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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 19 updated (oof!) and 1 added apps:

* Migu: stream anime torrents, real-time with no waiting for downloads

All of the 8 updated apps which had #reproducibleBuilds established passed cleanly and got the green shield for their latest release 🥳

At apt.izzysoft.de/magisk 5 #Magisk #modules were updated.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repos :awesome:



youtu.be/928ViCUbYhs


Did you get a fake McAfee or Norton invoice? How the scam works (and what not to do) zdnet.com/article/did-you-get-…



I wonder who thought it would be a good idea to use a separate circuit breaker per socket but then wire three of them under one shared RCD so that (much more common) earthing fault in one socket will disconnect a group of three.

Putting there 6 two-pole circuit breaker/RCD combinations would take exactly the same space, provide full separation between outlets and would cost only a few euros more.

in reply to Ondřej Caletka

My dad always complains that having a single RCD for the whole house is stupid. Come back from vacation and find your freezer off and a smelly puddle on the floor because of some silly earth fault.


So this time round with Covid, I am streaming buckets of sweat. And the headache is pounding like the drums inPeggy Sue (Song by Buddy Holly).
Wondering if I can risk £12 on a book. I don't normally spend that much on authors I don't know but it looks like an interesting sci-fi story.
Lake of Darkness: The mindbending new science fiction novel from Adam Roberts
SeanRandall.me/recommends/B0C4…
in reply to Sean Randall

Ug, I hated that head ache. It made me want to scream like a banshee.
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in reply to Sean Randall

Ugh, damn Covid. Hope you feel better sooner rather than later.


After the building's drain was finally unclogged yesterday, I noticed my siphon (P-trap) cleanout cap threading is imperfect, and water was slowly dripping out of it.

After cleaning the threading with a soapy toothbrush, I wrapped teflon tape (6 rounds, in the direction where you screw the cap on) on the thread, and used a Sharpie® to annotate my servicing technique (tool & rotation direction).

Forget pliers, use a jar opener; no excessive force, no damage.

#DIY #plumbing #lifehacking






This post got like 500 boosts and now all these computer people want to talk about package management so I think it's important to take a moment and show the new followers what I really care about: butts

woof.group/@aphyr/112956089220…



Žijem v minulosti.
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in reply to SuspiciousDuck

Prítomnosť popieram a na budúcnosť... chcel som napísať že seriem ale to by nerobím každý deň.


research shows that computers are consistently better at solving captchas than humans are, but because everything has to scale infinitely people are proposing verifiable credentials stored on blockchains:

theconversation.com/captchas-t…

shoddy writing uncritically boosting industry talking points 🤦



Víc hlav víc ví

Co by jste čekali nebo očekávali v aplikaci seznam Hradů a Zámků ?

Za každý váš nápad budu rád a za boost ještě víc . Dík




Come visit us at the FOSS on Mobile stand at #froscon! We got stickers, phones with lots of distros and UIs to try out!

#mobian #postmarketos #sailfishos #maemoleste #ubports



phosh 0.41.0 is out 🚀📱:

- media player widget gained track position, length and progress bar
- New Wi-Fi HotSpot QuickSetting
- New Bluetooth Status page
- More vert space for status pages
- Silent mode on Vol-
- new layouts in squeekboard
- swipe to close gesture in phosh-osk-stub

There's much more. Check out the full release notes at phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.41.0…

🙏 to everyone who contributed to this release.

#phosh #librem5 #pinephone #gtk #wlroots #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile

in reply to Phosh

phosh 0.41.1 is out 🚀📱:

This is a bug fix release addressing important issues in #phosh (quick setting related crash) and phosh-osk-stub (swipe gesture usability, unswap backspace/enter) that shouldn't wait 'til 0.42.0. Check out the release notes at phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.41.1…

🙏 to everyone who contributed to this release.




Inspired by T.V. Raman's latest blog post on Emacspeak, I have started updating my Emacs configuration and exploring the new Emacs packages now supported by Emacspeak. It has become clear that the best solution is to recreate my Emacs configuration from the beginning - slower, but sufficient to get rid of all the old and outdated code that had accumulated.
emacspeak.blogspot.com/2024/07…
#Emacs #Emacspeak #accessibility



Last night Organic Maps was removed from the Play Store without any warnings or additional details due to "not meeting the requirements for the Family Program". Compared to Google Maps and other maps apps rated for 3+ age, there are no ads or in-app purchases, and no user information is collected in Organic Maps. We have asked for an appeal.

