1. Don't prepare for snow so you can save money
2. Wait for snow
3. When snow comes, declare total inability to deal with it
4. Make sure no one takes the phone to help stranded passengers on flights you sold them. Tell them that you are busy. Don't book them hotels or give them any comfort like food, drinks or beds.
5. Raise prices for the few seats on flights you do operate
6. Profit!

KLM and Schiphol explained.

#SarcasmButOnlyHalf

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Seems there's an up-tick of drinking idiot juice in Saskatchewan? The Saskatchewan RCMP Operational Communication Centre has released a list of 2025's most ridiculous emergency calls, to warn people to stay off the lines
unless there's a serious situation. It comes as its 911 call-takers and dispatchers fielded more than 422,000 calls last year, 15 per cent more than the
year before.

Some alleged emergencies from last year: a friend had cooked one caller's pork chop without consent. A family member's loud snoring was keeping another
awake. A restaurant was taking too long with the lunch order of still another. And, perhaps most dire, someone had lost their phone and wanted an officer
to call it so they could hear it ring.

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It's 2026 and we have no fully satesfying messenger for blind people.
WhatsApp, well no need to say anything.
Telegram, Image (can't imagine most germans switching) and IOS apps get less accessible e.g. no voice over focusable edit feald etc.
Signal, Desktop client is trash for screenreaders, ignore request to add TalkBack actions to Android apps, accessibility doesn't seem to be a high priority
Delta Chat, Yeah actually not to bad, though no web client through a browser, but as long as there is a portable app for Windows I guess that's doable, not sure atm.
What did I miss?

And the WhatsApp website is broken again. When you arrow through the chat list in NVDA focus mode it only says section section section. Please can there just happen some sort of wonder and an accessible, nice messenger with good web clients but also native desktop client appears which can actually can compete with WhatsApp? I wouldn't use it if it wasn't for everyone else, and I'm already locked from tons of other social media. It is not possible to quit WhatsApp in germany without loosing 80% of information from your social life.

This world can be a very cruel place sometimes, and some of the best people are taken way too soon. Unfortunately, for those who might have known her, Janeen, lost her battle with a very sudden illness tonight. She taught me a lot. We were very bouncy, but I always had a special place in my heart for her, and she would light up a room. And as the text notification that gave me this news was a ding sound, I guesss when a bell rings, an angel gets its wings. Again, 2026 it's barely been a week, do better than this

The ad invasion is about to get a lot worse… - youtube.com/watch?v=_YC_qOM_o2…

Osobně nějaký vyŔŔí množstvĆ­ reklam nepozoruju. Ale to je hlavně kvÅÆli tomu, že proti tomu aktivně bojuju. PĆ”r tipÅÆ:
- Vyserte se na komerčnĆ­ sociĆ”lnĆ­ sĆ­tě nebo přítomnost na nich minimalizujte. To zrovna tady asi nemusĆ­m rozebĆ­rat. šŸ˜„
- Nainstalujte si adblock do prohlížeče. NejlĆ­p funguje uBlock Origin (addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…). K tomu budete potřebovat Firefox. Jasně, mĆ” problĆ©my, ale lepŔí alternativa aktuĆ”lně prostě neexistuje. NavĆ­c podporuje rozŔířenĆ­ i na Androidu. Jiný (ale horŔí) možnosti:
- Fork Firefoxu, ale tam větÅ”inou přichĆ”zĆ­te o včasný security updaty. Nedoporučuju.
- Fork Chromia se zabudovaným adblockem. Tady můžu s čistým svědomĆ­m doporučit asi jen Vivaldi. Ale ze zkuÅ”enosti to nefunguje tak dobře jako uBlock Origin.
- Jinej fork Chromia, kam si nainstalujete uBlock Origin Lite. Ale zase, je to okleÅ”těnĆ” verze (kvÅÆli nepodpoře Manifestu V2), nefunguje tak dobře.
- Nainstalujte si na Android DSN filtr. Možnosti jsou (od nejjednoduŔŔí):
- Využijte nastavenĆ­ Private DNS a hoďte si tam libredns.gr (podrobnej nĆ”vod najdete v sekci DNS over TLS -> Android) nebo joindns4.eu/for-public. Výhoda je, že nemusĆ­te nic instalovat a nezabere vĆ”m to VPN slot, ale spolĆ©hĆ”te na třetĆ­ stranu.
- personalDNSfilter (play.google.com/store/apps/det…), asi nejjednoduŔŔí lokĆ”lnĆ­ filtrace.
- Invizible Pro (f-droid.org/packages/pan.alexa…), podporuje navĆ­c DNSCrypt a Tor, ale nastavenĆ­ nenĆ­ pro slabý povahy. šŸ˜„
- Pokud to je aspoň trochu možný, používejte web mĆ­sto appky. Reklamy a trackery v appkĆ”ch se blokujou mnohem hÅÆÅ™ a někdy to ani nejde.
- Nepoužívejte Google. Osobně můžu doporučit startpage.com (mĆ” kontextový reklamy, ale daj se vypnout přes adblock) nebo searxng.cz (provozuje @oscloud).
- IdeĆ”lně se vyhněte chytrejm hovadinĆ”m, který nefungujou bez appky. Jasně, u hodinek apod. je to složitějŔí, ale fakt nepotřebujete lednici nebo pračku s Wi-Fi.

