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OPNsense 24.7 Released With Enhanced Security and Performance linuxtoday.com/news/opnsense-2…

OPNsense 24.7 Released With Enhanced Security & Performance

OPNsense 24.7 'Thriving Tiger' open-source firewall and routing platform rolls out, with enhanced VPNs and performance.
LinuxToday

Proxmox 7 Reaches EOL on July 31, 2024, Upgrade your Proxmox Server to Version 8 linuxtoday.com/news/proxmox-7-…

Proxmox 7 Reaches EOL on July 31, 2024

If you're currently using Proxmox 7.4, note that it will reach end-of-life on July 31, 2024. It is time to upgrade your Proxmox server.
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From Envision: New and Upcoming Project at Envision -- Survey on Innovative Assistive Technology for Indoor Navigation groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/74…

From Envision: New and Upcoming Project at Envision -- Survey on Innovative Assistive Technology for Indoor Navigation

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WCAG, VPAT, s508, Level A – What on earth? intopia.digital/articles/wcag-…

WCAG, VPAT, s508, Level A – What on earth? - Intopia

If you’ve just started learning about accessibility, you might be a bit overwhelmed by all the jargon. WCAG, VPAT, s508, Level A – what on earth are they? Do they…
Julie Grundy (Intopia Digital)

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Techy people!

If you want to use Mastodon through a command line or a text-based interface, try the client Toot:

➡️ toot.bezdomni.net

(NOTE: This has no connection to the mobile apps Toot! or Tooot. They just have similar names.)

#Mastodon #CLI #TUI

Introduction - toot

toot.bezdomni.net
#Mastodon #CLI #tui

First eBraille Public Working Draft is Published aph.org/first-ebraille-public-…

First eBraille Public Working Draft is Published

Over two years in the making,  the first eBraille public working draft has been published. This is an exciting development...
Devon Price (American Printing House)

Snapdragon Dev Kit: Qualcomm releases mini-PC with most powerful Snapdragon X Elite chipset and 32 GB RAM for $899.99 notebookcheck.net/Snapdragon-D…

Snapdragon Dev Kit: Qualcomm releases mini-PC with most powerful Snapdragon X Elite chipset and 32 GB RAM for $899.99

The Snapdragon Dev Kit is currently the most powerful Snapdragon X series device around, thanks to its Snapdragon X Elite X1E-00-DE chipset.
Alex Alderson (Notebookcheck)
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Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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@FluidEscence How come? Speed, or something else?
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Tamas G
Tamas G
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yep I'm with you on the compatibility aspect- developers are still not putting enough effort into releasing native AArch64 builds of common apps, some things like one-drive desktop or others that install drivers can't work through emulation, ETC. As much as part of me is also drewling over this, I'd rather buy a small mini-PC with battery and n100 chip (Full disclosure, I was looking for my Stockholm trip since I don't want to take 2 Macs, work and home)
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We’re growing our product team!

Are you an #iOS Developer who wants to lead our official #Mastodon iOS #App?

This is a remote full-time position and requires an overlap with the CET timezone.

Ideally:

1. You are a senior iOS Developer comfortable with a mature codebase
2. Proficient in #Swift and #Apple Frameworks (UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine)
3. Prior experience with social media networks is a big plus!

For more info/to apply:
jobs.ashbyhq.com/mastodon/bc91…

#FediHire #GetFediHired #hiring #mastodev


iOS Developer (m/f/d)

We're looking for a full-time remote iOS Developer to work on our official Mastodon iOS app.
jobs.ashbyhq.com
#apple #app #Mastodon #ios #mastodev #hiring #FediHire #getfedihired #swift

Clive Thompson writes about the influence of BASIC (“the most consequential language in the history of computing”) and the giddy adolescent thrill of using it for the first time. “I felt like I’d just stolen fire from Zeus himself.” wired.com/story/back-to-basic-…

An earthquake in the Apple community: AppleVis is shutting down. A huge loss for us in the disability community.

applevis.com/blog/end-era-mess…

The End of an Era: A Message From the Founder as We Announce the Closure of AppleVis | AppleVis

Dear AppleVis Community, It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that after careful consideration I have made the difficult decision to step down from my responsibilities with AppleVis.
www.applevis.com
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Michael Feir
Michael Feir
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I learned how to use my iPhone 4 mainly through resources on Applevis. It did more than teach me. It inspired me to write a book to help other blind people make the most of their iPhones. I'm currently workin on the third edition. The loss of Applevis will be felt very keenly. Such a wonderfully helpful spot on the web.
in reply to Michael Feir

David Goldfield
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@mfeir It's good to know that we have people like you in our community who are continuing to donate your time and talent to pass on what you know to others.
@Michael Feir

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Russia is relying on unwitting Americans to spread election disinformation, US officials say apnews.com/article/russia-trum…

