Exploring Samsung Galaxy AI's Live Translate: In-Call Translation Put to the Test - Accessible Android
This is the AI Era. Companies are racing to incorporate as many AI features as possible into their devices. While some features may seem like gimmicks, othersSalih Kunduz (Accessible Android)
Webinar, November 14 at 10am ET: User Centered Testing with User Journeys - TPGi
Join TPGi's Charlie Pike for a webinar about developing and harnessing user journeys to connect directly with users.Charlie Pike (TPGi)
MacOS 15.1 brings a nice handful of bug fixes to Apple’s audio system, which will benefit users of all of our products. See this post for full details, then update your Mac to 15.1.
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Update to MacOS 15.1 for Helpful Audio Bug Fixes
We recommend updating your Mac to MacOS 15.1 as soon as you can.weblog.rogueamoeba.com
Webinar, November 12 at 12pm ET: Catching Up with ADA Title II Regulations for Web Content and Mobile App Accessibility - TPGi
Join TPGi's David Sloan for a webinar and learn more about ADA Title II and what it means for your organization.David Sloan (TPGi)
Apple Introduces Redesigned Mac Mini, Updates iMac and Mac Accessories | AppleVis
Apple this week updated several of its Mac product lines, as well as the Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad accessories. These Macs have been updated with variants of the M4 chip, the same chip that was introduced with the 2024 iPad Pro.applevis.com
Increasing Electronic Possibilities: Connectivity on the Monarch
Technology bridges the gap between access and learning. Without screen readers on computers, applications like Google Chrome and Microsoft Word...Devon Price (American Printing House)
I am told that this solution is currently only for low vision users at this time. I have not investigated this.
Delta introduces flight map for flyers with visual impairment: Travel Weekly travelweekly.com/Travel-News/A…
Host the LibreOffice Conference 2025! - The Document Foundation Blog
LibreOffice Conference 2024 (Luxembourg) group photo Once a year, the LibreOffice community gathers for a global community event: the LibreOffice Conference.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
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Can confirm that it just worked !
#imagepipe is hosted at #codeberg, and the build succeeded. 👍
#Android #OpenSource
Thunderbird for Android 8.0 Takes Flight - The Thunderbird Blog
Thunderbird for Android takes flight today! Find out what's new in the first stable release, where to download it, and how to get started!Philipp Kewisch (The Thunderbird Blog)
phoronix covers my work on OpenPaX, a patch to restore userspace W^X and some other common sense functionality from PaX: phoronix.com/news/Edera-OpenPa…
this patch is the cornerstone of the new “alpine hardened” project, which is intended to produce a spin of alpine which is similar to the old grsecurity days of alpine.
OpenPaX Announced As "Open-Source Alternative To GrSecurity" With Free Kernel Patch
Enterprise security firm Edera today is announcing OpenPaX that they promoted in their advance press notice as a 'new open-source alternative to GrSecurity.www.phoronix.com
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📨 Quick Actions for Email Notifications
🎉 Calendar Updates to Celebrate Birthdays!
🎨 Tinted Colors on iOS
📱 Import vCard Contacts on Mobile
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2. HR screening with the vampire
3. technical interview with the vampire
4. team interview with the vampire
5. Good evening vampire, unfortunately we're not able to extend you an offer at this time. We'd like to keep in contact and notify you of any available positions in the future
If you want to mug a software engineer, ask them if a static code analysis tool should consider `if time.time() > 0:` to be considered the same as `if True:`
Then, while they're writing a 40,000 word blog post on the topic, hit them on the head and take their wallet.
The Impact of Toxic Influencers on Communities
There’s a common character that can be often spotted in many online communities. It’s the “toxic influencer” (sometimes referred as “intellectual bully”). A toxic influencer is a person…Intense Minimalism
Re last: I thought I was done with shitty machine-learning #AltText but nope.
'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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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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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.
