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Google Translate is getting support for more than 110 new languages theverge.com/2024/6/27/2418622…




In April 2024, Dell announced a new policy that makes fully remote employees ineligible for promotions, with the exception of hybrid workers. Nearly half of the company's employees have said given this choice, they'd rather work from home than be eligible for promotion.

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So many people hate on wind generators as being an ugly eyesore in the landscape.

I find them quite beautiful. And to me they are one of the few things that represent the bright future I was promised as a kid. Harvesting the power of nature through science and technology for a better world for everyone.



New strain of monkeypox causes miscarriages and spreads rapidly without sexual contact, experts warn

There are fears the new virus – now officially called mpox – could quickly spread to Europe and beyond.

telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…



Auf atlasdigitalebarrierefreiheit.… ist die Dokumentensprache Englisch; die Pause-Buttons, wenn man die eingebaute Vorlesefunktion nutzt, haben zu wenig Kontrast (3.02:1 statt 4.5+:1), Bilder haben redundante Alternativtexte statt Beschreibungen. Die kleinteiligste Vorlesefunktion aller Zeiten, mitunter einzelne Sätze. „Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WC2AG) [!sic]“. In der Leichten-Sprache-Version sind Prozentpunkte als „von 100“ beschrieben. (1/5)

in reply to LibreOffice

Congratulations. It motivate us to continue pushing the boundaries of what's possible with LibreOffice and FLOSS project.
in reply to LibreOffice

hope i'll get my soon too. looks like russian post works a bit slower than korean :)


long term #curl versions

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/06/27…

tldr: we don't do LTS releases.

But everything we ship is for the long term.

#curl
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(Edit: Danke für den Hinweis, dass es zwei Versionen gibt, eine davon barrierefrei. Die zweite habe ich übersehen. Ich verstehe auch nicht, warum man eine nichtbarrierefreie Version anbieten muss.)

Die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung bringt ihr Magazin "Fluter" als nichtbarrierefreies PDF heraus, selbst wenn es darin um Barrieren geht: fluter.de/heft90

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in reply to Sandra Pilz

Bist du dir sicher?

Das zugehörige PDF wird zweimal angeboten, einmal als "normales" (Druck-)PDF und einmal als »Barrierefreies PDF herunterladen«

Das zweite PDF habe ich aber nicht getestet.

in reply to DNKrupinski

@dnkrupinski Danke für den Hinweis. Das habe ich tatsächlich übersehen. Wenn ich lese, PDF zum Download, dann lade ich das herunter. Das andere wurde mir nicht vorgelesen, weil ich an der Stelle schon den Download ausgelöst habe und damit also das Vorlesen des Screenreaders unterbrochen habe, sodass er das nicht mehr ansagen konnte. Nun stellt sich mir trotzdem die Frage, warum man eine nichtbarrierefreie Version anbieten muss. Ich werde den Ausgangspost ändern.


Die ARD-Journalistin Kathrin Schmid demonstriert in ihrem Kommentar zur »Chat-Kontrolle« ihre offensichtliche technische Unkenntnis, indem sie Grundrechte polemisch gegeneinander ausspielt. In einem Beitrag zeigen wir, dass mit weniger Oberflächlichkeit und mehr Sachverstand der Sache des Kinderschutzes mehr gedient wäre. 👇

kuketz-blog.de/tagesschaukomme…

@tagesschau

#chatkontrolle #datenschutz #polemik #grundrechte #framing #kommentar #ard #schmid




Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen das von der #ampel kaputtentschärfte #Klimaschutzgesetz, und alle (ab 14) können mitmachen: zukunftsklage.greenpeace.de
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Krásné dobré ráno mastodoníčci! 🙋‍♀️🐈🐕
A je to tady!
Školní rok končí a vy budete určitě kupovat něco i paním učitelkám, družinářkám, vedoucím kroužků, nebo i školníkům a školnicím. A já to napíšu znovu. Jestli je to kytka, kupte ji v květinářství. Ne Albert, ne Tesco, ne Lidl..
Já vím že lákají na velikost a na cenu. Ale je to jen další kobliha pana B., který právě i tam začal dodávat. A vy pak přijdete o milé úsměvy a péči soukromých malých květinářek.
Nebuďte koblihy. 😁
#dobre_rano
#dobréRáno


Photo of early Chrome Alpha build before they'd locked down the UI.
in reply to Longwing

@Annalee this contraption is in the Biblioteca Palafoxiana, in Puebla, Mexico. You can visit!


