How to use Windows Pro's BitLocker device encryption on any PC
BitLocker is officially only available for Windows 10/11 Pro. However, the tool is actually also included in the Home versions, just hidden.Peter Stelzel-Morawietz (PCWorld)
[Checklist] How to make back-to-school (and family life) easier with a password manager | 1Password
Discover the top back-to-school checklist by 1Password for students and parents. Learn how to manage digital identities and passwords effortlessly, simplify logins, and ensure online security.Agile Bits, Inc.
Guide Dogs and Tech innovations: Celebrating International Assistance
AbilityNet's Head of Digital Inclusion, Robin Christopherson explores the cutting-edge technologies enhancing the abilities of assistance dogs, showcasing the incredible synergy between traditionalabilitynet.org.uk
We Asked a Top Criminologist How Burglars Choose Homes. It's Easier Than You Think
We got the lowdown on burglaries from an expert. Here's what they suggest to foil common home thieves.Tyler Lacoma (CNET)
«Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal»
We move to the next level of information feudalism: some of the few bits of human-generated things left on the internet are now blocked off from being openly searchable…
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Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal
DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
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Another reason to use ALT text which some people might not have considered: it benefits people who are not visually impaired as well.
As #Mastodon is #decentralized there is no central network hosting all of the images. Should the admin of a server decide to purge old images to save space, users accessing older posts will not know what an image was without an ALT text.
Take this post from 2022 for example.
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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 13 updated and 2 added apps:
* TaskLabAct: save and sync on your git server a TODO list and shareable links
* Fossify Calculator: Simple and open-source calculator for quick and easy calculations – and app number 12 in your green collection. One app for each month now!
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo 
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
X redesigns water pistol emoji back to a firearm
Link: blog.emojipedia.org/x-redesign…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
X Redesigns Water Pistol Emoji Back To A Firearm
X (fka Twitter) has quietly redesigned its 🔫 Water Pistol emoji to display as a firearm. This diverges from the cross-platform conversion of this emoji from firearm to water pistol from 2016 to 2018.Keith Broni (Emojipedia)
Share this with your elderly relatives who are Republicans
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Trump suggested people with disabilities ‘should just die,’ nephew reveals in memoir
Fred Trump III writes that his uncle, Donald Trump, made the shocking suggestion during an Oval Office meeting in May 2020Andrew Feinberg (The Independent)
CrowdStrike is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology for crashing millions of computers around the world due to a defective software update.
“To express our gratitude, your next cup of coffee or late night snack is on us!,” says the email from CrowdStrike's chief business officer Daniel Bernard.
But some found that the gift card didn't work, while others got an error message saying the voucher had been canceled.
More from @lorenzofb: techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crow…
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Switzerland passes law requiring #OpenSource software in the public sector. "All public bodies must disclose the source code of software developed by or for them, unless precluded by third-party rights or security concerns" Well done @maemst, great work!
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Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector: A legal milestone
Switzerland has enacted the "Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfilment of Governmental Tasks" (EMBAG), establishing a mandatory requirement for open source software within public sector bodies.Axel Thévenet
🚨 New pre-print – dark times for privacy. Not only announced Google yesterday to continue allowing cross-site cookies. We find that Android's central privacy options are ineffective and arguably misleading for consumers.
For 10+ years, Google has allowed #Android users to limit data sharing for online ads. We find that this setting does... NOTHING much. The same goes for Californians, when they exert their LEGAL right to limit sale or sharing of their data. #GPC
Link: arxiv.org/abs/2407.14938
From Ad Identifiers to Global Privacy Control: The Status Quo and Future of Opting Out of Ad Tracking on Android
Apps and their integrated third party libraries often collect a variety of data from people to show them personalized ads. This practice is often privacy-invasive.arXiv.org
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@mwl@io.mwl.io people love to say "we" when they mean "somebody who is not me".social.polotek.net
"Testes à covid-19. Autoridade da Concorrência condena laboratórios por "envolvimento num cartel""
"em setembro de 2020, o valor os testes covid em Portugal estavam ao nível dos preços na Europa, em junho de 2021 Portugal era o país europeu com o preço por teste mais elevado."
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Testes à covid-19. Autoridade da Concorrência condena laboratórios por "envolvimento num cartel"
A Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC) condenou uma associação empresarial e cinco dos principais grupos laboratoriais a operar em Portugal ao pagamento de coimas superiores a 48 milhões de euros por "envolvimento num cartel que operou no mercado portugu…RTP
Restriktive #Bezahlkarten mit pauschalen Bargeldlimits gehen nicht klar, sagt das Sozialgericht Hamburg: netzpolitik.org/2024/sozialger…
Die Beschränkung muss - wenn, dann - an den Einzelfall angepasst werden. Das würde Bezahlkarten zu einem Bürokratiemonster machen.
