security. From PC/TCP to Asterisk and Kamailio to the current work.

Thank you SNUS!

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TWBlue release

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Went on a TV talk show with my wife, to talk about accessibility and inclusive design. Definitely mentioned various assistive technologies along the way. So far, I'm already receiving emails with mp3 files in them, because "this makes it more interesting for you not to listen to the robotic voice all the time." Maybe I should've explained bit better than screen readers allow me to read emails ca 700 words per minute, and skip over rambling texts...
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miki

@Piciok This reminds me of the conversation I had with the director of my Regional Examination Commission, basically the organization which handles the day-to-day of running the government-mandated final exams (think GCSEs / A-Levels) here.

She didn't understand the difference between an audio CD and a CD ROM with a PDF (or Word) file on it that a screen reader would read. She also thought that a screen reader is a program that connects me over video call to a real person who reads text from paper documents that I place in front of my camera.

This was the only time in my life where I wanted to take the phone and throw it at the wall.

This was during my middle school days, my high school fortunately managed to shield me from all this madness.

The commission for that particular region is... well... known for being utterly incompetent, obstreperous, objecting to basically everything as a matter of principle, and generally being a pain in the ass for anybody who is unfortunate enough to live in their jurisdiction.

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Paweł Masarczyk

@miki A related story: there was a national project coordinated among a couple of schools for the blind in Poland which, to cut long story short, was aiming at preparing us for the FCE Cambridge examination. The commission in our city objected against us taking the reading comprehension part on our computers as the use of text-to-speech would turn it into listening comprehension. Ehhh...
@miki
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Ethin Probst

@miki @Piciok I genuinely cannot understand this. As in, it's so, so weird to me that those in charge of examines and such for education don't even understand the most basic disability and assistive technology concepts. Like, your in charge of examines for education. So, your presumably a part of your equivalent of the department of education. And you don't know what a screen reader is? Really?
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miki

@draeand @Piciok We basically don't use computers in schools here, so that's probably why. This stuff almost never comes up.

By law, if you have the requisite documents, you're automtically entitled to a braille copy of the exam. Your school just files the required paperwork and that gets done as a matter of course. Anything else requires going through an administrative process and explicit approval. Usually, "the student is using this in class and so that's the workflow they're accustomed to" is a good enough reason to get approved, but you still need to go through the non-standard process.

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Paweł Masarczyk

@draeand @miki In my case it was the British Council, one of its Polish offices, this was also over a decade ago. Sometimes even with large, multinational organizations the awareness is not spread equally so I wasn't entirely surprised. We were something of forerunners and the requests I have been seeing in the community regarding the accessibility of these examinations suggest that it pretty much stopped with that project.
@miki @Ethin Probst

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Now that NVDA RC exists I'm even more tempted to pick up a Mini PC to be a little always on machine for, something, either with Windows as main OS and then VMWare for VMs or Proxmox as main OS and a Windows VM. Would be nice to connect to that rather than having to keep your more or less gaming PC on all the time which consumes to much power for what it actually does. Then I could use the Pi as Pi Hole backup, and could already mess with Home Assistant always available local AI like Ollama and possibly use the Pi as little local voice assistant. Would I need the power? No. I'm running like 6 or 7, haha, docker containers, which don't consume nearly anything that would make the Pi struggle, but well, as I said, Proxmox/HAOS, Windows VM and local AI would probably work better on something stronger. And the question is do I do it now, or do I wait, years until the prices might get better again.

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In today's #blind ballaches:

FedEx handed a package of mine over to a "trusted third-party vendor" for last-mile delivery. This afternoon, a driver for said vendor sent me a WhatsApp message and photo without a description:

Driver: "I've left your package at <local business name> for you to pick up."

Me: "I can't do that, please bring it to the house."

Them: "You can pick it up after five."

Me: "No, I can't. I paid for home delivery, not a drop off at a different place. I'm busy and also blind, and that isn't convenient."

Them: *silence*

Me: "So, can you please bring it to the house?"

Them: "No. I already left it. Have a good week."

