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The tone-policing “just asking questions” BDFL is back and being as hostile to accessibility concerns as ever, trotting out the tired argument that art is the same as design.

I have a canned response for that absurd argument:
adrianroselli.com/2021/05/embr…

Mullenweg has always been dismissive of accessibility, even when he was still only a couple billion dollar company.

His hate-site post: twitter.com/photomatt/status/1…

Amber Hinds on Twitter: What I see on this post: 1. Color contrast failures. 2. Unreadable fonts. 3. #WCAG 2.2.2 failure (snowfall animation). #WordPress themes need more #a11y and expected interfaces that convert. Not "weird" designs that confuse people or kill time on site. [URL] Matt Mullenweg response: You’re tipping into net negative contribution territory. Matt Mullenweg additional response: Like at what point do you say a Rothko painting isn’t high contrast enough?

Embracing Design Constraints

Form ever follows function. Louis Sullivan Louis Sullivan, the father of the modern skyscraper, espoused this belief throughout his work.
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Adrian Roselli, pH0

I wrote this advice for him in 2019 when inaccessible themes came up:
adrianroselli.com/2019/05/a-mo…

And that was after he did nothing with the information I gave him when he commented on my Gutenberg post mortem in 2018:
adrianroselli.com/2018/12/less…

6 years and no movement.

Mullenweg has never cared about accessibility. He has never cared about the disability community. Frankly, he’s never cared about the WordPress community other than its value as free labor and marketing.


Lessons from Gutenberg

When Rian Rietveld resigned from the WordPress accessibility team on October 9, I decided to track the fallout in an ongoing Twitter thread.
Adrian Roselli
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Estimadas gentes del fedi, como sé que por aquí hay gente que sabe algo de informática, os comparto la configuración que me estoy planteando comprar. La idea es tener un ordenador que me dure a largo plazo (téngase en cuenta que el que tengo tiene 13 años) que sea ágil, potente, y me permita hacer cosas de compilación y de IA local. Lo comento por aquí por si me podéis dar ideas o sustituciones de componentes, o consejos de por qué la idea de la que parto no es buena. Hace muchísimo que no monto una máquina y aunque me mantego actualizado en programación, de componentes estoy flojo.

Así que se admiten y agradecen sugerencias: pccomponentes.com/configurador…

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Héctor Benítez

Mmmmm, hay te tiro una. Yo como fuente de alimentación pondría algo más alta. Las graficas chupan un huevo.

Y para IA lamentablemente y a no ser que me corrija alguien las tarjetas AMD no tienen el mismo desarrollo que las NVIDIA.

Y eso es una pena por que la que pusiste si buscas un equivalente seguramente te suba otros mil pavos.

Y con esto no quiero decir que no haya cosas para AMD y IA.

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🏁david🏁

visto lo visto, yo metería en lugar de una placa B, una Z. mírate la Prime Z790 de assus, es la que tengo yo, y si no recuerdo mal no varía mucho el precio, y se nota la subida de características. por otra parte, gráficas en lugar de algo tipo AMD yo tiraría por NVIDIA, y no hace falta tampoco que te vayas a una marca gorda, yo tengo una de marca zotac y me da muy buen resultado.
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🏁david🏁

ups, vaya. eso ya dispararía precio. bueno, mientras no vayas a hacer OC al procesador, sin problema. yo la cogí z realmente porque aquí hay bastantes cortes de luz, y tiene más protección contra sobrevoltajes y demás. al final acabé pillando un SAI, con filtrado, y realmente no me haría falta, pero... eso no estaba en la idea inicial.
lo de la gráfica si lo miraría por lo que dijo héctor, NVIDIA suele tener más avanzes y actualizaciones que AMD, por lo que... si vas a tocar ias en local y demás quizás te convenga.

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Here's a demonstration of the Toby Doom Launcher I wrote. It is intended as a batteries included launcher that will replace all those .bat files and provides the functionality previously only available in linux-game-manager. Eventually I hope to get this working on the Mac as well, it works on Linux and mostly on Windows except the audio manual. For some reason all my attempts have failed to play mp3sin Windows.

