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Vědci našli bakterie, které za běžných podmínek žerou plasty
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Vědci našli bakterie, které za běžných podmínek žerou plasty

Kdyby se povedlo vědcům najít mikroorganismy, které při pokojové teplotě samy rozkládají umělé hmoty, velmi rychle by to pomohlo vyřešit problém s nekonečnými skládkami.
ČT24 - Nejdůvěryhodnější zpravodajský web v ČR - Česká televize

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A couple of years ago I recorded a very short, but somewhat intense, rainstorm with hail and thunder. And now I'm sharing it with you. Put on some headphones and relax.
#Audio #Recording #FieldRecording #BinauralAudio #BinauralRecording #Binaural #Sound #Nature #Rain #Headphones

#audio #nature #sound #headphones #rain #BinauralRecording #fieldrecording #recording #binaural #binauralaudio

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Léky pro vážně nemocné za stovky milionů korun mizí několik let z Česka poměrně ve velkém. Popsali jsme to s @ArturJanousek a @martinstorkan pro @iROZHLAScz a @Radiozurnal1
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Léky za stovky milionů pro české pacienty mizí nelegálně za hranicemi. Trasa vede přes Slovensko

Radiožurnálu se podařilo zmapovat, kam léčiva proudí, jakými cestami a proč k tomu dochází. Zastavit nelegální vývozy by podle Státního ústavu pro kontrolu léčiv pomohly vyšší sankce.
Artur Janoušek (iROZHLAS.cz)
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It’s time to start sharing our video testimonial series! We start off in France with a testimonial from Bachir who has been a proud NVDA user since 2009. Bachir helped translate NVDA into French from 2010 to 2020 & shares how he uses NVDA in his workplace, for online shopping, finances & reading books.

“NVDA is my favourite screen reader… because it makes me independent in daily living.” – Bachir

Thank you for sharing how NVDA has impacted your life Bachir!

Watch now: youtu.be/azcLEFIy0XI


Bachir Testimonial

We wanted to share some user testimonial videos which have been sent in to us. Here is a testimonial from Bachir in France. Bachir has been a proud NVDA use...
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We're proud to release the next major version of AntennaPod!
After updating to version 3.0 you'll be greeted with a new screen – tailored for you, respecting your privacy. View the latest episodes, next in queue, your classics and more. Bonus: most screens are now one tap away.

Get it now from @fdroidorg👇
f-droid.org/en/packages/de.dan…

Or Google Play 👇
play.google.com/store/apps/det…

Picture in background: man with headphones sitting on bed, curtains & a plant behind him, chairs beside the bed. Text: Welcome Home. Home screen, Material Design 3, Inbox multi-select, Edit URL of podcast

AntennaPod | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Easy-to-use, flexible and open-source podcast manager and player
f-droid.org
@F-Droid

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“#Layoffs are definitely a confession of poor #management," Jeffrey Pfeffer, a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Business School, told me. His reasoning: Research shows that generally, layoffs don't improve a company's fortunes. Quite the opposite: They don't reliably raise a company's profits or stock price, but they do reliably reduce remaining employees' morale, commitment, productivity, and trust.

magzter.com/stories/Business/F…


Are Layoffs a Confession of Bad Management?

Tech CEOs who are blaming their layoffs on the staffing up they did during the boom years of the pandemic should ask themselves some tough questions.
Fortune US (Magzter)
#layoffs #management

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:boosts_ok_gay:​Help with Linux Screenreaders

For better accessibility testing of the software I build, I've started testing more with screen readers.

On Android, enabling and using TalkBack is relatively straightforward, but for testing on my desktop, Orca is completely unusable.

I have a brand new Debian VM with GNOME, and Orca enabled, but actually using it in firefox just barely works. TalkBack has a nice workflow with highlighted elements that you move between as you read the page, but Orca seems delegated to using caret browsing and reading whatever your cursor is on? Am I missing shortcuts (which are also a pain, because the modifier can only be caps-lock or insert, not really conveniently placed)

Am I missing something, or is this the state of #Accessibility on #Linux?
Also the tts quality is very poor, which would make this even worse for any prolonged testing, but maybe there are alternative engines?

