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Ever since I switched to #GNU #Linux in my private life, using #Windows at work gives me near-daily headaches. I have full admin rights, yet I constantly fight the system: forced updates, inconsistent behavior, sluggish UI, weird errors buried in the registry.

I used to think this was just how #computers worked. But after experiencing the #freedom and clarity of #FOSS, Windows feels more like an obstacle than a tool.

Going back feels wrong.

#os #opensource #free #arch #Fensterfreitag

A Windows logo, with a Tux penguin logo peeking out from one of the small panes of the four windows.
#linux #foss #free #opensource #Windows #gnu #arch #computers #freedom #os #Fensterfreitag
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Jason J.G. White

@esoteric_programmer Having come from a Linux background, I was rather surprised to discover upon using a Windows machine seriously for the first time that some of the error messages were displayed as 32-bit hex error codes. Searching the Web for help often leads to interminable forum threads in which people who don’t know what’s causing the error try to help others who don’t know either. Diagnosing such errors would be a good task for a specialized LLM.
@the esoteric programmer

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Google Tightens Android Sideloading—At What Cost to Digital Freedom?

Google has begun blocking sideloaded Android apps in Singapore, citing security concerns over apps requesting sensitive permissions like SMS and accessibility services.

Learn more at Purism: puri.sm/posts/google-restricts…


Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
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Excellent YouTube video from Humanware braille product manager in relation to how easy it is now to tell the difference between unread and red messages in email on the monarch with version 1.3, youtu.be/KKatNwY14iU?feature=s…

KeyMail Knowing the difference between unread and read emails

A snapshot video tutorial highlighting the new enhancements introduced in KeyMail. It demonstrates how unread email are now marked when in your inbox of KeyM...
YouTube

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Twenty years ago today we released the little web framework we’d developed at the Lawrence Journal-World to help us build news sites and apps. We hoped maybe a couple of other media outlets, and maybe a few in the Python community, might find it useful. Never in a million years could I have predicted what happened next… djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/…

Happy 20th birthday Django!

Posted by Thibaud Colas & Benjamin Balder Bach on July 13, 2025
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“For most people, using an LLM isn’t an abdication of thought—it’s often the only way to carve out enough time and focus to do any real thinking at all.

The real threat to creativity isn’t a language model. It’s a workplace that rewards speed over depth, scale over care, automation over meaning."

The luxury of saying no.

brilliantcrank.com/the-luxury-…

The luxury of saying no.

Lets start this post with two statements 2,400 years apart. “This invention [writing] will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory.
Greg Storey (Brilliantcrank)
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Matt Campbell

> We should be asking hard questions about how these systems are built, who they exploit, and who they ultimately serve.

What is the point of asking those questions if not to do something concrete by saying no?

I feel bad for people who are in a difficult situation because their employers are mandating use of generative models. I'm fortunate not to be in that position myself, at least not yet. But for me, saying no doesn't feel like a luxury; it feels like foregoing a luxury.

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FediVerseExplorer

Eigentlich ja ein Themengebiet, dass man eher meiden möchte.

Aber Deine Aufmachung und Dein Engagement verlockt mich doch immer wieder, da rein zu schauen.

Dazu die Zugänglichkeit via FediVerse und Deine ansprechbare Haltung hier im FediVerse zeigt, wie man hier erfolgreich sein kann und obendrein die digitale Privatsphäre der Interessenten respektiert 😎 @news_katholisch@libori.social

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Toluwaleke Ogundipe, my intern for gnome-crosswords, has published a fantastic post on profiling the Crosswords renderer and making it around 10x faster - blogs.gnome.org/anonymoux47/20…

Profiling Crosswords’ Rendering Pipeline

For the sake of formality, if you're yet to read the [brief] introduction of my GSoC project, here you go. Rendering Puzzles in GNOME Crosswords GNOME Crosswords currently renders puzzles in two...
Toluwaleke (Toluwaleke's Blog)

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 20 updated and 1 returned app:

SkillRack Tracker is back after it was temporarily disabled on request of its author. And it still has the 🛡️ up (i.e. it is a reproducible build).

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 #izzyondroid

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Seven day embargo limit for #curl: git.hardenedbsd.org/shawn.webb…

It can take the #HardenedBSD project a full month to rebuild its package repos. And since we've built this software monoculture against libcurl, this will be FUN!

