Happy Trans Day of Visibility everyone. I spent over 6 months writing and rewriting this article that I just published. Most of that time was spent debating whether or not to publish it.
I'm finally coming out; I'm trans. I hope this article helps.
I am publicly announcing that I am transgender. I have experienced gender dysphoria for almost ten years, but I have found a label that I feel comfortable with now.
Heads up! #CashApp probably had a big security breach they're about to announce, because they just released new terms of service with a draconian binding arbitration clause, and the only way to opt out is to fill out a specific form on paper and pay to send it to them via postal mail. Personally, I'm just going to delete my account. Ref: cash.app/legal/us/en-us/tos #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity #arbitration #BindingArbitration #ConsumerRights
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New @Lenovo laptops are coming soon with new accessibility features for visually impaired people. Listen to Graham Thomas from the company telling Steven Scott about the company's commitment to #disabled people doubletaponair.com/new-lenovo-…
Delighted to announce that the e-book versions of THE DOCTOR WHO PRODUCTION GUIDE: THE HARTNELL YEARS is now available to pre-order ... Publication date is 10 May 2024 ...
Here's all the ordering links from the various places it can be found:
So ...let's face it. A LOT of folks in tech circles are somewhat amazed a fully #blind person can even find the power button on a computer, let alone operate it professionally. I am such a person, and I'd like to bust that myth. It's also true that many #hacking tools, platforms, courses etc. could use some help in the #accessibility department. It's a neverending vicious circle. Enter my new twitch channel, IC_null. On this channel, I will be streaming #programming and #hacking content including THM, HTB and who knows what else, from the perspective of a #screenReader user. What I need, is an audience. If this is something you reckon you or anybody you know might be interested in, drop the channel a follow or share this post. Gimme that #infoSec Mastodon sense of comradery and help me out to make this idea an actual thing :) twitch.tv/ic_null #tryHackMe #streamer #selfPromo
Well ...that teaches me to go to sleep right after dropping an announcement like this I did not expect even a tenth of the response this received, thank you all so much for that. I realize the channel's looking kinda bare at present. The idea to do this os only a day or so old, so 🐻 with me while I set up an initial stream and such. If people are curious, the YouTube channel over at youtube.com/@blindlycoding has a number of archived game streams from my gaming channel, where I tackle #accessible #gaming, as well as a playlist on last year's Advent of Cyber on the TryHackMe event where I go through the challenges with a screen reader, critique the accessibility of a lot of them and overall trialed the format I want to pursue on the IC_Null channel. If people need a preview, that's where you go :)
Programming, hacking, gaming, composing music. These are all things a fully blind person using a screen reader can do, given enough technical know-how. On this channel, I show you how it all works. Come stay a while :)
We got up to 71 followers in not even a day. That is honestly meteoric. Tomorrow at 3 PM EST I'll do a first #stream. We'll make us a #TryHackMe account, go through the new user flow, maybe do a room or two while looking at the various #accessibility gotchas we run into. In future streams we'll do similar for HTB, HTBA etc. as well as more #programming related things but tomorrow ...we leave pallet town all mozie-like. See you all then! #twitch #infoSec #selfPromo
It's Patch Tuesday. Good time to check your updates are up to date! But also it's time for another IC_Null stream today at 3 PM Eastern/9 PM CEST. More of #tryHackMe's Junior #penTesting path today, we zapped past most of the theory-only stuff last week and this week will be all about #webHacking. Prospective #bugBounty hunters curious about accessibility, this is the one to join. See you then at twitch.tv/ic_null #twitch #selfPromo #infoSec #goingLive
Today we cover the fundamentals of web hacking and ...some other stuff. Onwards to the trash fire that is burpsuite. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/i...
Patch tuesday be upon us once more. That means another IC_Null stream at 3 PM EST/9 PM CEST today. Today we cover more #TryHackMe content in the #webHacking category. SOme announcements about the channel as well. Next week, we'll take a break from pure #THM to go full ham on #burpSuite #accessibility ... or the lack there of. Let's see how long it takes for us to be forced onto the far superior #zaproxy :) See you all tonight at twitch.tv/ic_null #infoSec #cybersecurity #blind #screenReader #a11y #twitch
Powered by Restream https://restream.ioDuring this live stream, we're looking into a number of code editors from a screen reader perspective. Notable contend...
