In reality, Trump, then a New Yorker, does not appear to have ever lived in either home, let alone used them as a principal residence. Instead, the two houses, which are next to his historic Mar-a-Lago estate, were used as investment properties and rented out, according to contemporaneous news accounts and an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario his administration has pointed to as evidence of fraud.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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The administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
My Postgres 18 upgrade went fine. It's a little bit of a pain to do on FreeBSD though as you can't have old and new versions installed simultaneously but you need both to do pg_upgrade
Logging into Google (liability) assets to get an API key:
"This browser may be insecure ..."
1. It's the same one I logged into YouTube an hour ago. Same IP even.
2. Are we going to have the "It's not an Alphabet Product so were going to bitch at you because WE can't see EVERYTHING" argument again? Reminder, I'm an hour from Mountain View and have a "less than stellar attitude".
I just put Apple Care on my AirPods Pro 3s. If this isn't the first time I've bought Apple Care, then it's been a very long time. I figure it's worth $2 per month, though. My Pro 2s aren't doing well, and I could have kept them if I'd had the option of having them fixed or replaced under waranty. I'd rather that not happen to the 3s. They're not amazing for sound or transparency, but I mostly bought them for ANC, and that they do very, very well.
@vick21 I mostly use ANC when around running water (like sinks), a treadmill, and an oil furnace. Such sounds are definitely blocked even more effictively.
@Cooba13 Asi kdyby to bylo v nějakém větším množství, tak bych byl více za to nastavit. Zatím je to furt jakžtakž snesitelné, ovšem stokrát nic umořilo i vola, jak se říká.
jak rikas. Hlavne tim jak me nejde o to sem nahnat lidi, tak to mam jako takovy prvni filtr a protoze se mi neregistruje tolik lidi, tak to nezere moc casu. A to ze jsem hodil prvni klacek pod nohy ... vsak kdo chce, tak se zaregistruje a pocka na schvaleni a je to pro me (o coz mi tu jde primarne) o dost prijemnejsi nez resit ze musim banovat a cistit nejakeho spamera
We have the password reveal pattern for passwords, but what about other sensitive fields that need to be readable while editing and obfuscated while at rest? The form-obfuscator web component does exactly that.
Škoda, že tahle paní není tak o 20 let mladší. Takhle už je navzdory svému charismatu, temperamentu a řečnickým schopnostem mimo hru o vyšší posty. Kdyby demokrati nebyli idioti a někoho typově podobného poslali do boje proti Trumpovi, mohl teď svět vypadat úplně jinak. bsky.app/profile/warr... RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ornpi…
This adds a small feature #Stocard users have been repeatedly asking for over the years (though to this day I don't know for what use case): the ability to quickly copy the card ID to your clipboard.
It also contains the conversion of the MainActivity from Java to Kotlin, making almost all UI activities Kotlin now.
If you're using UnifiedPush to get push notifications because you can't use the Play Services, we'd be happy to ear from you!
It may be because they aren't available in your region, they weren't included in your phone or because your Android version is too old to be supported.
I'm using it (with ntfy) because I use LineageOS with microG and am too overwhelmed to update my phone often enough, and microG push notifs stopped working on my specific setup a while ago
I'm on #GrapheneOS without MicroG or anything Google at all, so I use UnifiedPush to get notifications from #Fedilab, #Element and #ElementX (and something else I've forgotten LOL).
I set up family members with Element using UnifiedPush as, although they have Play Services, I prefer not to give Google (or by extension Trump atm) metadata about who my family talks to and when.
I have no statistics, but I think the push for sovereign solutions stems from the obvious risks arising from being to dependent on bigtech.
Also GrapheneOS gave me a glimmer of hope, that mobile systems can still be used in 2025 and beyond. This implies not using firebase whenever possible. Thus I need unifiedpush, because otherwise battery drain is remarkable even for a few apps.
I use CalyxOS without Google Play because I don't want to depend on Google. I wish all apps would support Unifiedpush so that I could provide my own notifications from my self-hosted server.
"Nejvirálnější moment pátečního večera ve Washingtonu nebyl, když se rozhodovalo o soupeřích pro Brazílii či Německo. Odehrál se už zhruba o půlhodinu dříve: Donald Trump nečekal, až mu šéf FIFA Gianni Infantino slavnostně udělí Cenu míru. Medaili z krabice vytáhl sám se slovy: „Hned si ji na sebe dám.“ A vzápětí si ji opravdu pověsil na krk." #odemčeno
Losování základních skupin pro nadcházející fotbalové mistrovství světa ovládl Donald Trump. Nejenže od organizace FIFA převzal speciálně pro něj vytvořenou Cenu míru, také místo konání slavnostního ceremoniálu bylo úzce spojeno s jeho politikou.
Ja verim, ze tohle se fakt deje na mnoha mistech a neni to pro ty lidi (co genialne vymejslej taktiku, tak resit tyhle deti) lehky. Ja jsem v Londyne pracoval s clenem boardu AirBnb a ten vypravel, jak resili investice se saudskym princem.
