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Thanks, will look! Though I don't need statistics on the button. As outlined, prefer static, locally hosted ones. So I meanwhile helped myself with some CSS: "filter: contrast(150%) invert() hue-rotate(180deg) brightness(150%);" for dark-mode – for light-mode just the "contrast(150%)". Not yet deployed, waiting for the team to approve 😉 @opencollective
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If you have a few bucks to spare, please consider helping a generous and selfless member of our community. By helping him, you also help the blind community.
Mike Feir has been known to many of us for a couple of decades. He is someone who has consistently given a lot of assistance to others while asking nothing in return.
Most recently, Mike has become known for publishing two editions of an incredibly detailed resource, “Personal Power”. This teaches blind people how to use an iPhone, starting with getting it set up and moving on to learning the gestures, working with the built-in apps, finding accessible third-party apps and a guide to other resources.
Mike gives this large, detailed book away. He has never charged for it, nor does he seek donations to support his work, even though each edition takes him years of careful research, writing and editing.
He hasn’t let this project stagnate. He’s now working on the third edition of his book, which we recently discussed briefly on my podcast, Living Blindfully. During that discussion, he mentioned that he will be covering Apple Intelligence, a significant new feature in iOS 18 that requires a newer iPhone. In passing, he mentioned that he would not be able to write about it from direct experience, because he is not in a position to purchase a new iPhone. But he would do all he could to cover it comprehensively. I would like to help to get him an iPhone 16 Pro. Not only will that assist him to write about Apple Intelligence, he can also then write from direct experience about some of the blindness-specific features that are available only on Pro models.
Purchasing an iPhone 16 Pro for Mike should also ensure he is well-placed to make his outstanding, valuable contribution for some time to come.
If enough of us chip in, we can show our support for a resource that unlocks the power of the iPhone. This is a sound investment in a treasured, useful resource. Please give what you can so I can purchase an iPhone 16 Pro for Mike. Many blind people will benefit from the knowledge he will acquire.
Heidi and I have set up a page on Give A Little, which is a New Zealand fund raising site. You can make a credit card donation. When considering how much to give, please be mindful that donations are in New Zealand dollars, and that one New Zealand dollar is currently worth about 60 American cents. So, if you were to give $50 New Zealand dollars and you are in the United States, that only translates to about $30 US dollars.
To donate, you can visit GiveALittle.co.nz/cause/Person…

Thanks for giving this some consideration, and thanks to Mike for his dedication and community spirit. I’m sure we can raise enough so that we can help Mike be of help to us all.

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September Mutual Aid. All goes towards bills, medical, personal care, and October rent. If you want to just support a disabled Native artist share or donate. Also have my etsy where I sell my art.
PayPal.me/kiagbear
Cashapp $kiagbear
Venmo kiagbear My etsy where I sell my art
etsy.com/shop/MahtheyzhaweyArt…

My link🌲 where I have wishlists for medical stuff and other things.
linktr.ee/mahtheyzhawey

ko-fi.com/mahtheyzhawey/goal?g…

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #DisabilityMutualAid #NativeArtist

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I somehow just learned about the IETF's "Privacy Pass" working group, along with Google and Apple's respective implementations ("Private State Tokens", "Private Access Tokens"), and I'm so damn tired of DRM being the answer to everything.

Mozilla wrote a blog post in December of 2023 about why they decided not to implement it:

blog.mozilla.org/en/privacy-se…

...and the IETF has a page to track the working group's drafts:

datatracker.ietf.org/wg/privac…

#IETF #DRM #cryptography #privacy

in reply to ansuz / ऐरन

The whole idea of DRM doesn't work, people will always find a way to rip content. DRM in games makes them slower than pirated versions that removed it, so pirates have a better experience,

I think the quote "piracy is a service problem" from Gabe Newell is the best way to think about the problem.
Find ways to improve your service or loose against the people who steal your content.

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so they maybe want to break custom operating systems or make them illegal?

I imagine some dystopia where you can only live in society if you have a phone with google play services that waste your battery and probably spies on you to sell your usage data... No thanks...

Estoy recopilando nodos del #fediverso en castellano, catalán, euskera, gallego, ... para actualizar una charla que me han pedido.

Ahora mismo activos yo recomendaría:

- paquita.masto.host
- masto.es
- xarxa.cloud
- mastodont.cat
- social.anartist.org
- kfem.cat
- mastodon.eus
- tkz.one
- mastorol.es
- hispagatos.space
- mastodon.escépticos.es
- mastodon.gal
- mast.lat
- mastodon.uy
- mastodon.cr
- comunidad.nvda.es
- mst.universoalterno.es
- bookstodon.es
- maaw.social

¿Conocéis alguno más?

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🇫🇷🚩 Tras el ciclo electoral de las europeas-legislativas y los últimos acontecimientos en torno al golpe de Macron, el Consejo Nacional del #PCF ha aprobado celebrar una Conferencia Nacional para el 14 de diciembre.
Su objetivo: "trabajar para reconstruir una fuerte influencia del PCF" porque "dar a nuestro partido un futuro útil para el pueblo implica elevarlo a la altura de los desafíos del período”lamarseillaise.fr/france/le-pc…
#izquierdafrancesa