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The folks at TPGuy have finally made a Firefox extension for ARC Toolkit:
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…

I installed it yesterday. Nothing has caught fire. Appears to work as I recall it on Chrome.

#accessibility #a11y


ARC Toolkit – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download ARC Toolkit for Firefox. Accessibility testing tool from TPGi
addons.mozilla.org
#a11y #Accessibility

prídem dom, jebnem ten polkilový stejk na panvicu, zjem ho, a pôjdem spať

pivkodomu.cz/chernobeer-etheri…

Chernobeer - Etheric Circles 11° - 1,0 litr (Wheat Ale) | PivkoDomu.cz

Etheric Circles 11° je pšeničný ejl s chutí citrusů a květin, inspirován tajemnými kruhy v obilí, ideální pro sdílení i chvíle samoty.
www.pivkodomu.cz

Daily Song, Suno, my Lyrics, Brian's Production.

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Good morning all. While sitting here waiting for my groceries, I've been conversing with my echo device. I ask if there are any words in the English language that have a silent letter R. Apparently there aren't any words that have a silent r. If that's true, I wonder if there are any other letters that fit is criteria.

New Windows Subsystem for #Linux (#WSL) 2.3.12 version released to #Windows10 and #Windows11
elevenforum.com/t/windows-subs…

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2.3.12 released

github WSL: Use a socket channel when sending the timezone change message (solves #11806) Make sure signed MSI gets released Update Wix to 5.0.1 Source...
Windows 11 Forum
#linux #Windows11 #windows10 #wsl

Today I learned that #Communism and #Capitalism actually agree on something... that landlording is bad

existentialcomics.com/comic/33…


Scooby-Doo and the Case of the Missing Landlords

A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
existentialcomics.com
#capitalism #communism

Have you ever checked your weather app and wondered what 'chance of rain' really means? ☔️ Does it mean 20% of the area will get wet, or raindrops will be 20% smaller than usual? Or something completely different?

Watch this video to learn more 👇

🐦🔗 twitter.com/metoffice/status/1…
🕐 24/07 15:11

'It is our day!': Monster-in-law wedding-shames the bride and groom for booking vegetarian meals with catering, claiming guests 'expect luxury food': Planning a wedding is like doing a group project with your parents. You're reminded of the pitfalls, the hierarchal shifts, and the shortcomings of every member involved in the group project and each person's role starts to get jumbled as various members either relinquish responsibility or dig their heels in. For most of us, we work better alone,…

26 Security Hardening Tips for Modern Linux Servers linuxtoday.com/security/26-sec…

26 Security Hardening Tips for Modern Linux Servers

Here are 25 useful tips and tricks to secure your Linux system. We hope these tips and tricks will help you secure your system.
LinuxToday

I was just researching what is the best washing machine cleaning product, and tripped over a delightful five-star review on Amazon, wherein, after describing the olfactory crisis that precipitated the purchase in the first place, the author of the review said with great approval, "My washer stopped smelling like American politics after I used this product."

Source: a.co/d/7Svel4j

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CrowdStrike says the problematic July 19 software update that affected 8.5M Windows devices was deployed into production due to "a bug in the Content Validator" (Simon Sharwood/The Register)

theregister.com/2024/07/24/cro…
techmeme.com/240724/p5#a240724…


CrowdStrike blames a test software bug for that giant global mess it made

Something called 'Content Validator' did not validate the content, and the rest is history
Simon Sharwood (The Register)

One solid hope's worth a cartload of certainties.

— The Doctor, in “Warrior's Gate”

#DoctorWho #quote #quotation

#doctorwho #quote #quotation

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games are almost here, and NBCUniversal’s coverage will be more accessible than ever before!

Read the Q&A on accessibility:
acb.org/2024-Olympics

Read NBCUniversal’s press release:
nbcsports.com/pressbox/press-r…

Enjoy the Games!


