Someone has finally been done in modern times for *checks notes* "Handling a Salmon under Suspicious Circumstances"
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd1740…
Angler Stephen Samuel is punished for "handling salmon under suspicious circumstances"Adam Hale (BBC News)
BBC is doing extraordinary coverage of the #outtage
The ticker is followed by special live reporting worldwide bbc.com/news/live/cnk4jdwp49et…
The cause of the outage is unclear, but American Airlines tells the BBC its flights are not taking off due to an issue with Crowdstrike cybersecurity software.BBC News
Reports suggest that Sky News has also been affected, leaving many to beg Microsoft to not fix the outage.
NBN users in Australia have yet to notice the outage, thinking it is just the NBN running at normal speed.
chaser.com.au/general-news/bre…
Many have been accused of 'Breaking the internet' in the past, but only Microsoft and CrowdStrike have managed to actually do it.John Delmenico (The Chaser)
❌Un fallo de Microsoft provoca una caída internacional de servicios de transportes, bancos y emergencias
💻Una interrupción del servicio vinculada a la firma de ciberseguridad Crowdstrike y Windows ha paralizado la actividad de decenas de miles de empresas públicas y privadas poniendo de relieve la dependencia del oligopolio tecnológico
elsaltodiario.com/tecnologia/f…
Una interrupción del servicio vinculada a la firma de ciberseguridad Crowdstrike y Windows ha paralizado la actividad de decenas de miles de empresas públicas y privadas poniendo de relieve la dependencia del oligopolio tecnológico.www.elsaltodiario.com
Los discursos corporativos sobre la modernización digital del sector público, recogidos en el Real Decreto-ley 36/2020, esconden la entrega a empresas privadas de la gestión de la infraestructura creada con los datos de toda la ciudadanía.www.elsaltodiario.com
We are pleased to be one of the many projects supported by the EU's NGI programmes, with NLnet's contribution.
Open, decentralized solutions are essential for user freedom on the Internet and for the resilience of our services. What would happen if one of these centralized services were blocked tomorrow?
The NGI programmes are a strength, let's hope they continue: pad.public.cat/lettre-NCP-NGI
Louis XIV was, as everyone else, plagued by the occasional illness. He had the smallpox as child and nearly died, he had a form of typhoid fever and nearly died, he had measles, fevers, colds, gout, bad toothaches…..Party like 1660
Today at 1600 CEST I'm going to be talking about gobject-introspection at the mini-GUADEC; the talk will also be broadcast at GUADEC in Denver tomorrow, at 13:45 MDT:
events.gnome.org/event/209/con…
Thanks to Igalia for allowing me to participate!
#gnome #guadec #guadec2024 #igalia
If you are in Denver, make sure to attend the presentations from my colleagues as well!
- "Developing WebKitGTK Made Easy", by Patrick Griffis
- "Calendaring in the modern desktop", by Georges Stavracas
- "Making WebKitGTK accessible again", by Georges Stavracas
- "The Newest JavaScript Technologies in GNOME", with Philip Chimento
#gnome #guadec #guadec2024 #igalia
One of the most prominent nazis in America boasting that his fellow travelers are in JD Vance's social circles. He's absolutely correct.
Vance’s veep nomination makes it obvious that what was once called the “alt-right” has taken over the Republican party.
This group of reactionaries is far more intelligent and far more extreme than any previous Republican influx group like the Tea Party.
We're in dangerous times.
If you're mad about Google killing short links all over the Internet, and are saying things like "let's scrape it all before it goes down", I suggest checking out wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php…. Some chaotic good people are well ahead of you in terms of planning, and have a VM image you can run to lend some compute and bandwidth to the effort. It's like SETI of old, but for praxis against internet vandals like Google.
(context: developers.googleblog.com/en/g…)
Understand how you will be impacted by our decision to turn off the serving portion of Google URL Shortener.developers.googleblog.com
The accounts are linked to Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, who was convicted of fraud in the US.Ng Wei Kai
Ein Marokkaner wurde aus Chemnitz abgeschoben, obwohl das Verwaltungsgericht dies untersagt hatte. Nach Angaben seiner Anwältin haben sich die Verantwortlichen der Stadt Chemnitz und der Landesdire…Sächsischer Flüchtlingsrat
Přátelé #fediverse, rád bych vám připomněl, že se bude konat 2. sraz uživatelů Mastodon v Karlových Varech!