Oni mu nemohli na ferovku rict, proc arabove jezdej do zahranici (alkohol a vecirky bez zen) a tak s nim hrali divadlo, kreslili pastelkama, jak ty developmenty budou vypadat a hrali s nim hry ... dospely top manageri ... to se realne deje.
Big news: Deutsche Welle has launched DW Access, an Android app that delivers independent news where it's needed most: in regions under information lockdown.
Key features:
➡️ No app store needed (share via link, messenger, bluetooth)
DW Access is a lightweight app designed to ensure access to independent information in regions where digital freedom is under threat. It provides users with a secure way to reach DW content even under severe censorship.
is the app open source, and the source publicly available at e.g. Codeberg.org (or self-hosted Forgejo), GitLab (.com or self-hosted), or Github? That would allow it to be included with #IzzyOnDroid or #FDroid for added trust (both places perform additional screening).
@chbmeyer never to late to rethink. And wasn't there a saying like "all good things in life are 3" (or was it "free")? Especially for an app like this, it would be a good thing having a 3rd party confirming it, ideally even with #ReproducibleBuilds (no offense or demand meant of course, just a suggestion 😉) @dw_innovation
If a friend bought the #39C3 ticket for you and sent the .pkpass file via #XMPP, those files are now properly identified in #Conversations_im and display with a nice icon instead of a generic unknown file icon.
If you feel like sinking even more time into this feature: We do also ship an icon.png, icon@2x.png and icon@3x.png within the pkpass (aka: zip) file 🙂
(All of those are - according to pkpass spec - optional though)
Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, has been found to exhibit more alarming behaviour - this time revealing the home addresses of ordinary people upon request.
Übrigens: neben der Verteilung ehrlicher Wertschätzung war meine Idee natürlich, daß dieses >
(Aktion #wertschätzung zum Mitmachen: Bis Weihnachten hier täglich einem anderen Lieblings-Account einen #nettenSatz schreiben, was wir an ihm mögen.)
> noch mehr hier mitmachen. Also ihrerseits einige ihrer geschätzten Accounts lobhudeln. Daß wir auf die Weise ein großes Netz aus Wertschätzung weben... #justsaying
APCA + WCAG 2 contrast checker. @mgifford’s tool that helps to test and refine color combinations meeting both WCAG 2.x and APCA accessibility requirements. The tool supports modern CSS color formats, provides harmony palette generation, and suggests adjustments to satisfy contrast thresholds. #a11y #color
Paramount Skydance launches a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery after it lost out to Netflix in the competition for WBD's legacy assets. prnewswire.com/news-releases/p…
Offer provides superior value, and a more certain and quicker path to completion to WBD shareholders Equity to be backstopped by Ellison Family and RedBird...
I want a consumer-grade wireless headset that has the latency of my Rode Wireless Pro microphones. I don't know what the latency actually is (it's a digital link) but it can't be more than 1 or 2 ms. Give me something like the Sennheiser RS-185 with that kind of latency, or, even better, a receiver/transmitter type thing for which any generic 3.5mm output can be used, which is both digital and extremely low latency like that, and also doesn't compromise on audio quality, and I'll be happy.
I specifically mentioned consumer-grade here, because there are high-end wireless IEM systems that do exactly this, but certainly not in the consumer space, at least not that I can find.
Edit: I found something online that says the Rode Wireless Pro latency is 6 to 7 MS. So maybe I'm a bit off. Still, though, it's basically undetectable by just listening, unless you purposefully feed the microphone back to a nearby speaker or something.
NOt sure if this is fully consumer-grade, but htis is the closets you get while being actually good. The latency is most definitely under 20ms - 16ms if I'm not mistaken. Nearly identical to the Rodes. Fidelity is not at all bad fir wireless. There is a minimal noise flooor, but that's good news for screen-reader use since that guarantees against the infamous wireless audio standby. sweetwater.com/store/detail/TM…
It's odd to think that, as low as the latency is, it's still longer than it normally takes for a 32 byte ICMP packet to come back to my ISP from my New Jersey Linodes.
Under 20ms is when it enters the imperceivable/barely perceivable phase. 30ms is, well. Quite perceivable by comparison. decent, but not enough to trust anything time-critical to it.
Paramount today announced it has commenced an all-cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Warner Bros. Discovery for $30.00 per share in cash.
I decided not to buy a new PC this #blackfriday due to overpriced #DDR5 #DRAM - thanks AI bros for scalping all the modules, and memory manufacturers for all the (past) cartels. Instead, I chose to #donate to the following #opensource projects, which I use and I am grateful for, and provide clear instructions for donating on their website or in their READMEs, allow one-time donations, and do not require GitHub (Sponsors) account:
The foundation behind #LibreOffice - Lessons learned from 13 years at The Document Foundation. My presentation from the Open Source Conference Luxembourg is now online peertube.opencloud.lu/w/otUXrL…
Not gonna lie, when most of the timeline is one person's radio station posting what is playing next, it gets tiring to read, why not filter it so it doesn't show up and clutter the timeline? Please change this.
So I am thinking of trying my flight again today. I've made some adjustments to my virtual memory, and hope it will be enough. Same flight we tried the other night, but I want to try it again later.
