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to those grousing about Campaign contributions vs #MutualAid

a lot of y'all are taking the wrong lesson out of what we are witnessing with #MastodonForHarris

let's take away the obvious elections hype and enthusiasm. what are we left with?

we have one person managing the effort of fundraising for ONE issue thru a platform that provides very little friction to do so. and that person is vetted and trusted by the community. that's why it scales. that's why the pot keeps growing.

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#MutualAid #mastodonforharris
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yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
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individual, atomized, Mutual Aid doesn't scale.

there are hundreds of people asking to fill hundreds of pots, each a new story, each a new emergency, each a new urgency.

it's no secret GoFundMe was NOT created for the purposes of becoming a substitute for the welfare system; but that's exactly why it's now a multibillion dollar company. it's become a privatized welfare system built on the back of working class folks.

Mutual Aid is not a substitute for welfare. that's the issue.

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Thank you #Microsoft for having a shortcut key in #Word for putting a non-breaking space!
#microsoft #word
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André Polykanine
André Polykanine
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@asael Это неразрывный пробел. Когда тебе нужен пробел, но нужно, чтобы оно не переносило на новую строку.
@Zvonimir Stanecic

Eye on the investment

#unix_surrealism #fossangel #technomage #openbsd #faq #comic #runbsd

Fossangel observes Girl and Puffy building the OpenBSD system from source, following FAQ 5.
#comic #OpenBSD #faq #unix_surrealism #technomage #runbsd #fossangel

The iOS 18 feature to select only specific contacts to share with an app is very nice. Now I can finally have WhatsApp show names for my contacts without trusting WhatsApp with my entire contact list. Of course, WhatsApp, being owned by Meta, are entirely trustworthy, always will be and I was being paranoid about nothing in the first place.
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Jamie Teh
Jamie Teh
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@drew Contact sharing criticism notwithstanding, I actually quite like the WhatsApp apps and am happy to use them now that I have this solution. Also, I'm kinda intrigued by the Meta AI glasses even despite the obvious privacy concerns. A blind friend has them and has found them super useful.
@Drew Mochak
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Drew Mochak
Drew Mochak
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I love them! I don’t have to or anything but I unapologetically shill them at every opportunity. I think they are a great balance of price, features and comfort. A watch, for instance, never really worked for me, I already have a phone, I don’t need a second one on my wrist. Smart glasses make much more sense to me.
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Jamie Teh
Jamie Teh
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@drew I do have a smart watch and I do use it. I was never super comfortable with using my voice to do lots of things in public and Siri is just so utterly useless that there's little point anyway. But I'm told the Meta AI is so much better than Siri, even for reading and responding to messages, etc.
@Drew Mochak
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Drew Mochak
Drew Mochak
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I am a Google guy so I can’t compare, but MetaAI usually understands me pretty well. What happens more often is it will flat-out refuse to do stuff that I consider standard, because I am used to a thing that’s had six years of feature updates. But they are moving pretty fast, as you would expect.
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Jamie Teh
Jamie Teh
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@drew Ironically, the biggest complaint I've heard about Meta AI is that it won't describe certain things, possibly due to privacy or other ethical concerns. Which on one hand should be considered a good thing - better to be cautious than not in this space - but there really is some irony in that.
@Drew Mochak
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victor tsaran
victor tsaran
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@drew I treat my Meta glasses as reading glasses. Trying to keep them close but not wearing them all the time. But if things progress the way they do, it'll be one of the most useful tech pieces I ever owned!
@Drew Mochak
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Pratik Patel
Pratik Patel
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@vick21 @drew I'm considering purchasing them. The question is whether I should wait until the next hardware change.
@victor tsaran @Drew Mochak
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Jamie Teh
Jamie Teh
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@ppatel @vick21 @drew I'm also intrigued by the upcoming Solos AirGo Vision glasses, but who knows whether they'll be any good. They still haven't even been advertised on their site as far as I can tell, which doesn't bode particularly well, and I have no familiarity with this company at all.
@victor tsaran @Pratik Patel @Drew Mochak
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Drew Mochak
Drew Mochak
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Same! Looks like they will cost around $250 yankodesign.com/2024/06/30/sol… At that pricepoint they are basically head-to-head with the Meta offering. Kinda doubt that it will be better TBH but it being GTP-4O is nice, for sure.

