They are going to put ads into ChatGPT, apparently.

They should go ahead and put all the ads in there. Just load that thing up with ads. Go on. Do it.

Force ads into all the gen AI stuff too. Involuntary product placements. Unavoidable Coke cans in your expertly prompted masterpiece. At least one verse of your Suno banger singing about New Persil Automatic.

Popups for the latest mobile game in your vibe-coded app.

Go on, capitalism. Do it. You know you want to.

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You should probably emit diphthong phonemes, unless eSpeak actually doesn't, and serialize those internally aas glide ends to the formant synth yeah? Or does IPA not have diphthongs as individual symbols. In U.S> English at least I think some of the diphthongs differ from the vowels used to compose them.
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Near the end of when I was doing live stuff, I got a Behringer audio interface with 8 inputs and 10 outputs, all balanced TRS, which I used a couple of I/O pairs in combination with the on-board 32 in, 18 out interface on my mixer, mostly for mundaine stuff like taking phone calls and auxiliary audio patching, leaving the board to stream the high quality stuff since it didn't have to get converted back to analog internally. Now none of that stuff matters to me anymore, really.
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I didn't even do that. I just baught the eighth inch to two RCA wire, and then the adaptor for the eighth inch side to make it fit into a chordless, and hooked it into the board, and ran with it. no no resisters, or anything between the chordless and the mixer. I don't think it sounded too bad. I did turn the volume down on the chordless though because it distorted all to hell if I didn't, and then controled the volume threw the board.

I made my first 2 #FT8 contacts today thanks to a new accessible companion app built to work in conjunction with #WSJTX and the #JAWS and #NVDA screen readers. We're making huge progress toward a solution we can provide to the entire #blind #AmateurRadio community. #HamRadio

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Natรกlie Kocรกbovรก: Tenhle rozhovor jste nemฤ›li ฤรญst

Jรก neล™รญkรกm, ลพe vลพdycky hned vรญm, jak to je. O to nejde. Jde o to, ลพe se tomu v ฤŒechรกch nevฤ›nujeme dost. A pรกd Ameriky je nฤ›co tak bezprecedentnรญho, ลพe vlastnฤ› nechรกpu, jak to, ลพe jรก jsem ten nejvฤ›tลกรญ alarmista. A u toho se mฤ› lidรฉ ptajรญ na moje mentรกlnรญ zdravรญ. To je fakt รบlet. Stojรญme na prahu zniฤenรญ demokratickรฉho zpลฏsobu vlรกdnutรญ a jรก mรกm bรฝt alarmista?

pepikhipik.com/2026/01/17/nataโ€ฆ

Someone asked me how a blind person can do phoneme editing without a spectrogram. That's valid. The next version of the phoneme editor will let you preview the sound in real-time as you edit it. That is, while changing the value, it will play for you the new one you set. This will allow for realtime changes and tuning. Eventually, I will add an option to synthesize through an AI service, but that will be long long down the road. For now, just hearing the new sound will allow people to have a better workflow.

Well, eurpod.com/synths/nvSpeechPlayโ€ฆ updated with Language pack data. I will be doing less frequent updates (maybe 1-2 per day at most) to allow for people to work with the language files and have time to do so. Now, languages like Bulgarian, Romanian have specific letter rules. Hungarian actually is starting to sound like a native speaker talking. This is a solid language pack change, and we fixed the British "broad" to sound correct, too.
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Fรผr blinde bzw. sehgeschรคdigte Handballโ€“Freunde:

mit Unterstรผtzung der DKB gibt es fรผr die Spiele der deutschen Mannschaft bei der #HandballEM eine #Audiodeskription (handball.net/dkb-audiodeskriptโ€ฆ).

Die Seite selbst ist fรผr mich mit Screenreader allerdings bisher leider nicht bedienbar.

Kurz vor Spielbeginn waren die Streams dann aber auch in der (gut barrierefreien) Raydio-App und auch in der mycrocast-App zu findenโ€ฆ

Sportliche GrรผรŸe!
#blind #Barrierefreiheit #Inklusion #Handball #DHB

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@WestphalDenn: ja, ein solches Konzept fรผr lokale Sportรผbertragungen vor Ort gibt es von dem Anbieter wohl auch.

Aber den Stream mit #Audiodeskription fรผr die deutschen Spiele hatten sie jetzt auch in ihren beiden Apps.

Aber wirklich immer erst 10-15 min vor Spielbeginn โ€“ vorher sieht man das ggf. noch nichtโ€ฆ

#Handball #EM #Inklusion #DHB

Uznesenie o masovรฝch รบnosoch detรญ v Nigรฉrii, vrรกtane detรญ z katolรญckej ลกkoly sv. Mรกrie v Papiri


Eurรณpsky parlament prijal dลˆa 18. decembra 2025 uznesenie o masovรฝch รบnosoch detรญ v Nigรฉrii, a to aj z katolรญckej ลกkoly sv. Mรกrie v Papiri.