As a temporary workaround you can install the upcoming Google Play update from this link: cdn.organicmaps.app/apk/Organi…

This APK should work with Android Auto.

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in reply to Stefan

@kranzkrone @IzzyOnDroid We are building the map app for everyone on the planet, not just for geeks.
in reply to Organic Maps

Does that imply only geeks are using F-Droid? 👀 Kidding of course, and understood: people are intentionally misled to think only PlayStore is safe, though studies even state the opposite… Not your fault nor ours, and we know who does that and why. Monopoly, capitalism… sadly. Keep up your good work, we try the same on our ends. @kranzkrone


Fascinating in-depth piece debunking a long-standing myth about my first computer, the Apple IIGS: userlandia.com/home/iigs-mhz-m…

in reply to Alessandro B

Hi there! It's part of our bigger rebranding process! Stay tuned for some exciting new things coming soon ;)


I do realize I'm screaming into a void, but writing this email was cathartic.


This is why friends don't let friends buy app-controlled (or internet of things connected) domestic appliances.

It's always an excuse to up-sell you shit you don't need, and when that fails, the owners (not you, the corporations!) will jack up the rent.
mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1…



🚨 BREAKING: Were all social security numbers in the US leaked? Find out more - and how to protect yourself!

👉 Tips to protect yourself
tuta.com/blog/how-to-protect-d…

👉 More details here
latimes.com/business/story/202…

#socialsecuritynumber
#ssn #databreach #socialsecurity #securitytips #digitalidentity

in reply to Tuta

More info here: krebsonsecurity.com/2024/08/na…


Here's a video I want to age like curdled milk. Age so quickly it's out-of-date a week after it's made. The issues I've outlined here should be fairly simple fixes if they follow Apple's accessibility guidelines, so here's hoping someone at Floatplane Media can get some eyes on this.
I've tried to be as fair as possible, not just to make a 'bitch and ditch' style video, and to showcase the issues I have.
Please boost if you have an interest, or know that it can potentially reach someone who can make a difference.
Not my cup of tea to ask for those under normal circumstances, so I will not be making a habit of it.
Thanks.

#Accessibility Issues With #Floatplane (from a #VoiceOver Perspective) youtu.be/2sZTsrek08M

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in reply to Andre Louis

So, that play and close button, they’re actually completely unlabeled which makes it even worse. The only reason you hear “play” and “Close” there is because VoiceOver is doing its image recognition magic and guessing by how the graphic looks like (you can tell by the ding sound that goes with the announcement). If someone has this turned off, or the feature just broke randomly (which I’ve seen it do sometimes requiring a redownload of the models or a phone restart), you’d just get a click on those and nothing else.
in reply to Pitermach

@pitermach Wow, didn't know that actually. I just always have the image thing on because it's useful. If we can raise awareness and bring their attention to it, hopefully it can help. Like I said, I'm not here to shit all over it. I *want* to use it, but the refund email doesn't help.
in reply to Andre Louis

Oh yeah, that feature saved me so many times it’s not even funny. That’s why I pointed it out, if you can get in contact with a higher level tech support, or if you see this anywhere else in the future you want to tell them those buttons are just straight up unlabeled and need fixing. And yeah, you were. I find screen recordings do often help with situations like this.
in reply to Pitermach

@pitermach I of course had the screen going, not just VO. I did the whole thing in OBS with quicktime in the background.
in reply to Pitermach

@pitermach Please do let me know if you think I was fair and constructive though.
in reply to Andre Louis

@pitermach my only complaint with the video I suppose is you were, in my opinion of course, maybe a little too nice at the beginning. You said multiple times that you're just trying to give constructive critique. I'd have probably just said hey floatplane, I'm a paying customer and as a blind person I have a few issues with your app. If you could fix them, that'd be really great.
Instead they just kinda... gave you a refund? I understand that this is probably some support misunderstanding but like... to an accessibility issue? That feels super tone deaf. lol. Come on LMG. You can do better than this! We know you can! You know we exist, you made a video including accessible Linux! Big sad puppy eyes
in reply to Talon

@talon @pitermach I know but people have been canceled for less haha, I really want them to take me seriously. Once they do... Then we pull out the big ones. lol
in reply to Andre Louis

