Along with flash floods, we're also dealing with flash droughts — a new term for me.
"Where has all the rain gone? Bone-dry October strikes much of US"
phys.org/news/2024-10-bone-dry…
h/t @primonatura
#drought #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
Where has all the rain gone? Bone-dry October strikes much of US
A bone-dry October is pushing nearly half of the United States into a flash drought, leading to fires in the Midwest and hindering shipping on the Mississippi River.Seth Borenstein (Phys.org)
Oh thank god I have a reason to stop being nice to the fucking Walmart greeter.
“Facial Recognition That Tracks Suspicious Friendliness Is Coming to a Store Near You”
gizmodo.com/facial-recognition…
(This is clearly me making a joke — I don’t go to Walmart; I have to harass the greeter at their home.)
Facial Recognition That Tracks Suspicious Friendliness Is Coming to a Store Near You
Coresight AI has released a new product that sends alerts to store security when customers and staff have anomalous interactions.Todd Feathers (Gizmodo)
Have you voted yet?
#Vote #Election #Election2024 #Poll
- 📬 Yes! (Mail in ballot) (54%, 28 votes)
- 🗳️ Yes! (Early voting) (27%, 14 votes)
- 🇺🇸 Not yet - going on Election Day (15%, 8 votes)
- 😕 I’m not sure I’m voting (0%, 0 votes)
- 😡 I am not voting (2%, 1 vote)
here's an example of a recent event that ChatGPT Search can now help with, the launch of Fantastical for Windows. When I asked for info about this and whether it was accessible to blind people using Windows screen readers, it says:
Fantastical, a highly regarded calendar application previously exclusive to Apple devices, has expanded its reach by launching a Windows version on October 29, 2024. This development allows users to experience Fantastical’s intuitive design and robust features on Windows PCs.
The Windows version mirrors the functionality of its Mac counterpart, offering:
• Natural Language Event Creation: Users can create events by typing phrases like “Lunch with Tim Cook on Tuesday at Caffè Macs on Apple’s campus,” and the app will automatically parse the details to set up the event accordingly.
• Calendar Sets: This feature enables users to group specific calendars together, allowing for easy toggling between different sets based on context, such as work or personal schedules.
• Multiple Calendar Views: Fantastical provides various views, including Day, Week, Month, Quarter, and Year, to accommodate different planning needs.
• Task Integration: The app supports task management through integration with services like Google Tasks, Microsoft 365 Tasks, and Todoist, enabling users to manage their to-do lists alongside their calendar events.
• Conference Call Detection: Fantastical automatically detects conference call links in calendar invites and creates a join button in the event list, facilitating quick access to virtual meetings.
Existing users with a Flexibits Premium subscription can access the Windows version at no additional cost, ensuring a seamless experience across devices. The subscription, priced at $4.75 per month when billed annually, unlocks all premium features across platforms.
While the current release is not optimized for Arm-native devices, Flexibits has indicated that an Arm version is in development.
This expansion to Windows marks a significant milestone for Fantastical, broadening its user base and providing a cohesive calendaring experience for individuals operating across multiple platforms.
As of now, there is limited information available regarding the accessibility of Fantastical for Windows for blind users utilizing screen readers. The official announcement and documentation do not provide specific details about compatibility with screen readers such as Narrator, NVDA, or JAWS.
Given the importance of accessibility in software applications, it’s advisable to directly contact Flexibits, the developer of Fantastical, to inquire about the current state of screen reader support and any planned accessibility enhancements. This approach will provide the most accurate and up-to-date information regarding the application’s usability with screen readers.
