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“The New York state legislature is working on Senate Bill S5708, which would make it illegal for manufacturers to charge subscription fees for features already installed on vehicles at the time of purchase. If signed into law, a situation like BMW's infamous heated seat subscription would be subject to a fine of up to $250 for each sale.”

jalopnik.com/2032529/new-york-…


New York Wants To Make Annoying Car Subscriptions A Thing Of The Past

Most drivers don't want subscription-based options in their cars.
Justin Hughes (Jalopnik)

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US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, 2021.

All the pixels, each spending most of its time fundraising, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51…

#photography

The northern side of the US Capitol building at night, with its prominent dome illuminated. Reflections are visible in the pool at foreground.

US Capitol, Washington, DC

2 June 2021 The Western face of the US Capitol, perhaps the most "classic" and iconic view of the building. Note the temporary fencing and scaffolding, lingering remnants of the January 6th 2021 attack by insurrectionists. Rodenstock 90mm/5.
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#photography
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Matt Blaze

Captured with the Phase One IQ4-150 digital back, Rodenstock 90mm/5.6 HR-Digaron lens (@ f/6.3) and about 10mm of vertical shift to maintain geometry.

Almost five years ago, a group of insurrectionist losers sacked this building in an attempt to overthrow the US Government and prevent the transfer of power to a newly elected president. They got frighteningly close to succeeding.

This photo was made about six months later; some of the physical damage from the attack remains visible here.

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James Scholes

@fastfinge I don't think I'm assuming most of those things.

I'm assuming that you're happy copying one or more executables to another machine, each of which comes with its own Python environment even if they use the same underlying Python version. I'm assuming that because you said you were.

At which point, for many use cases it seems objectively better to use a tool that is also a single executable, doesn't require you to manage Python at all or even install it, and can update both itself and your tools. If you don't want to change the PATH and wouldn't have done so for your other executables, don't. That's up to you.

I was assuming internet access, true. Mostly because I think the tool that started this thread requires it.

Anyway, figured I'd mention it for people who weren't aware. Python has a reputation for being historically annoying to manage which isn't as much the case anymore. It doesn't even need to be installed in the first place to use uv and uvx. @jaybird110127

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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦

Yup, I love uv. It just feels like huge overkill for anything but the machine I actually develop on. And I think uv needs you to modify the path, in order to do everything it does, but I could be wrong. Also, don't modern Python packagers do some tree-shaking so they're not including the complete Python environment in every single build? I know that NVDA's environment, to my sorrow, doesn't include multiprocess, for example, because NVDA doesn't use it. So if I want it in my addons, I have to include it myself, even though it's a Python builtin.

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I forgive the meet and assist lady for Delta Airlines at the Atlanta airport for almost making me miss my flight to see my sister and her kids for thanksgiving because she actively refused to walk me from the gate to the place where the other meet-and-assists were, until I sat in a wheelchair.

I don't know what went wrong in her life to make her such a miserable human being but I hope whatever it is gets better for her.

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Delta Chat (39c3)

No, we don't plan to add more support for OAuth2 until providers stop the practice of requiring client registration: support.delta.chat/t/outlook-n…

We supported OAuth2 for Gmail in the past. First they required us to justify the need to get full IMAP access and then they updated the requirements and revoked our client ID: github.com/deltachat/deltachat…

Not going to repeat this mistake again.


remove gmail's oauth2

oauth2 for gmail stopped working, at least partially. we decided that we do not want to spend additional development resources and extra money for that (we would need a yearly "CASA Tier 2/3 sth. s...
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Children engaging in scientific reasoning, as recorded roughly 2500 years ago in a Daoist (not Confucian!) text:

Confucius was heading east when he came across two little boys arguing, and asked what was going on.

One boy said: "I think that at sunrise, the sun is nearer to us, and at noon, it is further away."

The other boy said: "I think it is farthest at sunrise and nearest at noon."

The first boy said: "At sunrise it is as big as an umbrella, and at noon it's more like the lid of a jar. Doesn't that show when it is near and when it is far?"

The other boy said: "At sunrise it is chilly, and at noon water warms to the touch. Doesn't that mean it's near when it's warm and far when it's cool?"

