No-as-a-Service (NaaS) is a simple API that returns a random rejection reason. Use it when you need a realistic excuse, a fun “no,” or want to simulate being turned down in style. - hotheadhacker/n...
How did I vote in the federal election on the weekend? The simple answer? I didn't. Why? Because blind people in Australia still can't vote without a middle man. someone between us and our ballots, filling them in for us.
🗳️ Blind and vision impaired Australians still can’t vote independently — and that’s not just unfair, it’s undemocratic. We deserve to vote privately, safely, and with dignity. It’s time for real, accessible options — braille ballots, secure phone voting, equal rights. ✍️ I started a petition to demand change. Please sign it. Share it. Help us be heard. 👇 change.org/p/let-us-vote-indep…
"in a world where everyone is striving to reduce their energy footprint, sticking to a library that operates at only a quarter of its predecessor's efficiency, and six to nine times slower than the competition, contradicts global sustainability efforts"
It's difficult to show all the degradations in a reproducible single-threaded benchmark, so I never updated that ticket. But in a multithreaded workload, their heavy reliance on malloc and all the locking it requires interacts badly with every other need for synchronization in a process.
Now that OpenSSL 3.0 has made most structures opaque and required a _new() function to construct them, a lot of code that used to have no malloc dependencies is now quite malloc heavy. This effect ...
TBF, a big part of the article is a deep dive into the finding of where the performance hit lives, which I happily skipped over. That cut the reading time in two. Talk about performance :)
while I understand the reasoning, the position that modern libraries should support tls 1.0 doesn’t sit right with me. Especially with no caveats about limited use cases.
Not performance but security related; here's a CVE from 2019 that remains unfixed. OpenSSL finally acked it in 2024 as "feature request", with no plans to fix: github.com/openssl/openssl/iss… It affects Windows. Forks fixed it throughout the years.
This is a long time problem, and opening a new Issue to give it some visibility and place to discuss. OpenSSL loads its config (openssl.cnf) from a disk location baked into the binary at build time...
On Wednesday, May 28th at 19:30, Dr. Richard Stallman will deliver a keynote on Free/Libre Software and Freedom in the Digital Society at Libre Graphics Meeting.
See the details in the linked announcement regarding admission to the talk.
I also included a personal note on the decision, as I received mixed feedback.
October 14th, 2024 Richard Stallman (aka “RMS”) is the founder of GNU and the Free Software Foundation and present-day voting member of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) board of directors and “Chief GNUisance” of the GNU project.
So; when you come into a conversation, and this is your framing. You've already pre-decided the outcome and are working backwards to justify it.
I condemn in the strongest the invitation to, and elevation of, someone known to be a danger at physical events, who is unrepentant and who rejected every effort to be helped to find a way back.
Can you explain to me where stallmansupport.org is so wrong. Is it completely wrong or just partially? And vice versa, is the “report” completely right?
I also had the impression the “report” was written in a manipulative language and publishing it anonymously doesn’t support it either.
I’d be interested in a discussion that is not so emotionally loaded, and I’m open to arguments. I see and get to feel that you are upset.
This website refutes many of the accusations against Richard Stallman. It's the result of careful research from a rational and objective standpoint. It shows the truth, backed by the testimony of conscientious and thoughtful people.
@graphicore @halla @celesteh @federicomena @doctormo More practically and usefully: Why put yourself in the situation of “picking a side” on a clearly controversial issue, where multiple orgs have seen enough to officially cut ties, when there are surely many other people who could enjoy a spotlight and benefit the actual topic - without the risk? Why choose to do this? Pragmatically, does the move make sense?
standing up to bullies and against the injustice they promote through violence nearly always makes sense. that they choose violence to force others to join their character assassination campaigns is already a red flag that you don't wish to be on their side. that they demand swift submission, to deny people a chance to look into the facts, is more evidence that their violent tactics are not means to promote justice. now, of course, being a victim of their violence says nothing about you or anything who stood on their path is innocent; only looking into the facts can accomplish that. which is why they have to stop you so forcefully from seeking facts, isolating their victim and anyone else who defies their violence. it's really ugly, and it takes courage to stand up to them. but for anyone who cares about justice and against censorship and violence, standing up to them is the only move that makes any sense
(there are also plenty people tied up in false beliefs about the victims, induced by violence; whether they're mere victims of falsehoods or accomplices to the campaign of violence hinges on how they respond when called out for the violence they're participating in)
One boost = one tidbit about a classic woman science fiction writer who *isn't* Mary Shelley, Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia Butler, or James Tiptree Jr. (great as they are!)
