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# --- Portuguese "-ião" glide length ---
# In words like "aviĆ£o" / "religiĆ£o" eSpeak emits ...iĖÉĢŹĢ.
# The /i/ here behaves like a glide into the nasal diphthong, but it can sound too short
# in our timing model. Add a length mark so the engine gives it a little more time.
- from: "iĖÉĢŹĢ"
to: "iĖĖÉĢŹĢ"
Hey Everyone. Tonight at 6 PM Eastern, Sonic Synergy goes live yet again and offers you a heapin' helpin' of crazy conversation. Not sure what we'll discuss this time, but isn't that part of the adventure?
And since our show is powered by your calls and texts to (833) 452-4452, you can help drive the ship.
Extremely NSFW and not for everyone.
Listen Live at
sonicsynergy.space/live
Vanadium version 144.0.7559.76.1 released
Changes in version 144.0.7559.76.1:
- extend support for language-specific content filters from German to cover additional languages supporting by the other EasyList variants (Bulgarian, Hebrew, Indonesian, Dutch, Vietnamese, Chinese) which can be expanded further to more EasyList-affiliated lists in the near future
- add workaround for upstream regression for the HTTPS-only mode user interface on Android which can be replaced by a backport of their fix in the near future
A full list of changes from the previous release (version 144.0.7559.76.0) is available through the Git commit log between the releases.
This update is available to GrapheneOS users via our app repository and will also be bundled into the next OS release. Vanadium isn't yet officially available for users outside GrapheneOS, although we plan to do that eventually. It won't be able to provide the WebView outside GrapheneOS and will have missing hardening and other features.
Comparing 144.0.7559.76.0...144.0.7559.76.1 Ā· GrapheneOS/Vanadium
Privacy and security enhanced releases of Chromium for GrapheneOS. Vanadium provides the WebView and standard user-facing browser on GrapheneOS. It depends on hardening in other GrapheneOS reposito...GitHub
Gosh, with all these tools we should already be so fsafe beyond safety's own limits. Why do we then need ICE and all these oso-called law enforcement agencies? I mean just put a guy in a cowboy hat and boots, show them how to use Tangles, and the rest of us can go party. What's wrong with this formula? @TexasObserver texasobserver.social/@TexasObsā¦
For starters, we directly consume libespeak.dll, thanks to learnings from our SAPI5 wrapper. No more running Espeak in another process this way, but still side-loading the DLL into the process. The .exe is included so as to keep the distribution of Espeak intact.
This also allows us to get correct IPA mappings just like the NVDA driver gets, so letters should not be dropped during speech. Check it out! Wow!
Also, the spin controls can now use page up and page-down for movement by increments of 50. This should allow wider mapping but finer if you arrow. Wait, spin control? That's right, hitting "edit" on a phoneme will let you increment it using the arrow keys, or type in the value. Why not be flexible!
We solved an issue with loading: no matter where you unzip this, it will load both the DLL and Espeak NG folders, locating Espeak-NG.exe in it. There's still a bit of a bug here because we don't check for libespeak.dll but the executable, but this is a minor one for the next version to fix. If you point it at a dll, it will also load the packs if it exists in the same folder, which also means less hitting "open" and "set" everywhere.
Enjoy! eurpod.com/synths/NVSPPhonemeEā¦
And yes, I tested this with at least 4 KB of text thrown at it at once in the text-box, it didn't crash. I'm sure there's a limit, but still, impressive it only took like 7 seconds to generate the speech.
Thanks to a software program called "Tangles," #policeāsheriffs, Texas state cops, and even #ICEācan follow the location of your smartphone without a warrant.
Yet, we know little about how it has been used. Here's what our investigation revealed: texasobserver.org/texas-policeā¦
#privacy #tech #surveillance #Texas #politics #USpol #news
Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Wonāt Say How Theyāve Used It.
One sheriff who leads an anti-smuggling task force says the software helps ādevelop leads to eventually obtain probable cause.ā Civil liberties experts say its use violates constitutional rights.Francesca DāAnnunzio (The Texas Observer)
Anyone self-host PeerTube?
I love YouTube, and by that I mean watching it; I would never upload there, especially now, with all of their silly censorship of things that don't even need censoring.
I feel like I need a PeerTube instance.
RE: mastodon.social/@linuxiac/1159ā¦
"New jQuery release" was not on my 2026 bingo card
Linuxiac (@linuxiac@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image The jQuery team has released version 4.0, introducing breaking changes, modern browser support, and long-planned cleanups. https://linuxiac.Linuxiac (Mastodon)
One thing that's tough for people who just join the Fediverse, like most of the folks on #theforkiverse , is that there are self-appointed experts who reply to their public posts saying that "the Fediverse" doesn't like that kind of content.
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us. Nobody does. You can't spell "Fediverse" without "diverse"; for good or ill, there are different viewpoints on almost any topic found here.
"Dit is meene erste Schreibmaschine - ick übe noch"
Ein paar Fehler haben sich hier wohl noch eingeschlichen
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I'm helping an elderly person with a patient portal, and wow, there are about 4 different problems ranging from unclear instructions to pages that don't work well when the phone is zoomed in enough for an older person to actually read the text.