What will be really neat is the camera glasses that let you pick your favorite LLM!


Solos AirGo Vision are the world's first ChatGPT-4o powered smart glasses for interactive input

Smart glasses are the most practical wearables when it comes to your daily style statement. Compared to current generation AR headsets that are bulky, smart gla
Gaurav Sood (Yanko Design)
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Jamie Teh
Jamie Teh
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@vick21 @drew @ppatel I've read some articles (don't have links now) that suggest you can choose between AI providers with these, but I'm not sure if that's actually true. Information is really sketchy across the board, so I'm not holding my breath on anything. The other thing is that I'm told the audio tech (both microphones and speakers) in the Meta glasses is really quality stuff, and I'm a bit skeptical that a fairly new player will get that kind of thing right from the start. But I guess we'll see.
@victor tsaran @Pratik Patel @Drew Mochak
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Jamie Teh
Jamie Teh
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@ppatel @vick21 @drew I keep hearing that Meta might be opening up their glasses to third party apps and the like, which I think would be a game changer. However, I haven't seen any authoritative sources on that.
@victor tsaran @Pratik Patel @Drew Mochak
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Jamie Teh
Jamie Teh
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@vick21 @drew @FreakyFwoof @ppatel If it does happen, it'll be interesting to see the user experience in terms of how third party apps integrate. If you have to use some long string of commands or if they're limited to specific use cases, that's going to make it a whole lot less useful. I'm cautiously optimistic for now. I think accessibility specific apps running on mainstream hardware is going to be a lot more future proof and have a lot more potential than dedicated accessibility hardware, with all the silliness that entails.
@victor tsaran @Pratik Patel @Andre Louis @Drew Mochak
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Chi Kim
Chi Kim
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@vick21 @drew @FreakyFwoof @ppatel Other than for listening to audio as headphones, recording videos/audio, obtaining AI image descriptions, or making video calls for sighted assistance, what other purposes have you found for Meta Glasses?
@victor tsaran @Pratik Patel @Andre Louis @Drew Mochak
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Jamie Teh
Jamie Teh
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@chikim @vick21 @drew @ppatel @FreakyFwoof I believe WhatsApp and Messenger both have business calling options, so that would make some sense.
@victor tsaran @Pratik Patel @Chi Kim @Andre Louis @Drew Mochak
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Drew Mochak
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I would go ahead and get the current ones. The new ones are heavier and include a HUD. The hardware might be better, but I think we are still better served by a display-less device. (I haven’t used them or anything, that is just my conclusion after reading what’s publicly known about them)
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Pratik Patel
Pratik Patel
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@drew @vick21 I think I will go ahead and get the current ones then. I'm intrigued by them.
@victor tsaran @Drew Mochak
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victor tsaran
victor tsaran
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@ppatel @drew It depends on how desperate you are and how essential they would be for your every day needs. I personally feel they can be outdone by the next big thing. IMHO, anyone who goes with Open AI will scor bigger!
@Pratik Patel @Drew Mochak
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victor tsaran
victor tsaran
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@ppatel @drew Or, better yet, get them and try for yourself. You can always return if they feel underwhelming!
@Pratik Patel @Drew Mochak
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victor tsaran
victor tsaran
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@DerryLawlor @drew OK, a quick check. I got version 7.0 of the Meta glasses firmware, but still have to say "look and" to recognize images. Wasn't Meta AI supposed to get smarter about that? :)
@Derry Lawlor @Drew Mochak
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Drew Mochak
Drew Mochak
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What prompt are you using instead?
@DerryLawlor @jcsteh
@Jamie Teh @Derry Lawlor
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victor tsaran
victor tsaran
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@drew @DerryLawlor Nope, still have to use the same old one. I thought we were supposed to get a break from it in 7.0? :)
@Derry Lawlor @Drew Mochak
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victor tsaran
victor tsaran
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@drew @DerryLawlor Well, I was hoping we could use a more natural language, e.g. "tell me", "describe for me", "read this text", etc. But seems like none of these are working.
@Derry Lawlor @Drew Mochak
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Derry Lawlor
Derry Lawlor
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@vick21 @drew Yes I have to say it too, but if I need to give a second command I just say the command.
@victor tsaran @Drew Mochak
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victor tsaran
victor tsaran
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@DerryLawlor @drew Yes, thanks, that part does work here as well. I might have misunderstood the feature then. A good thing is that we can at least say: "what am I looking at"? :)
@Derry Lawlor @Drew Mochak
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Drew Mochak
Drew Mochak
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Also, love that you are enjoying WhatsApp still! :) Please do gripe at me if we break stuff.
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Jamie Teh
Jamie Teh
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@drew I do use WhatsApp UWP with the WhatsApp+ NVDA add-on so I get keyboard shortcuts to jump to various places. It feels like those shortcuts could perhaps just be integrated into the app one day, eliminating the need for much of the add-on. But that's not a practical concern - the add-on does exist - more a point of interest.
@Drew Mochak

