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I like how I can press alt+1 to read the last message in slack. But sometimes the latest message isn't visually obvious, i.e. someone replies to a thread.
so then you end up with,
Me: Do you have an example of that?
my boss: perhaps next year.

her reply was to a question that isn't even visible on my screen.
#BlindMusings.

#blindmusings
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hm, is that now part of JAWS scripts or something to read messages this way? Will need to check this one out if so.
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@Tamasg nope, pure slack behaviour as far as I know. I'm using NVDA and haven't put in an addon or anything.
@Tamas G

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Home now from the hospital

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It's #JukeboxFridayNight in the Southern Hemisphere, with a theme of #BendBreakBurn

I'd like to offer you this

Zeal & Ardor - Church Burns / Götterdämmerung (Live in Budapest)
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#JukeboxFridayNight #bendbreakburn

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@Friendica Support
Ich würde es gut finden, wenn in den Beiträgen neben dem Hashtag auch der Text stehen würde, der aktuell sichtbar ist, wenn man mit der Maus drüber fährt.
Dies würde schneller ersichtlich machen, warum ich diesen Beitrag erhalte.
@Friendica Support

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If you are a composer, musician or sound engineer, Panagement is amazing for sound positioning. The binaural delay is amazing, the reverb is immersive and everyone needs chipmods now and then. Everything is automatable.

This is a small company, no registration codes, just fully working plugins once you buy the full version which is currently on sale. The free version has everything but the delay and the chipmod and there are audio demos on the site as well. Check it out at auburnsounds.com/products/Pana…

Auburn Sounds - Panagement, free reverb audio plug-in

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Gondolom, ez valami gugli-fordítós csoda lesz. ⬇️

Egy netes bútoráruház egyik oldalán olvasható, egy tárolós ülőbútorral kapcsolatban:

"Szállítási terjedelem: 1 x ülés mellkas"

"Megjegyzés: Ne helyezzen túl nagy tárgyakat az ülés mellkasába."

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📱 AI apps like Be My Eyes or Seeing AI are game-changers! Tasks like reading labels, navigating spaces, or describing objects no longer always need sighted help. AI offers reliability, privacy, and convenience—something human helpers can't always guarantee. 🛠️
#AI #Blind #AssistiveTech #AccessibilityTools
#blind #AI #assistivetech #accessibilitytools
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sure. I also remember the first time it could identify a face by name. pointing my phone camera at the door of my office meant I knew who walked in without them speaking (or even me hearing them), thanks to a Braille display. it was all done without today's interpretation of AI.

I'm not trying to rain on the usefulness of it, just keep perspective.

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🧠 Having lived with reliance on human assistance, many blind people are ready to delegate to AI. It’s not perfect, but it’s consistent, unbiased, and scalable. The trade-off? Independence outweighs the occasional AI mistake. 👏
#Blind #AIForGood #InclusionMatters
#blind #aiforgood #inclusionmatters
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it is none of those things.
AI is not consistent. Share an image and you'll get a different interpretation every time.
AI is not unbiased. The type of responses are based on data and that data is often Human and loaded with bias. More worrying is the self-imposed bias brought in to try and either keep things safe, "sorry, I can't read you that card number for security", or to cater to other agendas than the asker, "I can't comment on people's visual appearance as it would be insensetive" or "I can't name or identify a real world figure from this image" etc.
And finally AI is far from scalable at present, the gigantic amount of electricity and water being used is going to be a big problem.

Happily, all of these things are addressable. I am blind, of course, and the benefits of AI have been making themselves felt in my own life for months now.
Just wanted to address your specific points earlier up the thread.

