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okay, i'm being put under pressure to allow my (12yo) daughter to have snapchat, so i created myself an account to check it out.

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in reply to ะœะธั€ะฐ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ

@tardis @oliver I'll tell you smth funny: they *do* use whatsapp too. same group of kids, 2 comms channels. I can't fathom why anyone in their right mind would do this, it's complete chaos.
but I'm too old in the first place to comprehend the multi hundred messages they send each day in their groups, so there's that too ยฏ\_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ


#gnome got stuck on #Wayland on the menu again, I can't exit it and "Alt+F2 r" says not available on wayland.
Is there a way to recover from this without closing all apps?

Do you had problems like this with gnome before or am I one of the few people that has issues?

in reply to treefit

just found to that I can do "Alt+F2 lg" to get a javascript console. Pretty nice that it exists, has even an insect element button like browsers where you can select elements. But unfortunately I'm not a gnome developer so I don't know what code I could try there to fix my stuck menu/activity-view case.


Why are a couple of billionaires trying so hard to ensure the election of a convicted felon who has promised tax breaks to billionaires? ๐Ÿค”


C is such a piece of shit language. Only language where "I need a dynamically growing array or a hashmap" is answered with "roll your own lol n_n"

EDIT: C (not C++, not Zig, not Rust) is the correct language for the job I'm doing. I am also very aware of how to implement dynamic arrays and hash tables. I have written my own stdlibs on freestanding C before. I do not actually need coaching in this matter, thank you. I also like C, sometimes, but sometimes I think it's a stupid piece of shit language, because it is

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in reply to Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!

And of course C doesn't have templates or generics or anything of the sort so rolling your own, assuming you want it to be reusable, involves gross macro abuse in order to do it and you have to use void* everywhere cause that's not an issue at all
in reply to Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now!

look, all the best C coders trash talk C. the only time you should be worried is when someone's using C without talking shit about it


Screen State Reading Settings in Jieshuo Screen Reader accessibleandroid.com/screen-sโ€ฆ


My family is a Linux family: both my parents and my wife use Linux, and so will the kids once they have their own computers. Apart from my Dad, they're all non-enthusiasts.

Yet, none of them use a beginner-friendly distribution. My Wife, who's by far the least technologically inclined of them all, is a very happy and satisfied NixOS user. A distribution that's the exact opposite of beginner-friendly.

How is that possible? None of them maintain their systems. I do that for them. In the past two decades, what I learned from helping friends and family with their computers is that the vast majority of non-enthusiasts have absolutely no desire to install and maintain an operating system, or even programs. They're much happier if someone else does that for them.

Therefore, while I see value in distributions aimed at beginner enthusiasts, I see very little value in distributions aimed at non-enthusiasts.

I wrote a few more words about this topic on my blog too.

#linux #desktop #gnome



Hey, hi there ๐Ÿ‘‹ yeah, you ๐Ÿซต

It's almost Follow Friday and you seem pretty awesome :neocat_cool_fingerguns:

So if I don't follow you or boost your stuff, it's probably because you don't regularly include alt-text on your pictures or videos.

You see, I have visually impaired followers, and I like the stuff I share to be accessible to them.

I also won't boost things without reasonable CWs for similar reasonsโ€”I have followers that don't want to see some of that shit, and I want to keep their Fedi feeds a safe space.

Thx! I look forward to boosting your stuff soon ๐Ÿ’•

#AccessibilityIsHotAF #UseAltText #UseCWs #FollowFriday #Boost

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Canโ€™t wait until the next new moon because I embarrassed myself in front of the old one and itโ€™s awkward now


Just got my hands on a Brailled Speak 'N Math. These things were super interesting, the Braille was literally embossed into the board! And, ah, good old EBAE/Nemeth, I missed you. No UEB. I shall have recordings tomorrow, when I'm not non-24ing and likely to wake everyone up.
in reply to Quin

A woman who is a Braille expert here in Wisconsin told me that Nemeth is way better than UEB for mathematics, that UEB kind of falls apart in higher math.
in reply to Kevin R Jones

@kevinrj @mcourcel falls apart is putting it politely, with all the extra indicators you need. But they're different in purpose, I think. Nemeth is a specific adaptation of Braille for those versed in the subject.
UEB is a universally readable format, applicable across data types, with additions in fields that matter (like math), without losing the initial structure.

LaTeX and markdown are used for different things, y'know?



Sรกbado por la maรฑana y haciendo un cuestionario de un curso de la EGAP. Que vida mรกs aburrida tengo.

