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I *need* you to listen to the deeply broken text-to-speech narration from this Google blog post. (They removed it after people pointed out how bad it was, but I promise you this was actual audio on a real official Google blog post.)

cohost.org/SnepShark/post/5195…


Real "I broke IKEA" vibes on the "listen to article" button for this Google blog post

https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-asia/8-years-later-a-world-go-champions-reflections-on-alphago/ [https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-asia/8-years-later-a-world-go-champions-reflections-on-alphago/] https://cohost.
SnepShark on cohost

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Blueprint; the markup language and tooling for #GTK is out in version 0.12

Here are the highlights ✨

Brand-new formatter to keep files tidy by @gregorni 🎩

AdwAlertDialog are supported

Emit warnings for deprecated features in GTK, GLib, etc

New IDE integration features
• document symbols
• "Go to definitions"
• Code action for importing missing namespace

We also celebrate 70 applications on Flathub built with Blueprint.

jwestman.pages.gitlab.gnome.or…

Happy coding

#GNOME #development

Blueprint documentation

jwestman.pages.gitlab.gnome.org
#gnome #gtk #development
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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk today with 1 updated and 1 added modules:

* DragonBoost: increase GPU/CPU performance

At apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today 9 updated apps (several more yesterday) but no new ones.

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


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with F-Droid. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #IzzySoftRepo #magisk #modules

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🦀 I'm really excited about today's #rustlang release! 🥳

- offset_of!
- c"" string literals!
- stripping release binaries by default!
- IP/socket types available in no_std!
- File::create_new (won't overwrite existing files)!
- more array and slice methods (each_ref, chunk methods)!
- Mutex::clear_poison!

blog.rust-lang.org/2024/03/21/…


Announcing Rust 1.77.0 | Rust Blog

Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
blog.rust-lang.org
#RustLang
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Mara

Really cool to see the c"" string literal feature stabilized. I wrote the RFC for c"" string literals [1], so I'm very excited to see it reach stable Rust today.

I had nothing to do with its implementation, however. The implementation was done by @beef [2] and quite a few others worked on it too [3]. Thanks all, for making this happen!

[1]: github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull…
[2]: github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull…
[3]: github.com/rust-lang/rust/issu…


RFC: `c"…"` string literals by m-ou-se · Pull Request #3348 · rust-lang/rfcs

Rendered
GitHub
@beef

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Long overdue. Although it’s not mentioned in the suit, I have been advocating about the fact that iOS makes it impossible for alternative screen readers to exist. When Apple neglects quality control in VoiceOver, leaving serious defects for multiple cycles, it puts our careers, education, safety, and utility of the product at risk. DOJ sues Apple over iPhone monopoly in landmark antitrust case

cnbc.com/2024/03/21/doj-sues-a…


DOJ sues Apple over iPhone monopoly in landmark antitrust case

Apple and its iPhone and App Store business have been eyed by the Department of Justice, which previously filed antitrust suits against Google.
Kif Leswing (CNBC)
in reply to Living Blindfully

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the esoteric programmer

see why monopolies aren't healthy? see why stuff like linux and all the tech around it, even new screenreaders for it, have to exist? sure, you may say that no body is interested, that everyone uses windows because that's what the industry wants, and that may be true, but if the chicken and egg problem of linux usage continues, we will soon end up with the same thing regarding windows. Sure, screenreaders can innovate, but at some point, one is limited by the constraints of an OS which doesn't go in the interest of any community, for example see microsoft trying to shuv AI in everything, replacing the applications key even. It's the same as with mastodon and other federated networks, choice has to exist for a healthy market, and more people have to be aware of those choices and actively try them in order for the choices to be relevant.
in reply to the esoteric programmer

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Living Blindfully

But I like AI. It’s improved my quality of life, it’s improved my productivity, it’s improved the quality of the service I can provide to my customers as a CEO. And AI itself will improve overtime because as I mentioned in my interview with Microsoft’s Chief Accessibility Officer, it definitely needs to improve.
But sure, choice is great.

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Today's Thunderbird Tip is something you'll want to bookmark if you use Thunderbird with Microsoft hosted accounts. Our Knowledge Base (KB) article on Microsoft OAuth is up to date - and we're staying alert to keep this resource current and helpful. 📖 ✨

support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/m…

#Thunderbird #OAuth

Microsoft OAuth Authentication and Thunderbird in 2024 | Thunderbird Help

Changes to OAuth authentication for Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365; often abbreviated as “o365”) business and academic hosted email accounts and services.
support.mozilla.org
#thunderbird #oauth

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Alright folks. After a little time spent with the patched version of the game, I have at last written my article revisiting Spiderman 2. I know some of you wanted to get my thoughts in this format, so here it is. If you have any interest in this topic, please, please read this, as I have done my very best to break down the accessibility discussion around the game, and my own thoughts as well. Enjoy! brandoncole.net/?p=588