Russia is relying on Americans to spread election disinformation, officials say

Top U.S. intelligence officials say Russia, China and Iran are continuing to target voters in the U.S. with disinformation and propaganda related to the upcoming presidential election.
DAVID KLEPPER (AP News)
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Microsoft Copilot+ PCs are a confusing mess — 3 things you need to know before you buy tomsguide.com/computing/laptop…

Microsoft Copilot+ PCs are a confusing mess — 3 things you need to know before you buy

Buying a Copilot+ PC? Make sure you don't pick the wrong one
Jason England (Tom's Guide)

Dear AI Companies, instead of sneakily scraping OpenStreetMap.org, how about a tiny $10,000 donation? We'll even throw in a shiny new download link to our entire planet's geo data! Who knew it was that easy? Start here: supporting.openstreetmap.org/d… #win #ai #bots #OpenStreetMap 🌍 🤖 🤑

Donate – OpenStreetMap Foundation

supporting.openstreetmap.org
#Win #bots #AI #openstreetmap

A ver, Nacho, usemos la lógica. Sánchez y Maduro tienen problemas más importantes que perseguirte.
Pero ojo con Zapatero. Ese no tiene nada mejor que hacer que ir a por ti.

Nacho Cano dice que su imputación es un "montaje de la banda de Sánchez, Maduro y Zapatero"
eldiario.es/cultura/nacho-cano…


Nacho Cano dice que su imputación es un "montaje de la banda de Sánchez, Maduro y Zapatero"

El productor musical ha difundido un vídeo en el que vuelve a defender que es víctima de una operación contra él por apoyar Isabel Díaz Ayuso
Laura García Higueras (ElDiario.es)
in reply to Camarada Bakunin

modulux
modulux
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Casi da pena, porque estas personas nunca se han visto a este lado del derecho penal. Y soltar mierdas así no funciona muy bien en la vista oral.

Meta will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit regarding the unauthorized collection and use of people's biometric data. pcmag.com/news/meta-to-pay-14-…

🇨🇭 Welcome to the party!! 🇨🇭

Innovation will start booming with Switzerland mandating government software to be open source.

Public money for public code, forever! 🤘

#OpenSource #Transparency #DigitalSovereignty

zdnet.com/article/switzerland-…


Switzerland federal government requires releasing its software as open source

The United States remains reluctant to work with open source, but European countries are bolder.
Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)
#opensource #digitalsovereignty #transparency

OpenAI starts rolling out its Her-like voice mode for ChatGPT theverge.com/2024/7/30/2420965…

OpenAI starts rolling out its Her-like voice mode for ChatGPT

OpenAI’s delayed advanced voice mode for ChatGPT is finally rolling out to a small amount of people who subscribe to ChatGPT Plus.
Jay Peters (The Verge)

HP have finally admitted that the printer ink subscription model has failed, so now Logitech are queueing up to give it the old school try with an inkless subscription printer analogue.
appdot.net/@joshuafoust/112876…

Joshua Foust 🎮 (@joshuafoust@appdot.net)

Attached: 2 images What a contrast a headline makes
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IEEE's MAC address allocations have a weird pricing structure.

If you want to buy a 12 (aka 4096 addresses), that's $855 one time (or $0.20 per MAC address).

However you can buy 20 bits of space (1Mil addresses) for $2,030 one time !, and 24 bits (16Mil) for $3,375 one time !

I somewhat question the desire to buy 4096 MAC addresses when 1 million is only around 2x the price.


MA-L - IEEE Standards Association

This product was previously referred to as an OUI (Organizationally Unique Identifier) and is still referred to as such in many standards.
IEEE SA
in reply to benjojo

Ondřej Caletka
Ondřej Caletka
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I heard a story that cost of MAC addresses was a factor that caused IPv4 multicast to be designed to use only 23 bits from group id in the MAC address.
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#DoctorWho x #StarTrek
Friendship is universal

#FriendshipDay

youtu.be/eu3s6ee7wLE?si=fY1iD-…


Doctor Who x Star Trek | Friendship is Universal | Doctor Who

Star Trek and Doctor Who come together for the inaugural #IntergalacticFriendshipDay on July 30th 2024. Read more here: https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...
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#startrek #doctorwho #friendshipday

#QT dair-community.social/@timnitG… this is why I spent most of 2019 traveling the world talking about the harm inflicted in marginalized spaces when white folx refuse to acknowledge their complicity and allegiance to white supremacy and anti-Blackness

When white LGBTQ+ folx aren’t able to step outside whiteness, Black and brown folx must ignore their shared marginalized experiences in order to protect themselves from your racism and you become the “enemy”

Timnit Gebru (she/her) (@timnitGebru@dair-community.social)

Newsflash. 🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️ White LGBTQ+ people can be racist. Is that something we need to say? So many responses here being like, as a trans person, I got such better community on Mastodon from the beginning. Change that to "As a WHITE trans person.
Distributed AI Research Community
#qt
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Tim Bray
Tim Bray
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FWIW your posts in recent days have raised a few peoples' consciousness, including mine. Among other things, Masto has an “invisible attacker” problem, i.e. nobody else can see the abuse that gets pushed into your face. While the people saying “it’s easy to fix, just fix it” are wrong - it’s a hard problem - that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be a priority. Thanks for raising your voice.