#blind

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Another report from MN from a friend of a friend, a US Citizen:

I am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction.
I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said “I’ll be taking this, I might need it later.” My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn’t mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it.
We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn’t figure out how to use the building phones, or complained about a lack of cell service preventing them from checking the internet or making calls.
The people in the cells were extremely scared. We heard people screaming "let me out!", crying, wailing and terrified screams. There were cells with as many as 8 people. I have no way of knowing how long they have been there, if they were allowed any contact with the outside world, or if they were being brought food or water. Most people were staring at the ground with almost no energy. I was not allowed to talk to anyone imprisoned. I distinctly remember seeing a desperate woman. She was staring at the ground with her head in her hands crying, hopeless, while her friend or family member sat on a bathroom seat observed by 3 men.
My friend and I were put in an area for "USCs," which we eventually learned meant US citizens, separated by gender. We were imprisoned for 8 hours, during which my friend was never allowed a phone call. I was allowed to call my wife and tell her where I was. During my interview with Special Agent William and Special Agent Garcia, they asked me to empty my pockets. When I pulled out gloves, Agent William said those were meant to be taken when I was processed, and complained about having to fill out the form again. He frisked me once more, where he found glass in my pocket from when our car window was shattered. He filled out the form listing my personal items again, but put the wrong date. I was read my rights, I pleaded the fifth and was led back to my cell.
Food, water, and bathroom breaks were extremely difficult to acquire. I would ask over the intercom provided in the cell for a bathroom break, be told someone was on their way, then ask again 20 minutes later, be told someone was on their way, wait another 20 minutes, etc. Eventually they either turned off the intercom or it stopped working, because no one would respond. I could get water and bathroom breaks by pounding on the glass when someone happened to walk by and beg them directly. Hours would go by without anyone checking on us. I am vegan and the only food they offered were turkey sandwiches, fruit snacks with gelatin, and granola bars with honey. I eventually ate a granola bar out of hunger.
I was in the cell alone for between 1 and 2 hours, then another man was put into my cell, whose shirt was ripped open from his arrest, and an injured toe, who was carried aggressively into an unmarked car during his arrest. After about 4-5 hours, another man was brought in who had a cut on his head from his arrest. He told me he was tackled by 4 or 5 agents during his arrest. At no point was he offered medical assistance.
Later I was told that a lawyer was here to see me, and I was able to speak with him in a visitation room. The special agent told me that the door could not be closed all the way, so it was cracked during my interaction with my lawyer. I got the impression that they were not used to having lawyers present, and were trying to follow procedure as best they could. I asked an agent if the other detainees were allowed lawyers and was not answered.
At one point, 3 men from the department of Homeland Security Investigations brought me into a cell. They insinuated that they could help me out. After inquiring several times what exactly they meant they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any (I don’t), or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.
Finally, after hours of detention, I was told to follow an agent. At no point was I told whether or not I was being charged, or where I was going, but I was led out of the building. I asked if I could use a phone to call my wife to pick me up, and was told I could not. After pleading for several minutes eventually Special Agent William let me use his phone to call my wife. As I was escorted off the property by government agents, I was told to turn right. I was escorted to the protest area, where 5 minutes later, tear gas was deployed and I was struck by a paint ball gun. I was not protesting, I was simply being released without charges after an 8 hour detention. I was on the other side of the street, as instructed by the agents that released me and the agents shouting orders over a bullhorn. A passerby who was tear gassed was panicking and having an asthma attack, so I helped her find a medic to get her an inhaler. I used a stranger's phone to co-ordinate pickup, and was picked up by my wife.
During my detention I knew that I was being released. I knew that as a citizen of the United States I have legal protection. The hundred or so other people being detained had no such protection. At this time I don’t need your help, it is the families that are being separated, abused, terrorized, harassed and killed that need your help. If this is happening to me, an American citizen born in the United States, then what is happening to the people in here that have no one calling lawyers on their behalf? That have no constitutional rights to due process? What is happening to the people that they will never be released to see their families, go to their jobs, or walk through their city ever again?

Please take care of yourselves, your family, and your community. I am safe and healthy, if you feel compelled to help, please offer your help to the Immigrant Defense Network at immigrantdefensenetwork.org/. If you know someone detained by ICE, call or text CAIR-MN at 612-206-3360 for 24/7 legal intake.”

#MN #ICE

Immigrant Defense Network – Protect the human rights and dignity of every Minnesotan

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Možná jsem blbej, ale jakto, že o tomhle projektu nevim?

Starlink Cap

iRozhlas.cz: Armáda bez velitele. Dobrovolníci z Česka tisknou Ukrajincům součástky na přání

Druk Army - jak to funguje

#3dtisk #drukarmy #Ukrajina #politika

Armáda bez velitele. Dobrovolníci z Česka tisknou Ukrajincům součástky na přání

Základem celého fungování je online portál DrukArmy. Do něj zástupci ukrajinských jednotek zadávají své potřeby – od drobných součástek pro drony přes zdravotnické pomůcky až po konektory na Starlink.
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#Politika #ukrajina #3dtisk #drukarmy
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