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New app added to the Accessible Android apps directory: Brave Browser accessible with minor issues accessibleandroid.com/app/brav… #Android #App



Your security, your control. PureBoot isn't affected by UEFI key leaks. No central signing keys means no central point of failure. #PrivacyMatters #PureBoot @pureos
puri.sm/posts/purisms-pureboot…


Important Apple-focused accessibility site to shut down (Link) sixcolors.com/link/2024/07/imp…


President Biden Announces Bold Plan to Reform the Supreme Court and Ensure No President Is Above the Law.
1. Constitutional amendment - No Immunity for Crimes a Former President Committed in Office
2. Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices of 18 years, with new appointments every 2 years
3. Binding Code of Conduct for the Supreme Court

This will require Congress to pass appropriate bills.

whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/s…
Opinion piece behind paywall at washingtonpost.com/opinions/20…
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Sources: HPE is expected to secure unconditional EU approval for its $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks; the EC is scheduled to decide on the deal by Aug. 1 (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

reuters.com/markets/deals/hewl…
techmeme.com/240729/p5#a240729…



Everyone talks about model collapse to discredit AI LLMs, but this story’s point at the end is the most important. Retaining human data into a model eliminated most problems. I’m still very, extremely bullish on the future of #AI in our workflows. The AI you see today is the worst you’ll ever use the rest of your life. axios.com/newsletters/axios-ai…
#AI


A US court rules that US border agents must get a warrant before searching the electronic devices of Americans and international travelers crossing the border (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

techcrunch.com/2024/07/29/us-b…
techmeme.com/240729/p8#a240729…



During the Berlin XMPP sprint, some XMPP developers worked on message formatting. Previously, formatting was done using simple markup (e.g. *bold*), which sometimes leads to unintended formatting and is limited in functionality. We now decided to transmit formatting information outside of the normal text, with optional fallback to markup for legacy clients. We worked on improving the specification and on support in three different clients, including @dino.

#dino #xmpp

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in reply to fiaxh

oh, nice, looks like I will have to add support in slidge soon then. :o)


New, by me: A federal district court in New York ruled that U.S. border agents must obtain a warrant before searching the electronic devices of Americans and international travelers crossing the U.S. border.

The judge warned that had they ruled in the government's favor, this ruling could have be used to target political opponents, who "would only need to travel once through an international airport for the government to gain unfettered access" to their devices.

More: techcrunch.com/2024/07/29/us-b…



Pretty handy feature - my previous phone case didn't offer to suck as much as this one appears to.
in reply to Ross of Ottawa

I'm the only one in our household using a folding case. The flick of my wrist to flop the magnet closed and the accompanying click has become a bit of a signature!
in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo Ha! Gives the satisfying tactile click. Good chief inspector from Scotland Yard vibe.


#Anthrax - Antisocial (Official Video) - YouTube
youtube.com/watch?v=Hx_m7Y9nGt…

Amri star !!!!

#pouetradio





In July, #LibreOffice's Design community worked on mockups for a peer-to-peer collaboration feature. We also had updates to the software, a preview of the next major release, and more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource

LibreOffice reshared this.

in reply to LibreOffice

hi, it is only a design feature ? Yet not at all a in-real time collaboration ? 😬


The second day of DebConf24 has ended, we start again tomorrow, Tuesday 30, August at 10:00 KST (01:00 UTC). The schedule for the day will be debconf24.debconf.org/schedule… Thank you to all our contributors, viewers, and to our Debconf Video team! See you tomorrow! micronews.debian.org/2024/1722… #debian


Hello, Mastodon. I have news for you today.

reactormag.com/tor-publishing-…

in reply to Scalzi

'And friend?' Great alt text on that photo. ;) Congrats on the deal, glad to know there'll be more coming for years yet!


De-Googling your life is easy – here’s how! 🤩

Say no to Google’s surveillance and privacy-invading tactics by going Google free. 🙅‍♀️
👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-leave-goo…

#Degoogle #DeGoogling #StopGoogle #Gmail #Betterapps #Privacy #surveillance

in reply to Tuta

nice. But you also need to add the much better Google Docs/Apps/Drive or MSO 365 & OneDrive replacements: NextCloud and OnlyOffice. Quite compelling in my experience.
in reply to Tuta

Authy is not a good candidate for authenticator apps. Like the big brands, they are trying to masquerade a simple, local program as something that requires a cloud account.

KeePassXC also belongs in the authenticator column. It has built-in TOTP.


in reply to Sean Randall

So did you end up getting that book? If so, in what format? Doesn't seem to be available as an audiobook.
in reply to Sean Randall

I wish I'd found this quote sooner. Mark Haddon called it "The bastard love child of The Matrix, Jaws and The Da Vinci Code.
Very entertaining."
All the more interested in reading it now!

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Munchkinbear
@fireborn you can't be logged into the same account in two places.
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Munchkinbear
@fireborn nope, it boots you out of one device when you log into another.



This, @EUCommission , would be a fantastic opportunity to ditch Microsoft altogether and embrace some European-maintained open source solution instead for your 40K employees. The EU government depending on non-EU infrastructure is not good for strategic autonomy – and that's on top on digital surveillance by American tech corps being against our data protection laws.

edps.europa.eu/press-publicati…




Tell me you’re a US developer without telling me you’re a US developer.
in reply to Hylke 🍵

@hbons one time I encountered a credit card payment form that insisted adamantly the ZIP code was mandatory

After a bit of searching I found out there's a "magic" ZIP code that means "elsewhere not in the US" that they're supposed to accept (it might be 99999).