#ads #adblock

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@archos Ono to mĆ” prostě milion funkcĆ­, přepĆ­nĆ”tek a parametrÅÆ na rÅÆznejch mĆ­stech. šŸ˜„ V zĆ”sadě to dělĆ” to, co jsem potřeboval (mamutovo.cz/@Razemix/115418290…) v jedný aplikaci. Ale jsou tam jistý omezenĆ­:
- Podporuje to jenom DNSCrypt, takže jakejkoli DNS server, co si tam vybereÅ”, musĆ­ bejt Å”ifrovanej. I kdybys tam chtěl nastavit vlastnĆ­ Pi-hole.
- Podporuje jen jednu URL pro blocklist. Takže buď musĆ­Å” používat jen jeden (což mně nevadĆ­, jĆ” používĆ”m prostě github.com/StevenBlack/hosts), nebo si někde udělat vlastnĆ­ agregaci.
- NemĆ” jednoduÅ”e vyřeÅ”enou client authorization pro onion services. MusĆ­Å” vyexportovat nastavenĆ­, upravit v zipu config a naimportovat to zpĆ”tky, viz github.com/Gedsh/InviZible/iss…. Tohle je trochu nedomyÅ”lený, v Orbot je to prostě otĆ”zka pĆ”r kliknutĆ­ a vloženĆ­ klƭče.


I have a rather peculiar #Android problem.
- I use personalDNSfilter (zenz-solutions.de/personaldnsf…) to block ads system-wide. It's basically like running a local pi-hole using a local VPN.
- I would also like to use Orbot (#Tor) and run some apps (specifically Nextcloud) that don't natively support proxying through Orbot's VPN.

The problem is, Android won't let me run two VPNs at the same time. And blocking ads without a VPN would require rooting my phone, which I don't want to do. However:
- personalDNSfilter can expose the DNS server on port 5300 without using the VPN (which is useless in itself).
- Orbot can expose its HTTP and SOCKS proxy without using the VPN (which is also useless in itself).

Is there some way to setup a custom VPN that would combine these two things, i.e., let me route some apps through Orbot's proxy and use the local DNS server (provided by personalDNSfilter) at port 5300? I was looking at OpenVPN for Android (github.com/schwabe/ics-openvpn), but I'm honestly really confused. Help please? šŸ˜… Boosts appreciated.


Claude upravil podminky pouzivani sluzby. Zajimave na tom je, ze nektere funkce (zalohy dat) se nedaji koupit, nejsou soucasti ani nejvyssiho $200 tarifu. Jediny zpusob, jak je ziskat je sdilet svoje data na uceni modelu.

Povoleni pri potvrzovani znem T&C defaultne "ON", ale to je klasika.

Po Googlu je to tak druhy z top 4 postytovatelu modelu, kde se nejaka zasadni fukcionalita neda koupit za penize, ale jenom za sdileni dat.