#CAQASTROPHE! The CAQ pissed away an inherited surplus on its wishlist, which didn't include healthcare spending, and now the CAQ healthcare minister says healthcare spending is becoming untenable... and 1M+ Quebeckers STILL DO NOT HAVE A FAMILY DOCTOR.
montrealgazette.com/news/quebe… #assnat #QCpoli #polQC #cdnpoli #polcan #CAQBS #CAQLIES
Quebec's health-care costs are becoming untenable, Dubé warns
Says this year's budget will be $60 billion, a 50-per-cent increase in six years.La Presse Canadienne (Montreal Gazette)
So... this was a fun compiler bug: the D8 Java to DEX compiler (part of the Android toolchain) eliminated a redundant field load if running the class's static initialiser was known to be free of side effects, which ended up accidentally depending on the sharding of the input, which is dependent on the number of CPU cores used during the build.
issuetracker.google.com/issues…
I made a small example to illustrate why this optimisation is only valid when the class initialiser doesn't have side effects (or the initialiser is guaranteed to have run already, which is the case for a base class of the current one):
gist.github.com/obfusk/8382214…
issuetracker.google.com/issues/366412380
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/366412380. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.Gist
Welcome to the RB family, Hash Checker 🥳
apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.s…
Hash Checker is an app for generating and comparison MD5, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512 and CRC-32 hashes from files or text. Thanks to the efforts by its dev, today's release is now RB 
#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid
„Hash Checker“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
Fast and simple application for generating and comparison hashesIzzyOnDroid App Repo
Rainald Grebe hatte mal eine Textzeile:
> Ich steh Schönhauser vor dem Schmerzzentrum Berlin
> Schöner Name, doch ich spüre rein gar nichts
youtube.com/watch?v=KY_3A7PL66…
Hat mich irgendwie daran erinnert :)
Prenzlauer Berg
Provided to YouTube by Believe SASPrenzlauer Berg · Rainald Grebe, Das Orchester der VersöhnungRainald Grebe & Das Orchester der Versöhnung℗ Versöhnungsrecor...YouTube
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#AccessibleRetail #InclusiveShopping #DisabilityAccess #OnMyTerms #AccessForAll
Access Aira at Walmart! Download Now.
Aira is now available at every Walmart location in California, Florida, and Texas! Learn how on-demand visual interpreting can enhance your shopping experience.Aira
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A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you expensive fake ones
Link: arstechnica.com/health/2024/11…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you expensive fake ones
It turns out you may not have needed those implants after all.Ars Contributors (Ars Technica)
Known as the "infinite monkey theorem", the thought-experiment has long been used to explain the principles of probability and randomness." bbc.com/news/articles/c748kmvw…
'Infinite monkey theorem' challenged by Australian mathematicians
Australian researchers have poked holes in an old thought-experiment known as the "infinite monkey theorem".Hannah Ritchie (BBC News)
It's been over two years since the initial release of the CLAP API for making audio effects and virtual instruments. Has the project been successful? Let's find out!
librearts.org/2024/11/clap-api…
CLever Audio Plugin API two years later
Let’s take a look at the evolution of the project and its adoption by developers of DAWs and plugins alike.Alexandre Prokoudine (Libre Arts)
Daniel's weekly report November 1, 2024
lists.haxx.se/pipermail/daniel…
FOSDEM, ABI, source code age, release prep, hackerone, slowember, deleting cookies, rock-solid, MVP
Notice how the cryptotechbro edgelord response to problems is to colonise space and go to Mars.
So... migration.
Their immediate, knee jerk intuitive reaction to big problems in their environment is to migrate.
Yet hate migrants.
Hmm, interesting.
Can you guide us or provide a video tutorial creating a tuta account on Tor browser 😂👻😂😂😂😂😂
»Zu den folgenschwersten Irrtümern gehörte bisher, daß man der Jugend alles sie anscheinend Gefährdende fernhalten wollte. Nein, nahebringen muß man es ihr, damit sie richtig sehen und richtig denken lernt. […] Mit der Muttermilch sollen sie es elnsaugen: Fortschritt muß sich zu allererst auf dem Gebiet der *Liebe* bemerkbar machen, auf dem Felde der verkrüppelten Menschenliebe.«
(Franziska Mann in "Den Erwachenden", 1921)
Ein #eBook, dass mit der nächsten Batch in meine Biblliothek kommt.