@pitermach nah I get it I also usually take the side of overpoliteness, which is why I noticed it immediately. lol
in reply to Talon

@pitermach well... except on mastodon. I do let loose here sometimes. lol.
in reply to Talon

@talon @pitermach Here feels different. Feels like you can cut loose in a different way somehow.
in reply to Andre Louis

@pitermach yup. Probably because it's not directly targeted. I'm just airing my frustrations in the moment. I hate the situation I'm in because of a thing. I don't hate the people behind it or sometimes not even the thing that caused it. I just hate that I am where I am now because of whatever it is I'm complaining about.
in reply to Talon

@talon @pitermach That's probably the best summation of a thing I've seen in a long while haha
in reply to Andre Louis

@talon @pitermach Nothing wrong with being overly polite as far as I’m concerned, unless the company in question has clearly demonstrated that they don’t have a care in the world for accessibility. That person who offered a refund might just have been an underpaid support rep trained to resolve most situations of customers expressing some sort of negative experience with the app in this very manner.
in reply to Robin Kipp

@robin_kipp @pitermach Oh yes. It's absolutely nitpicking and I would most likely have done the exact same thing which is why I immediately noticed it.
in reply to Talon

@talon @robin_kipp @pitermach Had I been 15 years younger, that video would have been terrible. I was so much more angry back then.


Its been a long time guys, but I'm back, with a Final Hour stream with @meatbag, @TheFake_VIP and tunmi13.

We are starting at 08:00pm UTC.
To save y'all the trouble, here it is in different time zones.
British Summer Time: 09:00pm
Pacific Time: 01:00pm
Mountain Time: 02:00pm
Central Time: 03:00pm
Eastern Time: 04:00pm

You can watch on Youtube or Twitch:
youtube.com/watch?v=lUJg7ijvzY…
twitch.tv/eagle_eyed612



Good morning everyone @Friendica Support

I would like to try to understand why from Friendica I can't connect to the Wordpress blog of @.mau. :friendfeed: already federated with @Matthias Pfefferle plugin, which is instead displayed correctly by Mastodon.
The blog is xmau.com/ while the user who publishes is @Notiziole di .mau.

If I paste the address of this post xmau.com/wp/notiziole/2024/08/…

in the Friendica toolbar, I get an error, while if I paste it on mastodon, I can view the post (here is an example: mastodon.social/@

Furthermore, if I try to search on Friendica for the user @Notiziole di .mau. I can see it, but if I try to follow it, I still get an error.

NB: I also have federation problems with Lemmy and not just with Friendica

Have any of you figured out what the problem might be that prevents Friendica and Lemmy from federating with that blog (but not Mastodon)?




Bude mi ctí, pokud ohodnotíme mou firmu na firmy.cz/detail/13496609-marie…


Abyste si nemysleli, že kecám, potomci při vyklízení stáje objevili další obratle....😕


@Tusky

Hi, thanks for your wonderful app. I am very grateful for all your work.

I've noticed the following case, when a caption for a video is long it covers the video controls.

I'm running 26.0

mastodon.social/@danluu/112947…

Thanks



in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

Thanks! Honored to be a committer, even if it was just text changes to `SECURITY.md` :)


Určitě znáte skvělou webovou aplikaci pro Mastodon Phanpy 🐘. Nyní je možné pracovat na překladech do češtiny, a komunita kolem Phanpy by ocenila vaši pomoc. Pokud máte čas a chuť přispět, každá pomoc je vítaná! Překlad můžete začít na Crowdin zde: crowdin.com/project/phanpy. Díky moc všem, kdo se zapojí! 🌟 A za #boost fotku Wicka :-)
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in reply to Archos

No jo, ale u půlky pojmů to bude chtít diskusi nad překladem.
in reply to Jan

@Jann
Jo taky jsem se zarazil už u pár věcí. Třeba se připojí ještě pár lidí, ono víc hlav víc ví 🙂👍
Ale chápu, času má každý málo a ještě je čas dovolených.
@Jan




Google might be cutting support for 'the world's most popular ad-blocker,' but this Windows Registry trick will help Chrome and Edge users keep intrusive ads at bay for a year longer windowscentral.com/software-ap…


A person message from Big Finish chairman, Jason Haigh-Ellery bigfinish.com/news/v/a-person-…