"But Google Search was so goddamned magic – before they cynically destroyed it [...] The collapse of Google into a giant pile of shit is like giving every web user a traumatic brain injury."
I sometimes wonder if the reason many people are so amazed by AI is because they forgot how drop-dead good Google search used to be. And it's only been a few years since it was well and truly enshittified.
I love using you calendar app. But some times (there is no real pattern) it takes like forever to start it up. It feels like about 5 minutes waiting while I‘m beeing left with a white startup-window. Datavolume or firewall is not the problem. I‘d appreciate it if you could fix it (iOs 18.5).
Native Schannel TLS stack of #Windows was so unreliable it got axed from #curl: * Never worked reliably under real‑world loads. * Quirky, cumbersome API/architecture that broke integrations. * Zero developer interest—nobody tested or maintained it. * Pure maintenance drag with no real benefit.
So #Microsoft again shipped a built‑in that nobody uses, and projects ditch it entirely in favor of better third‑party alternatives.
I hope that by now most readers of my blog have understood that curl, and libcurl specifically, is an architecture with a transfer core with a set of different backends plugged in. Backends powered by different third party libraries.
Hi to all #history readers and lovers. I am developing a daily history puzzle with all of my heart. You have to guess a year with the help of 4 historical events. Afterwards you get interesting links to these events.
I would be glad if you check it out. It is called #PastPuzzle - Thank you! :)
I saw that you are relying on a screen reader. In case you find pitfalls, just message me about it. I try my best, but at the moment I can barely navigate with a screen reader, haha.
I hope that by now most readers of my blog have understood that curl, and libcurl specifically, is an architecture with a transfer core with a set of different backends plugged in. Backends powered by different third party libraries.
The opposite of AI slop reports is a detailed, well written and qualified report that takes many hours of mind-wrestling until we know what to do about it.
## Summary:
`curl_easy_getinfo` `CURLINFO_TLS_SSL_PTR` appears to return invalid `SSL` connection pointer for OpenSSL HTTP/3 connections. Using this `SSL` connection results in a crash, and...
And that multiple-hour effort not just for fixing it (that was comparatively easy) but "just" to understand the problem and correctly triage the impact! That's not only not-AI-slop, it's also basically the opposite of those mindless "you link to a library which has a function (you don't use) which on some extreme conditions might have a vulnerability; you must update the library NOW" automated scanners. Kudos for that!
@mana_z we don't give bounties to excellent reports no matter how good they are, we only give bounties to confirmed security vulnerabilities - and this was not one. Harry, who submitted this particular report, is still the number one receiver of curl bug-bounties over time.
Two prominent Israeli rights groups on Monday said their country is committing genocide in Gaza, the first time that local Jewish-led organizations have made such accusations against Israel during nearly 22 months of war. apnews.com/article/genocide-is…
Please boost for reach, for any OnePlus users or staff:
I wrote a review of my OnePlus 13 on OnePlus' community site. If you're a member there, please like it to show support for the accessibility issues I brought up. I'd really like to get these fixed, since this is a powerful phone that's got Google's TalkBack, not Samsung's moldy fork, and is great overall, besides the accessibility issues. I'd love to be able to recommend this phone as an all-around great phone for blind people.
