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The Matrix.org Foundation joins the FOSS community and advocates of digital sovereignty in calling on the European Commission to sustain its funding for the Next Generation Internet program.

The European Union must keep funding free software: matrix.org/blog/2024/07/17/ngi…

#Advocacy #Policy #EU #FOSS #OpenSource



Von wegen technologieoffen: Wie das ZDF berichtet, haben sich Minister Wissing & Staatssekretär Luksic als Lobbyisten für den Kraftstoff HVO100 einspannen lassen. Unterstützern von "HVO100 goes Germany" wurden exklusive Treffen mit Wissing oder Luksic in Aussicht gestellt - gegen saftige Bezahlung.
Luksic übernahm sogar die Schirmherrschaft für die u.a. von Tankstellen - Lobbyverbänden finanzierte Kampagne.

Wir fordern schonungslose Aufklärung!
vcd.org/service/presse/pressem…

#verbrenneraus #efuels



NOAA Is in Danger - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/science/archiv…


Jemand Lust, sein/ihr Fahrrad bei Github reparieren zu lassen? Die haben eine API für Radgabeln!
in reply to IzzyOnDroid ✅

ich wunder mich so nebenbei, wieso da nicht die naheliegendste übersetzung verwendet wird, einfach "gabel", die ja wohl auch in jedem wörterbuch an erster stelle steht. Machine translations sind seltsam...
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@cm Ha! Ich bin nicht allein mit dem Gedanken 😆 Auch wenn sich bei dem Gesamteindruck der Seite (ich habe letztendlich verzweifelt auf EN umgestellt) eher der Begriff "Mistgabel" anbieten würde 🙊 💨


Schulen und Wissenschaft müssen kooperieren: Bayern beschließt Bundeswehrgesetz lto.de/recht/nachrichten/n/bay…


The simplicity of Dutch public transport tariff sometimes leads to illogical pricing.

For instance this 30-minute-long tram ride is cheaper with a tourist ticket for € 3.40 than when paid as you go with a transport or payment card.

I wish Dutch cities learned to implement price caps, which are common in virtually all other countries.

in reply to Ondřej Caletka

Oh, it turned out that the return journey following the same route is significantly cheaper! 🤯


The Best Phone of 2024 is now just $975 for Amazon Prime Day androidheadlines.com/2024/07/s…


Reducing 3D Printer Waste: 10 Tips to Minimizing Filament “Poop” fabbaloo.com/news/reducing-3d-… #3DPrinting #AdditiveManufacturing


#OneDrive in-depth: Learning content
elevenforum.com/t/onedrive-in-…


Hello Hello Jamers 🙂

For those who didn't have the time or energy to click on the Dev update #9 link, we've got you covered!

Here's the link, if you want to know more: jami.net/dev-update-9/

#Jami #opensource #P2P #App #PrivacyMatters



Köln hat eine neue Fahrradbürgermeisterin. @fahrradkoeln
bycs.org/anna-genser/


Long before #Rosetta & 67P/C-G, there was Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 & its devastating 1994 encounter with Jupiter.

I was privileged to be part of the team that made & released the very first images of Fragment A impacting at ~20:15 UTC on 16 July, 30 years ago last night, as seen from Calar Alto in Spain.

The brightness of the impact plume was a huge surprise & the following week saw intense astronomical, media, & public engagement.

#Astronomy #Astrodon #SpaceScience #PlanetaryProtection



We had an amazing time at the 2024 ACB National Convention! The debut of the JAWS AI Training Suite was a hit, the sessions were informative, and the exhibit hall was a blast. Our favorite part was connecting with everyone; what was your favorite part of #ACB2024?


Yemen says a ship has repaired the subsea AAE-1 cable, linking Asia and Europe, in the Red Sea, and remains in the water to repair the Seacom and EIG cables (Bloomberg)

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
techmeme.com/240717/p18#a24071…



The #purismgamejam results are in! 🥁 Top honors go to "Bunny Semiconductor," "Plankter," & "Hurry Curry!" Congrats to the devs! 🎉
Test out the new Open Source games here! itch.io/jam/free-software-puri…
in reply to Purism

I enjoyed playing the games that the other contestants submitted.
It was powerful being able to submit a pull request to fix a typo and have it fixed quickly. That's something proprietary games cannot offer.
in reply to Purism

Thank you for doing this, and PLEASE do more game jams in the future!