#ai #claude

To, na čem jsem s @archos pomocƭ pracoval v poslednƭch dnech, je konečně tu!

Ode dneÅ”ka vĆ”m @zpravobot každĆ© rĆ”no přinese informaci o počtu postÅÆ z předeÅ”lĆ©ho dne doplněný o několik snad i dÅÆležitých zprĆ”v, kterĆ© pro vĆ”s vybral Claude AI.

Tak si to užijte, zasledujte ZprĆ”vobot a zÅÆstaňte naladěni, rozhodně to pro dneÅ”ek nenĆ­ vÅ”echno…d8-D

#zpravobot #mastodon #aiDigest #ffcz #ffczsk
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Taking sarcasm to the limit!

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Gmail welcoming the Gemini era?

That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-g…

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EU is calling for comments on open source strategies. MAKE YOURSELF HEARD!

Even non-EU citizens have a voice here.

NOW is a time to stand up and stand out! YOU want to help the Fediverse? Here's just one way today that YOU can REALLY make a difference:

The European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy will set out:

  • a strategic approach to the open source sector in the EU that addresses the importance of open source as a crucial contribution to EU technological sovereignty, security and competitiveness
  • a strategic and operational framework to strengthen the use, development and reuse of open digital assets within the Commission, building on the results achieved under the 2020-2023 Commission Open Source Software Strategy.

ec.europa.eu/info/law/better...

#EU #open #foss #openSource #source #linux #activitypub #AP #fedi #fediverse

Can you recommend a Mastodon instance that:
- is English-speaking
- isn't afraid of war content and attacks coming from Russia (experience)
?
After we started publishing dnesnaukrajine.cz/index-en.htm… in English, I thought I could also toot the English version. I post the Czech version on f.cz/@dnesnaukrajine, but I thought I could post the English version elsewhere because of the live feed. But where?

Zwift vs ROUVY šŸš“ā€ā™‚ļø – osobnĆ­ srovnĆ”nĆ­

#Zwift je hlavně o gamifikaci a komunitě. NabĆ­zĆ­ několik virtuĆ”lnĆ­ch světÅÆ – ikonickou Watopii (tu už asi každý někdy viděl na Stravě), ale taky Londýn, Paříž, Richmond a dalŔí. Je tu spousta eventÅÆ, zĆ”vodÅÆ a společných jĆ­zd. IdeĆ”lnĆ­, když chceÅ” jezdit s lidmi, hecovat se a mĆ­t pocit ā€žÅ¾ivĆ©ā€œ trati. PotkÔŔ reĆ”lnĆ© jezdce i kamarĆ”dy, třeba @pavelkout šŸ™‚ VelkĆ© plus je plynulost – dojedeÅ” okruh, zatoÄĆ­Å” a jedeÅ” dĆ”l. Klidně hodiny bez přeruÅ”enĆ­, žÔdnĆ© klikĆ”nĆ­, žÔdný výběr novĆ© trasy.

#ROUVY jde Ćŗplně jinou cestou. NabĆ­zĆ­ tisĆ­ce reĆ”lných tras ze slavných i mĆ©ně znĆ”mých mĆ­st po celĆ©m světě, s reĆ”lnými profily a videem. SkvělĆ© pro cĆ­lený trĆ©nink, přípravu na konkrĆ©tnĆ­ kopce nebo strukturovanĆ© workouty. Co mi ale vadĆ­: auta a ruch v zĆ”běrech, kterĆ© občas rozbijĆ­ zÔžitek, a hlavně to, že po dojetĆ­ trasy musĆ­Å” znovu vybĆ­rat dalŔí. Když chceÅ” jet dĆ”l, musĆ­Å” zastavit a klikat.

Cenově jsou si blĆ­zko. Zwift stojĆ­ 19,99 USD měsƭčně nebo 199,99 USD ročně. ROUVY vyjde na 19,99 USD měsƭčně nebo 179,99 USD ročně a nabĆ­zĆ­ i skupinovĆ© plĆ”ny – při registraci s dalŔími 4 lidmi na rok se dĆ” dostat zhruba na 8,4 USD měsƭčně, což už nenĆ­ tak hroznĆ©.
#zwift #rouvy #indoorcycling #smarttrainer #virtualcycling #cyklo #cyklistikacz

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nice comparison. I agree with most of what you write with one exception.

