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'Description: Photo by 9to5Mac on October 30, 2024. May be an image of 1 person, box, dental floss, bar soap, thermostat and text.'

I'm pretty sure this is in relation to #Airpods actually, not dental floss but there we go.

This courtesy of @9to5mac.

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in reply to Andre Louis

That sounds like Threads. They do the same nonsense as the other Meta platforms.


Seems like 95% of error messages fall into 2 categories. The first are so vague as to be useless. "Sorry, something went wrong." If it isn't that, it's something only serious techies can understand, such as the one I just got. “{"status":415,"title":"Unsupported Media Type","detail":"Content type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8' not supported","errors":[]}.” No link to a support site, or back to the homepage, or anything. (1/2)

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in reply to Justin Ekis

I wonder if they've ever wondered why nobody ever signs up. Their form goes to a server that absolutely isn't expecting form submitions. Most people will have no idea what just happened. (2/2)


Today, JAWS version 2025 has been released.
All our products are compatible with JAWS 2025, even J-Say, the update for which has just been released.
So targets have been met and in some cases exceeded.

Within the next few days, we will be contacting people who have a J-Say SMA and providing them with their upgrades.
However, the vast majority of people who have J-Say have acquired it through a Distributor. So in most cases, it is the Distributor who would let you know that the upgrade is available.

If you think you do have a current SMA, your best course of action is to send to us your JAWS serial number so it can be checked. We may then be able to provide it to you faster.



Quickly hitting peak frustration with Thunderbird's accessibility issues. Are there any other good accessible local or web-based email clients?

Don't suggest Gmail, I don't trust Google not to torch my account and nuke my data because some AI somewhere had a bad day.

Also note that I've used Thunderbird for over a decade, I've done all the usual config changes but the updates continue to break accessibility in new and innovative ways. It's not me, it's them, and I can't just not read some messages anymore because Thunderbird can't do accessibility testing right.

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in reply to Nolan Darilek

Hi, a few months ago, another contact said that EMclient is reasonable, and I also found OE Classic, which claims to take a11y into account, but I haven't tried it yet.

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in reply to Cleverson

Heads up about eM Client (a Windows app): I saw a thread about context menus not working reliably with NVDA. Can't say for sure who it was from.
in reply to Nolan Darilek

Hi Nolan, please is Thunderbird a11y broken in version 128.4? I'm still at 128.3, so I'm asking to decide whether I should update. also, what has broken specifically?


Welp, yesterday Apple notified me that my backordered new Ipad mini was now due after November's 8th. So today I walked into the Apple Store in Brussels and walked out with three exact same backordered model (then cancelled the order). Why does Belgium get them more than a week before Scotland?


The wait is over! Our first stable release of Thunderbird for Android is out NOW! Find out what's new, where to get support, and how to download it in our release announcement.

And to everyone who contributed via beta testing, giving us feedback on K-9 Mail, localizing, thank you. :) Your community team work has made the dream work.

blog.thunderbird.net/2024/10/t…

#Thunderbird #ThunderbirdForAndroid #OpenSource

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masto hive mind, I've seen a lot of stuff about factorio, and the volunteer factorio access mod, is this worth investing in, and the factorio space rage expansion?
in reply to Jason Fayre

@jfayre I'll hunt up the mod discord after my meeting that starts in five minutes.


The 2025 releases of JAWS, Zoomtext and Fusion are now live.


#curl source code age (take 2)

How large share of the code was written after a certain date, over time.

#curl
in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

Cool chart! The 100% are code base today? Does it mean curl is not growing significantly since around 2005? What happened there?
in reply to Daniel Nordhoff-Vergien

@dve 100% is the entire code base of the time. It has kept growing ever since before 2000.

But that confusion risk is also why I won't keep this version of the graph, I will go with the "take 4" I posted later.



so the commons are shouting "shame!" about crumbling schools, unfit hospitals etc. But a penny off a pint at the pump in the pub had them all on their feet.
in reply to Sean Randall

if I wasn't lucky enough to listen Live over lunch, the text feed on the BBC is behind by a good 5 minutes. That's a shame. This is the sort of thing our license fee should make handling of reliable and speedy.


Interesting. When I search for “Norton Password Manager” on Chrome Web Store, it first lists five completely unrelated extensions, and only the last search result is the actual Norton Password Manager. Somebody told me that website is run by a company specializing in search, so this shouldn’t be due to incompetence, right? What is it then?

