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That was a great #FOSDEM again, met so many old friends and new people, saw interesting talks and had good technical discussions and some new ideas for things to try out now.

Some people I didn't ran across, but the next event will come soon. :)

See you next year hopefully.

I'll be in Brussels for the #buildroot developed meetup still for the next three days.

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Ireland has dismantled its first commercial wind farm to make way for a step-change in scale. At Bellacorick Wind Farm, 21 early-generation turbines have been removed so Oweninny Wind Farm can expand. Each new turbine now generates more power than the entire 1992 Bellacorick site, illustrating how three decades of innovation have radically compressed land use while multiplying output. RTE rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0116…
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Last turbine on first commercial wind farm dismantled

The last wind turbine of what was Ireland's first commercial wind farm at Bellacorick in Co Mayo has been dismantled.
George Lee (RTÉ)
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NVSpeech Player with phoneme editor and NVDA Addon, Speech Dispatcher module version 2.5 is out!
The focus this time: more control over voice quality.

New in DSP Version 5:
The engine now has 12 voicing tone parameters for shaping the overall voice character, plus 5 new per-frame parameters for things like creaky voice, breathiness, jitter, shimmer, and glottal sharpness. That last one is key for getting that crisp Eloquence-like attack some users prefer.
For NVDA users, this means 10 real-time sliders in voice settings instead of 4. Dial in your preferred sound without editing config files.
The Windows phoneme editor has a new Voice Quality section with full access to all the new parameters. Useful for anyone tuning phonemes or building voice profiles.
Linux users get an updated renderer with command-line flags for every new parameter. Speech Dispatcher configs are included. Voice profiles from phonemes.yaml now work across platforms.
While no change yet for Danish support, the foundation is now here for it in the future.
github.com/tgeczy/NVSpeechPlay…
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Sunday.
made the daughter happy by buying another accessible card game for the collection.
It's a Mille Bornes knockoff but was very reasonably priced.
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an unboxed card game called 1000 yards. There are 2 stacks of playing cards visible with Braile on them and the box has print, Braille, and a QR code visible.

1000 Yards (Full Game)

[This game contains braille already on the cards and no additional setup is needed] In 1000 Yards the kids compete to be the first one to go 1000 yards.  Kids use skates, skateboards, bikes, scooters and more to make it.
64 Ounce Braille
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