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As usual great post from @yatil yatil.net/blog/the-infuriating…

Fixing issues in development is way cheaper for sure. Wish #NIST had some values for fixing issues upstream? So many problems could be fixed (I think) if we pushed to fix accessibility issues in the software that we use.

Open source is a big part of the internet. Almost everything includes some open source packages. How do we get folks contributing beyond the scope of their project?


The infuriating inefficiency of accessibility audits · Eric Eggert

Accessibility audits are the bread and butter of every accessibility consultancy. It’s an easy to package product that clients have learned to ask for and buy. They have expectations on the deliverables and the form of an audit.
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👏 more 👏 developers 👏 need 👏 to 👏 hear 👏 this

I can count on one hand the number of my clients over the past couple of years who haven't either over-architected for scale or were unnecessarily concerned about it (prior to coming to me for strategic advice, of course 😉).

You don't need to understand Distributional Little's Law to figure this out, it's obvious with primary school level math.

(screenshot excerpt from tailscale.com/blog/new-interne…)

Screenshot from Tailscale's blog post with the following text highlighted: "I read a post recently where someone bragged about using kubernetes to scale all the way up to 500,000 page views per month. But that's 0.2 requests per second. I could serve that from my phone, on battery power, and it would spend most of its time asleep."

The New Internet

We don’t talk a lot in public about the big vision for Tailscale, why we’re really here. Usually I prefer to focus on what exists right now, and what we’re going to do in the next few months.
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1988 - NETHERLANDS
European Nations' Cup champions

Back row: Marco van Basten, Ronald Koeman, Frank Rijkaard, Erwin Koeman, Ruud Gullit, Hans van Breukelen.
Front row: Adrie van Tiggelen, Arnold Muhren, Berry van Aerle, Jan Wouters, Gerald Vanenburg.

The road to the trophy:
12-6-1988 Netherlands 0-1 Soviet Union
15-6-1988 Netherlands 3-1 England
18-6-1988 Netherlands 1-0 Ireland
21-6-1988 Netherlands 2-1 West Germany
25-6-1988 Netherlands 2-0 Soviet Union

#football #knvb

#football #knvb

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Our coverage ends for this evening, thank you joining us at the 24th Debian Developers Conference. Talks start again tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM KST (01:00 UTC). #debian #debconf24 #busan #korea #debiankorea micronews.debian.org/2024/1722… #debian

Our coverage ends for this evening, thank you joining us at the 24th Debian Developers Conference. Talks start again tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM KST (01:00 UTC). #debian #debconf24 #busan #korea #debiankorea

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After the break we return at 5:00PM (08:00 UTC) with Translations and beyond - How translation work can improve Debian as a whole in Venue 4 Bada, and Debian and new EU cybersecurity-related regulation BoF (Not streamed) in Hyorim. #debian #debconf24 #busan #korea #debiankorea micronews.debian.org/2024/1722… #debian

After the break we return at 5:00PM (08:00 UTC) with Translations and beyond - How translation work can improve Debian as a whole in Venue 4 Bada, and Debian and new EU cybersecurity-related regulation BoF (Not streamed) in Hyorim. #debian #debconf24 #bus

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At 3:30 PM KST (06:30 UTC) A unified approach for intelligent deployments at the edge in Venue 4: Bada, Partclone: Efficient Disk Imaging and Cloning for Linux Users in Venue 5: Somin, and the Korean L10N Birds of a Feather talk in Venue 6: Pado. #debian #debconf24 #busan #korea #debiankorea micronews.debian.org/2024/1722… #debian

At 3:30 PM KST (06:30 UTC) A unified approach for intelligent deployments at the edge in Venue 4: Bada, Partclone: Efficient Disk Imaging and Cloning for Linux Users in Venue 5: Somin, and the Korean L10N Birds of a Feather talk in Venue 6: Pado. #debian

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Another example of Communuty Notes on X being useless:

"This is an AI generated video of Vice President Kamala Harris using audio of clips that were never actually stated by the VP,” read one suggested Community Note. “Videos like this are dangerous to those who can not decipher AI generated content from reality.”