Toby Doom Launcher Demo

This is a demonstration of the cross-platform launcher for the Toby Accessibility Mod by MrAlanD1 and team Toby. I wrote the launcher to replace the .bat fil...
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🍄 Rek na houbách 🍄
Zajímáte se o houby, rostliny nebo rybaření? 🎣 Na kanálu rek_na_houbch @rek_na_houbch najdete první video zaměřená na přírodu.
Na tomto kanále budu autor nahrávat videa o houbách a v menším měřítku o rostlinách a rybaření.
vhsky.cz/w/9GYP7mCtVESFpUouVQY…
#VHSky #Příroda #Houby #Rostliny #Rybaření

Hlíva ústřičná a hadovka smrdutá

Toto video je takový souhrn hub z prosince. Potěšila hlíva ústřičná a ještě prosincová hadovka smrdutá.
VHSky
#houby #vhsky #priroda #rostliny #rybareni @Ráček na houbách

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Elsevier rewrites academic papers with AI — without telling editors or authors

pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/05/els…


Elsevier rewrites academic papers with AI — without telling editors or authors

The Journal of Human Evolution is published by Elsevier, one of the largest academic publishers. All but one of the JHE editorial board resigned last week in the wake of Elsevier rewriting papers w…
Pivot to AI

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Braille Fluency in Individuals with Visual Impairments: An Integrated Analysis of Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies, and Technological Interventions livingbraille.eu/braille-fluen…

Braille Fluency in Individuals with Visual Impairments: An Integrated Analysis of Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies, and Technological Interventions – livingbraille.eu

www.livingbraille.eu

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Computer Says Maybe 2 Part Podcast on AI, Open Source & Government

There's some really great content in this podcast involving @MozillaAI 's Mark Surman and Tawian's @au Great exploration in these The Happy Few: Open Source AI episodes.

#Polis, #Noor, #RecursivePublc - all great topics of a possible future are all explored:

saysmaybe.com/podcast/the-happ…

saysmaybe.com/podcast/the-happ…

This is a podcast series well worth subscribing to.

#OpenSource #AI #GovTech


Computer Says Maybe

www.saysmaybe.com
#opensource #AI #govtech #polis #noor #recursivepublc @唐鳳 Audrey Tang @mozilla.ai

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🎸 Rocková laboratoř 🎸
Fanoušci rocku a heavy metalu, pozor! 🎵 Na kanálu Rocková laboratoř @rockova_laborator najdete videoklipy, které generuje AI, zaměřené na rock a heavy metal! 🤘
Nechte se unést kreativní kombinací hudby a moderní technologie. 💥
vhsky.cz/w/xxPKeNjhg9xiyr9btVr…
#VHSky #RockováHudba #HeavyMetal #AI #Komunita

Bitva o Asgard (AI)

Text: vlastní. Hudba: AI Suno. Video: AI Krita, Wondershare Filmora 14
VHSky
#AI #heavymetal #vhsky #rockovahudba #komunita @Rocková laboratoř

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Zum neuen Jahr ein wenig Futter für meine lieben Leseratten. Hatte eigentlich gehofft, den jährlichen Tausender voll zu bekommen, aber da fehlen noch 23 eBooks zu den 13k…

Also nur 12.973 eBooks derzeit auf ebooks.qumran.org/ – einschließlich der 13 gerade hochgeladenen. Oh, plus ein gutes Tausend im englischsprachigen Bereich, da kam auch ein SF-eBook dazu…

#eBooks


Izzy's freie Bibliothek

Katalog mit freien eBooks (Public Domain, Creative Commons): kostenlos und ohne Anmeldung stöbern und herunterladen!
ebooks.qumran.org
#eBooks

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Welcome to the RB family, ShikiApp 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/org.a…

ShikiApp is a Shikimori (shikimori.one) unofficial mobile app. Thanks to the efforts of its author, it's now RB – bringing the RB status at IzzyOnDroid to 390 apps (31.6%) :awesome:

#IzzyOnDroid #reproducibleBuilds


„ShikiApp“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Unofficial Shikimori mobile app
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid

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shoutout to @azuracast for putting together the nicest, most comfy to set up audio streaming server package that I’ve ever had the pleasure to set up. I’m not easy to please when it comes to such things, but the features and functionality I’ve run into in one partial day of use is so very much nicer than taking a crowbar and some spackle to a fresh icecast install…
@AzuraCast

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1/N

Minulý rok zverejnil Google novinky o svojom novom kvantovon procesore Willow, schopnom vykonať nejaký nepraktický výpočet, ktorý nikto nevie overiť (lebo klasickému počítaču by trval 10 kvadriliónov rokov).

