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Peak Design exec denies providing customer info on CEO shooter

usatoday.com/story/news/nation…

It's not because they say so. They breached the trust by their public action. And given they want you to give fill name and address for a shipping quote if you order for them, consider this when giving that kind of information.


Backpack company executive denies providing customer info on UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter

Peak Design CEO Peter Dering said he contacted police after one of the company's backpacks was worn by the shooter in Brian Thompson's killing.
, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)

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There are sometimes discussions about an end-to-end encrypted private social media e-mail chat network 🤯 Basically you could follow delta chat profiles and subscribe and probably react to their encrypted broadcasts ....

This and many other discussions are the "humus" on which #deltachat evolves and, for example, became a super-app: Android 1.50.3 spearheads direct #webxdc app picking via the "attach" chat action. Actually #cheogram and #monocles, both #xmpp messengers, released this first!

The android menu that you get via "attach" button. The menu shows 7 icons, with the last one "apps" that is surrounded by a red circle.
The attach app screen. It shows a straight forward app list and a search bar. The app list has "shopping list" "text cards" and other utilities. The app store is in the utility tab. Next are games and home
#xmpp #deltachat #Webxdc #cheogram #monocles
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Here's an audio of me demonstrating the new bEStspeak NVDA add-on that @Tamasg made. It works well, and it's cool to have Keynote as an add-on. It's even better than the piper version that he did. It's crazy that sometimes it glitches and makes noises sometimes. But we can't forget to shout out too @rommix0 for making the program as a whole. Speaking of which, at least now we can press F5 and F7 to play and stop speech.

@Tamas G
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Una lectura cuidadosa del artículo demuestra tres cosas para nada buenas:
El titular es falso.
Al final, siempre pierde el de siempre: el cliente final!
Los premios pagados no llegan ni al 10 % de lo recibido por las pólizas contratadas.
Al final hay un bocadito de Hacienda, quizás no tan grande pero siempre se paga!

Cómo celebrar el Gordo de Navidad sin sufrir el bocado de Hacienda a los premios de la lotería

lavanguardia.com/seguros/20241…


Cómo celebrar el Gordo de Navidad sin sufrir el bocado de Hacienda a los premios de la lotería

Ganar un premio importante en la Lotería de Navidad y pensar en el dineral que acaba perdiendo el apostante en beneficio de Hacienda nunca pone de buen humor. El erario se alimenta con el 20 por ciento del importe de los premios superiores a 40.
Albert Gimeno (La Vanguardia)
in reply to Óscar Gorri

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modulux

Me parece una gilipollez contratar un seguro por eso, dentro de toda la irracionalidad que es la lotería.

Para eso te gastas el dinero del seguro en una participación de 3 euros del mismo número y te aseguras 378000 euros, que es el 94,5% del premio íntegro, que es 0,5% más de lo que el seguro te da como mínimo. Además no tienes que hacer trámites y no enriqueces a aseguradors.

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Samuel Henrique

as a maintainer who has to review and define CVSS for other projects' CVEs, providing the level of details that curl does, on top of a severity, is much much more valuable than providing a CVSS vector.

Projects that just provide a CVSS vector without enough details makes it hard for distributors to review and set their own vectors.

Projects that provide all of the details around a CVE allow software distributors to very easily decide on their own CVSS and justify a deviation from NVD.

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One of our users has written a book(!) with 261(!!!) pages about cloud services - also secure ones like Tuta.

And it's absolutely free. Possibly a good read for over the holidays. 😉

👉 calameo.com/read/00759064045b7…

Ralf-Peter Kleinert CLOUD verstehen und nutzen 2025

Cloud Verstehen Und Nutzen 2025

Die Cloud ist längst Teil unseres Alltags – ob für die Datenspeicherung, als Backup-Lösung oder zur Optimierung von Geschäftsprozessen. Doch wie funktioniert sie wirklich? Welche Anbieter sind zuverlässig? Und wie setzt man die Cloud...
calameo.com
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The Better Daemons Of Our Profession

I've spent the better part of 2023 and 2024 trying to imagine the specific changes we technology nerds could make to improve things somewhat. Meme remix of Matt Bors's comic and Stan Kelly's Sickos Yes comic. I've shared some of my ideas and musings throughout the past year. Briefly: Ambition, the Fediverse, and Technology Freedom Some Thoughts on the Twitter Mass Exodus…

soatok.blog/2024/12/18/the-bet…


The Better Daemons Of Our Profession - Dhole Moments

I’ve spent the better part of 2023 and 2024 trying to imagine the specific changes we technology nerds could make to improve things somewhat. Meme remix of Matt Bors’s comic and Stan Ke…
Dhole Moments

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Update time! #LibreOffice 24.8.4 is now available, as the fourth maintenance release in our latest stable branch. All users are recommended to upgrade: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #freesoftware
LibreOffice 24.8 banner with benefits around, such as "multiplatform" and "optimized for privacy"

LibreOffice 24.8.4, optimised for the privacy-conscious user, is available for download - The Document Foundation Blog

Berlin, 19 December 2024 – LibreOffice 24.8.4, the fourth minor release of the LibreOffice 24.8 family of the free open source, volunteer-supported office suite for Windows (Intel, AMD and ARM), MacOS (Apple and Intel) and Linux, is available at www.
Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
#FreeSoftware #foss #opensource #libreoffice

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In May of 2015, I got a KARP Odyssey. For those who don't know, that's Korg's ARP Odyssey reissue. It's a duophonic analog synthesizer. Fantastic instrument, and I miss playing mine.
In December of 2016, I made this version of Carol of the Bells using nothing but sounds generated from the KARP Odyssey. I don't remember how many tracks this used. 40 something, I think.
The drums are kind of boring, and in retrospect, I could have done other interesting things, but didn't.
Anyway, have this thing.