Pripomeลˆme si, ลพe 21. novembra 2025 ozbrojenci zaรบtoฤili na katolรญcku ลกkolu sv. Mรกrie v Papiri v ลกtรกte Niger a uniesli 303 ลกtudentov, 12 uฤiteฤพov a zamestnancov, ฤo bol jeden z najvรคฤลกรญch รบnosov v dejinรกch Nigรฉrie. Bezpeฤnostnรก situรกcia v Nigรฉrii sa naฤalej zhorลกuje v dรดsledku ozbrojenรฝch gangov a dลพihรกdistickรฝch skupรญn, ako sรบ Boko Haram a Islamskรฝ ลกtรกt, ฤo viedlo vlรกdu k vyhlรกseniu nรบdzovรฉho stavu v oblasti nรกrodnej bezpeฤnosti 26. novembra 2025.

Parlament dรดrazne odsรบdil masovรฝ รบnos v katolรญckej ลกkole sv. Mรกrie a vลกetky รบtoky na deti, uฤiteฤพov a vzdelรกvacie ฤi nรกboลพenskรฉ inลกtitรบcie. Vyjadril solidaritu s obeลฅami, ich rodinami a postihnutรฝmi komunitami. Poลพadoval okamลพitรฉ a bezpodmieneฤnรฉ prepustenie vลกetkรฝch zostรกvajรบcich unesenรฝch a vyzval nigรฉrijskรบ vlรกdu, aby zabezpeฤila ich bezpeฤnรฝ nรกvrat a vykonala dรดkladnรฉ a transparentnรฉ vyลกetrovanie.

Nigรฉrijskรฉ orgรกny sa vyzรฝvajรบ, aby prijali konkrรฉtne kroky na posilnenie ochrany ลกkรดl a poskytnรบลฅ alternatรญvne vzdelรกvacie podmienky s cieฤพom zabezpeฤiลฅ kontinuitu vzdelรกvania pre dotknutรฝch ลกtudentov. Zintenzรญvniลฅ รบsilie o zabezpeฤenรญ prepustenia vลกetkรฝch civilistov zadrลพiavanรฝch ozbrojenรฝmi skupinami a o lepลกiu ochranu ลกkรดl a zraniteฤพnรฝch komunรญt. Zabezpeฤiลฅ nezรกvislรฉ a รบฤinnรฉ vyลกetrovanie รบnosov a stรญhaลฅ zodpovednรฉ osoby a zabezpeฤiลฅ ich sรบdne konanie v sรบlade s medzinรกrodnรฝmi zรกvรคzkami v oblasti ฤพudskรฝch prรกv a zรกsadami prรกvneho ลกtรกtu. Prijaลฅ opatrenia proti neistote a nรกboลพenskรฉmu, etnickรฉmu a medzikomunitnรฉmu nรกsiliu v regiรณne.

New Audio Player. I want to introduce you to an audio player which is new to me for both Windows and Mac. It is called the Flux Entertainment Centre.
This is a highly accessible application. I've been listening to our station Team-FM with it this morning and it is very stable and reliable.
Global shortcut keys are available and it even has variable speed and pitch playback. The only thing which is missing is the ability to determine elapsed and remaining time in hours, minutes and seconds. For many people like me that is an essential requirement. I must know an elapsed time quickly. Apart from that, it's excellent.
You do not need me to spell out its features because you can read about it here.
ims-productions.com/flux/
in reply to Quin

Yes, but with reservations. I would do it as long as it's a one-time payment and there's no online account and/or online activation. I'm always concerned that the developers will eventually lose interest in such projects and shut down the activation servers. The software would then become useless. That's why I don't like the concept of e.g. TweeseCake, even though it's currently free.

Ich bin jetzt mal ganz ehrlich zu euch und mache mich unbeliebt:

Ich brauche nicht noch ein Video, wo ein Mensch durch Paris radelt und sagt:
Wie toll ist das?
Das kรถnnten wir auch haben!

Wir brauchen Menschen wie die Bruntletts, die klar sagen:
DAS zu schaffen, braucht Rรผckgrat, Mut und Menschenliebe.
Danke!

