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Asking for help is very much not in my list of strengths, but I'm pretty desperate. I've got one very sick cat currently in a vet hospital, and one cat who is exhibiting symptoms that I need to get examined as soon as possible. I would be incredibly grateful for any assistance anyone can provide. The financial aspect is hitting me very hard on top of the overwhelming worry for their safety and health. Please share if you can. ❤️

@mutualaid #MutualAid #gofundme

gofund.me/9daf372f


Help with a cat's emergency vet bills, organized by Mia Ingallina

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#MutualAid #gofundme @mutualaid group

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@seedy Saw this on your YouTube channel. Hey, @BorrisInABox do you remember this skit you made when you were fifteen? I was just listening to Main Menu and heard this. The intro is by @jonathanmosen I actually put it through Auphonic since the quality was not the best. Aaah, old Dectalk. Although I'm only 13 so don't remeember it in the nineties. For the full video you can find it at youtube.com/watch?v=UZJS6bmxOJ…
The audio file is also attached.


Main Menu 2000: Singing Speech Synthesizers

First shown exactly 23 years ago today, on May 15th, 2000, this is a segment from that day's episode of ACB Radio Main Menu, all about singing speech synthes...
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#AndroidAppRain at @fdroidorg today with 65 updated and 1 added apps:

* PiliPala: a third-party Bilibili client

in my repo, 7 apps received updates.

At apt.izzysoft.de/magisk 1 module was updated and 1 added, bringing the number of modules provided there to a round 100 🥳

* DNSCrypt-Proxy 2: flexible DNS proxy with support for modern encrypted DNS protocols

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with #FDroid and the #IzzySoftRepo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid Magisk Repository

This is a repository of open-source Magisk modules run by IzzyOnDroid.
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#android #free #fdroid #apps #AndroidAppRain #IzzySoftRepo @F-Droid

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Sourcehut and Codeberg are experiencing reliability issues due to an ongoing layer-3 DDoS attack.

I managed to continue working on this site uninterrupted:

  • I practice Hydra Hosting by simultaneously pushing to at least four remotes (git.sr.ht, codeberg.org, github.com, gitlab.com, git.envs.net, and a private one).
  • My CI manifests are thin wrappers around shell scripts, Makefiles, and other portable tooling.
  • My CI dependencies are mostly statically-linked binaries in a tarball that I host at multiple locations.
  • My CI jobs can all run locally.
  • I use email-based contributions: I accept pull-requests on other forges with email notifications, and formatted patches through email.

I don’t ever want to be limited by a single provider’s uptime if I can help it.

Originally posted on seirdy.one: See Original (POSSE).


Seirdy’s Home

My personal IndieWeb site. I write about and develop software to promote user autonomy. Topics include accessibility, security, privacy, and software freedom.
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Jan Korbel 🐧

Nové předsednictvo máme komplet. Předseda zůstal, ale jinak došlo ke kompletní obměně.

První místopředsedkyní je Klára Kocmanová, poslankyně ze Středočeského. Druhou Markéta Gregorová, europoslankyňa z Jihomoravského. Třetí Jana Holomčík Leitnerová, radní z Jihomoravského. A pátá Dominika Poživilová Michailidu, zastupitelska a farmářka ze Středočeského.

Více informací nejen o těchto Pirátech najdete na lide.pirati.cz.

Lidé a týmy

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I'm making a '2023 in Review with MapComplete' and am compiling some statistics for it.

One of the conclusions: someone made _more_ changesets then me using MapComplete than myself! This is the first year that someone completely outmaps me.

Who is this person and how many changesets did they make? You'll find out when I'm publishing the 'year in review' article! Stay tuned...

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New article posted by @evilcookies98 A month with the Google pixel Watch 2, tips and impressions #Android #PixelWatch accessibleandroid.com/a-month-…

A month with the Google pixel Watch 2, tips and impressions - Accessible Android

About a month ago, I received a Pixel Watch 2 as a Christmas surprise. I had been hoping to get one for a while, but I didn’t expect it to happen for several
The Evil Chocolate Cookie (Accessible Android)
#android #pixelwatch @Morgan le Fay/Merlin

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Nevzdala to, dnes je to šťastná matka, jezdí koncertní turné, slyšel jsem ji perfektně zazpívat jazzové standarty. I člověk může být stopou ve tmě... 😉
Byla pro mě zjevením..