Okay, so why does this happen? Here's a silly example. 039;You will be my dinner039; the alien said to the old man.
#039
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Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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@mcourcel well %20 makes sense because you can't encode a space in a URL.
@Martin in Toronto
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Martin in Toronto
Martin in Toronto
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@cachondo Yeah, that's usually when something doesn't understand the character and generates this crap. It's like the %20 that you sometimes see in wbe addresses.
@Sean Randall

Diversity in tech isn't just good - it's vital. PureOS: Secure, private, and free from Big Tech monopolies. #ChooseFreedom
puri.sm/posts/avoiding-a-monoc…

Avoiding a Monoculture with Secure Diverse Technology – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
Purism SPC
#choosefreedom

I'm learning #Hebrew now (for the umpteenth time, hopefully for real this time). Before I always used my slate and stylus (don't laugh!) to write new words for muscle memory. Now I'm learning on #Duolingo using their iOS app, and here's my point: one more pain of using touch screens is that it doesn't add to my muscle memory, and I can easily forget how a word is written. As it's probably not the case with a normal hardware keyboard, I'll create some small vocabulary on my PC.
#duolingo #hebrew
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Zvonimir Stanecic
Zvonimir Stanecic
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чем, кроме Дуолинго пользуешься? Каким планом? платным либо безплатным?
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André Polykanine
André Polykanine
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@asael Пока ничем, только Дуо. У нас платный план, в своё время покупал семейную подписку в основном для Наташи, сейчас решил тоже вернуться.
@Zvonimir Stanecic

Love working with Makefiles. They make my life so much easier.

I prefer Makefiles over anything in Symfony Console (Composer, Artisan, etc) because I don't need local PHP to run them locally. Just bash and I'm good. #php

#php
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Larry Garfield
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I have mostly moved to github.com/adriancooney/Taskfi… . All the upsides of Make without the weird "I assume we're compiling C, right?" assumptions.

GitHub - adriancooney/Taskfile: Repository for the Taskfile template.

Repository for the Taskfile template. Contribute to adriancooney/Taskfile development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
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André Polykanine
André Polykanine
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@Crell Interesting concept. I'll rewrite it to PowerShell (when I have time, ha-ha) since I develop on Windows machines. WSL is always an option, but still.
@Larry Garfield

Who needs Project 2025 when The Donald could be so easily swayed to return us to 1925, halfway through the forced sterilization of 30,000 Americans in the eugenics program that influenced the Nazis.

“My Uncle Donald Trump Told Me Disabled Americans Like My Son ‘Should Just Die’”
time.com/7002003/donald-trump-…

#accessibility


My Uncle Donald Trump Told Me Disabled Americans Like My Son ‘Should Just Die’

Fred Trump III describes conversations with his uncle about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Fred C. Trump III (Time)
#Accessibility

If anything good comes out of the CrowdStrike disaster it’s that, hopefully, everybody in the cybersecurity vendor industry learns to be a little more humble.

