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The accessibility for the blind advent calendar: day 21 - Europe
If you would like to be up-=to-date with happenings in Europe in regards to blind and partially sighted people, the European Blind Union has just launched a new podcast today called EBU In Action.
It is a bit of shameless promo as yours truely is one of the hosts so I hope you don't mind me and we look forward to the feedback.
In our pilot, we go over the current campaigns and initiatives the EBU is involved in, we find out about the expectations and fears of blind people regarding Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and we finish off with our correspondent's section where we go to Italy to check what is new for blind people there.
If you have suggestions of topics that should be brought up in future episodes, feel free to share.
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#Accessibility #Blind #Podcast #Europe #CAVs #AutonomousVehicles #Disability #Inclusion

The EBU Podcasts | European Blind Union

Ebu has created podcasts on topics related to our community
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#Accessibility #blind #podcast #Disability #europe #inclusion #autonomousvehicles #cavs

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Someone is working on a #GameBoy USB capture cartridge. It plugs in sort of like a Game Genie... but not. #retrogaming there.oughta.be/a/game-boy-cap…

There oughta be a Game Boy capture cartridge.

I present to you: The GB Interceptor. It is an adapter that goes between an unmodified Game Boy and the cartridge and offers a video stream of the game via USB. Click the image to see the video on youtube.com.
there.oughta.be/
#retrogaming #gameboy

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Was great to be on The New IT #podcast techbridgeinc.com/podcast/the-… and talk about #Drupal #accessibility #sustainability #hiring

The New IT Episode 54 | Video | CivicActions | TechBridge Inc.

Is Drupal still? In todays episode learn why you should consider go to Drupal and what makes it standout from the other CMS systems.
TechBridge Inc.
#Accessibility #sustainability #podcast #hiring #drupal

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This took a relatively long time to link it all, but if you're looking to get started on 🐘 I've compiled all the major players in tech (that I know of) to get your feed going.

You may be surprised how many are already on there!

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Here’s who to follow on Mastodon for all your Windows and tech needs

We have a list for you if you’re on Mastodon and looking for some tech sites and people to follow.
Daniel Rubino (Windows Central)
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Daniel Rubino

Added some more tech people to follow:

Jez Corden: @JezCorden
Ben Wilson: @trzomb
Richard Devine: @richdevine

Hans Brender, Mr.OneDrive: @HansBrender
Rich Woods: @TheRichWoods
Paul Thurrott: @thurrott
Jason Perlow: @jperlow
Desmond Smith: @askdes
Sascha Segan: @saschasegan
Mozilla: @mozilla

@Mozilla @Paul Thurrott @Jason Perlow @Hans Brender, Mr.OneDrive @Sascha Segan @Jez @trzomb @richdevine @TheRichWoods @askdes
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Daniel Rubino

Microsoft people here:

Nick Craver: @Nick_Craver
Damian Edwards: @damianedwards
David Fowl @davidfowl
Brandon LeBlanc: @brandonleblanc
Jen Gentleman: @JenMsft
Michael Gillett: @MichaelGillett
Aaron Greenberg: @aarongreenberg
Mike Griese: @zadjii
Stefan Malter: @malter365
Scott Hanselman: @shanselman
Kyle Pflug: @kylealden
Clint Rutkas: @clintrutkas
Dona Sarkar: @donasarkar
Phil Spencer: @xboxp3
Frank X. Shaw: @fxshaw
Michael West: @michaelwest
Doug Winnie: @sfdesigner

@Malter365.de | Microsoft 365 @Scott Hanselman 👸🏽🐝🌮 @Dona Sarkar @Kyle Pflug @Jen Gentleman @Phil Spencer @Nick Craver @Damian Edwards @davidfowl @Frank X. Shaw @Clint Rutkas @Brandon LeBlanc @Michael @Aaron Greenberg ✅ @MichaelGillett @zadjii @sfdesigner
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We just need proper ad supported mediums. We are behind in Canada. The US has many options, we just got one, Pluto. Surprise we don't have Amazon, for example... deadline.com/2022/12/broadcast…

RIP Broadcast Networks: 2022 Was Year Everyone Started Waving White Flag

Old schoolers like the late Gil Schwartz of CBS used to hate it when the press would commandeer executive sessions at TCA in the aughts with questions about the death of broadcast TV. HBO had come …
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The 2023 #X.Org Developer's Conference (#XDC) will be organized and hosted by @igalia.

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #X11 #Mesa3D #Wayland

igalia.com/2022/xdc-2023


Igalia will organize XDC 2023! | Igalia

Igalia is an open source consultancy specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions.
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#FreeSoftware #foss #opensource #Wayland #x11 #mesa3d #xdc #x @Igalia

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Now @mozilla is officially building upon the Fediverse. Their foray will be an instance hosted at mozilla.social.

