Well, it's official. I can finally kick good old crappy Adobe Reader to the curb. In comes Foxit PDF reader, as they've enabled accessibility support. Plus, I have found a portable version of it and it even lets you fill out PDF forms. So Adobe go bye bye and now I have something that is actually quite snappy to use. Yay! portableapps.com/apps/office/f…
Foxit Reader Portable | PortableApps.com
Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer and creator with a rich feature set. Whether you're a consumer, business, government agency, or educational organization, you need to read, create, sign, and annotate (comment on) PDF documents and fill out …PortableApps.com
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Ranskan kansalliskokous hyväksyi nuorten somekiellon: hs.fi/maailma/art-200001177528…
"Lakiesitystä on kritisoitu siitä, että se on liian yksinkertaistettu vastaus teknologian kielteisiin vaikutuksiin. Esimerkiksi maanantaina yhdeksän lastensuojelujärjestöä kehotti kansanedustajia asettamaan alustat vastuuseen, ei kieltämään lapsia sosiaalisesta mediasta."
#some #lapsetJaNuoret #somekielto
Ranskan kansalliskokous hyväksyi nuorten somekiellon
Tavoitteena on, että kielto tulisi voimaan syyskuun alusta. Lakiesitys vaatii vielä senaatin hyväksynnän.Vilma Aholuoto HS (Helsingin Sanomat)
aikuiset helppojen ratkaisujen äärellä... Kuinkahan paljon näissä absoluuttisissa kielloissa on lopulta kyse siitä, että monille aikuisille ja erityisesti poliitikoille ajatus siitä, että he joutuisivat ehkä itse rajoittamaan omaa somenkäyttöään tai jopa lopettamaan sen, on liikaa? On helpompaa yrittää vaan rajata lapset ja nuoret pois kuin vastuuttaa alustoja toimimaan eettisemmin.
Gibt es hier auf Mastodon/im Fediverse etwas Äquivalentes zu den "zu verschenken"-Gruppen anderswo? Bräuchte sowas für #Bochum
Filling out #Microsoft #Windows #Narrator survey. Does Narrator even support #SAPI5? Support claims it does, but why my esoteric voices are not there in the list then?.. #Accessibility #ScreenReader
Vielleicht kann mir hier jemensch helfen: Gibt es eine Möglihckeit, bei Windows dafür zu sorgen, dass ein Audiogerät als Lautsprecher und nicht als Kopfhörer systemseitig erkannt wird?
Hintergrund: Mein Dienstlaptop wirft auf alles, was als Kopfhörer erkannt wird, nervige Raumklangeffekte, obwohl im OS dahingehend alles ausgeschaltet ist. Jetzt habe ich einen USB-C Dongle auf 3,5 mm Klinke verbunden. Was ich dort anschließe, wird als Lautsprecher von Windows erkannt und bekommt keinen Pseudoraumklang verpasst. Da ich mit Screenreader arbeite, ergibt sich dadurch ein extrem viel entspannteres Arbeitsgefühl! Nachteil ist allerdings, dass mein Dienstheadset via USB-C als Kopfhörer erkannt und folglich mit den Audioeffekten beworfen wird. Ich würde es aber gern nutzen.
Kann ich angeschlossene und als Kopfhörer erkannte Audiogeräte, wie das Dienstheadset zu Lautsprechern umdeklarieren? Bonuspunkte, wenn das ohne Adminrechte geht. Danke!
das auch ausgeschaltet?
support.microsoft.com/de-de/wi…
Normalerweise kommt das vom Treiber selbst. Wenn das Headset einen USB-class compliant driver mode hat, könnte es helfen den Headset Treiber zu deinstallieren, dann sollte Windows Fallback auf class compliant eigentlich durchführen. Aber das ist hakelig, braucht Adminrechte und ich hab das seit Windows 8 nicht mehr gemacht :/
support.microsoft.com/de-de/wi…
Normalerweise kommt das vom Treiber selbst. Wenn das Headset einen USB-class compliant driver mode hat, könnte es helfen den Headset Treiber zu deinstallieren, dann sollte Windows Fallback auf class compliant eigentlich durchführen. Aber das ist hakelig, braucht Adminrechte und ich hab das seit Windows 8 nicht mehr gemacht :/
Aktivieren von räumlichem Sound in Windows - Microsoft-Support
Aktivieren Sie räumlichen Sound in Windows.support.microsoft.com
Bei der #Union kann man live miterleben, wie müffelnde alte Männer nach vielen Jahren aus ihrem Hobbykeller ins Tageslicht stolpern und denken, hey, ich hätte da noch eine Idee, die ich mich bisher nicht auszusprechen traute, aber wir könnten ja [beliebige Verschlechterung für andere Leute]!