Plus, the iPhone keeps popping up unhelpful gunk.
This person isn't particularly afraid of technology either, but they literally can't do it.
I now think every web developer should be forced to walk through their processes with an 85-year-old.
Appeasement didn't work with Hitler.
Appeasement didn't work with Putin.
Appeasement isn't working with Trump.
When will Europe learn this most basic lesson about how to deal with imperialist bullies?
politico.eu/article/hit-back-dā¦
Hit back at Trump? Europe mulls unthinkable options as Greenland threats ramp up tensions
Senior politicians want the EU to deploy its trade bazooka against the United States over Trumpās Greenland claims. Capitals arenāt so sure.Nicholas Vinocur (POLITICO)
Following the example of MarĆa Corina Machado, who gave her Nobel Peace Prize, Arnold J. Rimmer also gave his Bronze Swimming Certificate to Donald J. Trump.
Anybody have ideas about where to host a podcast (low traffic)?
One thousand years ago, I started a thing on a podcast service that got acquired by Spotify. The podcast is served from Spotify today. Iād like to change that.
I did figure out a story for hosting the podcast feed directly from my Ghost dot org site, but itās a bit too fiddly for me to want to take that on right now, especially with a back catalog of episodes Iād want to keep online (ideally without migrating each item manually).
GitHub - masonasons/FastSM: A fast, accessible social media client supporting Mastodon and Bluesky
A fast, accessible social media client supporting Mastodon and Bluesky - masonasons/FastSMGitHub
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Got my 1st seedbox and some torrents and resilio running.
Setup linkding and migrated my Firefox bookmarks, really nice tool.
Some game dev here and there.
The weekend was too short but wellp, off to a new week...
RE: mastodon.social/@NouranKhaledGā¦
If you are still thinking of us, please donate and share to help my family overcome this tough time
I'm a human being. I have dreams. But the genocide changed my dreams. In the past I had big dreams. But now all my dreams are to live a normal life.
What normal life means for me?
A normal life is to sleep peacefully in the night. To have a home where my family gathers. To eat healthy food and drink clean water. To meet friends in the university. That's it! Unfortunately these basics became big dreams
Please donate to help my family overcome this tough time
chuffed.org/project/121561-urgā¦
Urgent help for Ahmed's family
"Iām tired, Mama. Iām thinking of the hours that I'll spend tomorrow in the water line." ā says 9 year old Ahmed to his mother before going to sleep.Chuffed
Muslim mindset: āIām fasting, donāt eat in front of me or I might be tempted.ā
Christian: practices self-control and doesnāt make a public show of fasting.
Muslim man: sees a woman who isnāt fully covered and says, āCover yourself or Iāll be tempted.ā
Christian man: sees the same thing and says, āI need to guard my heart and discipline my eyes so I donāt sin.ā
Christianity deals with the heart. We emphasise self-discipline and self-control. Islam, on the other hand, tries to control the environment instead, asking others to change because the individual hasnāt learned to master himself.
When the heart is truly transformed, temptation loses its power. Self-control means taking responsibility for your own desires, not placing the burden on others. A disciplined heart governs the flesh, not the other way around.
What are your pain points, folks? Stuff that you hate doing or dealing with, or problems you can't find a good solution to? Stuff that other people might be frustrated with, too.
I'm looking for a way to make myself valuable to other people, as a way to both help people and also earn an income to feed my family in the process.
One thing I can do *really well* is create reliable software to automate rote tasks, generate financial/statistical/other reports, or calculate difficult solutions. Think it can't be done without LLMs? I might surprise you!
Throw me a bone!
Please boost for reach!
#PainPoints
#WishList
#Automation
#Reporting
#ProblemSolving
#FediHire
#GetFediBHired
#FediJob
A good friend of mine needs a lot of help. Facing health challenges as well as eviction, she needs enough covered to keep her, her partner and their cats from becoming homeless. Payment is going to be due by February or they get evicted, and they need as much covered as possible. They've personally helped me out before in my time of need nearly 2 years ago; please help me boost and cover their costs, I'll be forever grateful!
Python in 2026:
- New code doesn't work, misses dependency
- Dependency can't be installed with old PIP
- PIP can't update itself, since it is too old
- Delete PIP, download PIP installer
- PIP installer is too new for old Python
- download old-style new PIP installer
- install new PIP
- install dependency
Now I'm sitting there wondering what the new code was supposed to solve. Forgot why I ever tried to change that thing.
Behindertenfeindliche Wƶrter sind Nazisprech ā¤
Und leider auch verharmlosend, denn, wie du selbst schreibst, machen Menners wie Spahn das nicht aus "geringer Intelligenz", sondern aus Berechnung und einer faschistoiden SchlƤue heraus.
brrr.
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NV Access
in reply to Florian • • •Physical displays or virtual windows? For physical displays, pressing Windows+shift+arrows moves a window between monitors and reports it, but I'm not sure how to query which display a window is on without moving it.
For virtual windows, If you press Windows+tab it opens the task view window with the current app active. Press tab once to the list of desktops. The focus starts on the first desktop. Press right arrow to move through and the one which doesn't say "not selected" is active
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