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The new one-time-purchase version of Microsoft Office is out.

As usual, Microsoft warns that it’s inferior to the subscription version, since it won’t receive updates and… *checks notes* … lacks the Copilot AI integration.

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 Oh nooooo…
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pcmag.com/news/microsoft-relea…

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Cassette tapes had sides A and B, so it makes sense that the next format was the CD.


Why is Windows 11's File explorer being such a Captin Obvious. Opening a folder and it says: "Working on it". Yeah, I figured you'd be working on it, since I requested you to do just that.
in reply to Just Martin

I wonder what this bloody thing is working on, sorry for my language. I mean, opening a folder has always been the fastest thing in the world, no? Like for the last 25 years. What are you working on?! Just arrrgh!
in reply to Just Martin

oh I've been seeing this lately, sometimes it won't let me arrow through a folder when I open it and just shows "working on it..." so let me know if that's a thing now, ugh. Have not seen it on other windows 11 machines reliably to consider this one a bug yet though either.


Just finished listening to Envision's monthly webinar on Ally.
Its absolutely amazing and I would suggest you look for it on Youtube later today! The beta will first come to a new app on your phone and then gradually move to the Envision glasses and finally to the web which would mean a desktop aplication.



Is there any full-stack server-side JavaScript (probably Node.js) web framework that's a good fit for classical, server-rendered web applications using minimal client-side JS for progressive enhancement? The pendulum of web development fashion is swinging back that way, and I think that's a good thing. But maybe we can still get some benefit from using JavaScript on both sides, and the things that have been happening in front-end for the past decade or so.
in reply to Matt Campbell

When you say classic, my first thoughts are PHP and Ruby on Rails 😅. As for JS, Astro seems promising (also has official Node.js support) but I'm not sure if it can be considered minimal since you use one or multiple third-party frameworks for client-side interactivity (like React, Vue, ...) so that you effectively use as least two frameworks. And as frameworks mature, they tend to become more complex. Truly minimal might mean to forego some convenience and UX features 🤔


Más que una baja laboral flexible yo estaría a favor de una alta laboral flexible. Tú pagas y yo, según como me encuentre por la mañana, voy o no.


🥳 Exciting news! @loops, the #Fediverse's answer to TikTok, receives a grant from @nlnet! 🎉

Get ready for a new era of personalized short-form videos, remixes, and community interaction - all with the freedom and privacy of #ActivityPub!

nlnet.nl/project/Loops/



Tempted by that Mac Mini as my next desktop tower, but just not sure. Still happy with this 2021 Del Inspiron (so yes, I have an HP laptop, Del desktop, rivals unite!) even if it has an 11th-generation processor. I've always wanted a smaller tower but then you lose upgradability for components or have to put up with laptop-grade ones with no CPU upgrades. On that basis alone a Mac Mini wouldn't score me any favors.
in reply to Tamas G

I have an M1 Mini and am also tempted. I rarely use my Mac, I just love tiny computers.
in reply to Alex Hall

@alexhall I have a miniPC that I adore... I take it with me when I travel... no screen... fits in the smallest backpack...
in reply to Jeffrey D. Stark

@alexhall 32gigs ram, 1 tb storage and tons of connectors... it's an excellent little beastie...
in reply to Jeffrey D. Stark

@jstark @alexhall I’ve had a MiniPC before, although not nearly as nice as Jeff’s. They’re really nice for when you go somewhere for a bit of time, say a couple weeks, because you’re presumably in a location with electricity, so you can set the thing up almost anywhere since you don’t need a monitor and with a wireless keyboard, your life is complete!
in reply to James Dean

yeah it's why I got that super cheapo Chuwibook and traveled with it but no longer have (now the HP), I'd certainly rather take a work laptop and a mini desktop though over two 14-inch laptops especially with how international travel can make you always unpack them. Might as well save yourself stress with a mini-PC too if you travel, that is. I like RIM / NVDA remote but you lose plug-&-play of course.
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in reply to Tamas G

I have an M2 Mac mini and I love it. Apparently the redesign is going to be much smaller, along the same lines as the Apple TV which I also have, and I’m not sure I like that because that means less ports, and on a computer, I like more ports.