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The final In-Process blog post for 2024 is out! Featuring news on our new email service, end of year office hours, an update on the NVDA contributor documentation survey, and best practises for add-on developers as we move towards NVDA 2025.1.

(Please note, for those who have signed up, this issue of In-Process was NOT sent to email subscribers as we have another special email coming out tomorrow and didn't want to inundate you).

Read it all here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-1…

#Blog #News #NVDA

Envelope with "Sender: " then NV Access logo, with sunburst designs all around

In-Process 19th December 2024

Welcome to our last blog post for the year! We’ve got a bit we wanted to leave you with over the break, starting with a very exciting announcement. What’s inside this week: You Can Now Sign U…
NV Access
#blog #News #nvda

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Security lapses, nation state espionage, cyberattacks, global outages, bans on consumer messaging apps...

2024 has highlighted the need for a new era of interoperable, decentralised communications protected by end-to-end encryption.

element.io/blog/in-an-increasi…


In an increasingly volatile world, governments turn to Element and Matrix

Governments need digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable communications. The demand for Matrix is palpable.
Steve Loynes (Element Blog)

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On this day 4 years ago, I married @missunderstood. We'd been "together" for 14 years and some change before this through 2 years of college, moving from there in with her parents briefly, then into 2 of our own rentals before having a child, to a third place then me finding a job and finally moving to our current home 10 years ago and buying it a few years later.

She honestly balances me in a way nobody in my life ever has. For everything I can't do well, there she is. Someone I can talk to about anything and laugh with about everything. Someone who, despite waking up together over 6,700 mornings, always has something fresh to say, new to learn, and fun to enjoy. I am never bored in her company and almost always surprised by something new each and every day. Our relationship is one of mutual respect for the other. We have a child, and a home, and a life I would never have imagined back before we met almost 2 decades ago. I go to bed every night thrilled to be next to someone like her.
I'm not sure I believe in a soul mate. Or a soul, for that matter. But sometimes, inevitably due to the infinite diversity out there, 2 things just click together, intended or no. We do. We love it.

Be good if she posted a bit more on her socials, of course. And nobody told me a wedding meant an annual
flower arrangement ...

a close-up of a floral bouquet being held by a person wearing a vibrant pink dress. The bouquet consists of bright red roses, white flowers, and small red berries, accompanied by lush green leaves and some white buds. The vibrant colors of the flowers contrast beautifully with the pink fabric of the dress, which has a textured pattern that includes some floral or leaf-like designs.
@Kim

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L'app di Intesa Sanpaolo pesa 700 MB e nasconde un file chiamato "rutto.mp3". Un simbolo del disagio tra i consulenti IT? Una riflessione su sfruttamento e qualità del lavoro. #Consulenza #Tech #IntesaSanpaolo

melamorsicata.it/2024/12/19/ap…


Il Rutto.mp3 E La Crisi Nella Consulenza IT

Riflessioni sulla qualità dello sviluppo nell'app Intesa Sanpaolo e sul lavoro nei consulenti IT.
Kiro (Melamorsicata)
#tech #consulenza #intesasanpaolo

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If we don't fight back, right now, against the escalating right-wing warfare against public participation -- e.g. freedom of expression -- we are well and truly screwed. Josh Marshall has solid ideas here. (I have more that I'll be adding in a newsletter post later.)

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a…


A Big Pile of Money and Lawyering to Defend Trump’s Legal Targets?

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory and promised revenge tour, a number of individuals have proposed the creation of an organization or fund which…
Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)

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Journalist Carl von Ossietzky was a constant voice against Nazism and rising militarism in 1920s and 1930s Germany. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for it — and he died for it. In this long read for Atavist, Kate McQueen tells his story. "They may condemn us, today, tomorrow, the day after, [and] we will accept it,” he once wrote. “But our pride will be in … becoming more energetic, sharper, denser and tougher. That’s why we are journalists.”

flip.it/K8jWji

#History @histodons #Journalism #Nazism #Germany


The Good Traitor

The Third Reich feared Carl von Ossietzky so much they sent him to a concentration camp. Could winning the Nobel Peace Prize save his life?
Kate McQueen (The Atavist Magazine)
#history #Germany #journalism #nazism @histodons group

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With the Mobifree project (mobifree.org), e Foundation @e_mydata has raised 4.4M€ from the European Union to fuel Open Source projects accross the EU! 👊

This will help the development of more human FOSS software in the mobile area, like microG, DeltaChat, F-Droid, /e/OS...
@microg @delta @fdroid
@ngi

Learn more about this endeavor at e.foundation/ngi-mobifree-proj…

NGI Mobifree Project raises 4.4 million eurosfor Open Source projects development - e Foundation - deGoogled unGoogled smartphone operating systems and online services - your data is your data

NGI Mobifree Project raises 4.4 million euros for Open Source projects development The Mobifree Project, initiated by e Foundation, brings together twelve+ organizations to challenge the norms of mobile technology development.
e.foundation
@microG Project @Delta Chat (39c3) @/e/OS - deGoogled mobile OS @F-Droid @NGI Outreach Office

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What to do during the darkest days on the Northern hemisphere? Hole up inside CCH and huddle around the blinking LEDs of #38c3 !
We're looking forward to go to Congress and we hope to see you there.

One of the things we'll be doing is a joint meetup with @PrototypeFund and @sovtechfund about funding free and open source projects. Day 2 at 15.00 in Saal D.
events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hu…

Meet the Funders: Sovereign Tech Agency, NLnet, Prototype Fund - 38C3

events.ccc.de
#38C3 @Prototype Fund @Sovereign Tech Agency
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