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It’s kind of cutesy when Xcode crashes right after the project is successfully built, not even run, just built, and successfully at that. :)


Reminder to US citizens age 18 and above: Don't get cocky! Register to vote. If you are registered (especially in a red state), check that your registration is still valid. Get all your friends and loved ones to do the same.

You can find information on how to register (and check your registration) at vote.gov.

May the vote be with you!



NEW: Apple is laying off about 100 people in its Services division in a rare move. The cuts impact Apple Books, News and other teams in Eddy Cue’s growing division bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…


I checked my iPhone for iOS 18.1 beta updates after work and what did I see? Nothing did I see. What? Two weeks passed and nothing for us to play with? :)


I was proud to join in solidarity with other blind leaders from around the globe to urge that Australia's primary agency serving blind people prioritize centering blind leadership. I invite others interested in supporting blind leaders to sign on change.org/unitedblindleaders


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).

iacast.net/shell-phone-show-ta…



What is the tallest building in the world? The library – it’s got the most stories!


I was just sitting in my studio, recording this week’s Living Blindfully, when “ding dong”, that’s my impression of the doorbell ringing ya see.
So I ran up the steps from my little studio to the door, to be greeted by a friendly Internet-selling person. Said person then asked me whether anyone was home who used the Internet, obviously concluding that there was no point trying to sell Internet service to the blind guy.
I seized my chance, said we didn’t have that here and didn’t need it, and off they went on their way. Now perhaps there was an educational opportunity here, but hey, it saved me a lot of time so I could get back to my podcast which will be uploaded via the Internet I can’t use.


Warning, rant incoming! What the hell is going on with Independent Living Aids and LS&S Products? All I want to do is buy a couple packs of lock dots. Both these companies are now leveraging UserWay, and their websites are terrible! I started an order on ILA, went to check out, got the CAPTCHA, clicked "I'm not a robot, and was then told to select all images with stairs! TBC
in reply to Al Puzzuoli

Ugh. I often forget how many Web sites use these awful overlays because I use AccessiByeBye to hide them.
accessibyebye.org/


Remembering the time when between emergencies I went with a red cross colleague to buy a new trashcan with a foot pedal for our station kitchen, and I played ventriloquist with it on our way to the cashier opening and closing its mouth commenting everything, and my collegue was pissed because he thought it was not appropriate in uniform.
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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

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in reply to NV Access

You folks are doing amazing work. NVDA just keeps getting better and better. Thank you for making it freely available to anyone who needs a good and robust Windows screen reader. #NVDA #NVDASR


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…

iacast.net/unmute-presents-com…



Watch: Afghan women defy Taliban's new draconian law by singing for their freedom telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…


Okay, I just found this on Youtube. A guy smashes clocks. He doesn't really describe much, but I love how he says something about time's up or a saying about a clock, then smashes a clock! For those of you like me who love glass breaky noises, some good stuff in here for you! youtube.com/watch?v=mM7EuJ2KUk…
in reply to David Goldfield

@DavidGoldfield No, you've got that wrong. Anyone who enjoys smashing clocks clearly has too much time on their hands…or too many ways to tell time…or something.
in reply to Jayson Smith

Yes. I read some of those clock puns in a second hand joke book.



linux-game-manager
Storm Dragon pushed changes to the master branch of the linux-game-manager project Improved filtered strings for gzdoom.


Join Blazie Technologies on Main Menu Live: Wednesday, August 28, 8:00 PM Eastern Time
We're scheduled for the second hour of the show.
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Today I realized I could manage most of my Sims 4 mods with git/GitHub with proper version control via something called S4TK. Spent the evening converting my mods to it w/ great success. This is going to make keeping track of changes with game updates much easier.
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What is it with downloading random shit from your CMake? Lazyness? Incompetence?
in reply to Hubert Figuière

I'm fine if people do this and provide an alternative to bypass it. But when it's mandatory it's ridiculous.

Respect for distro developers who have to deal with this too often and increasingly.

in reply to Jérôme Carretero

@cJ it often require to read the unpleasnt cmake to maybe find a workaround. At least it's not vcpkg. This one is garbage.


linux-game-manager
Storm Dragon pushed changes to the master branch of the linux-game-manager project Finally fixed the repeating of iwads when launched through the game launcher.


Updated the MOTU M4 on #Linux write-up with PipeWire bits. Great audio interface for the price.

interfacinglinux.com/2023/01/0…





Good one. what did the grape do when he got stepped on?

He let out a little wine.




nOps, which helps companies optimize AWS spend, raised a $30M Series A led by Headlight Partners and says its customer base grew 450% over the past 18 months (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

techcrunch.com/2024/08/27/nops…
techmeme.com/240827/p12#a24082…



Release notes for the Android 14 downgrade OTA confirm Google delays Android 15 roll out to Pixel devices from September to October, possibly around 15th (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)

androidauthority.com/pixel-and…
techmeme.com/240827/p1#a240827…




Auto Reset User Account to Original State on Ubuntu 24.04 and 23.04 linuxtoday.com/news/auto-reset…


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?
in reply to 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.

in reply to 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.



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

in reply to Kennedy Richard

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

in reply to Kennedy Richard

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



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…




#accessibility question: how well does thorn (þ) work with screen readers?

I want to start using it on my blog, but I also don't want to give screen readers a stroke

in reply to Mahid Sheikh

Not a good idea. When using Narrator, or NVDA with the Windows OneCore text-to-speech engine, it acts like the thorn isn't there. When using NVDA with eSpeak NG, it pronounces the thorn as "th", but mispronounces some words, e.g. þeory.

Too lazy to switch to my Mac and check with VoiceOver right now.



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



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…



what are some problems you've run into in the terminal with folders? so far I have:

* accidentally putting 1 million files in a folder, so it's impossible / very slow to list
* you deleted a folder while you're still in it in the terminal, and everything gets weird
* something about symlinks (what?)

what am I missing? (only problems related to folders please!)

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in reply to Julia Evans

Changing to a directory that is, e.g., four or more levels below the current directory in the hierarchy, without having to type or tab complete on the name of each intermediate subdirectory, and without having the presence of mind to have pushed it onto the stack earlier. I installed Zoxide recently, and started to appreciate how much of a problem this had been for me - now that Zoxide was solving it so effectively.