Mac Mini Expected to Receive First Major Redesign Since 2010 Very Soon macrumors.com/2024/10/03/mac-m…


I know GitHub is not the easiest site to navigate with a screen reader, but if you find any of my accessibility projects useful, I'd appreciate if you consider clicking "Star this repository." Stars can indicate a project's popularity and quality, boosting its visibility. According to Github, stat, VOCR has over 5k downloads but only 53 stars. github.com/chigkim/vocr/


#introduction

Hello! 👋

Meet the W3C Team w3.org/2024/09/w3cteam.html

We are a international public-interest non-profit where since 1994 the Members, staff and public develop open standards and guidelines for an interoperable web to connect and empower humanity.

Our focus: security, privacy, web accessibility, internationalization.

With your help and our proven standards process based on fairness, openness, royalty-free, we make the Web work, for everyone.

w3.org/



So I may have asked this before. I live in a somewhat weather-prone area. I have an active license and would love to get back in to ham radio. I'm looking for an affordable and accessible handheld. and, go! Also made this public for boosting.


Sobre las bajas flexibles esas, suena a algo parecido a lo que hay aquí en Alemania. Por ejemplo al volver de 3 meses de baja por ruptura de pierna, yo seguía de baja 2 semanas más, pero empecé a trabajar 20 horas a la semana para que la vuelta fuese mas gradual y empezar poco a poco. Y no me parece mal si la orientación es proteger la baja y la salud
in reply to Aenea

A mi me parece lógico, dependiendo del motivo de la baja, no volver de repente a la jornada completa. Si ese es el enfoque creo que está bien. Por otra parte si se toma como una forma de extraer trabajo mientras la persona aún no está en condiciones de hacerlo, ahí estaría el problema.


My main laptop is in the shop so I'm temporarily using another, and boy howdy do I miss how many ublock blocklists I've enabled on my main system that I haven't on this one yet.

Getting pretty damn sick of every other website stealing focus for their cookie consents/signup forms. How do people deal with this?

And buy your ublock blocklist maintainers a beer or other beverage of their choice, because they deserve it!



Aira X Meta Ray-Bans Beta: Over 75% of Waitlist Now Live!

Over 3/4 of our waitlist now has access to Aira’s professional Visual Interpreting via the Meta Ray-Bans smart glasses! Audio and video are working smoothly, but imagine how much more powerful these smart glasses could be with deeper Meta integration. That’s where we need your help!

If you already have Meta Ray-Bans, it’s not too late to join for Aira early access:
- Open the Aira app
- Go to “More”
- Tap “Smart Glasses”
- Select “Meta Ray-Bans” and complete the form

Your Voice Matters!
To unlock the full potential of hands-free professional visual interpreting, we need your advocacy for better integration with Meta.

Check out our blog for resources, launch details, and a link to our video overview on YouTube:

aira.io/ray-bans-beta/

#AccessibleTech #MetaRayBans #VisualInterpreting

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Californians Could See a Credit on Their Electricity Bill. How Much Will You Get? (More than 11.5 million California households will receive an average $71 credit on their October electricity bills, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.) gvwire.com/2024/10/02/californ…



I’m curious if folks running iOS 18 or any of the 18.1 Betas have noticed issues with VO focus randomly jumping and not automatically scrolling content when navigating by heading?
in reply to Hai Nguyen Ly✅

I've seen VO not properly navigating by heading even with iOS 17, so I don't necessarily think it's exclusive to 18. Of course, there could have been specificc apps that worked better in 17 but I personally have not noticed a decline in performance regarding this.


OpenAI launches new 'Canvas' ChatGPT interface tailored to writing and coding projects | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2024/10/03/open…


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Well, that was an emotional few hours. Survive the Wild, the audio game that has been a part of our lives for many years, has just been shut down.



partners apple watch is doing an odd thing of they'll get a notification and go to hit clear and it just fails. They can't hit the crown to get back to the watch face and that notification and clear all button are just stuck. Has anyone else seen this before?
in reply to Kyle Smith

@jfayre oh yeah not sure but that bug is annoying. I'll randomly try to swipe on the watch face and it'll be empty. I press crown, it goes to notifications sometimes and not apps and cannot return to watch face. Not sure, been seeing that one since the 11 beta days, it happens I'd say like 2 out of 5 times.


hidde.blog/popover-accessibili… great post by @hdv and @scottohara on the accessibility features of popover, and how to avoid losing them.


