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Although pager networks fell out of general use a quarter century ago, they still are in use today by a select few groups of users. I just heard an insane amount of spuriousness while scanning this afternoon. And that brings me to my question. One would think, that the radios in use on these pager networks would be well-certified, well-tested, quality-controled, commercial-grade radios. Right? I mean, at least that's my theory, anyhow. So why in the hell are they so damn spurious, noisy, and just cause really really super wide splatteryness? I guess, is it just because of the modulation? Its loud and noisy, and cuts threw? I dunno. My actual radio knowledge is more like a person who drives a car, rather than a mechanic who fixes cars every single day. But we both qualify for a license, we just have differing knowledge strengths. So I put it to my true radio mechanics, any thoughts on this?

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But I think I will ship it ultimately. It doesn't make the voice more clicky than it was already. It adds new sliders if people hate the new pitch deltas and glottal shaping modulation they want to mess with. So like, hmm. It's not a bad change. It is not one that creates regressions at all. I've been reading long passages with it to discover added clickyness but not hearing none.

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There's now a Fediverse alternative to TikTok called Loops. It's currently in beta testing so it is rough round the edges, but you can sign up and try it for yourself. More info at:

➡️ joinloops.org

You can follow its official account at:

➡️ @loops

There's an iPhone app just released at:

➡️ apps.apple.com/app/loops-by-pi…

Loops now federates with the Fediverse, there are several Loops servers and Loops accounts can be followed from Mastodon etc (e.g. @dansup).

#FediTips #Tiktok #TiktokUS


Loops by Pixelfed App - App Store

Download Loops by Pixelfed by Daniel Supernault on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Loops by Pixelfed.
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#FediTips #tiktok #tiktokus @loops @dansup
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Hello, Tyler Zahnke here! I have officially launched BatchPedia, and I recommend that every Microsoft Windows user at least check it out. As it has just
been launched, there are only fifteen or so articles so far, and this website is an open wiki, so people are free to contribute.
BatchPedia aims to be the encyclopedia of all things Windows Command Prompt and Batch files, including Batch culture! You heard that right, this isn't
just a Windows/MS-DOS command reference; the Internet is already full of those. Though BatchPedia does have a category for information about commands for
the sake of completeness, it also has articles about forums, subreddits and Discord servers where Command Prompt and Batch files are discussed, as well
as articles about software and projects found on these sites. The Software category is full of tools and even games (especially text adventures) that were
built entirely with Batch and can be played in Command Prompt. The Books category has links to textbooks about working with Command Prompt and programming
your own Batch files.
Why did I create BatchPedia?
BatchPedia was created as a central resource for the Batch community. Some Batch games have been mentioned on the R/Batch subreddit but not on the DosTips
forum, or vice-versa, while proposals like the language model DOSLM were mentioned on the DosTips forum but have never been mentioned on the subreddit
or either of the Discord servers (Batch Town and Server.bat). The Batch community is already small, so divisions within the community make it hard for
some information to be noticed by the community. BatchPedia is all about collecting information from all these resources and compiling it into a handy
encyclopedia.
As a blind Windows user, Batch-based software has fascinated me since childhood. Though most members of the Batch community are not blind, it is easy to
see the potential appeal that Batch has to blind users. Batch is known for having very little in the graphics department, therefore most Batch-based games
are almost entirely text-based. If a Batch program is inaccessible for some reason, it tends to use ASCII art (pictures made of letters, numbers and symbols),
and these are relatively rare due to the complexity of creating ASCII art, especially when stretched between lines of code. Though a Batch Graphics library
has been created to make simple graphics slightly easier, most Batch programmers prefer an out-of-the-box setup, therefore most Batch programmers create
a very text-heavy, therefore usually accessible if somewhat retro and MS-DOS-like user interface. Though BatchPedia currently has no information about
blindness and accessibility, we are definitely planning on this, and a big reason I created this site is because most Batch-based software is text-based
and therefore accessible. As a fan of retro video games and retro game YouTube content, I also acknowledge the retro, MS-DOS-like vibe of Batch files (this
fact is so well-known that some people still call Batch files DOS programs, and they call Command Prompt a DOS window). So both my retro PC software side
and my accessibility side are fascinated by the Command Prompt and the programs that can run within it. Despite the name, general Windows Command Prompt
information is also welcome, not just for the sake of building a program. There is a shocking amount of Batch file-related material online, from text-based
games to instructions on programming an efficient file backup automation tool, even a mini-program for managing your to-do lists! Though Batch files may
not be a powerhouse of the computer programming world, it is a light and very accessible way to make small programs with completely keyboard-based interaction;
for those of you who remember the classic retro computer phrase "Press any key to continue", Batch files are the easiest place to find this phrase in a
modern setting (spoiler alert, this message is displayed when a pause command is entered). Due to Batch files being an only slightly modified version of
the MS-DOS command interface, pretty much nothing is mouse-based, giving almost every Batch file that nice, clean, accessible, 100% keyboard-based and
text-based experience! This website will tell you things about Windows that you never knew, but I must repeat this disclaimer again; this is a brand new
website, so it is currently lacking lots of information, though anyone is willing to send me information by email or even directly in the wiki.
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BatchPedia