This era where many people have promoted themselves to be gods fighting terrorism etc is so stupid.

There’s people being paid more than doctors - who fix humans - who think they’re Cyber Batman. Selling solutions that often don’t work, aren’t secure, and negatively impact user experience and availability.

You’re Cyber Jabba The Hutt.

I got everything I needed at Boots. I got my hair stuff which I really needed and couldn’t get from Amazon because it was out of stock. I also got treated to a new perfume! We are heading for Home now, I am so incredibly, incredibly happy, and so thankful.
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Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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so pleased you've had a good day. :) Things always feel that bit better after a bit of pampering!

Sad that the #Olympics have already been marred by attacks. I'm only a passing sports fan, but I enjoy the variety every 4 years. Last time, I really enjoyed the choice of music during the parade in Tokyo at their opening ceremony.
Looking forward to this evening's opener!
the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. The photo is taken from a low angle, looking straight up at the tower. It is a cloudy day with a gray sky as the background. The Eiffel Tower itself is a tall, iron lattice structure, and prominent in the image are the five interlocking Olympic Rings hanging below one of its lower levels. The Olympic Rings are colored blue, yellow, black, green, and red.
#olympics
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Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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Great fun watching the Archery at the #olympics yesterday, and more qualifying for GB this morning.
The skill and focus needed is impressive, I've only personally done rifle shooting and that was taxing too. The noise of archery is very distinctive, though, and easy to follow by ear.
Tennis again this evening. If Dan and Andy - Dandy? Can pull off another win, well. Hard to imagine how that'll feel.
GB are also in the rowing for a title today, among plenty of other things.
#olympics
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Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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Shame about the tennis on Thursday. Looking forward to the Archery qualifying again this morning. GB have been bouncing around the top 6-7 of the medal table the last couple days, been a great #olympic performance for them. I think as an opening week goes, one of their strongest certainly since I can remember!
#olympic

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#photo #art #photography #nude #merzart #sashastone

Salomé,
Francis Picabia, 1930
#art #merzart #painting #drawing #francispicabia #artist
Salomé, Francis Picabia, 1930
#art #drawing #painting #artist #merzart #francispicabia

Pěním. A jak už to tak se mnou bývá, víc než bych nezbytně musel... #klubovna
Dřevěný rám okna s několika "nádory" polyuretanové pěny.
#klubovna

iOS 18 braille screen input command mode is cool and all, but um... how do I do the equivalent of double tap? On a braille display, I'd normally use the routing keys for that. I don't think there's an equivalent chord command unless I'm missing it?
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Doug Lawlor
Doug Lawlor
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You can also do a two finger scrub to the right on most controls. If you are focused in an edit box the 3 6 chord must be used.

Venting because I am so upset. My extended family and I have had a vacation planned for almost a year. In February, we rented and paid for a huge Chevy suburban or similar #Avis for our 7 people, plus all our luggage. They called us YESTERDAY afternoon (less than 24 hours before scheduled pickup) & said they don’t have the vehicle we rented and paid for. They offered a smaller SUV, which will not hold 7 adult bodies comfortably or more than 2 suitcases.
#avis
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Today we would like to introduce you to JAWS Picture Smart. Sing along everyone!

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David Goldfield
David Goldfield
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Is it just me or when it sings JAWS does it sometimes sound like he's saying Charles?
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Brian Hartgen
Brian Hartgen
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@DavidGoldfield No I don't think it says that. Sometimes even some Americans mispronounce that word to my ears anyway. Where I had an issue was when we got to the bridge onward. Despite my original document having no spelling errors, the AI tool insisted on singing, Tors for Windows. That tune was too good to lose, so I simply edited it and substituted the T sound for a J. Strange it did that, but AI can do interesting things.
@David Goldfield

Forgot to go to the gym today.

