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I’m researching energy impact, profiling and performance of native iOS and Android apps.

Any recommendations for useful resources or tools?

#iOSdev #AndroidDev



Is there a good way to use vim with a screen reader, and is it even worth trying?

We have NVim now and it uses a decent scripting language (Lua), so I guess it would be possible to do "emacspeak but for vim" now without too much pain, but that's not what I mean.

in reply to Mikołaj Hołysz

@x0 @zersiax Or you could always send everything in both representations with the appropriate codes, so that old terminals would ignore the new representation and new terminals would be told to ignore the old one.
in reply to Mikołaj Hołysz

@x0 @zersiax What I've thought about doing is keeping the actual rendering of TUIs unchanged, while also sending serialized accessibility tree updates (e.g. AccessKit tree updates) in a way that will be ignored by old terminals.


#Nextcloud: Wer ein paar Plugins installiert, bekommt ein Hauptverzeichnis voller Ordner, die jeweils zu einem Plugin gehören.

Für neue User ist das verwirrend.

Ich fänd gut, wenn diese Ordner alle in einem versteckten Ordner gesammelt würden.

Wer will, kann dann in diesen Ordnern Dinge tun. Aber wer sich dafür nicht interessiert, sieht sie auch erst einmal nicht.

Bitte unterstützt meinem Feature Request dazu:

github.com/nextcloud/server/is…

in reply to Steffen Voß

Nicht nur verwirrend für neue User. Es kann auch zu richtigem Chaos kommen, wenn neue user diese Ordner mit eigenen Dateien füllen oder sie löschen, weil ihnen die Notwendigkeit der Existenz nicht bekannt @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz


Llama3-405b base model is leaked on 4chan as Miqu-2. Miqu-1 was leaked Mistral 70b model which was confirmed by Mistral CEO. The download size is 764GB, and it was briefly on Huggingface but taken down. The torrent is still working apparently. #LLM #AI #ML reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/commen…
#AI #ML #llm


Well, the verdict is in: Not even RIM (remote Incident Manager) from Pneuma Solutions can get control of the keyhook Mist World uses. It's a very powerful keyhook, and the only way to thwart it would be if Pneuma Solutions also installed a virtual keyboard driver on Windows, through which they sent commands. Never gonna happen though. Still keeping the sub especially with my trip to Stockholm in 2 weeks Just hope to play it there.
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in reply to Tamas G

I'm sorry, why does a game need to install such a disproportionately powerful keyboard hook?
in reply to James Scholes

I think to have control over things keybounce behaviors and disallow scripting (although, scripters will still just install a virtual keyboard driver to simulate a physical one and inject commands in that way, so that part hasn't gone well for them.) Also, it allows for movement whilst keeping NVDA speech uninterrupted, which means you can move through land areas like gates, surface changes and have NVDA announce it, something that holding a key down would interrupt.
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Caught up with @danyeaw's talk at GUADEC. It's great to see all that has been accomplished in just two short years, in order to put back Python on the map of the GNOME ecosystem.

Having more communities come together to make good, useful applications is a lot better than building everything from scratch in separate silos.

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Best hello? #Poll #Polls #MastoMonday

  • Buon giorno (33%, 1 vote)
  • Salaam (33%, 1 vote)
  • Buna ziua (0%, 0 votes)
  • добры дзень (33%, 1 vote)
3 voters. Poll end: 1 month ago




Wow, windows 10 made it so damn hard to add new users to the system. Used to be able to do that from Computer Management I'm pretty sure. Now I'm not sure how best to do that with the old interface, not the new stupid website-looking thing that wants an email address and a bunch of useless crap. I just need to make another administrative user that I can run things under as a service... Really windows?
in reply to Andre Louis

Heh, I just do it in a command prompt. Launch as admin, net user <user> <password> /add; net localgroup Administrators <username> /add


One at the Time.

Michaël Borremans.

2003.

“A painting is not just an image: it is an object with a multi-layered character.”



Innuendo, definitely NSFW, or as they say: lewt! The joke is in the alt text.

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What is your favorite fantasy trope? One of my favorites that doesn't directly involve magic is MC passes out from injury or exhaustion, usually in the middle of battle but not necessarily, wakes up in a bed surrounded by people who explain what happened and nurse MC back to health. These could be strangers or friends/family.
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Maybe this is a silly one, but I like the apparently clueless character (parent, teacher, rando cleaner) who turns out to know everything that's going on but lets the major characters believe that they're getting away with everything.


