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9 HOURS at THE OFFICE TODAY: Logging into my private Desktop I had to think about my 6 digit numeric PIN because I was already typing the work Laptops password. I'll leave up to you if that's good or bad. And my fingers start to get used to that ugly office keyboard. I should get a nice mechanical board there as well. Just not willing to spend the money.

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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
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Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
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#News #Immigration #ICE #DHS #Trump #Police #Minneapolis


We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing

cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
#Trump #News #dhs #police #immigration #ice #minneapolis
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Winter blue tardis

Eww, someone said to me that x ai thingy cloned their voice. Imagine the scare. Yikes! I use it to mostly help me out, google's AI though. I am too lazy to do math sometimes, especially when there are headaches involved, so giving it a prompt is better for my sanity than just making a huge multiplication. I am not amath person, I like music and languages. I make it keep track of things sometimes, or create random little things. I don't use the stupid X though, I used it when it was Twitter, and long before it was bought I deleted it because I joined fedi.

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Yesterday, for the first time ever, I did have a positive experience with an AI based customer service chatbot. For a few months, my Oura ring 4 has showed a declining battery life, dropping from the promised 6 7 days to just 24 hours. While I can tolerate charging my watch every two days, pulling a smart ring off my finger and charging it up every morning is not what I call good user experience. SO I pulled up the help chat feature in the app last night when I went to bed and saw the notification, that my sleep tracking ring battery is about to die. groaned, because it said its an AI" bot and its very very helpful and good and could I please tell it everything whats wrong." So I did. "My gen 4 ring which I bought in march 2025 battery dies within 24 hours, which is way less than the promised 7 days", was my message. The bot then told me that to verify my identity, it had sent me a confirmation email with a link to klick. After the klick, I returned to the app, where the bot had pulled up my order, and wanted to know if its the problematic ring. A preset "yes" button surfaced a new question, confirming my address, which was already prefilled, from my last order. Another tap on the "Yes" preset. "I've estabilshed your replacement, and you should be getting your confirmation soon," the bot said, and wanted to know, is there anything else worth fixing in my life. The whole interaction took maximum 3 minutes and by this morning, I already have received an email with tracking number and shipment info. I don't even need to return the broken ring. So, either they trust their AI bot a lot, have a very good service, or more likely have enough trouble with the ring that its cheaper to replace them than escalate the cases to humans, nevertheless, I was impressed.
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RE: mastodon.quebec/@radiocanada/1…

Dans un courriel, #AirCanada explique que les "portes de soute ont été fermées par erreur alors qu’un membre de l’équipe au sol était à l’intérieur". La ligne aérienne soutient que personne ne s’est blessé et que les événements font l’objet d’une enquête.

#cauchemar #cdnpoli #polcan #worksafety #unions #onthejobdeaths

Radio-Canada (@radiocanada@mastodon.quebec)

Un employé d’Air Canada demeure pris dans la soute à bagages avant le décollage «  Le membre de l’équipe au sol a été découvert avant que le vol quitte Toronto pour Moncton.  » https://ici.radio-canada.
Radio-Canada (Mastodon Québec)
#unions #cdnpoli #polcan #aircanada #cauchemar #worksafety #onthejobdeaths

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Okay y'all, I'm looking into getting smart glasses with this coming paycheck. I don't want to spend more than $450 or so on it. So, what's good in the middle of January 2026? Lol I say that because it'll probably change tomorrow or next week or next month.

Anyway any advice would be great! Boosts okay.

#blind #accessibility #SmartGlasses #ai

#Accessibility #blind #AI #smartglasses

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James Dean

@lerven Same! I have the Echovisions and they're making lots of rapid updates at the moment but the hardware is a bit disappointing and I don't think they're going to be able to keep up as far as that goes, especially when Google raises the bar with their new hardware. The glasses plastic feels cheap and the camera doesn't do well with small print, (big downside,) or even slightly poorly lit areas. They say it's a software issue and I'm no camera expert, but I'm beginning to not fully believe that.
@Liam Erven

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RE: tldr.nettime.org/@dk/115883067…

Una reflexión muy interesante: el «código ptolemaico» es, como el viejo sistema geocéntrico de Ptolomeo, software basado en un modelo del problema a resolver incorrecto que solo se acerca a un funcionamiento adecuado mediante sucesivos parches. La generación de código asistida por IA va a traernos muchos de estos «regalos».

Dmytri

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I hereby coin the term "Ptolemaic Code" to refer to software that appears functional but is based on a fundamentally incorrect model of the problem domain. As more code is generated by AI, the prevalence of such code is likely to increase.
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I just got falsely flagged as a bot while trying to use the DB train connection lookup service (from first use on, on a residential connection, both in Firefox during multiple attempts, then also in Chromium, only the third attempt in an Epiphany browser got through). People will be very amused if that happens to them on a journey while frantically trying to figure out alternative connections during one of the usual DB situations. ┐(シ)┌

(Going by what I'm reading from sysadmins these days, I guess this is another case/consequence of big tech AI scrapers DDOSing the web to death.)