That’s 8 years in a row now…

I know the Brailliant BI40X uses thumb keys for navigation but does it also use navigation buttons to the left or right of the Braille display?

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Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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yes, the central left and right of each set of 3 can be used this way.
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James Dean
James Dean
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@cachondo Question for Sean, since he seems to have a 40, does it have regular Perkins style keys, or some type of buttons, like the old nail heads, for braille input? Planning on getting one toward the end of the year and that's the ultimate question for me. I want 40 cells, but not a mantis because I already have an MX keys And the integrated keyboard just makes the braille display bigger.
@Sean Randall
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Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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@GamingWithEars they are ovoid more than square pad shapes, yeah, My fingers rest nicely on them.
@James Dean
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Pratik Patel
Pratik Patel
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I'm happy with my BI 40X. With the latest firmware, the reassignable keys for the internal software has made a huge difference in consistency and keyboard commands while navigating the various internal software.

TOP 10 SIGNS THAT YOUR SON HAS GROWN TOO OLD FOR BREAST FEEDING

10. He can open your blouse by himself.

9. While suckling at one breast, he caresses the other.

8. He has developed a bad habit of flicking his tongue.

7. He keeps slipping dollar bills in your belt.

6. He uses your milk as creamer for his coffee.

5. Your birth control pills interfere with his acne medicine.

4. After each feeding, he has a smoke.

3. He frequently invites his friends over for dinner.

2. You feel an uncontrollable urge to listen to Dueling Banjos.

1. Beard abrasions on areola.

[screenshot of someone's schedule for a day] 9am - 1pm: Prepping for A CALL 1pm - 2pm: A CALL 2pm - [cut off at 3pm]: recovering from A CALL

Inside JD Vance's VC career: five years, two firms before co-founding Narya, investing in AppHarvest, which faced lawsuits and filed for bankruptcy, and more (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal)

wsj.com/politics/elections/vp-…
techmeme.com/240726/p2#a240726…


Inside JD Vance's VC career: five years, two firms before co-founding Narya, investing in AppHarvest, which faced lawsuits and filed for bankruptcy, and more

By Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.
Techmeme

Galaxy S25 Ultra to use same battery and charging specs as Galaxy S20 Ultra 9to5google.com/2024/07/26/sams…

Galaxy S25 Ultra to use same battery and charging specs as Galaxy S20 Ultra

2020’s Galaxy S20 Ultra was a huge leap forward for Samsung’s flagship lineup and while each generation since has improved,...
Ben Schoon (9to5Google)

I normally don't do this, but I did a risky thing and installed iOS 18 public beta on my primary (and only) iPhone. I've only been using it for a few hours, but I have to say I'm quite impressed. Regarding braille screen input, aside from the new features, it just feels a lot snappier and more reliable. I haven't had it lag, fail to handle contracted input correctly, etc. like I saw in prior versions. Everything else feels pretty snappy and solid too. I've filed a couple of VoiceOver bugs, but they're mostly obscure things I can work around or avoid. Time will tell, but so far, this feels like a really solid release. And many of you know I don't give that kind of praise lightly. :) #accessibility
#Accessibility
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Thomas Stivers
Thomas Stivers
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It’s happening with the public beta. Uninstalling and reinstalling the app had no effect.
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Jamie Teh
Jamie Teh
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@Thomas_Stivers Damn. What phone do you have there? I wonder if it's some weird thing with a sensor my phone doesn't have; the LiDAR or similar. I have an SE, so no LiDAR.
@Thomas Stivers

AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry from Google DeepMind tried the 2024 International Mathematical Olympiad and performed at the level of a silver medalist! #Math #LLM #ML #AI deepmind.google/discover/blog/…

AI achieves silver-medal standard solving International Mathematical Olympiad problems

Breakthrough models AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2 solve advanced reasoning problems in mathematics
Google DeepMind
#AI #math #ML #llm

Here's my advice on how to design your course to be more ADHD-friendly. Many of these tips will help students regardless of #ADHD diagnosis: scaffolding large projects and being abundantly consistent about instructions.

