How could someone who would even *consider* leaving Apple for Meta rise to a level of such prominence at Apple, including as one of the few public faces of the company?Daring Fireball
I started up Zoom this morning and it gave me the message
"It looks like we are unable to connect. Please check your network connection and try again."
But my network connection was fine. The problem was at Zoom's end, or more precisely, Cloudflare's. (And it seems OK now.)
I'm beginning to be annoyed by this reflexive "please check _your_ network connection" coda in these messages. What it is, is victim blaming. And possibly gaslighting too. _Their_ network connection went wrong, and their immediate response is to tell all of us users that _we_ must have done something wrong. It makes us all do lots of pointless work checking things that don't need checking, and it probably makes half of us feel inadequate when we can't find any problem.
If you're _going_ to advise users to check their own network connection, take reasonable steps first to ensure the problem really does look like being at the local end. Try pinging a few other independently run well-known sites; try some DNS lookups; if you can't do _anything_, suggest the user checks their connection, but if the rest of that stuff works and only your own server can't be reached, maybe redirect to your application's status webpage instead?
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Ah, so you basically want to assume that partial failures are far more likely to be somebody else's fault (and therefore outside of user control) than total failures. A fair assumption in most cases I guess.
I guess a better wording would be something like "try a different internet connection", as the fault may be due to e.g. having that specific service blocked by a corporate firewall.
I am in need of people with experience in publishing to the Apple App Store. I need help with AppTrackingTransparency and when it is (not) needed and how to solve conflicts with apple reviewers.
My problem: Apple rejects my app because I didn't implement ATT, despite the fact that I don't track users or give data to third parties for the sake of tracking or advertising. #dev #apple #apps #privacy
@fireborn @svenja Thank you for the information. What I am wondering about: How can it be that I can't remember facing this prompt at any time in other apps?
I have another question for understanding ATT. Does apple handle everything on a system level, after the ATT prompt was answered, e.g. stripping off all privacy data?
I use capacitor for my app and there is so few information about ATT and the handling of the ATT output in capacitor environments that I can't believe it.
12 screenshots and one video. On a claimed #curl problem that even in the title says *test suite*
Beware of the strong AI smell on this one.
**Title: Use-After-Free in cURL Test Suite via Improper Cleanup of Global Handle** ```c /*************************************************************************** * ...HackerOne
Welcome to Cloudflare's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.www.cloudflarestatus.com
If you saw our recent post on here about Reece, the young boy from Australia who got the ABC to put audio description on "Behind the News", then you'll love this follow up video he made especially about NVDA. It is THE feel-good piece to watch this holiday season!
nvaccess.org/post/NVDA-with-Di…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #MakingADifference #Empowering #GoodNews #Technology #FeelGood
⌨️ Don't miss your chance to team up with people and scratch your Matrix itch!
We organize a hackathon on Fri 30 Jan in Brussels right before FOSDEM. Come help us save the Federation from Big Silo that wants to take over the world!
Age verification is the new trend to de-anonymize the web. 😡
🚨Starting Dec 10, #YouTube #Australia will ask for your age.
The Big Tech already started rolling out an AI-powered age estimation system. Adults are being marked as minors & are forced to submit IDs before regaining full access to decades-old accounts.
Learn how to avoid YouTube's #AI #AgeVerification: tuta.com/blog/how-to-turn-off-…
Did YouTube ask you to verify your age with ID or credit card? You're not alone! YouTube AI is increasingly trying to estimate how old you are based on your habits following the global push for age verification.Tuta
Big Tech must not own the internet
Check out alternatives: tuta.com/blog/degoogle-list
2025 is the year to deGoogle! In this guide, we take a look at the best private Google alternatives so that you can say hello to privacy!Tuta
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Using centralized cloud solutions is generally a bad idea. I propose distributed storage and processing solutions, with crypto compensation such as ARWeave.
Never used cloud services, never will. Made me successful. Long initial development time, but very reliable at the end.
Higher decentralized maintence requirements, which might seem not to be optimal from a economic point of view, but it creates opportunities for regional administrative jobs, avoiding outsourcing of labor.
I think Cloudflare is a much bigger block than that, haha. But still true.
Me who hosts on Digital Ocean and OVH, every time there's a massive Cloudflare or AWS outage:
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Kurzform: Alternativtext, der nur von Screen Readern ausgewertet wird, und den man nur für ganz spezifische Dinge braucht. Falls Du das bisher nie gebraucht hast, behalte das bei. Es ist im Grunde ein hack, für den es in den allermeisten Fällen viel bessere Alternativen gibt.
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#Pachli Current has a quality of life improvement -- writing a post (either a new thread, or a reply) now creates a new task. In Android "tasks" are the things you switch between on the "Recents" screen you use to swap between apps.
There's a few scenarios where this is helpful.
1. You want to reference multiple posts. You can start writing, open "Recents", then switch back to the timeline, copy text from another post (or its link), and paste it into the post you're writing.
@jonathan859 I take it back, this is possible (for anyone looking for this, `setTaskDescription`). This doesn't change the visible title, but it does change what Talkback reads out.
So, what would be useful to use here?
Depending on the state I thought one of:
- Replying to (name)
- Quoting (name)
- Writing post
(Talkback automatically puts "Pachli" before each of those)
Anything I've missed?
🚄 All aboard the #HackerTrain to #FOSDEM !! 🚃
Going to #FOSDEM2026? Thinking of going by #train?
Would you like to meet other hackers along the way?
Join us on the hackertrain.org !
We are currently planning the route(s) for this trip, so it is the best time to join in – regardless of:
- where you would like to start your train journey
- whether you’d like to help or just tag along
hackertrain.org/hackertrain-to…
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So sure. I tried to get into the band TOOL, since every intellectual metal head keeps banging on about how fucking great they are.
But then i read this and it confirms what i always thought about them. They are arrogant and pretentious posers.
[The headline is misleading. The singer does not actually apologize for superspreading COVID in NZ, but makes a joke of it)
alternativenation.net/tool-sin…
Tool returned to New Zealand last week, performing in the country for the first time since February 2020. At those shows five years ago, Maynard James Keenan was unknowingly sick with COVID-19.Kaitlyn Estona (AlternativeNation.net)
Prof: "Dieses phpBB ist genau so alt wie es aussieht."
Yep here's mine, I have Talkback describe the screen, and then asked it to summarize as a list so I could copy it.
Just discovered an incredible resource for accessible Bible study: World Bible Plans
As a totally blind, autistic, chronically ill Christian, finding tools that are both spiritually rich and screen‑reader friendly isn't easy. Their EPUB plans (like the World English Bible with David Guzik's commentary) have proper headings for navigation, built-in cross-references, and formatting that makes daily devotions possible without frustration.
I don't know if all their plans are accessible by default, so I suggest mentioning in the “additional requests” box that you're blind and need screen‑reader friendly formatting. That's what I did, and the result was excellent.
Also note that if you choose a Bible version that isn't in the public domain, the plan will only give you a guide showing which verses to read, not the full text.
If you've struggled with inaccessible study tools, this might be a game‑changer.
#Christian #Bible #BlindChristian #Accessibility #BibleStudy #WorldBiblePlans #ScreenReader
WBP offers custom-made free bible reading plans with scriptures and commentaries in your language : Custom-made specifically for you per your requirements .worldbibleplans.com
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Onward. Along railroad tracks and other urban infrastructure. Moon in everything, slightly dizzy and a bit disconnected. Halting states, afternoon escapism.
📷 lost-in-moments
#outerworld #concrete city #lost in moments #smartphonephotography #later that afternoon
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