Alright, it's the start of a new week and there's too much of the same kind of post on my time line at the moment, so let's break the cycle. 99% of one thing can be too much of the same thing.

Tell me something in recent days (non-politics-related) that made you happy. Something that caused you to genuinely smile, or just feel glad at the world. I'll start.

Yesterday whilst on the train home from Wales, I sent a message to my son to ask him if he wouldn't mind picking me up from our local station, only if he wasn't out with friends and he did.
He's 14, certainly didn't have to come collect dad, I'd have managed, but he did.
Something so simple, and his willingness to help me just made my trip end with a smile.
As soon as he saw me he said 'Do you want me to carry anything?'
I love him. That's all I have to say.

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in reply to Andre Louis

it's a beautiful day here in illinois, and i got a nice shower this morning, and got fresh clean clothes on. I got outside for a bit, and got to hear some pretty birds. It's a great day.
in reply to Andre Louis

Here's an absolutely amazing thread, not because I started it, but because of the wonderful people that participated in it. If you're feeling a bit blue and want a smile, read some of the responses here. It's worth it I promise. So much positive thinking here.
I guarantee had this been on what I will *always* call twitter, it wouldn't have had even half the engagement it did.


80s UNIX was just a psyop to encourage people to adopt autotools and fuck up the rest of history


Just watched @danyeaw’s talk at #guadec2024 on the state of PyGObject. We’ve been able to make a lot of progress over the past year. Let’s see what next year brings.
youtube.com/watch?v=ynIKMiRwn3…


Audio Ducking Enhancements in iOS 18 theideaplace.net/audio-ducking…
in reply to David Goldfield

This makes me more excited about iOS 18 than any other feature I've read about.


Today's #SongInMyHead
🎵 Somewhere Over the Rainbow
⭐ Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole
youtube.com/watch?v=w_DKWlrA24…


Biden usando una estrategia de Perro: carta a la ciudadanía, vía Twitter, en formato jpg y sin ALT. Para que luego digan que nuestro presidente no tiene relevancia a nivel internacional.

#Biden #CartaALaCiudadanía #MásSabeBidenPorViejoQuePorBiden



We have landed. Debian Developers, Contributors, and Maintainers have started to arrive for this years Debian Developers Conference held in Busan, South Korea. #debian #korea #DebConf24 #debiankorea micronews.debian.org/2024/1721… #debian


I spent much of the past week in the village of Burin in the West Bank. Burin is surrounded by three settlements, two military bases, and checkpoints on all main roads.

3 weeks before I arrived, the army had declared one of Burin's farm a closed military zone.

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Buenos días desde la Administración Pública.
Esta va a ser una semana especialmente corta para mi. El jueves es festivo y el viernes tengo día de asuntos propios. Además, ha vuelto mi jefe de sección.




Quick reminder: DO NOT USE YOUR PRIMARY EMAIL OR PHONE FOR ANY POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

What I did in 2020: sent a check, snail mail, to the campaign. I gave my full name, legal address, occupation and employer (legal requirement for $200+). No email, no phone.

For good measure, I crossed out the phone number and put a sticky on the check that said “NO DNC, NO DSCC, NO DCCC”.

The Biden campaign mailed me a magnet, and a thank-you after the election. I got 0 calls/emails. From anyone.
#USPol

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in reply to Matt May

You could also filter them out and never see those pesky emails ever again! BTW, what’s a check? LOL
in reply to victor tsaran

@vick21 Parties and candidates sell their lists to other candidates and PACs. It’s not a matter of filtering, because they’ll be sending them from dozens of sources with new ones popping up every week because they _know_ you’re filtering.

Checks are what people older than you use as money.



I’ve suffered through many over-the-top renditions of the national anthem, but the one from this year’s Republican convention was by far the most extra. They threw in an orchestra, a choir, and at least eighty-seven key changes. I can’t even. Please just sing the damn song FFS. youtube.com/watch?v=h8MqnFQw3q…
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in reply to Drew Mochak

Wo, that was quite a spectacle! I would remove vocal tracks and leave everything else in place. That sounded like a musical almost. A simple brass orchestra would suffice? :)
in reply to Drew Mochak

That orchestral arrangement reminds me of an evangelical Christian singer named Sandi Patty whose career peaked in the 80s, so, during my childhood. Yes, she did key changes like that, too. Of course, she's well past her prime now.

