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Modern GNOME's settings, everybody!

askubuntu.com/a/1139372

Want to adjust the sensitivity of the automatic backlight controls? Hope you like editing C code.

(The code has changed since that answer was written, but only by renaming the # defines you have to edit.)


How can I adjust the automatic brightness algorithm/granularity/polling rate so that it's less obvious and jumpy?

I love that I can now take advantage of the ambient light sensor on my Surface Pro 3, and use Automatic Brightness like I'm used to on my phone. It's now built-in (to GNOME at least) under the Auto...
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Federico Mena Quintero

Maybe ambient light sensors are not really common, so people are not even aware of that code's behavior.

But you know how it goes. Initial implementation; functional but uncomfortable. Find someone who knows what sort of low-pass filter to use. Find the correct speed at which to do it. Find out that you shouldn't poll for that shit if you want to conserve power.

("just let the user change the magic constants" is not good UX, either.)

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Three years ago, astronauts aboard the International Space Station jettisoned an SUV-sized collection of trash that was supposed to burn up harmlessly in the atmosphere. Now it looks like a piece of it just crashed through a house in Florida. scientificamerican.com/article…

Space Junk from the International Space Station May Have Struck a Home in Florida

Three years ago astronauts threw out the largest piece of trash ever tossed from the International Space Station. Now some of it seems to have punched a hole through a house in Naples, Fla.
Leonard David (Scientific American)

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@nix @m Here's looking at you, prosodyctl / console.

@prosodyim
RE: merveilles.town/users/nix/stat…


༺NIX༻ (@nix@merveilles.town)

I am begging developers of command line tools to simply write an example of the working command after the options. reading a 1000 lines of documentation with a million -flags and -switches and then guessing how im supposed to use them is not fun.
Merveilles
@Prosody IM @m@thias.hellqui.st @༺NIX༻

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In the US property sale data is publicly available, exposing homeowners. 🏠

New regulations make #anonymous LLC ownership of houses impossible - which many Americans used to protect their #privacy.

Learn how these new requirements destroy privacy: ➡️ tuta.com/blog/boi-fincen-threa…

If You Want Privacy, the US Congress Is Saying You Are A Criminal

New FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Information reporting requirements pose a threat to privacy.
Tutanota
#privacy #anonymous

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After a stable release of K-9 Mail, our Android team usually spends a couple weeks fixing bugs. The bug hunt takes center stage in this month's #Android progress report, with cketti and Wolf ironing out a BUNCH of them.

blog.thunderbird.net/2024/04/t…

#Thunderbird #K9Mail #FOSS


Thunderbird for Android / K-9 Mail: March 2024 Progress Report

It was a busy month! Here's our monthly progress report detailing our work to transform K-9 Mail into Thunderbird for Android.
cketti (The Thunderbird Blog)
#android #foss #thunderbird #k9mail
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

@adingbatponder Unfortunately we still have a small team which makes this a bit out of scope for us right now. There has been an issue submitted, which is still open, and there are some suggested solutions for safeguarding K-9 and your phone if it is lost or stolen: github.com/thunderbird/thunder…

Biometrics to open the email app · Issue #7530 · thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Checklist I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same feature request. I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible. This issue only contain...
GitHub
@adingbatponder

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1/2 "Psychológia však vie, že ani tie najlepšie rady neprinesú zázrak. Každý z nás si musí nájsť tú správnu receptúru na udržiavanie rovnováhy a duševnej pohody. Ani to však nestačí. Potrebujeme si dovoliť smútiť. Naozaj svoje emócie precítiť a byť s nimi. Odhodlanie budeme najbližšie roky potrebovať. Ak však „zanedbáme“ smútenie a pustíme sa do akcie, hrozí nám príliš rýchle vyhorenie."
~ Miroslava Šudila Žilinská
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O povolebnom smútení

Médiá, sociálne siete a rozhovory zaplavila vlna emocionálnych reakcií na výsledky prezidentských volieb. Ľudia opisujú smútok, hovoria o túžbe odísť z krajiny (alebo sa na Slovensko už nevrátiť).
Miroslava Šudila Žilinská (Denník N)
in reply to Peter Hanecak

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Peter Hanecak

2/2 "Ak nám však svet nie je ľahostajný, smútenie ostane natrvalo. Smútenie je novým normálom. Má podobu existenciálneho uvedomenia, že svet nikdy nebol a nebude bezpečný, a toto uvedomenie nám surovo pripomína hodnotu života, hodnotu našich činov a postojov. Rovnako nám však pripomína hodnotu každodennosti. Môžeme žiť spokojný život s blízkymi, mať radosť z jarných kvetov a zároveň môžeme (a mali by sme) smútiť."