Sometimes we fix easy bugs, sometimes hard ones and sometimes we fix bugs that are older than you and can have a driver's license: bugs.debian.org/186085, opened in 2003, closed in 2004, and actually fixed in 2025! #debian #trixie #22YearsOldBug
*баян Не трогай людей после пятидесяти. Серьезно. Это не просто поколение – это отдельная форма выживания. Крепкие, как недельный хлеб, и быстрые, как бабушкины тапочки, летящие в твою сторону с точностью бумеранга. К пяти годам они уже читали настроение матери по звуку кастрюли на плите. В семь – имели ключ на шнурке и инструкцию: «Обед в холодильнике, разогрей, но не спали». В девять – варили борщ без рецепта, в десять – знали, как закрутить кран и убежать от соседского пса с ведром на голове. С утра до ночи на улице. Без телефонов. Вместо вай-фая – точный маршрут: турник, река, и домой в темноте с коленями, похожими на карту боевых действий. И однажды выжили. Колени латали слюной и листом подорожника. А как болело – то слышали: «Не оторвалось – значит, не болит». Ели хлеб с сахаром, пили воду из садового шланга – с таким микробиомом, которому позавидовал бы любой йогурт. Аллергии не было. А если и имели – то молчали. Знают пятнадцать способов выведения пятен от травы, смазки, крови, болота и чернил – потому что надо было прийти домой «чистым». И это еще не всё. Они прошли через: – транзисторное радио, – черно-белый телевизор, – проигрыватель для винил, – магнитофоны с катушками и кассетами, – CD-диски и дискмены, а теперь – держат тысячи песен в кармане… и скучают по треску кассеты, перемотанной карандашом. А получив водительское удостоверение, ехали на жигулях через всю страну – без гостиниц, кондиционера и GPS. Только дорожный атлас, где вся страна – на нескольких страницах. И доезжали. Без Google Translate. С улыбкой. И бутербродом с яйцом в багажнике. Это последнее поколение, помнящее мир без интернета, без связи, без постоянной тревоги за заряд батареи. Они знают разницу между стационарным телефоном и висевшим на шнуре в коридоре. У них были тетради с рецептами, а не приложения. А о днях рождения помнили сами. Или... не приходили. Это люди, которые: – ремонтируют все изоляционной лентой, скрепкой и плоскогубцами, — имели один канал по телевизору — и не скучали, – знали, что «листать» – это не лента, а телефонный справочник, – и верили: если не берешь трубку – значит, жив, перезвонишь. Они – другие. У них эмоциональный асбест, иммунитет из эпохи дефицита и рефлексы, отточенные на турнике. Последние настоящие ниндзя обыденности. Не трогай пятидесятилетнего. Он видел больше, прожил глубже и имеет в кармане мятные конфеты старше твоего ребенка. Он пережил детство без автокресла, без шлема и без солнцезащитного крема. Школу – без ноутбука. Молодость – без скролинга. И не ищет ответов у Google – потому что имеет инстинкт. И несмотря на все – у него больше воспоминаний, чем у тебя – фотографий в облаке. #баян
same here. as i age my desire to just quietly live life and not make ripples increases. im happy with computers, doggo/cattos/music. funny-absurd is amazing. its like so out there you can't help but chuckle. i made a shirt that says "my other computer is a.." it has a picture of usb thumb drive with whataborgor-like logo and a detective emoji. makes me laugh because its ridiculous.
Unboxing the Orbit Player tomorrow night starting at 7:30 PM Eastern. I will also have an audio stream for those who dislike YouTube. youtube.com/live/IIZk1ZdIzJA?f…
We're checking out the Orbit Reader from orbit research. https://www.orbitresearch.com/product/orbit-player-global-version/Enjoy the stream? Here's how you c...
Bill C-2 lets Canadian cops demand users' info without a warrant—and it paves the way for that info to go to U.S. government agencies. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/cana…
The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald Trump administration, and possibly to foreign spy agencies.
Looks like the Orbit Player uses a Mediatech MT6765 cpu. It is totally possible to: 1. Install apps 2. Enable TalkBack. 3. Use a keyboard with the device through ScreenCopy. All thanks to a wide-open ADB shell.
@JamminJerry Lol, the thing is even rooted via Magisk. The shell, Lotus, has superuser permissions, and is the default launcher on the system. The actual ui buttons in the app are, wouldn't you know it, unlabeled. One of them launches Android system settings. The other does who the hell knows what. Opening the podbay doors? Lol!
now that is just way way too funny! I assume you actually did all of this? meaning installed talkback and such? lol. how much ram is in the thing, and how much storage?