The Tangled Web: Marvel’s Spiderman 2 Revisited – BrandonCole.Net

www.brandoncole.net

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»Die Unfallforscherin riet zu schärferen Sicherheitsauflagen - etwa zu stabilen Sitzen mit Kopfschutz statt eines einfachen Sitzbretts, wirksamen Gurten und einer Sicherheitszelle als Aufprallschutz.« tagesschau.de/inland/lastenfah…

Und Airbags, Einparkhilfe, für den Sommer eine Klimaanlage … lasst uns (Lasten-)Fahrräder doch einfach zu Autos umbauen! Nicht, dass die am Ende ein günstiges und praktisches Verkehrsmittel bleiben! 🤦‍♂️

#lastenrad #fahrrad #facepalm #sarkasmus


Mitfahren in Lastenfahrrädern oft unsicher für Kinder

Vor allem bei Familien werden Lastenfahrräder immer beliebter. Allerdings kann das Mitfahren für Kinder bei Unfällen gefährlich werden. Unfallforscher fordern deshalb den Gesetzgeber zum Handeln auf - und auch die Eltern.
tagesschau.de
#facepalm #lastenrad #fahrrad #sarkasmus
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Apache Pekko has left the incubator phase and is now a top-level project.

lists.apache.org/thread/grl5h0…

That's great news! Pekko was created as a Fork of Akka 2.6, right after Lightbend chose to pull a bait-and-switch by relicensing Akka to a non-FOSS license.

I have already switched to Pekko a few months ago, it went very smooth, and I am grateful to everybody involved in making this happen.

#opensource #pekko #akka #scala #java #licensing #apache #foss

#foss #opensource #java #licensing #apache #scala #pekko #akka

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This week even more features have been released for Tuta Contacts! 🥳 🎉

✅ Bidirectional Mobile Device Sync
✅ Improved vCard Import from #Email
✅ New Account Onboarding
✅ More!

Check out the changes & start encrypting your contacts lists today! 👉 tuta.com/blog/great-contacts-f…

This image shows the first and fourth pages of the all-new Tuta on-boarding wizard. Page one says "Welcome to Tuta!" and page four walks users through the steps of importing their device contacts into Tuta.

Tuta Contacts is getting even more new features!

Increased number of fields, improved vCard import, and bi-directional contact sync are just a few of the new features coming to Tuta.
Tutanota
#email

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The value of OSS today?

"from $1.22 billion to $6.22 billion if we were to decide as a society to recreate all widely used OSS on the supply side"

"from $2.59 trillion to $13.18 trillion, if each firm who used an OSS package had to recreate it from scratch"

"5% of programmers are responsible for more than 90% of the value created on the supply- and demand- side"

The report: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

The Value of Open Source Software

The value of a non-pecuniary (free) product is inherently difficult to assess. A pervasive example is open source software (OSS), a global public good that play
papers.ssrn.com
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I discovered a new GPS app called WaveOut recently that I am extremely impressed with. It uses directional sound similar to Soundscape, but instead of having the sound come from the direction of your destination, it creates a turn by turn route, and the sound shows you where the next point on your route is. In addition to GPS, it uses your phone's camera to better determine where you are. I tested it on a route where the directions from Google Maps are inaccurate and hard to follow, since there is a confusing roundabout crossing, places where there's only a sidewalk or grass with no street along side, and some very weird intersections, and I've been using Voice Vista, an improved version of Soundscape, and trying to choose the best path that leads me towards the sound. I was very skeptical that WaveOut would give me better directions, but it was pretty much perfect! When there was an upcoming turn, or when I got slightly off route, it played a sound leading me directly to where I should go, and otherwise it was silent. It led me a slightly different way than I'm use to, but it never gave me inaccurate or misleading directions or made me guess where to go, and it was definitely easier than trying to figure out where to go based on the beacon in Voice Vista and Google Maps directions. The sound also kept up with the direction I was facing better than Voice Vista, and it also seemed to track my location more accurately than other apps. dreamwaves.io

Dreamwaves - See the world through your ears.

www.dreamwaves.io

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teraz to nestihnem a bolí ma hlava ale zaujímavý duel youtube.com/watch?v=t9cBuzRHRM…

DUEL Gašpar vs. Spišiak: Ostré slová o pobyte za mrežami, kajúcnikoch aj hádka pre Gašpara ml. v SIS

👉OSPRAVEDLŇUJEME SA, TECHNICKÁ CHYBA ZVUKU SA NAPRAVÍ V 59:43👈V minulosti boli dlhoroční kolegovia v policajnom zbore. Od posledných parlamentných volieb i...
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