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Many users prefer to use an RSS feed reader to stay up to date with the content on the websites they visit. But if you've enabled Cloudflare on your website, you're likely blocking these RSS users from accessing your website content without realizing it. openrss.org/blog/using-cloudfl… #RSS #CloudFlare #WebDev

Using Cloudflare on your website could be blocking RSS users

Cloudflare's security features could be blocking RSS feed users from accessing your website
Open RSS
#webdev #RSS #cloudflare

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In case you didn’t know: You can use ground flaxseed meal in baked goods as a substitute for eggs. A 1-pound package is the equivalent of 70 eggs and costs less than $5 US. 🐣

1 egg = 1 tablespoon flaxseed + 3 tablespoons warm water

#FrugalWisdom #EverydayThrift #eggs #vegetarian

A 1-pound package of Bob’s Red Mill Whole Ground Flaxseed Meal lying face-up on a table.
#vegetarian #eggs #frugalwisdom #everydaythrift
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I'm still getting my head around this Mastodon thing, (my last post was 2 years ago)...my millennial brain seems to only compute with Instagram and Facebook marketplace at best - but I'm keen to share my work here as it seems like a welcoming space.

I make things - mostly freehand machine embroidery pieces. I'm fascinated by lichen-like forms - nature's ability to hold and transform is humbling in these current times.

#LichenSubscribe #TextileArt #Embroidery #FreehandMachineEmbroidery #contemporaryembroidery #Fungi #Lichen #Mosstodon #Nature #Textile #FibreArt

Lichen-like thread sculptures.
#nature #embroidery #lichen #Mosstodon #lichensubscribe #fungi #fibreart #textileart #freehandmachineembroidery #contemporaryembroidery #textile
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What a fantastic quote:

> We’re not becoming 10x developers with AI.
>
> We’re becoming 10x dependent on AI. There’s a difference.
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> Every time we let AI solve a problem we could’ve solved ourselves, we’re trading long-term understanding for short-term productivity. We’re optimizing for today’s commit at the cost of tomorrow’s ability.

source: nmn.gl/blog/ai-illiterate-prog…

AI is Creating a Generation of Illiterate Programmers

A couple of days ago, Cursor went down during the ChatGPT outage. I stared at my terminal facing those red error messages that I hate to see. An AWS error glared back at me. I didn’t want to figure it out without AI’s help.
N’s Blog

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Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)

“After 12 years of coding, I’d somehow become worse at my own craft”

Bingo. And that's why the #ProCraft movement needs to fight this dangerous technology with everything we've got.

(Alas I can't agree with the author when they say this: “I’m not suggesting we abandon AI tools—that ship has sailed.” Personally, I'm waiting for the ship to sink right into the ocean.)

#procraft
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So, after JAWS, NVDA is also kissing goodbye to SAPI 4 TTS engines, in 2026.
The support for Microsoft Speech API version 4 synthesizers is planned for removal in NVDA 2026.1. Any remaining users of SAPI4 speech synthesizers are encouraged to choose a more modern speech synthesizer.
github.com/nvaccess/nvda/pull/…
@NVAccess

Fix SAPI 4 driver by SaschaCowley · Pull Request #17599 · nvaccess/nvda

Link to issue number: Fixes #17516 Summary of the issue: After the move to exclusively Windows core audio APIs, the SAPI4 driver stopped working. Description of user facing changes The SAPI4 driver...
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@NV Access

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Good news for SAPI 4 users! Now SAPI 4 support is no longer planned for removal in NVDA 2026.1, and all warning messages has been removed. Also, now SAPI 4 voices use WASAPI as well, meaning that features such as audio ducking and leading silence trimming can now work with SAPI 4 voices. Check the newest alpha version alpha-35416, and please report issues you find on GitHub!

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@Friendica Support Why is it (bug or feature ;-) ) that I frequently have a difference in the number of comments indicated by the symbol and the text version:


Screenshot of a Friendica post. The speech bubble symbol show 46 comments, but the expand text tells "show 116" comments. This is encircled in red. Likewise, the double arrow symbol indicates 2 shares will the text in accordance also reads "2 Menschen teilen dies erneut. This is encircled in green.