@SamantazFox I try my best, but unfortunately forget it far too often, apologies! Working on it – but as usual, I cannot promise what I'm not sure being able to fulfill ("will do so every time now")…
That said: thanks for your nudging me. It helps me to improve knowing there are people I'd help with that. And not "a vague group", but *specific* people. So yeah, keep nudging 😉
Dear iPhone, Please Stop Saying My Friends Are 'Dead'
Apple Intelligence takes things a little bit too far sometimes.Nelson Aguilar (CNET)
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Teaching how to create sketchnotes is one of my big passions, but nothing compares the joy when seeing others thrive with it! @acbdev created a sketchnote for my talk from this week, and I couldn’t be any prouder. I mean look at it!!! Thank you so much Anna ❤️ I love it!
Printed ✅
Hung on my wall ✅
#sketchnote #PragmaConf24
It is finished.
I am going to start it again one more time and I hope the ending is satisfying.
archiveofourown.org/works/4551…
Harry Potter and the GUI - Chapter 1 - samhaine - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Worksarchiveofourown.org
Chatroom - The Global Voice
The Global Voice's Chat Room Welcome to The Global Voice's text-based chat room, where you can communicate with DJs and other listeners live! Rules We ask that you please keep the following rules in mind: Keep the discussion family friendly.The Global Voice
"Dear Colton Scott,
This email is to confirm that your [...] password has been reset."
Ok Colton, are you good now? Maybe using my email address for that service was not the best idea.
I got the domain I'm using for my mails "used" a couple of years ago, so it was previously registered by another person.
There was a Paypal account tied to it and I constantly got the password reset mails until I disabled the address tied to the account.
This was annoying, especially since I had no idea how to get in touch with the owner.
Everyone should read the brilliant @emptywheel 's new piece on Musk and X/Twitter. We know what he has done over there is bad, but the depths of the criminal depravity can only be described as horrific. Empywheel has been on the case for over a decade, and has done a great job of laying it out here:
emptywheel.net/2024/11/01/elon…
Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism: A One-Stop Shop for Disinformation and Violence - emptywheel
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, one of Trump's most gleeful supporters, has set up a one-stop shop: Joining false claims about the election with networks of fascists who'll take to the streets.emptywheel
"Jezz Bezos and Elon Musk emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average human does in their entire life."
...
“Half of the world’s emissions come from the richest 10% of people. The wealthiest 1% by income account for 16% of emissions, which is more than the poorest two-thirds of people in the world,”
gizmodo.com/billionaires-are-t…
#inequality #CarbonFootprint
Billionaires Are the One Case Where Personal Choices Can Affect Climate Change
A new study found that half of the world’s carbon emissions come from the richest 10% of people.Matthew Gault (Gizmodo)
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Miniflux - Minimalist and Opinionated Feed Reader
Miniflux is a minimalist and opinionated feed readerminiflux.app
Miniflux is fantastic. I have been running a private instance for years without issues, except when reddit blocks it.
On the Mac, you can use NetNewsWire, which uses the Googld Reader API integration, it works quite well.
“Oxfam identified 23 superyachts owned by 18 billionaires and estimates the average annual carbon footprint of each of these yachts to be 5,672 tonnes, which is more than three times the emissions of the #billionaires’ private jets... This is equivalent to 860 years of emissions for the average person in the world, and 5,600 times the average of someone in the global poorest 50%.”
gizmodo.com/billionaires-are-t…
Billionaires Are the One Case Where Personal Choices Can Affect Climate Change
A new study found that half of the world’s carbon emissions come from the richest 10% of people.Matthew Gault (Gizmodo)
Hubert Figuière
in reply to Tyler McGee • • •Tyler McGee
in reply to Hubert Figuière • • •@hub Hahaha another option that needs to be added!
I envy you not having to go through this process. 🇨🇦
Hubert Figuière
in reply to Tyler McGee • • •Zeeshan Ali Khan 🇺🇦
in reply to Tyler McGee • • •Tyler McGee
in reply to Zeeshan Ali Khan 🇺🇦 • • •Hubert Figuière
in reply to Tyler McGee • • •@zeenix when the US sneeze, Canada catches a cold.
Also we regularly get fucked over with "free trade" (it's only free for the kleptoligarchs)