#infosec #libcurl


VULN-DISCLOSURE-POLICY.md: 7 days embargo is max (af81e8fe) · Commits · Shawn Webb / Curl · GitLab

It was recently updated in this doc to seven, but there were *two* numbers mentioned and only one of them was updated leaving the paragraph quite confusing. Follow-up to 83c90e50472f32b74e388f6e524d...
GitLab
#infosec #curl #libcurl #hardenedbsd
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a new Poly CCX-700 OpenSIP phone appears, and after extensive updates from v7.1 to 9.x, it's ready for work.

also, yes. I have a SIP desk phone for Zoom, Teams, and regular calls.. at home. it also has a webcam. surprising, surely.

life has come to this because the usual computer based versions are so terribly unreliable and inconsistent that I cannot rely on any of them on Mac, Linux, browser based on FreeBSD, or even on Windows.

at least with the desk phone this is it's only role, that's all it does. I never wanted the modern design pattern: "this one device does everything marginally!" I don't like smartphones, I don't even want a touchscreen phone, and when I'm away from the phone I am unavailable on purpose.

#work #morning #monday #

a SIP phone appears at Eva's desk m nestled among the various additional devices, each with a separate purpose.
#work #monday #morning

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The #OpenStreetMap community of #Delhi invites everyone to our 18th mapping party - our first one in Vaishali!

🗓️ Date - Sunday, 13th of July
🕙 Time - 4 PM to 7 PM
📌 Location - Vaishali Metro Station
osmcal.org/event/3819/

Visit the link to learn more, register, and add the event to your calendar.

The more the people, the greater our impact. Each mapper matters!

#OsmNcr #OSM
#BoostsAppreciated
#Ghaziabad #India


18th OpenStreetMap Delhi Mapping Party

The OpenStreetMap community of Delhi invites everyone to its upcoming mapping party! Join us and meet new people, explore new places, and learn how to use and improve this community resource.
OpenStreetMap Calendar
#India #openstreetmap #OSM #boostsAppreciated #delhi #osmncr #ghaziabad
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OpenStreetMap India

For sake of trying something new, we introduced #MapComplete ( @MapComplete ) as the first editor for our 6 new mappers. While there were some rough edges, it enabled them to contribute photos to #Panoramax.

panoramax.mapcomplete.org/?foc…

#OpenStreetMap #OSM #Delhi #India #OSMNCR

Screenshot of panoramax.mapcomplete.org, showing a map of the intersection outside the entrance of the park we met in. There's an overlay of an orange polyline with 4 points (indicating 4 photographs), each with a direction indicator.
Screenshot of panoramax.mapcomplete.org, showing a section of the Sector 4 Market. There's an overlay of an orange polyline with 16, points (indicating 16 photographs), each with a direction indicator.

Mapcomplete's Panoramax instance

panoramax.mapcomplete.org
#India #openstreetmap #OSM #MapComplete #PANORAMAX #delhi #osmncr @MapComplete
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@MapComplete I like your "police call box" and was surprised to find two in London. Well, the 2nd is not a Tardis, just a column. So started to answer "your" questions.
The style question is hare, as I do not know the terms; pictures would help.
I could upload that picture, but only after converting from png to jpg :-(
Colour selecting is funny.
Luckily no question for the real Tardis note has roof:shape=quadruple_saltbox, a nonsense of user maze88, isn't it?
@MapComplete
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MapComplete

Well, I (@pietervdvn) am not based in the U.K. abd never saw one of those things closeby.

Feel free to open an issue on source.mapcomplete.org/mapcomp… (login with your OSM account) and we'll follow up there


MapComplete

MapComplete is a webapp which allows to use and update OpenStreetMap within thematic maps. This repository contains all of the source code.
Forgejo
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A Historic Leap: Monarch Gains Multiline Screen Reader Support and Premieres First Public eBraille Book aph.org/blog/a-historic-leap-m…

A Historic Leap: Monarch Gains Multiline Screen Reader Support and Premieres First Public eBraille Book

The latest Monarch update marks a defining moment in the evolution of braille technology. For the first time ever, mainstream...
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Wow, great fact! Love both albums as well! mastodon.social/@onthisday/114…

On This Day In History (@onthisday@mastodon.social)

Today in 1979, 46 years ago: in the Place de la Concorde in Paris (France) the musician Jean Michel Jarre develops an audiovisual concert bringing together more than a million people outdoors on the occasion of the success of his albums Oxygène and É…
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Due to popular demand, our special offers for #NFB25 and #ACB2025 have been extended through July 20! Don’t miss your chance to grab amazing deals on Orbit’s Braille and other devices. orbitresearch.com/special-offe…
#A11y #BrailleForAll #OrbitSpeak #OrbitPlayer#OrbitReaderQ20#OrbitReaderQ40#Inclusion#OrbitSpeakPlus
Orbit Speak Plus image shows the front View where you can see perkin style keyboard and cursor navigation pads and rocker keys. The device has Orbit Speak logo. Also on the right you will see the USB C port and in the front there is SD card slot.
Premium Bundles: Include an extended warranty for an additional year and Turtleback leather luxury carrying case!
Premium Bundles: Include an extended warranty for an additional year and Turtleback leather luxury carrying case!
Image of a black orbit player control labeled "Orbit Player." The remote features a numeric keypad with buttons 0-9, an "OK" button in the center, directional arrows, and additional buttons for functions like home and settings. The design is modern and ergonomic, with white buttons standing out against the black background. On the right side you will find the volume up and down button and also you will find the power on/off button.

