Announcing Android Reproducible Builds at IzzyOnDroid with rbtlog
IzzyOnDroid is the largest 3rd-party F-Droid-compatible repository of open source Android apps [...] It provides [...] additional security and transparency via multiple custom scans and checks.
rbtlog is a Reproducible Builds transparency log for Android APKs. [...] It allows anyone to easily run a rebuilder for any apps available from a git repository with release tags plus accompanying APKs built and signed by the developer.
We are pleased to announce "Reproducible Builds, special client support and more in our repo": a collaboration between various independent interoperable projects: the IzzyOnDroid team, 3rd-party clients Droid-ify & Neo Store, and rbtlog (part of my collection of tools for Android Reproducible Builds) to bring Reproducible Builds to IzzyOnDroid and the wider Android ecosystem.
lists.reproducible-builds.org/…
android.izzysoft.de/articles/n…
#ReproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid
GitHub - obfusk/rbtlog: Reproducible Builds Transparency Log for Android APKs
Reproducible Builds Transparency Log for Android APKs - obfusk/rbtlogGitHub
I added a section to everything #curl about what we do to mitigate backdoor attempts:
everything.curl.dev/project/se…
Did I forget anything obvious?
Security - everything curl
everything there is to know about curl, libcurl and the cURL projecteverything.curl.dev
Katie Ledecky who just won another gold medal and is one of the GOATs, has POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), which causes a fast heart rate, dizziness, and fatigue. For years she didn't speak about the condition as she didn’t want it to shape the media narrative.
self.com/story/katie-ledecky-h…
Everything Katie Ledecky Has Shared About Living With the Health Condition POTS
For nearly a decade, Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky has lived with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS. Here’s how she manages its symptoms.Cindy Kuzma (SELF)
🇩🇪 Schluss mit der Rumeierei – jetzt ist es Live! mehr als 18% der Apps bei IzzyOnDroid verfügen bereits über Reproducible Builds (also mehr als jedes 6. Ei – oops, jede 6. App; mehr folgen). Zwei wundervolle Clients werden Euch dies und weiteres transparent machen. Das & weitere spannende News könnt ihr hier nachlesen: android.izzysoft.de/articles/n…
All dies war nur möglich Dank der Hilfe von @obfusk – und ihrem github.com/obfusk/rbtlog 
#IzzyOnDroid #reproducibleBuilds #FDroid #transparency
Reproducible Builds, besondere Client-Unterstützung und mehr in unserem Repo
Spannende Neuigkeiten im IzzyOnDroid Repo: Jetzt haben wir reproduzierbare Builds, spezifische Unterstützung durch einige der beliebtesten F-Droid-Clients und mehr!IzzyOnDroid
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It is time once again for me to ask all #unix #retrocomputing enthusiasts to dust off their old iron and run a test program. This one's about corner cases of mmap().
paste.sr.ht/~zackw/69f6fe80133…
I want to know about OSes that fail one or more of the tests, no matter how old they are.
I have already tested current versions of Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, AIX, and Solaris. Further testing with these is only useful if you can identify an exact version number where something changes (e.g. "FreeBSD prior to version x.y fails tests A, B, C"; "AIX prior to version w.z does not recognize XPG_SUS_ENV=ON"; that sort of thing). I don't expect any CPU dependence for this test, but if you discover some, that is also worth knowing about.
Please report results by following up to <lists.gnu.org/archive/html/aut…>. (You can write to this mailing list without subscribing.) Please do not reply to this post with results, or email me directly.
(I'm happy to talk about the test itself on here, say if you want help understanding what's being tested or you're having trouble getting it to compile or like that. But I really need all the results in one place.)
Please spread this call for testers widely.
