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Modern car inherit design from the school of software UX. No feedback and keep going until you realise it exists.
Looking at you Nissan Rogue lumbar adjustment (if so equipped)


Hey, cis folks? And especially men? If you want some low effort trans ally actions you can take, put your pronouns everywhere.

Like, everywhere.

On here, in your profile. On your other social media. On your own website. On your GitHub profile. On your resume. In your email ‘From:' header. Your email signature. Your business cards, if you have those.

Basically everywhere you introduce yourself, in other words. Make it pervasive, normal, set an example.

Then take your privilege, wield it like both sword and shield, arguing for gender neutral language everywhere you can. Legal documents, the works.

Let us see you fight for it ✊🏻



Earlier this year, we noticed our inventory was a bit short—like 2,000 Playdates short 🤔

Take a ride with us in Magnum P.I.’s cool car! LISTEN NOW to find out what happened (kinda!!) AND learn the true name of Circle K’s signature icy beverage: podcast.play.date/episodes/s01…




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Nvidia ( $NVDA ) is set to present earnings after markets close on Wednesday, with all of Wall Street eager to see if the AI bull market continues. Founder Jensen Huang is expected to set the tone for the industry, as Nvidia supplies roughly nine out of ten AI training chips to data centers.

Will Nvidia's results reaffirm investor confidence in the AI boom?

#Nvidia #NVDA #EarningsReport #AI #TechStocks #StockMarket #Investing #DataCenters #WallStreet #MarketTrends

in reply to MarketPlays

Is there any chance we can encourage you to trend #NVIDIA when that's the company you mean, please? I know what their NASDAQ handle is, but #NVDA is much more widely known as the name of the screen reader we make and the #NVDA hashtag is very widely used for the screen reader. It will save both our communities polluting each other's feeds. If you'd like to find out more about the screen reader, our website is nvaccess.org/ - Thank you!


The hell?

Got the latest #NVDA last night against my better judgement but wanted to build my addon around current software, and now when I do NVDA+Shift+s, I gt the synth selector menu but no speech output.

How the hell do I redirect audio from NVDA now?

#nvda
in reply to NV Access

@NVAccess It's not so much you guys. It's that everytime I update most things, things break in ways that detract from my overall productivity and workflow. Addons don't work and I have to wait for devs to fix that, features and functionalities get moved around. Sometimes things change so much that it's like having to learn an application all over again.

So when I mean against my better judgement, it's me commenting on the fact that no software upgrade comes without its pitfalls, so it's not an exclusively you all thing.

in reply to Fox in the Shell 💜🐾🦊

Thanks! And that's all fair enough. We try not to move settings around too often, but you ran into this one. With add-ons, while we do get developers to check them each year, it is also possible to override them being marked incompatible quite simply in the add-on store - though do that with caution. And for us, we do try to publish what is changing both here on social media, and in our blog on the site - nvaccess.org/category/in-proce… - but yes, I do appreciate your hesitation


Just updated my NVDA and Eloquence driver. Anyone know how to stop it from reading things with periods before commas as "hello dot," rather than just "Hello.,"? Upgraded from NVDA 2023 to the latest.

#NVDA #IBMTTS #Eloquence

in reply to Mister Krabs

Press NVDA+p - this cycles between the symbol levels. Symbol level none will read "Hello.," as just "hello", Symbol level Some or Most will it as "Hello dot", and symbol level all will read it as "Hello dot comma". At least, that is how it works with Windows OneCore or eSpeak.


Thanks to our supporters, speakers, guest hosts, and team members from our last event inclusivedesign24.org/2024/ we've been able to once again make a little donation to @NVAccess on behalf of Inclusive Design 24 #id24 #a11y #accessibility
in reply to Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

Thank you so much to @inclusivedesign24 - The work you do spreading awareness of inclusive design techniques and tips AND the support you give us, is greatly appreciated and both will benefit many around the world! 💓



“Sad announcement” email leads to tech support scam malwarebytes.com/blog/news/202…


AI Granny Daisy takes up scammers’ time so they can’t bother you malwarebytes.com/blog/news/202…


Helen Keller Services Accessibility Symposium & Awards and United Airlines’ Recognition Featured in Forbes helenkeller.org/helen-keller-s…


The advantages of 3D tactile maps evengrounds.com/the-advantages…


Android Accessibility Progress Report: What’s Changed (and What Hasn’t) Since Spring 2024 accessibleandroid.com/android-…


For users of the Brave Web browser: Procedural filtering for better adblocking brave.com/privacy-updates/31-p…


I think media just found a new "Silicon Valley Dream" to promote. Didn't NVidia just got t lucky? What am I missing? How Jensen Huang Built Nvidia Into the $3 Trillion King of AI barrons.com/articles/ai-nvidia…


Amazon Prime Members: Get Two Anker USB-C Chargers and Cables for Just $13 Ahead of Black Friday cnet.com/deals/prime-members-g…


Hi, everyone. My name is Jean. Looking to connect with people here! I will follow you back! :D

Recently finished a PhD in cybersecurity, but quit academia right away. I just can't work there lol. I work in data by day, but Im a fulltime human rights activist and have spoken at various fora against digital dictatorship and BigTech's regulatory capture. I am a socialist and I have been for awhile now. I am working closely with various grassroot movement particularly within the digital rights/labour space.