Hey, look at that. Mainly through efforts from you lot, I was able to get IC_Null to #twitch Affiliate status in under a month. This allows me to make even better, more varied and interesting content for you all. Thanks for sharing, watching and showing me your interest everyone ... we've only just gotten started :) #infoSec #cybersecurity #streaming
Ahright, Patch tuesday be upon us so the final IC_Null stream for the week is upon us. Let's run down the remaining part of the web portion of the #thm Jr Pentester path so we're all good to go for the #burpsuite deep-dive next week. I can already say, that dive will be gory indeed :) You all know the drill by now, #accessibility as in how do these #thm rooms work when all you have to parse them is a #screenReader. Relatively smooth sailing so far, when do we run ashore and how do we sail on? COme see :) See you at 3 EST at twitch.tv/ic_null or youtube.com/@blindlycoding, pick your poison :) #twitch #youtube #streamer #selfPromo
We've been doing this a while. Let's SWING for the big leagues. Tomorrow, we're doing a deep dive on #burpSuite from a #screenReader perspective. It will be mostly #blind (as in playthrough) as I've not looked at this program for a few years, and fully blind (as in sight) given ... well ... screenReader user :)
@JEkis I did see that, yes. It might make it better yeah, particularly if using the JAWS cursor. I honestly might do a stream where I JAWS script that UI as it should really not be that hard to do and I've been meaning to get into AJWS script and NVDA addon dev at some point :)
@JEkis if I'm not mistaken the touch cursor is actually also keyboard-controllable and kinda behaves like NVDA's object nav, but I could be wrong. I'll have to look that up.
A recap: We've covered a number of things on this channel so far, from an @elementary review to a look at code editors, datascience tools, screen readers, hacking tools like Burp Suite and platforms like TryHackMe, all from a screen raeder user's perspective. I'm only just getting started though, intending to cover a wide variety of different things, from more #FOSS tools, audio/video editing, programming and hacking tools etc. Today's stream will be more #tryHackMe content, with a look at #HackTheBox Academy next week. Anyone who wants this kind of feedback, and doesn't mind constructive, but thorough, feedback, come talk to me :) We'll be going live today at 3 PMeST over at https;//twitch.tv/ic_null and youtube.com/@lindlyCoding #infoSEc #cybersecurity #accessibility #selfPromo #twitch #youtube #streaming
Just want to quickly share with #linuxmobile folks that the new #libcamera softwareISP does indeed work with the #librem5 - and with a #PipeWire + #GStreamer pipeline. Here's a first image running Warp (from Flathub).
There's still some stuff to iron out to make this work reliably and ship to users - but things are falling into place.
The Keynote voice got an update. Now it does cut off a bit less at the start of words to me, not 100% perfect but slightly more so than from last time in my testing. Download and try in your Sonata (it'll replace the existing voice if you install): eurpod.com/en_us-keynote+RT_me…
@TomGrant91 oooh thanks! Yeah it can still say Hundred a little strange. But yes I did use the HFC_male model :) Just with a lot more samples of text. thanks for testing it!
Liebe Leseratten, damit Ihr vor den anstehenden Feiertagen (inkl. Brückentagen und damit langen Wochenenden) Eure Lesegeräte noch füttern könnt, habe ich soeben 22 weitere eBooks bei ebooks.qumran.org/ hochgeladen. Wünsche Euch wie immer häppi Stöbering und häppi Reading
Status: Derzeit 12.672 verfügbare #freie #eBooks in der deutschsprachigen Sektion.
Let’s start with a stigma: Football fans are aggressive. So when Amsterdam built its new stadium, authorities decided to design its seats in rainbow colours. According to psychologists, a colourful…
Remaking Google Uncle Sam (Sort Of) With Mojeek and a CISA Dataset
Do you remember Google Uncle Sam? I can't blame you if you don't; Google killed it off in 2011. It was a specialty search offering of Google's that restricted its results to .gov sites. Very useful! There was a lot of grumbling after it was shut down; in fact, I made a replacement in 2012 that's still available now. (I used Google Custom Search and URL patterns.) …
Do you remember Google Uncle Sam? I can’t blame you if you don’t; Google killed it off in 2011. It was a specialty search offering of Google’s that restricted its results to .gov …
In this video Christian takes the all-new Vaults Studio Drums for a spin... with his fingers whilst discussing with the Crow Hill Posse who are their fave dr...
