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Bolsonaro obrigado a encerrar comício... depois de ser atacado por um enxame de abelhas
O antigo presidente brasileiro, Jair Bolsonaro, foi atacado por abelhas e teve de encerrar um comício que fazia no nordeste do Brasil.SIC Notícias
Pixel 3 up and running (again again again), huge props to @drakulix for getting things rebased and fixing all the regressions and weird new issues.
#postmarketOS #LinuxMobile #gnomemobile
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Level crossing in the GB operated by a human operator, looking carefully if the crossing is clear using CCTV, closing the barriers, double checking that it is still clear and then finally signalling proceed to the train. 🙄
And I always thought it is the train which has priority on a level crossing, not the other way around.
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Why Do We Still Have Semaphore Signals?
Network Rail invited me to take a tour of signalling through the decades, starting with the Littlehampton Signal Box - still operating semaphore signals - th...YouTube
. They base warning on distance, not on time, which means you wait longer for slower trains. Do you remember "auta stoji, vlaky jedou"? That's their strategy .
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This only makes sense until you delve into implementation and its regulatory boundaries.
Like. From railway side, it would require signalling to convey movement authorities for trains with a different speeds 1. for the driver and 2. for the automatic train control with speed enforcement and 3. you need to integrate crossing equipment with other parts of signalling/interlocking. What's the status of these requirements in infrastructure and vehicles...?
@matt semver just doesn’t actually work. Nobody follows it properly, there’s no tooling to validate the compatibility promises that makes, and the intuition of how it’s supposed to work doesn’t match with the way that it is specified to work.
Case in point: in semver this massive new version would actually be a patch release as nothing is formally deprecated and everything is backwards compatible in the API. (Semver does not account for language revision incompatibility, only public API)
@defcon Uber Contributor, and named “Defenders of the Hacker Spirit.” We are grateful for the continued support from the hacker community. Without you our work wouldn't be possible, and we're proud to continue fighting for you. eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/eff-…
EFF Honored as DEF CON 32 Uber Contributor
At DEF CON 32 this year, the Electronic Frontier Foundation became the first organization to be given the Uber Contributor award. This award recognizes EFF’s work in education and litigation, naming us “Defenders of the Hacker Spirit.”Electronic Frontier Foundation
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How 12,000 Tonnes of Dumped Orange Peel Grew Into a Landscape Nobody Expected to Find
‘"This is one of the only instances I've ever heard of where you can have cost-negative carbon sequestration," says ecologist Timothy Treuer from Princeton University.’
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How 12,000 Tonnes of Dumped Orange Peel Grew Into a Landscape Nobody Expected to Find : ScienceAlert
An experimental conservation project that was abandoned and almost forgotten about, has ended up producing an amazing ecological win nearly two decades after it was dreamt up.Peter Dockrill (ScienceAlert)
A Sunday morning article on COVID in New Zealand
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Reading it the key messages seem to be:
* Only those who are vulnerable really feel the effects of it.
* No mention of long COVID and the health complications we know can come from infection.
* It’s just sniffles we have to get used to
It’s minimising, and an ableist + eugenicist take on it all.
Covid-19 will be with us forever - flu expert
Dr David Webby says the virus is now a year-round issue, and people with underlying health issues and the elderly are most at risk.RNZ News (RNZ)
* You can get reinfected within weeks of a previous infection. Immunity isn’t guaranteed by infection or vaccine.
This is because it is a virus that really damages your immune system. It is constantly mutating, due to being highly contagious and people not taking mitigation measures seriously.
“We’ve got to live with it”
Exactly. This doesn’t mean throwing other people under the bus, and waiting until you’re in their position to give a stuff.
@robcee @paperdigits They're not really weather sealed. It's the one* big weak point of the GR III / GR IIIx.
(* aside from the price)
I still love mine and bring it with me quite a bit (when I'm not bringing my Fuji X-T5 (and a lens). I just try to not get caught in a rainstorm with the Ricoh.
[Book Review] Witchcraft on a Shoestring takes the reader through a fun and engaging journey of magical practices that don’t require expensive tools or materials. Readers will have a magical time creating spells, divinations, and even recipes that cost little to no money, which reminds us that we don’t need fancy items to practice the Craft; all we need is a little imagination!
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#budget #witchcraft #bookreview #moneymagic #deborahblake #pagan
Review: Witchcraft on a Shoestring, Deborah Blake
Witchcraft on a Shoestring takes the reader through a fun and engaging journey of magical practices that don't require expensive tools or materials.Alan U. Dalul (The Wild Hunt)
The End of an Era: A Message From the Founder as We Announce the Closure of AppleVis | AppleVis
Dear AppleVis Community, It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that after careful consideration I have made the difficult decision to step down from my responsibilities with AppleVis.www.applevis.com
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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 5 updated and 1 added app:
As @organicmaps was kicked out of PlayStore, I decided to make an exception adding it to #IzzyOnDroid despite of being twice the per-app size limit. It's the "web" variant that comes with (part of) GMS inside for network location. As there are other apps at F-Droid and IoD supporting network location without GMS, I hope to help OM to get rid of this NonFreeComp, though.
