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Stop treating Alt Text like you’re defending a PhD thesis on Semiotics. 🛑
I don't need the "spiritual implications of the void" or "what the colour blue represents to the human soul." I need to know if the button says "Save" or "Delete."
Blind people aren't encountering images in a vacuum. We have the context. We just lack the pixels. If you can see it, say it. Leave the existential dread for your diary.
#AltText #a11y #Accessibility #Blind #WebDev #KeepItSimple
#a11y #Accessibility #blind #webdev #AltText #keepitsimple

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It is once again that time of year where I go around asking @gnome developers for project ideas they are willing to mentor during Google Summer of Code.

If you are a GNOME developer with a good idea for an internship project, please visit feborg.es/cfp-gsoc-2026-with-g… to learn how to participate. #GNOME


Looking for Mentors for Google Summer of Code 2026

It is once again that pre-GSoC time of year where I go around asking GNOME developers for project ideas they are willing to mentor during Google Summer of Code. GSoC is approaching fast, and we...
Felipe Borges
#gnome @GNOME
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Jiří Eischmann

I think GUI for desktop migration would be a good idea for GSoC, but I don't really have the level of developer experience to be a mentor, so I will carry on myself over here: codeberg.org/sesivany/ldmt-gui

ldmt-gui

Linux Desktop Migration Tool rewritten into a desktop application. This is in highly experimental state, thus put in a separate repo.
Codeberg.org

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Ich durfte meinen ersten eigenen Pixel bei @pixelebbe auf dem #39c3 setzen. Ich bin so glücklich. 🥲

Es klappte direkt im zweiten Anlauf und der Prozess hat hervorragend das unangenehme Gefühle behördlicher passiver Gewalt abgebildet. Der "Beamte" und die "Behörde" haben ihren Job also gut gemacht: keine Unterstützung, warten auf eine Nummer, unverständliche Formulare, dürftiges Leistungsspektrum.

Gerne wieder. :)

Auf gute Pixelnachbarschaft @elsvene

Formular: Pixelfestsetzungsantrag
#39c3 @ǝlƨvǝᴝǝ @pixelebbe

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RE: techhub.social/@rayckeith/1158…

Not open source:

"Open Printer will use the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license for all of its files, including electronics and mechanical design files, firmware code, and the bill of materials"

So it will be illegal to manufacture it for a friend, manufacture replacement parts and sell them etc. ...

Openwashing should really be fought

Third Foundation (@rayckeith@techhub.social)

"Open Printer is an open-source, repairable inkjet printer designed for makers, artists, and anyone tired of throwaway hardware. Built with standard mechanical components and modular parts, it’s easy to assemble, modify, and repair.
Third Foundation (TechHub)

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¡Hola desde Praga! 🌍
Una vez más le doy una oportunidad a Mastodon en 2026. Me llamo Peter, soy eslovaco, tengo más de 40 años y trabajo en helpdesk / soporte técnico.

Me apasionan los ordenadores, Linux, BSD, viajar, España e Italia, y el café preparado en la moka. Me encantan los trenes, aunque por falta de tiempo y el precio del billete no los uso tanto como quisiera. ¡Casi lo olvido! Soy también un gran aficionado a las plumas fuente.

#introduccion #presentación #Linux #NetBSD #Viajes #España #Italia #CaféMoka #Trenes #PlumasFuente

#linux #netbsd #italia #espana #introduccion #presentacion #viajes #cafemoka #trenes #plumasfuente

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Well, that was interesting. Discovered today under Windows settings, a storage management interface. Just recooped 25 gigs and my PC is still happy. It's indirectly mentioned in this article. This hidden Windows folder can grow forever — here’s how to clean it safely: makeuseof.com/windows-installe…

This hidden Windows folder can grow forever — here’s how to clean it safely

Running out of space? This hidden Windows folder may be the real culprit.
Saikat Basu (MakeUseOf)

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I found my new favorite thing.

And I'm both thrilled and disappointed that I'm being forced to deploy it at 8 IN THE FUCKING MORNING.