DB (german railways) website screenshot: An error has occured We apologise, but an error has occurred during this process: Your browser's behaviour resembles that of a bot. To continue, the following steps may help: Please use a different browser. Clear your browser's cache and reload the page: To do this, delete the browser data, cache, and cookies in your browser settings. Use a different internet connection and reload the page (for example, switch from LAN to Wi-Fi or use a mobile hotspot). If you are using a VPN client, anonymisation tool, iCloud Private Relay (an iOS feature that hides your IP address), or third-party antivirus software, please temporarily disable it. If you are unable to make a booking without logging in, please log in to your DB customer account or register.

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#XMPP Community

The Chat of the Future initiative has its first session today from 19:00 CET!

xmpp.org/2026/01/chat-of-the-f…

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #xeps #standards #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging

The Chat of the Future Banner with four icons referencing to experimentation, exploration, collarboration and innovation.

Chat of the Future Initiative | XMPP - The universal messaging standard

The XSF Communication Team is launching the ‘Chat of the Future Initiative’ to support the XMPP ecosystem through collaborative discussions, development, and improved public communication. This new initiative invites participants from all …
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#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #federation #chat #interoperability #decentralization #standards #messaging #rtc #xeps

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Andre Louis

You may also find this of interest, if you ever decide to get the boys the Nintendo Switch online plan, as these are the list of games provided by the service if you download the free emulators from the Nintendo EShop.
I spent nearly two hours on a call with a fantastic Aira agent who was kind enough to type out these lists for me in text form, then I had an AI turn them into tables for easier viewing.
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Mantis Q40 question: when using the onboard applications, I can switch between QWERTY and #braille input by pressing F12. Is there a way to achieve the same thing while connected to an external device in terminal mode?

In other words: I want to use the FDS and JKL keys as simulated Perkins-style input while connected to NVDA, VoiceOver, etc. without using any software-based simulation features built into the #screenReader itself.

#screenreader #braille

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On January 6th my idea paper got accepted for the Web 2026 conference. Now i'm basically registering my first conference entry, booking flights from and to Valencia and a place to stay for a week. I'm afraid of flying and am generally overwhelmed with all the things that need to be done. I also have to pay everything first before getting it paid back afterwards, but man, it isn't exactly cheap either. Kinda locked in decision paralysis right now, not gonna lie.

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Alright. It's 4 in the morning, 3 hours before work, what am I doing?
Bug reports came through that SoftVoice will not read Mastodon posts. Turns out we need to do the character splitting in the wrapper.
Re-download eurpod.com/softvoice-2025.nvda…. Alternatively, if you have a cached copy, use eurpod.com/softvoice-2025-v07.… for a clean one.
This copy fixes it so we do split into 350-character chunks at the wrapper side. In my testing this reads all Mastodon posts to expectation now, as these can often throw the entire post's chunk onto the engine.
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Stefan Rower🏴‍☠️🦊 🇺🇳🐧 🏳️‍🌈🤝

Ich mag ja nicht jedes Dateils dieses Deals zu überblicken oder maße mir an alles zu verstehen. Aber ausser dem Namen des Kapitalgebers ändert sicht nichts. Menschen die JETZT irgendwelche Einstellungen ändern glauben doch nicht wirklich, dass die bereits übertragenen worden sind, dann auf den Servern verschwinden. Oder?
Oder dass die Afinum andere Zeile hatte als jede andere Firma.
Warum ist Wachstum erstrebenswert habe ich gelesen. Das hängt von der Situation ab. Wenn es WhatsApp und Meta im allgemeinen ein Stück weit verdrängen soll ist esSEHR erstrebenswert. Höhere Mitgliederzahlen heisst auch stabilerer Service für uns Nutzer.

Dieses reflexartige zuschnappen und diese Versuche hier einen Dämonen herraufzubeschwören ... statt unter Umständen darüber nachzudenken, dass irgendwer den Bumms auch bezahlen muss und das nicht mit 3,50€ lifetime getan ist.

Threema kann als Inhouse-Messenger genutzt werden. Evt ist das der Grund für eine Firma eine Softwarebude finanziel zu unterstützen.

Torvalds arbeitete jahrelang für Transmeta und wurde von denen bezahlt um den Linux-Kernel zu managen. Weil die den Kernel brauchten. So wie viele Entwickler der OpenSource Scene auch einen Anstellungsvertrag haben.