I am into FLOSS, #privacy and #humanrights. I have foul mouth and I own it. Outside of my activism, I enjoy walking my dog, Heidi, #vegan food, gaming, programming #python, #dadjokes and makeup.

#pleaseboost #boostswelcome #followfriday #followerpower #digitalrights #introduction #introductionfr #followme #ifollowback #womeninstem #retoot #Toots

Thank uuu



Apple must really be getting desperate, as iOS is practically begging me to upgrade from 17.7.2 to 18.1.1. I've already received a notification that 18.1.1 is available, and saw a screen in Settings saying I can either upgrade now or tonight, but there's no option stating that I'll upgrade when I'm ready! Any thoughts on whether to upgrade or not?
in reply to James Dean

@GamingWithEars I've heard lots of good things about the updated BSI. That's something I'm looking forward to trying as it's what I use nearly all the time when writing on my phone. I'm not worried about the AI stuff as I have a 13 model, but it really doesn't interest me anyway.
in reply to Kelly Sapergia

I've used it myself and just the fact you can get into and out of it with a gesture rather than having it in the Roter so it would constantly jump to it when twisting for other things, is a game-changer on its own for me. Now I think I just need a bigger phone. The SE3 is a little too small to do BSI properly, I think. I was telling someone I do fine once I get going, but first starting to type something in it is a little iffy for me, like I'll type E when I mean to type C, that sort of thing, and he said a larger screen might really help with that.


GNOME 48 will include a new feature that allows users to limit battery charging. This will help preserve battery capacity on laptops and smartphones!

gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…

#GNOME



#WildlifeWednesday

While waiting for the ferry, I spotted this gull eating a starfish, looked like chocking at first…

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#Wildlife #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Nature #Photography #Washington #PNW #Seattle #Artprints #WallArt #HomeDecor #Lifestyle #Puzzle #GreetingCards #Gifts #FediGiftShop #Giftideas #Christmas #Holiday #Thanksgiving #WomensArt #MastoArt #FediArt



We're hiring an assistant professor at the intersection btw cognitive modeling of language / social interaction, computational ling / lang technologies. Exciting environment / great work-life balance / amazing students.
international.au.dk/about/prof… Get in touch if interested!


i feel like this "Post-growth entreunership" is solar punk af..
ted.com/talks/melanie_rieback_…

its like.. grabbing money from profit and invest into non-profit for profit of mutual aid! ❤️

#postGrowth #solarpunk #directAction #utopia #coop



@gajim

Hi Gajim,

Does Gajim support SRV entries with _xmpp-client._tcp names?

My XMPP server domain is chat.between-us.online. I have an SRV record that looks like this from dig:

_xmpp-client._tcp.between-us.online. 300 IN SRV 0 5 5222 chat.between-us.online.

If I try to register an account in Gajim (Linux) using chat.between-us.com, it finds the server. But if I just use between-us.com, it doesn't find the server.

I think I'm doing everything the way the prosody documentation explains it for setting up an SRV record.

Is it me? Or does Gajim not look for the SRV record this way?

Thanks for the help!

in reply to Jerry Lerman

Gajim supports XEP-0368 for SRV records, so there might be some other issue. You could ask in xmpp:operators@muc.xmpp.org?jo…

xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0368.h…



"We constrain our imaginations when we subordinate our creations to names owned by fascist tycoons. Imagine the author of a book telling people to "read my Amazon". A great director trying to promote their film by saying "click on my Max". That's how much they've pickled your brain when you refer to your own work and your own voice within the context of their walled garden. There is no such thing as "my Substack", there is only your writing, and a forever fight against the world of pure enshittification."

(Original title: Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash)

anildash.com//2024/11/19/dont-…



iOS 18.2 public beta 3 now available, here’s what’s new 9to5mac.com/2024/11/20/ios-182…


macOS 15.2 and iPadOS 18.2 public beta 3 released, here’s what to expect 9to5mac.com/2024/11/20/macos-1…


Leo que la Universitat de Barcelona abandona Twitter y se pasa a Bluesky. Me hace recordar una idea salvaje que lleva rondando mi cabeza mucho tiempo: ¿y si cada universidad española tuviera su propia instancia? ¿Y que cualquier persona con correo de la uni pudiera tener cuenta en ella y participar en el fediverso?