Das Video geht heute raus an alle Newslettter-Abonnent*innen.
Alle 14 Tage gibt es hier Input in meiner Academy.
รœbersicht hier:
katja-diehl.de/interviews/

Schรถnes Beispiel, wie man es nicht machen sollte: Wenn Bauantrรคge "nach drei Monaten ohne Widerspruch automatisch als genehmigt gelten", dann kann ich halt einen schรถnen Behรถrden-DDOS machen. Ich stell dann einfach in der Urlaubszeit schรถn per Serienbrief 823 Bauantrรคge und in der Zeit kriegen die die alle nicht fristgerecht abgelehnt

tagesschau.de/inland/innenpoliโ€ฆ

ยซIndependientemente de la ley electoral โ€”que efectivamente penaliza la fragmentaciรณnโ€”, existe tambiรฉn una voluntad de conformar y construir un frente amplio sobre unos mรญnimos programรกticos en los que estamos de acuerdo: la defensa de los servicios pรบblicos, reformas estructurales del Estado, descentralizaciรณn y polรญticas socialesยป.

๐ŸŽ™ Ya puedes escuchar la entrevista a Antonio Maรญllo en โ€˜La maรฑana fin de semanaโ€™ de COPE

youtu.be/k60cOPVjTIA

A quick #FOSDEM guide from someone who's been attending since it was still called OSDEM:

1. Be mindful of other people. This is an extremely busy conference.
2. If a talk is in progress and you want to enter the room: don't. Wait until the next talk.
3. If you didn't read 2, try to enter as quietly as humanly possible, and ideally even quieter. Many of the rooms have terrible acoustics and you will annoy hundreds of people.
4. The hallway track is very busy. Take it outside when possible.

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โš ๏ธ We're 900 โ‚ฌ short on funds for our stand at #FOSDEM

FOSDEM is the largest free and open source software conference in Europe. Attending FOSDEM allows us to promote #Luanti, bring the community together, and connect with other open source projects.

If you can, please help by giving to our non-profit fundraiser. Any contribution helps lighten the load

opencollective.com/luanti/projโ€ฆ

#Minetest #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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It looks like Iran has successfully built a national 'walled garden' to control internet connectivity - both halting outsiders from communicating with those in Iran who are protesting, but also halting Iranians' ability to access the world wide web's myriad resources.

How well this 'wall' can be maintained remains to be seen but authoritarian regimes around the world will be watching, that's for sure.

#internet #censorship #Iran #politics

theguardian.com/world/2026/janโ€ฆ

I'd like to know people's opinions on this. I enjoying following people who post in a variety of languages. I also know I have followers who appreciate alt text in images and do my best not to boost images that have no alt text.

What do you do when the image has alt text but is in another language? To boost it as I would like to would mean those using screen readers are disadvantaged, as far as I know. To boost and comment with English alt text would seem rude to the original poster who has already included alt text. (I'm only using English as an example there as it's the one I usually communicate in). Do screen readers have their own translation functions by any chance?

If you're someone who uses a screen reader what do you do when you come across alt text in a language you don't understand?

