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Well, it's official. I can finally kick good old crappy Adobe Reader to the curb. In comes Foxit PDF reader, as they've enabled accessibility support. Plus, I have found a portable version of it and it even lets you fill out PDF forms. So Adobe go bye bye and now I have something that is actually quite snappy to use. Yay! portableapps.com/apps/office/f…

Foxit Reader Portable | PortableApps.com

Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer and creator with a rich feature set. Whether you're a consumer, business, government agency, or educational organization, you need to read, create, sign, and annotate (comment on) PDF documents and fill out …
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Ranskan kansalliskokous hyväksyi nuorten somekiellon: hs.fi/maailma/art-200001177528…

"Lakiesitystä on kritisoitu siitä, että se on liian yksinkertaistettu vastaus teknologian kielteisiin vaikutuksiin. Esimerkiksi maanantaina yhdeksän lastensuojelujärjestöä kehotti kansanedustajia asettamaan alustat vastuuseen, ei kieltämään lapsia sosiaalisesta mediasta."

#some #lapsetJaNuoret #somekielto


Ranskan kansalliskokous hyväksyi nuorten somekiellon

Tavoitteena on, että kielto tulisi voimaan syyskuun alusta. Lakiesitys vaatii vielä senaatin hyväksynnän.
Vilma Aholuoto HS (Helsingin Sanomat)
#some #lapsetjanuoret #somekielto
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Magdalena Hai📚🦈🏳️‍🌈

aikuiset helppojen ratkaisujen äärellä... Kuinkahan paljon näissä absoluuttisissa kielloissa on lopulta kyse siitä, että monille aikuisille ja erityisesti poliitikoille ajatus siitä, että he joutuisivat ehkä itse rajoittamaan omaa somenkäyttöään tai jopa lopettamaan sen, on liikaa? On helpompaa yrittää vaan rajata lapset ja nuoret pois kuin vastuuttaa alustoja toimimaan eettisemmin.

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Vielleicht kann mir hier jemensch helfen: Gibt es eine Möglihckeit, bei Windows dafür zu sorgen, dass ein Audiogerät als Lautsprecher und nicht als Kopfhörer systemseitig erkannt wird?

Hintergrund: Mein Dienstlaptop wirft auf alles, was als Kopfhörer erkannt wird, nervige Raumklangeffekte, obwohl im OS dahingehend alles ausgeschaltet ist. Jetzt habe ich einen USB-C Dongle auf 3,5 mm Klinke verbunden. Was ich dort anschließe, wird als Lautsprecher von Windows erkannt und bekommt keinen Pseudoraumklang verpasst. Da ich mit Screenreader arbeite, ergibt sich dadurch ein extrem viel entspannteres Arbeitsgefühl! Nachteil ist allerdings, dass mein Dienstheadset via USB-C als Kopfhörer erkannt und folglich mit den Audioeffekten beworfen wird. Ich würde es aber gern nutzen.

Kann ich angeschlossene und als Kopfhörer erkannte Audiogeräte, wie das Dienstheadset zu Lautsprechern umdeklarieren? Bonuspunkte, wenn das ohne Adminrechte geht. Danke!

#Windows #Audio #Kopfhörer #Headset

#Windows #audio #headset #kopfhorer
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helpsterTee

das auch ausgeschaltet?
support.microsoft.com/de-de/wi…
Normalerweise kommt das vom Treiber selbst. Wenn das Headset einen USB-class compliant driver mode hat, könnte es helfen den Headset Treiber zu deinstallieren, dann sollte Windows Fallback auf class compliant eigentlich durchführen. Aber das ist hakelig, braucht Adminrechte und ich hab das seit Windows 8 nicht mehr gemacht :/

Aktivieren von räumlichem Sound in Windows - Microsoft-Support

Aktivieren Sie räumlichen Sound in Windows.
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@Friendica Support
Habe gestern meine #Friendica Stable auf "Blutwurz" geupdated (ich musste diesen schönen Namen jetzt einfach mal schreiben) ;-)

Ich nutzte das #bookface scheme unter Frio.
github.com/randompenguin1/book…
Dabei ist mir aufgefallen, dass das ich in Desktopgröße einen kleinen Darstellungsschönheitsfehler habe.
Da steht oben jetzt einmal in english "compose" und daneben noch mal in Deutsch, "neuer Beitrag" (siehe Screenshot!). Wie kann ich das vielleicht fixen?