Happy Data Privacy Day everyone :D
chcem sa ísť hrať na byt s Linuxom 
tých viacero plôch na Linuxe je úplne geniálnych a nové Ubuntu vyzerá tiež dobre
@Friendica Support
Habe gestern meine #Friendica Stable auf "Blutwurz" geupdated (ich musste diesen schönen Namen jetzt einfach mal schreiben) 
Ich nutzte das #bookface scheme unter Frio.
github.com/randompenguin1/book…
Dabei ist mir aufgefallen, dass das ich in Desktopgröße einen kleinen Darstellungsschönheitsfehler habe.
Da steht oben jetzt einmal in english "compose" und daneben noch mal in Deutsch, "neuer Beitrag" (siehe Screenshot!). Wie kann ich das vielleicht fixen?
GitHub - randompenguin1/bookface: This is a mirror. The canonical repository is at:
This is a mirror. The canonical repository is at:. Contribute to randompenguin1/bookface development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
I think it will disappear if you update Bookface. There's a (previous) stable version of Bookface, and a version for RC. I think you should use the RC version now.
I was already sad that I'm missing #FOSDEM this year. No need for you to kick me when I'm already down. 😭
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now I'm picturing you *wearing* all eight T-shirts, layered, and distributing them to the FOSDEM crowd by ripping each one off and throwing them into the crowd like a pro wrestler.
(I am a very normal person, I'm not sure why you're asking.)
Data Privacy Day feels more important in 2026 than ever before. 🛡️🔐
Together we can spread privacy. Like, share, comment and spread awareness this #DataPrivacyDay
Find out what other DeGoogled apps our community recommends 👉tuta.com/blog/degoogle-list
Top list to deGoogle with best private alternatives | 2025 | Tuta
2025 is the year to deGoogle! In this guide, we take a look at the best private Google alternatives so that you can say hello to privacy!Tuta
Element is actually just a client of Matrix, instead of a protocol for messaging. And Element is a corporate project too. Matrix is a awesome modern messaging protocol, but you may use clients such as SchildiChat, FluffyChat and Cinny instead of Element.
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Additionally, you are focused on promoting commercial and corporate projects that puts profits instead of users first, but leave those community projects which really cares about us proletarian computer users out. This is unethical and unjust. I recommend XMPP, Delta Chat and SimpleX for people's privacy and freedom sake.
I just finished the slides for our talk on UnifiedPush (@unifiedpush) at FOSDEM 2026! Come see Simon (@S1m) and me in the FOSS on Mobile devroom this Saturday at 16:00.
fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…
#UnifiedPush #FOSDEM #FOSDEM26
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When you google something, and google comes up with all kinds of squek. So here's the question since I heard of #FastPlayer on Mastodon, and since google is being a squekteh: Where can Fastplayer be found?
@Bri I didn't know you were around to send the link to FastPlay: better for our friend to receive it twice than not at all!
I just wanted to say thank you to all the #blind folk who responded last night to give me so many fantastic responses.
It's given me a clear direction of travel, and been quite affirming in terms of my future plans.
I don't have as much money as I'd like, but I can certainly do some things.
I think I'm going to go back to the table and ask the charity to put some of our own money in so that I can do something for Deafblind people.
They may say no.
Happy to help. Now you've just gotta make sure all your boosts have alt-text to avoid being disgraced :P
Probably not, you seem like a good citizen. I'm just saying (mostly joking) that now you've engaged with the blind kind, we'll notice...
Have you ever cancelled a therapy appointment just because you can't deal with it today?
I'm fine, just exhausted.
Yep. Sometimes here it's been like, the more I need the appointment, the higher the chance of that sneaking up. I don't have any solutions really, just letting you know you're not mad. Or at least, you're not the only one who is... whatever that is.
A long one, but that's pretty common for Hindustani Classical. This is a recording from 1974 of Surbahar (essentially bass sitar) playing rāg yaman. This serene evening rāg is similar to lydian, though with rules. Alāp Jor Jhala refers to distinct sections. The alāp is a slow free-rhythm exploration of the rāg, jor/jod () introduces a steady rhythm, and jhala introduces a more lively rhythm (a constant pattering of melodic raindrops).
#Music #Ethnomusicology #WorldMusic
youtube.com/watch?v=AdnGWrpQTk…
#Music #Ethnomusicology #WorldMusic
youtube.com/watch?v=AdnGWrpQTk…
Imrat Khan - Surbahar - Raga Yaman Live in Germany 1974
Raga Yaman ( 33.00 )Alap, Jor & JhalaImrat Khan - SurbaharFrom " Live in Munchen, Germany, 1974Recorded from LP to CassetteBy the joining of Alap & Jor to Jh...YouTube
Yes, I need to learn more about Indian music, I love listening to it but I'm pretty much ignorant of the meaning of all the modes. It was especially amazing when Imrat Khan made the lower string sing in the 2nd octave, like really healing sounds.
