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Ok, ok. You're on Mastodon. Chances are, you know how to protect yourself online...
But you might know a person or two who would click on the above. Gently point them to cybersecuritymonth.eu/
There are lots of learning materials adapted to those who know less than you. 😉
LibreOffice Conference 2024 – Quick recap
A quick look back at the LibreOffice Conference 2024, which took place in Luxembourg from 10 - 12 October. LibreOffice is a free and private office suite, the successor project to OpenOffice. More ...PeerTube Luxembourg
We are very pleased that we can announce this a bit earlier than last year: There will be gyms - aka repurposed sports halls - for sleeping on #38C3 again.
They will be free for angels that already have worked.
Bring your own sleeping bag.
More details: events.ccc.de/2024/10/28/38c3-…
38C3 Turnhallen – die preisgünstige Übernachtungsalternative
Gute Neuigkeiten: Wir konnten auch in diesem Jahr umliegende Schulen dazu gewinnen, uns ihre Turnhallen während des Congresszeit als Schlafplätze zu öffnen. Die Tickets kosten 5 € pro Nacht.CCC Event Blog
Please, please, please stop using ARIA if you don't now what you're doing. Don't reinvent the wheel. HTML is pretty great.
First Rule of ARIA Use:
If you can use a native HTML element or attribute with the semantics and behavior you require already built in, instead of re-purposing an element and adding an ARIA role, state or property to make it accessible, then do so
w3.org/TR/using-aria/#firstrul…
Using ARIA
This document is a practical guide for developers on how to add accessibility information to HTML elements using the Accessible Rich Internet Applications specification [WAI-ARIA-1.www.w3.org
#AppleIntelligence#WritingTools in #LibreOffice@libreoffice when?
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bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163664
developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2024/10168/
Get started with Writing Tools - WWDC24 - Videos - Apple Developer
Learn how Writing Tools help users proofread, rewrite, and transform text in your app. Get the details on how Writing Tools interact with...Apple Developer
![panel 1: quitting a terminal program isn't always easy
person (thinking): "I pressed Ctrl-C 17 times and NOTHING HAPPENED"
panel 2: ways to quit
Ctrl-C - the default
Ctrl-D - if you're at a prompt in a REPL >>>
q - if it's a full screen program
Ctrl-\ - sometimes works if Ctrl-C doesn't
kill -9 - the last resort
panel 3: how Ctrl-D works
programs that read input will usually have some code like this:
text = read_line()
if (text == EOF) {
exit()
}
Ctrl-D is how you send an EOF to the program ("I'm done!")
important: Ctrl-D ONLY works if you press it on an empty line
panel 4: how Ctrl-C works *
* unless your program is in "raw mode", we'll talk about that later
person: "ctrl-C"
terminal emulator: "ok, C is the 3rd letter of the alphabet, I'll write 3 to the tty"
OS terminal driver: ah, a 3, that means I should send the SIGINT signal to the current program
program: ooh, a SIGINT, I will [shutdown gracefully, immediately exit, ignore it, stop a subtask, etc]
* unless your program is in "raw mode", we'll talk about that later
panel 5: some programs have weird quitting incantations
for example every text editor (vim, nano, emacs, etc) has its own completely unique way to quit](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/603423 "panel 1: quitting a terminal program isn't always easy
person (thinking): \"I pressed Ctrl-C 17 times and NOTHING HAPPENED\"
panel 2: ways to quit
Ctrl-C - the default
Ctrl-D - if you're at a prompt in a REPL >>>
q - if it's a full screen program
Ctrl-\ - sometimes works if Ctrl-C doesn't
kill -9 - the last resort
panel 3: how Ctrl-D works
programs that read input will usually have some code like this:
text = read_line()
if (text == EOF) {
exit()
}
Ctrl-D is how you send an EOF to the program (\"I'm done!\")
important: Ctrl-D ONLY works if you press it on an empty line
panel 4: how Ctrl-C works *
* unless your program is in \"raw mode\", we'll talk about that later
person: \"ctrl-C\"
terminal emulator: \"ok, C is the 3rd letter of the alphabet, I'll write 3 to the tty\"
OS terminal driver: ah, a 3, that means I should send the SIGINT signal to the current program
program: ooh, a SIGINT, I will [shutdown gracefully, immediately exit, ignore it, stop a subtask, etc]
* unless your program is in \"raw mode\", we'll talk about that later
panel 5: some programs have weird quitting incantations
for example every text editor (vim, nano, emacs, etc) has its own completely unique way to quit")
TIL: if you were a guest at the Parker House Hotel in 1912 or 1913 and ordered the dessert that originated there and which the hotel remains famous for, your Boston Cream Pie may have been made by…
Ho Chi Minh.
