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Wonderful article from @bas on getting started with #accessibility. basbroek.nl/making-accessibili…

I love how he emphasizes that while accessibility is a vast space, we can start small and learn from the assistive technologies already built into our devices!

Making Accessibility Accessible

In ‘Building an Accessibility Culture, One Step at a Time’, a presentation I recently gave at Swift Connection and SwiftLeeds, I spoke about “making accessibility accessible”. What does it mean, and how can we accomplish this?
Bas’ Blog
#Accessibility @Bas

Everything New in iOS 18.2 Beta 1 macrumors.com/guide/ios-18-2-b…

Everything New in iOS 18.2 Beta 1

Apple released the first iOS 18.2 beta for developers today, and while it's only available on devices that support Apple Intelligence, there are...
Juli Clover (MacRumors.com)

What is the game with the most outlandish plot you can recall?
in reply to pamela :flan_butterfly:

Federico Mena Quintero
Federico Mena Quintero
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@yuki2501 Blaster Master. Boy's pet frog escapes, so he goes to the backyard and finds a huge hole that leads to a nuclear waste dump. Frog goes in, boy chases after. At the bottom there's a nuclear powered titanium tank that the boy boards to go on an underground adventure. The final boss whips you.
@Cyber Yuki

"Boeing reports $6 billion quarterly loss ahead of vote by union workers who have crippled production"

Gotta love the implicit bias.

Let's fix it:

"Boeing reports $6 billion quarterly loss after crippling their production by not reaching a bargain with union workers"

voanews.com/a/boeing-reports-6…


Boeing reports $6 billion quarterly loss ahead of vote by union workers who have crippled production

Boeing can't produce any new 737s, however, until it ends the strike by 33,000 machinists that has shut down assembly plants in the Seattle area
Associated Press (Voice of America (VOA News))

A man tried to sell me a coffin today. I told him that's the last thing I need.

The company doctors call "EvilCore" fits the description in every way.

Health insurance companies pay it to help them stiff policy holders. It's a scam on the American people.

Great reporting by @propublica

propublica.org/article/evicore…


EviCore, the Company Helping U.S. Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments

When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
ProPublica

Here’s how ChatGPT integration works for Apple Intelligence | TechCrunch
techcrunch.com/2024/10/23/here…

Here’s how ChatGPT integration works for Apple Intelligence | TechCrunch

Developers on Wednesday are getting their first taste of Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT integration courtesy of the newly released iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2,
Brian Heater (TechCrunch)

Hi. Uber is looking for people to be a part of a pilot study from October 28 through December 6. If you ride with a service animal and you wanna participate, you take rides and report in on how your rides are impacted by disclosing that you have a service animal. They will give gift cards and compensation at the end amounting to $270 to compensate people for the price of the rights they took. Here's a survey that you can fill out as a first step to qualifying for participation. SurveyMonkey Powered Online Survey uber.surveymonkey.com/r/7MQ9H7…

US Rider survey

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
uber.surveymonkey.com

I just tried the hearing test feature of the AirPods Pro two that is available in the United States with iOS 18.1.
As expected, my hearing loss is too severe, and it will not enable hearing assistance. It claims moderate loss in the left ear, severe in the right.
Many of the tones exist in the frequency spectrum where my tinnitus is especially bad in the right ear, so I’m not surprised.
this being said, the test UX is very good and straightforward.
in reply to Patrick Perdue

victor tsaran
victor tsaran
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I just did it as well. Really well done and easy to follow. I assume you can take it as many times as you want…

A big shout out to everyone at #A11yCamp yesterday. Sean spent a very informative day there leaning and networking on all the latest in #A11y / #Accessibility!

Photos are Sean with Riley Busch from the department of education, and a view of the Clarendon Auditorium filling up before the event started

As noted on the banner in the first photo, A11y Camp is Australia's premier conference on digital accessibility and inclusion.

Sean with Riley Busch from the department of education in front of the A11y Camp banner
The Clarendon Auditorium starting to fill up prior to the start of A11y Camp 2024
#a11y #Accessibility #A11yCamp

Base units are units which, in the international system, are not defined in terms of other units.
What's your favourite SI base unit?
#FunPolls.