#Academia #UDL #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #DisabledInSTEM

theadhdacademic.weebly.com/tea…

Check your assumptions. Instructors may assume ADHD students are lazy, immature, rude, inattentive, or not taking the course seriously when the reality is often ADHD students are overwhelmed when given poorly organized instructions, excited to learn, making many connections very quickly, struggling to remember and work with all of their creative ideas, and frustrated because their brains don't fit the system.

Course design - ways to help ADHD folks

Learning environments are often not created with ADHD learners in mind; struggles with working memory, regulating attention, and executive functions create different challenges for us. Making your...
the ADHD Academic
#adhd #academia #academicchatter #highered #DisabledInSTEM #udl
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Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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Why should it be up to the teacher to break large projects into chunks? Isn't that a skill that the student will need to learn to do for themselves when they want to take on a large project in the workplace?
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Ryan for a permanent ceasefire
Ryan for a permanent ceasefire
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@matt 1) Having assistance breaking large projects into smaller tasks is something that ADHD people can often receive as workplace accommodations, so this is an acknowledged problem in the work world rather than something exclusively expected of individual employees themselves. (See askjan.org/disabilities/Attent… as an example.) Workplaces, like many instructors, are invested enough in people's success that they will work with them to help make it happen.

2) Just like any other skill, most learners will acquire the ability to break things down into smaller chunks if they have it explicitly modeled for them, rather than absorbing it through osmosis.

3) Almost all learners—ADHD or otherwise—will produce work that's more what the instructor has in mind if they receive some degree of formative feedback along the way. Chunking projects helps this feedback be more manageable / useful for everyone.

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Accommodation and Compliance: ADHD
askjan.org
@Matt Campbell
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B Haas
B Haas
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@matt Why should it be up to the student to learn how to do this without guidance? Isn't that a skill that a teacher could scaffold and explicitly teach them so the process and expectations are clear? Isn't managing a project something *managers *in a workplace should do for/with their reports and teams?
@Matt Campbell
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Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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@belehaa Because employers want people who can manage themselves. Less overhead. We may disagree about whether that's reasonable (I personally think it is), but surely it's important to set up students for success in the world as it is.
@B Haas
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B Haas
B Haas
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@matt Validating students' needs and supporting them as they learn will set them up for success far better than leaving them to struggle. Abandoning people to figure it out on their own because "everyone else" can do it is ableist
@Matt Campbell
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Kit Muse
Kit Muse
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@matt @belehaa Setting students up for success in the world "as it is" means setting them up for burnout and mental health issues including a higher risk of suicide.

How about we create learning and working environments that support everyone's talents and allow everybody to thrive?

@Matt Campbell @B Haas
in reply to Kit Muse

Cap'n "Salty Vibes" Nic 🏴‍☠️
Cap'n "Salty Vibes" Nic 🏴‍☠️
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@KitMuse @matt @belehaa Yeah exactly. Expecting people with ADHD to live without accommodations rests on the belief that either:

-ADHD is not a "real" disability or;
-Disabled people do not deserve accommodations

Both are ableist.

@Matt Campbell @B Haas @Kit Muse
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Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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@PacificNic @KitMuse @belehaa I don't believe either of those things. But I wonder if ADHD requires accommodations from teachers, employers, etc., or if it only requires the people who have it to know how to work around their own disability.

I'm legally blind. I understand why a sensory disability requires external accommodations. I just wonder if the same applies to ADHD. I should probably go off and learn more about this on my own before I say anything more.

