I forget what the Drama™ was that caused me to stop using Bartender on #macOS, but I've been happily using Ice as a replacement github.com/jordanbaird/Ice
Today I just got Software Update message for the latest version, and it warms my heart because it adds #accessibility support
Whenever you see a good app adding or improving accessibility support, please share the news. We need to normalize adding accessibility to all apps.
As a reminder, don't forget to join Blazie Technologies to learn more about the BT Speak, a pocket computer for the blind, on Main Menu Live: Wednesday, August 28, 8:00 PM Eastern Time We're scheduled for the second hour of the show.
Holy shit, the Rijksmuseum used a 100MP Hasselblad camera to take almost eight and a half THOUSAND photos of the whole of Rembrandt's The Night Watch, for a total image size of 717 GIGAPIXELS. 😳
It's on their website as a zoomable image and you can zoom in so far you can see the individual cracks in the paint: rijksmuseum.nl/en/stories/oper…
This & similar cartoons often pop up on social media.... but that doesn't make them any less telling about our political leaders current & continuing attitudes to climate change.
So here it is again; our short-term thinking will be the end of us
🔍 A search engine is only as good as its search index. Even alternative search engines might be using indexes built by Big Tech. 👉 tuta.com/blog/what-is-search-i…
What is your favorite search engine? 🤔 Let us know in the comments!
I really like @Mojeek tbh but I'd say I get good results less than 50% of the time. I try to give feedback to help whenever I can. I love their "focus" feature.
I also realised we sometimes know on which site we want to search so I created a bunch of alias to different websites and I use them. If I want something about public services for example, I have a shortcut to search on the governmental website of my country.
I have been using Brave Search for some time now and I'm really happy with it. There is this opt out telemetry and a little bit too much AI. But you can disable it and the Code LLM is pretty useful sometimes.
@Mojeek @jrod3737 A bit late to the party, but great to see a constructive discussion grow out of the comments. Let's keep making the internet a better place for everyone!
@Mojeek One example, I use a website called Refquest regularly. When I type Refquest into Mojeek the results have a refquest.com result as the third result and it’s the privacy page. I just want the main website.
This happens on a lot of results. When there is a direct .com or .co.uk, etc website I get a bunch of stuff from other sites way before the actual site. And the result from the actual site isn’t the main landing page of the site.
@jrod3737 thanks a lot, we're aware of issues when it comes to ranking homepages as the top result returned in the cluster (Mojeek is 1 result/site unless you change clustering in Preferences).
I've raised this as an example of that - something we're working on.
Selfhosted SearXNG, because i like different results from many engines in a clean UI. Many SearXNG public instances are limited in primetime, so i decided to selfhost for my family and me.
"Über Migration sprechen, heißt über Menschen sprechen." - Robert #Habeck zum Anschlag in #Solingen mit einer persönlichen und politischen Einordnung und vor allem mit einem Sound, der aktuell rar geworden ist in der Debatte um #Migration:
Bildbeschreibung: Politische Karikatur: Ein kleiner Mann im Anzug zu einem größeren Mann mit wenig Haaren, auch im Anzug, wahrscheinlich Merz: „Chef, orientieren wir uns in der Migrationspolitik am Grundgesetz?“ Antwort: „Jetzt werden wir mal nicht konservativ“. An der Wand ein Gemälde von wahrscheinlich Merkel aber mit einem schwarzen Streifen in der Ecke als sei sie tot. Hinter den beiden Männern ein großes Fenster, typisch für Büros. Unter dem Gemälde eine Zimmerpalme.
Okay, so after my successful move from mas.to, it's time for a little intro. Basically it's an extended version of my profile description.