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).
#Meta couldn't respect our privacy even if it wanted: The politicians will start crying that it needs to spy on us in the name of safety, if we complain they make up bizarre stories about threats to children caused by the internet till they get their way. Corrupt corporations are a huge issue but secondary, the primary problem it all stems from is government and authority being out of control.
#Meta couldn't respect our privacy even if it wanted: The government will start crying that it needs to spy on us in the name of safety, if we complain they make up bizarre stories about threats to children caused by the internet till they get their way. Corrupt corporations are a huge issue but secondary, the primary problem it all stems from is politicians and authority being out of control.
As a reminder, our webinar starts tonight (Tuesday) at 7:00 PM Eastern time. We'll have demos of some of the new features in the May 2025 BT Speak update and you'll also have an opportunity to ask questions to the Blazie Technologies team. us02web.zoom.us/j/81366824333?…
So I was browsing the Internet today, and so I found some weird script someone made for Linux which takes a screenshot and describes it with Gemini. As usual, read the script before running it and all that, I obviously wasn't the one who created it because I don't code, so I cannot answer any questions about it or make new features or anything like that. But yeah I mean it's also AI, so don't use it, and Linux will obviously be filled with slop because of this awful person who added A11yAI to Linux, but yeah here it is:
For some reason, the address displayed at my Firefox address bar contained "&dl=1" instead of only &dl=1 at the end. Copying and pasting the URL directly from your post worked.
On Wayland for screenshots, you seem to be out of luck on Gnome, as the tools which the ImageGrab PIL library tries either are X11 only, or require some Wayland protocols which do not exist in the Mutter's supported ones. But it would in Kde, it seems.
Yeah. I am using Gnome, mainly so I actually like some of its features (e.g. the quick system settings), and I can much more easily find out what's annoying me most, so it needs a fix.
In this post, I share some important insights from examining the accessibility of CSS-only carousels that use new features introduced in the #CSS Overflow Module Level 5 spec.
To help those readers who might be planning conference trips or vacations in Europe I thought I’d share this helpful map (which I found here) that was generated by one of those famously accur…
@ebassi oh yeah, tomorrow I will post how people can start setting their libravatar/gravatar images, so that people can move on from their hackergotchis on their own. End of an era tho. :)
Looking for a new laptop that runs Linux out of the box? Get a ThinkPad!
Lenovo has been offering ThinkPads with Fedora and @ubuntu preinstalled for a few years now. The more people who shop for these devices, the more attention they can give to this business!
Meanwhile an acquaintance boasted that a large tech company's codebase is being entirely analysed and combed for bugs using LLMs and that "it works so well" ... the mother of all code debts is what they are accruing, deservedly.
I just discovered the amazing Evertop project by @cobble2stone @ericjenott! Evertop is a portable PC that emulates an IBM XT with an 80186 processor and 1MB RAM, running DOS, Minix, and other old 1980s operating systems, including Windows up to version 3.0. Powered by a low-power microcontroller and an e-ink display, it can run for hundreds or even thousands of hours on a single charge, thanks to its built-in solar panel and extreme power-saving measures. It's loaded with built-in peripherals like a keyboard, PS/2 ports, graphics support, audio output, serial ports, USB, Ethernet, WiFi, and LoRA radio. Charging options include a solar panel, DC input, and micro USB. It features a detachable keyboard, optional hibernate, and power shutoff. Storage is via SD card, and it's powered by an Espressif ESP32 microcontroller. Compatibility includes almost all IBM PC/XT compatible DOS software from the 1980s and early 90s. There's also a minimal version, "Evertop Min," which reduces weight and cost by removing some features. I'd love to see a model with a Raspberry Pi Zero for more productivity-focused tasks. Let's see if someone is already working on something similar! #Evertop #RetroComputing #PortablePC #OpenSource #DIY #TechInnovation #Emulation #OffGridComputing #ESP32 #RaspberryPi #Minimalism #Productivity #EInk #solar #solarpanel #Typewriter
HOLLYWOOD, CA - After accidentally watching the South Korean film Parasite on Air Force One, Donald Trump has signed an executive order placing a 100% tariff on any movie that forces him to read.