@menelion Hindustani and Carnatic music theory are interesting different worlds to explore. I’ve mainly done rhythm theory though, but I understand the basics of rāg. Perhaps useful to know. The melody is mainly happening on one string. For reference, the surbahar usually has a scale length of 95-100cm. The instrument’s overall length can be more like 130cm. It’s a beast!
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#curl distro meeting 2026 => daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/28…
curl distro meeting 2026
We are doing another curl + distro online meeting this spring in what now has become an established annual tradition. A two-hour discussion, meeting, workshop for curl developers and curl distro maintainers.daniel.haxx.se
K tomu, co se teď děje, jen jedno
🎸HNF🎸
🎶To svět se posral🎶
music.youtube.com/watch?v=ASB-…
To svet se posral - YouTube Music
Provided to YouTube by Parlophone Czech Republic To svet se posral · Hrdinové nové fronty Válka ℗ 2007 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by E...YouTube Music
Google AI Plus : avec son nouvel abonnement à 8 euros par mois, Gemini veut tuer ChatGPT Go
https://www.numerama.com/tech/2168959-google-ai-plus-avec-son-nouvel-abonnement-a-8-euros-par-mois-gemini-veut-tuer-chatgpt-go.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Publié dans Le meilleur de la tech @le-meilleur-de-la-tech-Numerama
Google AI Plus vs ChatGPT Go : quel abonnement IA à 8 euros choisir ?
Quelques jours après le lancement de l'abonnement ChatGPT Go à 8 euros par mois, Google réplique avec Google AI Plus, une formule équivalente qui donne accès à la meilleure version de Gemini et à 200 Go de stockage.Nicolas Lellouche (Numerama)
RE: social.heise.de/@heiseonline/1…
Für blinde Musiker*innen, die die zugänglichen Keyboards und auf NKS basierenden Bibliotheken nutzen, weil sie eben sprechend sind und somit zugänglich, im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen solchen Keyboard-Systemen, ist das eine verdammt schlechte Nachricht. Sehende können vielleicht auf Alternativen ausweichen, wir haben aber solche nicht. Wie bitter! Hoffe das ganze Ökosystem wird irgendwie gerettet.
heise online (@heiseonline@social.heise.de)
Native Instruments meldet Insolvenz an Das Berliner Musiktechnologieunternehmen Native Instruments, auch Muttergesellschaft von iZotope, Plugin Alliance und Brainworx, hat Insolvenz angemeldet. https://www.heise.heise online (Heise Medien on Mastodon)
Das heißt ja nicht, dass das Ökosystem verschwindet. Wird wahrscheinlich von irgendeiner fetten Holding übernommen und Deutschland verliert ein weiteres Unternehmen mit weltweit bekannten und geschätzten Produkten. Sehr schade.
NetNewsWire 7 for Mac: netnewswire.blog/2026/01/27/ne…
Yesterday at work:
me: "Codex, figure out why <component> doesn't see <hardware>, even though <hardware> is clearly present on machine."
(left unsaid: component runs in container, other stuff (also in containers) sees hardware fine).
*2 minutes later*
Codex: "You have foo installed at version X (likely from ubuntu repositories), vendor's hardware support matrix page says that <hardware> only supports Foo at versions y+, I advise you to install from official vendor repo. If you run foo, it shows a "hardware not recognized" warning."
Me: "You don't have sudo, write a sh script runnable with sudo."
Codex: "script is at ..."
Me: "./script.sh; reboot"
*2 minutes later*
Oh that worked. Would have taken me hours of debugging otherwise.
The whole thing took about 15 minutes, most of which was installing packages over a slow network connection.
well what do you know! it looks like the streaming is working for me on here! very nice job! when I would do posts before I didn't see it for a few minutes, now I see it right away like I should. very very nice job by the developer.
So, jetzt weiß ich auch, woran es lag, dass ich immer dachte, meine Posts auf diesem Account würden zu spät in der Timeline erscheinen. Mein Programm, mit dem ich tröte, steckt noch in der Entwicklung, und erst jetzt ist das Streaming komplett. Jetzt läuft also alles. Das wird bedeuten, dass ich in nächster Zeit auf meine Instanz umziehe.