Confucius had no idea who was right. The little boys laughed at him: "We thought you were supposed to be smart, loser!"

Source text: ctext.org/liezi/tang-wen#n3747…

Translation note: I'm getting "loser" from how they boldly address him with the inferior-thou pronoun, which is what Confucius would use to address *his* students.

#classicalchinese #translation #localization

#translation #localization #classicalchinese

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It’s Sunday, and once again, time for another Sonic Synergy to invade the airwaves and earholes of those who dare to tune in tonight at 6 PM eastern on HKC Radio.
Tonight, we have a special guest, none other than our drum student Pax.
We have no idea what’s gonna go on tonight, so it’s as much of an adventure for us.
All I can say is strap in and tune in. It’s gonna be an amazing ride.
Extremely NSFW, and not for everyone.
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Jellybean Johnson, the Time Musician, Dead at 69

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I was reading about him yesterday following some conversation that started with Jane Jackson song Black Cat.
(learned about this just now)


Jellybean Johnson, the Time Musician, Dead at 69

Jellybean Johnson — one of the pioneers of the Minneapolis Sound, the Time drummer, and multi-instrumentalist/producer — died on Nov. 21 at age 69.
Althea Legaspi (Rolling Stone)

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1… today brings you 12 updated and 1 added apps:

* Calisthenics Memory: simple bodyweight training tracker you can customize to match your needs 🛡️

LibChecker is currently not RB anymore, as 3 releases in a row failed due to caching issues upstream, which are hopefully solved with the next release.

RB status: 753 apps (59.2%)

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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Does anyone need a Prusa CORE One ?

Including :

- CORE One to CORE One+ upgrade (ordered, not arrived yet)
- Original MMU3 for CORE One and MMU3 community (yes, both)
- Advanced Filtration Kit
- Buddy3d camera
- additional satin print sheet
- HF nozzle
- fully assembled

The printer is almost new but I'm planning on migrating to another printer soon.

Available for pick-up around #Karlsruhe, #Strasbourg, train delivery in the region or shipping.

#3dprinting #FediKleinanzeigen #SecondHand

#3dprinting #karlsruhe #strasbourg #fedikleinanzeigen #secondhand

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Nenapadá vás někdo, kdo by potřeboval počítač? Rodina, která si ho nemůže dovolit, neziskovka, kroužek pro děti, škola...

Po pořízení počítače mi zůstal ten starý. Ještě bych za něj asi pár tisíc dostal, ale raději ho daruji někomu, kdo ho potřebuje. Parametry má pořád obstojné: čtyřjádrový Xeon E3-1230, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD (můžu přidat 2TB HDD), Radeon RX 570, 24" QHD monitor.

Ideálně Brno a okolí, ale asi bych to dokázal poslat na vlastní náklady i někam dál. Jako fallback mám pocitacedetem.cz/, ale chci to první zkusit adresněji.

Díky za boost!

Počítače dětem – Pomozme detěm, které nemají přístup ke vzdálenému vzdělávání

www.pocitacedetem.cz

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#deltachat, если верить документации, имеет замечательную интеграцию с #jitsi, позволяющую настраивать используемый инстанс и генерировать случайное имя комнаты с помощью `$ROOM`. Звучит действительно интересно, хочется опробовать. Вот только документация не соответствует действительности, ведь в настройках нет опции «выбрать сервер jitsi». Ни в desktop, ни в android версии. Только «включить экспериментальную функцию звонков». Чуваки то ли отменяют функции и не обновляют документацию, то ли просто [СКРЫВАЮТ ОПЦИИ](mastodon.ml/@mintbug/115442775…) при неполадках с совместимостью. ГДЕ НАХУЙ ЭТА КНОПКА?

mintbug (@mintbug@mastodon.ml)

@kttrickster@infosec.exchange @lnkr@gts.burning.homes @n0icz arcanechat с его сервером по умолчанию, кнопки тоже нет. Видимо, кнопка не показывается, если сервер не принимает незашифрованные сообщения.
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#deltachat #jitsi

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So… Mastodon!! You ever wake up and say to yourself “God, you know what sounds like an awesome idea right now? Listening to some of the incidental music they used in Unsolved Mysteries back in the 80s and 90s.” Well, now you can!! Click here: youtube.com/watch?v=Gun7PTz-Gf… You’re welcome. :)

