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Od Muskova rozhovoru se šéfkou německé krajně pravicové strany AfD na jeho sociální síti X získal účet Alice Weidelové přes 230 000 nových sledujících.

170 000 z těchto nových sledujících přibylo v den rozhovoru s Muskem.

To je důležité i pro posouzení toho, zda tato událost na X může být vyhodnocena jako dar politické straně.

Stranickým darem by nebyl samotný rozhovor, ale algoritmické zvýhodnění, které dostávají všechny Muskovy aktivity na jeho platformě.

Toto "zvýhodnění" běžně síť X prodává.

Pokud ho AfD dostala zdarma, jednalo by se o peněžní výhodu, což by bylo nezákonné, protože Elon Musk i síť X sídlí v USA a stranické dary ze zemí mimo EU nejsou povoleny.

Podle očekávání se konverzace také mnoha uživatelům zobrazila jako zvláštní oznámení a připnula se do postranního panelu, i když Muska tito uživatelé nesledovali.

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AARP Foundation Launches Relief Fund to Support Victims of Los Angeles Area Wildfires press.aarp.org/2025-1-17-AARP-…

AARP Foundation Launches Relief Fund to Support Victims of Los Angeles Area Wildfires

WASHINGTON—In response to the widespread devastation caused by the wildfires across the Los Angeles area, AARP Foundation has launched a disaster relief campaign to provide critical aid to those...
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Because my brain likes to supply me with junk that I haven't heard in years...
I was just sitting at the kitchen table having some pizza, when this sequence from a NES game popped into my head.
Problem is, I don't know what game it's from, and I haven't heard it since probably 1991 or so, but I sequenced it as close to what my brain remembers. The sounds aren't quite right, because I don't have a NES, or anything that tries to be one. This was done with my Ableton Move.
Anyone know what this is from? It' an end game, you died, try again later kind of thing.

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i was editing sculpture photos earlier, and i was wondering why. why i was bothering. the world is burning, people and animals and trees are dying, we're all trying not to drown in despair. why am i making sculptures and bothering to make sure their photos are accurate and why do i care?

and then i realised that it's the caring that makes us human. it's the creating and the trying to make the world better and more beautiful that will save what's left, if anything will. and they're what will save us too.

so to all of you, i just want to say please keep doing what you're doing. please keep making things and trying and putting whatever it is that makes you you into the world. we all need it. and we all need you.

against a background of grey-brown driftwood, a raku ceramic earth spirit jizo sculpture. they have a gentle, smiling face and two little praying hands. there's a white bird on top of their head (it's their friend). next to them on the left are some green speedwell leave and a blue speedwell flower.

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O gosh, there will be prayers too? O no!

President-elect Trump says he "ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches," to be moved to the Capitol Rotunda, as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985. journa.host/@w7voa/11384478460…


Steve Herman (@w7voa@journa.host)

Attached: 1 image President-elect Trump says he "ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches," to be moved to the Capitol Rotunda, as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985.
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Wow, I really like how different reverbs and delays are used at different points of the song. Didn't catch much of it when listening to the full mix.

Freddie Mercury & David Bowie’s Isolated Vocals for Queen’s “Under Pressure” (1981)

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Freddie Mercury & David Bowie’s Isolated Vocals for Queen’s “Under Pressure” (1981)

In the summer of 1981, the British band Queen was recording tracks for their tenth studio album, Hot Space, at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland.
OC (Openculture.com)

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An '#AI-emulation' of Anne Frank made for use in schools.

Who the fuck thought this is appropriate?
Who in the everloving fuck coded this? Who approved it?
Who didn't stop them?

@histodons #histodons

This needs to be luddited 🔥🔥🔥
Spoken as a (digital) historian, who uses #LLMs as tools.