Ein Screenshot meiner Friendicatimeline mit der im Post beschriebenen Darstellungsdopplung

GitHub - randompenguin1/bookface: This is a mirror. The canonical repository is at:

This is a mirror. The canonical repository is at:. Contribute to randompenguin1/bookface development by creating an account on GitHub.
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#friendica #BookFace @Friendica Support

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Data Privacy Day feels more important in 2026 than ever before. 🛡️🔐

Together we can spread privacy. Like, share, comment and spread awareness this #DataPrivacyDay

Find out what other DeGoogled apps our community recommends 👉tuta.com/blog/degoogle-list

Preferred Messaging Apps of the Tuta community: Signal 67% Threema 6% Session 3% Element 3% Matrix 3% Wire 1%

Top list to deGoogle with best private alternatives | 2025 | Tuta

2025 is the year to deGoogle! In this guide, we take a look at the best private Google alternatives so that you can say hello to privacy!
Tuta
#dataprivacyday

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I just finished the slides for our talk on UnifiedPush (@unifiedpush) at FOSDEM 2026! Come see Simon (@S1m) and me in the FOSS on Mobile devroom this Saturday at 16:00.

fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…

#UnifiedPush #FOSDEM #FOSDEM26

FOSDEM 2026 - UnifiedPush - Push notifications. Decentralized and Open Source

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#UnifiedPush #fosdem #fosdem26 @UnifiedPush @S1m

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I just wanted to say thank you to all the #blind folk who responded last night to give me so many fantastic responses.

It's given me a clear direction of travel, and been quite affirming in terms of my future plans.

I don't have as much money as I'd like, but I can certainly do some things.

I think I'm going to go back to the table and ask the charity to put some of our own money in so that I can do something for Deafblind people.

They may say no.

#accessibility #disability #disabled

#Accessibility #blind #Disabled #Disability

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A long one, but that's pretty common for Hindustani Classical. This is a recording from 1974 of Surbahar (essentially bass sitar) playing rāg yaman. This serene evening rāg is similar to lydian, though with rules. Alāp Jor Jhala refers to distinct sections. The alāp is a slow free-rhythm exploration of the rāg, jor/jod () introduces a steady rhythm, and jhala introduces a more lively rhythm (a constant pattering of melodic raindrops).
#Music #Ethnomusicology #WorldMusic
youtube.com/watch?v=AdnGWrpQTk…

Imrat Khan - Surbahar - Raga Yaman Live in Germany 1974

Raga Yaman ( 33.00 )Alap, Jor & JhalaImrat Khan - SurbaharFrom " Live in Munchen, Germany, 1974Recorded from LP to CassetteBy the joining of Alap & Jor to Jh...
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#music #ethnomusicology #worldmusic
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Cassana 🍻

@menelion Hindustani and Carnatic music theory are interesting different worlds to explore. I’ve mainly done rhythm theory though, but I understand the basics of rāg. Perhaps useful to know. The melody is mainly happening on one string. For reference, the surbahar usually has a scale length of 95-100cm. The instrument’s overall length can be more like 130cm. It’s a beast!
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K tomu, co se teď děje, jen jedno

🎸HNF🎸
🎶To svět se posral🎶
music.youtube.com/watch?v=ASB-…


To svet se posral - YouTube Music

Provided to YouTube by Parlophone Czech Republic To svet se posral · Hrdinové nové fronty Válka ℗ 2007 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by E...
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Google AI Plus : avec son nouvel abonnement à 8 euros par mois, Gemini veut tuer ChatGPT Go
https://www.numerama.com/tech/2168959-google-ai-plus-avec-son-nouvel-abonnement-a-8-euros-par-mois-gemini-veut-tuer-chatgpt-go.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Publié dans Le meilleur de la tech @le-meilleur-de-la-tech-Numerama


Google AI Plus vs ChatGPT Go : quel abonnement IA à 8 euros choisir ?

