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#Catima 2.40.0 is out!

github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…

This adds a small feature #Stocard users have been repeatedly asking for over the years (though to this day I don't know for what use case): the ability to quickly copy the card ID to your clipboard.

It also contains the conversion of the MainActivity from Java to Kotlin, making almost all UI activities Kotlin now.

Coming soon to an app store near you.

#IzzyonDroid #FDroid #GitHub #GooglePlay

Release 2.40.0 · CatimaLoyalty/Android

Copy card ID to clipboard from view dialog or long press Swap balance and currency fields to hopefully reduce unintended rounding
GitHub
#fdroid #github #googleplay #catima #izzyondroid #stocard
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🥇 🏆 🤡

"Nejvirálnější moment pátečního večera ve Washingtonu nebyl, když se rozhodovalo o soupeřích pro Brazílii či Německo. Odehrál se už zhruba o půlhodinu dříve: Donald Trump nečekal, až mu šéf FIFA Gianni Infantino slavnostně udělí Cenu míru. Medaili z krabice vytáhl sám se slovy: „Hned si ji na sebe dám.“ A vzápětí si ji opravdu pověsil na krk." #odemčeno

🔓 denikn.cz/1912794/sledovali-js…


Sledovali jsme kuriózní los MS ve fotbale: Trump převzal cenu a Češi byli přiřazeni k Mexiku

Losování základních skupin pro nadcházející fotbalové mistrovství světa ovládl Donald Trump. Nejenže od organizace FIFA převzal speciálně pro něj vytvořenou Cenu míru, také místo konání slavnostního ceremoniálu bylo úzce spojeno s jeho politikou.
Pavol Kliment (Deník N)
#odemceno
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Martin Wenisch

Ja verim, ze tohle se fakt deje na mnoha mistech a neni to pro ty lidi (co genialne vymejslej taktiku, tak resit tyhle deti) lehky. Ja jsem v Londyne pracoval s clenem boardu AirBnb a ten vypravel, jak resili investice se saudskym princem.

Oni mu nemohli na ferovku rict, proc arabove jezdej do zahranici (alkohol a vecirky bez zen) a tak s nim hrali divadlo, kreslili pastelkama, jak ty developmenty budou vypadat a hrali s nim hry ... dospely top manageri ... to se realne deje.

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Big news: Deutsche Welle has launched DW Access, an Android app that delivers independent news where it's needed most: in regions under information lockdown.

Key features:

➡️ No app store needed (share via link, messenger, bluetooth)

➡️ Offline mode

➡️ Built-in VPN protection

➡️ Zero personal data collected

More info (and download options) over here: corporate.dw.com/en/dw-access-…

#PressFreedom #AntiCensorship #DigitalRights #DWAccess


DW Access: New app counters global censorship

DW Access is a lightweight app designed to ensure access to independent information in regions where digital freedom is under threat. It provides users with a secure way to reach DW content even under severe censorship.
Deutsche Welle
#digitalrights #pressfreedom #anticensorship #dwaccess
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IzzyOnDroid ✅

@chbmeyer never to late to rethink. And wasn't there a saying like "all good things in life are 3" (or was it "free")? Especially for an app like this, it would be a good thing having a 3rd party confirming it, ideally even with #ReproducibleBuilds (no offense or demand meant of course, just a suggestion 😉) @dw_innovation
#reproduciblebuilds @Ch M[ae][iy]e?r 🇪🇺 🖤 🤍 @DW Innovation

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TURKIYE ENTERS SYRIA!

Turkish army convoys entered Syria from three directions. Afrin, Ras al-Ain and northern Aleppo.

Some reports said that Turkish army convoys are heading to Manbij.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Turkiye #Syria

#News #syria #turkiye #press #aurefreepress #headline

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Grok - Elon Musk's AI chatbot - has been caught handing out home addresses of ordinary individuals... on demand. 

When asked, Grok was willing to provide step-by-step instructions on how to stalk these people...

Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog: bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hot…


Privacy concerns raised as Grok AI found to be a stalker's best friend

Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, has been found to exhibit more alarming behaviour - this time revealing the home addresses of ordinary people upon request.
Hot for Security

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Übrigens: neben der Verteilung ehrlicher Wertschätzung war meine Idee natürlich, daß dieses >

(Aktion #wertschätzung zum Mitmachen: Bis Weihnachten hier täglich einem anderen Lieblings-Account einen #nettenSatz schreiben, was wir an ihm mögen.)

> noch mehr hier mitmachen. Also ihrerseits einige ihrer geschätzten Accounts lobhudeln. Daß wir auf die Weise ein großes Netz aus Wertschätzung weben... #justsaying

#justsaying #wertschatzung #nettensatz
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APCA + WCAG 2 contrast checker. @mgifford’s tool that helps to test and refine color combinations meeting both WCAG 2.x and APCA accessibility requirements. The tool supports modern CSS color formats, provides harmony palette generation, and suggests adjustments to satisfy contrast thresholds. #a11y #color

mgifford.github.io/contrast-pl…

APCA + WCAG 2 Contrast Checker. Inputs. WCAG 2.x threshold. APCA threshold. Results.

