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Shell Phone Show Tackling Timers on the BlindShell Classic 2

Show Notes: Shell Phone Show - Episode: Tackling Timers on the BlindShell Classic 2 Introduction In this episode of the Shell Phone Show, Adrian, also known as Driza, demonstrates how to use various timer functions on the BlindShell Classic 2. This includes a walkthrough of the minute timer, interval timer, stopwatch, and setting timers with the Lady A app (Amazon Alexa).

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NVDA 2024.4 Beta 1 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what the next version of NVDA has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome you to download the beta and provide feedback using our issue reporting process.

This release includes a number of improvements in Microsoft Office, braille, and document formatting.

For full information and to download, go to: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-4b…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Beta #FOSS #PreRelease

NVDA logo and text in white on purple with grey sunburst designs in the background around the edge
#foss #screenreader #nvdasr #nvda #beta #prerelease

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Unmute Presents Community Unmuted on 27 August

You can tune into this call live every Tuesday. In the Unmute Presents Community Call on August 27, 2024, we focused on technology, accessibility, and upcoming Apple innovations. Participants engaged in a lively discussion about expectations for the Apple keynote, highlighting desired features for accessibility improvements in new devices. Attendees shared hopes for design enhancements and better battery life, while…

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Restarting Highscore thread since it’s getting too long. End of the previous thread quoted. —- Hmm I'm still undecided on which shaders I want - currently I use basicaly github.com/libretro/glsl-shade… with adjust colors, and github.com/libretro/glsl-shade… with adjust+darken colors. I may tweak them a bit, since VBA one is rather too much, while GBA one is still darker than the original, tho not as dark as it needs to be here. The main problem is GB - GBC obviously needs the same treatment, but what do we do for GB games with GBC palettes... I mean those can be affected too, sure, but then we have custom palettes based on GBC ones - do we still do it there?
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance running in Highscore, with properties doalog on top of it. It has 2 options: adjust colors and darken colors. Both are checked.
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance running in Highscore, with properties doalog on top of it. It has 2 options: adjust colors and darken colors. Adjust colors is checked
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance running in Highscore, with properties doalog on top of it. It has 2 options: adjust colors and darken colors. Neither is checked
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Alice

And added Clean filter now (AANN), and it's now the default too.

Additionally, about dialog shows attribution for filters now (except for nearest/none, as that one is trivial and not based on anything), since the AANN shader is licensed under MIT ^^

Also fixed edges with the smooth filter, it was using the wrong texture wrap mode. Meanwhile Interframe Blending is now Blend Frames instead, and has an explanation in the UI for what it does.

Screenshot of Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance with the clean filter and color correction+darkening
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Alice

And more filter work: there's a smoothing/upscale shader now, specifically xBRZ - there is a single pass freescale shader, so that was fairly simple to integrate.

This caused some trouble with attribution, as it has a dual license and AdwAboutDialog doesn't handle that very nicely... so I had to resort to a wall of text, oh well.

I also renamed filters to less generic and more technical names - it was honestly getting more confusing than helpful. Is "smooth" bicubic or xBRZ? Well, kinda both... So now it's just:

- Nearest (previously None or Sharp)
- Anti-Aliased (previously Clean)
- Bicubic (Previously Smooth)
- Smooth (Previously HD)

Maybe there are better names, but for now doesn't seem worth it.

Screenshot of TLoZ: A Link to the Past running with xBRZ filter
Screenshot of Kirby's Dream Land with xBRZ filter and color-corrected special GBC palette
Screenshot of TLoZ: The Minish Cap running with xBRZ filter
Screenshot of Mega Man 7 with xBRZ filter

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In Nodezator's dev branch: changed the magnetic sockets feature to make it closer to what I envisioned originally: the nodes had hands and would help you by grabbing the new connection for you.

The hands are CC0 assets from the excellent
@kenneynl

#Python #nodeeditor

#python #nodeeditor @Kenney 🔜 IndieDevDay
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Kennedy Richard maintains OSS

Final version is very similar, but decided to hide the cursor. Now I use the hand that extends from the 1st socket like a cursor, instead of having it offset behind the cursor as before.

Thank you all for the feedback, specially
mechadense
&
lisa44Yes (handles from X). Feels and looks better. #Python #nodeeditor

#python #nodeeditor
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Kennedy Richard maintains OSS

Been actually working on other things but had an idea for another variant yesterday and didn't want to waste it (already in Nodezator's dev branch).

This time the cursor is a baseball #Python #nodeeditor

#python #nodeeditor

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The Python core team has started discussing changes to its governance model. I do think it is time for change, and worth rethinking and tweaking the current model.

As mentioned in my #PyOhio keynote, it is one of the "changelongs" I want to see. I don't know how it should be changed, maybe someone else in the community can figure it out.

I just think we should continue to adjust and evolve the model, so I'm glad to see that the team has started such discussion.

youtu.be/uJat5JEeoBU?si=JO7qk2…

#pyohio

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MY LATEST ESSAY: "Why Does 'Transvestigation' Happen?
On Gendering, Ungendering, and (Mis)Perceiving Trans People." In this long-read, I unpack the phenomenon of so-called #transvestigation, explain why & how it happens, plus explore more mundane (yet nevertheless fucked up) ways in which we perceive and interpret gender and sexual minorities. No-paywall link, please give it lots of "claps" & share widely!
juliaserano.medium.com/why-doe…
#trans #transgender #LGBTQ #lgbtqia #gender #transvestigation
#transgender #trans #lgbtqia #LGBTQ #gender #transvestigation

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I published a new report that shows how today's cybersecurity and risk profiling systems are turning into employee mass surveillance and predictive policing tools.

Based on log, device and network data,
they let companies monitor almost everything employees do or say.

We need a serious debate about what is necessary and proportionate for what purpose and about safeguards that prevent misuse.

My 76-page report focusing on software from Forcepoint/Everfox and Microsoft:
crackedlabs.org/en/data-work/p…

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I haven't reminded people in a while. I really recommend that people regularly download all their CSV files on their Mastodon profile in case their instance goes down (see the screenshot).

This is particularly suggested to everyone on an instance (especially big ones) for which the admin isn't transparent with finances and backup plans.

Better have a backup of your follows than suddenly losing everything!

Go to Preferences => Import/Export => Data Export => Download all CSV files you're interested in keeping

A screenshot of the Data Export page on Mastodon
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