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Trying something new for me: geeking out over a piece of music from my teenage years, with an audio commentary. Yes, a Christian pop song. This is the inspirational anthem "We Belong to Him" by Wayne Watson, from his 1988 album _The Fine Line_. This one's been taking up space in my head for a while. Here I dissect the music, comment on the lyrics from my current perspective as a non-believer, and ultimately show my appreciation for a well-executed musical formula. mwcampbell.us/audio/we-belong-…

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And that's several more people added to restricted mode on fb today. And several channels I left. I-used to join channels as a way to receive inspirational messages. It was a great way to keep my mind from getting too restless. But now, they're just space hoggers given my constant DM traffic. Someone tried adding me to yet another random group chat today, and I got a notification today: Someone you've restricted is in this chat. There were two choices. Stay or leave. I hit the leave button. Another guy tried to hijack my time via iMessage, and I was like, as I said, I'm taking time for myself. So, I'm going to excuse myself and do that! Jesus! Boundary setting as a cute popular girl in 2026 takes a certain level of composure. *deep sigh*

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RE: infosec.exchange/@Linux_in_a_B…

And not by telling them to paste shit in a Terminal! Or telling them to switch distros. Or guessing because you’re on a different distro and don’t know the answer. Or asking fucking ChatGPT. Contributing noise is of negative value

Linux in a Bit (@Linux_in_a_Bit@infosec.exchange)

:blobcatbusiness: What's the most common complaint I've heard about Linux? **Not** the installation process. **Not** finding a distro. **Not** getting programs to work. **Not** troubleshooting. **Not** hardware compatibility.
Linux in a Bit (Infosec Exchange)
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Just installed @delta and was under the impression that it was email based. I expected to have to put in some email credentials and use my local email server. But instead it created a disconnected profile and just uses IMAP as a transport?

delta.chat/en/help does not make clear how this actually works.

Decentralised is a great buzz word, but without better description of how it works makes it difficult to trust.

delta.chat/en/help#security-au… doesn't mention architecture, just encryption.


Delta Chat: FAQ

What is Delta Chat? Delta Chat is a reliable, decentralized and secure instant messaging app, available for mobile and desktop platforms. Instant creation of private chat profiles with secure and i...
delta.chat
@Delta Chat
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feld

so yes, it is email underneath. A random account was created for you. If you try to login to a Chatmail relay server with a random username and password it automatically registers an account for you if nobody else owns that account name. This is safe to do because the Chatmail relays do not allow sending or receiving messages that are not PGP encrypted, so it cannot be abused for spam.

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I'm listening to some music through my Sennheiser 380 headphones, rather than AirPods. There are some songs I've been really liking lately, so much so that I purchased them. These headphones really highlight how odd these songs sound--harsh highs, not a lot of balance. Is this modern mixing, or have I been tricked by more AI music? It could also be that I'm now so used to AirPods/Shokz that my old headphones just sound odd to me.

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Perhaps of interest to our Forkiverse vibe coding community: I wrote about falling in and out love with Clawdbot/Moltbot platformer.news/moltbot-clawdb…
It was around this time that I realized an AI employee who works for you 24/7 isn’t much use if they have no idea what they are, or what they can do, or what you are talking about. The daily briefing of my dreams had come to feel like an albatross. Asking it to do anything more complicated felt, at least in this moment, like a waste of time and tokens. I had become the character I described here earlier this month: the manager who believed he was using AI to make himself more productive, while in reality I was only creating problems for my future self to solve.

Falling in and out of love with Moltbot

Maybe someday you’ll have a genie in your laptop working for you 24/7. Today is not that day
Casey Newton (Platformer)
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Ever have the need to assist a friend or colleague who is having problems with their PC?
Ever have the need to access your own PC remotely?
Tonight, at 8:00 PM EST, @bitsacb will be demonstrating #remoteIncidentManager. Tune in and find out how you can leverage this fully accessible tool for your remote support needs!
us06web.zoom.us/j/85276833531?…

Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.
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#remoteincidentmanager @BITS
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Drew Mochak

to answer your question, it adds screenreader access and keyboard support. It is supposed to work for VO as the game is available on mac, but I don't have a mac to test with, so no clue if it actually works. Same for Linux. It does work with NVDA/JAWS/SAPI speech, Narrator does not work at present. Also you have to press enter to skip the intro scene as it's not working yet. It's just a comic and then some cosmetic options for your character, they're purely visual so you don't miss much.
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NVSpeech Player with phoneme editor and NVDA Addon, Speech Dispatcher module version 1.9
This release focuses on improving voice quality, clarity when reading single words or letters, and making voice customization easier and more flexible.
New language-level settings improve how isolated words and letters are spoken (for example during character echo or word-by-word navigation). These changes prevent abrupt cut-offs at the end of single words, avoid unintended rising “comma-like” intonation, and make items like R, **are**, and "you" sound complete and natural. Languages can opt into this behavior selectively, so normal sentence reading and UI phrases remain unchanged.
The phoneme editor has been updated to support voicing tone parameters and to apply them directly to custom voice profiles. This makes voice shaping possible through the editor, without touching low-level DSP code.
handling was refined for languages such as Hungarian and Finnish. Minor tuning was also applied to Spanish trills and palatal sounds.
The NVDA Driver got many bugs fixed, including quicker unloading.
The DSP was updated to detect burstyness more aggressively, which is an improvement noticed below 44100.
github.com/tgeczy/NVSpeechPlay…
github.com/tgeczy/NVSpeechPlay…
github.com/tgeczy/NVSpeechPlay…