But I hope they go further than this:

1. Make Thunderbird a Fediverse client
2. Build in-browser Fediverse functionality
3. Support a Fediverse app ecosystem

Mozilla can do so much to further the Fediverse. Let's hope that they think big.

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Mozilla to Explore Healthy Social Media Alternative

In early 2023, Mozilla will stand up and test a publicly accessible instance in the Fediverse at Mozilla.Social.
Steve Teixeira (The Mozilla Blog)
@Mozilla

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Elon Musk suspended Linette Lopez from Twitter after years of critical reporting on his companies.

In a new piece, she lays out Elon Musk’s playbook of exploiting workers while building a cult following. These tactics aren’t new. Musk has always been this way, regardless of what former boosters like Kara Swisher want you to believe. They were just happy to ignore it for access while journalists like Lopez did the work.

businessinsider.com/elon-musk-…

#elonmusk #tech #tesla #twitter #spacex


Elon Musk was always a visionary jerk, bad boss at SpaceX, Tesla. But it won't work at Twitter.

Elon Musk has used the same playbook at all of his companies from Tesla to SpaceX. Sadly for him, his model will cause Twitter to go down in flames.
Linette Lopez (Insider)
#twitter #tech #elonmusk #spacex #tesla

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#Mozilla is creating a fediverse instance. What is Mozilla?

• A “not-for-profit” that owns multiple for-profit businesses and pays its CEO $5.6M
• Gets ~83% of its revenue (~$500,000,000) every year from surveillance capitalist Google
• Makes a browser that protects your privacy (*some configuration required)
• Is now a VC…

This is the best we can expect from Silicon Valley/capitalism. Question is: can we do better than that?

Sources: assets.mozilla.net/annualrepor…, assets.mozilla.net/annualrepor…

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Screenshot of Firefox Data Collection and Use section showing the defaults in the settings which allow Allow firefox to send technical and interaction data to Mozilla, Allow Firefox to make personalized extension recommendations and Allow Firefox to install and run studies.
Screenshot showing that the default search engine in the Firefox browser is Google.
#mozilla
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Aral Balkan

… Perhaps the best way to understand Mozilla is in the words of their president on their new VC arm:

“We see a lot of startups who want to tackle things like privacy, trustworthy AI, and alternatives to Twitter… alternatives are not going to emerge unless there’s founders and companies who build them. And the founders are not going to build them unless there’s money aligned with their vision … So I think we need to still be about commerce and creating wealth”

yahoo.com/video/mozilla-founda…

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Yahoo is part of the Yahoo family of brands

www.yahoo.com
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Aral Balkan

… Or, in what a previous head of public policy at Mozilla told me while we were chatting before our talks at a data protection conference:

“Aral, we’re just another Silicon Valley tech company, I don’t understand why you’re holding us to a such a higher standard.”

When I finally managed to pick my jaw off the floor the only retort I could manage was: “But that’s not what you tell people.”

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#Mozilla #fediverse #SiliconValley #ventureCapital #BigTech

#fediverse #mozilla #bigtech #siliconvalley #venturecapital

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Just spent like 30 minutes trying to find where svr4 i386 loads the page tables into cr3 before realising that it uses Intel's hardware task switching so it just tells the CPU to load all the state from a struct instead (modern OSes stopped doing that a *long* time ago because it's slower than doing it by hand, but the TSS is still relevant because it also contains information about eg which IO ports can be accessed, which resulted in this very obscure OpenBSD bug: os2museum.com/wp/the-history-o…)

The History of a Security Hole | OS/2 Museum

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The EU 💗 @Castopod

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How NGI supports open, interoperable, decentralised and trust-based Internet applications through Fediverse projects like Mastodon | Next Generation Internet

Within the Next Generation Internet Initiative, we have been working towards alternative futures for the internet to create a resilient, trustworthy and sustainableinternet.
mariahelena (NGI - Next Generation Internet)
@Castopod

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We have two new Developer positions at The Document Foundation, the non-profit behind LibreOffice! Join us – the first focuses initially on accessibility: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… – And the second on RTL/CTL topics: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl…
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Join the LibreOffice Team as a Developer focusing on RTL/CTL languages, full-time, remote (m/f/d) - The Document Foundation Blog

Note: this is one of two Developer positions currently available – the other focuses on accessibility The Document Foundation (TDF) is the non-profit entity behind the world’s leading free and open-source office suite, LibreOffice.
Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)

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The fuck! I understand I didnt sleep for almost two days as it currently stands but I know how to read or atleast I think so. Why the hell it doesn't work?
Code: var data = new Dictionary<string, string>()
{
{ "status", post },
{ "media_ids", String.Format("['{0}',]", attachmentId) }
};
And on docs.joinmastodon.org/client/i… they tell to encode arrays like that. Help #programming

Getting started with the API

A primer on REST APIs, HTTP requests and responses, and parameters.
docs.joinmastodon.org
#programming

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Users in the UK keep reporting that ThreeUK is blocking access to Tutanota. Dear @threeuk please lift this block and give people the choice to use secure emails.