Die Konsequenz muss jetzt sein, dass man die ganze populistische Diskriminierungssymbolpolitik einfach ganz sein lässt.
Sozialgericht Hamburg: Pauschale Bargeld-Limits bei Bezahlkarten sind rechtswidrig
50 Euro Bargeld für Geflüchtete und dann ist Schluss? Nein, sagt nun ein Gericht in einer Eilentscheidung. Wie viel Bargeld Betroffene für ihr Existenzminimum brauchen, hänge vom Einzelfall ab.netzpolitik.org
🗓️ Sábado 27 de Julio de 11:00 a 14:00
🏚️ Colonia Centro - Ciudad de México
Entrada Libre, Cupo limitado
#autocuidadodigital #cuidadocolectivo #infraestructura #linux #laboratorio #softwarelibre #mexico
Skeletor
Skeletor (born Simon Keldor, 1955-2005; 2008-present) was an American actor who enjoyed brief success in his eponymous role in the Masters of the Universe cartoon in the 1980s.Uncyclopedia
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Beyond parody. To quote Penny Arcade, how do you make fun of a clown? Insult his big shoes, his red nose?
CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers with a botched update all over the world last week, is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology, according to several people who say they received the gift card, as well as a source who also received one.
techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage
Dark mode & accessibility myth
stephaniewalter.design/blog/da…
#darkmode #a11y #accessibility #webdesign #webdev #UIDesign
Dark mode & accessibility myth by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.
Dark mode isn't always better for accessibility, you need to let users chose. And if you build a dark theme, make it accessible!Stéphanie Walter (Stéphanie Walter - Senior UX Designer, Mobile Expert, Conference Speaker, Blog writer and Teacher.)
This summer, #Kdenlive is all about the ASS. Yup you heard it right, .ass subtitle support is coming along with some nifty other features like multiple subtitle tracks. Stay tuned for more.
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@kde
GSoC '24 Progress: Week 7 and 8
Multiple Subtitle Track I continued to refine the feature proposed in my previous blog. We can now add new layers directly on the timeline by simply dragging the existing …seri037's blog
Pozitíva a sociálne istoty
#Karikatúra #DenníkSME #RosieNaiveArt
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Pozitíva a sociálne istoty (Rosie Naive Art)
Karikatúra denníka SME (Rosie Babicová).Rosie Babicová (SME.sk)
Open Source or Shut Down MastoMetrics?
Every day multiple people sign up for @mastometrics, but hosting is burning a hole in my pocket and I don't have much time to maintain it.
I'm open to cleaning up my code and making it self hostable as well as accepting code contributions. However, I still need donations to fund the free / flagship server.
So here's my pledge and call to you:
Ensure MastoMetrics stays online and help me reach €1500 donations: ko-fi.com/robertvh
Boosts = ❤️
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Support Robert van Hoesel on Ko-fi! ❤️. ko-fi.com/robertvh
Support Robert van Hoesel On Ko-fi. Ko-fi lets you support the people and causes you love with small donationsKo-fi
TIL Bezirk Mitte in Berlin benutzt Umap um Sitzbänke im Bezirk anzuzeigen.
umap.openstreetmap.de/de/map/n…
edit: Link hinzugefügt: berlin.de/ba-mitte/politik-und…
#berlin #OpenStreetMap #Umap #fossgis
Neue Bänke in Mitte
uMap lets you create maps with OpenStreetMap layers in a minute and embed them in your site.uMap
Heads up for Linux @thunderbird users: We have seen an issue where the new tray icon isn't rendering on daily.
Long story short it kinda helps if you install TB-symbolic.svg in `mach install` !
Please adjust your packaging for daily to ensure TB-symbolic.svg is now accounted for in chrome/icons/default/ - we've got `mach install` fixed now xD
hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/re…
comm-central @ 913458f06417d1390f5774cb9825f5b1d3b1a00b
Bug 1909485 - Install TB-Symbolic.svg to fix the sys_tray crate. r=heather,babolivierhg.mozilla.org
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.
ARC Toolkit – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download ARC Toolkit for Firefox. Accessibility testing tool from TPGiaddons.mozilla.org
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
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in reply to Marco Rogers • • •I think I also need to ask "who is they?" More often. It's always "we" against "they" without a lot of explanation.
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Marco Rogers
in reply to Marco Rogers • • •More importantly though, every actor in this dynamic feels that it's not their own actions that need to change. It's always somebody else that needs to change.
That's why I end up poking people about this. Even though I know it often just makes them defensive. Each of us has to understand that we don't have any control over what other people do. The only thing we can actually make a decision about is whether our own actions in the system match up with our stated values.