We currently have sponsored update mirrors in Toronto (Xenyth), Miami (ReliableSite) and Los Angeles (ReliableSite). Each of these are 10Gbps servers we manage ourselves. Tempest's new ownership is withdrawing the sponsorship for the one in London which was already not enough.
Our overall traffic for updates peaks around 40Gbps for the largest releases for quarterly and yearly Android releases. Average usage over a month is below 2Gbps. We shipped Android 16 QPR2 after it was released earlier this month so the next major update will be in March 2026.
We could easily afford to start paying for the Tempest server in London but it lacks IPv6 and has issues with network downtime. We also aren't interested in paying a company sending us an ultimatum in the holiday season where we have 6 days to start paying or it's taken down.
For now, we can update our GeoDNS configuration to split Europe between Toronto and Miami combined with using Los Angeles for the rest of Asia. We can afford to pay for update servers in Europe ourselves if needed but sponsors are nice for this to avoid overpaying for bandwidth.
We already planned to start paying for at least 2 powerful dedicated servers to provide our own geocoding service instead of only a proxy (nominatim.org/release-docs/lat…). For updates, a lot of providers charge for 10Gbps bandwidth as if it's used at 100% capacity continuously or just overcharge.
We already planned to start paying for at least 2 powerful dedicated servers to provide our own geocoding service instead of only a proxy (https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/admin/Installation/#hardware).
Too bad so few projects use the torrenting / DHT technology. Though I guess for GrapheneOS it makes less sense than for a lot of other projects, considering that it's an OS update, and that mobile devices are battery-sensitive.
Lol, Google Drive can't cope with me suddenly deleting like 400 GB. Synchronisation error, please try again later. Anyway, I now have a backup at a Hetzner storage box, the source (my external HDD(, so I need one more spot. Get a 2nd drive and pllace it somewhere else? Another internet storage/cloud somewhere somehow? Not sure.
How'd you even manage actually storing 400 gb of actual data in it? I would never use drives like that, maybe out of habbit of knowing it's just online, only a cloud, sub based etc? Idk.
V Nizozemsku začali prodávat zábavní pyrotechniku, letos nejspíš naposledy - počítá se s tím, že za rok už nebude platit novoroční výjimka z plošného zákazu ohňostrojů.
The largest fundamental science agency in Europe will save €1.4 million annually by breaking free from Clavariate Analytics' commercial databases of references and citations.
Starting January 1st 2026, the CNRS will stop subscribing from the Web of Science, along with the Core Collection and Journal Citation Reports.
"We have worked for free to lock ourselves collectively into a paid system", one head of the CNRS explains - but no more! 🎉
Y’all, please continue to boost good posts you see. I’ve realized that almost all of my discovery of new (to me) accounts on Mastodon comes from when you boost something, I like it, and click through to the original poster to check them out and end up following them.
THREAD: on Friday, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel would recognize Somaliland, an autonomous breakaway republic in northern Somalia, as an independent state.
This makes Israel the first state to officially recognize Somaliland, since it's 1991 declaration of independence.
I've noticed something about using my BrailleNote. The one I've been working with lately has an 18 cell Braille display. Because the BrailleNote has thumb-keys, I can reverse the keys so that the key to advance the display forward is further to the left. On a 32 cell, I would use a custom set and set the very far left key to move forward, however I'm finding that this seems to get to my wrist after awhile and it gets uncomfortable for me to read for long periods. On this BrailleNote with the 18 cell display, I'm finding I can fly through information in Braille because with where the Braille starts, and the fact that I use my thumb to hit the key to advance, with the keys reversed I can read in Braille faster than I have ever been able to in the nearly 19 years I've been working with Braille displays. It's interesting that I find this easier with the shorter displays.
I always loved those notetakers that are the same size for both the 32 and 18 cell, it's just on the 18 cell displays they only have braille in the middle lol. DK why it always cracked me up that the only amount of effort some display put into miniaturizing was just to remove cells from each end
@Bri Honestly though, the BrailleNote seems to be that way and I think it's actually the fact that it's done that way that makes it easier for me. On my Apex 32, my wrist gets tired after awhile and I can't read on it for long periods. With it set this way on the BrailleNote I'm working with, the start of the display is aligned with the far right side of what is usually the previous thumb-key, so it's more in line with where the Braille starts and it works so much better for me.
Tak po dlouhém hledání a špekulování 😀 vyhrál eu.zwift.com/products/wahoo-ki… Tak snad dorazí zítra a nový rok začnu s novým strojem. A díky moc @pavelkout za rady a tipy 👍☺️
@mireeek Pockej! Koukam, ze si zaplatis za masinku a abys ji moh pouzivat tak platis mesicne jeste sw? To bych to kolo podlozil zidli a cumel z okna, teda...
@mireeek nejsem zadna drzgresle, ale radsi ty penize prozeru! Ja myslel ze ty legrace jak jedes Tour jsou k tomu. Bez toho placeni to nejde? Nejaka free apka? To bez toho vlastne nedava smysl, to je jen podlozka pro kolo, ne? Takovej kousek rotopedu:)
@zoufalec @mireeek Hlavně to není rotoped. Cyklotrenažér na rozdíl od rotopedu, který jízdu na kole pouze připomíná, nabízí autentický pocit z jízdy. ☝️😀 To víš my jsme srdcaři.
