The #XMPP Newsletter for September 2024 is out!
Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and the latest updates on our #standards!
xmpp.org/2024/10/the-xmpp-news…
Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕
#jabber #chat #interoperability #standards #rtc #opensource #decentralization
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Canada is finally ready to build a high speed rail line
thestar.com/politics/federal/t…
Brace for impact, a new Glossy Report is incoming.
@driusan yup 2hrs. I used to commute 230km.... was a 1 hour platform to platform.
also was 20 years ago.
Not in Canada.
That would make Ottawa 50min and Quebec 1h from Gare Centrale. And Toronto 2 in a direct connection. Ottawa Toronto could be 1.5 hr (it's 404 km by road, done it many time)
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Improving Accessibility Using Vision Models
Link: myswamp.substack.com/p/improvi…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
‼️ Tusky will stop supporting #Android 7 in 2025. We still don't know the fix date, but will tell you in advanced.
❓ What does it mean for Android 7 users?
➡️ It means that users with Android 7 installed will still be able to use the #Tusky version they have installed when this happens, but they are not going to ble able to update it to newer versions if they don't update the operating system or change smartphone/tablet.
They are not going to be able to update it on Play and Fdroid?
"Android Nougat (codenamed Android N during development) is the seventh major version and 14th original version of the Android operating system. First released as an alpha test version on March 9, 2016, it was officially released on August 22, 2016, with Nexus devices being the first to receive the update."
Manda huevos.
Lo dejo por aquí por si a otro le pudiese valer.
El otro día preguntaba donde comprar un repelente de agua para una chaqueta de ante o nobuck y no tenía ni idea.
Pues en el ultimo sitio que hubiera buscado.
En Decathlon venden. Si en una cadena de deportes, flipe 😊.
@modulux Si, pero en zapaterías de esas de barrio de toda la vida.
Esas ya casi no quedan.
Yo de echo aquí en Palma no conozco ninguna por donde me muevo.
Son todo cadenas grandes de zapatería y por ejemplo si quieres unas plantillas o cordones o limpiador de zapatos te buscas la vida en otro sitio por que solo y exclusivamente venden los zapatos.
Antiguamente en una zapatería se compraban los zapatos y todo lo que conllevan.
Es lo que se esta perdiendo en comercio de cercanía.
1960: the people of 2024 will have flying cars, 2 day work weeks, and be colonizing space
2024: "why is everybody mad at me today" i wonder as i stare at the notifications on my pocket depression rectangle
1990: the people of 2024 will be more productive than ever because computers will make everything easier
2024: me staring at my screen clicking for hours "what counts as a motorcycle? does the person riding the bicycle count as part of the bicycle? does the walk signal count as a traffic light? is this small white edge part of the crosswalk!? why won't you LET ME JUST BUY THE GODDAMN MADOKA PLUSHY YOU ARE THE ONLY STORE THAT ISN'T GEOLOCKED FROM SENDING TO MY COUNTRY"
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Exciting update about the hackfest: We will now offer lunch for participants of the hackfest. 🍲
The lunch will cost about 8 Euros. A friend volunteered to cook for us with the deal that any extra funds would go to the local social bicycle association Efesta (efesta.net), which we both are part of.
The event will be so much bigger than I anticipated, already more than 15 people signed up.🎉
If anyone is wondering how pkpass support in Catima is going: I would summarize it as slowly but steadily. It has definitely been a way bigger undertaking than planned, and unexpected issues may still show up, but the end seems to be in sight.
Basically, the feature consists of two parts:
1. Code to read a .pkpass file and turn it into a loyalty card object.
2. Adding a pkpass option when selecting a source.
Easy enough, right? Well... (1/3)
Oooh The Designed by, and Powered by OpenWRT router is now out!
liliputing.com/openwrt-one-wif…
$89 and $10 of every order goes directly to the OpenWRT project!
Hope to see some folks get these and post reviews soon! (I'll order one as soon as I can afford to)
OUTDATED⚠️
Mozilla bought the Android email app K-9 (which didn’t include any trackers) and integrated trackers as part of #Mozilla‘s rebranding under the #Thunderbird name.
They even made it opt-out instead of opt-in. Their defense for breaking the law: ”we wouldn’t have enough data if we obeyed the law.“
It doesn’t matter whether you ”anonymized“ the data or not: If you want to extract data from someone’s device to yours, you may do so only if they knowingly consented.
sigmoid.social/@davidculley/11…
My original team at Apple is hiring for a couple of software engineering roles: junior and senior. This is an amazing team and a chance to have a positive impact in education! jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/2…
I'm about to finish an audit of 42 webcomponents. The devs did a great job because pretty much none of them had detectable issues in axe. Still, only 8 of these 42 components have no critical issues. I only discovered those bugs through manual testing.
Long story short: automatic accessibility testing is only the first step. Manual testing is a must. Also, hire an accessibility expert if possible.
"Das Wort „krank” feiert gerade sein Comeback in der Alltagssprache, oder kommt es nur mir so vor? Ständig hört man jemanden „krank” sagen, um etwas stark zu betonen.
🗣 Das ist „krank” anstrengend gewesen.
🗣 Es war „krank” viel los.
Oder auch einfach nur:
🗣„Geisteskrank!”, um Erstaunen auszudrücken.
🗣 Das ist ja „krank”!
Hier ein paar Wörter, die du stattdessen sagen kannst:
💭 sehr, doll, stark, krass, heftig, mega, überraschend, unglaublich"
(Raul Krauthausen)
Pech für alle, die BILD glaubten und sich eine neue Gasheizung aufschwatzen ließen: Laut Heizspiegel wird Heizen mit Wärmepumpen 2024 am günstigsten. Das wird wenige überraschen - außer die, die ihre Informationen von fossilen Propagandaschleudern beziehen.
I know what a brick shit house is, what a shit house is and what a housefire is.
Confused about the combo
'MP in fresh bid to change law on assisted dying
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What are your thoughts on this, I am for assisted dying if the alternative is a long drawn out painful death.
Assisted dying?
Yes it seems somehow cruel to humans to me.
I do think if it comes into Law a person needs to sign up for it when they are young and fit though.
With HIDIOCREVOKE we can now finally have a go at implementing a desktop portal for sandboxed apps to access hidraw devices without giving them blanket permissions to all device nodes
fosstodon.org/@whot/1132463293…
Hubert Figuière
in reply to Hubert Figuière • • •Good news everyone, the Supreme Court of Canada spanked them.
Now maybe we should add teeth to the whole thing to make it worth it.
Rick Scott 🏳️⚧️
in reply to Hubert Figuière • • •