Ada Lovelace Day was celebrated on October 8 in 2024, and on this occasion, to celebrate and raise awareness of the contributions of women to the STEM fields we interviewed some of the women in Debian.
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Ada Lovelace Day 2024 - Interview with some Women in Debian
Ada Lovelace Day was celebrated on October 8 in 2024, and on this occasion, to celebrate and raise awareness of the contributions of women to the STEM fields we interviewed some of the women in Debian. Here we share their thoughts, comments, and...Debian Project
Rsnapshot: A Powerful Backup Tool Based on Rsync | Linux Today
In this article, we’ll walk you through the process of installing, setting up, and using Rsnapshot.LinuxToday
Alt text isn't just for the vision impaired. Sometimes some of us are viewing an image and don't understand the context or some of the imagery. Alt text helps there too.
There's even a term for this. The curb cut effect is when disability-friendly features are used by a larger group than they were originally designed for.
I remember when video captions were thought of as just for the hearing impaired. Now so many people watch with captions on.
hahaha that's great. Our headsets auto-mute if you lift the arm high enough, which is cool, but there's no noise on the lower thanfkully.
not that their quality is very great, but then headset mics rarely are
The longest function in #curl production code and the length of the 99th percentile function. Over time.
Something to work on.
🎉 PSA: F-Droid users! 🎉 The Tuta Calendar app is now available on F-Droid 🥳
❤️ You can get the Tuta Calendar app here: f-droid.org/en/packages/de.tut…
#Fdroid #Tutacalendar #Tuta #Download #Encryption
Tuta Calendar | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Quantum-safe encrypted planner to schedule & manage your events & sync calendarsf-droid.org
I always appreciate how your team treats F-Droid and Linux as first-class citizens. It's one of the reasons I prefer your service.
Keep it up please! 🥺
Is there any reason (besides available features) that I couldn’t use a free personal plan for my business until it starts bringing in money? Once I’ve got a more consistent income stream from the business I could then upgrade to a business plan.
I’m the sole employee in the business. I think the only major feature I’d be missing by taking this approach would be a custom domain — which I have setup already via my family plan on Proton.
somebody with an editor inserting tabs with a size of 2 has edited some files in this project that otherwise used an indent of 4 spaces
but no problem, they fixed this by doing two tabs everywhere so their code looked the same as the rest of the project
nikdy som migrénu nemal a podľa mňa umriem na infarkt 
edit: tým som si istý
You can now buy Microsoft's shockingly expensive Copilot keyboard
The new Surface Keyboard is $129, and not much different than the previous version.Zac Bowden (Windows Central)
Digital accessibility: Where companies are going wrong and how to fix it
How to get digital accessibility rightBob Farrell (TechRadar pro)
Interview with Phil Shapiro, an outstanding LibreOffice advocate - The Document Foundation Blog
According to the Library Journal, who has recently awarded him with the Movers & Shakers 2024 Award (the people shaping the future of libraries), in the Educators category, Phil Shapiro Is an enthusiastic champion of digital inclusion and outside-of-…Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
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The ‘Form’ Element Created the Modern Web. Was It a Big Mistake?
No one ever knows what they’re unleashing. They don’t even know there’s a leash. I’ve been given a time machine. Would I send a Terminator back to the web standards meetings circa 1994 to...www.metafilter.com
Guidelines for chemistry in braille get modernized
The last update to the Chemical Notation Using The Nemeth Braille Code was issued over 25 years agoSara Cottle (American Chemical Society)
Scott Blanks VP Accessibility & Employment | Braille Institute
Braille Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Blanks as its Vice President of Accessibility and Employment.Tammy Gentry (Braille Institute)
Want to feel old? Excel just entered its 40th year
theregister.com/2024/10/22/exc…
More senior than Windows itself, and still runs the world
← by me on @theregister
Bij Waag Futurelab zijn wij op zoek naar een conceptontwikkelaar/researcher voor de afdeling Life (32-40 uur p/w)!
Sta jij voor open, transparante en inclusieve ontwerpprocessen? Treed je de digitaliserende wereld optimistisch tegemoet, maar ben je niet blind voor de schaduwkant ervan? Dan hebben wij dé baan voor jou!
Als conceptontwikkelaar/researcher zorg jij dat innovatieve ideeën een plek krijgen in de stad. Bekijk de vacature: waag.homerun.co/conceptontwikk…
Conceptontwikkelaar-Onderzoeker Life - Waag Futurelab
Bij Waag Futurelab zijn wij op zoek naar een conceptontwikkelaar/onderzoeker voor de afdeling Life (32-40 uur p/w)Waag Futurelab
Finland approved mining exploration in Sámi territory without assessing its cultural impact or gaining Sámi consent.
Sámi sisters led the case, arguing that traditional governance structures were ignored.
UN ruled Finland must amend its laws to recognize Sámi collective land rights and fully implement free, prior and informed consent.
“Sustainability is an empty word if you don’t respect and implement Indigenous rights here in our homelands.”
Näkkäläjärvi, Sámi leader.
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Mining in Finland violates Sámi Indigenous rights, UN finds
Two recent UN committee rulings state that Finland violated the Sámi people’s rights by allowing mineral exploration without proper consultation or consent.Tristan Ahtone reports for Grist.EHN Curators (EHN)
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To je inak zaujimavy "twist", ze kym volakedy bojovali v "proxy vojnach" proti sebe USA a ZSSR, tak dnes mozno toto budu robit Juzna Korea proti Severnej.
Co je zatial konzistentne/to iste je to, ze sa nadalej jedna o cca "kapitalisti vs. komunisti".
via @kubicek
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Martin Kubicek (@kubicek@mamut.social)
https://www.newsweek.com/south-korea-news-could-follow-north-russia-ukraine-war-1972082Mastodon
Book Talk: The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood
Join us for a book talk with legal scholar JAMES BOYLE, discussing his book THE LINE: AI and the Future of Personhood, in conversation with KATE DARLING of the MIT […]\nblog.archive.org
Join BITS and presenter Maria Kristic, as we take a look at Braille Screen Input in iOS 18.
When: Tuesday October 22, at 8:00 PM Eastern (5:00 PM Pacific).
Where: BITS Community Zoom Room.
With the release of iOS 18, there are many changes and updates to Braille Screen Input. Among the updates are enhanced accuracy and predictive text, new gestures, advanced keyboard layouts, and enhanced language support.
Join BITS member Maria Kristic as she helps us navigate through all the changes.
[Proposal]: blind accessibility · Issue #2635 · naev/naev
Suggestion Adding blind accessibility (not colourblind, full blindness) could be a good goal at not only improving the accessibility for blind users, but for all users in general. I've opened an is...GitHub
Wearables could 'revolutionize' Parkinson's disease treatment, study claims - MyHealthyApple
Wearables like the Apple Watch could monitor a range of “digital biomarkers” that could make Parkinson’s disease treatment more effective.Mike Peterson (myhealthyapple)
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