Exchanged a full curl #whisky for a #curl t-shirt, and I think I made a pretty sweet deal. Wdyt?

Thanks @bagder!

Prosím vás, tenhle účet už nebudu používat, nově mě najdete na

@cynik_obecny

Pokusil jsem se tam vše přenést, ale sledující mi to z nějakého důvodu zatím nepřevedlo, takže pokud mě chcete dál sledovat, musíte mě zasledit tam.

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The DNC played a video of Kamala addressing them from the ralley she was holding from the venue that the RNC was in. This is a pretty bawler move, honestly. I haven’t seen anyone else do this before, and it will make Mr. crowd-size-matters go insane which is always a nice bonus. youtube.com/watch?v=BxBjJPsx69…

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses DNC from campaign event in Milwaukee

Vice President Kamala Harris remotely addresses the Democratic National Convention from a campaign event in Milwaukee after receiving enough delegates to sec...

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“Trump has allegedly been talking with PM Netanyahu to avert a cease-fire deal, fearing that doing so could help VP #KamalaHarris win in November.”

Doesn’t the Logan Act criminalize unauthorized negotiations by an Amer. citizen btwn the US & a foreign govt? #trump #press
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Petition: Change.org: Save AppleVis: Preserve a Vital Resource for the Blind and Low Vision Community
change.org/saveapplevis

AppleVis, a vital hub for blind and low vision Apple users, is set to shut down on August 31, 2024. As the Publisher of Top Tech Tidbits, I'm urging David Goodwin to donate this invaluable resource to our care, or another trusted entity.

From #DadSaysJokes Two robbers were robbing a liquor store when one robber grabs a bottle and asks the other robber "is this whiskey?"

The other says "yeah but not as whiskey as wobbing a bank".

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Unpopular opinion: the only rule for having a Wikipedia page about a topic should be : "Would someone in the world ever look for information about this topic on Wikipedia?"

The reason why some zealots try to remove "non-notable enough" pages is because they think it is a badge of honor to be on Wikipedia.

The reason why it is a badge of honor is because some zealots spend their time removing pages considered "non-notable enough".

These are pretty impressive.

Microsoft releases three Phi-3.5 open source #AI models designed for basic/fast reasoning and more, available for developers to download, use, and fine-tune on Hugging Face.

venturebeat.com/ai/microsoft-r…

Microsoft releases powerful new Phi-3.5 models, beating Google, OpenAI and more

Microsoft’s release of the Phi-3.5 series represents a significant step forward in the development of multilingual and multimodal AI.

^{Carl Franzen (VentureBeat)}

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Yucatán food in the Tenderloin

At Los Yucatecos

#Food #SanFrancisco #BayAreaEats #BAE

wrote 10 years ago some code to parse some files. I did that in Go.

Now I can't rebuild it because Go broke shit. (think "modules")

I think I ran out of patience and will probably rewrite it in Rust. I mean the first version was in C++ so why not.

Cisco: We are laying off 7% of our workforce to address runaway expenses that cannot be supported by our revenue stream.

Also Cisco: Our C-suite executives are getting fabulous compensation, which is sheltered from taxes, as revenue is better than expected and the outlook for growth is better than ever before.

#WealthTransfer

🔵 The Nonvisual Website
by Angelika Cathor @angelikatyborska
There's a treasure hidden somewhere on this website. But there is a catch.The content of this website is only #accessible with a #screenreader

nonvisualwebsite.com/

@Tusky It would be really helpful if Tusky showed thumbnails for YouTube video links using YouTube's new share style. It shows thumbnails with the old style (the URLs with watch etc. in them)

Instead Tusky just shows a placeholder with non-English text.

@Tusky when being used on a tablet, would be nice to be able to scroll without having to reach the middle of the screen 🤔

I mean it would be nice if the large unused space on the side could also be used to initiate the timeline scrolling.

Okay, so I just have to rant a little. So Apple has been doing some pretty shitty stuff regarding developers and money lately. They act like they're above the law. And sure, they'll gladly follow it for Russia and other places where they're asked to take apps like VPN's off the App Store. But in the EU where they're being asked to open some stuff up and give developers and users freedom? They just continue to kick and scream all the way. And I sit here, with a Pixel 8, one of the newest, supposedly best phones there is, and I hate using it. I love my years old iPhone SE 2020, much more than a year old slightly high end phone. And yep, it's all about accessibility for me. And y'all know I'll change my mind when I'm presented with something better. I mean, I sit at work all day and use Linux and barely even notice anymore. But give me an Android, and TalkBack drives me crazy.

Like, we have Braille Screen Input on Android. We even have reading and selection commands on the TalkBack Braille Keyboard. But when you go to use it, you always have to turn the phone to where the USB C port is facing left. Now, I know, that's not terrible, but it's something that turns me off a lot. And I've told Google accessibility, and I've talked about it ever since it came out, but it's still how things work. And it just slows me down. It's pointless, and they could easily just flip it around.

Now, there is an option to flip the *dots* of the Braille Keyboard, but that doesn't flip the commands. So, when you swipe right for a space, it actually backspaces.

Now, I do need to give Commentary Screen reader more of a chance, and see if they have an extention that'll send a screenshot to AI to be described. And if they don't, I'm sure there's an HPPT client for LUA, so one can be scripted I'm sure. But Commentary doesn't even *have* Braille support.

Meh, everything is a mess. And here I am about to give Apple yet more money in a month, because I do want a new phone, and I don't feel like getting a new Samsung, just to be disappointed. Again. With Android.

#apple #iOS #Android #Google #accessibility #blind

Huh. My knees aren't cracky. Just lucky I guess. 😀

#dnd #dndmemes

Aaand… Welcome to the RB family, Push Notifications API 🥳 Having fixed the nondeterministic build by upgrading to a more recent Gradle version (7.0.2 -> 8.1.0), #reproducibleBuilds finally succeeded. Find the green shield at #IzzyOnDroid with the next sync!

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.v…

„Push Notifications API“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Send push notifications to your Android phone through a REST-API

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Nassau County, NY just passed a mask ban and now residents say they are going to take pictures of anyone wearing a mask and send them to police.

This is why we need to stop any kind of mask ban legislation. They empower vigilantes to harass and surveil people wearing masks for health reasons.

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Interesting. Thunderbird 128.1.0esr (64-bit) and NVDA now reads the 'From' address when scrolling through emails, which slows me down. Anyone happen to know a way to stop that from being a thing? Here's an example:

Unread, TestFlight <no_reply@email.apple.com>, <AppName> for iOS is now available to test., 14:37 2 of 2 level 1

Edit: Solved by Tyler Spivey who wrote:

'Tools, Settings, General. There's a radio button that says Full name and email address. Change that.'
This fixed it immediately.