In 2015, Kodi’s default theme Confluence was growing long in the tooth. Most of the really exciting skins from that time accomplished far more, and Confluence was ultimately a 2009 update to an…
Sorry this is going up a bit late, but here is the poll for #SFFBookClub's May pick. The new one this month is from reactormag.com/five-fast-paced… . As usual, please vote, share, and reply to advocate for faves and/or nominate other titles for future months.
Posten nach Twitter funktioniert, das Holen von Beiträgen nicht. Ich persönlich werde auch keine Zeit darin investieren zu schauen, wie es bei Nitter geht.
Mohammad Assaf of Arab Idol fame. In his mawwal (vocal improvisation) he sings about each letter comprising Palestine / فلسطين then, the crowd breaks into spontaneous dabka as he sings ‘Ala al- Kuffiyeh youtube.com/embed/S0h_pkyk3J0
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In solidarity with the blind and vision-impaired community, I propose that twice a year, on the World Sight Day and the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, fediverse admins disable images on their servers to highlight the importanc…
Teda máte to tam moc hezký. Byli jsme v Českém Švýcarsku na dovolený, ale to už je let. Koukám, že to musíme napravit. Děčínsko a okolí, nemá chybu. @hana
@archos bylo krásně počasí, tak to náramně vydařilo! Je tu fakt krásně, když budeš mít cestu tak dej vědět. Něco můžeme podniknout a v létě můžeme udělat projížďku na @sunseeker27 🙂
If you're #blind, #VisuallyImpaired, or otherwise rely on #AssistiveTecnhologies and #AltText, your thoughts on this proposal to temporarily disable images across the fediverse to highlight the importance of well-written image descriptions would be very much appreciated.
#SocialCoop has been discussing whether to disable images on May 16 and October 10 for #WorldSightDay, as suggested here https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112275637561897034.
@TruthSandwich got me interested in the vibrational modes of bells. They're not harmonics with frequencies 1, 2, 3, 4, ... times the lowest frequency: they're much more complicated! That's why bells sound clangy. This chart shows how they sometimes work.
The lowest frequency vibrations are called:
• the 'hum' (the lowest frequency)
• the 'prime' (with frequency roughly 2 times that of the hum)
• the 'tierce' (roughly 2.4 times the hum, so a minor third above the prime)
• the 'quint' (roughly 3 times the hum, so a major fifth above the prime)
• the 'nominal' (roughly 4 times the hum, so an octave above the prime)
and so on. If you think these names are illogical, join the club! One reason it's tricky is that the *loudest* vibration is not the lowest one: it's the 'prime'.
The numbers I just gave you should be taken with a big grain of salt. They really depend on the shape of the bell, and you'd have to be great at designing bells to make them come out as shown here. It's not like a violin string or flute, where the math is on your side.
This quote helps explain the chart:
"Modern theory separates the modes of vibration into those produced by the "soundbow" and those produced by the remaining bell "shell". The bell vibrates both radially and axially and the principal vibrational modes are shown in the diagram together with their classification using the scheme proposed by Perrin et al. This scheme consists of the mode of vibration (RIR - Ring Inextensional Radial, RA - Ring Axial, R=n - Shell driven), the number of meridians (where “m” is half the number of meridians) and the number of nodal circles (n)."
Starting to sound like orbitals in quantum mechanics!
Also keep in mind that at least in christian church there are two types of bells musically: orthodox, or Eastern bells, and Western bells. Google for a catholic or an evangelist church vs. orthodox church, and you'll get what I mean. To be super simple, with Western bells you can play a melody, with Eastern ones you cannot because well, there are too many notes and there is no separate audible "main tone" (sorry, I'm not a mathematician, I just have perfect pitch).
President Biden: I had a great stretch since the State of the Union. But Donald has had a few tough days lately. You might call it Stormy Weather. Trump is so desperate he started reading those bibles he’s selling.
I did not expect even a tenth of the response this received, thank you all so much for that.
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