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Thanks to all you developers out there adding brand colors to your apps over the past months we're almost ready to launch featured banners ✨

If you're an app maintainer and haven't done this yet for your app, here are the docs: docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-…

To make it more interesting we're setting a deadline! We will be launching the new banners on April 20th, so for the possibility to be featured during the first week, update your apps today :)

#flathub #flatpak #gnome #kde #linux

Screenshot of the top part a staging version of the Flathub home page with app banners. There's a large banner with Fragments at the top, and a smaller banner with Komikku below, as well as another small card explaining Flathub with a Setup button.
#linux #gnome #KDE #Flatpak #flathub

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BUDAPEST 🇭🇺, you made us feel like home 🧡
Thanks a lot for singing and dancing with us, and again for this amazing 'A... instagram.com/p/C5p8lA5NIzM

A N K O R on Instagram: "BUDAPEST 🇭🇺, you made us feel like home 🧡 Thanks a lot for singing and dancing with us, and again for this amazing 'Ankor Hungarian' flag! Tonight, back to Germany, GEISELWIND! Supporting @beyondtheblack_official 🤘🏽 🌊 12 APRIL

608 likes, 5 comments - ankor_officialApril 12, 2024 on : "BUDAPEST 🇭🇺, you made us feel like home 🧡 Thanks a lot for singing and dancing with us, and again for this amazing 'Ankor Hungar..."
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Para entender o que se está a passar no Brasil com o Musk

brasilwire.com/elon-musk-leads…


Elon Musk Leads Far Right Propaganda Blitz On Brazil’s Democracy - BRASILWIRE

With all the bullshit money can buy, the Tesla billionaire is instigating a digital proto-coup, reminiscent of what happened on social networks in early 2013 – but this time those behind it are in plain sight.
BRASILWIRE

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Just a heads-up that #Snikket #Android has been pulled by #Google from the store. We'll work on restoring it once we figure out their (as usual) nonsensical complaints. Apologies to everyone affected. Please look at #FDroid and free yourself.

Today's excuse for delisting yet another #XMPP app?

"Your app is uploading users' Image information without posting a privacy policy link or text within the Play Distributed App."

Funny. What's this then?? 👀

A screenshot of the Snikket app, with the main menu open, showing the 'Privacy Policy' link.
#xmpp #android #google #fdroid #snikket

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‼️ Comunità XMPP:
📢 Annuncio: Eventi mensili in italiano sulla messaggistica XMPP! 🇮🇹
📆 Quando? Oggi 12 Aprile alle 18:00
🌐 Dove? In diretta su video.xmpp-it.net/c/happyhour con chat (XMPP naturalmente) per intervenire
✍️ Iscriviti su Mobilizon - mobilizon.it/events/5afc6dee-f…
🌟 Unisciti a noi per partecipare alle discussioni, e incontrare altri appassionati di XMPP. 🚀

XMPP Italian happy hour
@nicfab
@mario
@darhma
@xmpp
#XMPP #standards #chat #jabber #federation #interoperability


XMPP Italian happy hour - Marzo 2023 (recupero) - Live

Sei appassionato di tecnologia, comunicazione? Allora non perderti gli eventi mensili in italiano su XMPP! 🌐 📚 Scopri di più su XMPP: XMPP è l'acronimo di "Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol" ed è costituito da un insieme di tecnologie aperte…
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#xmpp #Jabber #federation #chat #interoperability #standards @XSF: XMPP Standards Foundation @darhma @Nicola Fabiano @Mario Sabatino :debian: :xmpp:

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News from #LibreOffice's Quality Assurance (#QA) and Development communities: in March, they resolved 429 bug reports. Learn more, and give them a hand: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #OpenSource
Pie chart of resolved bugs in March

QA/Dev Report: March 2024 - LibreOffice QA Blog

General Activities LibreOffice 7.6.6 and LibreOffice 24.2.2 were released on March 28 Olivier Hallot (TDF) renamed Fontwork to Text along Path in the UI while updating Help, added Help content for ExportAsFixedFormat VBA method and new Calc functions…
x1sc0 (LibreOffice QA Blog)
#foss #opensource #libreoffice #qa

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Git Mastery Configuration (Dotfiles) & Advanced Subtrees Techniques.
#git #github #dotfiles #linux #configuration #guide
youtube.com/watch?v=e_miQ_jGcU…

Git Mastery Configuration (Dotfiles) & Advanced Subtrees Techniques 🌟

Welcome to another deep dive in our ongoing Git Mastery series! This episode, "Advanced Configuration (dotfiles) Management and Subtrees Techniques," guides ...
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#linux #github #Guide #git #dotfiles #configuration
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