[He apparently worked as a pastry chef in the hotel kitchen while studying in Boston. The surviving evidence is scanty, as you might imagine, but not in dispute.]
[photo mine, taken this afternoon since I was coincidentally in the immediate neighbourhood]
Two students who discovered a novel proof of the Pythagorean theorem in 2022 have wowed the math community again with nine completely new solutions to the problem.
While still in high school, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson from Louisiana used trigonometry to prove the 2,000-year-old Pythagorean theorem, which states that the sum of the squares of a right triangle's two shorter sides are equal to the square of the triangle's longest side (the hypotenuse).
Mathematicians had long thought that using trigonometry to prove the theorem was unworkable, given that the fundamental formulas for trigonometry are based on the assumption that the theorem is true.
Jackson and Johnson came up with their "impossible" proof in answer to a bonus question in a school math contest.
They presented their work at an American Mathematical Society meeting in 2023, but the proof hadn't been thoroughly scrutinized at that point.
Now, a new paper published Monday (Oct. 28) in the journal American Mathematical Monthly shows their solution held up to peer review.
Not only that, but the two students also outlined nine more proofs of the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry.
livescience.com/physics-mathem…
High school students who came up with 'impossible' proof of Pythagorean theorem discover 9 more solutions to the problem
In a new peer-reviewed study, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson outlined 10 ways to solve the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, including a proof they discovered in high school.Sascha Pare (Live Science)
Just "released" the first usable version of #Convo, an #XMPP messaging app for #KaiOS and #JioPhone feature phones! 
git.disroot.org/badrihippo/con…
I was hoping to release a more complete version as 1.0, but that's taking a while, and people are already starting to use it as it is (especially with the impending shuttering of #WhatsApp on KaiOS) so I decided to get this out right away 📦
I've also submitted to the #BananaStore, so hopefully it should be out there soon 🍌
convo
A (simple, very basic) Jabber/XMPP client for KaiOS [WIP]Disroot Forgejo: Brace yourself, merge conflicts ahead.
A propósito de nada, voy a citar al gran timonel.
Mirar hacia otro lado en aras de la paz y la amistad cuando una persona claramente se ha desviado y abstenerse de la discusión fundada porque se trata de un viejo conocido, un paisano, un compañero de clase, un amigo cercano, un ser querido, un viejo colega o viejo subordinado. O tocar el tema de refilón en lugar de profundizar en él, para quedar bien. El resultado es que tanto la organización como el individuo resultan perjudicados. Éste es un tipo de liberalismo.
Hacer críticas irresponsables en privado en lugar de presentar activamente sugerencias a la organización. No decir nada a la gente a la cara sino chismear a sus espaldas, o no decir nada en una reunión pero chismear después. No mostrar consideración alguna por los principios de la vida colectiva sino seguir la propia inclinación. Este es un segundo tipo.
Dejarse llevar por la corriente en lo que no nos afecta personalmente; decir lo menos posible aun sabiendo perfectamente que algo está mal, actuar como persona de mundo y jugar sobre seguro buscando sólo eludir la responsabilidad. Este es un tercer tipo.
No seguir las órdenes sino dar prioridad a las propias opiniones. Exigir una consideración especial de la organización pero rechazar su disciplina. Este es un cuarto tipo.
Dedicarse a ataques personales, provocar rencillas, despechar el rencor personal o buscar venganza en lugar de entrar en debate y luchar contra puntos de vista incorrectos en aras de la unidad o el progreso o de hacer el trabajo correctamente. Este es un quinto tipo.
Escuchar opiniones incorrectas sin refutarlas e incluso escuchar comentarios contrarrevolucionarios sin denunciarlos, sino tomárselos con calma como si nada hubiera pasado. Este es un sexto tipo.