Welcome aboard IoD, OrganicMaps!
IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
This is a repository of apps to be used with F-Droid. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).IzzyOnDroid App Repo
Looks like the app is again visible in this thing named "PlayStore"?!
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Organic Maps (@organicmaps@fosstodon.org)
Good news! Organic Maps appeared again in the Google Play store last night without any notifications or explanations. We are grateful for your feedback and support! Stay tuned for the upcoming update, which is already available for iOS.Fosstodon
WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 T-shirt: How to Get One - WordPress Accessibility Day 2024
Read the story behind the WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 t-shirt and three ways you can get one for yourself.Amber Hinds (WordPress Accessibility Day 2024)
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Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Systems Like Starlink Cause Environmental Harm Regulators Didn’t Prepare For
Last June scientists warned that low-Earth orbit ( #LEO ) satellites constantly burning up in orbit could release chemicals that could undermine the progress we’ve made repairing the #ozone #layer.
Researchers at USC noted that at peak, 1,005 U.S. tons of aluminum will fall to Earth,
releasing ♦️397 U.S. tons of aluminum oxides ♦️per year to the atmosphere, an
💥increase of 646% over natural levels. 💥
Numerous companies, most notably Elon Musk’s #Starlink and Jeff Bezos’ #Blue #Origin,
are working on launching tens of thousands of small LEO satellites in the coming years.
A new report by U.S. PIRG adds to concerns that these launches haven’t been thought through environmentally,
noting that the disposable nature of such satellites means ♦️29 tons of satellites ♦️will re-enter our atmosphere every day at peak.
After years of delays, the FCC did recently release rules requiring that satellites be removed from orbit within five years to help minimize “space junk.”
But the organization notes that very little if any thought was given by innovation-cowed regulators toward the 🔸environmental impact of so many smaller satellites constantly burning up in orbit:🔸
“We shouldn’t rush into deploying an untested and under-researched technology into new environments without comprehensive review.
Over just five years Starlink has launched more than 6,000 units and now make up more than 60% of all satellites.
The new space race took off faster than governments were able to act.”
The steady launches are also a notable pollution concern, the report notes,
releasing ♦️“soot in the atmosphere equivalent to 7 million diesel dump trucks circling the globe, each year.”
#SpaceX has consistently played fast and loose with #environmental #regulations,
with regulators even in lax Texas starting to give the company grief for releasing significant #pollutants into nearby bodies of water.
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Report: Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Systems Like Starlink Cause Environmental Harm Regulators Didn’t Prepare For
Last June scientists warned that low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites constantly burning up in orbit could release chemicals that could undermine the progress we’ve made repairing the ozone layer. Rese…Techdirt
Everyone who builds web applications should read the Reckoning series by @slightlyoff infrequently.org/series/reckon…
My own notes here, but you should work through the entire thing: simonwillison.net/2024/Aug/18/…
Seriously, take a look at the case-study in which the California food stamps signup site takes 29.5s to become interactive on a slow rural mobile connection, and tell me we don't urgently need to do better! infrequently.org/2024/08/objec…
Reckoning: Part 2 — Object Lesson
SNAP benefits sites for more than 20% of Americans are unusably slow. All of them would be significantly faster if states abandoned client-side-rendering, and along with it, the legacy JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, etc.Alex Russell
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The Slow Decline of the Apple “Cult”
The headline may be a little provocative, but this article by Matt Birchler encapsulates a lot of the feelings I shared on the latest episode of Connected following Apple’s decisions regarding the Patreon iOS app.Federico Viticci (MacStories)
Piešťanské zábaly... nie, nebol som sa rochniť v bahne - bol som si vychutnať trochu kultúry na prvom ročníku tohto divadeľného festivalu. Štvordňový vstup by bol na mňa trochu moc, ale žiaden problém - na každé predstavenie sa dal kúpiť lístok osve. Bolo to super, a to množstvo ľudí, ktorí prejavili záujem o takéto podujatie, bolo ohromujúce aj pre usporiadateľov.
Jediný zlý bod boli, samozrejme, ľudia. Ani to, že si kúpite celodenný lístok na divadelný festival z vás kultúrneho človeka neurobí. Dupľom nie, ak sa vám počas celého predstavenia nezavrú ústa a na slušné upozornenie, či by sa vám lepšie nerozprávalo hneď vedľa v kaviarni iba tupo konštatujete, že tu sa vám dobre rozpráva...
#piestany #divadlo #kultura #nekultura
When writing an email do you use 'I hope this email finds you well'❓
And how would you think people look like when they actually get your email⁉️
#emailwriting#emailmemes#findsyouwell#tuta#tutamail
Ich verstehe das sonst nicht.
Seventeen years ago, I pissed off Apple by stating their first Intel MacBook Pro got really hot. I was in my early 20s, my first year at @osnews, and they were pressuring me to change my review. I effectively told them to fuck off, and they kicked me out of their review/press program.
Now look at everyone getting press access from Apple, and think to yourself - would any of them tell Apple to fuck off?
Great Braille Game! I learned about this game from Holly Anderson of the Maccessibility Podcast.