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DJ Roxtar - #namyhoprezidentanesahej [explicit]

S laskavým svolením přesdílený hudební protest DJ Roxtara vůči útoku MZV Macinky na prezidenta Pavla

#macinka #turek #namyhoprezidentanesahej

djroxtar.com/
booking@djroxtar.com
youtube.com/@DJROXTAR/

DJ ROXTAR

🐬Home of Adolfeen DJ Roxtar is currently one of the best performance DJ in Czech Republic and this is his channel!
YouTube
#Politika #hudba #turek #Macinka #protestsong
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FOSDEM 2026 on PeerTube


Dear #Fediverse,

we managed to prepare our #VHSky #PeerTube instance channel for 3 #FOSDEM rooms, so feel free to subscribe them or use #federation feature if you are instance admin.

fosdem@makertube.net
fosdem@vhsky.cz

If any other instance admin would like to join our effort, feel free to contact me, there are still quite a few rooms left for sharing 😀

Fingers crossed hoping that everything goes well

Unified playlists here:
vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLc…
makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7…

Thank you for your attention to this matter 😁
(and boost if you feel like)
vhsky.cz/c/fosdem/videos

#fediverse #peertube #federation #fosdem #vhsky

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There will be live video streams of FOSDEM 2026 via PeerTube, you can find out more details via @schmaker at:

➡️ schmaker.eu/display/c83e3896-2…

There are playlists for the event streams on PeerTube at these links:

➡️ makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7…
➡️ vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLc…

You can follow these channels to see the streams pop up in your timeline on Mastodon etc:

➡️ @fosdem@makertube.net
➡️ @fosdem@vhsky.cz

(PeerTube admins wanting to federate these, you need to federate these specific channels.)

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #PeerTube

Schmaker

2026-01-18 21:42:31

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FOSDEM 2026 on PeerTube


Dear #Fediverse,

we managed to prepare our #VHSky #PeerTube instance channel for 3 #FOSDEM rooms, so feel free to subscribe them or use #federation feature if you are instance admin.

fosdem@makertube.net
fosdem@vhsky.cz

If any other instance admin would like to join our effort, feel free to contact me, there are still quite a few rooms left for sharing 😀

Fingers crossed hoping that everything goes well

Unified playlists here:
vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLc…
makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7…

Thank you for your attention to this matter 😁
(and boost if you feel like)
vhsky.cz/c/fosdem/videos


#peertube #fosdem #fosdem2026 @Schmaker @fosdem@makertube.net @fosdem@vhsky.cz
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It feels like the alt text advice “describe what you see” being replaced with the alt text advice “don’t describe why you see” coincides a little too neatly with the rise of machine-generated alt text.

I’m always interested to hear from people who rely on this, though, and the common point being raised—AI just describing an image doesn’t tell the non-sighted reader what’s important or how it’s relevant to the post—is well-taken.

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Cuando era profe intentaba contar un chiste malo nuevo cada semana, voy a hacer un hilo recopilatorio de los que consiga recordar. Se aceptan sugerencias.

"Entra Jesucristo en un bar y todo el mundo empieza a reírse, ¿por qué?
— Es la gracia del señor."

#chistes #chistesmalos

#chistesmalos #chistes
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All bags are packed, ready for take-off: Meet us this weekend at #FOSDEM – our stand is UD2-02 (where you can grab stickers, flyers, & more)! And make sure you don't miss the lightning talk (10 min) on our download statistics, by the fantastic Cat Ima @SylvieLorxu (14:00 at UB4.132). And if you're bored, be also welcome to my half-hour-long about Reproducible Builds for Android Apps (12:30 at UB4.132; that's the FOSS on Mobile devroom).

Looking forward to meet you! 🤗

#IzzyOnDroid #FOSDEM2026

#fosdem #izzyondroid #fosdem2026 @Sylvia

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Statement from the Acting Commissioner of Competition on appeal court's ruling in Cineplex deceptive marketing case

canada.ca/en/competition-burea…

Sometime the Government catches on the oligarchs and their scams. Here, the "online booking fee" from Cineplex.


Statement from the Acting Commissioner of Competition on appeal court's ruling in Cineplex deceptive market...

Jeanne Pratt, Acting Commissioner of Competition, issued a statement following the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold a September 2024 ruling by the Competition Tribunal in a deceptive marketing case involving Cineplex.
Competition Bureau Canada (Government of Canada)

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Today was definitely a #Thursday.

I went to a dentist, and, as a result, I'll be getting a root canal on Monday... maybe... because we're supposed to be getting snow over the weekend, so what are the odds the office will be open?

I slipped and fell on the ice getting out of the car, got two items that were damaged in shipping, and you can't make this stuff up.

Also completely scrapped a project I was working on, because everything was just going completely wrong.

#thursday
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