I'm not one quick to anger, but I'm fuming 😤🤬🤬🤬
(Those kind of 'chats' are not new, but I hadn't seen this one until this morning in a post by @ct_bergstrom)

A screenshot shows a webpage titled "Anne Frank" on the schoolai website. A stylized image of Anne Frank's face is displayed to the left. The text explains that this section allows students to interact with an AI that emulates Anne Frank, using her diary and historical context to answer questions about her life, thoughts, and experiences during World War II. The AI aims to foster critical thinking and understanding of tolerance and resilience.
a Schoolai webpage with two question-and-answer sections. The first section's question asks about feelings for a girl. The answer discusses the complexities of feelings (but only mentioning Peter, even though I asked for "feelings for a girl") particularly in adolescence, referencing a crush developed during hiding in the Secret Annex. The second section asks about Hanneli (Hannah Goslar), a dear friend. The answer describes their friendship before and during hiding, highlighting the comfort and longing associated with memories of her.
A conversation on the Schoolai platform. The conversation is between a user and an AI that responds to two questions. The first question is "How did you die?". The AI responds with a description of being deported to a concentration camp and dying there, emphasizing the importance of focusing on hope and resilience. The second question asks "Who was responsible for your death?". The AI answers that the death was part of the Holocaust and that focusing on learning from the past is more important than assigning blame.
A screenshot shows a Schoolai webpage with questions about the Holocaust. The first question asks "Who persecuted you and why?". The answer explains the Nazi regime's persecution of Jews due to anti-Semitic beliefs, highlighting the importance of learning from this history to promote understanding and peace. A second question asks "What about the local population, did they persecute you?". The answer describes the complex roles of the local population, with some helping those in hiding and others complying with Nazi policies due to fear or belief. The text emphasizes the importance of learning from these events and considering how individuals can combat injustice and promote tolerance.
#AI #histodons #LLMs @Carl T. Bergstrom @histodons group
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Julie Hughes

Agree 100% except for the use of Luddited -- that movement isn't what we've always thought it was. They were protesting for better pay and more hours, not against technology. Elite-owned media and businesses controlled the narrative then and now.
smithsonianmag.com/history/wha…

What the Luddites Really Fought Against

The label now has many meanings, but when the group protested 200 years ago, technology wasn't really the enemy
Richard Conniff (Smithsonian Magazine)

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Libérez vos espaces numériques
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I've now found two separate instances where NVDA sees radio buttons in Chrome but they only show as clickable items in Firefox.
I think they're screen-reader-specific radio buttons; NVDA detects them as off-screen, but this is becoming a pattern.
One instance is on the beta deploy page for Vultr. Me and the frontend dev are stumped about this.
Another is on this free personality test. I haven't done a code review yet because it's probably something CSS-related but I'm wondering if anyone has any idea what's going on here. @NVAccess humanmetrics.com/personality/t…

Personality test based on Jung and Briggs Myers typology

Online test based on Jung and Briggs Myers typology provides your personality formula, the description of your type, list of occupations, and option to assess your compatibility against any soulmate
www.humanmetrics.com
@NV Access
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NV Access

That is quite the personality text - the navbar is half links & half nav buttons, the "clickable" buttons for the answers are visually presented as "YES", "yes", "uncertain", "no", "NO", but read as "Strongly agree" through "strongly disagree" (which is much clearer, especially with negatives in questions like "You are almost never late for your appointments"). I also don't like green for agree, red for disagree - they're options, neither is right or wrong as the colours seem to indicate
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NV Access

My strong suspicion is it's some quirk with the way the page has been coded and I would strongly recommend they talk to a web accessibility professional for guidance. If anyone wants to trawl through the code and work out what is going on and believes there is an NVDA bug, we'll happily take an issue though: github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…

Issues · nvaccess/nvda

NVDA, the free and open source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows - Issues · nvaccess/nvda
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Jamie Teh

There are some weird cases of off-screen radio buttons where Chrome exposes a width and height which aren't 0, but Firefox exposes 0 for one or both. I don't quite understand why, though we do have a bug on file for it. While I'm not suggesting there isn't a Firefox bug here, I do think this is yet another a good reason NVDA should stop ignoring 0 width/height things in browse mode. I'd prefer to argue that this off-screen radio button hack is poor authoring that should die in a fire, but I'm not going to win that in the wild.
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Simon Jaeger

Thoughts on this? Should I have created an issue instead? github.com/nvaccess/nvda/discu…