Reporter calls his blindness an asset for key Trump shooting interview: ‘Vision could get in the way’
BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue hopes his reporting shows ‘barriers put in the way of disabled people do not need to be there’Ramon Antonio Vargas (The Guardian)
Canonical Reports Revenue Growth in 2023, Reaching $251 Million
In 2023, Canonical's revenue rose by $46M, driven by gains in sales, marketing, and R&D, with operating profit at $45M.LinuxToday
aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/ac… #aws #blog
Accelerate your Terraform development with Amazon Q Developer | Amazon Web Services
This post demonstrates how Amazon Q Developer, a generative AI-powered assistant for software development, helps create Terraform templates.Amazon Web Services
Any thoughts here on Fedi about the ISO week date system? Under it today's date is "2024-W31-3" (or "2024W313" in compact form, which I like less).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_week…
I actually kinda really like it in concept and want to learn to use it. I've set up my bar to show me both the week date and the standard ISO date, to hopefully help me start getting a feel for it.
"Keeping VLC free and without ads is a no-brainer. I know people focus a lot on that part but, for me, it’s just the way it should be and it’s not difficult for me to keep it like that... Sure, more money would be fun, but most of the people I know who have more money are annoying." -- Jean-Baptiste Kempf
welcometothejungle.com/en/arti…
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usesthis.com/interviews/jean-b…
#OpenSource #NonExtractiveSystems
The one who kept VLC free
Jean-Baptiste Kempf discusses how he initially got involved in VLC and shares his tips for developers who want to improve and get hired.Welcome to the Jungle
If you're an EU citizen and you hate DRM and planned obsolescence, here's an easy petition for you to sign:
TL;DR: If online-only DRM servers shut down, publishers would be required to keep your game working regardless.
Only targets video games because that is where this practice is by far the most prevalent today, but it would set a precedent that we might soon need for things like phones, cars, and all the other things that are increasingly getting CPUs shoved inside them.
1 year to reach 1 million signatures.
Video with more explanation, if you have an 11-minute attention span:
Europeans can save gaming!
Europeans can save videogames from being destroyed! The European Citizens' Initiative has just launched and represents the biggest and most ambitious chance...YouTube
Are you running Chrome 127 on Windows? I can use your help for a quick test.
1. Go to this URL:
cdpn.io/pen/debug/bGLrYBo
2. Zoom or resize so the table has a scrollbar at the bottom.
3. Without using your mouse, Tab to the table.
4. Use your arrow keys to scroll it left-right.
If it works, cool. If not, less cool. I have a case of someone where the keyboard scrollable containers feature added in Chrome 127 does not work.
I have filed a Chromium bug:
issues.chromium.org/issues/356…
If anyone here knows someone on the Chrome team, probably let them know their latest attempt to make scrolling areas focusable is not working for everyone.
Updating this post with Chrome’s stutter-step release of this feature is becoming a part-time job:
adrianroselli.com/2022/06/keyb…
Keyboard-Only Scrolling Areas
I have spent a few years banging on about ensuring scrolling areas on a page are accessible to keyboard-only users.Adrian Roselli
If you read this from the Google Chrome Developer Blog, when do you expect this feature to be available?
Ref: developer.chrome.com/blog/new-…
New in Chrome 127 | Blog | Chrome for Developers
Chrome 127 is rolling out now! With support for font-size-adjust, user activations propagated in the Document Picture-in-Picture API, keyboard focusable scroll containers and there's plenty more.Chrome for Developers
Confirmation that this feature is not really in 127:
“Currently, 10% of users see it. By 128, 100% of users should expect keyboard focusable scrollers to be enabled by default.”
“Because we need to be a bit nimble as we do that ramp-up, we didn't put all of the nitty gritty details of that ramp schedule into the blog post. But it's true that some people will see this feature enabled in M127, potentially up to a majority of users.”
So Chrome’s claim was 90% wrong.
toot.cafe/@aardrian/1128773450…
Adrian Roselli (@aardrian@toot.cafe)
I rather resent the fact that trillion dollar companies are relying on end users to perform #accessibility testing. Google, Microsoft (GitHub), Apple (Safari), Amazon, etc.Toot Café
@vick21 “From now on scrollers are click-focusable and programmatically-focusable by default” is not the same as enabled for 10% of users today and then later up to 100%.