(BlogPost) jonasnuts.com/voto-eletronico-…
in reply to Jonasnuts

quando escreves que o voto em papel é “simples e acessível a todos”, ignoras a quantidade não irrelevante de almas que por nãoverem, não conseguirem usar as mãos ou não conseguirem chegar a uma assembleia de voto. Há algumas tentativas bem intencionadas, como a matriz em braille, mas resolvem muito pouco.
in reply to Rui Batista

@ragb a questão da acessibilidade é relevante, sim. Nas assembleias de voto existe a dificuldade de acesso para cadeirantes. As cabines de voto é demasiado alta. Dei por isso quando comecei a ir para as mesas. Seja como for, o voto eletrónico não resolve nenhum desses problemas. Temos de tornar o atual sistema mais inclusivo. Claramente.
in reply to Jonasnuts

com isto não estou a advogar pelo voto electrónico, de todo. No entanto há coisas a resolver. Eu tenho alguma dificuldade em argumentar com pessoas cegas, como eu;”, que pensam ter no voto electrónico una solução mais acessível e, no caso particular, mais secreta. Voto acompanhado é tudo menos secreto. Como bem argumentaste os riscos de segurança complicam muito.
in reply to Rui Batista

@ragb o boletim em braille não resolve? De que forma é que se poderia mitigar esse problema para cegos e amblíopes?
in reply to Jonasnuts

boletim em braille assume que a maioria das pessoas cegas lê braille, o que não é verdade. Mas mesmo que assim fosse, nunca poderias ter boletins diferentes para pessoas, facilmente se saberia em que e que o unico cego da mesa teria votado. Existe por cá a matriz em braille, que colocas por cima do boletim em braille, no entanto é pouco fiável, na minha opinião.
in reply to Rui Batista

@ragb das duas vezes que estive em mesas, verifiquei a correção das matrizes contra os boletins e das duas vezes estava tudo certo. Mas sim, temos de pensar de forma mais inclusiva. As associações têm de fazer um melhor trabalho na divulgação das dificuldades, por um lado, os governos têm de governar para todos e as pessoas têm de ser mais empáticas e menos umbiguistas (não necessariamente por esta ordem).
in reply to Jonasnuts

a matriz ajuda, eu uso-a sempre que existe, porém nunca tenho confiança total que votei correctamente. A matriz pode ter saído do sitio, a caneta pode não ter escrito, impossível verificar. Mas claro, quem não aprendeu braille, e é o caso da maioria das pessoas com cegueira adquirida, continua dependente.
in reply to Jonasnuts

até acho que as associações têm feito algum trabalho com a CNE e o MAI, a matriz foi exemplo disso. Os governos PS também propiciaram mais isso. Só que são gotas no oceano.
in reply to Jonasnuts

tambem não sei como resolver. Por isso mesmo entendo quem tenha a esperança legitima de que situações como estas se mitiguem com o voto electrónico, tal como acontece noutros países… Mas a segurança e a..
in reply to Jonasnuts

a ideia que tentaram em Évora tinha pontos que poderiam ser pensados - aquilo gerava papel, no fundo - mas parece ter corrido tão mal em todos os aspectos que mais vale ignorar.
in reply to Rui Batista

@ragb

O voto eletrónico não é uma alternativa com vantagens em relação ao voto acompanhado, quer em termos de confiança quer de privacidade. Em quem preferimos confiar: numa pessoa que conhecemos ou numa máquina programada por desconhecidos e da qual não podemos verificar o funcionamento?

@jonasnuts

in reply to António Manuel Dias

@ammdias concordo em parte e tenho a sorte de ter pessoas em quem posso confiar para isso. Nem toda a gente o tem. Por outro lado o voto electrónico é hipoteticamente auditavel. Seja como for o voto acompanhado e o voto electrónico não são comparáveis, são planos diferentes.


Almost all European web sites fail accessibility test - Techzine Europe techzine.eu/news/privacy-compl…


Apple’s ‘Help Me Choose’ Mac Buying Tool Drives Accessibility As Hard As It Does Capitalism bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?re…




DuckDuckGo has committed a cardinal sin today. I did a regular web search in my browser, and instead of providing search results this popup appeared. Does anyone have any recommendations for alternative search engines (that aren't Google, Yahoo, or Bing)? I would really appreciate something with the !Bang shortcuts DDG has.
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in reply to Chris 🌱

I use ddg daily and this has only ever popped up for me when clicking on the “chat” filter. Is there any chance you clicked on it by accident?



A cube has six faces. There should be 64 named food shapes on this grid. In 32 of them, the filling should fall to the floor immediately.

Don't play like you're doing science if you're not really willing to think it through.




How to Avoid Mosquito Bites: 5 Tips for Repelling Insects This Summer cnet.com/health/personal-care/…

in reply to Shyra “Tech Ambrosia”

FWIW, if such a resume happens to be read by a blind human, they'd catch this trick. Hopefully they'd be impressed by it.