🗓️ Datum: 15. srpna
⏰ Čas: 17:00
📍 Místo: Národní dům, Karlovy Vary
Připojte se k nám na příjemné setkání s ostatními nadšenci! Budeme sdílet zkušenosti a diskutovat o všem, co se týká Mastodonu. Těšíme se na vás!
@mastopivo
srazy.arch-linux.cz/invite/HJI…
#MastodonSraz #KarlovyVary #mastopivo
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Reply to Google Now Defaults to Not Indexing Your Content by Vincent Schmalbach
Selectivity is long overdue. Marginalia, Stract, and Teclis feel like a breath of fresh air for broad short-tail queries because they downrank or skip pages full of ads, trackers, scripts, and even SEO. However, Google’s selectivity can’t penalise such criteria as that would conflict with its ad business.
Google has a bias against new sites. This makes sense, given their spam potential. I disagree with your argument that a bias against new sites is a pivot away from Experience, Expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness (EEAT): it takes time for a website to become an authority and earn trust. If delayed indexing of new sites is wrong, then the problem lies with EEAT. I argue that EEAT is a good framework for an answer-focused engine, but a bad framework for a discovery- or surfing-focused engine like Marginalia or Wiby, respectively.
Originally posted on seirdy.one: See Original (POSSE). #Google #SearchEngines
Picture this: It’s ten years ago, and you’ve just launched a new WordPress blog. Within hours, sometimes even minutes, your content is indexed by Google.Vincent Schmalbach
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In-Process is out! Featuring all the news on NVDA 2024.3 Beta 4, the add-on update notification feature in NVDA 2024.3, thanks to Intopia (& all our corporate sponsors) and a look at jumping between paragraphs! Check it out here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-1…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #ThankYou #Intopia #Navigation #Beta #Prerelease #FOSS #Software #blog
We’re getting closer to the release of NVDA 2024.3 with a new beta out this week. The table of contents in recent editions of the blog has been popular so far, so let’s start with that: 2024.3 Beta…NV Access
"Today, the time has come to turn off the serving portion of Google URL Shortener."
No, you absolute shitheads, it's not just "the time." There's no immutable reason here other than your own disgraceful attention span.
If you create a link-shortening service, you owe it to the Internet not to just turn it off after a mere decade; even more so if you purport to have a mission "to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful."
mastodon.cloud/@corbet@social.…
Ah joy ... Google is turning off its URL shortener and breaking every link that ever used it:developers.googleblog.com/en/g…
A quick search on lore.kernel.org:
lore.kernel.org/all/?q=goo.gl%…
...turns up about 19,000 messages with affected links. That's a lot of history that is going to become harder (or impossible) to find.
Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available
Understand how you will be impacted by our decision to turn off the serving portion of Google URL Shortener.developers.googleblog.com
"Well it's your fault for relying on..." ..on what, on one of the largest, richest companies ever to exist?
On the company that publishes that it is "Committed to significantly improving the lives of as many people as possible"?
On a company that is so synonymous with the internet that it's a verb and it has its own TLD?
Stay up to date with Google company news and products. Discover stories about our culture, philosophy, and how Google technology is impacting others.about.google
But yes, actually.
Google has shown over and over and over again that it simply cannot be trusted to build things that it will maintain.
There's a whole site devoted to things they've scrapped.
It's not just that Google gets rid of services. It's the collateral damage.
Example: The Google Domains shutdown has resulted in folks losing control of their domains to spammers and phishers.
Killing your products -- reasonable. Killing other people's work -- despicable.
Killed by Google is the open source list of dead Google products, services, and devices. It serves as a tribute and memorial of beloved services and products killed by Google.Killed by Google
My new narrated audio fiction project An Invisible Sun launches on August 1st!
Go to invisiblesunpod.com to hear the teaser, subscribe on your fav pod app, and get more information!
But if you can't wait, members of my Patreon can hear the episodes early and ad-free! patreon.com/wkeithtims
I hope you'll listen!
#audiodrama #audiofiction #fiction #podcast #fictionpodcast #sff #specfic #writingcommunity #writing #indie
Congratulations to our newest NVDA Certified Expert, Victor-Daniel Dima!
If you'd like to become an NVDA Certified Expert, you can sit the exam for FREE here: certification.nvaccess.org/
(There is a cost to receive the certificate, with all money helping keep NVDA free for all!)