Ganz nebenbei: In tarifgebundenen Betrieben haben laut Hans-Böckler-Stiftung 77 Prozent der Beschäftigten ein #Weihnachtsgeld bekommen, in nicht tarifgebundenen Firmen nur 41 Prozent. #Gewerkschaft lohnt sich.
Welcome to the age of privacy washing. Techs giants like Google and Microsoft appear privacy-focused, but this is a facade. What is privacy washing, and why is it happening? We explain below.
"A countless number of Google Chrome users around the world were under the impression that when they surfed the web using Incognito Mode, they were browsing it in full privacy. "
Nice awareness. Although I have been using #Disroot as my primary mail service provider since 2018 (just after OpenMailBox was sold), I have recently added #Tuta as a secondary. (Recommendations from fsf.org/resources/webmail-syst…)
Btw, I have been using #K9Mail (becoming #Thunderbird now) since a decade on my Android phone.
I have found that Tuta is not supporting IMAP/SMTP protocols and hence I will have to install Tuta's Android application. How does it works without these protocols?
sounds like it's close but not quite there. I'm not sure, if you paid someone, they should do the full work you agreed to pay for, that is, if it means getting it running, it means getting it running. It doesn't register as either a 32-bit nor 64-bit voice so clearly this is a half-finished job. @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
yes, I am emailing the guy back and forth to try to get it working. He said he will put the source code for it on github. whe I have the link I'll pass it along.e
here is a link to a new installer. this one works. I tested it. only thing is you cannot change the pitch of the current voice, he is working on it though... gozaltech.org/BestspeechSAPI_S… Jake, put this on your site please. and feel free to share this installer all around for everyone!!
oh this is great progress! The pitch thing should be relatively easy since volume and rate work well. It works for me, but after about 3 minutes of feeding it audio it starts too really static up bad and then crashes. (I also first messed with the volume slider a bit.) Held down the tab key on taskBar, went to Google News, but then halfway through it began to produce a static that got louder and eventually speech stopped. @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
so far, seems to be working good. no more static. still waiting on the github source code, and ability to change pitch of current voice. this cost me $200 for you all just to let you know. was glad to pay the money though, worth it!
@gozaltech oh, huge thanks for working on it, I might donate to this project too if the Sapi5 gets in really good shape. For pitch it was tricky, you had to do a Freq conversion to get it. the ~f prefix is sent to the engine with the frequency. In the NVDA Driver, we had to ratio = ringVal / 100.00and then return int(round(FREQ_MIN + ratio * (FREQ_MAX - FREQ_MIN))). Will try the latest installer soon! @joshknnd1982 @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
@esoteric_programmer Keynote Gold, yes. You got it right. Effectively an earlier version for X86, made around 1996, augmented with a wrapper that allowed speech rates to go faster (Sonic) and in this case also wrapped into a Sapi5 engine. Maybe one of the smallest SAPI5 voices I've seen? TrueVoice does get pretty close though but not quite this tiny. @joshknnd1982 @gozaltech @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
@esoteric_programmer Oh yeah, I do think so. At least I doubt it would have any API calls it can't emulate, especially as it looks like Valve uses this for SteamDecks and such. It's for sure the other upside to a SAPI5 port, it becomes way more possible to translate it into other platforms. Now if there was a thing that let us push SAPI5 voices into Speech Dispatcher itself somehow, we would truly have a Keynote voice even for Linux. But I'm not sure if that's a thing. @joshknnd1982 @gozaltech @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
Hmm, also donated to the project, hope it helps. *Good* Code doesn't fall just out of thin air. This is already great progress, X64 will be really exciting if it can work. The fact that we're dealing with something made from the early 90s, full of potential crashes and race conditions they haven't had to worry about in older times, yeah. Not the easiest DLL to rangle into submission from experience. @joshknnd1982 @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
Wow, this is such awesome progress. I do wonder if we will need the audio filter, I'm noticing at faster rates the speech on Sapi5 version cracks more, like a hormonal teenager going through changes, his voice has cracks in speech whereas the NVDA add-on at boosted rates only has slight cracks from time to time. Sapi5 really does this after rate 70 (NVDA). I've been comparing the two though and in terms of speed overall, there's no loss by using Sapi5, so really amazing work here. @joshknnd1982 @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
@gozaltech it sounds like sapi5 bestSpeech is using sonic rate boost by default to control the speech rate, at least to me it does. If sonic were removed and speech rate were controlled directly, bestSpeech would not sound like that when you speed it up.
Unfortunately I think this is the Wrapper already using Sonic? Pretty sure of that, since I know the default rate in Bestspeech stops around 60 or so. Once you are at 65 that Sonic library kicks in fully. I'm just not sure why it would sound more harsh going over SAPI5 VS NVDA's Wasapi. @gozaltech @TheQuinbox @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999
I am using sonic, 0.5-60 scaled. I am not using wrapper as is, i rewrote some parts to eliminate possible buffer overflows and added latest sonic from the master branch. I will open-source project at the end of this week, i hope, and you will be able to contribute if you'd like.
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