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Change in Help Files: Gave the sifting help file a little love.


I don't know if it's just me, but I've noticed a growing trend of drivers (who I call 38's) who feel 'safe' driving at 38mph. They do this in 20mph, 30mph, and 40 mph limits and the odd 50mph - because they feel safe at this speed. I think it's the same people who hog the middle lane even when the left-hand lane is clear. They sometimes accelerate to 50 on Motorways and dual carriageways, but only when it's safe to do so. Has anyone else seen this?
in reply to RalphStark

check your Speedo against a downloaded GPS app or one of those signs they have in villages. 2 mph over reading
in reply to John_Loader

I am having a problem with the word Speedo in this context. I keep wondering WTF swim suits have with GPS apps.

Yes, I figured it out.



Torchwood – Children of Earth – Day Three

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in reply to Eric Eggert

Torchwood – Children of Earth – Day Three
Ooh, Jack. Jack is also in Doctor Who. :D He's cool.


It's quite hard to look at the current situations with Musk and Twitter, Bezos and the WaPo, and the LA Times as anything other than evidence that the extreme consolidation of wealth is itself a grave and direct threat to society


11 Social Media Platforms You Probably Forgot Existed (And Why They Failed)
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/defunct-social-media-platforms?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into All Mental Floss Stories @all-mental-floss-stories-mental_floss



Called Bookshare because I realized I actually had a few questions they could help me with, and of course had to leave a message. Ah well, I still feel alright about things. Even if I have to start from scratch, it won't be that bad. Hardest part will be getting and sending proof of disability. It's $79 per year, which sounds scary, but it's really not. Free would be better, obviously, but it's a lot less than Audible!
in reply to 👩‍🦯The Blind Fraggle

Anyone can use the Internet Archive. However, they have a section to allow people with qualifying print disabilities to borrow copyrighted books. If you want to use that feature, that's when proof of disability is required.
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For everyone talking about the new Discord sounds, I believe they're just active around Halloween. :) They should return to normal in November.


"I think it is a bit unfair you get nine lives," the dog said.

"That's a myth," said the cat.

"I've seen you do things that would kill me, and walk off as if nothing happened."

"Exactly."

"Huh?"

"You just have to be more confident than Death."

"Just?"

"What? Like it's hard?"

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories



iOS 18.2 beta: New daily sudoku games come to Apple #News+ 9to5mac.com/2024/10/25/sudoku-…
#News


I'm so thrilled! Newt is all fully loaded with books, set up and ready to go! He works like a charm and is wonderfully easy to use. Things I like: the sound quality is wonderful, lovely and clear. There's none of that bleeping when you press a button. There's no silly warning message when you turn up the volume. The file exploration setup makes it very quick and easy to find things. The Ivona voice is miles better than anything the stream ever had! The only thing it doesn't have is a ten minute time jump which is sometimes useful, but that's a minor thing with which I can deal. All in all I'm just over the moon and so thankful.
in reply to Sean Randall

@DerryLawlor @brian_hartgen Not drm protected ones, of course. No kindle books or Kobo files direct, but if you can strip the DRM off them and get regular unprotected ePub you'll be good, if you're an Ivona fan.
in reply to Brian Hartgen

@brian_hartgen @DerryLawlor one thing I can't see from the sales literature is if you can download extra voices on the device itself, given that it has wifi, or if you need to do that with a computer.

Also is there a way of adding content wirelessly outside of something like a talking book service?

in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo @DerryLawlor I don't think you can do the things that you want, but we're not interested in using the players in either of those ways so I've not investigated it.
in reply to Brian Hartgen

@brian_hartgen @DerryLawlor just curious, really.
I'm happy enough with my old rockbox stuff for me, but I always like to know what the things in the market can do.
in reply to Brian Hartgen

@brian_hartgen @DerryLawlor do you really have to hold the off button for 10 seconds to power down? I think I'd get finger ache!
in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo @brian_hartgen @DerryLawlor You do have to hold it, but it doesn't usually take ten seconds. With my wonky hands I thought I'd have trouble powering up and down, but I honestly don't.
in reply to Sean Randall

@DerryLawlor @brian_hartgen Not downing on evo but if price is an issue and you want Ivona, a fire tablet is much cheaper. As in 60 quid for the 7 inch one. Obviously buttons are far better than a touchscreen and you won't get the battery life, recording quality etc etc, but if you were looking just to listen to ebooks with that synthesizer, it's a thought.