@B Haas @Kit Muse @Cap'n "Salty Vibes" Nic 🏴‍☠️
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Kit Muse
Kit Muse
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@matt @PacificNic @belehaa I appreciate your willingness to learn. Speaking only as someone who wasn't diagnosed until they were 48 and in the final semester of a dual major bachelor's (I'm now a graduate student), learning that I was ADHD changed me from believing I was broken to someone whose mind worked differently. It literally facilitated the healing journey I'm on, moving it from fumbling around feeling like I was broken by trauma to understanding why it happened.
@Matt Campbell @B Haas @Cap'n "Salty Vibes" Nic 🏴‍☠️
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lilo
lilo
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@matt @belehaa Employers also want people with functioning vision, hearing and movement. Every disability – be it blindless, deafness or ADHD – puts demands on employers. What you are saying implicitly is that disabled people have no place in the working world.
@Matt Campbell @B Haas
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theADHDacademic
theADHDacademic
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@matt Why should it be up to the teacher to teach how to write a project proposal, how to evaluate a project's success, how to work as part of a team? Aren't these skills that the student will need to learn to do for themselves when they want to take on a large project in the workplace?

Read more about scaffolding as an educational term. It's about gradually removing support over time so that the students work independently eventually rather than chuck them off the deep end and see who swims.

@Matt Campbell
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theADHDacademic
theADHDacademic
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@matt No worries. It's a term with a specific meaning in education. There's a range of strategies between "chuck them off the deep end and see who swims" and scaffolding, but scaffolding generally leads to a greater number of successful students and is more equitable, in my opinion.
@Matt Campbell

Firefox killed by the OOM killer. Giving 1998 vibes

My sister sent me this. It me.
A two panel cartoon. A man with folded arms is in the top panel with a speech bubble “if you don’t lower your standards, you will end up alone, chugging wine, with a bunch of cats.” In the panel below a woman is reclining on a green chaise lounge with orange cushions. She is wearing a green low cut top and flowing red pants. There are two grey cats, one in front of the lounge and one standing near her feet. Her speech bubble says “don’t threaten me with a good time”

Ysanne Churchman, who voiced Alpha Centauri in ‘The Curse of Peladon’ and ‘The Empress of Mars’ has died.
bbc.com/news/articles/c134yn03…

Ysanne Churchman: The Archers star whose storyline shocked nation dies age 99

Ysanne Churchman's character Grace was controversially killed off on the same night as the launch of ITV.
Yasmin Rufo (BBC News)

@podcast Jonathan, In the past, you've expressed some valid concerns about Meta and why you personally don't like using Facebook. You seem enthusiastic about their smart glasses and I'm curious as to whether you feel conflicted about this or has Meta made significant changes that you're feeling comfortable using and recommending their smart glasses? I'd love to purchase them but I have such negative feelings regarding Meta. Feel free to read this on your podcast, reply back on Mastodon, both or none of the above if you'd prefer not to comment.
@Living Blindfully
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Living Blindfully
Living Blindfully
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Oh boy, yes, I am very conflicted and while the glasses have some nice general features, I find the AI quite superficial and we shouldn’t forget that their primary purpose is to promote the use of Meta services, about which I still have reservations. It is interesting though because WhatsApp seems to have largely retained its integrity.
in reply to David Goldfield

Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
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I thought I'd weigh in on this, too. I dumped my Facebook account six years ago. I was disgusted when I heard that they were saving up money to pay legal fees of which they might owe an exorbitant amount. Then, some people were on WhatsApp and I wanted to join a particular group of folks so I kept that app. Then, I did feel slightly conflicted about the Meta glasses but I really wanted to experience them for what they do offer. For the price the sound is great and I've been having fun taking videos. I figured a mainstream company might be able to put more money into development that would improve what they offer, including the AI capabilities. I guess this is supporting them, but I'm choosing how much I want to get involved.