@marcozehe FastSM, noch in der Alphaversion. github.com/masonasons/FastSM/r…
Release Latest Build · masonasons/FastSM
Automated build from commit 1908b13 Version: 0.3.0 Built: 2026-01-18T16:24:50-06:00 Commit: Add time announce shortcuts and improve VLC bundling Audio player: E: Speak elapsed time R: Speak remain...GitHub
So um I just used this Guide thing to activate an inaccessible vst plugin holy fuck that was cool.
I've only tried this one so far. Didn't like Guide's monetization model. Doesn't have to be free here but I'd prefer to buy a pack of assists rather than a rolling sub.
@Scott High risk on Guide's part. No way I'm ever putting software out into the world with an LLM API key embedded in it.
I’ve had one of my best friend’s AI songs stuck in my head all day. So weird, but it’s a good one so I guess it makes sense. open.spotify.com/track/276rmWN…
If you're bored and are open for helping out documenting #curl, we have a list of outstanding tasks to work on in the "everything curl" book:
github.com/curl/everything-cur…
curl/everything-curl
The book documenting the curl project, the curl tool, libcurl and more. Simply put: everything curl. - curl/everything-curlGitHub
od prvého sa asi začnem pripravovať na sezónu už stačí už mám dosť.. všetko ma bolí 
Sign in with Apple polls!
Have you ever used this with a website and received essentially none of the emails the site sent (particularly a question with Kickstarter)?
(Sign in with Apple lets you use Hide My Email to create an address that Apple restricts to validated addresses that an app or website has registered with Apple and added DKIM and SPF records to define correct email origin servers.)
- No or almost no email (30%, 10 votes)
- All or almost all email (42%, 14 votes)
- Some or most email (27%, 9 votes)
Welcome Itay Bookstein as #curl commit author 1439: github.com/curl/curl/pull/2044…
Use SOCK_CLOEXEC in socket_open when available by ibookstein · Pull Request #20442 · curl/curl
To close the possible race between socket() and fcntl(), we use SOCK_CLOEXEC instead of fcntl() when it is available.GitHub
I was trying to explain The Archers in a video call I was in on Duolingo. It asked me to tell a story from it and I just sighed and said that there were many crazy stories to tell. Makes me find a telenovela in Spanish to listen to. There are more on tv but don't know if there are any radio versions.
Need to view the recovery key for a FileVault-encrypted Mac in order to, for example, reset its login password? If you opted to allow your Apple Account to be able to decrypt your Mac, the key is stored and viewable in the Passwords app on your signed in devices like any other credential; just select your Mac's name in the list of accounts, and then click or double-tap the key to show it. #TipTuesday
What is with these websites with seemingly random soft hyphens placed everywhere?
Here's an example. It makes reading with a screen reader very difficult.
When researching a famous historical figure, access to their work and materials usually proves to be one of the biggest obstacles. But things are much more difficult for those writing about the life of Marie Curie, the scientist who, along her with husband Pierre, discovered polonium and radium and birthed the idea of particle physics. Her notebooks, her clothing, her furniture (not to mention her lab), pretty much everything surviving from her Parisian suburban house, is radioactive, and will be for 1,500 years or more.
openculture.com/2023/11/marie-…
Marie Curie's Research Papers Are Still Radioactive a Century Later
Image by The Wellcome Trust When researching a famous historical figure, access to their work and materials usually proves to be one of the biggest obstacles.OC (Openculture.com)
Yeah, I noticed that trend a while back, and got rid of them with a dictionary entry in NVDA. I think some publishing platforms automatically do this for some reason.
Marie Curie’s Research Papers Are Still Radioactive a Century Later
openculture.com/2023/11/marie-…
Marie Curie's Research Papers Are Still Radioactive a Century Later
Image by The Wellcome Trust When researching a famous historical figure, access to their work and materials usually proves to be one of the biggest obstacles.OC (Openculture.com)
Canceled my Spotify subscription this year and started using @AntennaPod, and my god what an update to my QoL.
No algorithms shoving perceived interests down my throat, no analytics tracking my every move, and no ads other than any the shows themselves decided to embed in an episode.
Seriously, if you can, give it a shot for at least a week, or swing a donation their way. We all need projects like these to flourish
AntennaPod – The Open Podcast Player
AntennaPod is a podcast player that is completely open. The app is open-source and you can subscribe to any RSS feed. AntennaPod is built by volunteers without commercial intere...AntennaPod
RE: social.coop/@dajb/115971635811…
This is super neat!
Doug Belshaw (@dajb@social.coop)
Built a small bridge between Proton Calendar and privacy-friendly video calls. A new browser extension lets me drop Jitsi, BigBlueButton, Whereby (or any custom link) straight into events. Code and details: https://blog.dougbelshaw.Doug Belshaw (social.coop)
Thanks! If you know anyone who has experience getting things into Firefox Add-Ons or the Chrome Web Store, let me know!
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