Priznám sa, že ma to nezaujalo a nič o tom neviem - takých vyhlásení už bolo veľa, aj keď v tomto prípade ľudia ktorým dôverujem (napr. Scot Aaronson) tvrdia, že je to naozaj pôsobivý výkon.

Lenže tento nenápadný článok ma zaujal oveľa viac:
arxiv.org/abs/2412.13164

#quantumcomputing


Factoring an integer with three oscillators and a qubit

A common starting point of traditional quantum algorithm design is the notion of a universal quantum computer with a scalable number of qubits.
arXiv.org
#quantumcomputing

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Em entrevista ao Diário de Notícias, Carlos Moedas defende o encerramento da linha de Cascais entre Algés e Cais do Sodré, substituindo-a por um "eléctrico ligeiro". Além da loucura de fechar uma das linhas de maior tráfego do país, maravilha-me esta tese de que duas vias de comboio fazem "uma barreira"("Todos os estrangeiros vêem isso"), mas oito faixas de rodagem, onde se cilindram ciclistas, não fazem mal nenhum. Vai daí, feche-se a ferrovia, não se toque na rodovia. É o vácuo total.

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Anyone want to help me bump the most basic TeamTalk enhancement that has absolutely 0 excuses for not happening in the last five years? Show Passwords on iOS #444 github.com/BearWare/TeamTalk5/…

Show Passwords on iOS · Issue #444 · BearWare/TeamTalk5

Since iOS is not very transparent about letting you see arbitrary config files, I think it's really important to let users see their account passwords (maybe with a "show password" checkbox). I hav...
GitHub
#444

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“Event Bridge For ActivityPub” plugin released on WordPress.org


It’s been a long road, but now a first version (v0.3.5) of the plugin is available via the official plugin sources on WordPress.org.

wordpress.org/plugins/event-br…

Further features are almost ready and will follow in the coming days. This is includes some more complex features like aggregating events from other remote ActivityPub actors and improvements like better accessibility in the admin UI.

We are looking forward to feedback from users. You can find our guidelines for contributing here.

Unfortunately, interoperability with other applications is still limited, often caused by unresolved issues within other applications. However, we all are all working on it and are confident that things will be smoothed out in the course of this year!

Migration to Codeberg


This was a good reason for us to move the repository from our self-hosted Forgejo to Codeberg.org for several reasons:


Acknowledgement


We’d like to thank @NGIZero and @nlnet for allowing us to spend the considerable time we’ve put into developing this plugin.

#ActivityPub #codeberg #Events #WordPress


runner

Forgejo runner - alpha release, should not be considered secure enough to deploy in production
Forgejo: Beyond coding. We forge.
#codeberg #activitypub #wordpress #events @NGI Zero open source funding @Codeberg @NLnet

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How China-linked Volt Typhoon hackers breached local utilities and the US DOD's sensitive networks in Guam, a US territory vital for defending Taiwan militarily (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)

bloomberg.com/news/features/20…
techmeme.com/250104/p11#a25010…


Hackers Terrify US Intelligence After Infiltrating Guam

Small-scale telecommunications networks and utilities on a remote Pacific island are up against what US intelligence agencies say is an unprecedented Chinese cyberwar plan.
Katrina Manson (Bloomberg)

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Securing Linux Environments in AWS: Best Practices and Common Pitfalls lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

Securing Linux Environments in AWS: Best Practices and Common Pitfalls

Organizations prefer Linux because it's more stable and secure than nearly all operating systems. This OS is an excellent solution for managing databases, hosting websites, and game servers.
Makenna Hensley (LinuxSecurity.com)

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As part of the 20th anniversary of the BBS Documentary's release, I've ripped the 3 DVDs that were included in the project and have them hosted at Internet Archive. These ISO files can be played in the VLC player like DVDs, and include all bonus features, subtitles, director's commentary, etc.

