If only there was a different browser with arm64 builds 😁

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I think the tide is starting to turn in GNOME and free desktop accessibility for blind people. Check out this positive message on the Orca mailing list, from a former vocal critic of free desktop accessibility: freelists.org/post/orca/Thanks…

Note: This has nothing to do with the work I did earlier this year prototyping a new Wayland-native accessibility stack. So I'm not being self-congratulatory.

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Sorry for being the party pooper, but my dream, 30 years ago, when I first experienced The Web with the NCSA Mosaic browser on a SUN SPARCStation LX, was definitely not that I will spend a lot of time clicking away nasty pop-ups, cookie banners and filtering 1000s of trackers. But maybe that’s just me … w3c.social/@w3c/11335733218686…

Having to tap the "don't support the Factorio devs sign" again but no one will listen because no one really cares.

resetera.com/threads/the-direc…

The GNOME Foundation Board is seeking input on what people would like to see from GUADEC in the future. We'd love to hear your thoughts.

discourse.gnome.org/t/feedback…

This article provides tips for content authors on how to create accessible posts. This includes writing using plain language, incorporating alternative text for images, providing clear instructions for forms, using labels for buttons or links, and providing a clear title for each webpage. wcag.com/resource/wcag-quick-t… #accessibility

I wonder if any Linux-capable system-on-module that can be purchased in small quantities has power management competitive with modern smartphones. The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, the SOM used in the BT Speak Pro (blazietech.com/bt-speak-pro), definitely doesn't. Deane Blazie said as much on the BT Speak support forum. So they have to use a big battery (8200 mAh, compare with typical smartphones) for decent battery life. Used more efficiently, that big battery could allow impressive battery life.

Gmail, Outlook, they all offer an “Unsend” feature – but did you know that this only delays sending your email?

Do you use the “Unsend” feature or do you dislike the forced delay? Let us know in the comments!

Find out more about the “Unsend” feature 👉tuta.com/blog/how-to-unsend-em…

#Email #Emailtips #Unsend #Emailundo

Welcome Kazuho Oku as #curl commit author 1310: github.com/curl/curl/pull/1539…
#curl

It seems to me that programming discourse has been dominated for several years by calls for intentional mediocrity, either voluntary or enforced. We're supposed to use languages, or language subsets, that are approachable to the average programmer. What happened to beating the averages (paulgraham.com/avg.html) and "succinctness is power" (paulgraham.com/power.html)? To using every available tool to make hard problems solvable and keep increasing our effectiveness without artificial limits?

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in reply to Matt Campbell

This, slightly further down in the comments, along with the idea of Kernighan's Lever, gets to the problem with that sort of flexing:

"This implies that programmers exist in isolation. Most of the code I read was not written by me. If the subset of the language that I stick to is a completely disjoint subset to the one a collaborator sticks to, we can’t review each others’ code. If I jump into a new project and it’s using a distinct subset of the language to the one 1/2

@torvalds on the removal of some [russian] entries from the MAINTAINERS file:

lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-%3Dwh…

"'It's entirely clear why the change was done, it's not getting reverted [...]

[…] the "various compliance requirements" are not just a US thing.

If you haven't heard of Russian sanctions yet, you should try to read the news some day. […]

[…] I'm Finnish. Did you think I'd be *supporting* Russian aggression? Apparently it's not just lack of real news, it's lack of history knowledge too."

Bear in mind that the difference between a "disposable" vape and a "technically rechargeable" one is basically just the addition of a USB port that had to be intentionally removed from the off-the-shelf electronics used to make it.

Selling "technically rechargeable" devices as cheaply as the "disposable" ones they replace won't fix the problem.

reuters.com/world/uk/uk-ban-di…

in reply to Dr Craig Dalȝell

In terms of material use, ten "disposable" vapes are about the technological equivalent of a smartphone.

Imagine a phone you threw over your shoulder after making ten calls.

Now imagine the next "disposable" device that uses the same amount of materials.

We shouldn't be banning individual products. We need a comprehensive Circular Economy Bill that bans ALL products that don't fit strict criteria of sustainability, reuse, repair, remanufacture and compostability.

commonweal.scot/single-use-pol…

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Russell Contreras zeroes in on findings of the PRRI "Challenges to Democracy" study. Who, precisely wants to round up immigrants and put them into camps?