The bubble symbol tells me 46 comments, but the expand text "116 comments". I would expect the same numbers here just like it is the case for reshared count?

I first thought my instance would not know the other comments, but since the higher number is the total amount of actual comments which are SHOWN, this theory seems wrong :-)

@Friendica Support

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Here It Is, the Worst Slack Bug
"...Without thinking too much of it, you accept an odd prompt that asks, “Do you want to include the entire chat history?”
Because yes, you think, of course it should include the chat history of the group DM you’ve been chatting in for ages. Who has time for this? There is business to conduct! Essential facts to convey! But the answer here is no, you do not want to do that. Because if you do, you will have ported your entire DM history with the first person you selected for the chat into the group DM...."
wired.com/story/slack-bug-shar…

Here It Is, the Worst Slack Bug

A glitch in Slack makes it possible to accidentally send your entire DM history with one person to other coworkers. Ask me how I know.
Andrew Couts (WIRED)

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migrating from #WhatsApp to another centralized platform is not a real solution, that's why we are here in the #Fediverse and not in #BlueSky

Migrate from #WhatsApp to #DeltaChat and other decentralized alternatives, break free out of the silos once and for all and stop feeding billionaires/CEO incubators

#ArcaneChat #XMPP #Matrix #SimpleX #Session #decentralization #encryption

#xmpp #matrix #fediverse #whatsapp #encryption #decentralization #session #bluesky #deltachat #simplex #arcanechat
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Google has released the source code for PebbleOS, the operating system behind the now dead Pebble smartwatch.

This will bring more life to older Pebble watches and perhaps new watches powered by it in the future. Credit where credit is due I guess.

rebble.io/2025/01/27/the-futur…

#smartwatch #opensource #os #operatingsystem

Rebble · The future of Rebble

Today we’re excited to announce several developments which will affect the future of Rebble. Let’s get straight into it, starting with the big one…🎉 Google O...
rebble.io
#opensource #os #smartwatch #operatingsystem

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What's interesting about algorithms?

The challenge of doing X with as few resources as possible (memory, etc).

What do OpenAI + friends do? The opposite.

"Lets assume we have unlimited resources & try to build a god."

No wonder they're losing their shit with the DeepSeek thing.

Addendum: whether DeepSeek or OpenAI, there's no such thing as AGI & attempting to build it results in harm: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/….

Don't make this into a "US vs China US has to win on AGI" thing please 🙄

The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence

The stated goal of many organizations in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI), an imagined system with more intelligence than anything we have ever seen.
firstmonday.org

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🚨 #PSA my Lovely #Crafting Peeps!

(This includes you if you have ever so much as reattached a broken-off handle to a coffee mug!)

Have found A Useful Site (if you need it) & Lovely Rabbit Hole (if you don't):

A website of recommendations for gluing This To That (#fabric to #leather, #ceramic to #vinyl, #styrofoam to #rubber, etc.), plus a trivia page & funny FAQs.

Also available en français

Enjoy! 😊

thistothat.com/index.shtml

#Crafts #Glue #Reference #Wood #Metal #Plastic #Glass #Adhesive


This to That

How to glue this to that
www.thistothat.com
#crafts #psa #ceramic #vinyl #metal #reference #rubber #wood #crafting #plastic #fabric #leather #styrofoam #glue #glass #adhesive
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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 11 updated (9 RB) and 1 added apps:

* SimpleTune: a Material 3 YouTube Music Client

apt.izzysoft.de/magisk had 4 #Magisk modules updated.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :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

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I totally missed the new @mixxx 2.5.0 release in december, I'm so happy mappings can have their own settings now instead of fiddling inside code file, and I've added the new settings UI to my Pioneer DDJ SX2 Mapping ! As well as a new setting. Not perfect, but it works and I can always iterate on it!

github.com/Krafting/Mixxx-Pion…

Thank you the Mixxx team for your amazing work ! :)

#djing #dj #mixxx #pioneer #DDJ #PioneerDDJ #DDJSX2


GitHub - Krafting/Mixxx-Pioneer-DDJ-SX2: Pioneer DDJ-SX2 MIDI Mapping for Mixxx.