X is now basically Gab. Another reason to organize here.

#MastodonforHarris

nytimes.com/2024/07/27/us/poli…

#mastodonforharris
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top image: very happy baby on a wooden rocker. the rocker is shaped like a U.S.S. Enterprise starship from Star Trek, leaning forwards.

Bottom image: scene of the Enterprise bridge during turbulence, tilted at a sharp angle. Everybody is stumbling and falling.

The baby is rocking the ship lol.

#startrek

#startrek
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I honestly wish the audio games forum was shutting down instead of @AppleVis but on a more serious note, I'd love the site to be given to the community or archived in some way because this is blindness history and there is no other comparable repository of accessible apps for iOS. Can someone, anyone, talk to David and the team and preserve the apps databases, at least? Give the website to the community, don't just shut it down completely because there's a lot of community value. Shut down the forums, but at least keep the repositories and blog posts alive for as long as the domain and host will last. applevis.com/blog/end-era-mess… #Apple #Blind #Accessibility

The End of an Era: A Message From the Founder as We Announce the Closure of AppleVis | AppleVis

Dear AppleVis Community, It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that after careful consideration I have made the difficult decision to step down from my responsibilities with AppleVis.
www.applevis.com
#Accessibility #apple #blind @AppleVis
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Jamie Teh

Someone still has to pay for the hosting and bandwidth and maintain the system; security updates, etc. And even if someone else offered to do it, the AppleVis folks have to trust that they'll do a good job and not misrepresent anything or tarnish its historical reputation. Situations like this are super tricky. The reality of the situation is that because this was all voluntary, they owe the community nothing, nor should they.
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Zach Bennoui

@jcsteh I totally see and understand what you're saying, but if they knew about this several months in advance, why didn't they start a search for someone who could potentially take it on? I'm sure there are many in this community who are trustworthy and want to see the site succeed, and have the necessary skills to make that happen. It doesn't make sense, and both the blog post and final decision seem rushed without much consideration.
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victor tsaran

@ppatel @acarson @jcsteh Agree… I did write to David asking him for the list of things that anyone wanting to take this on would have to consider. I somehow think website / Drupal administration is not going to be the hardest of them. :) Yes, there is web hosting and such, but in David’s blog entry it seemed like the concerns were beyond technical.
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Jamie Teh

@acarson @vick21 @ppatel The handover itself is a lot of work. Maybe he just doesn't want to deal with that. Sometimes with community projects, you feel like you can never leave, because even if you pass it to someone else, you still end up answering questions, resolving issues, providing guidance, etc. I'm not saying this is necessarily the way I would choose to do things - as I said, ideally there would have been succession planning - but also understand how exhausting this kind of thing can be. It's entirely reasonable that someone would just be over it and want a clean out.
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David Goldfield

@Cristobalm @jcsteh @jscholes I've moderated several discussion groups over the years and none of them were as big and numerous as the ones on AppleVis. Even moderating those small groups, one or two in particular, were quite a chore as I had to deal with a small subset of users who couldn't seem to follow simple guidelines. It was taking a toll on my mental health and I gave them up and never once looked back. In my case, I put the word out that I was looking for someone to take over and I had people who were willing to step up. With AppleVis, just moderating those forums would be quite a huge job and you'd need several moderators, possibly one or two for each forum.
@James Scholes @Jamie Teh @Cristobal

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DebConf24 starts today! Most of the talks are streamed online. Watch out this space for our schedule: debconf24.debconf.org/schedule… . Live talks can be watched by clicking on the venue links in schedule. #debian #debconf24 #busan #korea micronews.debian.org/2024/1722… #debian

DebConf24 starts today! Most of the talks are streamed online. Watch out this space for our schedule: debconf24.debconf.org/schedule/ . Live talks can be watched by clicking on the venue links in schedule. #debian #debconf24 #busan #korea