#google #cws



Todays #RetroTech

Scotch 3M Magnetic Tape Viewer

These are rare beasts, a useful tool for Audio Archiving. It rests on the Tape, showing the Magnetic Pattern

Ensures you get the right Head Configuration first time

Here’s - Quarter Track, Half Track & 8 Track

Before anyone asks, no, it doesn’t work on Helical Video as the Tracks are too fine. But it does show Edge Track Audio & Sync Pulse

@obsoletemediauk

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Internet Archive Services Update blog.archive.org/2024/10/28/in…


Safe and Smart: Expert Tips on Using Smart Plugs Safely This Winter cnet.com/home/smart-home/exper…

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I was briefly interested in getting a Galaxy Z Fold for art, but the price immediately turned my away. What do you mean it's almost $2000??
in reply to Chris 🌱

I bought myself a used Google Pixel Fold (1st gen) for roughly 560$. I'm not sure how it can be any better for art, but generally it is such a great and comfortable device compared to regular smartphones, that I cannot imagine going back. Plus, it is the only foldable that's possible to flash with a custom ROM, and there's official LineageOS support (although I haven't flashed it yet).


I Tried Dozens of Low-Carb Keto Breads. These Were the Best cnet.com/deals/best-keto-and-l…


Take 50% Off a Walmart Plus Annual Membership Ahead of Black Friday cnet.com/deals/take-50-off-a-w…


Why is Montreal appealing a historic ruling on racial profiling by its police?

cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ap…



Falls Ihr es noch nicht mitbekommen habt: ab 15. November nimmt sich x.com in den neuen TOS u.a. heraus, Eure evtl. noch existierenden Tweets zum Anlernen von AI zu nutzen.

Ich hab meine sämtlichen 30541 Tweets gelöscht mit dem hervorragenden Script github.com/lucahammer/tweetxer von @luca
In der Beschreibung ist sogar eine Video-Anleitung auf deutsch und englisch. Vielen Dank! Angenehm schmerzfrei.

(siehe auch techradar.com/computing/websit… und x.com/de/tos )

in reply to Luca Hammer

thanks for the tip. They responded „We’ve received your request. We typically respond within a few days, but some cases can take a little longer.“ That seems better.








there's something mildly ironic about the head office of a parcel delivery company being on the 2nd floor. One of the most irritating things for delivery drivers and it's baked in to every communique they send.


If I didn't have to pay over $700 for Dragon naturally speaking, I'd also get J-dictate for myself because I really enjoy speaking over typing even though I am good at typing.
in reply to Nick's world

I can't imagine using my voice instead of my fingers. I never use Siri and only use the smart speakers for limited things, usually when my hands are occupied. I guess I grew up not being welcome to talk very much, I could always type. It also freed me from not being able to communicate well as a child, so I suppose in that regard I've never considered it as something to be replaced by a more efficient method.
in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo It's something I considered because even though I can type be there are times when its a pain and if I'm ever going to have a job heavy in writing, I'd rather speak than type.

in reply to kurtseifried (he/him)

@kurtseifried hang on, I have a much nicer version coming up. It's just a little slow... running git blame on all files in 200+ tags takes a while


Version 1.3 of #Pipilo on #iOS is out. Pipilo is a unique Fediverse app where you view posts one at a time in a horizontal timeline.

Main new features are bookmarks support, upgraded link previews with inline YouTube videos, navigation by tapping screen edges, post translation, post deleting, and collapsible post threads.

Check it out, share and enjoy!

Full release notes: pipilo.thanel.me/changelog
App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/pipilo/i…



Now, because of Google's no-opt-out policy on AI searches, every search uses ten times more power than they used to. Want to find out what movie Danny DeVito did with Arnold Schwarzenegger? Now, you have to weigh your curiosity against the health of the planet.
Don't Google that! It was Twins! Jeez, didn't you read the start of this post?


- Patricia, you ancient programmer, how does one get good at programming, please share your wisdom.

*thinks*

Well, you write a lot of bad code, like a hole shitton of bad code, then you maintain it for a few years and then you look at it again and say holy shit, and that’s when you know you’ve gotten better. Rinse and repeat for ever.




Haptic’s touch-based navigation helps blind and sighted alike get around without looking techcrunch.com/2024/10/29/hapt…


I am a straight, cis male. For the most part, I'm OK with that, but if I could just make facial hair stop existing in my life without changing anything else, that'd be cool. I really, really hate shaving. I also hate not shaving because I put it off for too long, since I hate shaving. I just want nothing to do with any of it.

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in reply to Patrick Perdue

I don't enjoy it either. When my soup is more on than in me is about time for a trim. Then I just lop it all off and end up looking like a teen.


I left my Melbourne hotel at 8:30am, Tuesday 29 October.

I caught a 12:00pm flight from Melbourne to San Francisco also on Tuesday 29 October.

Then I caught another 12:00pm flight from San Francisco to Newark, still on Tuesday 29 October.

I have walked into the door of my house in Buffalo at 11:30pm — 23:30 on Tuesday 29 October.

I have spent 30 hours traveling and have not gotten away from Tuesday 29 October.

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in reply to SuspiciousDuck

doslova mi tečie nádcha.. asi si Zyrtec alebo tak niečo lebo ty vole 😪


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