I'm a blind guy living in the eastern part of Slovakia, working as Sysadmin. I'm happily married, rather introverted, a cat lover, who enjoys simple moments, such as having a coffee or a drink with my loved ones. I'm passionate about music (listening and mixing), #FMDX, reading both text and audio books in English, Slovak, and Czech. I used to do a lot of OS tinkering (Linux, Windows and Android), but now I prefer the things to be stable and working, rather than experimenting with everything. I prefer the non-proprietary open source stuff whenever possible, but I'm not strict about it. I'm not a frequent poster, but I do participate in things that interest me.
For more details on my hobbies, see my profile description. Feel free to contact me if you think we have something in common.
Ich habe mein Internetradio-Script SeWiRa etwas erweitert. Es kann nun systemweit installiert werden und erlaubt die Übergabe eines anderen Stream-Verzeichnises als Parameter. Infos und Download hier ⬇️ github.com/schulle4u/sewira
We are the non-profit foundation behind @libreoffice, and elections are coming up for our Membership Committee. We've just posted the video recording from our second live "Q+A" session with the candidates: youtube.com/watch?v=dSQbXbsJPc… (PeerTube version coming soon...)
Pravděpodobně už znáte český hlas Zdeněk, který po jeho zveřejnění představil v tomto článku Ondrej Rosík, sám autor prvního slovenského RHVoice hlasu Ondro. Zdeněk je první český hlas na platformě RHVoice.
🔴 👁️ - Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf: „Auch im Ausland fällt jetzt auf, wie rasch und erfolgreich #Habeck die bürokratischen Hemmnisse beim Ausbau der #Erneuerbare|n beseitigt hat.“
I'm Daniel Stenberg, maintainer and lead developer in the curl project. I stream curl related stuff. Release presentations, curl development and related topics.
Beware, there is an ongoing spambot attack in #GitHub issues in several projects were random people suggest "the fix" is to download a random file from mediafire.com. Like this:
I got one of those this morning, but GitHub seems to have yanked it away between the time that I got the email notification and when I "WTAF?" navigated my way to the issue page.
just encountered that last guy lol. Reporting them does seem to get them banned pretty quick. I reported two and they were both banned within about 10 minutes.
I tried to install the fix but I seem to be required to install Wine for it. Is there some project helping me install windows malware faster on linux? 😆
I'm Daniel Stenberg, maintainer and lead developer in the curl project. I stream curl related stuff. Release presentations, curl development and related topics.
Reminder to US citizens age 18 and above: Don't get cocky! Register to vote. If you are registered (especially in a red state), check that your registration is still valid. Get all your friends and loved ones to do the same.
You can find information on how to register (and check your registration) at vote.gov.
NEW: Apple is laying off about 100 people in its Services division in a rare move. The cuts impact Apple Books, News and other teams in Eddy Cue’s growing division bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
I was proud to join in solidarity with other blind leaders from around the globe to urge that Australia's primary agency serving blind people prioritize centering blind leadership. I invite others interested in supporting blind leaders to sign on change.org/unitedblindleaders
Shell Phone Show Tackling Timers on the BlindShell Classic 2
Show Notes: Shell Phone Show - Episode: Tackling Timers on the BlindShell Classic 2 Introduction In this episode of the Shell Phone Show, Adrian, also known as Driza, demonstrates how to use various timer functions on the BlindShell Classic 2. This includes a walkthrough of the minute timer, interval timer, stopwatch, and setting timers with the Lady A app (Amazon Alexa).
NVDA 2024.4 Beta 1 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what the next version of NVDA has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome you to download the beta and provide feedback using our issue reporting process.
This release includes a number of improvements in Microsoft Office, braille, and document formatting.
You folks are doing amazing work. NVDA just keeps getting better and better. Thank you for making it freely available to anyone who needs a good and robust Windows screen reader. #NVDA #NVDASR
You can tune into this call live every Tuesday. In the Unmute Presents Community Call on August 27, 2024, we focused on technology, accessibility, and upcoming Apple innovations. Participants engaged in a lively discussion about expectations for the Apple keynote, highlighting desired features for accessibility improvements in new devices. Attendees shared hopes for design enhancements and better battery life, while…
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