#AltText #languages #ScreenReaders

Vystudoval jsem stล™ednรญ prลฏmyslovou ลกkolu, obor Informatika, zamฤ›ล™enรญ programovรกnรญ.
Co se tรฝฤe skuteฤnรฉ informatiky, mฤ›li jsme pล™edmฤ›ty Programovรกnรญ, Databรกze, Poฤรญtaฤovรฉ sรญtฤ›, Technickรฉ vybavenรญ poฤรญtaฤลฏ, Operaฤnรญ systรฉmy, Webovรฉ aplikace, Poฤรญtaฤovรก grafika.
ล kolu jsem dostudoval v roce 2019. V mรฉ prรกci toho vyuลพรญvรกm nejvรญce z pล™edmฤ›tลฏ Operaฤnรญ systรฉmy a Technickรฉ vybavenรญ poฤรญtaฤลฏ.
Kolik uฤiva z tฤ›chto pล™edmฤ›tลฏ je uลพiteฤnรฉho v mรฉ prรกci? Ne, takto to nenรญ vhodnฤ› formulovanรก otรกzka. Co v prรกci dฤ›lรกm a co jsme se neuฤili? Sprรกva domรฉny ve smyslu uลพivatelลฏ, poฤรญtaฤลฏ v Active Directory. Modul DHCP? Nikoliv. Propojenรญ s Microsoft 365? V tรฉ dobฤ› uลพ to existovalo, neuฤili jsme se to. Exchange? Ne. Procesy v IT? Ne. Jak ล™eลกit problรฉmy s Windows, technickรฉ pล™รญkazy pro opravu systรฉmu? Ne. Z tรฉmatu kyberbezpeฤnosti jsme zaฤali a skonฤili u sloลพitosti hesla. Domรฉnovรฉ politiky v prostล™edรญ Windows? Ne. Za to umรญm editovat grub, znรกm snad vลกechny pล™รญkazy bashe, umรญm zaklรกdat uลพivatele v terminรกlu, nenรญ problรฉm pro mฤ› konfigurovat apache, sambu, atd. Vรญm, co je to fragmentace pamฤ›ti, strรกnkovรกnรญ, preemptivnรญ nebo nepreemptivnรญ plรกnovรกnรญ, vรญm, co je to ลพurnรกl. Vรญm, jak se uklรกdajรญ data do pamฤ›ti poฤรญtaฤe. Vรญm, jak pracuje procesor, co je to instrukฤnรญ pointer, registry, instrukce. Vรญm, jak vyuลพรญt vรฝkon grafickรฉ karty v programovรกnรญ pล™es technologii NVIDIA CUDA. Umรญm Assembler, C, C++, chรกpu princip objektovรฉho programovรกnรญ. PHP, a dalลกรญ jazyky, na kterรฉ si uลพ ani nevzpomenu.
A Novell, no.
Vลกechno jsou to vฤ›ci, u kterรฝch jsem rรกd, ลพe je znรกm, ale velkou vฤ›tลกinu vฤ›cรญ, kterou dฤ›lรกm v prรกci, mฤ› ve ลกkole nenauฤili. Nauฤil jsem se je sรกm, protoลพe mฤ› ten obor bavรญ. Praxe ฤeskรฉho ลกkolstvรญ je skuteฤnฤ› takovรก, ลพe sice mรกte maturitu z technickรฉho oboru nebo titul, ale potom nastoupรญte do prรกce ve stejnรฉm oboru a pล™ipadรกte si hloupรญ, protoลพe vฤ›ci, kterรฉ se v praxi pouลพรญvajรญ, vรกs nikdo cizรญ nenauฤil. Prostฤ› to tak je.
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@archos test do kamene, pamatuju si jeden pracovnรญ pohovor (teda spรญลกe rozhovor s recruiterem), nฤ›kdy uprostล™ed jsem mu ล™ekl, koukรกm tady na poลพadavky co mรกte a jste si vฤ›dom ze nemรกm Vล ? รšplnฤ› automaticky mi odpovฤ›dฤ›l, to neni problรฉm, kdyลพ mรกte vรญce neลพ 15 let praxe. Popravdฤ› ล™eฤeno se mฤ› na Vล  nikdo nikdy poslednรญ dekรกdu a pลฏl nezeptal. Aลพ na jednu vรฝjimku, a to byla jedna nejmenovanรก ฤeskรก konzultantskรก firma v ฤŒR, kterรก ani nebyla schopna mi nabรญdnout podmรญnky kterรฉ uลพ mam cca dekรกdu (Estonsko, Gibraltar - vรฝลกe platu, bonusy, dny dovolenรฉ, zdravotnรญ pojiลกtฤ›nรญ, etcโ€ฆ) a jeลกtฤ› mi ล™ekla, aลฅ se vrรกtรญm tedy vrรกtรญm do svรฉho alternativnรญho svฤ›ta. Tak jsem ji sluลกnou ฤeลกtinou upozornil, ลพe to je ona kdo mฤ› kontaktuje a poslal do prdele i celou firmou at uลพ me nikdy nekontaktuje.

RE: gultsch.social/@daniel/1135490โ€ฆ

#Signal isnโ€™t just AWS. It also has a hard dependency on Googleโ€™s push notification system (FCM) if you donโ€™t want your battery to catch fire.

Signalโ€™s attitude towards #UnifiedPush and #FDroid speaks volumes.


I installed #Signal and #Conversations_im on a clean install of #GrapheneOS on my Pixel 4a and measured the battery impact. The results are shocking!

Both messengers had only one contact: my regular phone.

I used my regular phone to send messages to the Pixel 4a (which was not used for anything else over the course of the experiment).

I always sent the same message via Signal and #XMPP (mixing up which app went first). In total I sent ~32 messages in intervals of 10mins to a few hours.


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A hard lesson learned: donโ€™t hold people to the standards to which you hold yourself. Itโ€™s unfair because:

1. They probably donโ€™t know what the hell your expectations are

2. If theyโ€™re not your employees, you have no reason to hold them to most standards (aside from the typical societal ones such as being decent, reasonable human beings)

3. Thereโ€™s a pretty good chance the standards you hold for yourself are ridiculous, anyway *points at myself*

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Random idea I had out of complete boredom, a bot that boosts publicized polls from anywhere it's federated with, of course not DMs or followers only or anything like that. No, I do not know if this is ethical or viable or anything similar, I just came up with it out of boredom and doing a search for "poll" in my mastodon client. Lol
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