Estar entre las masas y no hacer propaganda y agitación, ni hablar en las reuniones, ni realizar estudios e investigaciones entre ellas, y en cambio ser indiferentes hacia ellas y no mostrar preocupación por su bienestar, olvidándose de que se es comunista y comportándose como un no comunista común y corriente. Este es un séptimo tipo.
Ver a alguien perjudicando los intereses de las masas y sin embargo no idignarse, ni disuadirle, ni detenerle, ni razonar con él, sino permitirle continuar. Este es un octavo tipo.
Trabajar a medio gas sin un plan o dirección definida; trabajar superficialmente y para salir del paso: "Mientras uno siga siendo monje, seguirá tocando la campana". Este es un noveno tipo.
Considerarse como si se hubiera prestado un gran servicio a la revolución, enorgullecerse de ser un veterano, desdeñar tareas menores siendo completamente incapaz de tareas importantes, ser descuidado en el trabajo y negligente en el estudio. Este es un décimo tipo.
Ser consciente de los propios errores y, sin embargo, no intentar corregirlos, adoptando una actitud liberal hacia uno mismo. Este es un undécimo tipo.
Vale, la caracterización de estos 11 puntos como tipos de liberalismo es discutible. Pero a las organizaciones les y nos iría mejor si siempre tuviéramos estos consejos del gran timonel a mano.
That happens to me often when I open the google app...
What could that tell us?
Redesigned Mac mini and M4 Pro leaks: up to 14-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 64GB RAM, front-facing ports like Mac Studio - 9to5Mac
We already know Apple is revealing the start of its M4 Mac line this week. The M4 iMac was the...Zac Hall (9to5Mac)
Me siento tentado de votar a la derecha. Al menos, aparte de ser unos hijos de puta, también lo parecen, que es casi tan importante como lo primero.
Yolanda Díaz no preguntó a Errejón por los abusos pese a tenerlo en su equipo de campaña
elmundo.es/espana/2024/10/28/6…
Yolanda Díaz no preguntó a Errejón por los abusos pese a tenerlo en su equipo de campaña
Las primeras explicaciones públicas de Yolanda Díaz sobre el caso de Íñigo Errejón siguen dejando al menos dos grandes preguntas por resolver. ¿Por qué nadie de Sumar...Álvaro Carvajal (El Mundo)
Buenos días desde la Administración Pública.
Esta semana tiene buena pinta. El tiempo no defraudó, y ayer el café lo tomamos al sol. A ver si hoy encontramos algún curruncho similar---el sitio de ayer está cerrado.
#nvda #blind #ublockorigin #accessibility #firefox
magazin.aktualne.cz/krasa-podz…
Tajemná, magická a koupající se v mlhách. Krása podzimní Prahy na fotkách
Fotograf Radoslav Vnenčák umí skvěle zachytit náladu podzimní Prahy. Je tajemná, magická a plná barev.Radoslav Vnenčák (Aktuálně.cz)
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Ballots set on fire in three states as Election Day approaches
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168404/oregon-washington-arizona-ballots-drop-boxes-fires?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Politics @politics-npr
World's First Stereo Recording June 1 1934
"This is the first single groove stereo recording, produced at Bell's Telephone Laboratories in New York City on June 1, 1934. AC Keller and IS Rafuse had al...YouTube
Hey fellow #BlindMastodon users! I'm looking for recommendations on two types of writing tools for Windows:
1. Accessible text expanders
2. Word prediction software
I use both #JAWS and #NVDA screen readers. I tried Espanso (an open-source text expander), but it didn't work well with NVDA. I also tested Lightkey for word prediction, but it didn't seem accessible.
As an #ActuallyAutistic person, word prediction would really help with my autism-related communication challenges.
Have you found any text expanders or word prediction tools that work well with screen readers? What has your experience been like? I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts!
#Accessibility #AssistiveTechnology #TextExpander #WordPrediction #ScreenReader #Windows #AutismAccommodations #autism #blind @mastoblind @main
For kicks, have you tried clearing the clipboard by pressing the Leasey key followed by the letter Z? Admittedly, you should not need to do this every time you want to expand an abbreviation but I'm just curious as to whether that might fix things going forward.
Please note that I'm just a Leasey user and am not intending to represent Hartgen Consultancy.
How to keep employees with disabilities from leaving your agency
"To have a good program for accommodating persons with disabilities, you need leadership buy in," said Karren Brummond.Tom Temin (Federal News Network)
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