PD: รบltimamente no hay tut sin errata.



we love Thunderbird at our both at the Ubuntu summit ๐Ÿ’™

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Constantly persisting everything in a web form to localstorage in case of browser, tab accidents is such a cheap and effective trick!
mastodon.social/@timbornholdt/โ€ฆ


Someone just linked me to this analysis on the war in Gaza from the viewpoint of international humanitarian law: dohainstitute.org/en/Lists/ACRโ€ฆ


took a survey today in a fairly serious context which included the following question: "Do you identify as having a disability?" WTF? I'm confused. You either do or you don't in almost all cases. Fuck off with that.
in reply to Blink With A Kink

I dislike wokeness, but this makes sense to me. Imagine a person not legally classified as disabled because of bad laws, but still considering themselves as such.

To me, the question of whether you are legally considered disabled and whether you consider yourself as such are distinct, and it's worth emphasizing this distinction IMO.



Itโ€™s almost like #Israel has a Dahieh doctrine, first developed in #Lebanon, in which targeting and destroying civilian infrastructures is literally the military strategy.

Does this break international law? Well, of course.

Does it matter? Of course not, this is Israel.





โ€žLidem v sociรกlnรญ nouzi pomรกhรก stรกt formou pล™รญspฤ›vku na bydlenรญ, kterรก se odvรญjรญ mimo jinรฉ od vรฝลกe nรกjmu. Systรฉm tedy funguje tak, ลพe majitelรฉ ubytovny nastavรญ nรกjemnรฉ kolem dvaceti tisรญc korun za pokojรญk, kterรฝ obรฝvรก pฤ›tiฤlennรก rodina, a tuto ฤรกstku prakticky celou uhradรญ pล™รญspฤ›vek na bydlenรญ. A tento byznys a s nรญm i existenci ubytoven hradรญme vลกichni z naลกich danรญ. Nejsou to tedy Romovรฉ, kdo zneuลพรญvรก dรกvky, ale podnikatelรฉ obchodujรญcรญ s chudobou.โ€ denikreferendum.cz/clanek/3680โ€ฆ


32 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal Emulators lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_lโ€ฆ



๐Ÿ•Z #NowPlaying At the top of the hour why not jazz up your day with a new edition of Smooth and Easy with Kelly Sapergia. an hour of Smooth #Jazz, #Chillout and #EasyListening music. theglobalvoice.info:8443/broadโ€ฆ #TGVRadio ๐ŸคŽ๐ŸŽท๐Ÿ๐ŸŽง๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ๐ŸŽต




I have a bunch of .brf files I need embossed, but I don't have an embosser of my own. Any ideas?


Natรผrlich fรผr Werbung:

Moderne Datenkraken: Smart-TVs tracken sogar HDMI-Inhalte
heise.de/news/Moderne-Datenkraโ€ฆ

#privacy #werbung



Seeking advice from those who are familiar with the Wordpress.com desktop app for Windows with a screen reader.
I'm running Windows 11 23 H2, the September build of JAWS 2024 and NVDA 2024.4 RC1.
For years, I had successfully used version 6 of this app with JAWS with no accessibility issues. As it had been a long time since the app alerted me about any updates, I went to wordpress.com to see if newer versions were available and, as I suspected, there was a new version, that being 8.0.4. I downloaded and installed it over my older 6.0.3 installation. After installing it, I noticed that, while the JAWS virtual cursor was enabled, JAWS was not able to detect any readable text, even after maximizing the window and doing a screen refresh. The only way I could get the virtual cursor to behave in an expected way was to activate the touch cursor and click on an element with numpad enter. This would allow me to read text using the virtual cursor and everything would appear to be back to normal until I exit and restart the app, once again with no readable text. NVDA exhibits similar results.
I decided to uninstall v8.0.4 and reinstall v6.0.3. After doing this, JAWS couldn't even read any of the screens, even with the touch cursor. Has anyone seen this behavior with the Wordpress.com app and are there any possible solutions?


10 hours of babies crying, Because, why not? youtube.com/watch?v=2UJ_a7mxGpโ€ฆ


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brought you 8 updated and 1 added apps:

* Canta: uninstall any app without root

Canta updates are stuck on F-Droid, so they reached out to us to have the app included here, and we gladly accepted.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:



10 hours of squeaky toys. youtube.com/watch?v=2RABwFo7yYโ€ฆ


A bit of strong language

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What other stories did the LATimes or WaPo didn't publish because of their billionaire owners? Will we ever know?


Problem solved, a kind and friendly person at Bookshare customer support was able to recover my old account. I'm in!
in reply to ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸฆฏThe Blind Fraggle

Congratulations; great news. I love Bookshare. They're one of my favorite libraries, along with the Internet Archive.



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 โ€“ Children of Earth โ€“ Day Three

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in reply to Eric Eggert

Torchwood โ€“ Children of Earth โ€“ 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 ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸฆฏThe 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.
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