#Accessibility #linux
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Peter Vágner

:boosts_ok_gay:​Help with Linux Screenreaders
@modulux @:garfield:‍fuchsiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa When testing web #a11y it's good to know that screen readers do often implement their own navigation paradigm as an addition to standard focus navigation and browser's caret navigation features. It's called browse mode. With orca on linux, you can press orca+a to toggle the browse mode vs focus mode when focus is inside a google chrome / chromium or mozilla firefox web content.
As for the TTS engines there is #RHVoice with some very good voices such as english voice named slt.
#a11y #RHVoice @‍fuchsiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa @modulux

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#XMPP + #Google Summer of Code 2023

Two XMPP projects have been accepted!

It's #Moxxy: codeberg.org/moxxy/moxxy

and @dino: dino.im/

#GSoC Page: summerofcode.withgoogle.com/pr…

XSF blog post: xmpp.org/community/gsoc-2023/

#GSoC2023 #interoperability #standards #federation

XMPP + Google Summer of Code 2023 Logo

moxxy

An experiment in building a better XMPP client. This time using Flutter.
Codeberg.org
#xmpp #google #federation #gsoc #interoperability #GSoC2023 #standards #moxxy @Dino

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#AndroidAppRain at @fdroidorg today with 53 updated and 1 new (*), plus at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid with 8 updated and 1 new (+) apps:

* Halma: Chinese checkers game
+ Smart Dock: a desktop mode launcher

Enjoy your #free and #foss #Android #apps with #FDroid and the #IzzySoftRepo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with F-Droid. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github).
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#android #foss #free #fdroid #apps #AndroidAppRain #IzzySoftRepo @F-Droid

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Google makes Bard available in English in 180 countries and territories, promises AI image generation with Adobe, and integration with services like Instacart (James Vincent/The Verge)

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techmeme.com/230510/p30#a23051…


Google drops waitlist for AI chatbot Bard and announces oodles of new features

Google has announced a bevy of new features for its AI chatbot Bard at its I/O conference. These include a new visual search mode, support for new languages, dark mode, and promises of much more to come.
James Vincent (The Verge)

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Petrofuture Mexico…66m sea level rise on a 1956 road map.

#Pemex would be more appropriate, but #ShellOil will have to do

Base from David Rumsey Maps

More at
conspiracyofcartographers.com/

#mexico #Belize #Guatemala #Honduras #Nicaragua #ElSalvador #Caribbean #GulfOfMexico #BajaCalifornia #historicalmaps #vintagemaps #retrofuture #petrofuture #sealevelrise #sealevelrisemaps #climatechange #climatechangemaps #maps #cartography #speculativecartography #clifi #climateart #conspiracyofcartographers

1950s Shell Oil map with 66 meters of sea level rise

Conspiracy of Cartographers

conspiracyofcartographers.com
#climatechange #maps #méxico #caribbean #pemex #shelloil #historicalmaps #vintagemaps #retrofuture #petrofuture #sealevelrise #sealevelrisemaps #climatechangemaps #cartography #speculativecartography #clifi #climateart #conspiracyofcartographers #nicaragua #elsalvador #belize #guatemala #honduras #gulfofmexico #bajacalifornia
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It's Google I/O day! I have this sneaking feeling Google is going to get up on stage, say the word "AI" over and over for six hours, and then it'll just be over. I'm here for it. theverge.com/23697481/google-i…

Google I/O 2023: news, rumors, and announcements

Google is likely to announce the future of Android, search, Bard, AI, and plenty of Pixel devices, including the Pixel 7A, Pixel Tablet, and Pixel Fold.
Jacob Kastrenakes (The Verge)

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"COVID-19 isn’t a pandemic anymore. It’s just a never-ending nightmare"

"In predicting a 36-month war with COVID-19 back in 2020, I framed it as a defeat for humanity"

Sadly that's exactly how it turned out. A defeat for humanity, with hands thrown down, head turned away and mind in denial.


The COVID Pandemic Is Over. What Does That Even Mean?