@mireeek Tak jestli to dobte chapu nasadis na to svoje kolo a ono to pribrzduje a tak podle profilu trate, ne? To je jasan, ze je to lepsi nez rotoped. Ja to myslel s nadsazkou. A teda prekvapilo mne, ze bez apky za vypalny je to o nicem.
@zoufalec Můžeš jezdit i bez aplikace, jen ti pak trenažér automaticky neupravuje zátěž podle profilu trati. Já mám tenhle: cyklotrenazery.heureka.cz/tacx… Aplikaci vyloženě nepotřebuješ, ale vydržet na tom třeba 90 minut a čumět jen do zdi chce hodně silnou hlavu 😀😀 Já mám na kole pedály s wattmetrem, takže se připojují k aplikacím – jinak bych se na to upřímně vysral. Zase to mám jen přes zimu. Jsou borci, co na tom jezdí celoročně. Ono je to stejný jako když si někdo koupí domů běžecký pás – po měsíci je z toho pěkný věšák na ručníky. 😄@mireeek
Můj rotoped umí vše výše zmíněné, občas taky slouží jako věšák. Při jízdě koukám na TV a chtěl bych přidat ještě jeho dovednost a to, za jízdy číst ebooky. Ale jak psal @archos, venku je to lepší. @zoufalec
@mireeek Ja ho mam na terase. A serou na nej mysi. Ale ja vlastne tyhle trenazery nepouzivam, nejak mne to nebavi. Jedinej co jsem letos pouzil byl volant k pc:)
@mireeek Ja za ten rok bez pohybu nabral. I kdyz jsem se to snazil drzet, 126 tam vylitlo jak nic. Ted 11 kg dole za dva mesice, dva a pul? co se muzu hejbat. Snazim se chodit a moc nezrat:)
@mireeek jj. To slitlo az jsem cumel. Nicmene jeste tak 5 kg a budu na normalu, mivam tak 105-108. To pude. Teda ted pres vanoce to moc nejde, ale hned od prvniho! ;)
If you as a college professor: * never check or respond to emails, * Only grade twice a semester, * Spend at least a quarter of every class talking about how wonderful you are, * Don't allow makeup work, * Make us come in on Veterans day when you yourself are out, * etc. maybe you should not be a fucking professor. SO glad this is my last week.
Finally setting up my Kopia backup structure to my Storage box and external drive as my 2TB Google Drive I just synced everything unencrypted for now is going to expire in 2 days. Was about time lol.
Zen Browser is a free, open source browser based on Firefox, designed for a calmer internet experience by removing Firefox's "bad bits." It has zero telemetry. It comes with more "hardened" privacy settings out of the box, whereas Firefox requires you to dive into the settings to achieve the same level of protection and zero Ads etc. this is what Firefox should have been. Anyway, I shared information. Now it is up to you 😉 zen-browser.app
I've been a very happy user of Bitwarden for several years but recently, I've begun noticing an a11y issue that's really inconvenient. I'm using JAWS and the Chrome Browser. I bring up the Bitwarden extension and press New to create a new item. Focus lands on the Folder item type, and I can't select any other item type by using the arrow keys. Anyone else seeing this? @bitwarden
I'm thankful for #Be My Eyes. I am going through holiday cards and reading the little messages that are often handwritten, even in cursive. It is a joy to have the app read them to me. Even if they're not private messages, it's still wonderful to think that this option exists, especially when cited assistance is not immediately around the corner. Thank you so much, Be My Eyes!
FSCast #265 is live. Mitchell Smedley shares his experience hosting a college radio show, Quin Gillespie introduces Paperback, an accessible ebook and document reader for Windows, and we preview upcoming Vispero training. Listen now: blog.freedomscientific.com/fsc…
This month, Mitchell Smedley shares his experience hosting his own radio show and serving as president of a college radio station. Quin Gillespie introduces Paperback, a fully accessible ebook and …
Paramore's official audio for "For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic" from 'RIOT!' - available now on Fueled By Ramen. Get it at - http://smarturl.it/paramo...
Well, lookie here. I went to my other haunt, producer.ai, because Suno is having issues. What do I see on the page, but yes, accessibility help text. To pick up a draggable item, press the space bar. While dragging, use the arrow keys to move the item. Press space again to drop the item in its new position, or press escape to cancel. sortable
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I seem to have picked up a few follows by talking about how much the music industry sucks, and I'm guessing that means that at least some of you would be interested in alternative methods of finding & hearing cool stuff:
@TIBtv - brand-new independent live stream of indie music videos and animation
If you have Pigments, and have ever given me a dollar, or helped share my work, go grab these! If you have Pigments and HAVEN'T ever offered any support, well, drop a dollar or five in the can and get it!
Okay, just a day late for Christmas, here is my gift to the #Pigments community, especially the friends who hung out on stream with me while I made these 51 Pigments patches.
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