Quelques jours après le lancement de l'abonnement ChatGPT Go à 8 euros par mois, Google réplique avec Google AI Plus, une formule équivalente qui donne accès à la meilleure version de Gemini et à 200 Go de stockage.
Nicolas Lellouche (Numerama)
@le-meilleur-de-la-tech-Numerama

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RE: social.heise.de/@heiseonline/1…

Für blinde Musiker*innen, die die zugänglichen Keyboards und auf NKS basierenden Bibliotheken nutzen, weil sie eben sprechend sind und somit zugänglich, im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen solchen Keyboard-Systemen, ist das eine verdammt schlechte Nachricht. Sehende können vielleicht auf Alternativen ausweichen, wir haben aber solche nicht. Wie bitter! Hoffe das ganze Ökosystem wird irgendwie gerettet.

heise online (@heiseonline@social.heise.de)

Native Instruments meldet Insolvenz an Das Berliner Musiktechnologieunternehmen Native Instruments, auch Muttergesellschaft von iZotope, Plugin Alliance und Brainworx, hat Insolvenz angemeldet. https://www.heise.
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Yesterday at work:

me: "Codex, figure out why <component> doesn't see <hardware>, even though <hardware> is clearly present on machine."

(left unsaid: component runs in container, other stuff (also in containers) sees hardware fine).

*2 minutes later*

Codex: "You have foo installed at version X (likely from ubuntu repositories), vendor's hardware support matrix page says that <hardware> only supports Foo at versions y+, I advise you to install from official vendor repo. If you run foo, it shows a "hardware not recognized" warning."

Me: "You don't have sudo, write a sh script runnable with sudo."

Codex: "script is at ..."

Me: "./script.sh; reboot"

*2 minutes later*

Oh that worked. Would have taken me hours of debugging otherwise.

The whole thing took about 15 minutes, most of which was installing packages over a slow network connection.

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Sign in with Apple polls!

Have you ever used this with a website and received essentially none of the emails the site sent (particularly a question with Kickstarter)?

(Sign in with Apple lets you use Hide My Email to create an address that Apple restricts to validated addresses that an app or website has registered with Apple and added DKIM and SPF records to define correct email origin servers.)

  • No or almost no email (30%, 10 votes)
  • All or almost all email (42%, 14 votes)
  • Some or most email (27%, 9 votes)
33 voters. Poll end: 4 days ago

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Need to view the recovery key for a FileVault-encrypted Mac in order to, for example, reset its login password? If you opted to allow your Apple Account to be able to decrypt your Mac, the key is stored and viewable in the Passwords app on your signed in devices like any other credential; just select your Mac's name in the list of accounts, and then click or double-tap the key to show it. #TipTuesday
#tiptuesday

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What is with these websites with seemingly random soft hyphens ­ placed everywhere?

Here's an example. It makes reading with a screen reader very difficult.
When research­ing a famous his­tor­i­cal fig­ure, access to their work and mate­ri­als usu­al­ly proves to be one of the biggest obsta­cles. But things are much more dif­fi­cult for those writ­ing about the life of Marie Curie, the sci­en­tist who, along her with hus­band Pierre, dis­cov­ered polo­ni­um and radi­um and birthed the idea of par­ti­cle physics. Her note­books, her cloth­ing, her fur­ni­ture (not to men­tion her lab), pret­ty much every­thing sur­viv­ing from her Parisian sub­ur­ban house, is radioac­tive, and will be for 1,500 years or more.

openculture.com/2023/11/marie-…


Marie Curie's Research Papers Are Still Radioactive a Century Later

Image by The Wellcome Trust When researching a famous historical figure, access to their work and materials usually proves to be one of the biggest obstacles.
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Canceled my Spotify subscription this year and started using @AntennaPod, and my god what an update to my QoL.

No algorithms shoving perceived interests down my throat, no analytics tracking my every move, and no ads other than any the shows themselves decided to embed in an episode.

Seriously, if you can, give it a shot for at least a week, or swing a donation their way. We all need projects like these to flourish

antennapod.org/


AntennaPod – The Open Podcast Player

AntennaPod is a podcast player that is completely open. The app is open-source and you can subscribe to any RSS feed. AntennaPod is built by volunteers without commercial intere...
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