Unsolved Mysteries Soundtrack - Side A (Re-recorded)

Recorded again with better equipment and software. Cheers!
YouTube
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Matthew J

@fastfinge @J3317 I recall once that I was doing a platform IT service contract for a large national company. Many many pages of legalese. And in the service specification, it started talking about doing Migration from Middle earth to Mordor. I was so confused..turns out all their servers were LOTR references.
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Pitermach

@fastfinge I did very briefly, but only just when I was starting out. For context our Window-Eyes here shipped with a hardware dongle for protection for a very long time as well as realspeak voices, the Polish one that was installed by default being named Agata. So of course that's what we called it, the dongle that is. Because that's totally what made the computer talk. I stopped using that name very quickly when I realised I could change the voice.
@🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦
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Nat

update: need met!!

No donations yet. A neighbor gave Aurora a few packets of oatmeal & a blanket. She needs $45 for the space heater, and a week's worth of food to tide her over until her SNAP refills.

Please give if you can!!

PayPal.me/melissarainbow
AuroraEloise on Venmo
$AuroraEloise on CashApp

#mutualaid
#MutualAidRequest
#helpfolkslive2025
#disabledmutualaid
#crowdfund
#disability
#disabled
#crowdfunding

#MutualAid #Disabled #Disability #crowdfund #crowdfunding #MutualAidRequest #disabledmutualaid #helpfolkslive2025
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Nat

Aurora received nearly $350 since last night and is unbelievably grateful for y'all coming through for her yet again.

She said that she is all set, but if you do recurring giving, please do continue to send a few bucks her way as you're able. She lives on a very low income and has almost no community support. It's not uncommon for her to get stranded at the hospital with no ride home—and these last-minute asks can be incredibly stressful, so having money on hand helps so much.

I am too grateful for words. This is such an incredible relief to me and will go so far. The kindness of strangers can really blow my mind. And thank you sooooo much for taking the time to help me with this. Time is a valuable resource so thank you for spending some on me. 💜 Now excuse me while I explode with joy! 🥰

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US trans politics, Trump-Mamdani meeting

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I wish I could wrap my head around how inept a human brain must be in order to observe something with it's senses, immediately followed by communications that state that said object was not observed with said senses. I mean, call me unimaginative or stupid, but I simply cannot fathom how a sighted person can litterally be looking at something directly within their field of vision, directly aligned with the central axis of their not one working eye, but two working eyes, and yet they say with confidence, within half a second of being asked, that they don't see said object. Like just wow! I cannot, for the life of me, imagine that I could actually hear a sound with my ears, have someone ask me if i heard said sound, and immediately blurt out that I didn't hear it with no actual forethought or processing that I had actually indeed heard the sound. Like wow. It just blows my mind.
#SightedRoomMateRant
#sightedroommaterant

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Musicians! #Musicians! My reserves are running low, so if you were thinking of submitting to Other People's Music, it's a great time!

etherdiver.com/other-peoples-m…

Free coverage of your music to an audience eager to hear independent music in a wide variety of genres!

#Musodon #MusicDiscovery

OPM Submission Guidelines – Ether Diver

www.etherdiver.com
#musicians #musodon #musicdiscovery

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Any math fans around here? There are 2 "matrix calculators / solvers" left in codeberg.org/IzzyOnDroid/Every… which would need a check. Only you can tell how useful they are! 🙏

#IzzyOnDroid #serviceToot :boost_love:


metadata reorg subtask: deciding about dormant apps which might be considered niche

This is a spin-off from #10 where I'd like some input from the team, concerning how to handle the following unmaintained apps which might be considered niche: * [x] [`com.ionicframework.backingtrainer763961`](https://apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.
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#serviceToot #izzyondroid
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IzzyOnDroid ✅

@jacobscharmberg Thanks! As for your last question: I've heard there are people solely or mostly working from their phones, some of them no longer having a PC even. And in poorer areas, this might even be a question of what people can effort.

So if it's still working, and considered useful, I guess we can keep it. It's not that big 😉

Thanks a lot for your valuable input again! 🤗

@Jacob Scharmberg
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