#mona web browser tip. Greetings everyone. Here is an awesome tip that I feel will help people who view websites in the Mona app. If you like the Safari reader mode, access settings in the Mona app. Then tap on web browser and turn on safari reader. This will open any link within Mona and will invoke reader mode. This saves having to tap on page options then tap reader mode. This has made browsing links much faster and I love this particular feature within the Mona app.
#mona
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in reply to Scott Rutkowski

Yeah, that same setting exists for me when using Toot! I like it. It's easier to use default browser to view links.


9to5Mac Daily: October 25, 2024 – Apple confirms new Macs are coming 9to5mac.com/2024/10/25/daily-o…


can someone explain to me what is a federated timeline? I'm too lazy to look it up :D
in reply to Danielle✨🦄

It is the public timeline, where everyone sees, everything that has the public privacy from different instances. Like your post for example. It's public, it showed on my federated timeline. Say, you have home, which is like your little house and you choose who to invite, meaning, whoever you follow, you'll see their posts.
The local timeline, is the place I'd call your city, you live in a city, meet people, etc. Now, the federated timeline is where all the softwares connect. Say on a scale that is, different countries connected, who each have their cities, and houses, or neighbourhoods. So yes, there are four privacy options: unlisted, which are posts that will show up on your profile but not in the public/federated timeline, there are local_only posts, that will only show up on your instance's local timeline, the city, and not all instances have those, so it's a bit different, then you have followers-only, which only shows the posts to those who follow you or you follow. and they can't boost them. Then, there is direct, which is like a DM. the local_only option I mentioned above, is like an emoji, it is not a standard option in general. For example, my sintance and software, give the ability to only show public posts in my profile, not even unlisted, however, Mastodon does not have this option, but I am not using Mastodon. All these different softwares connect via a protocol, called activity pub. Say like, the internet connects the world. Haha I hope this helped.


Picard management tip: Initiate positive changes. If not you, who?


It’s about to get a lot easier to share spatial photos and videos for Vision Pro 9to5mac.com/2024/10/25/share-v…


It occurs to me, and not for the first time, that gift retailers are amongst the worst offenders for gendering.

The number of sites with "Gifts for him" and "Gifts for her", , is enough to make my teeth itch, and then I come across things like this and I want to scream:

"Higgs Boson coasters - gifts for him - Fathers' Day Gift - God Particle - Science gift - Particle Physics - Physics gift - boxed gift set"

#WTAF?

#wtaf
in reply to Léonie Watson

Is your objection that the "gifts for him" section includes items dealing with physics or is it that they are singling out specific genders?
in reply to David Goldfield

@DavidGoldfield
The latter. The idea that a physics gift is for men, or (for another common example) that self-care/spa products are for women, is just excruciating - never mind that the classifications/filters ignore people who are NB entirely.



New app added to the Accessible Android apps directory: Pulsar Music Player accessible accessibleandroid.com/app/puls… #Android #App


Upscaler 1.4.0 was just released! Upscaler is an app that allows you to upscale and enhance images, be it your photos, digital art, and more.

This release introduces scaling factors, allowing you to upscale between a factor of 2 and 4. The image loading system has been reworked to decrease overall memory consumption. The preview image now has a drop shadow to better make the image distinguishable. Lastly, it fixes a bug where small window sizes made the preview image disappear.

#FOSS #OpenSource #GNOME #GTK #GTK4 #libadwaita #FreeSoftware

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EVERY STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION PLOT, SORTED BY WHICH CHARACTER IS THE FOCUS:

Jean-Luc Picard believes he can solve something diplomatically, immediately resorts to violence anyway

William Riker believes he can solve something without violating the Prime Directive, immediately violates the Prime Directive

Deanna Troi believes her Betazoid heritage won't embarrass her at work, is immediately embarrassed at work by her Betazoid heritage

Beverly Crusher believes she has fallen in love, is immediately betrayed by her love interest

Wesley Crusher believes he can be a Starfleet officer without fucking something up, immediately fucks something up

Geordi LaForge believes he can solve something with science, immediately has to deal with the consequences of trying to solve things with science

Data believes he wants to be more human, immediately discovers he already embodies the best elements of humanity

Worf believes his past won't come back to haunt him, his past immediately comes back to haunt him

Tasha Yar believes she can have more than one line per episode, immediately dies



Has the DoD ever dealt with a supplier that turned out to have a CEO that was in active communication with the Kremlin?

If so, how did they handle that?