NBCUNIVERSAL ENHANCES ACCESSIBILITY FOR ITS COVERAGE OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 - NBC Sports

NBCU to Offer Closed Captioning, Audio Description, and Web Content Accessibility
NBC Sports

It's 2024 and, In a first for a U.S. broadcaster, audio description services for NBC coverage will be provided in stereo.
Wow.
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Timothy Wynn
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Yep, that's because they deliver everything premixed, and while the track has been capable of being transmitted in stereo ever since digital television was a thing per the ATSC 1.0 spec, and is, in fact, transmitted in stereo for most viewers, networks usually deliver as a mono mix for legacy reasons. It's about time they did away with that artificial standard.
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That is if you can actually listen to it on some kind of broadcast. If you are paying the super high US cable prices, you are fine, if your TV has a screen reader that can assist in selecting the SAP channel that is. If you have Youtube TV, they appear not to broadcast AD at all, even though each channel has a primary and secondary audio track. In that case, you have to hope you can catch it on one of the multiple websites or apps it might be streaming on if you can figure out the schedule. It is still a crap shoot.

USPol

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As I was looking for something to listen to this early morning, I’ve found this really interesting fantasy drama about an 11-year-old boy who has to fight evil at a young age. How exciting! I’m sharing so you can listen, too. You know your inner child wants to. ☺️📻🔉 #TheDarkIsRising by Susan Cooper #BBCRadioDrama bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvp…

BBC Sounds - The Dark Is Rising - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of The Dark Is Rising on BBC Sounds
BBC
#TheDarkisRising #bbcradiodrama

Na mamutovo.cz občas narážím na účty, u kterých se nestáhl avatar a případně další informace. Viz třeba účet jimmac na přiloženém screenshotu. Už jsem si také všiml chybějících reakcí, které jdou vidět na původním serveru. To jsou ty problémy velmi malých Mastodon instancí? @zdendys
@Zdendys
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Jiří Pavlík
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@Jakub Cabal @Zdendys Koukám, že mě se nejen nestahuje avatar, ale z profilu se nezobrazuje vůbec nic, ani plné jméno. Tak to asi můžu plány na socializaci zabalit.
@Zdendys @Jakub Cabal
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Jan Sobotka
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Já třeba tady z tohoto účtu na mastodonczech.cz dlouho neviděl profilovou na alt účtu na mamutovo @tensob_@mamutovo.cz

U jiné instance se mi to zatím nedělo a to jsem jich stihnul nasbírat docela dost viz.:
mastodon.arch-linux.cz/@tensob…

@tensob_@mastodon.arch-linux.cz , @tensob_@f.cz , @tensob_@witter.cz , @tensob_@mastodon.social

Jan Sobotka (@tensob_@mastodon.arch-linux.cz)

🇨🇿 Toto je jeden z mých placeholder účtů Mým hlavím Mastodon účtem je @tensob_@mastodonczech.cz Další placeholder účty jsou @tensob_@mamutovo.cz @tensob_@f.cz @tensob_@mastodon.social @tensob_@witter.
Arch Linux CZ
@Jan Sobotka @Jan Sobotka @Jan Sobotka @Jan Sobotka @Jan Sobotka

Cool to see the next NVIDIA driver (560) will be adding some new PipeWire support
phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-560.2…
#linux #pipewire #nvidia

NVIDIA 560 Linux Driver Beta Released - Defaults To Open GPU Kernel Modules

NVIDIA today released their first Linux beta driver in the new R560 driver release branch
www.phoronix.com
#linux #nvidia #pipewire

hreším poslednú dobu a tak sa mi to páči

mňam do piči tam

N79 band private 5G + Liberty Phone = holistic security for gov/enterprise. Made in USA, custom options available. #5G #Security #Purism
puri.sm/posts/private-cellular…

Private Cellular Networking and Secure Client Devices – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
Purism SPC
#security #purism #5g

no jasné, všetko čo si môžeš priať a potrebuješ.. hnus
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SuspiciousDuck
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..ale je to vo farbe fasády čiže asi oukej
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#USpol shitposting

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#USpol shitposting

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Zajtra mám extráč... bez emócií, bez lásky.

väčšinou je to potom príjemné, aj po lsd

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Psychoaktívna látka z húb dokáže ovplyvniť mozog na týždne. Vedci sledovali, ako ho resetuje

Látka psilocybín sa skúma kvôli možnému použitiu v psychiatrii.
Zuzana Vitková (Denník N)

Maybe your cat named you too, but you don’t know what it is because you don’t speak Cat.

