FYI The patent for the strain gauge based pointing stick (AKA "TrackPoint" from the Thinkpad series) has now expired
patents.google.com/patent/US61…
A capacitive sensor input device which includes a movable stud having a top portion for manipulation by a user and a conductive bottom portion is connected to a planar surface, such as a circuit board by means of an elastomeric, adhesive connector.patents.google.com
Sometimes we're in a hurry, or we didn't think (or even know) about #AltText , for images and videos, to assist visually impaired and describing text for other languages.
PASS THIS AROUND #Boost
Guide on writing Alt Text: identifying who, the expression, the description, color, and interesting features.
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A předávat potomkům.
Karel Kryl - Tak Vás tu Máme youtube.com/watch?v=Y2WI9XsXu2…
Foto z Liberce 21. srpna 1968 Karel Kryl v Jednom Videu řekl že nesnáší Vykradače Hrobů ale víc jak Vykradače hrobů nesnáší vykradače námětů. ( Společnost OS...YouTube
Be happy. Think of your wellness. Across organisations, private and public entities, government bodies and social clubs, the cult of contrived happiness abounds with ritualistic, clotting repetition, writes Binoy Kampmark.Green Left
A concept in economics that doesn't get nearly enough airtime is: the diminishing marginal utility of money. Succinctly: the more units of money you've got, the less adding another such unit does—the added value of any one unit drops very steeply.
Over about $200M (personal orbital tourism? Megayacht? Your own tropical island?) there are no more experiences/luxuries that money can buy you. (And over $50M there are very few—bizjet, luxury mansion.)
mastodo.neoliber.al/@Legit_Spa…
The older I get, the more I realize how much of a failure of imagination all billionaires are. Like, NOBODY needs a billion dollars. Nobody. There is no life circumstance where amassing that kind of wealth is necessary.neoliberal
economist.com/finance-and-econ…
This Economist article very politely points out that Gartner Research are consistently full of shit. But you gotta hand it to them; they carved out a comfortable economic niche that allows them to get paid for just always being wrong--quite an accomplishment!
For some, that is proof the tech will in time succeed. Are they right?The Economist
Since #openssl does not seem to fix any of the remaining #QUIC API problems in their upcoming 3.4 release, it will keep lagging behind.
openssl-library.org/post/2024-…
The freeze date for OpenSSL 3.4 Alpha is rapidly approaching. Alpha freeze approaching The freeze date for OpenSSL 3.4 Alpha is rapidly approaching. Planned features are viewable on our 3.4 Planning page.Library
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Since a few weeks, MapComplete has a new thematic map: mapcomplete.org/circular_econo…
This map is for all things free and reuse, such as second hand shops, bicycle repair workshops, repair cafés, public bookcases, ...
The end goal is to have support for all features mentioned on wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Wi…, but that is still a lot of work - for which all help is appreciated! If you know a bit about #OpenStreetMap tagging, create a layer on mapcomplete.org/studio and create a layer!
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Nejnovější verze OpenSSH automaticky blokuje hádání hesel. Funkce je navíc automaticky zapnutá. V článku se podíváme na to, jak přesně blokování funguje, jak se dá jeho chování nastavit a zda automatická aktivace nové funkce může představovat problém…Ondřej Caletka (Internet Info, s.r.o.)
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Karel Bucháček byl špičkový matematik a fotograf, Miroslav Hlaváček jeho kolega z Akademie věd. Jejich snímky ze srpna 1968 jsou výjimečné.Dan Poláček (Aktuálně.cz)
Nepopsaných příběhů z doby sovětské invaze do Československa v roce 1968 je velmi málo. O to víc překvapí, že se prakticky nic neví o člověku, který by se dal považovat za zosobnění tehdejší zrady. O člověku, který v noci z 20. na 21.Petr Honzejk (Economia, a.s.)
Be wary of scams: never give out your security code. Discover how scammers can trick you into revealing your two-factor authentication code and accessing your accounts.Office-Watch.com (Office Watch)
Don't panic: There's plenty you can do to lock everything down.Emily Long (Lifehacker)
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“Trump has allegedly been talking with PM Netanyahu to avert a cease-fire deal, fearing that doing so could help VP #KamalaHarris win in November.”
Doesn’t the Logan Act criminalize unauthorized negotiations by an Amer. citizen btwn the US & a foreign govt? #trump #press
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Donald Trump (retiree, rapist & convicted felon from Mar-a-Lago) urged Bibi Netanyahu to stop a cease-fire deal in order to hurt Kamala Harris’ campaign.Mastodon 🐘
Petition: Change.org: Save AppleVis: Preserve a Vital Resource for the Blind and Low Vision Community
change.org/saveapplevis
AppleVis, a vital hub for blind and low vision Apple users, is set to shut down on August 31, 2024. As the Publisher of Top Tech Tidbits, I'm urging David Goodwin to donate this invaluable resource to our care, or another trusted entity.
These are pretty impressive.
Microsoft releases three Phi-3.5 open source #AI models designed for basic/fast reasoning and more, available for developers to download, use, and fine-tune on Hugging Face.
venturebeat.com/ai/microsoft-r…
Microsoft’s release of the Phi-3.5 series represents a significant step forward in the development of multilingual and multimodal AI.Carl Franzen (VentureBeat)
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🔵 The Nonvisual Website
by Angelika Cathor @angelikatyborska
There's a treasure hidden somewhere on this website. But there is a catch.The content of this website is only #accessible with a #screenreader
Of course ;)
NVDA is free, so anyone can use it;
open-source, so anyone can contribute;
powerful, so it gets what you need done;
lightweight, so it doesn't drag your system down;
and extensible with a thriving add-on ecosystem!
@Tusky It would be really helpful if Tusky showed thumbnails for YouTube video links using YouTube's new share style. It shows thumbnails with the old style (the URLs with watch etc. in them)
Instead Tusky just shows a placeholder with non-English text.
Some pharmacies like CVS and Walmart have this season's flu vaccines stocked. Here's what to know and when to make the appointment.Jessica Rendall (CNET)
Imagine accessing materials by viewing one line of braille at a time. Now, picture interacting with them by intervals of...Devon Price (American Printing House)
Aaand… Welcome to the RB family, Push Notifications API 🥳 Having fixed the nondeterministic build by upgrading to a more recent Gradle version (7.0.2 -> 8.1.0), #reproducibleBuilds finally succeeded. Find the green shield at #IzzyOnDroid with the next sync!
apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.v…
Send push notifications to your Android phone through a REST-APIIzzyOnDroid App Repo
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