Your smart fridge can now warn you when you’ve spent too long in the shower theverge.com/2024/10/3/2426047…


For those who use ChatGPT on IOS with VoiceOver , has anyone noticed a bug in the latest update where VoiceOver loses focus when scrolling and can’t read line by line? I’m considering submitting this bug to OpenAI support, but I’d like to gather feedback first. #a11y
#a11y


I couldn't find any tally counters for #GNOME, so I wrote one.

Tally allows you to keep an arbitrarily large list of counters, colour coded however you like, with a filter mode to hide what isn't needed at the moment.

Install it on Linux from Flathub ⇒ flathub.org/apps/ca.vlacroix.T…



Kasasa is an app for you're taking a screenshot for your own reference and you want it's contents easily accessible. For these ephemeral snapshots, the app can hold them in it's own window. It's best used when you set said window to "Always on Top". If it's blocking something important, just turn it transparent by mousing over it. Capture and hold screenshots with Kasasa!

You can get the app on Flathub here: flathub.org/apps/io.github.kel…

#gnome #apps #flatpak



Hey #blind #students of #Mastodon.

So I'm running into some accessibility issues in my algebra course involving graphing. I do not have the support of state services for the blind, however I'm connected with disability services on campus. Otherwise, I'm going at all this on my own and for the most part handeling things well.

However, I'm not exactly sure how best to overcome things where advanced math and graphing come into play.

My tools currently include a standard, non-graphic calculator, a laptop running NVDA as a screen reader, 80-cell braille display on lone from disability services and a whole lot of tenacity. So far, I've maintained a consistent A in my course, but with the graphing stuff, I'm concerned that might change.

So, what are your tools and techniques for dealing with this and more advanced calculatory things? What add-ons may be of use, what tools should I be looking at, and what questions should I be asking?

Thank you so much in advanced to anyone who offers any advice.

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Unmute Holiday Gift Guide Returns for 2024! - Unmute unmute.show/unmute-holiday-gif… - Come one come all! Everyone is invited. Click the link to find out all the details and how you can participate.


Come join us tomorrow (Thursday) at 7pm EDT for Michigan Python! Brendan Carnill will be giving a talk about Automating eBay with Python, including accessing eBay's REST API, handling and processing data, and automating reports. All are welcome, no matter your experience level. #Python #REST #Automation meetup.com/michigan-python/eve…


Ich höre gerade dieses Interview mit Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk zur Gründung der DDR und kann das bei Interesse zum Nachmachen empfehlen.
ardaudiothek.de/episode/das-wi…


💔 Like this child's parents, I would never have considered rabies as a risk from a lost bat fluttering around inside the house, not leaving any obvious bite marks.

So, a reminder to all:
Rabies is nearly always fatal once symptoms develop, but can almost always be prevented if you get the shots soon enough after exposure. If anyone has contact with an oddly-behaved wild or stray mammal, get rabies shots as soon as possible.

And TIL: bats are the main vector in Canada.

cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/ra…



For me, the only thing more astounding than Open AI raising $6.5 billion on a product portfolio that may never be profitable, is that Elon has raised $6 billion for xAI, and they haven't done shit.


@Tamasg hello there, it’s Jessie, do you know who I can write to at Spotify, since on iOS, I cannot access the AI playlist creation feature with voiceover.
in reply to jessiepp

yeah, they list accessibility-support@spotify.com as the e-mail there so if you write to it and detail step-by-step ways to get to experiencing the problem, customer service should respond and forward it to the relevant team.
in reply to Tamas G

Just sent them a message. It is a shame since I think that feature is very cool.


I actually don't mind when my data is sent to companies for better training. This doesn't bother me at all! AI is the future, and it's helpped a lot of people! bring it on!
in reply to Darren Duff

I don't mind, either, but I'd prefer to be asked first if my data can be used to train AI.


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Hi everyone. The good news is that my stuffed nose is clear. It's the breathing issues that scare the absolute crap out of me after what happened in October last year.
in reply to Bruce Toews

Have they put you on oxygen or are you already receiving extra oxygen?
in reply to David Goldfield

@DavidGoldfield I already get a little bot of oxygen at night with my bipap machine. Or whenever I'm using it.