  • Meter (m). (39%, 9 votes)
  • Kilogram (kg). (17%, 4 votes)
  • Second (s). (21%, 5 votes)
  • Kelvin (k). (21%, 5 votes)
23 voters. Poll end: 3 days ago

#funpolls
in reply to modulux

modulux
modulux
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Fun, so people like the meter best. I think the second is my favourite.

My phone just showed up in File Explorer on my PC. So cool!
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in reply to Mathijs

mesakeith
mesakeith
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@mvgorcum I love KDE connect but for some reason it doesn't work for me a lot of times.
I made sure I'm using it correctly: same network, updated to stable, turn off content blockers. Yet most of the time, my Win10 laptop & mostly vanilla Android phone can't see each other.
@Mathijs
in reply to mesakeith

Mathijs
Mathijs
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@mk_rexx I don't run windows, so I'm afraid I can't be of much help there. Maybe you can try bluetooth? If I recall correctly kdeconnect can also run over bluetooth.
@mesakeith

Why did the art thief get caught while trying to get away from the museum?

Because he had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh.

in reply to Funny Jokes

Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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@jaybird110127 One of the puns doesn't quite land if you read that joke with eSpeak, because it pronounces Degas as "day gah".
@Jayson Smith
in reply to Matt Campbell

Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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@jaybird110127 Oh, I guess Eloquence pronounces Degas the same way. So the joke probably depends on a mispronunciation of Degas.
@Jayson Smith

PC-98 USER: If Sex is so good why didn't they make a Sex 2

SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR:

Library listing for "The Second Sex" by Simone De Beauvoir

All right folks. I don't like doing this again, but I need 195 dollars to get out of the lnegatives before OVFF. 200 or so would be preferable, but 195 will at least get me there. I wouldn't ask this, but I get paid on Friday, and I'm afraid that if I don't have this, most of my pay'll be eaten by the negative balance. :(

Paypal: celticphoenyx@gmail.com
CashTag: $rowansong
Venmo: @rowansong
Zelle available on DM'd request.

Thanks y'all.

@phoenix

Employment Opportunity: Technical Accessibility Specialist: Office of Personnel Management; Full Time; Remote groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/79…

Employment Opportunity: Technical Accessibility Specialist: Office of Personnel Management; Full Time; Remote

groups.io

YouTube Video From Carrie On Accessibility: Demonstrating what can the Meta Glasses do for people who are blind and visually impaired! groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/79…

YouTube Video From Carrie On Accessibility: Demonstrating what can the Meta Glasses do for people who are blind and visually impaired!

groups.io

Let's Go Shopping event Save the date...Let's Go Shopping is coming up soon! Friday, November 8 and Saturday, November 9 groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/79…

Let's Go Shopping event Save the date...Let's Go Shopping is coming up soon! Friday, November 8 and Saturday, November 9

groups.io

wth

The LA Times editorial board voted to endorse Kamala Harris

The LA Times owners vetoed the endorsement

Now the head of the LA Times editorial board has resigned in protest

THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA PROFITS OFF TRUMP — they have an inherent bias and must NOT be taken at face value

the idea that something must be bad because it’s bad as done in the united states does follow almost logically from the idea that the united states does everything better than everywhere in the world, which is the underlying assumption of more people than will admit it

Do not seize the day. This will startle the day and may cause it to become aggressive and give you a nasty bite.

Instead approach the day calmly without making eye contact, pet it gently, and slowly enfold it in a careful embrace.

If the day shows any signs of resistance to being engaged with, it is likely to turn on you. Back off and return to bed.

~ @beecycling (Not Douglas Adams)

@BeeCycling
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The social value of rustfmt and the default Rust style is absolutely incredible. I saw someone the other day talking about the annoyance of having people reformat other people's code in a PR and do so differently/inconsistently. And I had this reaction of "...oh, yeah, that used to be a thing that came up". Huge appreciation for the #rustlang rustfmt team for all their work.
#RustLang

a 5.25" floppy and a hole punch the image says "Make mine a double"

Time to stop dealing with other people's bullshit for a little while, and write some code.