We have released a new update for the BT Speak. It includes a new text to speech manager for installing or removing Vocalizer and RH voices, as well as new speech engines from Pico and Festival Lite. We have a new Clock Settings menu to disable the announcement of seconds and 12/24 hour time announcement options. Audio from MP4 files can now be played from the file browser. Read about these changes along with the other improvements in this latest update.
blazietech.com/july-16th-2024-…


Meta is already using it’s user’s data in the USA, But its brazen attempt to use EU user data and introduce Meta AI won’t pass! 🙅 🧐

Read more here 👉👉tuta.com/blog/noyb-privacy-win…

#MetaAi #Meta #AI #NYOB #Privacyrights #gdpr #GDPR #AI #Tuta #privacy

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@unruhe Great decision :)
in reply to Tuta

In terms of creating a less bias AI model, it is better to have a more diverse training model. Thus, if many data subjects opt-out to this training attempt, in the long run there will be a worse off propaganda machine.

This is one of those current dilemmas between quality of model and acquiring of data.



After reading an article on the average news site, there are usually links to articles of dubious quality that are often salacious clickbait. These are usually Taboola ads.

It is thus a huge surprise to hear that Apple plans to run ads from them in its News and Stocks apps.

9to5mac.com/2024/07/16/apple-t…




BTSpeak owners! July 6th 2024 update: Bug: BTSpeak not speaking on boot. drewsound.com/2024/07/16/btspe…


For the Nation of Gondwana festival this weekend, me and Nicl worked on a 3D printed tactile map. Made me wonder if there are any standards in this direction, like what shape would a toilet have and all that. If anyone has some pointers, please let us know!

This was first drawn in inkscape and then later extruded layer by layer in openscad2.

printed at @xHain_hackspace @xhain3dlab #NationOfGondwana #NationOfGondwana2024

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Webinar, July 30 at 12pm ET: Preparing for Your Digital Accessibility Journey tpgi.com/webinar-preparing-for…


One of the best devices I used last week was not even electronic. It works with your smartphone, but it doesn't have a battery.

I am a huge fan of the Dot Card as it lets you share your contact information without the need to give out business cards. I think the interface could be a bit more user friendly, but it is still a fantastic device.

Check it out at dot.cards



I hate my brain sometimes. I woke up with the phrase 'wonking with equal abandon' in my head and I now have to reread whichever novel it was that was in, regardless of the book I had originally planned to read next.
in reply to Sean Randall

Well at least you know which book it came from. What gets to me is when I hear a snatch of dialogue or snatch of music in my head. I know I know it, I just can't place from where. It can drive me bonkers for days on end.
in reply to Lulu Hartgen

@lulu_bear :) I get that a lot too. I had this phrase about someone spinning like the top of a lighthouse for ages, and it took months for me to find the book.
Even just tone of voice from a line in an old drama or movie will torment me sometimes.
in reply to Sean Randall

@lulu_bear Oh god yes i had that happen to me, it was the phrase The gate boy the gate, I eventually found it was sherlock holmes the speckled band:


🚚 apkeep — инструмент командной строки для скачивания APK из различных источников.

github.com/EFForg/apkeep#readm…

Для поиска приложений используются их идентификаторы. Например, у Telegram `org.telegram.messenger`. Он находится в ссылках: play.google.com/store/apps/det… и f-droid.org/packages/org.teleg….

Скачать приложение (в данном случае Firefox) из источника по умолчанию в текущую папку: `apkeep -a org.mozilla.firefox .`

Источник по умолчанию — APKPure (apkpure.com). Это зеркало Google Play, которое не требует авторизации. Для скачивания напрямую с Google Play нужен логин, но это нарушает условия пользования, за что Google вправе заблокировать ваш аккаунт.

Параметр -d указывает источник: `f-droid` [1], `huawei-app-gallery`. Список версий: --list-versions. Скачать определённую версию: идентификатор@версия.