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Twelve(!) years ago on this day, I started my job at #Mozilla

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2014/01/13…

(I was there for almost five years, left again in late 2018: daniel.haxx.se/blog/2018/11/18…)


This is my first day at Mozilla

I'm now a Senior Network Engineer at Mozilla. Today is my first day as an employee. Here's my summary of how I got here and how the process has been so far, from my perspective.
daniel.haxx.se
#mozilla

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Everyone knows Streetcomplete, but have you heard of MapComplete yet?
What a nice project, i recently found. Contribute to Open Street Map theme and project based.

mapcomplete.org/ by @MapComplete

#MapComplete #OSM #openstreetmap


MapComplete - editable, thematic maps with OpenStreetMap

MapComplete is a platform to visualize OpenStreetMap on a specific topic and to easily contribute data back to it.
mapcomplete.org
#openstreetmap #OSM #MapComplete @MapComplete

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mikka

i am infinitely grateful for a tool that helped not just me but millions of people create a reliable common network (http mostly?) api clients.

maybe well before the time I started programming curl might have been the only library in the world that helped us use apis (as of now there are hundreds of network libraries that are stable and relatively widespread, but even still I use it almost everyday from the shell).

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daniel:// stenberg://

I have another PR in the pipe, just waiting for the CIs to give me a green check-mark ... github.com/curl/curl/pull/2026…

And I have the associated blog post already queued up! 😁


tool: support fractions for --limit-rate and --max-filesize by bagder · Pull Request #20266 · curl/curl

Allow 2.5k or 3.7M etc. Add mention in documentation. Verify in test case 1623.
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V novem roce slapeme do nabirani umelcu a misto uvodniho callu a pitch decku se rovnou vrhame do nahravani obsahu (a u toho se samozrejme salesuje).

A novy tematicky web nemuze chybet!

join.unreleased.art/sessions

#music #unreleased #art


UNRELEASED

Not a label. Not management. Just a collective of artists, dreamers, & designers trying to change an unfair industry.
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#music #art #unreleased

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So I am contemplating possibly moving to Connecticut for a fresh start. I live in Boston currently, and don’t get me wrong. Boston has great resources for the blind and visually impaired community as well as other communities for different disabilities. As much as I like Boston and I love my current location, after all, I’m two bucks from Fenway Park, I’m just not happy here. So I have decided to look into possibly moving to Connecticut. If anyone knows of any resources I can grab a hold of as far as planning a move to Connecticut goes that would be great. The two main things I need to do right now are find a place to live, and I’m looking at getting involved with the American council for the blind in the state of Connecticut, I know they have a chapter somewhere. But I need a life change. #Connecticut #Moving#Fediverse #StartingOver#ACB#Depression #Hope #Healing.#Wellness.
#wellness #hope #healing #connecticut #moving #startingover

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Warum uns das Anfangen oft so schwer fällt. Experiment enthüllt Motivationsbremse im Gehirn – und wie man sie lockern könnte. #Motivation #Vorsaetze #Gehirn #Neurowissen
scinexx.de/news/psychologie/wa…

Warum uns das Anfangen oft so schwer fällt - Experiment enthüllt Motivationsbremse im Gehirn – und wie man sie lockern könnte - scinexx.de

Das kennen viele von uns: Eine unangenehme oder lästige Aufgabe steht an, aber wir können uns nicht aufraffen, damit anzufangen. Was hinter dieser
Nadja Podbregar (Scinexx - Das Wissensmagazin)
#motivation #vorsaetze #gehirn #neurowissen
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Jiří Eischmann

Tak ty máš hlavně ledovku vyřešenou, ne? 😉
idnes.cz/magaziny/koktejl/na-n…

Na náledí a ledovce funguje zaručený trik s bramborou. Škrob může zachránit zimní krok

Náledí dnes pokryje Česko, hrozí kolaps dopravy a kdo se chystá ven, bojí se uklouznutí a zlomenin. Trh nabízí nespočet protiskluzových doplňků, ale existuje i jednoduchá, levná a překvapivě účinná alternativa – obyčejný syrový brambor.
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Ich arbeite schon sehr lange bei #Threema und sehe, dass hier gerade eine Panikwelle durchzieht, man die App jetzt plötzlich boykottiert, weil Threema verkauft wird. Vielleicht darf ich das mal einordnen:

Ich habe viele Jahre mit den drei Gründern zusammen an Threema gearbeitet. Ich habe den Verkauf an Afinum 2020 miterlebt und später den Rückzug der Gründer in 2024. Derzeit wird Threema an Comitis verkauft - auch ein Private Equity Unternehmen, genau wie Afinum damals. Wenn's also nur um den Verkauf geht, gibt es erstmal eigentlich keinen Grund zur Panik.

Aber: Es ist eine Änderung. Auf jeden Fall gilt es, das kritisch zu betrachten und zu beobachten. Auf jeden Fall sollte laut geschrien werden, sobald Enshittification stattfindet! Bitte, macht das! Und ich wäre mit Sicherheit unter den ersten Personen, die aus Protest gehen würden, sollte Threema mal die eigenen Werte aufgeben.

Aber warum diese Aufregung jetzt, weil Threema gerade von Private Equity A an Private Equity B verkauft? Das verstehe ich nicht.

#threema
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