79% of Republicans vs. 22% of Democrats

75% of white evangelicals
61% of white Catholics
58% of white mainline Protestants

#Republicans #Trump #JDVance #immigrants #violence #MassDeportations #churches #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteCatholics #MainlineProtestants
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axios.com/2024/10/22/trump-mas…

in reply to William Lindsey

As Moira Donegal reminds us, Trump's plan to round up immigrants, put them into camps, and deport them is a "moral abomination," no matter how many white Christians lust for it and how the corporate media whitewash it.

"What is being proposed is a vast cruelty, a human tragedy, and a costly national investment in racism."

#Republicans #Trump #JDVance #immigrants #violence #MassDeportations #churches #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteCatholics #MainlineProtestants
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theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

YouTube is the Preferred Podcast Listening Service news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/…

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Takové monstrum se jen tak nevidí. Jakub Vágner chytil pod Bítovem obřího sumce

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Trying to add TLS session handling for OpenSSL's QUIC implementation. Hit a wall in github.com/openssl/openssl/iss…

Any QUIC implementation takes years to get working. Until then, it will stay experimental.

I am very glad that @samueloph slashed the Gordian knot and pushed curl with ngtcp2+gnutls out there for everyone.

If you have built #curl for visionOS, maybe you can help this user out?

github.com/curl/curl/discussio…

#curl

Po prvnim dni zatim nase nejuspesnejsi kampan. Nas cil mit kazdy mesic nejvic nejuspesnejsi kampan vsech dob pro rijen odskrtnut.

53 Thieves, faze 1:
unreleased.art/outside

K tomu Asher nasadil druhou fazi s receptem na buchtu. Muzete potrenovat na finale pece cela zeme, vyniknout na Instagramu a ziskat vinyl.

Asher Roth, faze 2:
unreleased.art/new-dessert

#art #music #peceni

Let's restart the highscore thread again, people are saying it got too long. End of the previous thread: mk.nyaa.place/notes/9zoixlwqn6…
So I figured out how to keep touchpads working in gamepad mode ^^ It involved reverse engineering the payload for the ID_SET_DIGITAL_MAPPINGS feature report - neither SDL nor kernel driver do it, so I didn't have any reference this time.

Anyway, now touchpads are fully working, with the same behavior as for Steam's gamepad action set - right touchpad moves pointer and does a left click on press, left touchpad does a right click on press and that's it. I'm not sure why it doesn't also scroll, but I wanted to keep it consistent (steam's desktop action set scrolls it and middle clicks on press instead, tho it does mean you have to use L2 to right click)

When Steam is running, you still have to switch to gamepad action set or you'll have double input, but I don't think I have any way of mitigating that - oh well. When Steam is not running, it will switch everything automatically at least, so at this point it's probably good enough. I'm yet to find an example of any app doing it well, so I don't think libmanette apps would stand out in a bad way here.

So, at this point I mostly just need to clean up the code and think again about what the public API should look like.

That said, I want to rework libmanette API entirely. It's not in a very good state right now, it's a lot more convoluted than it needs to be.

Do you love and/or hate HoTT or dependent type theory? Come do a Ph.D. with me to develop applications of HoTT to verified functional programming and/or think outside the box about how we can make dependent type theory work better.

I recently received a grant to study the Univalent Verification of Parameterized Structures, and I need Ph.D. students to spend that money on. Application deadline December 15 to start Fall 2025. Lots more info here: carloangiuli.com/pages/phd-rec…

LA Times owner seems to be in league with Trump, vetoing a Harris endorsement and then letting the campaign use standard-issue lies to smear the paper for something it didn't do.

The editorial page editor quit in protest and she deserves our respect.

She has more courage than the vast majority of our political press corps, which still normalizes Trump and will be culpable if he -- and then Vance -- become America's fascist rulers.

cjr.org/business_of_news/los-a…

For those who want a peek behind the scenes – our #accessibility team’s yearly retrospective notes are all public: github.com/wagtail/wagtail/dis…

Highlights of what’s coming up next:

- Accessibility x #django workshop proposals @oscafest and @djangoconafrica 2025
- More testing with our users with disabilities
- More automated tests
- Continue the data-driven accessibility decisions