I’ve been thinking about this a lot over the course of the trial of Dominique Pelicot and his fellow accused: what would a woman do to an unconscious man if she thought no-one would find out?
Today the Parker Solar Probe will get 7 times closer to the Sun than any spacecraft ever has, going faster than any spacecraft ever has - 690,000 kilometers per hour. WHEEEEEE!!!!!!!
But the really cool part is what the newspapers are barely talking about: what it's like down there. The Sun doesn't have a surface like the Earth does, since it's all just hot gas. But it has an "Alfvén surface" - and the probe has penetrated that.
What's the Alfvén surface? In simple terms, it's where the solar wind - the hot gas emitted by the Sun - breaks free of the Sun and shoots out into space. But to understand how cool it is, we need to dig a bit deeper.
After all, how can we say where the solar wind "breaks free of the Sun"?
Hot gas shoots up from the Sun, faster and faster due to its pressure, even though it's pulled down by gravity. At some point it goes faster than the speed of sound! This is the Alfvén surface. Above this surface, the solar wind becomes supersonic, so no disturbances in its flow can affect the Sun below.
But it's even cooler than that, because "sound" in the solar wind is very different from sound on Earth. Here we have air. The Sun has ions - atoms of gas so hot that electrons have been ripped off - interacting with powerful magnetic fields. You can visualize these fields as tight rubber bands, with the ions stuck to them. They vibrate back and forth together!
You could call these vibrations "sound", but the technical term is "Alfvén waves". Alfvén was the one who figured out how fast these waves move. Parker studied the surface where the solar wind's speed exceeds the speed of the Alfvén waves.
Excited to share the first of a 2-part deep dive into Estonia's digital journey in our latest Let's Think Digital podcast episode! Estonia looms large in the digital government conversation despite being a small country. What led to it becoming a global digital government leader?
As always, you can check out the episode on our website at: thinkdigital.ca/podcast/welcom… or on your favourite podcast platform!
Follow the digital government space long enough and you will hear about Estonia. Despite being a small country of 1.4 million people with an overall eco...
I really enjoyed @RyanAndrosoff #ThinkDigital #Podcast episode Welcome to Estonia. In Estonia I was struck about their investment in democracy and trust, as they build their digital #government.
@mgifford be sure to also check out our most recent one that dropped yesterday which goes even deeper into issues around trust and digital government: thinkdigital.ca/podcast/trust-…
Trust is everything. It’s clear we’re in a moment in time where people do not trust their governments. There is skepticism about the impact of big t...
If you're looking for a Christmas album that's both relaxing and fun, check out Christmas with Kelly by Kelly Sapergia. An audio promo is attached. More information about the album can be found at ksapergia.net/music #TGVProductions
Sometimes the product choices that tech companies see as "politically neutral" are not and the people who are impacted by those choices are usually already marginalized: wired.com/story/google-maps-we…
Duch Skalistých hor. Jedna z nejznámějších legend, která se dodnes vypráví v Coloradu. Příběh, který v National Geographic nikdy nevyjde, jsem po návratu z Colorada převyprávěla a doplnila obrázky. Máte-li chuť, můžeme začít😊🏔️
Good morning! Here, for your listening pleasure, is an AI Eleven Labs voice run amuck...or something. I loaded a book into Eleven Readeron iOS yesterday. The app doesn't have the greatest controls for skipping all of the bits I don't care to read at the beginning. As soon as the voice starts to read the table of contents, it goes whacky.
We also continued work on Push! You can now select your desired UP distributor app yourself + DAVx5 will automatically re-subscribe your collections now.
This is the last release of this year and we want to 🧡 Thank You 🧡 so much for your support!
For 2025 we have some awesome things in the pipeline, some that have been asked from our community for years :)
What's Changed
New features
[Push] Allow UP distributor selection by @ArnyminerZ in #1146
Bug fixes
Don't show app intro again after recomposition by @sunkup in #1142
AccountSettings: make enabl...
Yesterday, I made a silly production for a group of friends. We like to sometimes welcome each other to the start of whatever week number of the year it happens to be. In 2023, week 52 started on Christmas Day, so I made a little "Merry Weeksmas!" production using Elevenlabs, featuring the Ssanta voice, and a guy called Lars, who likes gongs. Lots of inside jokes that will be somewhat familiar to those who listened to my show, Things and stuff, quite a while back, on a now-defunct internet radio station called TBRN.
I had every intention of doing something short and sweet, but what actually came out was an 18 minute, 25 second long pretty much full-on audio drama thing.
Santa ends up in a car accident and misses Christmas. Lars has a fight with his wife. Is Christmas ruined, or are you just being welcomed to week 52 in a ridiculous way?
Again, lots of inside jokes, including amateur radio references, but hopefully you'll enjoy even if you don't get them, or know that they are there to be gotten. I'll admit, I had way too much fun putting this stupid thing together. I don't get to do creative production much anymore.