Amazon is expanding its one- to two-day delivery to rural areas in the US, using hyper-efficient warehouses, contracted drivers, and mom-and-pop shops (Wall Street Journal)

wsj.com/business/amazon-pushes…
techmeme.com/240730/p20#a24073…


Amazon is expanding its one- to two-day delivery capabilities to US rural areas, using hyper-efficient warehouses, contracted drivers, and mom-and-pop shops

From Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.
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Links 2.30 Terminal Browser Is Out With Minor Fixes linuxtoday.com/news/links-2-30…

Links 2.30 Terminal Browser Is Out With Minor Fixes

Sixteen months after its previous release, Links 2.30, а terminal browser, has been released with several improvements. Here they are!
LinuxToday

OrCam to halt developing visual aid devices
en.globes.co.il/en/article-orc…
Might be worth covering on the podcast
@doubletap

OrCam to halt developing visual aid devices

The Israeli company, founded by Amnon Shashua and Ziv Aviram, will lay off dozens of employees and focus on development of its digital listening device for the hard of hearing.
Meytal Vaizberg (Globes)
@Double Tap
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David Goldfield
David Goldfield
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@Bruce_Toews orcam.com/en-us/orcam-hear

OrCam - Enhances Hearing in Noisy Environments

OrCam Hear excels in isolating the voices of distinct speakers using their voice signatures.
OrCam Techologies
in reply to David Goldfield

Brian Moore
Brian Moore
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@Bruce_Toews hope this is better than their reading offerings. They are competing against that app called heard that which in my view is really good! except you can use your existing headphones.

FYI. I saw this today when someone shared it in my Facebook feed, and it looks legitimate, as it also has a quote from OrCam. It is not entirely surprising, although I believe they were just exhibiting at the blindness conventions earlier this month. What a whirlwind the last few days have been in the blindness assistive technology world with the AppleVis closure and now this as well. OrCam to halt developing visual aid devices - Globes en.globes.co.il/en/article-orc… #blind #lowvision #visuallyimpaired

OrCam to halt developing visual aid devices

The Israeli company, founded by Amnon Shashua and Ziv Aviram, will lay off dozens of employees and focus on development of its digital listening device for the hard of hearing.
Meytal Vaizberg (Globes)
#blind #visuallyimpaired #lowvision

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Auf der Suche nach Hörstoff hab ich bei Uve Teschner gelesen, dass er von Cory Doctorow "Red Team Blues" eingesprochen hat, um dann festzustellen, dass der Link zu Audible nicht mehr funktioniert.

Und die CD-Fassung bei Amazon nicht lieferbar ist.

Kann es vielleicht sein, dass Herr Doctorow nicht möchte, dass seine Sachen über Audible laufen?

uveteschner.de/hoerbuecher-hoe…


Cory Doctorow "Red Team Blues. Vom Jäger zum Gejagten" - Uve Teschner

Der IT-Experte und Ermittler Marty Hench wird vom Jäger zum Gejagten im packenden Hörbuch "Red Team Blues" von Cory Doctorow.
Elisa (Uve Teschner)
in reply to Klaus

Klaus
Klaus
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Rückmeldung vom Verlag:

"leider wird "Red Team Blues" weder jetzt noch in Zukunft als Hörbuch erhältlich sein. Es tut mir leid, dass Sie sich bereits auf die akustische Version der Geschichte gefreut haben."

in reply to Klaus

WestphalDenn
WestphalDenn
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Also moment: Da wird ein Hörbuch produziert und dann erscheint es nie? Oder geht es nur um Audible als Plattform? Das wird vom Autoren ja nicht zu unrecht weiträumig umgangen. Ich habe das Gefühl, den Prozess nicht zu verstehen. So eine Produktion kostet zu Recht ja ordentlich Geld. Damit fängt man doch nicht vor der Rechteprüfung an oder?