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#Thunderbird #ThunderbirdForAndroid #OpenSource
Thunderbird for Android 8.0 Takes Flight - The Thunderbird Blog
Thunderbird for Android takes flight today! Find out what's new in the first stable release, where to download it, and how to get started!Philipp Kewisch (The Thunderbird Blog)
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We've been waiting for this!
Signed a loyal user since version 1 of thunderbird and firefox, and netscape before that.
#curl source code age (take 2)
How large share of the code was written after a certain date, over time.
@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.
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?
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
Book Talk: The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood
Join us for a book talk with legal scholar JAMES BOYLE, discussing his book THE LINE: AI and the Future of Personhood, in conversation with KATE DARLING of the MIT […]\nblog.archive.org
Safe and Smart: Expert Tips on Using Smart Plugs Safely This Winter
Smart plugs can handle a lot for our homes, but they aren't as durable as your home's hardwired outlets.Chris Wedel (CNET)
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I Tried Dozens of Low-Carb Keto Breads. These Were the Best
From sliced bread to bagels and tortillas, these are the best zero- and low-carb breads on the market.Joey Skladany (CNET)
Take 50% Off a Walmart Plus Annual Membership Ahead of Black Friday
Unlock early access to upcoming sales and cut the cost of your new membership by half.Adrian Marlow (CNET)
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in reply to Mx Verda • • •Oh, sure. I don't mind talking about it. It's just long and basically could be a dissertation.
First there's the root that it is bouncing off of: transmisandry.
Then there's the origin of—or more precisely the people responsible for popularizing—the word and the context in which I see it continue to get used. Finally there's what "androphobia"—as in the clinical word—actually looks like and why it exists (androphobia is like arachnophobia, not like homophobia).
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Hrefna (DHC)
in reply to Hrefna (DHC) • • •So for the first part: there's been this attempt to define "transmisandry" as the unique discrimination that is experienced by transmasc individuals. Which I do not in any way deny happens, the problem here is twofold:
1. Misandry isn't real. There's not a systemic, institutional bias against men.
2. Transmisogny is _not_ how misogyny applies to trans people, it is about the intersection of two _marginalized_ groups and the unique attributes discrimination takes in those cases.
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Hrefna (DHC)
in reply to Hrefna (DHC) • • •This is actually _really important_ because we don't want to normalize "misandry" as a concept of a marginalized group—that's some serious MRA BS right there—and because it means that the terms are not actually parallels of each other.
One is talking about discrimination of transmasc people.
The other is talking about the intersection of transphobia and misogyny.
These are not the same thing. Not remotely.
Not for nothing: we also don't do this pairing with _any other_ group
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Hrefna (DHC)
in reply to Hrefna (DHC) • • •This goes back to what Serano pointed out in Whipping Girl and in later interviews, and also ties back into the definition of oppression (to oppress, to cage in): it's the intersection that is important when we talk about transmisogyny, the same way it is the intersection that is important in the discussion of misogynoir.
Because the combination is fundamentally different than either individually.
This is then made worse by the use of the term "androphobia" (part 3).
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Hrefna (DHC)
in reply to Hrefna (DHC) • • •Part two: some of the people who were responsible for popularizing the term originally were, uh.
Let's call them hellishly problematic and leave it at that?
Which is one thing, but then that legacy lives on in how the term gets used today.
Because, much like with MRAs, there are real things to talk about but I almost _never_ see the advocacy in those contexts. Rather it is almost always "time to talk about how trans women are terrible."
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Hrefna (DHC)
in reply to Hrefna (DHC) • • •Much like how MRAs could talk about, say, circumcision or toxic masculinity but they usually end up spending their energy going after women and/or feminists, usually when I see "transandrophobia" (or transmisandry) it is going to be followed by talking, not about the medical establishment going after trans men, it's going to be followed by talking about "bæddelism" (in this, the year 2024) or—at best—how trans women "get to be loud and proud but not us."
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