🤔 “The recent ‘Longest Ballot’ action in #TorontoStPauls has only ever participated in Liberal ridings & one NDP riding. NOT ONE Conservative held riding. Running 74 fake spoiler candidates who don’t live, support, or even campaign, in the communities they target, is so clearly a dirty trick & an abuse of rules & norms, benefiting #Conservatives. The organizers claim to be independent, but the ridings they target tell another story.” - @HeatherMoAndCo
#cdnpoli #toronto
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„Seit Jahren sind rund 50 % meiner Mandantinnen im Durchschnitt knapp 4 Wochen zu Unrecht in Haft - durch rechtskräftige Entscheidung festgestellt. Geschätzt 85 bis 90 % aller Abschiebehaftverfahren beim BGH erweisen sich als rechtswidrig.“ Und durch dieses System sollen jetzt ohne Reform noch mehr Menschen gehen? 👇Pflichtlektüre für alle Praktiker*innen und Rechtspolitiker*innen. Hier besteht offensichtlicher (und seit Jahren verschleppter) Handlungsbedarf! 🚧

betrifftjustiz.de/BJ_Texte/BJ%…



took a while, but now curl container is the top level curl container on quay - quay.io/search?q=curl #curl
#curl


Hey VIA Rail, I know you say you have HEPA filters and stuff, but how about some fresh air? This is far worse than an airplane. 1980's LRC car, 5 hour trip from Toronto to Montreal. #co2 #aranet #viarail #covid


"Coup attempt in Bolivia! Soldiers entered the government building"
dokuz8HABER
in reply to b9AcE

"Bolivia armed forces mobilize in La Paz as coup fears rise"
reuters.com/world/americas/bol…
"Bolivian president warns ‘irregular’ military deployment under way in capital, raising coup fears"
apnews.com/article/bolivia-mil…


A new documentary tells the stories of three Palestinian families as they have fought to survive nine months of genocide. theintercept.com/2024/06/26/in…


@pluralistic has an #OpenLetter to #PolicyMakers to create a regulatory environment to prevent the #enshittification of our already partly enshittified #CleanTech

pluralistic.net/2024/06/26/unp…

You need to read it, but most importantly, those who can actually, factually, change the system, before we're broke, living in a tent next to a mountain of #EWaste, need to read it.

In #Germany, I'm looking at you: @Bundesregierung @BNetzA
@Bundesverband

Wenns auf #Deutsch sein soll, geb einfach Bescheid.

in reply to Oliver Sampson

One thing I think we desperately need is the Framework Laptop, but for EV's. My dad used to have a kit car business, and that would seem to translate well to EVs. Get an EV Chassis with an isolated CAN bus and use standardized or custom parts to complete. Ditto non-proprietary, privacy-focused software for other functions. It should be possible to actually own your vehicle.
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I wrote some of this in a reply to another thread, but it's worth making into its own post so it's as loud and clear as can be.

Sun Microsystems used to pay people to work on GNOME accessibility and specifically, the Orca screenreader. Sun wasn't even selling Linux; they were selling Solaris, their own proprietary Unix.

Oracle then bought Sun. They promptly fired the people working on GNOME accessibility. Here's the irony. Oracle has its own Linux distro, Oracle Linux. This is a RHEL derivative with RedHat branding replaced by Oracle branding. There is optional commercial support.

The Wikipedia article about Oracle tells me that Oracle's net income is $10.47 billion in 2024. Oracle's CEO to employee pay ratio is 1205 to 1. The CEO's compensation in 2017 was $108,295,023.

Some of that income definitely comes from Linux. Some of it definitely comes from governments, like the US government. How is it that Oracle couldn't afford to pay people to work on Linux accessibility? How comes it that the US has an Americans with Disabilities Act, while the government still continues to do business with this company that blatantly fucked over blind Linux users?

When we talk about companies strip-mining the free software commons, this is a fine example to use.

Fuck Oracle, fuck Larry Ellison, and fuck capitalism.

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 10 updated & 1 added apps:

* Scroll Block: take control over your scrolling habits

1 app had to be removed for security reasons: PackageViewer (com.mai.packageviewer) had the full credentials & the keystore file in their Github repo, and it's author responded only with "ignore". We can't ignore this, so it had to be removed (and the leaked signing key blacklisted).

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:



"Der Deutsche Wetterdienst (DWD) hat für den morgigen Donnerstag, 27. Juni 2024, eine Hitzewarnung mit starker Wärmebelastung für die Region #Köln ausgesprochen"
#hitze #klima
stadt-koeln.de/politik-und-ver…