Somewhat to my surprise, the rendition you linked *was* Sandi Patty's arrangement. Sounds like that other singer used the same track. I don't actually recall hearing Sandi Patty's version of the national anthem growing up.

in reply to Matt Campbell

@matt I was just watching it with Jamie and we were speculating that it was a backing track, since she never actually saw any instruments or performers. That makes so much sense! Thanks.
in reply to Drew Mochak

For many in the target audience at the convention, that performance probably brought back memories of the Reagan era, when Sandi Patty's version came out.
in reply to Matt Campbell

@matt Oh wow, you just reminded me. She narrated a heavily abridged version of the bible for kids that I used to listen to growing up. I don’t remember most of it but I am sure it was super formative. Holy crap. I haven’t thought about that in years. I don’t think I knew she was a singer though.
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in reply to Drew Mochak

I hate to disappoint, but I actually don't remember that either. Maybe that was one of her later projects, after I was the right age for it.
in reply to Matt Campbell

No, that was 1987. Go figure. I'm sure we never had that on cassette.
in reply to Matt Campbell

@matt Oh yeah, I know of Sandi Patty. Yeah, she's definitely past her prime these days, but she did used to do key changes like that all the time. It was pretty wild.
in reply to Joseph King

@jdking92 Her version of the national anthem wasn't even her most over-the-top song when it came to key changes. As far as I know, that dubious distinction goes to one of her more obscure religious songs, "Unshakable Kingdom", which went through a total of 6 keys (A flat, A, B flat, C, C sharp, and finally E). No, I don't remember that from when I was like 7; I listened to it again more recently.
in reply to Matt Campbell

@matt GOod lord. Yeah...I used to have a lot of her stufff in digital form. IT sort of got nuked when my old computer's hard drive bit the dust and I just never bothered replacing it.
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Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular.




“By expanding the human shielding charge to every inch of #Gaza, #Israel is using a familiar strategy at an unprecedented scale... the human shielding allegation…strategy has previously been seen in conflicts ranging from the Vietnam War to the war against ISIS. However, the intensity and scope of how Israel has mobilized the human shields accusation in the past year is unprecedented.” | Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon, Hewish Currents jewishcurrents.org/human-shiel…


bledá známosť ešte viac vybledla, má ten pocit pochmúrnosti




This November, you have the power to make Elon Musk waste 180 million dollars.



I will never forgive The New York Times for bringing this to pass. They violated the journalistic norms they claim to uphold in their vindictive campaign against him. They hounded him out of office. They'd best not crow and they'd best not do the same to Kamala Harris. But I have no faith they can restrain themselves. Same to the Post.


Trump is trash for five billion reasons. His weight is not one of those reasons.

He will not see your surface-level criticisms of his appearance. Your fat friends will.

Please stop making me defend him.



"I’ve always been more 'Let’s just kick the fascists' asses' than 'Blue no matter who.'

But I will obviously support anyone Democrats nominate over Donald Trump. That’s the easiest choice of my life that doesn’t involve waffle fries.

When it all comes down to it, I’m a single-issue voter. My issue is that I’d like to keep voting."

~ Jason Sattler

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Democrats
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thecause.substack.com/p/biden-…

in reply to William Lindsey :toad:

"Nothing says women refuse to accept second-class citizenship like electing one. I have no doubt she can do it, and I look forward to watching the support she receives from Hillary Clinton, her sorors, and pretty much everyone in America who loves democracy. We have work to do!"

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Democrats
/14

in reply to William Lindsey :toad:

"Donald Trump and Chris LaCivita are about to hit Kamala Harris with an avalanche of racist and sexist attacks and a ton of slut-shaming. Democrats across the board need to be saying now what we all know, which is that this will bring out the very worst of Trump. Racism and sexism are his brand. Charlottesville is his brand."

~ Josh Marshall

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Democrats
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talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a…



A hummingbird just flew up to me to let me know that my feeder was out of nectar. I will just absolutely never get over the fact that they do that. I mean, to know not only that I am the one that feeds them (which, I've never even noticed one around to witness) but to figure out how to communicate with me. Just completely blows my mind.

#hummingbird #hummingbirds

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