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@cachondo But don’t you see that’s consistent? It’s consistently good enough but not perfect consistently for information purposes but you can’t take action on it. I can get a good enough description of a cat image 24 hours a day seven days a week without asking anybody else!
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Sean Randall
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Oh it's certainly good enough for 9 out of the 10 things I ask of it.
But it's also very confidently wrong about so many things that consistent isn't a term I'm comfortable applying yet.
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The Blind AI
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@cachondo But in your own words, that’s one out of 10 things! I use access AI and have the option to verify with the human. So what do you think we should say about AI that it has no impact at all on the blind community?
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I think it has already had a tremendous impact and will have an even bigger one yet. It's not in the hands of the technofobe, and those are potentially the thousands of people who could really use it.

But if just 1 of those 10 questions is medically significant or physically dangerous, we risk pushing technology that could give advice that hurt people. Not accidentally, like a GPS system not being updated to reflect the real world, but with full consciousness and awareness of the fact that the system fabricates things.

LLM's are brilliant, I use them daily. But I also know their limits.

i've seen firsthand what happens when you upsell.
I've literally watched a sales pitch for a Braille notetaker to a desperate and bereaved parent, now expecting that this one box will give their newly blinded child full access to the modern web.
And that's total nonsense, as even the salespeople know.
Let's not be those pedalers.
Let's be prudent in our language, careful in our promises. Hopeful with our expectations, but cautious because of reality.

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@cachondo I have to agree with you about the sales pitch. Remember, I’m selling nothing. I’m just trying to use AI to make my life a little easier and to combat some of the AI arrangement syndrome that is prevalence especially mastodon!
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Sean Randall
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Yeah, I dig.
Mastodon is full of people who see the problems cause dby big tech, and the current appeetite for both water and electricity make AI a big target

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Did you forget or change your values? I remember a blog post some years ago that made clear that you have Black Friday everyday. I loved that one. 😚
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By IRONY in Kingston Upon Thames, UK for The Royal Borough Of Street Art.

43 Purrfect Street Art Pieces: A Tribute to Our Cats: streetartutopia.com/2024/08/10…

See all of the mural 🔽

Close-up of a mural by street artist IRONY in Kingston Upon Thames, UK, for The Royal Borough of Street Art, featuring a realistic depiction of an orange and white cat squeezed into a square box. The cat is curled up in a tight space, with its limbs twisted playfully, and its large, bright eyes staring forward. The detail in the cat's fur and expression captures its playful yet slightly awkward position, adding a humorous and lifelike charm to the artwork. The realistic style emphasizes the softness of the fur against the hard edges of the frame.

43 Purrfect Street Art Pieces: A Tribute to Our Cats | STREET ART UTOPIA

Feline Inspired Street Art: A Global Phenomenon The world of street art is a vibrant, ever-evolving canvas that reflects the thoughts, ideas, and aesthetics of diverse cultures around the globe.
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🇵🇱🤔🇺🇦 Ukrainians have a "short memory", because during the first months of the invasion, Poland transferred equipment and humanitarian aid, and Zelensky is trying to "draw other countries into direct participation in the conflict" against Russia, - Polish MoD

❗️He added that Zelensky's words "sounded a note that Poland is not doing everything it can. Poland has done and continues to do everything possible. But there is a line that I will never cross, it is a question of Poland's security."

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I don't want to be a mean person, but if he really said that, this is really ungrateful and shows how much appreciation he actually has about other countries helping when help was needed. Compassion goes so far, but threatening a nation's security in the name of war allies, wellp. Nope. If only everyone could go for peace. Just for a year, or like 20... Often people have short memories about help. Humans just cannot appreciate today. I am not going to talk about the other end, where ukrainians here live better than us in my own country, but okay. Unfortunately it happens a lot these days that someone else lives better in someone else's country. People need to learn how to appreciate, and how to have compassion. Because we're all connected, want it or not. Even on a human level we're the same, we do the same things. So a bit of respect won't go unnoticed. and saying so and so isn't doing enough but you know they can more is just, greed. I am sorry.

