A sort of introduction type thingy.
Who am I, why am I here, what is this all about, ETC?Haily Merry (I Missed Again)
paid a bill. Commented on a ticket. Raised a ticket. Closed a ticket. recorded a video. Rerecorded the video with the screen curtain off. Rerecorded the intro to the video with the light on. Screamed when the number of audio tracks in the rerecorded intro was different to the video's main content. Regreted not having made coffee, but the machine is loud. Raised a ticket. Attached the video. Attached screenshots from the video to save people having to watch it. Explained the screenshots to save people having to look at them. paid an invoice. Drank a bottle of water.
it's now 6:00AM.
#FirstHourOfMyDay.
@CallumStoneman headache totally knocked me, so I felt bad and had a very productive hour! Not really a health plan i can recommend.
How are you doing?
The First Virtual Meeting Was in 1916
The amazing feat linked up 5,100 engineers from Atlanta to San FranciscoAllison Marsh (IEEE Spectrum)
IRL: I slammed my dick in a car door
fedi: [ph-] ughghghghgh I slammed my dick in a car door AGAIN :neocar_woozy:
twitter: 💞 dics in car bio 💞
GNU mailing list: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Car door dependency in systemdick? - unacceptable, this car door uses a binary blob.
Reddit: I[F31] slammed my dick in a car door[Ford, 2014], AITA?
tiktok: [AI voice over Minecraft footage] Oh man, chat, I just unalived my eggplant by slimming it in a dart door
Linkedin: proud to announce that my team has boosted sales by 200% and DEMOLISHED all goals by using AI-powered car doors to CRUSH the competition (and my dick)
BlueSky: why car-door slamming is dangerous to the dick community. a thread 🧵
NextDoor: NOTICE - a car door was seen in the neighborhood, slamming people's unmentionables. If you are the owner of this car, know that the police have been called
Warning: Online shopping threats to avoid this Black Friday and Cyber Monday | Malwarebytes
Where there’s a gift to be bought, there’s also a scammer out to make money. Here's how to stay safe this shopping season.Anna Brading (Malwarebytes)
I'm moving pictures made with MapComplete from Imgur to Panoramax; and this made me realize something.
A program that I made has been used all around the globe, by thousands of people. Weird feeling
#Accessibility & #Disability picks of the day:
➡️ @BlindHistoryLady - Blind historian on blind individuals from history
➡️ @NVAccess - Non-profit developing free open source screen reader
➡️ @WeirdWriter - Writer, blogger, advocate for accessibility
➡️ @podcast - Podcast on blind accessibility in tech & games
➡️ @dgsv_handball - Handball teams of German Deaf Sports Association (in German)
➡️ @socialaudiodescription.com - Collective producing audio description
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Welcome to The Global Voice - The Global Voice
The Global Voice brings together an international team of broadcasters, producers and radio journalists to present for you a wide range of entertaining and informative programs.The Global Voice
At the moment, Voice Dream Reader is actually fairly stable, at least for me, but lately I've using the ElevenLabs Reader to read text files, although I'll continue to use VDR for mp3 files. It just seemed to be having several issues a while back which were really frustrating me. Applause was really trying to address them and I appreciate that but all I wanted was to listen to a book. I didn't feel like having to troubleshoot the app or to go through a lot of steps just to import a book. Considering that the app seemed so stable when it was being developed by its former owner, this was putting a bad taste in my mouth.
Every time I reload a new instance of Xplorer2, it reverts to the ribbon. This would be bad enough, but NVDA is completely unable to interact with this ribbon in any way and just throws an error whenever I try. So I have to unload NVDA and load Narrator so I can change my file explorer back to a normal menu bar. If I don't do that, NVDA makes at least two error sounds every time I change folders, even if I don't interact with the ribbon.
The last time I wrote to support about this, they seemed supremely uninterested in doing the slightest bit of work to figure out an accessibility issue, so I would either need to spoonfeed them the answer or just stop using it altogether.
It's very powerful, but is becoming more of a pain than a help for typical file browsing, and the SysListView32 hack is a real game changer that affects file explorer itself but also the open/save dialogs in Windows. It speeds things up significantly, and the lag in Windows 7/10 File Explorer was really the main reason I switched in the first place.
Is there a way to launch Explorer Patcher 'Properties' besides right-mousing on the taskbar? · valinet ExplorerPatcher · Discussion #1930
Hi, I installed Explorer Patcher less than two weeks ago on three different Windows 11 PCs, and right-moused on the taskbar of all three to access Explorer Patcher Properties, thankful to be able t...GitHub
- never in my life have i been behooved by anything (4%, 3 votes)
- once or twice, it's been known to happen (40%, 26 votes)
- i'm always being behooved by shit, it's exhausting (55%, 36 votes)
Added some post embeds for bluesky and mastodon to the sidebars of my articles, built with web components!
Example! heather-buchel.com/blog/2024/0…
Highly recommend taking a look at @DavidDarnes blog posts for implementation. I started with that as a base then chopped it up a bit since I can hardcode a bit of it.