Pioneer DDJ-SX2 MIDI Mapping for Mixxx. . Contribute to Krafting/Mixxx-Pioneer-DDJ-SX2 development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
#dj #Mixxx #djing #pioneer #ddj #pioneerddj #ddjsx2 @Mixxx DJ Software

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The owner of Meta wants more "masculine energy"? Well, I'm doing my best to bring my feminine energy to the Fediverse.

Hello! I'm Elena Rossini, an Italian filmmaker, photographer and FOSS advocate based in Paris, France.

Pictured here: at the Louvre museum after a portrait shoot (for a book jacket's author's pic: Monica Parker, The Power of Wonder). I'm proudly wearing around my neck my 3 cameras: a #Canon 5D Mark IV, a #Fujifilm X-T3 and a #Nikon Z fc (which has my favorite lens, a Sigma 30mm f/1.4).

I'm delighted to see Pixelfed growing into such a nice photo community.

A Caucasian woman wearing a blue blazer and blue jeans, with her brown hair up in a bun, holding 3 cameras
#canon #nikon #fujifilm

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anyone interested in helping out with maintaining the message parser for #deltachat desktop?

It's #test_driven_development like a #coding_puzzle, written in #rust :rust_ferris: with the #nom parser combinator library.

Repo: github.com/deltachat/message-p…

We have some bugs that I currently don't have the capacity to fix.


GitHub - deltachat/message-parser: Parsing of Links, Email adresses, simple text formatting (markdown subset), user mentions, hashtags and more in DeltaChat messages.

Parsing of Links, Email adresses, simple text formatting (markdown subset), user mentions, hashtags and more in DeltaChat messages. - deltachat/message-parser
GitHub
#rust #deltachat #test_driven_development #coding_puzzle #nom

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Don't get locked out of your own data in future! Use open, standardised formats – like the Open Document Format used in LibreOffice. Learn more on Document Freedom Day, March 26: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #freesoftware
Document Freedom Day logo

Document Freedom Day: Empowering the Digital World with Open Standards - The Document Foundation Blog

Every year, on the last Wednesday of March, advocates of free and open technologies come together to celebrate Document Freedom Day (DFD). In 2025, the Document Freedom Day will happen on March 26, and will be driven by the LibreOffice community.
Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
#FreeSoftware #foss #opensource

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Two projects we love are currently running a crowdsource campaign. The modular Open Hardware laptop MNT Reform Next is up on Crowdsupply where you can support them by buying a T-shirt or treat yourself to an OH laptop in pre-sale.
[1]And the Pixelfed and Loops team is seeking backers to support the development of these federated social networks with no ads, no algorithms and no tracking.

[2][1] crowdsupply.com/mnt/mnt-reform…
[2] kickstarter.com/projects/pixel…
#OpenHardware #FOSS #Fediverse #NGI #NGI0


MNT Reform Next Campaign is Now Live!

You can now back the next-generation open hardware MNT Reform Next laptop!
Crowd Supply
#foss #fediverse #ngi0 #ngi #openhardware

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Ukraine Daily summary - Monday, January 27 2025


 Russia launched over 1,250 bombs, 750 drones at Ukraine during Trump's first week in office -- Ukraine strikes drone storage facility in Russia's Oryol Oblast and destroys 200 Shaheds -- Russia bombs itself with 'smart bomb,' Astra reports -- Hungary bloc

Monday, January 27

Russia’s war against Ukraine


an apartment building at night with smoke coming out of the window

A vehicle of the Ukrainian White Angels police evacuation team rolls down a street in Pokrovsk on Jan. 25 as Russian troops advance close to the city. (Genya Savilov / AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine strikes drone storage facility in Russia's Oryol Oblast and destroys 200 Shaheds, General Staff reports. Ukrainian Air Force units and Defense Forces struck drone storage facilities in Russia's western Oryol Oblast on Jan. 26, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on Facebook on Jan. 26.

Russia launched over 1,250 bombs, 750 drones at Ukraine during Trump's first week in office. Russia fired 1,250 aerial bombs, over 750 attack drones, and 20 missiles at Ukraine in the past week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan 26.

Zelensky appoints Ground Forces Commander as head of Khortytsia Group. President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi, Commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine, as the head of the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group on Jan. 26.