Postgres 17 support for Synapse, a new beta for Draupnir, and an update to Matrix Widget Toolkit. That and more happened This Week in Matrix!

matrix.org/blog/2024/10/25/thi…



Having one of those wildly serendipitous days. Long story short, turns out one of my former coworkers from my last capitalist job has been prototyping open source property management software for co-ops. I, for probably obvious reasons, am also interested in making open source property management software for co-ops. My former co-op, for reasons probably obvious if you've followed me for some time, is possibly interested in buying hosting for co-op property management software, and another co-op system whose board I'm on may be interested as well.

There's a long and involved story where we figured all this out, but the TLDR is that world really is a small place sometimes.



For the first time in 36 years, the Washington Post will not endorse a presidential candidate.

This is happening because WaPo owner Jeff Bezos hired a rabid fascist, Will Lewis, as the Post's new publisher.

If you're still paying for a Washington Post subscription, you are paying for the rise of fascism in America, and I hope you will cancel your subscription immediately.

#USPol #Journalism

npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-s1-51653…



Reminder: Europe ends DST on October 27th, but North America ends it a week later, on November 3rd. If anyone you work with or anything you work on is on the far side of an ocean next week, double check your calendars.

timeanddate.com/news/time/usa-…

timeanddate.com/news/time/euro…



Newspaper should be cooperatives. Owned by the newsroom staff.


So, the Washington Post is reporting that the oligarch owner of The L.A. Times pulled their Kamala Harris endorsement.

washingtonpost.com/style/media…

Next, CNBC reports that the oligarch owner of The Washington Post pulled their Kamala Harris endorsement.

cnbc.com/2024/10/25/jeff-bezos…

Any bets we're going to see this complete a full circle?



The WaPo refuse to endorse a candidate because the owner said so. Jeff Bezos is a coward and support fascism.

Fit the profile.



NEW: Crypto critic @molly0xfff received emails from a purported lawyer and someone working for a “reputation management company” offering bribes in exchange for the takedown of a blog post about the arrest of an alleged crypto fraudster.

The purported lawyer used a blog post made on a website apparently populated with the use of a service that offers "SEO optimized human-like content” using AI, claiming White infringed copyright.

White declined.

techcrunch.com/2024/10/25/prom…




#Fedora #Linux 41 is GO for Tuesday 29 October, 2024
linuxcompatible.org/story/fedo…


So it seems like maybe the billionaires finally angered the proletariat?
in reply to Ben Foote

worker action always does more damage to the billionaires. So we need more of this.


Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2024: $273,000,000,000

Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2024: $207,100,000,000

Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2024: $200,000,000,000

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2024: $7.25

Three words: tax the rich.



On repeat currently: youtube.com/watch?v=Lx3MGrafyk…




Hello, most North Americans.
Do you know what's happening next Sunday, November 03, at 2:00 AM local time?
If you said Daylight Savings Time, you're absolutely *WRONG* for three reasons:
1, The term is Daylight *Saving* time. It is not the Daylight Savings and Loan.
2. In places that observe DST, there will be two 1:00 AM local times.
3. It's the *END* of DST.
So NIIH!

I'm already seeing Daylight Savings things in my timeline, so it's time to make noise and continue dying on this hill, I guess.

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My chest was meant to have breasts on it.

I can't point to a biological reason for this; no optimal arrangement of ligaments or ideal balance of my torso. My chest was functionally fine before these breasts grew.

And yet. I used to slouch, now I stand tall, shoulders back, tits jutting out as if to announce to the world "here comes a woman". I used to wear baggy t-shirts, now I like them to fit to my form, my necklines slinking ever lower, pendant necklaces dangling in the hint of cleavage I now display.

My tatas are aesthetically and functionally correct.

in reply to Tattie o' Lantern 🎃

My brain was meant to run on estrogen.

I don't believe in any biological reason for this, either. My brain got me an MSc and a career in programming just as it was, people considered me witty and insightful.

And yet. I was scared to engage with my emotions, there was a constant stream of intrusive thoughts. Anxiety was a constant strum.

And now... I'm not at war with my own mind anymore. I feel more harmonious, more like I should be. I'm more capable, confident, clear-headed.

This is better. For me.



One of the most underrated things about #KDE #Plasma has to be the way you can just navigate to a folder in Dolphin and tap F4 to pop out a terminal at that location, instead of having to open Konsole and cd to the same location separately. It sounds subtle but it's actually super useful.


How to Install and Use uv: A Python Installer and Resolver lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…