APCA + WCAG 2 Contrast Checker

Compare APCA and WCAG 2.x contrast, see previews, and explore suggestions for foreground, background, and focus colors.
mgifford.github.io
#a11y #color @Mike Gifford, CPWA

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Paramount Skydance launches a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery after it lost out to Netflix in the competition for WBD's legacy assets. prnewswire.com/news-releases/p…

PARAMOUNT LAUNCHES All-CASH TENDER OFFER TO ACQUIRE WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY FOR $30 PER SHARE

Offer provides superior value, and a more certain and quicker path to completion to WBD shareholders Equity to be backstopped by Ellison Family and RedBird...
Cision PR Newswire

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I want a consumer-grade wireless headset that has the latency of my Rode Wireless Pro microphones. I don't know what the latency actually is (it's a digital link) but it can't be more than 1 or 2 ms. Give me something like the Sennheiser RS-185 with that kind of latency, or, even better, a receiver/transmitter type thing for which any generic 3.5mm output can be used, which is both digital and extremely low latency like that, and also doesn't compromise on audio quality, and I'll be happy.

I specifically mentioned consumer-grade here, because there are high-end wireless IEM systems that do exactly this, but certainly not in the consumer space, at least not that I can find.

Edit:
I found something online that says the Rode Wireless Pro latency is 6 to 7 MS. So maybe I'm a bit off. Still, though, it's basically undetectable by just listening, unless you purposefully feed the microphone back to a nearby speaker or something.

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I work in education & I use & recommend #LibreOffice to my students:

No licence fees (great for students on a tight budget),

Forward & backward compatibility with files (so you don't lose access to your own & others' work),

UX that just lets you get on with work/study (no pop-ups, ads, nag-ware),

Really useful plugins, e.g. Zotero connector,

& just a pleasure to use! 🤓

#libreoffice

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Paramount Launches Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery

deadline.com/2025/12/paramount…

Netflix: we give you 27.75 per in cash and stock
MAGA Skydance: we give you 30 in cash

(and anus tangerinus would likely rubberstamp the latter)


Paramount Launches Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount today announced it has commenced an all-cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Warner Bros. Discovery for $30.00 per share in cash.
Jill Goldsmith (Deadline)

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I decided not to buy a new PC this #blackfriday due to overpriced #DDR5 #DRAM - thanks AI bros for scalping all the modules, and memory manufacturers for all the (past) cartels. Instead, I chose to #donate to the following #opensource projects, which I use and I am grateful for, and provide clear instructions for donating on their website or in their READMEs, allow one-time donations, and do not require GitHub (Sponsors) account:

#Codeberg
#CoMaps
#Python
#KeePassXC
#LibreOffice
#Papirus

#codeberg #opensource #libreoffice #python #donate #blackfriday #keepassxc #comaps #ddr5 #dram #papirus

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Big Tech's love to preach "privacy this" & "privacy that" but in reality they track & collect your data.

Today we take a look at what privacy washing is, and why companies like #Gmail & #Facebook use it to gain your trust 👉 tuta.com/blog/big-tech-privacy…

#PrivacyWashing #BigTech

Screenshot of the App privacy info of the Gmail app with speech bubble: "We care about your privacy"

Privacy washing: How Tech Giants sell you trust, but mine your data. | Tuta

Welcome to the age of privacy washing. Techs giants like Google and Microsoft appear privacy-focused, but this is a facade. What is privacy washing, and why is it happening? We explain below.
Tuta
#facebook #GMail #bigtech #privacywashing
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Deep Pandya

Nice awareness. Although I have been using #Disroot as my primary mail service provider since 2018 (just after OpenMailBox was sold), I have recently added #Tuta as a secondary. (Recommendations from fsf.org/resources/webmail-syst…)

Btw, I have been using #K9Mail (becoming #Thunderbird now) since a decade on my Android phone.

I have found that Tuta is not supporting IMAP/SMTP protocols and hence I will have to install Tuta's Android application. How does it works without these protocols?

Free Software Webmail Systems — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

www.fsf.org
#thunderbird #k9mail #tuta #disroot
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Tamas G

@gozaltech oh, huge thanks for working on it, I might donate to this project too if the Sapi5 gets in really good shape. For pitch it was tricky, you had to do a Freq conversion to get it. the ~f prefix is sent to the engine with the frequency. In the NVDA Driver, we had to ratio = ringVal / 100.00and then return int(round(FREQ_MIN + ratio * (FREQ_MAX - FREQ_MIN))). Will try the latest installer soon! @joshknnd1982 @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
@Quin @Jake Gross @Alex Krier @Josh Kennedy @Sam Tupy @gozaltech
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Tamas G

