Work-in-progress MAME driver for the "Speech/Morse Generator", the 1980s device that provided the voice for several Stasi spy number stations on shortwave radio. Unfinished, but working enough to use most of the functions.
A lot of you already saw my posts about this earlier this year, but I'm now looking for help finishing this up... I'd be interested in collaborating or passing the project off to someone with better knowledge of MAME internals who can clean up the driver, as it's really little more than a skeleton. UART and paper tape are notably unimplemented, and it would also be good to rework it so the speech ROMs are loaded through MAME's cartridge system, as they were actually stored on custom cartridges originally. Code is at github.com/natarii/mame/tree/s… I also worked on a disassembly of the Z80 program to better understand the functions, including the serial control commands which (as far as I have seen) are not listed in the original documentation. All available to interested parties...
More info on the device is at cryptomuseum.com/spy/owvl/3262… - Their archival and preservation work is impressive for a device as obscure as this one
I deactivated my twitter account and saw my first and I guess last bug - a spinning circle and frozen controls where the option to deactivate personalized ads while logged out should be. l o l
• Mastodon links will be opened in app • Added swipe actions for posts (can be customized in Settings > Post Swipe Options) • Composer now can be grabbed down to see and interact with the underneath content • Improved composer error messages • Added back context menu for links • Improved compatibility with old Mastodon version servers • Fixed profile header loading issue
Autofahrer (24) rammt entgegenkommenden Radfahrer (46) ... oder wie man bei der Polizei in #Bochum zu sagen pflegt: „Radfahrer (46) stürzt über Motorhaube“.
@crossgolf_rebel Wer zum Geier stellt da einfach Motorhauben auf die Straße? Am Ende war die auch noch irgendwo angeklebt? Dann wäre das (zumindest derzeit in München) ein verbotener Terror-Akt. Kann das jetzt leider nicht beurteilen, die Seite lädt bei mir nicht (Timeout)…
The collapse of a startup leaves implanted medical devices in > 700 people
The unavailability of the proprietary SW needed to recalibrate the devices and maintain its effectiveness, and the draining of batteries, will leave them without treatment and with HW implanted in their bodies
@vikzurita este es un hack temporal; estos tenis están a punto de morir y nomás quiero rescatar las agujetas para usarlos un poco más después de una lavada.
1️⃣ Yesterday I complained about stream.cz not providing #RSS channel. 2️⃣ In the evening I created a pull request to #RSSBridge adding stream.cz support. 3️⃣ Today It was merged 4️⃣ I can now subscribe to the show on stream.cz using RSS through RSS bridge
I love open software. But still it would be better if seznam have supported RSS in the first place. ❤️ github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-brid…
Zvu vás na cestu za objevením předků. Dříve, než začneme spolupracovat, musíte si ujasnit, co od genealogického výzkumu očekáváte a podle toho zvolit z nabídky služeb specifikované na našem webu.
Playing with making an extremely high contrast user interface theme in #godotengine #godot.
The theming system is a little wonky and inflexible (compared to GTK or Qt), but still fairly capable considering this is a game engine, and not a UI library.
@treefit Youve hit the nail on the head. My intent is to use this in-game on a virtual e-ink tablet in VR.
Not a small task Im afraid, but all the building blocks are there. The tricky bit may be making a virtual touchscreen, but again. But even then the building blocks are there, if I can figure out how to put them together (and stay motivated on a personal project for once).
I think you might need some raycast magic. Or transform calculations if Godot can give you the exact collision point.
But maybe it's also interesting for IRL e-ink display projects, Godot has a mode where it only updates the screen if needed, that would fit nicely with an e-ink display device. Provided that it is powerful enough to run Godot.
@treefit Yep theres many raycast and collision tests in my future. Its probably not as hard as I imagine, things like this have been done before in Godot. The xrtools has a VR keyboard. Perhaps I can just plunk that in.
Im not sure what I would use on a real device. There are many displays available from waveshare, including ones more than big enough for a tablet (though you are on your own for touch input). If I recall correctly, the Remarkable e-ink note taking tablet runs Qt.
Wir haben auch den offenen Brief "Das universelle Recht, jede Software auf jedem Gerät zu installieren" des #fsfe unterzeichnet, um die Idee zu unterstützen, #Geräte von #unsicherer oder #privatsphärenfeindlicher Software zu befreien. Wir zahlen für die Geräte und sollten dann nicht ein Objekt für #Data Mining und Datenanalyse dieser Unternehmen werden.
