A reminder that assistive technology (AT) covers more than screen readers. Using “AT” to mean solely SRs is a regular source of confusion between and among clients, vendors, and practitioners, so yeah I have things to say about it:
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AT Is More Than Screen Readers
A screen reader is a single element of the overall set of assistive technologies. In practice, however, each is often used as a metonym for the other. Well, hello there. It’s nice to see you.Adrian Roselli
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LibreOffice Conference 2024: Extending the Call for Papers deadline - The Document Foundation Blog
Come and give a talk at the upcoming LibreOffice Conference 2024 which will take place from October 10 – 12 in Luxembourg! Our Call for Papers is open, and we are extending the submission deadline until August 31.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
Live updates as annual glacial outburst flooding impacts Juneau's Mendenhall Valley
The Mendenhall River crested at 15.99 feet just past 3 a.m. and has started to fall.Anna Canny (KTOO)
Join Julie Ripa at The Matrix Conference to learn how @dinum is using Matrix as the foundation for the French federated, sovereign messenger, Tchap!
🎟️ Grab your tickets at 2024.matrix.org
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The Matrix Conference is coming to Berlin, Germany on September 19–22, 2024.2024.matrix.org
Excited our customer is speaking at The Matrix Conference in Berlin on 20 Sept 🚀
Learn how Tchap is using Matrix to secure communication across the French government.
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#Purism #PureOS
Accessibility of Job Search: Screener Survey for Remote Interviews
Researchers at Northeastern University are conducting a research study to understand how blind and low vision people search for and apply to job and develop accessible solutions for enhancing their experiences during job search and application.Google Docs
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Storm Cloud Over Texas
Image Credit & Copyright: Laura Rowe (Used with permission)
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APOD: 2024 August 6 – Storm Cloud Over Texas
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
TIL that in the UK some low voltage electrical cables feature "an uninsulated plain copper earth continuity conductor". It is then sleeved by Green/Yellow only during installation for identification purposes.
Would you like to receive funding to attend #RIPE89 in Prague? If you plan to apply for a #RIPE Fellowship or via the RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (#RACI) the deadline is 16 August.
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RACI - Get funding to present your research
Are you carrying out academic research? You can get funded to attend RIPE Meetings and other events through the RIPE Academic Cooperation InitiativeRIPE Network Coordination Center
Of course, priority from the right doesn't count for #cyclists.😠
I see car on the left, seems slowing down.
I take care of my right to give priority if something is coming from there.
There is a bad view to the right because of a parking van so it takes me more time to see if I can continue freely.
When I look back I suddenly see a car just in front of me.
Braking intensively...😱
Já fakt nechápu proč jsou na pana Babiše fšichni tak zlý ?!?
Dyk nikomu nic neudělal!!!
Pražákům neudělal Applestore,
Sáblíkové neudělal stadion,
Kosteleckým uzeninám neudělal dobrou pověst ...
atd ...
macOS 15.1 Beta 1: Apple Intelligence Backend Prompts
Reddit user [devanxd2000](https://www.reddit.com/user/devanxd2000/) found what look like the system prompts for various Apple Intelligence features in the `/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_GenerativeModels` folder on their instal…simonwillison.net
What I find interesting is how gramatically incorrect the prompts are.
See e.g. "a set of question and its answer are provided" instead of "a set of questions and its answers are provided", or "by modify the draft response" instead of "by modifying the draft response".
I guess this is done to reduce token count.
I also find it interesting that they're using the term CSEAI as one of the possible categories. This heavily suggests fine-tuning (or just LoRa) to me, as the term isn't very popular, and even mainstream, large AI models struggle with defining what it means (likely "child sexual abuse and exploitation").
There's also an interesting "AI safety" configuration, albeit for a far, far older model, at /System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_ImageCaptionModel/53d7bfd1009473aea8a86155f67a2c70905e9dae.asset/AssetData/ImageCaptionModel/runtime_parameters.json
This is not specific to the newest beta.
"Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules"
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Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules
A judge has ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation.MATTHEW BARAKAT (AP News)
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I migrated to GitLab recently. They might be a bunch of [insert expletive here] as well. But I have HAD IT with Microsoft!
I bet you did not expect to be still working on that little project 24 years later 
Congratulations!