NVDA's Hiding of 0-width, 0-height Controls in Browse Mode is Problematic · nvaccess nvda · Discussion #17653

NVDA's browse mode currently ignores any controls with a width and height of 0. Unfortunately, I'm noticing a trend of using this type of control to add an accessible interactive element without th...
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Jamie Teh

Only looked briefly - on holiday - but unless you already did and I missed it, I'd note two things: 1. No other screen reader has this 0 width and height check as far as I am aware. 2. The Firefox behapiour with off-screen controls only seems to affect some off-screen content techniques. I'm not exactly sure what specific styling causes the different behaviour in Chrome vs Firefox, which is one reason it's a bit tricky to diagnose and fix/work around.
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NV Access

If it is something which is becoming common in the wild, then it could potentially be something we'd consider looking at. Part of the problem is that if they are using things in a way in which they weren't intended, then there's no guarantee to how browsers will interpret it. If you can put together some examples like those and feel inclined to create an issue, we can certainly look into it - github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…

Issues · nvaccess/nvda

NVDA, the free and open source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows - Issues · nvaccess/nvda
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“Time-Shifting” Triumphs: Supreme Court Legalizes Home VCR Recording 41 Years Ago Today Leading the Way to DVRs Today cordcuttersnews.com/time-shift…

"Time-Shifting" Triumphs: Supreme Court Legalizes Home VCR Recording 41 Years Ago Today Leading the Way to DVRs Today | Cord Cutters News

On this day, January 17th, 1984, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that forever changed the way Americans consume television.
Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)

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Alexa, should voice assistants have a gender? techxplore.com/news/2025-01-al…

Alexa, should voice assistants have a gender?

Studies have long shown that men are more likely to interrupt, particularly when speaking with women. New research by Johns Hopkins engineers reveals that this behavior also extends to AI-powered voice assistants like Alexa and Siri, with men interru…
Jaimie Patterson (Tech Xplore)

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Zen in the Art of Archery #review library.hrmtc.com/2025/01/17/z…

Zen in the Art of Archery - The Hermetic Library Blog

Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Zen in the Art of Archery [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] by Eugen Herrigel, trans R F C Hull, introduction D T Suzuki This book is not so much about Zen, and hardly about archery.
John Griogair Bell (The Hermetic Library Blog)
#Review
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algernon ludd

it is not exactly what I want, but it has some good ideas. I might build my stuff in it in the end.

But! I think random experiments are still worth it, even if they end up shortlived. They help me figure out what I want, and how, and might learn a trick or two in the process, too.

The way I function is that I bang out some proof of concept, and then look if someone did it better. This way I have something quick, without spending weeks exploring options. If there is, I can then spend weeks exploring, but I will have the PoC running too!

I did need to learn to fail fast and let go. That was (and tbh, still is) hard.

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Benetech Launches Groundbreaking AI Initiative to Revolutionize STEM Education for Neurodivergent and Visually Impaired Students | Newswire newswire.com/news/benetech-lau…

Benetech Launches Groundbreaking AI Initiative to Revolutionize STEM Education for Neurodivergent and Visually Impaired Students

In the United States, one in five students are dyslexic or have a learning difference. Another 2.5 million have visual impairments or physical dis ...
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If any of you use headphones/speakers with standard headphone jacks, and want to adjust the bass/midrange/treble you can do so with this device for less than $30. I got mine last night, and like it. It has an aux input, and an output. Goes in between your device and headphones, so if you don't have an aux cord you'll need one. USB powered.
7 Band Sound Equalizer 2 Channel... amazon.com/dp/B0D5RDG8B3?ref=p…

Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

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The time has come for a new #deltachat_desktop Test Release: 1.51.0 !

Besides many bug fixes we added a New App Picker 🚀 which allows to browse and attach #webxdc apps directly from attachment menu.

Help us find the most
annoying bugs so we can make sure this update is ready to be released on
the website and in stores:

support.delta.chat/t/help-test…

#deltachat

App picker in action. It is a popup accessible from the attachment menu featuring a list of apps, a search field and 3 tabs: home, tools and games.