Welcome to BatchPedia, the encyclopedia of all things Windows and MS-DOS Batch! There are currently 6 articles in this encyclopedia. Learn about Batch tools and...
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Vcera jsem tu narazil na video simulace kapusticek, kapustickozroutu a zroutu kapustickozroutu v nekonecnem cyklu. Hned jsem si s tim chtel hrat a odpovedet si na spoustu otazek ze sveta lovcu, lovenych a kapusticek.

Akce to byla uspesna. Osahal jsem si @bevy + #burn.

Natrenoval nejake modely. Vysledek tu:

evolution-ochre.vercel.app

Pokud budete mit pocit, ze kapustickozrouti obcas honi zrouty kapustickozroutu, tak to neni jenom pocit. Jsou to supi.

#rust #bevy #burn

Evolution

evolution-ochre.vercel.app
#rust #Bevy #burn @Bevy
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I wish Apple's operating systems had a better setting for whether VoiceOver should speak hints. Right now, it's either all hints, or none. What I want is the option to only speak a hint when that hint is not the default one. Double tap to activate? Yep, I've heard that for 17 years. Swipe up or down with one finger to select a value? Yeah, I know--don't say that one. But if an app adds custom hints, I very much want to hear those.

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If you rely on assistive technologies (TTS, Braille display, enlarged fonts), what would be your preferred terminal output from a compiler or other CLI tool telling you where an error occurred?
If you'd prefer a different option, please elaborate.
#Accessibility #Programming #A11y #Rust #RustLang

  • at path/to/file.rs, line 10, column 29 (56%, 14 votes)
  • at path/to/file.rs:10:29 (40%, 10 votes)
  • -> path/to/file.rs:10:29 (16%, 4 votes)
  • path/to/file.rs:10:29 (32%, 8 votes)
25 voters. Poll end: in 1 day

#a11y #Accessibility #programming #rust #RustLang
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In the Telegram group of a podcast I really love a listener brought this: github.com/github/spec-kit. And it seems, it's a thing I've been searching for since I started using #AI assistants in my development. Even before AI I always wrote a spec first, even if it was quite rough on edges, — I've always thought in lists and headings (yeah, screen reader user habits!). It's even more trustworthy because comes from #GitHub itself. Although it's still in version zero, I'm trying it now and it seems a very interesting concept.#SpecKit #SDD #SpecificationDrivenDevelopment

GitHub - github/spec-kit: 💫 Toolkit to help you get started with Spec-Driven Development

💫 Toolkit to help you get started with Spec-Driven Development - github/spec-kit
GitHub
#github #AI #speckit #sdd #specificationdrivendevelopment
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For 11025 Hz, we kept the original symmetric cosine glottal waveform because the new LF-inspired one sounded "constrained" / "like a small cell phone speaker" at low sample rates.
At higher sample rates (16000+), use asymmetric LF-inspired glottal waveform
with sharp closure (sharpness=3.0) for richer harmonics and "grainier" Eloquence-like
character.
This is based on the Liljencrants-Fant (LF) glottal model from 1985 - the same research that informed Klatt88 and likely Eloquence's DSP!
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David Goldfield