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@signalapp does not support #linux on #aarch64 #arm, however, there is more than a project to support that unofficially, one of them is via #flatpak, which can be used with almost any linux distros, you can follow the link elagost.com/flatpak/ I am using it on #fedora @Raspberry_Pi
These examples share similar form factors and/or specs to various RPi models, but their vendors offer many other options as well. What other recommendations do folks have?
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The accessibility for the blind advent calendar: day 10 - Luxembourg - expand the content warning to open the window for today
Today's is more of a handy implementation rather than best practice example per se. Still, I haven't seen it anywhere else and I find it a socially mindful design. You know the talking info boards at public transport stops, right? The ones that you press a button on and it reads the next few lines that will depart even when all you really need is the next one? I'm pleased to tell you that Luxembourg is doing it differently: The spoken information is given only as long as you hold down the button that activates it so it is a kind of walkie-talkie that does the talkie part instead of you. This way, you can hold it down, listen to the next train or two arriving then release the button and be done with it. Not a perfect design as it excludes those with limited dexterity but it is a start. Sadly, the information is given only in French which goes to show that accessibility should also include those who can't speak the country's language. This is in Luxembourg which boasts three official ones so most of the native population has grown multilingual from the start. Unfortunately, I have seen these info boards only at some train stations in the Luxembourg city - would be amazing to see the availability expand. Again, no links and also sadly no recordings so have some more interesting facts instead: 1. Luxembourg is the first European country to make the public transport completely free of charge to everyone. Bear this in mind if you ever come to visit. 2. The city of Luxembourg has been awarded the European Commission's Accessible City Award of 2021. #Accessibility #Blind #Adventcalendar #Luxembourg #PublicTransport
@app Hey, could we please get an ability to set our post language up on submission? Sometimes I would want to post something in Polish, Russian or Chinese but it will always show as a post in English which will spam people's timelines with some uncomprehensible garbage (for them), a beautiful language (for me). I understand Tweesecake doesn't mean to be a full-on Mastodon client but that should be one more API query param. TC users, I kindly ask you to boost.
Zažívám nesmírnou radost naše distribuce CachyOS se ukázala na Phoronixu a to i s vyšším výkonem pro gaming.
Na začátku roku 2021 jsme začali jako menší partička kamošů - Já, Ptr, Hamad a pár uživatelů s tím, že cheme Arch Linux více optimalizovaný pro nová CPU a přinést gamingu na linuxu svěží vzduch.
Zda se povedlo, to posoudí každý sám. To je teprve začátek, máme další nápady, jak zlepšovat optimalizace. Co je nejlepší, lze je aplikovat na vanilla Arch Linux.
At Auschwitz we see the end of the process. The Holocaust did not start from gas chambers. It gradually developed from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence.
74 years ago UN accepted the "Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide". It was drafted by a lawyer of Polish-Jewish descent Rafał Lemkin.
Entry into force: 12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII The Contracting Parties , Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96 (I) dated 11 December 1946 that genocide is a crime…
There's bike infrastructure, and then there’s Dutch bike infrastructure. #Hovenring, the World's 1st suspended bike path roundabout (although some Norwegians I know dispute that…) #cities #BikeLanes #urbanism #bikes #Dutch
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unfortunately flathub is annoying again: github.com/flathub/chat.delta.… looks like the generation of the static #npm packages failed again. Maybe it needs updated flathub-builder tools to become more reliable...
anyways too late already, I apologise for the release delay though. (I am still a bit sick, so progress is slower than I'd like)
Did a figure study using the charcoal brush pack I found for Krita. If you're interested in trying the brushes, you can find them here: files.kde.org/krita/extras/cha…
I wrote "Building an #Asynchronous, Internet-Optional Instant Messaging System" today. It suggests using #DeltaChat (@delta) across an #email system that can run on non-IP networks to achieve #IM coverage without having to have an Internet backbone, using things like #NNCP, #Syncthing, #Filespooler, and such. I love the ways we can combine interesting tools like this!
As it turns out @Raspberry_Pi didn’t apologize for its social post yesterday because they think people are dogpiling or brigading on them, as @stokel so helpfully reported: buzzfeednews.com/article/chris…
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