@JamminJerry It appears it can run 32 bit apps, found on this data sheet, so you know what might just be a go! "Supported Instruction Set(s): ARMv8 (A32, A64)" phonedb.net/index.php?m=proces…
@jpellis2008 @JamminJerry ahahaha wow this is quite funny. Reminds me of a very cheapo Chinese tablet I picked up together with @Lprazdnik ($35) running Android 4.2. Kid you not the entire thing was plastic, including touch screen (still capacitive too!) It took like 45 seconds to open dice world, but wouldn't you know it, the entire thing had ADB enabled when I got it so getting Talkback and apps on it was at least a breeze. Gotta give budget things that. However, A $599 device, by any means, is not budget, so I'm honestly kind of shocked. But also not. This is Orbit, afterall. The company known for developing such unreliable displays that at least 3-4 friends I know have had problems with them and needed to RMA for new units. Sorry not sorry for saying that but they gotta get their act together LOL
@Tamasg @jpellis2008 @Lprazdnik wait wait wait! this device is pretty much 600 bucks, plus tax? holy hell! without modifying this thing, I wonder what it can do and how responsive it is? can it do as much as say the victor reader stream 3 which is cheaper than this is? at least it isn't almost 700 like the sense player. smile.
The Orbit Speak is equipped with features of a modern braille notetaker with a braille keyboard and synthesized speech output in a compact, pocket-sized device.
The Orbit Media Player is a versatile, user-friendly device designed to enhance accessibility for blind and visually impaired individuals. It features a compact, lightweight design with tactile buttons for easy navigation.
The Orbit Media Player is a versatile, user-friendly device designed to enhance accessibility for blind and visually impaired individuals. It features a compact, lightweight design with tactile buttons for easy navigation.
@jpellis2008 @JamminJerry @Lprazdnik ah yeah, ok. the player. I wonder how this differs from the Speak? Interesting. That's a lot cheaper, but still not $35! :D I'd be curious to know, beyond probably lacking some of the note-taking and Wi-FI features maybe? hmm.
@Tamasg @jpellis2008 @JamminJerry Meh I honestly have given up on Android-based assistive tech, especially from this particular company. I'm not sure why I am the only one making noise about this (or so it seems) but the Orbit speak doesn't even do some of the things it should, based on the product description on their site. Wouldn't be surprised if the player is missing features, too. Besides, Android AT products will generally be a few versions behind, will miss out on security patches, and most of the time contain cheap components for a very high price. No thanks. I got a sense player a while back, played with it for a bit and now it's collecting dust somewhere in a drawer.
@jpellis2008 @Tamasg @Lprazdnik ok, 300 is a lot easier to handle I guess, but my other questions still stand. I wonder what it is like responsiveness wize. will it puke if you were to threw a folder of say 1836 mp3 files at it, and ask it to play that folder in a randum mode. how long would it take to load that folder. smile. I ask these questions because I have had both a sense player, and a victory reader stream 3, and didn't like either one for different reasons.
@JamminJerry @jpellis2008 @Lprazdnik yeah, looking at the description, this one competes a lot more with the Victor stream itself. That CPU may not be the worse. I guess you also don't get anything fancy like a perkinns input, just a simpler design for nav. Still cool though, for now that stands as the cheapest Android-based blindness product, it does win that award, I suppose. :D
@Tamasg @jpellis2008 @Lprazdnik can you record with it, and if you can, I wonder what they would sound like? as you can tell I have lots of questions. smile.
@Tamasg @JamminJerry @jpellis2008 @Lprazdnik An amusing collection of demo files are mentioned here in the media player portion of the demo, supplied with the player they apparently were.
There's a CPU I'm way too familiar with thanks to Smoorez on YouTube, it's all over cheep chinese clones of iPhones and such. Guess they went for it because it was cheep to purchase and the performance is probably enough for a book reading device. But now you got me curious, I remember seeing from one demo you could select Google as an alternative text to speech, would the software pick up on other engines you install? Like the one you're probably thinking of but also on a more local note RHVoice.
I'm prototyping a device for reading books with a doubletalk synthesizer. I'm planning on going full single-board microcontroller, with a play time of about 26 hours, a standby time of weeks and practically instant booting. how does the Orbit stand up to that? I've not seen one yet.
App Manager releases are now reproducible!
