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looooolsob we've come full circle

answer on StackExchange: "if you need to generate the apparmor rules, ask an LLM" 😂😭






I'm in Cupertino this week together with other @igalia folks for the @webkit Contributors Meeting! Looking forward to a lot of interesting discussions around WebKit, @WebKitGTK and @WPEWebKit !

#webkit #wpe #gtk #igalia



#India based people only: would you be interested in buying a #Mobian powered #PocoF1 or #OnePlus6 if I handled the unlocking and installation for you? :debian: 📱️

Comment with details!

#MobileLinux #Debian

  • YES PLEASE (0 votes)
  • Hmm maybe / Ooh interesting (0 votes)
  • Nah / Huh? / What's Mobian? (0 votes)
  • No, flashing is where the fun is (0 votes)
Poll end: 1 day ago



Dávám na vědomí, že zítra, naprosto nesmyslně, uprostřed týdne, zůstávám doma. Naordinoval jsem si náhradní volno. 🤗


Bitwarden Desktop version 2024.10.0 is no longer free software

github.com/bitwarden/clients/i…

🍿



Also, lesson learned. Next time a product is not performing as expected in terms of accessibility, cease using the product right away. Don't even try to use the search box or any other workarounds to get to what you want to do. Nope. Just, abandon ship. They won't hesitate to use your attempts to get it working for yourself against you.


Best I can manage for now.
"Request received: Sling TV does not offer accessible guide nor audio descriptions
We received your informal complaint – ticket number 7401450.
We will review your complaint. We will contact you if we need more information. " (at least I can take comfort in knowing that adp.acb.org/streaming.html is still accurate about this matter.)


What can I say. I'm giving up on this Sling refund. Not worth beating a dead horse. The second agent put me on a 15-minute hold whilst he spoke to his supervisor, and they concluded that there's no exceptions to the refund policy, but that they noted down my accessibility problems and concerns with the guide, playback. I pressed for the creation of a customer support ticket so at least I could know it's getting sent to a team internally but no such luck either. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
in reply to Tyler Spivey

@tspivey ah sadly got it as debit, I try to not order many things on credit cards so as to not pay it off later but in this case that one worked against me
in reply to Tamas G

@tspivey also chargebacks only tend to work if the contract expressly is breached. Unless the ocntract said it was accessible or you could find a term you could argue about, it might not work regardless
in reply to Tamas G

Ugh sorry you're dealing with that. We considered switching to a cheaper provider, but realized that Youtube TV is the most accessible despite the higher cost. OTAs are not always likely to work either. I think @morganlynn1992 mentioned there might be newer services coming down the pipeline, but not sure.
in reply to Leo

@Lprazdnik @morganlynn1992 I'm not sure, people are telling me Direct TV itself has a more accessible service which is a bit ironic. At this point you probably get a better deal going through an internet or cable provider like XFinity, but now I'm even too scared to try their service after this Sling BS. And IPTV is nice for being simple but you're risking suspensions of your IPTV and domain ceasures, neither of which are fun.
in reply to Tamas G

@Lprazdnik @morganlynn1992 the way I see it, while youtube tv is a little pricy, you do get a lot of channels, a lot of dvr space, and it is cheaper than getting cable, with a cable box.
in reply to Leo

@Lprazdnik @morganlynn1992 I do think Google has won that war from an accessibility angle but it's a pretty penny to pay $72, pretty much the price of cable TV not to mention if you pay for any other standalone streaming services. I think the market is truly fucked, I have no other word for it. No matter where you turn there's problems, it's a sad state of that world.
in reply to Tamas G

@morganlynn1992 Oh yeah. We tried XFinity's version of the streaming service, ever since switching back to them as an ISP, and it wasn't great. The app wouldn't allow Morgan to sort by channels, and the streaming box is terrible all around. So yeah, we need better options.
in reply to Tamas G

@Lprazdnik @morganlynn1992 72 dollars for cable? you only wish! I think when we had cable with the cable box, we paid 150 for the cable, and around 10 to 12 dollars for each cable box we had.
in reply to Leo

@Lprazdnik @morganlynn1992 What's the AD situation like on YouTube TV? I imagine it depends on the affiliates you have locally and if they provide audio description over the air?
in reply to Tristan

@tristan @Lprazdnik @morganlynn1992 from what I remember of it yes, but even back in 2017 or 2018 when I tried it, the local ABC for this area had it. As far as I know they also support more markets for local channels, whereas Sling is banking on their Air TV (which as I found out is also not compatible on web.) YTV will probably give AD if the closest-local market station supports it which is a huge win that way


Hi friends!