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #Certification #Qualification #Study #AmStudying #Exam #Leadership #Technology
Yes, mobile phones are convenient, but going old-school has its advantages, even in 2024.Ian Sherr (CNET)
The Biden/Harris administration has released a tool — a first-of-its-kind software in partnership with the Department of Energy and HHS — that connects families to solar energy through the HHS' Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Those enrolled in the program can see significant electricity bill savings, aligned with the National Community Solar Partnership goal of 20% in average household savings — the equivalent of $370 yearly per household.
"The EU’s #NGI programme has supported free, open source software for years. But now a silent death seems to be looming: An internal document suggests that financing may soon end. Developers are surprised and call for the programme’s survival."
netzpolitik.org/2024/next-gene…
The EU’s Next Generation Internet programme has supported free, open source software for years. But now a silent death seems to be looming: An internal document suggests that financing may soon end.netzpolitik.org
This PR began as an attempt to drop GCC support, after repeated reports on fallouts when trying to use it on macOS. Then it transformed into a 3-week project turning up the issues causing the fallo...GitHub
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of decentralized blockchain Ethereum, has issued a warning to his fellow tech leaders against choosing a candidate purely based on whether they claim to be “pro-crypto.”
While he didn’t name any candidate specifically, his warning comes just one day after prominent venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz announced their support for Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
“In a blog post, Buterin said it’s more important to scrutinize a candidate’s broader policies to ensure they support cryptocurrency’s underlying goals, including internationalism and protection for private communications,” reports @Techcrunch. Here’s more.
'Doctor Who' analysis: the Disney deal, Ncuti Gatwa & Russell T Davies are in the spolight after the end of the latest season.Max Goldbart (Deadline)
Oh nice! Firefox translation will now* translate all relevant HTML attributes, e.g. title, aria-label, aria-description and more : bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
Thanks @gregtatum !
* this landed a few hours ago, will be in next @FirefoxNightly and hopefully should be available for all in Firefox 130
RESOLVED (gtatum) in Firefox - Translations. Last updated 2024-07-16.bugzilla.mozilla.org
Ah joy ... Google is turning off its URL shortener and breaking every link that ever used it:
developers.googleblog.com/en/g…
A quick search on lore.kernel.org:
lore.kernel.org/all/?q=goo.gl%…
...turns up about 19,000 messages with affected links. That's a lot of history that is going to become harder (or impossible) to find.
Understand how you will be impacted by our decision to turn off the serving portion of Google URL Shortener.developers.googleblog.com
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Type in Morse code by repeatedly slamming your laptop shut
Link: github.com/veggiedefender/open…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Type in Morse code by repeatedly slamming your laptop shut - veggiedefender/open-and-shutGitHub
This channel discusses ham radio topics as it relates to a blind ham. We do reviews, tutorials, demos and a round table.YouTube
When parsing of a certificate is failed, the error is logged for private key.GitHub
With many people getting COVID from the summer surge, a reminder that the CDC's isolation guidelines are inadequate.
CDC shortened their isolation guidelines, not because of a change in the science, but in response to political pressure to keep people working even if they are sick.
Science shows most people are infectious for 10+ days; it's best to isolate until you test negative on multiple tests. If you can't stay home the whole time, wear an N95 mask to stop the virus spreading to others.
Hey everyone, I’ve got some exciting news – Keyoxide Mobile just got a fresh update! 🎉 I’ve been working hard to bring you version 2.4.0, and it’s packed with the most requested feature: offline mode. What’s New in Keyoxide Mobile 2.4.0? Offline-Mod.Berker Sen (Berker)
@cantences
Well, there you go! Same conditions as en.osm.town/@pietervdvn/112808…: fill out the info for every shop or restaurant you visit and promote it with all your (#lactosefree) friends mapcomplete.org/lactosefree
A crowdsourced map with lactose free shops and restaurantsmapcomplete.org
@AccurstDemon Only if you promise to fill it out for every shop/restaurant you visit - and if you promote it a lot!
Hola a la comunidad #Celiaca y #SinGluten el grandioso @pietervdvn ha creado en #MapComplete un tema (mapa) específicamente para vosotros, esto es muy importante ya que este mapa es GRATUITO, LIBRE y editable por cualquier persona, haciéndolo una fuente de conocimiento de TODOS y para todos.
Se acabaron los mapas de google maps que solo conocen los dueños y a quienes se lo comparten.
Si tienes una lista o mapa de tus sitios favoritos añadelos!
Puedes visitarlo aqui:
mapcomplete.org/glutenfree
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in reply to Sebastian Lasse • • •The sheer horror with which the reporter mentioned having to use a pen is just sad, not extraordinary.