#ShowerThoughts #ADHDThoughts #Cats #ADHD

#cats #adhd #showerthoughts #adhdthoughts

We all have an email alter ego - who is yours? 🥸

Let us know in the comments!
#email #privacy #officehumor #security #encryption

#email #privacy #encryption #security #officehumor

uspoli, fatphobia, mh stigma

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Changelog changes on the #curl website:

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/07/24…

changelog screenshot from the curl website

changelog changes | daniel.haxx.se

daniel.haxx.se
#curl

I mostly agree here. I haven't read the Doctorow piece. But I've been having a similar conversation within my professional circles. Yes Crowdstrike screwed up. But humans are gonna screw up. We know this. So rather than discussing who to blame, the better discussion is how so many companies found themselves exposed with no way of taking control of what was happening to their systems.
hachyderm.io/@jenniferplusplus…

Jenniferplusplus (@jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io)

Other companies have been gutting their operations and security teams. I don't care what they say, the large majority of jobs they eliminated were actually necessary. They've been outsourcing to vendors to cover the gap. Sometimes bad things happen.
Hachyderm.io
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Richard Johnson
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@jrconlin @lightweight

Case in counter-point: you could call it broken ticket-toss buck-pass subculture perversely incentivized.

We said "no agent complexity, or if you must, it will have phased and tested/metered roll-outs of changes". We were adamantly overruled. They said "we accept the risk of total revenue outage if this agent breaks catastrophically" and (Catch-22) "you must still ensure no outage" and "you must get budget elsewhere to completely re-engineer your service".

@Dave Lane 🇳🇿 @jr conlin

Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit

Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them Google promotes its reCAPTCHA service as a security mechanism for websites, but researchers affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, argue it's harvesting information while extracting human labor worth billi…
#theregister #IT
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Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit

Thomas Claburn (The Register)
#IT #theregister

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yesterday evening, I said some truely terrible things that I deeply regret. I have deleted the posts and I will be making an effort to not be so reactionary in the future. I saw the story about Sonia Massey and I saw red. I won't summarize it here except to say that it's incredibly messed up. That isn't an excuse, but it's what happened. I wasn't on anything, I just saw the story and got irrationally angry. I'm very sorry for the truely terrible shit I said, and it's just never a good idea to paint all cops with the same brush, as others have said. I'll do better. @philliesfan4 @technocounselor @darren_duff @LavenderPawprints @lunar_fang @cary5871 @gocu54
@Allison Meloy @Crystal bell @Nick's world @🌨️WingedUnicorn🌩️ @Cary ✨ @Darren Duff @Kayls with Tails 💜🐾 - "POLYMER" NOW LIVE!
in reply to Mike Breedlove

Talon
Talon
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I think an enthusiastic acab will suffice. Not all X defenses are bullshit and miss valid criticism. Systemic problems are systemic problems.
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Talon
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this isn't exactly comparable but we say the sighted world doesn't give a shit about us because it doesn't. Doesn't really matter if there are good people out there who help. Obviously they are. They know how fucked up it is just as much as we do. They should still stand with us when most of the world doesn't. And the real ones will. They won't be offended because they understand.