This was only possible thanks to various other contributors, such as Jakub Steiner, who did a fantastic job with the design and style, and Alexandre Franke, who helped with various papercuts, ideas, and improvements.
As with any software, there might be regressions and issues. It would be a great help if you report any problems you find at gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Website…
[WIP] This is an implementation of Planet that uses a static website/feed generator and publishes as GitLab Pages Publishing address https://teams.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/websites/planet.gnome.org...
Some GNOME websites are getting modernized and simplified, but Planet GNOME has fallen behind. Not anymore. I started a prototype for a Python script to publish Planet GNOME with GitLab Pages/CI.
As Planet GNOME Editor, I am often asked to look for blog and syndication issues I couldn’t really address due to limited server-side access. With this, debugging indexing issues should be easier as it is just about looking at the CI job output.
Also, the Planet website is perceived as messy and outdated. So this work allowed Jakub Steiner to quickly jump in and restyle the page from a clean state.
Try it live at felipeborges.pages.gitlab.gnom… and let me know what you think. Keep in mind this is a proof of concept. Tips, feedback, and contributions are welcome in the project repo.
This still doesn’t produce the global Planet rss feed, just the webpage, but that’s in my TODO list too.
P.S.: I know feed readers/parsers can over-request rss/atom feeds. So I plan to cache data and use metadata to avoid redundant downloads before this is even considered as a replacement for the current Planet implementation. No worries. 😉
We’re thrilled to announce that Xogot, our native port of the Godot game engine for iPad, is now available on the Apple App Store!
Xogot brings the full power of Godot 4.
This story bundle with many African scifi books, including mine, ends in 16 days. If there are any "book influencers" here, or perhaps you want to run a campaign of some sort and need to give people a gift or bonus or something, let me know and I can get you gift codes.
See our in-progress draft accessibility Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.2 to Mobile Applications (WCAG2Mobile). It describes how Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 principles, guidelines, and success criteria can be applied to mobile applications, including native mobile apps, mobile web apps, and hybrid apps using web components inside native mobile apps.
This document describes how Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 [WCAG22] principles, guidelines, and success criteria can be applied to mobile applications, including native mobile apps, mobile web apps and hybrid apps using web component…
This talk covers the obvious issue of long-term identities and the
construction of the social graph and how some protections supposed to thwart the
social graph recovery are flawed.
No worries :) No new vulnerabilities will be presented: most things were previously discussed or are publicly documented. The idea of this talk is to compare the different approaches and trade-off of the reviewed protocols to give the audience a feeling about how well their metadata is protected, and to give developers ideas about improvements the other messengers already implemented. But I do want to reach out to ensure what I am gonna say is correct and does not misrepresent the security levels of each network.
Bangkok, 6 May 2025 – LG Electronics (Thailand) has received the prestigious TAB Digital Inclusive Award 2025 from the Thailand Association of the Blind (TAB), recognising the company’s commitment to accessible innovation.
Amazon has some Kindles and Kindle bundles on sale for Mother's Day, and some of the bundles are cheaper than buying a Kindle by itself. Here's the full list.
From Blazie Technologies: the May 2025 Update for the BT Speak is Live: Editor Enhancements, a More Universal Clipboard, NFB Newsline and Much More! groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/91…
Apple App Store users can only sign in on the built-in server list, Apple won't allow manually adding servers
Google Play users can manually add unlisted servers
F-Droid users get a *much* wider server list and can add servers manually
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