Brailliance is a Braille version of the popular Wordle game with a little twist.
You are given the total number of dots in the word, and you have to guess what the word is by figuring out the letters in the word with each of your guesses.
For example. The word has a total of 10 dots.
So your first guess is tale, t, a, l, e.
It tells you that 3 of those letters are in the word, and one is not.
t, a, and l, are in the word, and the letter e is not.
Please note: those letters are part of the final word, but they do not have to be in that order.
So lets see, the letters t, a, and l, equal a total of 8 dots, so you only have 2 dots left to make the final word.
And you only have 4 letters left with 2 dots, b, c, i, and k.
So now it is just a process of elimination
For this word, the correct other letter was k. So the final word was talk, t, a, l, k.
The tough part is figuring out words that have a specific number of dots, but this gets easier the more you play.
Plus, to help you out, the total number of dots for each letter can be found on the letters of the on-screen keyboard.
So how good do you know your Braille? Ready to take the challenge?
Just like Wordle, there is a new puzzle every day, as well as some other puzzle packs that you can play on the side if you like.
The game is totally free, and does have a cost to get rid of ads if you want.
I actually find this game more fun and challenging as Wordle! So I highly recommend giving it a try.
Here is the app store link.
apps.apple.com/us/app/braillia…
#Game #Accessible #Wordle #Braille #Maccessibility #Blind
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Brailliance - Learn Braille
Brailliance is a puzzle game where you guess the word by adding up braille dots. This game has been carefully crafted to be playable by everyone, and it includes multiple accessibility features for people with blindness and other disabilities.App Store
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Zveme vás na druhý ročník srazu Mastodon uživatelů, který se uskuteční 11.10. 2024 v Praze.
📍 Místo: (restaurace se zatím vybírá, detaily brzy!)
Těšíme se na vás všechny, ať už jste #fediverse nováček, nebo veterán! Přijďte si užít skvělou atmosféru a poznat nové lidi.
@mastopivo
srazy.arch-linux.cz/invite/R6Z… #mastopivo #boost
Návrhy na restaurace jsou vítány, tak dejte vědět, kde byste se rádi potkali!
Zatím je zde návrh Hospůdka Do Větru @xChaos
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Welcome to the family of #reproducibleBuilds SkillRack! 🥳 With the next sync publishing v1.0.6, the green RB shield will be present at #IzzyOnDroid 
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„SkillRack Tracker“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
Track and calculate your SkillRack points effortlessly.IzzyOnDroid App Repo
@mondstern Klar kann man. Du hast doch den Artikel gelesen? Sonst hilft Dir auch die Info-Seite weiter, die Du über der Liste der Apps über den "Details" Link erreichst.
Falls Du meinst: alle RB-Apps auflisten lassen – das geht (noch) nicht, ist aber auch geplant.
Jen si trochu zahajlovat. Normalizace nenormálního prokapává českou společností na nižší úrovně
KOMENTÁŘ / Od ctihodných strážců odkazu „dob, kdy byl svět ještě v pořádku“ dnes často slýcháme, že ten či onen „libtard“ nebo „progresivista“ prý vnucuje spole…Karel Dolejší (FORUM 24)
Originál #birellovka to není, ale zase koláč od maminky, taky neměl chybu.
Tento týden se kilometrově dařilo, 310 km za týden 👍🤗
Extending the UNO API - LibreOffice Development Blog
Various functionalities of the LibreOffice are available through its API, the UNO API. Here I discuss how to extend it.Hossein Nourikhah (LibreOffice Development Blog)
7 Essential Linux Terms Explained: Distro, DE, Repos, and More
Learn the essential Linux jargon to confidently browse around the Linux forums and discussion boards.Dibakar Ghosh (How-To Geek)
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Some great reasons to use LibreOffice instead of Microsoft 365
- It's Free
- It Works With Microsoft Office Files
- It Has Lots of Features
- It Is Cross-Platform
- It Keeps My Information Private
- You Can Sync Files With LibreOffice if You Want To
I personally have been using it for years, I love it. This article does a great job of outlining some of the reasons why.
@libreoffice
#opensource #LibreOffice #software
Why I Use LibreOffice Instead of Microsoft 365
LibreOffice is more than just a good substitute; it’s a worthy replacement in its own right.David Delony (MakeUseOf)
FediNuke/tier0.csv transparency update:
Added some new bias sources to replace a removed one, and increased the consensus requirement. This caused some removals.
No new instances added to FediNuke. Two dead instances removed:
noagendasocial.nltheapex.social
Removed 16 dead instances from my larger tier0.csv list. After these changes, another 9 instances failed to meet the consensus requirement for inclusion without overrides. I used my override process to add back 5 that were of sufficient severity. See more about my override process: I can force-add instances that almost have the minimum consensus requirement, with minimal overhead.
My Fediverse blocklists
Documentation on which Fediverse blocklists I offer, how they are made, their differences, their caveats, and their intended use.Seirdy’s Home
Ale my si řekneme NE! Vysypeme to do lesa.....
Proč do háje??😡🤬
this afternoon I was reading about TON 618, a black hole with an event horizon comfortably larger than the solar system 👀
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