Given the feedback to the Chrome Developers blog post announcement language question that I asked here and elsewhere, I am not alone in thinking the feature was available for everyone.
@vick21 I guess I need to understand what a “complete roll-out” means.
Everyone who tested this for me was running a point release of 127. As far as I am concerned, that is a complete roll-out.
Tagged PDF - Accessibility is the right thing to do!
Tagged PDF is intended as an aid to meeting the PDF accessibility requirements Section 508 and PDF Universal Accessibility (PDF/UA)Tagged PDF
Chrome appears to be first to have hit all the 2024 Interop #accessibility test goals:
web.dev/blog/interop-2024-a11y
Interop tests (which you can read to balance against the Chrome claim):
wpt.fyi/results/?label=experim…
While I want more (more done, more aggressive goals, etc), this is good. Kudos to the team for getting there.
#a11y
Interop 2024: Chrome at 100% for the accessibility focus area | Blog | web.dev
Chrome now passes 100% of tests for the accessibility focus area. This post explains the improvements made.web.dev
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@paleofuture.bsky.social: AI Folks have now discovered "thinking"
@stephsmithio: Sometimes in the process of writing a good enough prompt for ChatGPT, I end up solving my own problems, without even needing to submit it.](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/576779 "[Screenshot of a bluesky post commenting on a twitter post]
@paleofuture.bsky.social: AI Folks have now discovered \"thinking\"
@stephsmithio: Sometimes in the process of writing a good enough prompt for ChatGPT, I end up solving my own problems, without even needing to submit it.")
I'd like to wish everyone a very merry delete that platform.
Edited: apparently the tweet about "weird" being a slur is a fake and has been debunked, so I am taking it down (see, even I have to check my sources sometimes!) However, I am leaving the post up and replacing the fake tweet with a real one where he calls the word "cis" a slur and whines about how he will punish people who use it.
OrCam to halt developing visual aid devices
en.globes.co.il/en/article-orc…
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)
Im #September finden drei sehr interessante #Konferenzen statt. Zwei in #Berlin und eine in #Dresden .
Es handelt sich um die #Datenspuren des phänomenalen Teams der @datenspuren des @c3d2
Die zweite ist die #BildetNetze Konferenz von #Netzpolitik
@netzpolitik_feed
in Berlin.
Die dritte Empfehlung ist die erste #Konferenz des #Matrix -Messangers in Berlin, veranstaltet von der The Matrix.org Foundation @matrix ebenfalls in Berlin.
Na dann - viel #Spaß!
katika-kuehnreich.com/blog/202…
Lebensretter auf dem Smartphone: So richtest du den Notfallpass richtig ein
Wusstest du, dass dir dein Smartphone im Notfall sogar das Leben retten kann? Denn es kann Rettungskräften deine Notfallkontakte und Notfalldaten auf dem Sperrbildschirm anzeigen! Wir zeigen dir, wie's geht!
swr3.de/aktuell/service/notfal…
#NotfallPass #Smartphone #Notfallkontakt
Ein kurzes Accessibility-Review des Lenovo Tab Plus
Ein 11,5 Zoll großes Display, viel Speicherplatz, das neueste Android mit 4 Jahren Updates sowie Lautsprecher von JBL; das Lenovo Tab Plus verspricht…DroidBlind
Open source nonprofits are weird. Why don't they just focus on hiring more developers?
The answer is long and complex, but the short version is that open source nonprofits are weird because they (need to) go beyond tech.
Here is a tale about fiscal status, fundraising, governance and two worlds colliding.
A particular thank you to @al for demystifying the world of nonprofits for me, and @richlitt for sharing his extensive nonprofit experience.
ergaster.org/posts/2024/07/31-…
Why are open source nonprofits so weird?