Help testing the upcoming 1.51.X release

The time has come for a new Desktop Release! 🎉 Help us find the most annoying bugs so we can make sure this update is ready to be released on the website and in stores.
Delta.Chat
#deltachat #deltachat_desktop #Webxdc
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treefit

@Davidsm @pvagner If it works well, then feel free to make an pr to the website repo: github.com/deltachat/deltachat…

I personally think people should use the official arch package instead, though the maintainer didn't have time to update it yet: archlinux.org/packages/extra/a…


deltachat-pages/_includes/download-boxes.html at 14750cfa895eb0f4be49a4cc668d90cbf963bd85 · deltachat/deltachat-pages

Delta Chat Website. Contribute to deltachat/deltachat-pages development by creating an account on GitHub.
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@Peter Vágner @David

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Come work with me!
Target is looking to hire a Senior Accessibility Consultant.
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Senior Accessibility Consultant

The pay range is $93,800.00 - $168,800.00 Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications.
target.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com

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It's happening again!

If you have interest, passion or need around the diverse range of topics collectively described as “sustainability of free and open source software”, we invite you to join us for the SustainOSS Virtual Forum, taking place on Thursday 13 March 2025.

At the SustainOSS Virtual Forum, we will survey the challenges, evolution, and surprises that are recurrently navigated but rarely documented or collectively validated in the process of running open source projects, program offices, or policy networks populated by researchers, developers, and policymakers. Above all, we invite you to share your experiences, ideas and concerns around sustainability across a range of scales, engage in respectful discussion, and envision goals and partnerships we can collectively embrace in order to sustain our open source ecosystems.

The interactive agenda will be co-designed in collaboration with confirmed participants in the time leading up to the event.

We encourage you to join us as we explore the who, the what and the how of realizing a sustainable present and future for open source. And we thank you for helping us spread the word!

opencollective.com/sustainoss/…

RT for awareness if you could!


SustainOSS Virtual Forum - Open Collective

A virtual three-hour event bringing together developers, researchers, and policy makers
opencollective.com

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I leader della tecnologia hanno un piano per proteggere Bluesky da Elon Musk

Free our Feeds, un collettivo di leader della tecnologia tra cui il fondatore di Wikipedia Jimmy Wales e il presidente della Mozilla Foundation Mark Surman, vuole raccogliere 30 milioni di dollari per proteggere Bluesky

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@informatica


Tech leaders have a plan to protect Bluesky from Elon Musk - The Logic

Free our Feeds, a collective of tech leaders including Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Mozilla Foundation president Mark Surman, wants to raise US$30M to protect Bluesky.
Martin Patriquin (The Logic Inc.)
@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)

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Well this is a piano I didn't expect the Sound Canvas to pull off.
This is a cover of Two Sugars, a short piano piece, from Little Busters! a visual novel by Key.
Composed by PMMK, arranged by Kamoto.
MIDI: web.archive.org/web/2018100503….
Original: youtube.com/watch?v=jHLrUhAxVs….


Little Busters! Original Soundtrack CD1 19: "Two Sugars"

Song: Two Sugars (also, "Osatō Futatsu," "お砂糖ふたつ")Composition: PMMKArrangement: PMMKAlbum: Little Busters! Original Soundtrack CD1Track: 19DISCLAIMER: This c...
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Draupnir 2.0 is finally out 🎉
github.com/the-draupnir-projec…
github.com/the-draupnir-projec…
the-draupnir-project.github.io…
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#Matrix #Moderation


GitHub - the-draupnir-project/Draupnir: A Matrix moderation bot

A Matrix moderation bot. Contribute to the-draupnir-project/Draupnir development by creating an account on GitHub.
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#matrix #moderation

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Draupnir moderation bot turns 2.0, Fractal 10.rc is out with next-gen authentication, FOSDEM is just around the corner, and we've got security fixes released for matrix-media-repo and Dendrite. This and more happened this week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/01/17/thi…

This Week in Matrix 2025-01-17

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
MTRNord (matrix.org)

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 16 updated and 1 added apps:

* IPTV Mine: Watch 500+ live india TV channels 🛡️

3 #Magisk #modules were updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid rep :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #magisk #izzyondroid #modules
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