#netneutrality

tutanota.com/blog/posts/threeu…


ThreeUK is blocking Tutanota. While ThreeUK says the applied adult filter was standard for any email provider, other services are not blocked.

ISPs must not have the power to decide which online services users can or can not access.
Tutanota
#netneutrality
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Ravi Yee Joshi

@sanguis agreed! I was angling for something a little more turnkey.

It’s like Linux, I like the *idea* of it, and I love that it exists and that people make it work— having attempted to use it on the daily, I spent more time trying to get it working than I did any work on it.

These social platforms need to find ways to be convenient for users where possible. This site is making improvements!

@Josh Beauregard
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Mike Gifford, CPWA

@raviyeejoshi @sanguis The UI layer is evolving. It's much better now that it used to be for Linux. Plus ChromeOS is powered by Linux (as are many other interfaces we interact with on a daily basis). Even Mac is based on BSD, right? Not technically Linux, but most folks wouldn't know the differences.

Not everyone wants to be able to build and maintain the interface. Services for this are coming for the fediverse.

@Josh Beauregard @Ravi Yee Joshi

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I love this. I can see it taking a while to get used to but when you do you'd be absolutely screwed without it.

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Foot Pedal Ups Vim Productivity, Brings Ergonomic Benefits

Vim is the greatest or the worst text editor of all time, depending on the tribe you’re in. Either way, members of both camps can appreciate this build from [Chris Price], which uses a foot p…
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Love to see this message in Canadian media! We see this every day in web page feedback: “Successful service delivery is inherent to trustworthy, democratic governance.” theglobeandmail.com/business/c…

Think the $54-million ArriveCan was expensive? How about $4.6-billion on outsourced IT?

When you outsource something you should do in-house, this is what happens
Amanda Clarke (The Globe and Mail)

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Z moskevských knihoven odstraňují knihy slavných autorů

Jedním z nejznepokojivějších obrázků z nacistického Německa jsou davy, které házejí knihy Židů a dalších autorů, které Hitler neschválil, do ohně, aby je nikdo nemohl číst. Nyní se zdá, že Putinův režim sleduje stejný cíl, ale tišším způsobem, aby to nevyvolalo mezinárodní pobouření, upozorňu...

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Jedním z nejznepokojivějších obrázků z nacistického Německa jsou davy, které házejí knihy židů a dalších autorů, které Hitler neschválil, do ohně, aby je ni...
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I have a surprising amount of unfinished music project files on my computer called "meow" or some variation there of.
This, for example, is "meowmeow".
And uh... if it sounds rough or like some things don't fit together, that's... because it's unfinished.
But it's been sitting here for years and I don't know what to do with it.
So why not.

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Reed Lindwurm

This is...absolutely gorgeous...I accidentally fell asleep listening to this on loop (Tusky automatically loops audio) and had a very nice nap. Having woken up again I am hearing more of the details I missed and very much admiring your work!

You just caused me to dedicate the rest of my day to going through my own musical compositions (many of which are unfinished/fragments) and try to properly catalog them and get more of them finished/written out/typeset! My stuff is a mess between multiple binders and my computer and it needs reorganization badly, not to mention my yet-to-be -realized desire to make myself a website to share my works with others. Thank you so, SO much for kicking me into action. :dragon_heart:

As for what you posted, I found that what you already have almost loops as-is! Alternatively, I could imagine some contrasting section following this, that has other chords, maybe dominated by the dominant (i.e. the V chord, or here, B major) and progressions that lead to it. That could also make for a transition that can loop back to the beginning. My only other suggestion is that I feel the A-sharp (around 00:17 and similar instances) doesn't really fit.

Sidenote: I love the key of E major and this reminds me I have a whole neo-Baroque-style suite to finish up that's in this key.

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Podcast transcript: Mosen at Large episode 211, there’s an all too common problem with some Lenovo ThinkPads, unboxing an Apple Watch Ultra, and the audio game Evidence 111 mosen.org/malp0211transcript/

Podcast transcript: Mosen at Large episode 211, there’s an all too common problem with some Lenovo ThinkPads, unboxing an Apple Watch Ultra, and the audio game Evidence 111

Transcripts of Mosen at Large are made possible by Pneuma Solutions, a global leader in accessible cloud technologies. On the web at You can read the full transcript below, download the transcript …
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