Que eso tendría pros & cons, está claro, pero para quienes potenciamos nuestra rama divulgativa... buah 😍

in reply to Picanúmeros

Sería muy interesante, igual que estaría bien tener a instituciones públicas.


I'd love to know if your political stance has changed at all over the past 5 years. 🗳️

This isn't about whether you're on the left or right on the spectrum, but more about how your position has shifted.

The poll is multiple choice, so I included a checkbox for people to tick if they live in Europe 🇪🇺

#poll #politics #EUpol #Europe

  • ⬅️ I moved left. (52%, 116 votes)
  • ➡️ I moved right. (2%, 5 votes)
  • ⏸ The same as before. (31%, 70 votes)
  • 🇪🇺 I live in Europe. (51%, 114 votes)
223 voters. Poll end: 1 day ago



Did you know you can use ActivityPub with static site generators? Well anyway, we made space to help ensure it's possible during the standards process! This is one reason there are two fields in ActivityStreams, both `id` and `url`, and ActivityPub supports both

So you can have a static site and have an AP account which aggregates said posts, allowing users to use simple static sites but offload the pubsub work



Esto compartió la Embajada del estado de Palestina en México. Su lucha es nuestra lucha y es la lucha del sur global.



Answer: “zero trust”

Question: “how much confidence do you have in people sticking crap straight on the internet and hoping that access controls work effectively?”



reforma.com/despenalizan-abort…



I don't like that people don't mask, but I find it so disrespectful when I see pictures with unmasked people surrounding a masked person.

Like... come on.

in reply to Hubert Figuière

@hub This is someone who's "careful about Covid" (the unmasked) with someone who always posts pictures where they are masked.
in reply to Stéphanie Pageau

I know a lot of people "careful about covid" that never mask because "they have the vaccine". And then caught it more than once.


TFW scammers can better craft a Phishing email with plain text alternative than the real thing.... except that they miss the phishing link in plain text...

It smelled phishing. Turns out it really is.




En el tema de x, bluesky y el fedi me parece interesante el concepto antropológico de cismogénesis. Se trata del mecanismo por el que una comunidad se divide, estableciendo diferencias en la conducta o el sistema de valores para constituir su identidad como distinta de otros grupos. Es algo que se ve claramente en ciertas reacciones de polarización política. El ministro de Consumo dice que hay que reducir el consumo de carne y de repente a la derecha le encanta la carne, no como un valor espontáneo sino como una forma de marcar su diferencia.

Twitter y el fedi tuvieron un proceso de cismogénesis hace mucho tiempo, mucho antes de que Musk lo comprase. La identidad del fedi se fundó sobre valores diamétricamente opuestos al Twitter de entonces: centralizado, normativo, viral y liberal. Frente a esto el fedi se constituye como una contracultura de la descentralización, las relaciones a escala humana evitando la viralidad y la influencia de los famosos, y con tintes comunistas o anarquistas.

La cismogénesis entre X y bluesky surgen de un cambio significativo en la identidad y la valencia que para muchos tenía X y la ruptura tras la compra de Musk. La huida a bluesky se plantea no como una ruptura, como el fedi, buscando una identidad distinta y, desdes sus propias coordenadas, progresista; sino como un acto de nostalgia, o recuperación de un pasado mejor. La identidad que bluesky se está creando es la de ser el Twitter de antes de Musk, como negación de X.

Por eso hay una inevitable fricción entre bluesky y el fedi: tenemos un autoconcepto distinto y un sistema de valores que surge de procesos casi opuestos. El fedi es decir, "Twitter es malo, quiero construir algo mejor, ingobernable, fuera de la lógica del mercado, y a escala humana." El bluesky es decir, "X es malo, pero el Twitter de antes era bueno. Quiero volver a lo que había, con anuncios, periodistas, famosos, políticos, y algoritmos, pero sin la deriva facha de X."

Inevitablemente estas dos posturas no concuerdan, y creo que por eso hay una fricción entre ambas comunidades, que también sufren su propia cismogénesis (por ejemplo en el modo en que en el fedi se refuerza el valor de consentimiento por opción para todo, descentralización, o ausencia de publicidad y vigilancia, como diferencia con bluesky).

Los valores que se adquieren por cismogénesis pueden no ser espontáneos, pero no son menos reales una vez que se asumen socialmente. En buena medida una comunidad tiende a converger con las historias que cuenta y se cree sobre si misma, y esto hace sugerir que, a corto plazo, el ambiente en el fedi y bluesky continuarán divergiendo.

in reply to Daniel Hernández

Hoy me desperté leyendo un thread de @cwebber. Lo copió acá por si no lo has leído.

social.coop/@cwebber/113527462…


How Decentralized Is Bluesky Really? dustycloud.org/blog/how-decent…

A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts. I'll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread. 🧵