AM Debug builds are also available at https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AMInsecureDebugBuilds
1-Click ops
Enabled "Clear data from uninstalled apps" to n...
Changelog: - Added option to allow installing the existing applications in the installer page - Display unsafe bloatware info - Display vector icon on the splash screen in Android 7.1 and earlier - Enabled “Clear data from uninstalled apps” to no-root users in 1-click ops page - Enabled predictive back in Android 14 onwards - Improved accessibility by updating the content description of the action items - In app info tab, open “Open by default” setting in the “Open links” dialog
- In debloater page, sort by app label (or app name) rather than package name - Fixed freezing an app with “Remember for this app” turned on - Fixed selecting texts in the list items due to framework bugs - Fixed setting app ops in custom ROMs with MIUI properties injected - Fixed updating profile modification status when an application is deleted from the list - Handled common colors and cursor movements in terminal output.
* Nothing K: a digital vault for storing your passwords using symmetric cryptography 🛡️ * App Manager: an app manager combining the features of App_packages Info, ClassyShark3xodus, Activity Launcher, Watt, and more 🛡️
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).
Austria’s parliament has passed a law to legalise spyware for state use — despite strong opposition.
The new law would allow police to install malware on people’s phones or computers. Officials say it will only be used to read encrypted messages, but experts are clear: there is no way to stop this malware from accessing other private data.
Civil society organisations and opposition parties have promised to challenge the law in court.
Austria is set to legalise the use of highly-intrusive spyware by state authorities. The government has justified the law in the name of monitoring encrypted messaging applications.
Pojďme udělat Mastodonu reklamu v podcastu Škrty! :) Kdysi jsem tu nadhodil, že bysme se mohli složit na reklamu v jednom dílu. Dneska jsem skrz to psal autorům Škrtů, kteří jsou pro. Zrovna běží kampaň na Doniu (donio.cz/skrty-2025), kde se dá za 30 tisíc koupit celá epizoda. Pome do toho! :) Třicet lidí po tisícovce bysme mohli dát dohromady, ne?
Podcast Škrty, který boří ekonomické mýty a nabízí alternativní pohled na moderní ekonomii, čelí finanční krizi. Poprvé v historii žádají o podporu, aby mohli pokračovat ve své práci.
To je super napad! Abych dal kakzvane rybu na stul, tak doplatim zbytek nevybrane castky.
Za podminky, ze pokud k tomuto eventu dojde (cti: budu doplacet vice nez 0Kc), tak budu host epizody ja, @SilvieMit a Zerubabel. A bude se to natacet v Liberci (zazemi zaridime).
Plne si uvedomuju, ze kdyz uz jsem to rek, tak vysledna castka bude 29k (Zoul si netroufne couvnout) a jsem s tim v miru.
The Farm Bill is paying farmers to grow corn we don't need, which has to be turned into HFCS and ethanol, sometimes bio-plastics (which aren't magically safe, don't buy the hype)
The corn sweat is exacerbating the heat domes. You're paying for it through suffering and higher electricity bills to try to beat the sweltering heat.
WE are bearing the cost of this stupid, stupid policy in more ways than one.
@archos předávám programy v Chebu a můj kolega je ze Skalné, tak mě vyvedl. Byl členem party která to opravovala, napsali o tom knížku, já prostě zírám. Takto svého žáka neznám. Všichni mohou mít normální zákazníky a na mě vždy vyjde někdo neobyčejný 😉
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Our community team has a new video series! "Contributing to Thunderbird" breaks down the barriers to developing, testing, translating, and supporting Thunderbird on desktop and mobile. Our first videos help you build a Thunderbird development environment on your Mac and Linux (specifically Ubuntu) machines, with a Windows video in the works:
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •"But Google Search was so goddamned magic – before they cynically destroyed it [...] The collapse of Google into a giant pile of shit is like giving every web user a traumatic brain injury."
I sometimes wonder if the reason many people are so amazed by AI is because they forgot how drop-dead good Google search used to be. And it's only been a few years since it was well and truly enshittified.