EDIT: Oh sweet Baby "Bob", there's a whole Swiss Army Knife of a channel of this stuff: youtube.com/@neighborrevenge/v…

youtube.com/watch?v=xz-8OFcSUq…


Neighbor Revenge

Tired of loud, inconsiderate, annoying neighbors? Neighbor Revenge is your go-to channel for non-confrontational, creative solutions to everyday disruptions.
YouTube
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Instead of the usual #39C3 recommendations, here are my favorite underrated talks according to media.ccc.de (sorted by least viewed):

• What Makes Bike-Sharing Work? (media.ccc.de/v/39c3-what-makes…)

• Celestial navigation with very little math (media.ccc.de/v/39c3-celestial-…)

• Von Groschen und SpurLos - GNU Taler auch auf eurem Event! (media.ccc.de/v/39c3-von-grosch…)

• Don’t look up: There are sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites (media.ccc.de/v/39c3-don-t-look…)


Celestial navigation with very little math

Learn how to find your position using a sextant and a custom slide rule, almost no math required! Since the dawn of time people have ask...
media.ccc.de
#39c3
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Daniel Gultsch

@wolf480pl Yes. This would have been my second question that I didn’t get to ask because the herald didn’t see me at the mic 😞

Maybe send Nadia an email. (Or maybe more appropriately their research group: satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/)

🛰️ SATCOM Security

Research project homepage for SATCOM Security: papers, source code, and recent satellite communications vulnerabilities.
satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu
@Wolf480pl

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🇨🇭🔐 Nový mobil Punkt MC03 nabízí bezpečný systém AphyOS, VPN a IP68

infoek.cz/novy-mobil-punkt-mc0…

🇨🇭🔐 The new Punkt MC03 mobile offers a secure AphyOS system, VPN and IP68

infoek-cz.translate.goog/novy-…

#PunktMC03 #Punkt #Switzerland #AphyOS #Tech

Nový mobil Punkt MC03 nabízí bezpečný systém AphyOS, VPN a IP68 | Infoek.cz

Švýcarská společnost Punkt nějakou dobu nabízela chytrý mobil s modelovým označením MC02. Jeho hardwarový výkon neoslnil, ale nabízel operační systém s důra ...
Adolf Pupík (Infoek.cz)
#tech #switzerland #punktmc03 #punkt #aphyos

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In response to the articles circulated recently about people who are switching to Linux as their desktop operating system, I note that my first desktop Linux experience was in 1998. I investigated hardware compatibility, bought a new laptop, and a friend installed Linux on it for me. (The installation process wasn't accessible with a screen reader in those days.) I used Emacspeak to provide a spoken interface to the operating system. Unfortunately, my braille display wasn't supported - eventually fixed in the mid 2000s. Graphical X11 applications were not accessible either, but that, too, was rectified in the mid 2000s. In the late 90s, I didn't need GUI tools anyway. The modern JavaScript-intensive Web has changed that situation fundamentally.

Non-visual access to Linux continues to improve, albeit slowly and with highly constrained development resources. Although I've had (and continue to have) other operating systems, I still consider Linux my primary desktop computing environment.
#Linux #ScreenReaders #accessibility

#Accessibility #linux #screenreaders

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Want to develop your own chat app that works via Bluetooth, Tor, and pigeons? Or do you want to extend Briar to work via LoRa, Wi-Fi Aware, I2P, WhatsApp, whatever? Or Android is constantly suspending your app in the background?

I've written down some pointers to Briar's source code and research with pieces to start with. Inspired by an amazing #39c3, because sharing is caring.

nico.dorfbrunnen.eu/posts/2026…

#briar #tor #mesh #lora #i2p #p4p #p2p #offgrid

Sharing is caring: pointers to Briar's implementations

Sharing links to Briar's implementations of Tor, Bluetooth, memory-card support, and more.
Nico Alt
#briar #Tor #p2p #p4p #i2p #mesh #39c3 #lora #offgrid
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