We're working with a large technology company looking to understand deaf individual's needs as we build assistive technology. Please forward to all of your #deaf or hard of hearing friends in the USA. We're paying referrals!
Tim
p3technology.questionpro.com/t…

#deaf


me: *explaining to CEO how we’re using accessibility features from 25 years ago in a new product*
CEO: That seems so obvious. Why hasn’t anybody thought to do it this way before?
me: ableism


So I never thought I'd be saying this, but I'm considering switching away from Outlook because it's not properly deleting my Gmail messages LOL. Everything that Outlook says is deleted still shows up in Gmail's All Mail folder. This doesn't happen using the native mail app in iOS. I've changed some settings in both Outlook and on Gmail's web interface, and this still seems to be occurring. Are there any alternatives out there that are simple and accessible with screenreaders? #Blind #Windows #JAWS #NVDA #A11y
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#AskFedi: are there any recent, smart articles about #ATProto and its half-baked decentralization (so far)?

My favorite piece on the subject has been @rysiek 's "Bluesky is cosplaying decentralization" rys.io/en/167.html from a year and a half ago, but significant changes have happened in the meantime... I wonder if there are any updated posts about it?

Oh and @rysiek is one of my favorite people to follow on here, so click on that Follow button if you haven't already.



Seru na český zdravotnictví.
Jakmile je potřebuješ ale není to na rychlou sanitku, tak se nikam neprobojuješ, všechno trvá a přehazujou si tě jako brambor. Je jedno že člověk trpí...

Potřebujeme zařídit hospic, zkoušíme to přes lékaře, lékař nás odbyde že na to nemá čas, ať si přijdem v jednu kdy nemá nával. 😳
Nakonec se lékař podaří obejít a domluvíme se přes paliativní službu.

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in reply to Štěpán Škorpil

Problém dva, potřebujeme převoz ležáka do hospicu.
Hospic říká, že to musí vyžádat lékař. Zkoušíme zase lékaře, ten nadiktuje 10 čísel ať si to obvoláme sami.

Obvoláme 10 čísel, nikde nás nevezmou.

Tzn ani zítra se do hospicu nedostanem. Další den bude trpět doma. Stav se zhoršil rychle, na tohle nejsme vybavení.

in reply to Štěpán Škorpil

Fakt doufám, že mě včas srazí někde na kole auto a budu mít rychlej konec.



My sister Nandini Harihareswara will be speaking at the Interledger Summit this weekend in Cape Town, South Africa interledger.org/summit/2024/sp… so say hi if you meet her! She is an expert on digital financial inclusion and has interesting stories about how systems work, including what does and doesn't work to make them more meaningfully inclusive.

#ILPSummit24



Note slapped onto a French sidewalk advertisement:
"We want trees, not this sh*t"
Mon mate, everyone, everywhere agrees.


This Sumerian house plan, dating back around 5,000 years, offers a glimpse into the architectural sophistication of the Ur III period.

The clay tablet, from the city of Umma, depicts a residential structure centered around a courtyard. Dimensions are given in cubits, likely corresponding to room sizes. Parallel lines represent walls, while doorways are indicated, providing a detailed representation of the house's layout.

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

#archaeohistories



Remember the first time you created that index.html, opened in the browser, and it felt like magic?
@bw wrote a free online ebook and I love the promise:
“I feel strongly that anyone should be able to make a website with HTML if they want. This book will teach you how to do just that. It doesn’t require any previous experience making websites or coding. I will cover everything you need to know to get started in an approachable and friendly way.”

htmlforpeople.com/




@Tutanota Watch it we have a pishing/spam email circulating by Tuta Team <kimlucastro3@gmail.com> Important: Database Upgrade and User Verification Required

This account is asking to verify your email. DO NOT CLICK it redirects you to "helpful-playful-authorization.glitch.me/" if you inspect the hyperling which will the ask you to log in again

#tutanota #privacy #news #email #warning

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in reply to digitalart_jason

Hi there. Thanks for sharing this. Please will you also send these details to our abuse team at abuse@tutao.de


WOW. Fedex just dropped a 2000$ laptop at my door without even waiting / signature. At least they rang the bell...

@frameworkcomputer

in reply to Tim Lavoie

@tim_lavoie I live in a very urban area, there is no gate / fence to my door.

Also Canada Post doesn't work for this as it ship from far away.

At least I knew it was coming today and I was right there.

in reply to Hubert Figuière

How far do you have to send from to not be able to receive it as postal mail? I would think of it as the default, not the exception.


Billede fundet andet sted på det store net. Hvordan man undgår en del seksuelle overgreb


Never commit yourself! Let someone else commit you.


chrum

edit: 10x Sammy

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So, a few clips from an old recording and I have a credible Michael Jayston to read me bits of the new John le Carré thriller, penned by his son Nick, thanks to the Eleven Labs reader.
Uncanny.