Screen Reader Basics That Both Blind and Sighted Should Know accessibleandroid.com/screen-r…

Screen Reader Basics That Both Blind and Sighted Should Know - Accessible Android

A screen reader is a software, specifically an accessibility service, that enables blind users to read, identify, and interact with onscreen elements on their
Kareen Kiwan (Accessible Android)

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Accessible heading structures for home pages blog.pope.tech/2024/07/29/acce…

Accessible heading structures for home pages - Pope Tech Blog

Learn how to balance marketing copy on homepages with an accessible heading structure.
Whitney Lewis (Pope Tech Blog)

Best Password Manager in 2024 cnet.com/tech/services-and-sof…

Best Password Manager in 2024

These password managers will make it easier (and safer) to manage all your passwords.
Attila Tomaschek (CNET)

Here is a brand new ad for friend, an "AI" hardware product.

I can't speak to the merits of the product from an ad or a teaser site.

But on scifi, I am expert. And I think it's absolutely wild they're going full Black Mirror here. It invites so many questions.

Do they MEAN to go Black Mirror? Do they KNOW they're going Black Mirror?

Is this a wink and a nod? Is this a consequence of the ~Cerebral Valley~ echo chamber? I am very, very curious!

youtube.com/watch?v=O_Q1hoEhfk…


Friend Reveal Trailer

not imaginary. preorder now at friend.com.
YouTube
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Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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I'm surprised that they think people want that. I'd want an AI "friend" speaking to me in my ear; there's surely plenty of precedent for that in science fiction.

These OTC Hearing Aids Are the Best Deal for You. Here's the Math cnet.com/health/medical/these-…

These OTC Hearing Aids Are the Best Deal for You. Here's the Math

There are a ton of over-the-counter hearing aids out there. We did the math on price, lifespan and other factors to find out which ones are worth your money.
Nina Raemont (CNET)

Legal Update: July 2024 convergeaccessibility.com/2024…

July 2024 Accessibility Legal Update

An update of the notable digital accessibility legal cases this month and their impact
Ken Nakata (Converge Accessibility LLC)

For those of you interested in learning how to teach #Blind and low-vision kids and adults #TactileDrawing techniques, #Coding basics, then building up to creating their own digital #SVG graphics for tactile output and beyond, the Tangible Art & Design Adventures curriculum is now live online! Come check out the TADA adventure and share it far and wide! tada.wssb.wa.gov/

Home - TADA! - CATT-NW

Tangible Art & Design Adventures by the Center for Assistive Technology Training Northwest, WSSB
tada.wssb.wa.gov
#blind #coding #svg #tactiledrawing

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Limited-time offer: Librem 5, our security-focused smartphone with hardware kill switches, now $649! Experience true digital privacy. Sale won't last! #Librem5 #PureOS #Pruism

shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5/

Librem 5 – Purism

shop.puri.sm
#librem5 #pureos #Pruism

Want to learn more about the Digital Executive Leadership Program and what we've learned from teaching it for over 5 years? Recently I hosted a webinar with some of our program instructors which you can find at: youtu.be/Sp4gfs4piY8?si=H5o9wa…

Thanks so much to Amanda Clarke, Jen Schellinck, @mgifford & Meghan Hellstern for sharing your perspectives!

Our next cohort is launching in October with new options for fully in-person, fully online, or hybrid. You can find all the details at: iog.ca/DELP


Exploring the Digital Executive Leadership Program

First launched in 2018, the Digital Executive Leadership Program (DELP) has provided hundreds of public sector leaders from across Canada the opportunity to ...
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@Mike Gifford

It's now been 9 years since #Windows 10 was officially released - anyone here upgrade day 1?
The original Windows 10 hero wallpaper - although it maybe looks like CGI, it's actually a photo of a light beam through a glass window
#Windows
in reply to Jen Gentleman

Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
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Ugh, that brings back unpleasant memories as a third-party assistive technology developer back then (before I joined the Windows a11y team at Microsoft). The introduction of pre-Chromium Edge was disruptive for screen reader users, or perhaps more accurately, would have been if everyone hadn't just kept using their other browsers. When Edge switched to Chromium, it was a relief for me.

Olympic men’s triathlon postponed due to river pollution theverge.com/2024/7/30/2420944…

Olympic men’s triathlon postponed due to river pollution

Officials at the Paris Olympics postponed the men’s triathlon event because of pollution in the Seine.
Justine Calma (The Verge)

How do #LibreOffice developers maintain code quality? One of the tools is fuzz testing – learn about it here: dev.blog.documentfoundation.or… #foss #OpenSource

Fuzz testing to maintain LibreOffice code quality - LibreOffice Development Blog

LibreOffice has many different means to maintain LibreOffice code quality. Here I focus on fuzz testing, and how it is used in LibreOffice.
Hossein Nourikhah (LibreOffice Development Blog)
#foss #opensource #libreoffice

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Studio N: Našli jsme kyslík na dně oceánu

Když mořský biolog Andrew Sweetman viděl, že podle jeho měřicích přístrojů je na dně Pacifiku mnohem víc kyslíku, než by ho tam být mělo, pokládal celou výpr...
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