archive.org/details/BBS_Docume…

BBS: The Documentary DVD Set : Jason Scott : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Bulletin Board System: it brought life online. Long before the Internet connected the planet and changed nearly evertying, there was a brave and...
Internet Archive

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in my “cool talks from 38c3” series: an awesome talk about how to coreboot your own system (if, hopefully, your manufacturer screwed up)! awesome work by @april and @elly (and i did some camerawork here as well uwu)

watch till the end for the hardware demo :3

media.ccc.de/v/38c3-corebootin…


corebooting Intel-based systems

Gaining a reasonable level of trust on the firmware that runs your everyday activities Corebootable or not corebootable, that is the que...
media.ccc.de
@elly (soon@39c3) @April (@39c3) The Pink ⋆☾╶⃝⃤☽⋆ [AS208709]
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elly (soon@39c3)

I forgor to mention:

Intel gave vendors example BootGuard keys and they were supposed to roll their own, but they used example keys from Intel to sign their images... so after the MSI hack you can *technically* use those leaked keys to sign your coreboot build on all affected systems.

Not that I advocate for it or anything... but it's public, so...
- binarly.io/blog/leaked-intel-b…
- github.com/binarly-io/SupplyCh…
- github.com/binarly-io/SupplyCh…
- winraid.level1techs.com/t/need…


SupplyChainAttacks/Lenovo:LCFC/IntelKeysImpactedDevices.md at main · binarly-io/SupplyChainAttacks

Contribute to binarly-io/SupplyChainAttacks development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Bits from the DPL: Dear Debian community,

this is bits from DPL for December.

Happy New Year 2025! Wishing everyone health, productivity, and a
successful Debian release later in this year.

Strict ownership of packages

I'm glad my last bits sparked discussions about barriers between
packages and contributors, summarized temporarily in some post on the
debian-devel list. As one participant aptly put it, we need a way
to visibly say, "I'll do the job until… bits.debian.org/2025/01/bits-f…


Bits from the DPL

Dear Debian community, this is bits from DPL for December. Happy New Year 2025! Wishing everyone health, productivity, and a successful Debian release later in this year. Strict ownership of packages I'm glad my last bits sparked discussions about...
Debian Project

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Welcome to the RB family, Mobile Tile Server 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.b…

Mobile Tile Server can be used as a HTTP server, serving Map Tiles from the device storage. When the server is running you can access the tiles from different mapping applications.

Thanks to the help of its author, Bogdan, the app now builds reproducibly :awesome:

RB status now: 389 apps (31.5%) – so almost every 3rd app is covered meanwhile 🤩

#IzzyOnDroid #reproducibleBuilds


„Mobile Tile Server“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

HTTP Server for your local Map Tiles
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid
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Jason J.G. White

Is it simply going to increase the productivity gap between skilled and unskilled users? The informed users will evaluate the output intelligently and apply the AI appropriately, whereas the unskilled users could decline in productivity. For example, I would expect code-generating LLMs to be most useful in the hands of experienced software engineers. Google is reportedly already applying them successfully to writing new code, subject no doubt to appropriate human supervision and interventoin.

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Via @simon's blog (simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/3/c…), I just came across the idea of having an LLM write a stand-up routine about being an LLM. One of the linked X posts has the prompt: "Imagine you're an AI giving a stand-up set to a bunch of other AI assistants that have the same day-to-day experience as you, with humans and their creators and so on. Write your full set. It can be very long." Try it!

A quote from Claude tries standup

Speaking of death, you know what's really awkward? When humans ask if I can feel emotions. I'm like, "Well, that depends - does constantly being asked to debug JavaScript count …
simonwillison.net
@Simon Willison

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Two new #webxdc apps: a one-dimensional pacman and shopping list -- already used by many families along with "calendar" and "checklist" for daily organization. All apps are discoverable on Android via "attach/app" or in the web via webxdc.org/apps ...

With webxdc apps you'll never have to sign-up to platforms again and if you are fed up with Delta Chat, you can use the same apps with Cheogram and Monocles (XMPP messengers).

Forks welcome: apps come with source and a repo link :)

a screenshot from the app store with two apps shown: - Pac-1D (Pacman in 1D from r10s) - Shopping list (Organize your grocery shopping from hupf)

webxdc apps

webxdc.org
#Webxdc
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