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The 25th Debian Developers Conference starts tomorrow in Busan, South Korea. Now is a great time to have a look at the schedule, regardless of whether you are here or attending from your computer! debconf24.debconf.org/schedule… #debian #debconf #debconf24 micronews.debian.org/2024/1722… #debian

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The 25th Debian Developers Conference starts tomorrow in Busan, South Korea. Now is a great time to have a look at the schedule, regardless of whether you are here or attending from your computer! https://debconf24.debconf.
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DebConf24 welcomes its sponsors! bits.debian.org/2024/07/debcon… DebConf24, the 25th edition of the Debian conference is taking place at Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea. Thanks to the hard work of its organizers and sponsors! #debian #debconf #debconf24 micronews.debian.org/2024/1722… #debian

DebConf24 welcomes its sponsors!

DebConf24, the 25th edition of the Debian conference is taking place in Pukyong National University at Busan, Gyeongnam, Republic of Korea. Thanks to the hard work of its organizers, it again will be an interesting and fruitful event for attendees.
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DebConf24 starts today in Busan on Sunday, July 28, 2024 bits.debian.org/2024/07/debcon…

DebConf24 starts today in Busan on Sunday, July 28, 2024

DebConf24, the 25th annual Debian Developer Conference, is taking place in Busan, Republic of Korea from July 28th to August 4th, 2024. Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at Pukyong National University, Busan, to...
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New Rules for Evaluating Supernatural Phenomena (Apparitions, Visions, Eucharistic Miracles, Catholic, Vatican, Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith) – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World jimmyakin.com/2024/07/new-rule…

New Rules for Evaluating Supernatural Phenomena (Apparitions, Visions, Eucharistic Miracles, Catholic, Vatican, Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith) – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World – Jimmy Akin

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Re, last boost: This actually makes me kind of sad. Applevis has been an amazing resource that I've recommended to my friends and consumers who want to broaden their knowledge on their apple devices, and find honest reviews about the useability of aps with voiceover. I wish all the best to the Applevis crew as they navigate these difficult times. I hope the site can soon return, as it is a great database for potential new Apple users.

For now, the most important thing to do is to support David Goodwin and the rest of the Applevis team for their dedication and attention to consumer use for visually impaired individuals.
I respect his decision to focus on personal life matters and his own mental health. Thank you, Applevis for giving us many great years of discussion and learning from one another. Applevis was a community in every true sense of the word. Until it returns, it will be a digital home that many of us will miss.
For those who may have my boost hidden or haven't seen it, here is the link to the blog post where David Goodwin announces the closure of Applevis.
applevis.com/blog/end-era-mess…

The End of an Era: A Message From the Founder as We Announce the Closure of AppleVis | AppleVis

Dear AppleVis Community, It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that after careful consideration I have made the difficult decision to step down from my responsibilities with AppleVis.
applevis.com

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While sad news, this team has run themselves ragged maintaining the site. We all need time to shift gears and re-evaluate things. All the best to the team and their future! I shall miss the wonderful blogs after each WWDC and other Apple event. Onward and upward! The End of an Era: A Message From the Founder as We Announce the Closure of AppleVis | AppleVis applevis.com/blog/end-era-mess…

The End of an Era: A Message From the Founder as We Announce the Closure of AppleVis | AppleVis

Dear AppleVis Community, It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that after careful consideration I have made the difficult decision to step down from my responsibilities with AppleVis.
www.applevis.com

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This is such sad news. #AppleVis was more than a forum, it was a community. They provided some of the best summaries of Apple events such as WWDC and others, and the app directory was so useful to check whether apps were accessible or not before wasting time and money on them. Not to mention the impact the site has had on accessibility at Apple. Not many sites would have such active communication with the accessibility team at Apple of all companies. A huge thanks and congratulations to David and the team for building such a valuable resource and sticking with it through the years applevis.com/blog/end-era-mess…

The End of an Era: A Message From the Founder as We Announce the Closure of AppleVis | AppleVis

Dear AppleVis Community, It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that after careful consideration I have made the difficult decision to step down from my responsibilities with AppleVis.
www.applevis.com
#AppleVis

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