📥 Скачать apkeep для Windows, Linux, Android:
GitHub: github.com/EFForg/apkeep/relea…
Cargo: `cargo install apkeep`
Termux (Android): `pkg install apkeep`

[1] github.com/EFForg/apkeep/blob/…

#android





How would peer-to-peer collaboration work in #LibreOffice? Our Design community has been exploring ideas and working on mockups: design.blog.documentfoundation… #foss #opensource #p2p

LibreOffice reshared this.

in reply to LibreOffice

I was literally having a conversation about this just the other day. Hope the experimentation goes well.



It's striking that so many continue to deny the Nakba when it's all so well documented. This excerpt is about the ethnic cleansing of Lod (Lydda) in July 1948:
- it's very clear that the intent is on driving out all residents of Lod, not just those who could pose military threats
- Israeli heroes (David Ben Gurion, Yigal Allon, Yitzhak Rabin) were directly responsible for ordering and implementing the expulsion

#Israel #Palestine #Nakba



If you are on the hunt for a privacy-focused #Gmail alternative check out my post about some great alternatives like @Tutanota, @protonprivacy, #Mailbox, and others. #privacy #privacymatters

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The application installed at searxng.cz was updated.

Changelog:

Update SearXNG to 9a4fa7cc4f0



The application installed at peertube.arch-linux.cz was updated.

Changelog:

Update PeerTube to 6.2.0

Full changelog



Hey Mastodon!
#helpwanted

I've been quietly working on a fast and lightweight neural Text-To-Speech (TTS) model for NVDA/SAPI.

The next step is training the model, and that requires some serious GPU power. Unfortunately, those resources are a bit out of my reach right now.

This is where I could really use your help, if you're interested!

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in reply to Musharraf

Hey, I'd like to contribute some financial support. Can you ballpark how much you'd need to spend to train a voice?
in reply to Scott

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in reply to Roberto Perez

@rperez030
Thanks for your contribution. Really appreciate it!
For this month, Pneuma Solutions provided GPU resources for training. But I still accept donations to ensure we have enough resources for future training needs.
I'm happy to receive your donations via my colleague's paypal address:
paypal.me/geotts
or
Email:
info@geotts.ge
Please mention mush42/tts in the transaction note.
in reply to Musharraf

@alexhall I have a GPU that I would love to rent out for this project. How would I get started?


Please vote for an implementation of VJOURNAL in Thunderbird. 👇 This would REALLY improve the ecosystem and usability of open protocols! Currently there is almost no software on the desktop to sync your notes and journals with a CalDAV server and TB could fill a huge gap here.

connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/s…

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This dumb password rule is from Banque de Tahiti.

You have to enter your password using this *very* Frenchy keypad. You don't have lowercase letters, the blanks are not spaces but just non-clickable gaps, but as a compensation you have some weird symbols that your keyboard does not have a key for (e.g. `µ`).

No accessible version available.

dumbpasswordrules.com/sites/ba…

#password #passwords #infosec #cybersecurity #dumbpasswordrules




If anybody makes a strong “100%” claim on accessibility or security, or claims to fully—or even mostly—automate compliance:

Do not walk away.

Run away.
RE: toot.cafe/@aardrian/1127978669…


#DisabilityIN The Evinced CEO referred to the W3C ARIA Authoring Practices Working Group as one of the three pillars of creating accessible content. Using it can guarantee “100% accessibility”.

#accessibility #a11y


in reply to Seirdy

a single technology automatically making it possible to guarantee “100% accessibility” is at least as ridiculous as a single technology guaranteeing 100% security. This doesn’t just apply to automation/overlays; it applies to every technology used on any nontrivial project.

Replacing the word “accessibility” with “security” and vice versa is a good bullshit detector for marketing material.

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in reply to Seirdy

i wish everyone who works on overlays a speedy retirement
in reply to Seirdy

A Lisp REPL kind of works for the first.

Assuming you can implement the method you need.

Ultimately, nothing short of allowing the user to remake the entirety of the program's human-interaction layer to their liking will provide 100% accessibility.