@esoteric_programmer Keynote Gold, yes. You got it right. Effectively an earlier version for X86, made around 1996, augmented with a wrapper that allowed speech rates to go faster (Sonic) and in this case also wrapped into a Sapi5 engine. Maybe one of the smallest SAPI5 voices I've seen? TrueVoice does get pretty close though but not quite this tiny. @joshknnd1982 @gozaltech @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
@Quin @Jake Gross @Alex Krier @the esoteric programmer @Josh Kennedy @Sam Tupy @Gozaltech
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Tamas G

@esoteric_programmer Oh yeah, I do think so. At least I doubt it would have any API calls it can't emulate, especially as it looks like Valve uses this for SteamDecks and such. It's for sure the other upside to a SAPI5 port, it becomes way more possible to translate it into other platforms. Now if there was a thing that let us push SAPI5 voices into Speech Dispatcher itself somehow, we would truly have a Keynote voice even for Linux. But I'm not sure if that's a thing. @joshknnd1982 @gozaltech @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
@Quin @Jake Gross @Alex Krier @the esoteric programmer @Josh Kennedy @Sam Tupy @Gozaltech
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Tamas G

Hmm, also donated to the project, hope it helps. *Good* Code doesn't fall just out of thin air. This is already great progress, X64 will be really exciting if it can work. The fact that we're dealing with something made from the early 90s, full of potential crashes and race conditions they haven't had to worry about in older times, yeah. Not the easiest DLL to rangle into submission from experience. @joshknnd1982 @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
@Quin @Jake Gross @Alex Krier @Josh Kennedy @Sam Tupy
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Tamas G

Wow, this is such awesome progress. I do wonder if we will need the audio filter, I'm noticing at faster rates the speech on Sapi5 version cracks more, like a hormonal teenager going through changes, his voice has cracks in speech whereas the NVDA add-on at boosted rates only has slight cracks from time to time. Sapi5 really does this after rate 70 (NVDA). I've been comparing the two though and in terms of speed overall, there's no loss by using Sapi5, so really amazing work here. @joshknnd1982 @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
@Quin @Jake Gross @Alex Krier @Josh Kennedy @Sam Tupy
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Tamas G

Unfortunately I think this is the Wrapper already using Sonic? Pretty sure of that, since I know the default rate in Bestspeech stops around 60 or so. Once you are at 65 that Sonic library kicks in fully. I'm just not sure why it would sound more harsh going over SAPI5 VS NVDA's Wasapi. @gozaltech @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
@Quin @Jake Gross @Alex Krier @Sam Tupy @Gozaltech

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@FreakyFwoof I am enjoying the harry potter fanfic folder on the web. It's quite slow with my screen reader as I couldn't get it on to my dropbox, I am using the free acount unfortunately. I tried downloading the main folder but dropbox is throwing up error, I guess it could be the amount of files and the size of the folder.
Can you zipp them up for me, so that it'd be easier for me to access them offline? (1/2)
@Andre Louis

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Distributed Proofreaders has posted its 50,000th unique title! It is "A Dictionary of the Art of Printing."

Read about it here:

blog.pgdp.net/2025/12/07/celeb…

Book at PG:

gutenberg.org/ebooks/77410

Congratulations to all who worked on it.

#books #dp #dpblog

Imperial printing press

Celebrating 50,000 Titles

This post celebrates the 50,000th unique title Distributed Proofreaders has posted to Project Gutenberg: A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, by William Savage. Congratulations and thanks to all th…
Hot off the Press
#books #dp #dpblog
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The package manager in GitHub Actions might be the worst package manager in use today: nesbitt.io/2025/12/06/github-a…

GitHub Actions Has a Package Manager, and It Might Be the Worst

GitHub Actions has a package manager that ignores decades of supply chain security best practices: no lockfile, no integrity verification, no transitive pinning
Andrew Nesbitt

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In my neighborhood, I often see parcel delivery trucks from 5 different transport companies wasting energy to drive to the same homes on the same day.

This is unregulated capitalism.

Then comes trash day, and 1 company arrives with 1 garbage truck and empties all the trash cans in 1 go.

This is regulated capitalism.

The municipality decided only 1 company could win the garbage truck service job. They offer up the job every couple of years, 1 company wins, and we all save CO2 emissions.

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I don't hate Apple Music. I just prefer Spotify. I don't need Dolby Audio to enjoy my music. Sure it makes it a different experience, but I can sacrifice that. Plus, Spotify's been around way longer. Sure the UI isn't the best, but the web client is where it's at if you are not using it on a mobile device. It's also more streamlined in how they handle their artists. They bring you your stats, fans, playlists, etc, all in front of you, something I feel Apple Music lacks in that area.

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I wish we had better blindness media that actually talk about things such as the #Enshittification of adaptive software, but that would require the blindness press to actually have a spine. This blog posts disgusts me in ways I can't articulate yet. vispero.com/resources/account-…

Vispero Account Update | What’s Changing & Why

Learn why account information is requested, how it’s used, and what changes are coming to simplify Vispero’s registration process for JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion.
Rhonda Bassett-Spiers (Vispero)
#enshittification
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