Featuring a few tracks from @Onj. my Ableton Move even gets a short cameo. So does my old Yamaha Motif Classic.
I should also mention that I don't speak German. Some things may not make sense. I'm OK with that, personally, because this is a silly production.
If you're bored, click here and hear what this is all about, I guess... borris.me/audio/w52.mp3
přeji všem požehnané Vánoce, plné lásky a porozumění. Je jedno, jak si svého Ježíška představujete, hlavně, že přijde a přinese světlo na nebe i do duší.
Straight from a studio engineer who released this autobiography for free: For those who are interested. These recollections of my time as a UK recording engineer look back on an era when capture of a performance and a good sound were paramount. They could only be achieved using ‘ears’ and ingenuity supported by minimal technology unassisted by computers, sequencers or plug-ins, none of which existed in studios at the time.
Check out this thread on the Samsung Community regarding the issue with Samsung TalkBack and Google TalkBack, and how it affects blind Samsung users. Please also share your frustrations to help raise awareness. eu.community.samsung.com/t5/ac… #Samsung #Accessibility #TalkBack
chtěli bychom vám všem upřímně poděkovat za vaši podporu a zapojení během roku 2024. Díky vám zůstává Fediverse místem, kde svoboda, otevřenost a spolupráce skutečně žijí.
Přejeme vám klidné a radostné Vánoce, naplněné pohodou, radostí a nezapomenutelnými momenty s vašimi blízkými. Ať je pro vás rok 2025 plný nových příležitostí, úspěchů a zajímavých setkání v našem digitálním prostoru.
Děkujeme, že jste s námi, a těšíme se na další společné kroky v budoucnu.
@pk84 Díky i tobě přeji krásné svátky. Já myslím, že fediverse má takové zbraně, že se to nezvrhne. Jaké si to tady uděláme, takové to budeme zde mít 👍👍
Oyez, je vous présente… le sélecteur de titres de #transportcollectif de #ARTM pour la grande région de #Montréal, zones A+B+C. La stupidité absolue d'avoir une technologie comme la carte Opus, le futur de demain de l'an 2008, et maintenir l'incompatibilité entre les régions avec… 5 types de cartes Opus. On ne peut mettre des billets "zone C" sur une carte Opus standard montréalaise.
Le #Québec n'a jamais rattrapé son retard face à la carte Octopus de Hong Kong de 1997.
I can't believe that my favourite piece of radio software still works, even though it hasn't been updated since 2017. Still fully accessible though and you can also record 2 feeds at once? Just bananas: RadioSure: radiosure.fr/download.html
I just installed RadioSure and tried it out using JAWS 2025. I'm so far not having much success using it. I can't get stations to play, even after ensuring that my sound source was correctly chosen in the program's audio settings. Finding the search box to look for a station was tricky but I eventually did locate it but so far no stations will play. Does it have a hotkey to move focus to the search box?
@DavidGoldfield Sorry, was out of the country. I'll find a station that works here and see if we can get it working at your end. Not sure if there's a way to update the radio database.
I really want to convey my appreciation for Ally. Of all of the generative chat bots I've used, Ally is what an AI chatbot should be. I appreciate that I can just ask it to focus on a specific image without the need to activate a button to upload a photo. Also, the latest Test Flight build now allows me to fine-tune it so that it just provides me with information without trying to act like my human best friend. It's a great service. Thank you for making it available.
Every year, Focus on the Family offers generous discounts on their audio dramas, including adaptations of the Narnia stories by C. S. Lewis, Little Women, a Christmas Carol and others. These files are in unprotected MP3 format and so they can be played on any device which can play MP3 audio files, such as a Victor Reader Stream, SensePlayer, Evo 10/12, smart phone, a BT Speak, etc. I don’t know when this sale began or when it expires. Several years ago, I purchased their Narnia stories, along with “a Christmas Carol” and the acting and production values were excellent. store.focusonthefamily.com/rad…
I didn't think I'd read word of new offerings. I think they've cut back a lot in terms of many areas so it wouldn't surprise me if this was cut back too. But I bought them years ago just as you did and was very happy with them too.
We are looking to hire an Advanced & Embedded Rust Trainer -
Do you have in-depth expertise in Rust & embedded Rust and the ability to teach advanced knowledge and skills to individuals or teams in both German and English? If so, we want to talk to you! The role can be full-time or part-time. And we encourage applications from all genders.
Overview of session Braille music as a tool Sources of braille music and how to access them Ways of getting music transcribed Overview of available automated transcription tools. Tips for making braille music files as useful as possible.
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Mike Gifford, CPWA
in reply to Ryan Androsoff • • •I really enjoyed @RyanAndrosoff #ThinkDigital #Podcast episode Welcome to Estonia. In Estonia I was struck about their investment in democracy and trust, as they build their digital #government.
#DigitalGovernment requires #Trust and this needs to be demonstrated.
Ryan Androsoff
in reply to Mike Gifford, CPWA • • •Trust is Everything (with Andres Raieste)
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