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EU stings Meta for nearly a billion bucks over competition-trampling Facebook Marketplace
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EU stings Meta for nearly a billion bucks over competition-trampling Facebook Marketplace

Mark Z does not like this
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Wow. FB is used by old people here, say the young ones. But insta is also part of meta, so lol. It's kind of disturbing how powers throw money around like that...

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Don't use a big word when a singularly unloquacious and diminutive linguistic expression will satisfactorily accomplish the contemporary necessity.

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HER salary is 13% less than HIS.

On #EqualPayDay, we symbolically mark the date when women stop earning compared to men. For every €1 a man earns, a woman earns only €0.87.

So, from today until 31 December, it is as if women in the EU effectively work for free.

Our message is clear: Equal work deserves equal pay.

We are committed to tackling pay inequality with legislation on:

🔹 pay transparency
🔹 gender balance on boards
🔹 minimum wages
🔹 work-life balance

More → europa.eu/!TBqJj8

Illustration showing two stacks of euro coins representing the gender pay gap. The stack labelled 'Hers' is shorter, with some coins faded, symbolising the lower average earnings for women. The stack labelled 'His' is taller with one additional coin on top, representing higher average earnings for men. In the bottom right corner, there is an EU flag with stars arranged in a circle.

Statement by Vice-President Jourová and Commissioners Schmit and Dalli on the occasion of the European Equal Pay Day

On the 2024 European Equal Pay Day, we reaffirm our commitment to build a Europe where women and girls can thrive and where their contributions to the labour market are fully valued.
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#equalpayday

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Time for my yearly Desert Bus 2024 art thread!

To start out with, some work I did for @DB_VST ! From left to right, paintings for call-ins, a representation of ORB and string-worms, and a new Beer O'Clock icon!

Illustrations in watercolour, text in ink, on 160gsm wood-pulp watercolour paper.

(Note: The bottom text is digitally composited from 2 attempts, because I messed up the first time =V )

@desertbus #desertbus #DB2024 #calligraphy #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #art

Three watercolour paintings. From left to right: 1) a 1950s-style red telephone receiver. 2) the ORB, its red button pointed forward and glowing, on a bed of plush string-worms. 3) A beer stein, with an overflowing head of foam. Below the paintings, the words "BEER O'CLOCK" in uncial script in brown ink. Signed Laogeodritt, dated 9 November 2024.
#art #watercolor #calligraphy #watercolour #aquarelle #desertbus #db2024 @Desert Bus For Hope @VST
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Desert Bus 2024, Day 5. Carrie cares about the lives of tabs, and so do I. Twinsies?

Italic script. India ink and watercolour on wood paper.

@desertbus

#DB2024 #DesertBus #calligraphy #ItalicScript #art #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #poetry #poem #PlayFrame

Calligraphy and a small watercolour painting on cream-coloured paper. In black ink and italic script, it reads, "Every closing of a tab is a tiny murder". Below that, a painting of a browser tab with a knife through its X-shaped close button. The tab icon is an A in a circle, and the title reads AAAAAAAAA, in script that gets messier as it goes. Signed Laogeodritt, dated 13 November 2024.
#art #poetry #watercolor #calligraphy #poem #watercolour #aquarelle #desertbus #db2024 #italicscript #playframe @Desert Bus For Hope
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Desert Bus 2024, Day 7. (Yes, I did skip Day 6.)

A Night Watch Art Challenge for their Beyblades slogan, "If you love something, let it rip!"

In Japanese, the Beyblades anime uses "Go shoot!", so I translated this as「何かを好きならGO SHOOT」.

Sumi ink, watercolour, Japanese calligraphy brushes, watercolour brushes, Western broad nib pens, cold-press watercolour paper.