In the open source industry, creating an American nonprofit to serve and fund a project is not uncommon. These structures can choose a fiscal status depending on their needs within a wide range defined by the IRS.ergaster.org
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I have released a new version of Exhibit!
- Improved settings with four default configurations for different file types and the possibility to save custom ones
- Bundled four HDRI by default, but more can be added
- Added a button to open the file in an external app
- Automatic reload on file change
- More ways to color models
- Improved point cloud support
- Updated F3D to latest version
Get it on #Flathub: flathub.org/apps/io.github.nok…
#GNOME #GTK #Libadwaita
(Zřejmě mi je Antoine de Saint-Exupéry něčím blízký, protože jsem drtivou většinu odpovědí jen tipnul 🙂 Měl bych si tuhle knížku po 20 letech znova přečíst.)
"Odpověděl/a jste správně na 15 otázek z 15. Saint-Exupéryho a jeho knihy znáte na jedničku, gratulujeme." #deSaintExupery #SaintExupery #knihy
zpravy.aktualne.cz/domaci/kviz…
Jeho Malého prince poznají všichni. Co víte o Exupérym, který zemřel před 80 lety?
V kvízu Aktuálně.cz si můžete vyzkoušet své znalosti života a díla spisovatele Antoina de Saint-Exupéryho.Domácí (Aktuálně.cz)
Our July Development Digest is out, and we've got some great highlights about the latest 128 Nebula release and upcoming features!
🌀 128 Nebula! Where to find more info and how to get it.
🐧 The Linux System Tray lands at last!
🪟 Exchange in TB Daily
blog.thunderbird.net/2024/07/t…
#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Development
Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest: July 2024
In this month's Thunderbird Development Digest, Alex shares updates on a 25-year-old bug, the Linux system tray, Exchange support, and more.Alessandro Castellani (The Thunderbird Blog)
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I hope that one day Thunderbird will get a way to use colours in message list to show threads with unread messages.
Upgraded from 115 to 128 and partially read threads with new messages are marked with few green dots. Like "Upcoming libpkgconf soname bump in Rawhide" thread on screenshot. For me it is barely visible.
Hail "show only new mails" button on one of many toolbars.
If you are a screen reader user, keyboard-only user, screen magnifier user, or user of other AT (I consider WHCM in there), then GitHub is looking for your feedback on its ‘hovercards’:
github.com/orgs/community/disc…
I linked the other discussion / bug report that had to be rolled back so y’all can have more context.
Keyboard Navigation Improvements for Hovercards · community · Discussion #133986
⛰️ The challenge The only way to interact with hovercards in dotcom right now is limited to mouse users (hover over the triggering link). This violates WCAG 1.4.13 (Content on Hover or Focus), inhi...GitHub
Does AI entice people to buy?
No. No it does not. People are less likely to buy things when AI is a part of the product description.
news.wsu.edu/press-release/202…
Using the term ‘artificial intelligence’ in product descriptions reduces purchase intentions
Companies may unintentionally hurt their sales by including the words “artificial intelligence” when describing their offerings that use the technology, according to a study led by WSU researchers.WSU Insider
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Fujifilm X100V / X100VI 1:1 Scale Toy Model by christianselig
One of the kids next door really liked my X100VI and was sad when I had to go so I made a little 3D replica of the camera that he could play with. Bonus is that it's a lot less expensive if a kid happens to be rough with it, haha.buff.ly
For example if you google an Orbit 20 Reader versus a Brailliant BI20 you'll see some have keys at the front, some don't. Really hard to get a feel for something without ... well. having a feel, I guess. Thanks for the info!
Seirdy
in reply to Odd_Jayy • • •gender!!
video description: an quadruped animal-like drone sits perched on Odd_Jayy’s shoulder, then is in their arms and nestling their chest. the drone excitedly “looks” up as Odd_Jayy cuddles it.