Jayston died only a few months ago, according to a quick google. The real Audiobook is read by Simon Russell Beale , who did a credible George Smiley on the radio of course.
My george will always be Bernard Hepton, thanks to a little box of cassettes in the 1990's.

in reply to Sean Randall

I would indeed if you ever find it. I really enjoyed that one.


I rarely use ride-sharing apps because they're destructive to public infrastructure I care about, but recently I had to use Lyft and YOU CAN'T USE IT ON THE WEB. Their website literally tells you to go get the app, so you can't use a desktop browser at all to access their platform. That is an absolutely *wild* choice, and even more absurd that it goes unnoticed in the current media/tech ecosystem.


I walked to my appointment this morning, and had to pass a small construction site. A worker helped me, which was nice. But as I left, he said, "You're doing great." Based on the tone and the conversation, he seemed to be one of those people who is impressed that I can walk around on my own. I get that sighted people can be impressed like this, if they have no experience with blind people, but it's still irritating. That kind of reaction is belittling, even if people don't mean it that way.
in reply to Rachel Ramos

Yep.the thing is that, there's no wrong when someone tells you you're doing great in a potentially dangerous area. That could only inspire you,if yoo are really positive. There's also the fact that this worker lost time, and money trying to help, because here, for example, road workers and builders work under civil contracts, or no contracts at all, so the fact they lost time, and money, because they felt that doing good will bring something better in their life, would be enough for me to pay someone if they helped because these people do not receive government cheques, they get what they worked for, and every brick and bag of concrete moved counts, not to mention the countless ways in which these people could get hurt. Yet, a lot of humanity underrates construction workers, and pays them too little for what they do in many places.


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.

bits.debian.org/2024/10/ada-lo…

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Rsnapshot: A Powerful Backup Tool Based on Rsync linuxtoday.com/blog/rsnapshot-…


Work meetings time so can't focus on this BS. I might try with a different agent during my lunch break around this Sling stuff. Still raddled by the comment and way she treated that entire situation, but until a ticket actually gets created and reviewed by multiple tears of support, I'll keep calling. Wishing everyone on Masto a joyful day, in the end money is money and can be earned back, I'll be OK, as long as nobody else in a situation like mine falls in the Sling trap without a trial first.
in reply to Tamas G

As much as I'm not a fan of X or Facebook, you could find Sling on those platforms and complain about your treatment publicly. Comments like "I hope you get better soon" regarding blindness can't be allowed to go unanswered or unchallenged. They owe you an apology.


I really do not like the feeling of asking a question about a body of work only to uncover more questions, or finding out it requires an entirely different, non-trivial body of work.


5km v deravých ponožkách a nových teniskách, do piči au #precositorobim
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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.

#accessibility

in reply to Libre

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_cut…



I have to be careful with my work headset. I have to lower the mik arm before starting a meeting, otherwise if I do it during the meeting it sounds like a fart. Thanks Jabra!
in reply to Scary Martin

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

in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo Yeah I have a Microsoft one that does that which is a lot better. These Jabra ones though all sound like pharts if you don't mute when raising or lowering the mic.


The longest function in #curl production code and the length of the 99th percentile function. Over time.

Something to work on.

#curl
in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

Curl doesn't yet have its own custom scripting language, an optimized TCPIP stack, and an optimized FPGA logic implementation? It doesn't require virtual processor extensions or a GPU for its.machine learning enhanced caching and rendering? It doesn't require custom compiler extensions for its inline assembly optimizations?


We are looking for a speaker for our event on 20 November, get in touch. Please share. #LWSNov2024


Trying to get this $168 refunded from Sling... Not sure how successful I'll be. Right now they're giving me their standard "we don't offer partial refunds" tactics, and I mentioned to them that since I was a prospective customer, I didn't have the option for a trial and thus couldn't find out that it wasn't accessible to me. That's not my fault. Been up all night just to call them right when their customer service line opens, because this is just infuriating me
in reply to Tamas G

As you should be getting a refund. That is just not right.
in reply to Tamas G

well, nope. Not my lucky day today, I guess. Based on viewership and the fact that my subscription itself is ended, they will not offer any refunds. What really got me was how the agent ended her conversation to me with "I hope you get better soon." As though my blindness is a temporary disease I will surely recover from some day. Ha. If I'm really going to have this subscription until January 19th, I'm going to make a lot of recordings humiliating how inaccessible every piece of their app is
in reply to Tamas G

Keep calling, keep calling, keep calling, that is what I have to do until I get what I want accomplished.
in reply to Tamas G

it's easy enough for me to use the screen recording tools in iOS or in my browser to make videos, send them along, and hopefully let others who use keyboards, are blind, or use voice access to not sign up for this shit of a service (Sling).
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in reply to Tamas G

I also hope that you complain about the agen'ts unacceptable, ableist comment.
in reply to Tamas G

keep reaching out. they might refund you simply so you'll go away! Sorry to hear about this experience.
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