@desertbus

#db2024 #desertbus #art #calligraphy #japanesecalligraphy #書道 #ItalicScript #watercolour #watercolor #wordArt #slogan

A logo-like word art piece. It reads, in Japanese, "nanika wo suki nara GO SHOOT!!". The first line is in kaishō script in black, and the words GO SHOOT are in red watercolour. Below it, the English words in italic script and black ink, it reads: "If you love something, let it rip!!" The S in GO SHOOT is extended to create two disks, in a red-to-yellow gradient above and below that evoke spinning beyblades. A light orange splotch forms the background, on white paper.
#art #watercolor #calligraphy #watercolour #desertbus #db2024 #italicscript #japanesecalligraphy #書道 #wordart #slogan @Desert Bus For Hope
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If you are on a good Mastodon instance remember to support the person who keeps that instance going, like with money if you can. For the spot on Mastodon that I hang out in you can toss some coins at ko-fi.com/kindsocial

Support Kind.Social on Ko-fi! ❤️. ko-fi.com/kindsocial

Support Kind.Social On Ko-fi. Ko-fi lets you support the people and causes you love with small donations
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Mastodon has introduced me to the joy of reading descriptive #alttext. I take in the image then read the text as icing on the cake. It can really add extra personality to images.
#AltText

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4 reasons you shouldn't use an SSD for long-term backups
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4 reasons you shouldn't use an SSD for long-term backups

Here's why you shouldn't consider using SSDs for long-term storage
Rich Edmonds (XDA)
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Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
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And here we were thinking of buying an SSD the worth of a house. Oh well, I guess that dream got broken. LOL. Also, there are a million reasons for not doing what we do every day, but yeah.
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Sensitive content

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Oof, how did that happen? Also I am fan of hard drives, not SSds, mainly because they spin, and because the sound is kind of soothing if the hard drive is well-made. SSD is just like, nothing, silent. I have a 500Gb one, and it works, it's okay, but only if I need to use it for a VM from time to time. I won't deny the faster speeds though, also there should be some care of these ssds and whatever. I am not sure and I don't understand so I can't say much on it.
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Also, that's not how you should write price tags, haha. Hey, that's also a lot of money here, like multiply by 2.15 and wow. I am not buying one any time soon. Goes way over my sallary.

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When a website is technically accessible, but in reality, the login menu item reads as follows:

banner landmark Top Header navigation landmark Header Menu Right Navigation menu menu item subMenu My Freedom

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Yikes. That's broken, but if that's its only bug, I'd be glad. I bet you I can find at least one or two more. LOL.

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It was the best of #DoctorWho, or it was the worst of Doctor Who - but can a story be both things simultaneously? Find out as we discuss The Web Planet:

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Strangers in Space: Who Review Extra 40: The Web Planet

Doctor Who was only twelve stories old when they decided to mount a production as ambitious as The Web Planet, but was that a mistake or was it a decision justified by the enormous audiences The Web Planet achieved? Our thoughts on Schrödinger's Doct…
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#doctorwho

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Question:

'On a scale of 1 to 10, how likely are you to recommend this to a friend or colleague in your industry?'
The radio buttons go from 0 to 9... Well that's not 1 to 10 is it you fools!

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LOL. Someone doesn't know how to do math, apparently, unless we count the 0 as the tenth number, but that's not from one to ten. LOL, now matter how you try it. Give them a 0 just for that mistake. I am evil enough, I'd do it actually. I mean, first grade mistake, no, baby mistake, even first graders know that 0 is not ten, and that, you need two digits to make every number after 9 LOL
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I saw a meme yesterday where you give feedback in decibels for how loud you would shout about their services. Made me chuckle.

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OK, I just discovered that the output from “writing tools” in Mac OS 15.1 is not accessible with VoiceOver. I just tried rewriting a post in Mona for Mastodon, but I cannot see where the proposed text is. If 15.2 didn’t fix it, gotta report this soon! :)
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Jakob Rosin
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if it comes up with the popover with the writing tools, press VO J. That should show you the edited text.
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victor tsaran
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@jakobrosin That’s a great one, thank you! Still, why do I have to press VO+j and how would I know to do it if you didn’t tell me? LOL
@Jakob Rosin

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I don’t know what it is, but I just love listening to the artifacts produced by stem splitting. Say, when you load a track in Logic, then split it, then mute vocals (or any other instrument). There oftentimes some beautiful defects coming out, especially where frequency bands cross over. So cool!