Special Offers

Special offers for the ACB & NFB 2025 convention (Valid from Jul 6th to July 13, 2025).  Available to customers in the US while supplies last! Bundles with Turtleback leather luxury carrying cases
Orbit Research
#a11y #orbitspeak #brailleforall #orbitplayer #nfb25 #acb2025

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“Sassy Outwater-Wright: Accessibility Champion and More, Dies at 42” by @LFLegal:
lflegal.com/2025/07/sassy-outw…

The “and more” is doing a lot of work there, because Sassy was so much more.

#accessibility


Sassy Outwater-Wright: Accessibility Champion and More, Dies at 42

Sassy Outwater-Wright died on July 12, 2025 of cancer. She was the self-described Tumor Killer Girl in her fierce, honest, and often heart wrenching writing about the disease that ultimately took her life.
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#Accessibility @Lainey Feingold

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The Verge asks, Where are the iPhone’s WebKit-less browsers? theverge.com/news/706569/apple… "Apple’s technical and financial hurdles make it unfeasible for browser developers like Google and Mozilla to port their engines to iOS, says OWA."

Where are the iPhone’s WebKit-less browsers?

The Open Web Advocacy (OWA) says that Apple’s restrictions on WebKit-alternative iOS browser engines are effectively stifling competition.
Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)

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Navigace pro elektroauto

Navigace pro elektroauto má svá specifika. Kromě obvyklých parametrů totiž musí do plánování trasy zahrnout také zastávky pro nabíjení. Obvykle se o to stará palubní navigace, která má také přístup k datům z auta, ale zrovna naše auto ji nemá a já obecně s navigacemi dodávanými přímo automobilkou nebyl nikdy moc spokojený. Proto jsem se rozhodl vyzkoušet, jak si populární navigace pro mobil dokážou s elektroautem poradit.

#ABRP #AmiGO #electromobility #elektroauto #ev #GoogleMaps #HereWeGo #Mapycom #navigace #Sygic #TomTom #Waze

blog.eischmann.cz/2025/07/14/n…
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Navigace pro elektroauto

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#ev #Sygic #TomTom #googlemaps #mapycom #herewego #electromobility #elektroauto #abrp #AmiGO #navigace #Waze

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My book Drystone – A Life Rebuilt is out in just three weeks.

I really believe in this book. It’s honest about important things, quietly subversive, funny, easy to read, and I’ve poured everything into writing it and getting it into the world as far as I can.

If you can, I’d love your help. A share, a preorder, a message to someone who might love it, it all makes a difference.

Info and links below.

#Books #Bookstodon #Scotland #Writing #Reading #Women

Black and white photo of a woman sitting on a drystone wall in the hills, eyes closed and smiling gently. She wears a dark jumper and jeans, with wild grass and rough stone all around. The light is soft, and the mood is peaceful and quietly powerful. Photo by Christie Hemm Klok
#books #scotland #writing #reading #women #bookstodon
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There is yet another accessibility overlay vendor out there, though it makes no conformance guarantees. Nor security or privacy guarantees.

“#ARTY Could Get You Sued”
adrianroselli.com/2025/07/arty…

#accessibility #a11y #overlay


#ARTY Could Get You Sued

I can’t actually assert the ARTY overlay will result in a lawsuit, though there is a trend of overlays attracting lawsuits. Attorneys say overlays don’t protect from lawsuits, either.
Adrian Roselli
#a11y #Accessibility #overlay #arty

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Pred 100 tisici lety debatovaly prvni pramati kocka a druha pramati kocka o nejlepsi evolucni strategii.

Prvni pramati kocka si vsimla, ze lide maji hodne jidla a teplo v jeskyni. Nejlepsi strategie je okopirovat krik lidskych mladat a tvarit se roztomile. Cele generace pak budou spat ve vyhratych lidskych jeskynich. Lide je budou krmit a drbat.

To je nedustojne! Oponovala druha pramati kocka. Nejlepsi evolucni strategie je okopirovat vzor srsti nejdesivejsiho predatora. Cele generace se pak budou valet bez obav na strome a vsechno od nich utece.

Jak to dopadlo vime. Ocelota je nam lito.

#lbc #liberec #zoo #kocka #photo

Na obrázku je malá divoká šelma s výraznou skvrnitou srstí, ocelot, jak prochází hustě zarostlým výběhem plným trávy, kapradin a spadlých větví.
#photo #liberec #lbc #zoo #kocka
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