Randomly found this song on the YouTube front page, and suddenly the day ahead feels like it will be fun: youtube.com/watch?v=3LGdFKIXr9…

song that plays when you encounter a caterpillar

song that was originally for something im just posting it here cuz theres no use for it idrc tho
YouTube

It's happening again!!! They're trying to put the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) up for a vote:

thehill.com/policy/technology/…

As I've written in the past, KOSA is a censorship nightmare that'll drive LGBTQIA+ folks out of social media spaces and suppress any content that Republicans think is harmful to kids.

Please call your reps NOW, especially your Senators. If you have a Republican senator, tell them you're worried this bill will impose an unfair burden on small businesses.

Oběd - první chod.....😁😁😁

foss pol apparently

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Chris 🌱 :verified_purple:
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"data lake" it's an ftp server. just call it an ftp server

There's an interesting phenomenon in tech where centralization leads to failures being correlated, correlated failures are more likely to be talked about in the media, and that leads to a psychological perception of centralization leading to higher failure rates.

Case in point, CrowdStrike. Let's say we have a hundred small AV vendors instead of just one, and all of them experience one critical failure every five years. This is much worse than CrowdStrike. your chances of experiencing a failure as a customer of any of these vendors are much higher. Yet, if a failure happens, no media organization is going to care, because it's only going to affect a handful of companies at most. Your hospital's computers will go down a lot more often on average, but you don't visit your hospital that often. Because it's just your own hospital that is affected on a given day, you probably won't even know. No media organization is going to care and write scandalous news stories about how their AV vendor is mismanaged and putting their patients at risk.

Same applies to AWS or even Mastodon. Your instance may go down twice as often as X and for twice as long, but you probably won't even notice most of these outages. If X goes down, though, it goes down for everyone, the media write about it, and you know that it went down even though you otherwise wouldn't even notice.

This creates a weird perception and bias against centralized services in people's minds.

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Oblomov
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isn't this measuring a different thing rather than bias though? In some sense, it's measuring user-side failure rates rather than provider-side failure rates. «How often in a year will a user by affected by a failure» rather than «how often in a year the service go down». And in a sense, it's an even more important measure. To paraphrase well-known philosophical thought: «If a service goes down and there's nobody to use, does it count as a failure?»
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Mikołaj Hołysz
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@oblomov Well, it depends on how you define "the service".

In the context of hosting services for example, even if AWS goes down 10 times less often than your average small datacenter, people are still going to have an image of AWS going down often and small datacenters rarely ever going down, because the failures of AWS, rare as they may be, affect lots of users *at once*, and are therefore worth making a news story about,

@Oblomov
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Oblomov
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In risk assessment, probability curves are always built around the concept of “intensity”: what is the probability that the damage (service unavailable, in this case) surpasses a given threshold (e.g. affects a certain number of people or pct of users). With a single provider, this is discontinuous, because it's (usually, not always) «everyone or nobody». With multiple providers, it's not: the overall risk of being affected may be lower even if each provider is less reliable. 1/2
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Oblomov
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2/2 this is why I see it as measuring a different thing, not just a matter of perception bias because it hits the news. In some sense, a failure making the news is an indication that a service failure has hit the intensity threshold. And that's in some sense the metric that actually matters to people, collectively.
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Mikołaj Hołysz
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@oblomov I don't know if this is the metric that matters to people.

I think that if you asked a consumer whether they'd prefer all airlines to be down for one day every year or each airline to be down for two days, where the outages are uncorrelated, they'd answer the latter. Airline execs definitely would.

@Oblomov
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Mikołaj Hołysz
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@oblomov I guess this changes for e.g. the healthcare industry, where it's better if every hospital is down for a week a year, but you can always drive over to the one in the next city, than if all hospitals in the world are down for a day.
@Oblomov
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Oblomov
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ah yes, there's a lot that goes into these kinds of assessment, including how frequently the service is used, whether or not the users can change provider during a downtime, how critical the damage is, if and who much indirect damage there is to others …
I mean, consider an extreme case where the failure means death, and compare the difference between a chance where everybody gets killed *at the same time* (extinction) vs individual scattered (but more likely) deaths.
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CJ
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