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Today is a new day, so let's see, #meditation completed, totally awake ✅, Coffee✅, A perfect start of the day. I wish you to all be safe, happy, and take care of yourselves.😊 I also wish you all the good luck, love and compassion, as well as kindness.😁☯️🕉️💙☸️☮️💖
#meditation

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Since coming back from Bristol on Tuesday I've been labouring under a cold. This morning when I cough it's as if there were shards of glass in my throat. Lovely stuff.
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Ouch! I hope you get better soon. Rest and take care of you. :) Also, don't make the kids sick. Haha. This stuff sucks, but my sister's experiencing the same thing and I am so glad she isn't around right now.
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@tardis Jake already got sick but we think from an entirely different source. lol
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Awww. I am sorry. Well, could be yeah, so the poor girls have the times of their lives having to deal with you two sick boys, eh?
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Aww, this is awesome. Well, no I did not hear it, but then I am not much of a podcast listener. These days I guess I am more of the silent type who just works, then kind of spends the day in more silence. Haha. But when I stop being all burned out from music, sounds, podcasts and reading, I'll definitely give it a listen. :)
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@tardis Lots of people say they're not podcast listeners, but they hear ours and really enjoy it. Maybe we can make you another convert 😊
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Haha. Well, I used to listen to podcasts before. I guess I am just going through a faze haha.
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Yeah, I like the audio drama type ones, like, who hasn't listened to we're alive, and quite a few others.
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@tardis Well if you get bored, here's mine, and you can read all the descriptions of each ep to see if any of them sound interesting or not.
onj.me/media/stroongecast
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Oops, I can type, yep. :D I stayed a whole week without power 9years ago and I didn't even say a thing so, it's kind of hard and not hard at the same time to get bored.

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If anybody is interested, I now have a blog. I'd very much encourage you to check it out, and let me know what you think. hailymerry.substack.com/p/a-so…

A sort of introduction type thingy.

Who am I, why am I here, what is this all about, ETC?
Haily Merry (I Missed Again)
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I would check it out, but substack sucks. As a company, as an app, bleh. I'm sorry. I hope it kicks off though and you enjoy blogging, so I wish all the best. :)

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bad news is my cat Marceline has discovered a new source of perpetual warmth
cat sitting on top of a shiny metal espresso machine

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Up at 5:00AM after crashing before 9 with a headache.
paid a bill. Commented on a ticket. Raised a ticket. Closed a ticket. recorded a video. Rerecorded the video with the screen curtain off. Rerecorded the intro to the video with the light on. Screamed when the number of audio tracks in the rerecorded intro was different to the video's main content. Regreted not having made coffee, but the machine is loud. Raised a ticket. Attached the video. Attached screenshots from the video to save people having to watch it. Explained the screenshots to save people having to look at them. paid an invoice. Drank a bottle of water.
it's now 6:00AM.
#FirstHourOfMyDay.
#firsthourofmyday
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How???
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Sean Randall
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@CallumStoneman headache totally knocked me, so I felt bad and had a very productive hour! Not really a health plan i can recommend.

How are you doing?

@Callum Stoneman
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I get migraines fairly often so I completely know the feeling of it totally wiping you out. I'm doing good, back at work now but I don't think I'll be reaching that level of productiveness at 5AM anytime soon!
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Sean Randall
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@CallumStoneman 'twas a rare one for me, I'll be honest. Normally I grumble at having to chivvy the child off to school.
@Callum Stoneman

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I called the taxi company this week and asked if the Jelly Star had been turned into their lost and found. Unfortunately, the answer is no. On a more interesting note depending on who you are, I heard what I thought were Zello sounds in the background, so I asked. Apparently all the drivers are using tablets with Zello for Work now. It took 10 years, but I finally found Zello users in the wild.
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yes, it's pretty common with Uber drivers, taxi drivers, public transit etc. Also rioters and protectors apparently, both MAGA and BLM.