1 #million views! Today is a momentous day for the #WHY2025 #MCH2022 #SHA2017 Youtube account.
The video of a talk called "Non-Euclidean Doom: what happens to a game when pi is not 3.14159…" reached 1 million views on Youtube a few minutes ago.
The video is of course also on media.ccc.de and has reached almost a hundred thousand views there.
The recommended way to watch the video is media.ccc.de/v/mch2022-236-non…, but if you want proof of the milestone, check out youtu.be/_ZSFRWJCUY4
Non-Euclidean Doom: what happens to a game when pi is not 3.14159…
We all know that the value of pi is a constant with a particular immutable value. Anyone who has done any graphical programming also know...media.ccc.de
If you're thinking of going to why2025.org, the recurring Dutch hacker camp (@why2025camp), please sign up for one (or more!) volunteering shifts.
We would really appreciate it if you signed up for one of our AV shifts. Producing these videos takes a lot of effort from our volunteers and we can never have too many shifts assigned to a volunteer ahead of time.
Google Lens now lets you search with your voice and images
Latest update lets you add important context to inquiriesCesar Cadenas (TechRadar)
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SDR: The Next Level of Shortwave Radio Listening
There is a new breed of RF receivers known as software-defined radios, and they are revolutionizing the way in which people listen to shortwave radio.James Careless (Radio World)
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Google si nezákonně udržuje monopol na poli vyhledávání, uvedl americký soud
Washington - Společnost Google si v rozporu se zákonem udržuje monopol na poli internetového vyhledávání, čímž potlačuje konkurenci a brání inovacím. Podle světových agentur to dnes uvedl soud v americkém Washingtonu.ČTK
Můžete zkusit i searxng.cz
Searxng.cz je open-source metavyhledávač, který respektuje vaše soukromí a poskytuje výsledky z různých zdrojů, aniž by sledoval vaši aktivitu.
🛡️💻Žádné sledování uživatelů
Výsledky z více než 70 různých vyhledávačů
Je bez reklam
@Lucinek já můžu doporučit Kagi. Jediná alternativa Google, u které nemám pocit, že dostávám horší službu. Používám to čtvrt roku a vůbec nemám potřebu občas přepnout do Google.
Je placený, což je za mě lepší cesta než reklamy.
Silicon Valley Parents Are Sending Kindergarten Kids To AI-Focused Summer Camps - Slashdot
Silicon Valley's fascination with AI has led to parents enrolling children as young as five in AI-focused summer camps.news.slashdot.org
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Nvidia Blackwell GPUs allegedly delayed due to design flaws — launch expected to be pushed back by three months or more
Microsoft, Meta, Google, and xAI will have to wait a few more months to receive their massive GPU orders.Jowi Morales (Tom's Hardware)
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PSA per Nitrokeys own documentation their security keys DO NOT use the secure element within the device. You should probably start looking for a new key.
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This is a joke based on the "biblically accurate angels" meme, which depicts angels as a terrifying mass of eyes and wings; the Graphviz drawing is a terrifying tangle of nested protocols.
A new report from European Commission's Open Source Observatory gives an in-depth analysis of #OpenSource policy across 15 EU and non-EU countries.
It shows that governments are adopting open source to enhance
🔴 digital sovereignty
🟡 data privacy
🟢 control over digital infrastructures
Read the report 👉 europa.eu/!DDyPBb
Progress and trends in the national open source policies and legal frameworks
The report describes shifts in open source policy trends that has taken place in the last 5 years.Monika SOWINSKA
We know you can’t get enough of us, so we are back again with #Fractal 8!
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Fractal 8 released
Because we know you can’t get enough of us, we are back again, and this time, as foretold, it’s to announce Fractal 8! There have been little changes since our release candidate, so let’s recap the main improvements since Fractal 7: Mentions are s…GNOME Discourse
I was reading his wikipedia article and while it's hard to tell how seriously to take it, it says:
Tate was raised Christian[139] but later became an atheist.[140] By early 2022, he identified as a Christian again, and said that he tithed £16,000 to the Romanian Orthodox Church on a monthly basis.[141][142] After a video of him praying at a mosque in Dubai went viral in October 2022, he announced on his Gettr account that he had converted to Islam.[143][144][145]
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