For me, Rouvy is my favourite for just riding. The sometimes more rapid grade changes where you can power up a small bump without ruining your ride makes it for enjoyable. Maybe my inclination to do fartslekj both when running and cycling might be part of why this is appealing to me.

Zwift however is great for group rides, community and racing. For me however the gamification went too far. I have friends who love the micro improvements for bikes, but I hate it and almost quit Zwift after that. I know I can just ignore it and ride, but unfortunately I am unable to.

At the beginning of October, I got to do a couple of great rides outdoors and decided to sign up for Rouvy. Now I’m back to riding regularly on Rouvy. I kept my Zwift account because I enjoy the occasional race.

#rouvy #zwift #virtualcycling

Augment (which gave the #curl project free access) is changing pricing (again) in what seems to be a 10x increase.

Augment pricing changes from ā€šmessagesā€˜ (number of answer which you control) to ā€šcreditā€˜ (which is effort controlled by Augment).

And this is probably still not enough to cover their real costs, not even speaking of profit.

Wherever you stand on the LLM debate, donā€˜t become dependant on those companies. Their business model sucks.

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#curl

Tengo ciertas ideas acerca de lo que puedo hacer, como ciudadano, para reducir mi contacto económico con agentes que fomenten la línea política predatoria del gobierno de los #EstadosUnidos, pero quería preguntaros a vosotros. ¿Qué habéis hecho, qué creéis necesario hacer, qué os gustaría hacer pero creéis que no podéis, para «independizaros» de las barras y las estrellas?

Sentíos libres de difundir. Respuestas cínicas o contrarias a la tesis serÔn, como mínimo, ignoradas. ”Gracias!

Hey friends — quick accessibility question for the blind Discord users out there.

I’m on macOS using VoiceOver and trying to set a custom Discord keybind for ā€œDisconnect from Voice Channel.ā€ I’ve added it in Settings → Keybinds, but I can’t tell if it’s actually saving, and the shortcut never fires when I’m in a call.

Has anyone gotten this working reliably on Mac?
If so, what key combo are you using, and did you have to do anything special to make it stick?

Any tips, workarounds, or confirmations that this is just a Discord bug would be super appreciated.

Thanks in advance šŸ™

#accessibility #a11y #blind #VoiceOver #macOS #Discord #screenreader #AssistiveTech

The production on this track is insanely good. Love all the interesting ear candy and little details. On top of that it's just a really well written song. Jess Humphries - Spite

youtu.be/NYCGgre3xnM

#music #pop #newmusic #indie

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My thoughts are with everyone battling or affected by the bushfires and power outages on this 43°C day. I’m very thankful my air conditioning is still working and I’m relatively comfortable. If you’re the praying type, please pray for my daughter’s safe return from Sydney tomorrow. The fires are still active, and she may need to find an alternative route home to Melbourne.

#Bushfires #Australia #Heatwave #Community #StaySafe #Prayers #Melbourne #Sydney

AccessiWeather update and dev musings:

I just added a small improvement to accessiweather: being able to import/export settings to copy them from machine to machine. However, if I can convince the Toga/BeeWare team that portable apps can indeed exist on macOS as well as Windows, maybe they can implement something to allow it. Briefcase is the real issue, though it certainly has its issues though overall it makes it easy to build and package the app with a few commands, though the config method they have for all platforms to save user settings saves it where each platform usually does, E.G. %appdata% on Windows. With my WX implementation, my make.py script had to do a bunch more shit. If I did that over again, I'd probably try to switch to Nuitka instead of the abandoned pyinstaller.

Get ready for our 2026 National Convention in Austin, Texas! Austin is widely known as the ā€œLive Music Capital of the World,ā€ and boasts a vibrant arts scene with many public art displays throughout the city.

But Austin isn’t just fueled by creative energy. A strong technology sector thrives here, with many tech companies establishing headquarters in the city.

Book your hotel room and read our convention bulletin at buff.ly/QrEBzJH

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