Still extra silly though.

in reply to Renato Ramonda

that’s gas stations in (US of) America.
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in reply to Hubert Figuière

@hub why would it need anything beyond the card (and possibly PIN if they've been updated to the current century)
in reply to Renato Ramonda

US cards don't use PIN. The US banking industry declared their customers too stupid to remember a PIN.

Note that last time I encountered this was in 2018 as I haven't driven south of the wall since.

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in reply to Hubert Figuière

@hub they USED to not have a PIN. As mentioned else thread, in recent years the CC circuits have started a "forced" upgrade campaign: in case of fraud (and it's extremely easy with mag band and no PIN) the retailer is not covered by insurance and is responsible out of pocket.

This is making a lot of them upgrade.

But of course there's a giant inertia (and backlog).

in reply to Hubert Figuière

@hub @renatoram my bank offered me the option of setting a PIN for my new credit cards. But with 1 exception, I've never used it.

Cards don't just get a PIN code, they also have a priority which can be "use PIN always" / "use PIN only in unattended POS" / various. The bank set mine to "Unattended" which means I can use it to buy things at automated kiosks (like for a train ticket). But if I go to a checkout counter with a clerk, the PIN *cannot* be used, and a signature is required instead.



Jedes mal wenn ich im Wald war und die Ruhe, das rauschen der Blätter, die Geräusche der Tiere und den Frieden dort erlebt habe frage ich mich, warum uns der Schutz unserer Natur und Umwelt nicht sooooo viel mehr wert ist. #oneLeahADay


📣 Do-It-Blind DIB online Besprechung am Montag, 29. Juli, um 19:00 Uhr. Du bist eingeladen! bbb.metalab.at/rooms/joh-szv-o… Wöchentlich am Montag um 19:00 besprechen wir neue Formen der digitalen und inklusiven Zusammenarbeit. Mach mit! 🛠️ #make #blind #inklusion


Earpiece Mode in Jieshuo Screen Reader accessibleandroid.com/earpiece…
in reply to Accessible Android

How do we submit suggestions? If actions were more widely supported and braille keyboards such as the orbit writer were supported i might look at it.
in reply to Dennis long

@Dennislong82 You can email the developer. The email is provided in the Jieshuo Settings window.
And it's assumed that Orbit Writer should work, because it is a keyboard not a Braille display. Action support is also up to app developers, and more apps with actions are released or updated.



#ECJ: Wolves cannot be designated as a huntable species at regional level when their conservation status at national level is unfavourable #Spain #environment 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_…


After the dinner, at 6:00 PM (KST) (09:00 UTC) don't forget to attend the performance Poetry Attack 01 and to participate at the traditional Cheese and Wine party in CEO debconf24.debconf.org/schedule… #debian #debconf24 #busan #korea #debiankorea micronews.debian.org/2024/1722… #debian



New Certified Open Source Hardware!
Metabraille from @oskar_mbr has the UID AT000009.

Metabraille is:
Metabraille is a mobile hardware keyboard that enables the input of Braille. Metabraille can be used like a smartphone without a fixed base while standing or walking.

Find it in the directory!
certification.oshwa.org/list.h…



Last slot before the Dinner, at 4:30 PM (KST) (07:30 UTC): Gnuk 2.2 and Gnuk Next, in Bada, l10n and i18n Bof in Pado and Go team BoF (not streamed) debconf24.debconf.org/schedule… . #debian #debconf24 #busan #korea #debiankorea micronews.debian.org/2024/1722… #debian


Did you catch the #Blog last week? We had an article on the new (to NVDA 2024.2) command to jump between text paragraphs. We had some great feedback and gave the article a good update, so do check it out if you haven't already, be sure to try the feature, and let us know how you find it!

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #A11y #Features #Efficiency #Feedback

in reply to NV Access

After encouraging you to catch up on last week's blog post... I completely forgot to attach the link (which I had copied to include)! Here it is: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-1…

(#NVDA has commands for jumping between text paragraph, but it doesn't have a command to prompt me to include the link I copied before I post - something for a future update!)

#Monday #Oops




Some years ago Fracture Sounds made a library called 'Box Factory' in which they abused a great deal of boxes of all shapes and sizes, and it's very fun. I made a silly track using said library called 'A Bunch Of boxes' and this is what it does.
#FractureSounds


Welcome back to DebConf24, talks start at 2:30 PM (KST) (05:30 UTC) with 'Leveraging Deterministic Updates to Improve the Customer Experience on Debian' in Venue Bada, 'Beyond Yocto: Exploring Debian for Embedded Linux Development' in Venue Somin, 'Python BoF' in Venue Pado. 2 non-streamed sessions are also planned, 'Translating in Debian' in Venue CEO, and 'FAIme web service DIY workshop' in Venue Hyorim. #debian #debconf24 #busan #korea #debiankorea micronews.debian.org/2024/1722… #debian




“Apple Vis: A Message Of Thank you drewsound.com/2024/07/27/apple…
in reply to David Goldfield

I still say someone else should take over operations. Closing something as valuable as AppleVis is a shame.