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Wow, amazing! spectrum.ieee.org/virtual-meet…

The First Virtual Meeting Was in 1916

The amazing feat linked up 5,100 engineers from Atlanta to San Francisco
Allison Marsh (IEEE Spectrum)

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IRL: I slammed my dick in a car door

fedi: [ph-] ughghghghgh I slammed my dick in a car door AGAIN :neocar_woozy:

twitter: 💞 dics in car bio 💞

GNU mailing list: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Car door dependency in systemdick? - unacceptable, this car door uses a binary blob.

Reddit: I[F31] slammed my dick in a car door[Ford, 2014], AITA?

tiktok: [AI voice over Minecraft footage] Oh man, chat, I just unalived my eggplant by slimming it in a dart door

Linkedin: proud to announce that my team has boosted sales by 200% and DEMOLISHED all goals by using AI-powered car doors to CRUSH the competition (and my dick)

BlueSky: why car-door slamming is dangerous to the dick community. a thread 🧵

NextDoor: NOTICE - a car door was seen in the neighborhood, slamming people's unmentionables. If you are the owner of this car, know that the police have been called

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sorry haiku. but if you're going to name your text editor Pe, then i'm going to do this
the Haiku text editor "Pe", stored in a folder named "The Balls"

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Experience Waymo - Autonomous Driving Ride-Along at Sight Tech Global groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/81…

Experience Waymo - Autonomous Driving Ride-Along at Sight Tech Global

groups.io

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Warning: Online shopping threats to avoid this Black Friday and Cyber Monday malwarebytes.com/blog/news/202…

Warning: Online shopping threats to avoid this Black Friday and Cyber Monday  | Malwarebytes

Where there’s a gift to be bought, there’s also a scammer out to make money. Here's how to stay safe this shopping season.
Anna Brading (Malwarebytes)

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Thomas E. Kurtz, an American mathematician, computer scientist, and co-inventor of the BASIC programming language with John Kemeny, died at 96 on November 12 (Dag Spicer/CHM)

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In Memoriam: Thomas E. Kurtz, 1928–2024 - CHM

CHM remembers the remarkable career and contributions of 2023 Fellow Thomas E. Kurtz, who passed away on November 12, 2024.
hhackford (Computer History Museum)

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Amazon S3 now supports up to 1 million buckets per AWS account
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats… #aws

Amazon S3 now supports up to 1 million buckets per AWS account - AWS

Discover more about what's new at AWS with Amazon S3 now supports up to 1 million buckets per AWS account
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
#aws

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Jan: An Open Source ChatGPT-Alternative That Runs 100% Offline linuxtoday.com/blog/jan-an-ope…

Jan: An Open Source ChatGPT-Alternative That Runs 100% Offline | Linux Today

In this article we discuss about the privacy and data security issues that arise when using cloud-based services like ChatGPT.
LinuxToday

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AWS launches user-based subscription of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats… #aws

AWS launches user-based subscription of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services - AWS

Discover more about what's new at AWS with AWS launches user-based subscription of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
#aws

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I'm moving pictures made with MapComplete from Imgur to Panoramax; and this made me realize something.

A program that I made has been used all around the globe, by thousands of people. Weird feeling

in reply to Pietervdvn

Ilya Zverev
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Ilya Zverev
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Exactly! I've worked in startups with millions of users, and thousands feel more real — maybe because we as authors connect with them more directly, without layers of marketing and shifted values of needing payment instead of eyes.

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FPCSS (first-person cross-stitch shooter)
Cross stitch of a scenic, Spanish style village, but with someone's hand holding a sniper rifle like in a FPS game.
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