Links: darn.es/mastodon-post-web-comp… & darn.es/bluesky-post-web-compo…
bluesky-post Web Component
The bluesky-post Web Component allows you to turn a regular link to a Bluesky post into an embeddable post quote including metadata such as reply count, repost count, likes and more.darn.es
Black Friday is approaching, so remember: Buying shit on Amazon is part of how we got here. Quit giving money to billionaires and corporations.
Buy used, buy hand made, support a local creator, make something yourself.
End consumerism.
Ohhh, "vaccinosceptique", c'est beau.
(Bon, la nouvelle qui l'accompagne est 
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New update from @brewsterkahle on how the Internet Archive is learning from recent cyberattacks.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/11/14/le…
Book Talk: The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood
Join us for a book talk with legal scholar JAMES BOYLE, discussing his book THE LINE: AI and the Future of Personhood, in conversation with KATE DARLING of the MIT […]\nblog.archive.org
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Most important RFC of the 20s?
Robots Exclusion Protocol Extension to manage AI content use
draft-canel-robots-ai-controll
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Robots Exclusion Protocol Extension to manage AI content use
This document extends RFC9309 by specifying additional rules for controlling usage of the content in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI).IETF Datatracker
Decentralised social media site Bluesky has gone down under the load of new users.
Not to worry, I'll just use one of the other decentralised instances. One of the many wonders of decentralisation.
... What do you mean, there aren't any?
... If a central server goes down, I can't get onto this oh-so-decentralised network?
I guess this must just be how decentralisation works!
After exploring #R2E, I've decided it might not be the best fit for my needs. Here's why:
1. R2E doesn't support #Inoreader's #OPML format, requiring manual feed addition.
2. I realized I have many feeds and need a more comprehensive solution.
I'm now considering #Miniflux, which can manage #RSS feeds, #Podcasts, and #YouTube subscriptions in one place.
Until I get my #RaspberryPi for Christmas, I'm weighing two options:
1. Self-host Miniflux on my #Windows PC using #Docker
2. Use their $15/year hosted plan temporarily
Fellow #techies, especially those interested in #accessibility and #SelfHosting: What would you recommend? Your insights would be greatly appreciated!
#Tech #blind
@mastoblind @main
My son: “So, Disney is looking for a new CEO, and Andrew Wilson is on their list.”
Me: “Who’s that?”
Him: “The CEO of EA. The enshittification company would be hiring the enshittification CEO.”
I’m proud of the kid we’ve raised!
Hello everyone! I just set up this new account?
Things seem pretty cool here on this "fediverse". What does that mean though, the "fediverse"? I hear it's using ActivityPub. Could anyone explain to me what that means? Thanks!
Food Safety and Raw Milk
Information on food safety and raw milk from the FDA.Human Foods Program (FDA)
NEW: Security researchers have confirmed that iPhones running iOS 18 now automatically reboot if they are not unlocked for 72 hours.
The feature, called "inactivity reboot," will make life harder for thieves, law enforcement, and forensic experts trying to extract data from iPhones.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/14/new-…
New Apple security feature reboots iPhones after 3 days, researchers confirm | TechCrunch
“Inactivity reboot" effectively puts iPhones in a more secure state by locking the user's encryption keys in the iPhone's secure enclave chip.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
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Metabraille
Metabraille ist eine mobile Braille-Tastatur. Mit dieser Tastatur können iOS und Android Smartphones sowie PCs über Bluetooth ferngesteuert werden. Der Zusammenbau ist für blinde und sehbehinderte Menschen ausgelegt.Oskar
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I'm available for speaking gigs in 2025, if your conference or team is interested in talks/workshops on #CSS!
I love to go in-depth on the classics –cascade, grids, alignment, etc. But I can also teach the new hits: container queries, colors, layers, :has(), et al.
Let's get scheduled!
Parliament suspended as Maori reps perform Haka.
Fuck yeah!
yikes, bsky removing or labeling Palestinian accounts as spam, ostensibly because they are following too many people or posting gofundmes, but according to these threads the problem looks too widespread to just be a coincidence from e.g. automated flagging. Can't find any response from their mod team. Composable moderation is good but i am not sure how the atproto labeling model addresses the baseline problem of scaling suspensions/bans - either they take a very light touch and you get a flood of nazis, or you need to lean on automated tools or overworked mods without enough context which has (hopefully accidentally, but still really bad) impacts like this.
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Rumor Replay: ‘HomePad,’ iPhone 18 camera, Vision Pro 2, more - 9to5Mac
This week’s Rumor Replay column highlights an extensive ‘HomePad’ report, Vision Pro 2 release date, iPhone 18 camera rumor, and more.Ryan Christoffel (9to5Mac)
Final Cut Pro's 'Transcribe to Captions' is only available in English
Apple on Thursday released a major update to Final Cut Pro that introduced multiple new features, including the ability to...Filipe Espósito (9to5Mac)
Turning the M4 Mac mini into a modern iMac G4 [Video] - 9to5Mac
The new M4 Mac mini features an incredibly impressive design that shows the prowess of Apple Silicon. But what if...Chance Miller (9to5Mac)
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