There Is Just One Way To Do Open Source Security: Together: thenewstack.io/there-is-just-o… via @TheNewStack & @sjvn

When we work together, said HackerOne CEO Mårten Mickos, we can secure #opensource software. #security


There Is Just One Way To Do Open Source Security: Together - The New Stack

HackerOne CEO Mårten Mickos highlights how open source can address security issues.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (The New Stack)
#opensource #security @sjvn @The New Stack

I'm looking for an accessible calendar app that will allow me to build and organize schedules. As part of my graduate program, I have to develop a case load schedule as if I were a TVI visiting students in schools. I have to develop a month-long schedule, and I thought Excel would be good for that, but it's hard building a calendar and having to add multiple events per day. If anyone can recommend a great way to build and export an accessible calendar, I'd greatly appreciate that. Thanks so much.
in reply to Melissa Roe

Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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ah. Outlook lets you copy and paste calendar items into CSV if you view it as a list, but everything else exports is ical unfortunately.
in reply to Sean Randall

Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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I mean, unfortunately for your use case. ical has been around for 25 years. CSV sa a visual format for events seems a bit of an oadd duck

It must be awesome to be so rich that you get warnings about crimes you are committing, as opposed to, like, getting arrested like normal people.

Thanks everyone for the tips for the clogged ear. It is somewhat better now.

mal som tam nájsť 25 chýb.. sorry jako, asi ne ee

I am doing my best.

A drawing of a smiling ghost cat sitting on a bookshelf. The caption reads, "You don't have to eat great food, or look nice, or make the weekend special. You can just exist. It's okay."

Linux is actually the name of the penguin. The operating system is called Linux's monster.

už ide 😁

LinkedIn bots and spear phishers target job seekers malwarebytes.com/blog/cybercri…

LinkedIn bots and spear phishers target job seekers | Malwarebytes

The #opentowork hashtag may attract the wrong crowd as criminals target LinkedIn users to steal personal information, or scam them.
Jérôme Segura (Malwarebytes)

HackerOne CEO Mårten Mickos spoke at a conference and mentioned our (curl's) bug bounty.

thenewstack.io/there-is-just-o…


There Is Just One Way To Do Open Source Security: Together - The New Stack

HackerOne CEO Mårten Mickos highlights how open source can address security issues.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (The New Stack)
This entry was edited (1 week ago)

Having troubling sleeping? Check out these two YouTubes:

If You Always Wake Up Between 3 - 5AM
youtube.com/watch?v=UCLipMnyCB…

How to Fall Back Asleep in the Middle of the Night (Fast)
youtube.com/watch?v=wEwGEhj3dZ…

#sleep #sleeping #tips


If You Always Wake Up Between 3 - 5AM, Here's Why

Do you often wake up between 3 and 5 am? If so, you’ll probably feel tired the next day and then the same happens the next days. Getting a good night's sleep...
YouTube
#tips #sleep #sleeping

Nie je tu vedúca, nie je problém opustiť zamestnanie už teraz. Neuveriteľné.

7 Things You Should Never Plug Into an Extension Cord or Power Strip cnet.com/news/7-things-you-sho…

7 Things You Should Never Plug Into an Extension Cord or Power Strip

An expert weighs in on the do's and don'ts of home extension cords.
Corin Cesaric (CNET)

Khronos reshared this.

in reply to David Goldfield

Robin Frost
Robin Frost
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I knew all of these. Though I have to say my refrigerator simply due to where the outlet is for it in my kitchen is on an extension cord specifically for that stated purpose. It is the right rating for what it's doing.
in reply to David Goldfield

The Evil Chocolate Cookie
The Evil Chocolate Cookie
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well I guess I’m committing a major no-no. The microwave in my room is plugged into a power box. It’s not exactly an extension cord and it’s not exactly a power strip. It’s one of those little blocky things that goes into an outlet that has a bunch of other plug things on it.
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