COVID-19 isn’t a pandemic anymore. It’s just a never-ending nightmare.
Laurie Garrett (Foreign Policy)

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Google AMP: how Google tried to fix the web by taking it over

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Google AMP: how Google tried to fix the web by taking it over

Google promised to create a better, faster web for media companies with a new standard called AMP. But even after wide adoption, its poor implementation led to publishers abandoning AMP and, in the end, ruined the trust they had in the internet giant…
David Pierce (The Verge)
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modulux

Y ojo, que esto puede doler, y a lo mejor hasta cambias las cosas para bien, eso sí, a partir del 2025:

En lo que se refiere a los productos y servicios incluidos en el ámbito de aplicación del presente título, los requisitos de accesibilidad que figuran en el anexo I constituirán requisitos de accesibilidad obligatorios con arreglo al artículo 126.3 de la Ley 9/2017, de 8 de noviembre, de Contratos del Sector Público, por la que se transponen al ordenamiento jurídico español las directivas del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo 2014/23/UE y 2014/24/UE, de 26 de febrero de 2014, y al artículo 45.2 a) del Real Decreto-ley 3/2020, de 4 de febrero, de medidas urgentes por el que se incorporan al ordenamiento jurídico español diversas directivas de la Unión Europea en el ámbito de la contratación pública en determinados sectores; de seguros privados; de planes y fondos de pensiones; del ámbito tributario y de litigios fiscales.

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modulux

En principio estas leyes parecen bastante firmes, el tema es que se necesita que se ejecuten. Para eso los órganos administrativos que están encargados como autoridades tienen que ser eficaces y tomarse las cosas en serio, porque aunque se pueda ir a la vía judicial, siempre vas a ir muy determinado por el expediente administrativo previo. Hasta ahora, la Administración se ha mostrado tibia con estos temas. Mi esperanza es que esto cambie, y que ciertas excusas (que no estaban aprobados los reglamentos técnicos, por ejemplo) ya no les valgan.

Siento no dar una respuesta más taxativa, pero es pronto para decirlo. La norma está bien hecha. La ejecución queda por ver.

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Spyware has been used in Poland to "systematically surveil the opposition" in order to "keep the government in power", an EU report has found.

"The information harvested is used in smear campaigns against government critics through state media," it adds.

notesfrompoland.com/2023/05/10…


Critics of Polish government "systematically surveilled with spyware", finds EU report

"The information harvested with spyware is used in smear campaigns against government critics," found a European Parliament committee.
Notes From Poland

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ÚLTIMA HORA | El Consejo de Europa critica la gestión sanitaria del Gobierno de Ayuso.

"Madrid es la región española que menos gasta per cápita en atención primaria, a pesar de ser la región con mayor renta per cápita" eldiario.es/desalambre/consejo…

El Consejo de Europa critica la gestión sanitaria del Gobierno de Ayuso

Vivienda. Sanidad. Libertad de expresión. Respeto a los derechos humanos en las fronteras. Y alerta a políticas sanitarias de Gobierno regionales como el de Isabel Díaz Ayuso.
Andrés Gil (elDiario.es)
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#LibreOffice stays reliable thanks to our community of bug testers and fixers! 💪 Join the online streams, and learn more about #QA: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #opensource
Ilmari Lauhakangas

Live streaming LibreOffice bug triaging – your experiences (part 1) - The Document Foundation Blog

LibreOffice’s QA (Quality Assurance) community helps to identify and fix bugs in the software. Every week, Ilmari Lauhakangas from The Document Foundation (the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice) live-streams bug triaging sessions, so that others c…
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#opensource #libreoffice #qa

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Help needed: are there any graphic designers who could help create matching #FDroid category images for missing categories? My "quick hack" doesn't really fit: gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-…

Thanks in advance!

PS: if the same could be done for the additional categories in the #IzzySoftRepo that would be great :awesome:


add category images from IzzyOnDroid (!13059) · Merge requests · F-Droid / Data · GitLab

as @grote "complained" F-Droid misses category images available in my repo, I gladly contribute them here. Feel free...
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