@overcastfm With the new version, when I go to a playlist containing a lot of episodes, VoiceOver seems to almost freeze for around ten to fifteen seconds before allowing me to read the list of podcasts. The older version never exhibited this behavior. Also, sometimes names of podcasts are still not being announced.
@Overcast

We just had the totally totally best lunch ever. I do not remember having such a good time for ages and acres. The only thing was, icky Stealing Brian‘s truffle Parmesan fries! It’s totally outrageous! I feel so happy at this moment. I’m so thankful, thankful, thankful!
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David Goldfield
David Goldfield
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Dneska volníčko, ráno kilák a půl v bazénu a teď oběd "na prasáka", tlačenka s cibulí a octem a pivo 😊
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Cynik
Cynik
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@archos občas mě ty sprostý český jídla chybí 😊
Když přijedu do Čech, většinou požírám jedy jako Gothaj a Turisťák, takovou hrůzu taxu nekoupíš.
Ale co naděláš, 40 let ti to rvali na talíř a přeučuj se skoro v padesáti...
@Archos :distros_arch: :matrix:
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Archos :distros_arch: :matrix:
Archos :distros_arch: :matrix:
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Jj plně chápu, však ještě pamatuju dobu, kdy jsem šel ráno do práce a první kam se jelo bylo na ovar a pivko ke snídani 😄👍
Nebo taková dršťková ke snídani 😋😋
in reply to Archos :distros_arch: :matrix:

Zechy
Zechy
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@archos to pamatuji svůj první festak... K snídani pivo a gulášovka 😄
@Archos :distros_arch: :matrix:
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Archos :distros_arch: :matrix:
Archos :distros_arch: :matrix:
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@zechy To je taky klasika :flan_XD: No ten ovar bych už asi dneska ke snídani nedal, ale gulášovka, nebo dršťková to není špatný.
@Zechy
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Chick Enheart
Chick Enheart
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@archos @zechy Tak houbový guláš, to je jiná 🤤 Nejlepší je z václavek 🤩 Já u dršťkové nemám problém s polévkou jako takovou ( je to v podstatě gulášovka ), ale dršťky nemám rád (i když jsou správně očištěné)
@Archos :distros_arch: :matrix: @Zechy
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Unreed
Unreed
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@archos Chystá se k nám z Asie tchán. Vidíme ho jednou ročně. Vyžádal si českou hospodu, kde mají koleno nebo kachnu se zelím 😁
@Archos :distros_arch: :matrix:

Roses are red.
Roses are blue.
Depending on their velocity
relative to you.
in reply to Dgar

Ben Royce 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Don't Boo: Vote
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There once was a man from Nantucket

Who tripped and fell on a bucket

But due to his speed

Which was relativistic indeed

A series of fusion events and thermonuclear explosions preceded a massive shower of particles and gamma rays that created an expanding bubble of plasma that... ah, fuck it

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OpenAI Just Released SearchGPT. It’s Already Error Prone. (...The tool then pulls up a list of festivals that it states are taking place in Boone this August, the first being An Appalachian Summer Festival, which according to the tool is hosting a series of arts events from July 29 to August 16 of this year. Someone in Boone hoping to buy tickets to one of those concerts, however, would run into trouble...) theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

OpenAI Just Released SearchGPT. It’s Already Error Prone.

OpenAI just announced a new search tool. Its demo already got something wrong.
Matteo Wong (The Atlantic)
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Massive leak reveals One UI 7.0 design changes! sammobile.com/news/massive-one…

Massive One UI 7.0 leak showcases new design and features

Samsung will soon release One UI 7.0 in beta form, but ahead of its release, a massive One UI 7.0 leak has revealed design improvements.
Asif Iqbal Shaik (SamMobile)

#SFF people! The Blaft Anthology of Anti-Caste SF is an amazing project and deserves all the support! If you want to promote #OwnVoices and #DiverseSFF this goes beyond South Asian or Diaspora Indian lit to feature caste oppressed writers and anti-casteist stories. It's also super pretty and fun and well-designed! There's a tote!
kickstarter.com/projects/blaft…
#sff #ownvoices #diversesff

I want this to be totally clear. "DEI Hire" isn't just shorthand for Black (or not white.) It contains the assumption that people who aren't white are inherently inferior and, thus, inherently unqualified. Therefore, any person saying this is a white supremacist racist full stop.

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REAPER 7.19 change log:
"in new projects, primary click is higher-pitched than secondary click by default"
The primary click being lower pitch has never made sense to me, and even though you can easily configure it, this is a very welcome change IMO. :)
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