#pisnicka

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Mandy Harvey: Deaf Singer With Original 'TRY' Gets Simon's GOLDEN BUZZER | America's Got Talent 2017

Hey, if you hadn't had a chance to watch HERE are the best AGT 2023 auditions 👉 https://youtu.be/V55xv4zaXL8 📣 What?! Did you see these famous contestants ...
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#pisnicka

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VOCR v2.0.0-alpha.11: Fixed a bug where some global shortcuts are deactivated after performing an OCR scan.
github.com/chigkim/VOCR/releas…
@vick21 @KyleBorah @FreakyFwoof @Bri @pitermach

Release VOCR v2.0.0-alpha.11 · chigkim/VOCR

Changelog Bug fix: global shortcuts sometimes not active Customize shortcuts Token usage at the end of description Support system prompt for GPT Setting to toggle use last prompt without asking Sa...
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@Pitermach @victor tsaran @Kyle Borah @Andre Louis
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Pitermach

Either that, or have the R and A keys be part of the OCR layer. So, you’d press CTRL+Command+Shift+W/V to OCR either the window or cursor, then if you wanted either GPD or realtime OCR you’d press A to ask GPD or R to toggle realtime. That was my first thought, but the approach you suggested might end up being fewer keys if you want to do it repeatedly so I’d be fine with either.
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victor tsaran

I can get used to anything, of course, but it seems that a single shortcut that will rotor between modes, Window, VO cursor, and who knows what else comes in the future, should be sufficient. So, basically, a “mode” rotor shortcut, then an OCR shortcut. What do you think?
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Series C, Episode 11 - Moloch

GROSE: You know, you really picked a stupid place to do your trespassing.
[Scene shifts to Vila, who is searching the other man's body. Vila finds the man's gun, takes it, and heads for the internment compound. He reaches it unchallenged, and looks in. Inside, guards' bodies are sprawled everywhere. As he enters, Tarrant comes forward and takes him by the arm.] Tarrant, too, is dressed as a Federation guard.]

blake.torpidity.net/s/311/458 📺 B7B6

As this is an automated process, we are unable to accurately describe the image shown. However, the image is a still from the television programme Blakes 7 and it should broadly reflect the characters and situations mentioned in the text of the toot. Microsoft Azure's Computer Vision API describes the image as "a man with a mustache" with a confidence of 34%. Blakes7Bot, version 3.4.68.

Blakes7Bot|Search

Companion site to the Blakes7bot twitter account. Automated lines of Blakes 7 dialog. Includes a script search facility.
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Animal sounds are rarely recorded live in documentaries. Humans make and add them in later — here's how

abc.net.au/news/2024-01-13/ani…


The animal sounds in most nature documentaries are made by humans — here’s how they do it and why it matters

While the images we see in nature documentaries are filmed on location, many of the animal sounds are recorded and added later. Here's how they're made, writes Damien Pollard.
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🎊 Before you #OwnTheNight, ask yourself who really owns your #email mailbox. 💃

With Tuta, all your data is #encrypted on your devices before it is sent to our servers, leaving only you with access to your files. 💪🔒

This is #privacy done right.
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Celebrate taking back your privacy this weekend by dropping Big Tech and switching to Tuta.

Secure email: Tutanota free encrypted email.

Tutanota is the secure email service, built in Germany. Use encrypted emails on all devices with our open source email client, mobile apps & desktop clients.
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#email #privacy #encrypted #ownthenight

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VOCR v2.0.0-alpha.10: Now you can customize shortcuts; token usage is added at the end of description when using GPT-4V. These will be probably the last new features before going into the beta. Some experimental features with unreliable result won't make it to the beta. Please check out the release note and test! @KyleBorah @FreakyFwoof @vick21 @Bri @pitermach github.com/chigkim/VOCR/releas…

Release VOCR v2.0.0-alpha.10 · chigkim/VOCR

Changelog Customize shortcuts Token usage at the end of description Support system prompt for GPT Setting to toggle use last prompt without asking Save last screenshot Dismiss menu with command+Z ...
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Trump took a binder full of intelligence on Russian election interference, which then "disappeared." After that, Russians providing intelligence to the U.S. also started to disappear. cbsnews.com/news/documents… via @CBSPolitics

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Documents from binder with intelligence on Russian election interference went missing at end of Trump's term

Documents from a binder of highly sensitive intelligence related to Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election went missing at the end of the Trump administration, two sources say.
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Archos

Jasný. Já jen, že podobné mašiny jsou už dlouho a pořád betonují v RD ručně, protože to je rychlejší. Myslel jsem to spíš tak, že to podlaháře nenahradí, ale je určitě jim to hodně usnadní práci časem. Já jak vždycky vidím na stavbě, když betonují, jak tam venku háže písek skoro ručně do míchačky na beton, tak jsem rád, že dělám co dělám 😃
To je hrozná práce a to tam za šichtu naháže tun písku.