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Ukrainian troops avoid encirclement in Velyka Novosilka, military says. Ukrainian troops successfully withdrew from some areas to avoid being encircled but fighting is ongoing around the village, which lies around 15 kilometers east of the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Russia bombs itself with 'smart bomb,' Astra reports. The bomb, a UMPB-250, was found in a village in Belgorod Oblast, but there were no casualties or damage.

Explosions reported in Khmelnytskyi, Ivano-Frankivsk amid drone attack, apartment building damaged in Dnipro. Several explosions were heard overnight on Jan. 27 in the western Ukrainian cities of Ivano-Frankivsk and Khmelnytskyi as Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine.

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International response


Fiber-optic cable between Latvia and Sweden significantly damaged in Baltic Sea, investigation underway. An underwater fiber optic cable belonging to the Latvian State Radio and Television Broadcasting Center (LVRTC) was significantly damaged on Jan. 26, reportedly due to external impact, according to LVRTC representative Vineta Sprugaine.

Washington orders USAID to suspend projects and funding in Ukraine, Suspilne reports. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), one of the largest official aid agencies in the world, has been told to stop projects in Ukraine following a 90-day foreign aid freeze imposed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ukrainian media Suspilne reported, citing sources in the agency.

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Ukraine war latest: Ukraine strikes drone storage facility in Russia's Oryol Oblast, General Staff reports

Ukrainian Air Force units and Defense Forces struck drone storage facilities in Russia's western Oryol Oblast on Jan. 26, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on Facebook on Jan. 26.

Photo: Andrew Roth/ The Washington Post via Getty Images

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Potential encirclement in Velyka Novosilka prompts questions about last-ditch withdrawal strategy

Located east of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the vital road-junction village was once home to 5,000 people. It’s now facing a similar fate to other Donbas strongholds, where Ukraine's delayed withdrawals resulted in avoidable casualties.

Photo: Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Transfer of Air Force personnel to infantry continues despite scandal

The Ukrainian military command's plan to throw high-skilled Air Force personnel into the infantry was said to be halted when the practice gained nationwide attention, followed by a condemnation from the president.

Photo: Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP / Getty Images

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How the Invictus Games help wounded veterans adapt to life after war

Nearly 400,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been injured and are unable to return to the front line. After coming back from the battlefield or captivity, they are often left to deal with their physical and mental trauma alone.

Photo: Invictus Games: Team Ukraine

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Belarus elections


Lukashenko poised to secure 7th term in Belarus 'sham' election. Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has reportedly secured 86.82% of the vote, according to preliminary results announced by the country’s Central Election Commission.

Belarus releases American citizen amid controversial election. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio identified the U.S. citizen as Anastassia Nuhfer, who was detained in early December 2024.

Hungary blocks EU statement condemning Belarus election as undemocratic, RFE/RL reports. Without unanimous support from all 27 EU countries, EU chief diplomat Kaja Kallas issued her own statement, declaring that the January 26 election in Belarus was "neither free nor fair."

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Zelensky appoints Ground Forces Commander as head of Khortytsia Group

Sonya Bandouil (The Kyiv Independent)
#Trump #Russia #EU #Ukraine #ukrainian #video #Sweden #elections #belarus #genocide #hungary #drones #Путин #Киев #геноцид #Украина #Donbas #strategy #dnipro #latvia #terrorists #sabotage #underwater #stolen #theft #Belarusian #apartments #Pokrovsk #damaged #vblog #evacuations #LVRTC #destroys #undemocratic #Astra #Shaheds #strongholds #missiles #investigation #USAID #UMPB-250 #Khortytsia #encircled #Lukashenko #Fiber-optic #Ivano-Frankivsk #Explosions #dictators #withdrawals #undersea #ships #Khmelnytskyi #casualties #villages

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Converting JSON-encoded RIPE NCC RIS Live BGP messages to BMPv3 wire format results in a significant reduction in outgoing data rates.

Check out github.com/robin-rpr/ris-kafka

I am soon going to offer a read-only public Kafka similar to stream.routeviews.org for consumption of RIS BGP Collector data with 48 hours of retention.

GitHub - robin-rpr/ris-kafka: Unofficial RIS Kafka

Unofficial RIS Kafka. Contribute to robin-rpr/ris-kafka development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
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