@alexhall @jscholes @jackf723 @Bri Once you copy a file from File Explorer, in Outlook you don't even have to create the message before initiating the paste. From the inbox, instead of pressing ctrl+N, press ctrl+V. This invokes the New Message dialog and takes the file that you had copied and automatically attaches it to the message. Just fill out the relevant fields, to, cc, etc., type the message and send and the file is already attached.
@Alex Hall @James Scholes @Jack-Frostodon @Bri🥰

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@GrapheneOS
You can add another app to your list of apps banning GrapheneOS: The AGOV access app from the swiss federal authorities (play.google.com/store/apps/det…)

AGOV access - Apps on Google Play

Access key to e-government services of the Swiss authorities
play.google.com
@GrapheneOS

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My latest at ZDNET:

"No one running a so-called Home edition of Windows should be forced to manually edit the registry or run PowerShell scripts to manage updates or turn off features they don't want to use. Those users shouldn't have their files moved to OneDrive without their informed consent. If they choose an alternative browser or search engine, that choice should be respected."

zdnet.com/article/why-people-h…


Windows 11 has 1 billion users - and they're furious

Hitting 1 billion monthly active users should be cause for celebration in Redmond. These days, though, it feels like every one of those users is complaining. Does Microsoft have what it takes to address the many pain points in Windows 11?
Ed Bott (ZDNET)

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Systemic white supremacy is when an utterly incompetent 23-year-old white boy can fabricate an entire story about Somalis and get personal praise from the President—but two seasoned award winning Black journalists who have decades of unassailable reporting behind them get arrested for reporting on an actual protest with facts and receipts.

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I've made getting to both the web and iOS versions of my Fast Weather app easier. Just visit FastWeather.online to use the web version or use the Try iOS link at the bottom of the page to join the iOS Test Flight and get the program. Table view on the web is a favorite of mine for quickly browsing temperatures in either my set of cities or the prepopulated lists of cities for a state or country. Change the view to table, pick a state and use screen reader table commands to quickly read.

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I need 1 good person to get me out of here please get me out of here. JUST ONE.😭

Stuck with one diagnosed #narcissist/ #psychopath but others are the same. I don’t want to die here.

Help please.!!!!!🙏

#MECFS
#SevereME
#LongCovid
#ChronicPain
#Hypothyroidism
#Endometriosis
#Abuse
#NarcissisticAbuse
#Neglect
#FDV
#DV
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest

#MutualAid #LongCovid #NarcissisticAbuse #mecfs #chronicpain #MutualAidRequest #abuse #SevereME #narcissist #hypothyroidism #endometriosis #neglect #fdv #dv #psychopath
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A person just walked by in sturdy shoes, a face mask, and a backpack with a protest sign sticking up out of the back. They walked with purpose and resolve (heading toward the nearby transit station to get downtown, I assume), and it was all I could do not to run out and thank them for protesting.

Thanks again, a million times over, to everyone out there showing up, on behalf of those of us who can't do that right now. 💜

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Jiří Eischmann

@stepan Definitely it has integration with MQTT or there is an integration into Home Assistant. The question is if there is coverage. If there is, all you need is a small companion, if there isn't you'll have to install a repeater in some good location to cover the area for yourself and others. Urban areas such as Prague, Brno and Ostrava are well covered. Countryside, you still have to be lucky. You can check the current map of the network here:
mapa.meshcore.cz/
You can use the Propagation function to see what coverage you would get from a spot you pick on the map.

mapa.meshcore.cz

Mapa Tvojí Mámy!
mapa.meshcore.cz
@Štěpán Škorpil

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Undiagnosed neuro-divergence is like playing a video game on the hardest settings, whilst everyone else is gaslighting you by saying it's on the easy mode.

When you are diagnosed (even self diagnosed) it's like realising you are on the hard setting, it doesn't make the game any easier... But you know you're going to struggle and can find ways to work around the problems to better suit your abilities.

#neurodivergent

#neurodivergent
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