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Britain is broken. What will fix it? Lots and lots of money
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If the money were for bank bailouts, we wouldn’t hesitate – and £100bn is much better than state failure

Britain is broken. What will fix it? Lots and lots of money

If the money were for bank bailouts, we wouldn’t hesitate – and £100bn is much better than state failure, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Well, since Nelson Mandela is trending these days...from the archives: Mandela's Ethiopian passport. In 1962, Mandela toured Africa in search of support for the anti apartheid armed wing of the African National Congress.

In Ethiopia, he completed 2 months of a course in guerrilla fighting & military leadership.

Granted Ethiopian citizenship under his bogus identity as "David Motsamayi," Mandela masqueraded as a journalist. His fake profession is indicated on his passport in Amharic (ጋዜጠኛ).

Mandela's Ethiopian passport. Profession: journalist. Birth: 18/7/1918, Bechuanaland (defunct British protectorate, now South Africa) Height: 1.78 Eye color: Brown Hair color: Black
Mandela's Ethiopian passport. Top left reads "Empire of Ethiopia" along with insignia of the Ethiopian monarchy of the era. Underneath it reads in Amharic and in English: "To all whom it may concern. Greetings. We request the civil and military authorities of all friendly countries to allow the bearer to pass freely and without hindrance and to afford him every assistance of which he stands in need." Signature of Zewde Hailemariam, an Ethiopian government official at the time. Passport number: 8786. Name: David Motsamayi. Nationality: Ethiopian. The lower page: Profession: journalist. Birth: 18/7/1918, Bechuanaland (defunct British protectorate, now South Africa) Height: 1.78 Eye color: Brown Hair color: Black

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What is a sense? No really, I've been asking myself that. Is a sense only something you have a specific organ for, or can a sense be learned / deducted through other senses, and can you still call that a sense or is it something else?

Here's what I mean:

You can hear. That is one of the commonly known senses. However, can you "feel" gravitation / gravity? Sure, you cannot feel gravitational waves directly, but neither can you hear sound waves. You have a tiny eardrum swinging to the vibrations of sound waves moving (through) the air sending an electrical signal into your head which you perceive as sound.

If you feel your own weight, that is a result of the gravitational pull of the object of mass (usually a planet) below you. If you go to a different object of mass, earth's moon for example, you can noticeably feel the difference in gravity through feeling lighter.

Is that a sense? Can one argue that humans can sense gravity, even though that "sense" isn't given through a specific organ but rather existing organs already providing different senses (touch)?

What are your opinions on this, is this just an argument about semantics or can senses be something you have no specific organ for?

Also, to take this even further:
What if you modify yourself/your body? Can you then learn or acquire a new skill? There is a good video about magnet implants where people claim to have developed a new sense for magnetism, that their brain was able to pick up the distinct input from those magnets through the sensation of touch and movement and interpret it as a sense of magnetism.

And maybe, just maybe to take it into this entirely new direction: what about sensing someone else's emotions? I'm more on the fence about this than I am about the other things mentioned in my post, but could you call that a sense, even if it is something you have to learn? Through the "real" sense of vision you can observe someone, however, to observe that person's emotions requires a skill of interpretation. Some people are very good at noticing someone's "aura", their "vibe", or whether something is wrong, whilst other stay oblivious to those social cues. Would you consider that a sense or is that stretching the definition too much?

Sometimes people say "you have a good sense for things like this", or "you have a good sense of humor" which is really just a wrong usage of the word, I just want to use these sentences to highlight how broad the spectrum is of what we define as a "sense".

What do you think? Do we have a sense of gravity, or do we just feel resistance and interpret that as gravity? Does that already classify as a sense, or is it something else?

If you have any insight on the matter, please help me on this - I feel like I just unlearned what a sense is.


The Complete Guide to Magnet Implants

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modulux

Long post

There's a sense for gravity. The vestibular system is what we used to deal with movement and position. It has a semicircular system to detect rotations, and otolithic organs that detect pressure and can know what the direction of gravity is, or if there's acceleration.

I'd argue that senses have to be direct modalities, from sensors. We can get new ones, but only if we get new sensors.

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