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On September 9th, Notion will delete the data of all Russian users due to new U.S. sanctions.

This is why "file over app" is essential — you should not be subject to the whims of platforms and governments. Be sovereign of your own data.

Restrictions for customers based in Russia The U.S. government has introduced restrictions prohibiting access to certain software products and services to any person in Russia. Due to these restrictions, on September 9, 2024, Notion will no longer provide users located in Russia access to the platform. This includes: Preventing users from accessing Notion’s services while in Russia. Users in workspaces that have never had billing associated with Russia will be able to regain access to Notion once outside Russia. If any billing information connected with the workspace is currently or was previously associated with Russia, the workspace will be terminated. This is necessary for compliance with sanctions, and updating an account’s billing information will not change the restriction. Terminating subscription payments for all plans identified as having any billing information associated with Russia, historical or current. Impacted users will be able to access their workspaces through September 8, 2024. On September 9, 2024, the workspaces will no longer be accessible and users located in Russia will no longer be able to access Notion’s services.

DeltaTouch 1.6.0 is out, finally bringing basic Webxdc support as well as bugfixes and minor improvements 🎉

Many Webxdc apps just work already.

Some apps like Webxdc Store (via xstore@testrun.org) need stuff that's not there yet (add apps as file attachments for now). For a few others, touch input isn't working (e.g., ChessBoard). Will tackle that in the next months.

Webxdc support in DeltaTouch is generously funded by @nlnet / @NGIZero.

#DeltaTouch #DeltaChat #UbuntuTouch #Webxdc

#deltachat #UbuntuTouch #Webxdc #deltatouch @NGI Zero open source funding @NLnet

Well, the Hacker News website now has an annoying change when used with the #NVDASR screen reader. It reads the following for the upvote link: "vote id=41382699&how=up&auth=7…"
#nvdasr
in reply to mohaneds

NV Access
NV Access
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Have you written to them about it? And did you get a response? Let us know if you'd like backup advocating for change

🚨 $NVDA 🚨

Why is Nvidia trending today? 🤔

#NVDA #finance #stocks #economy #money

#money #economy #nvda #stocks #finance
in reply to Trending Stocks 📈

NV Access
NV Access
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Is there any chance we can encourage you to trend #NVIDIA when that's the company you mean, please? I know what their NASDAQ handle is, but #NVDA is much more widely known as the name of the screen reader we make and the #NVDA hashtag is very widely used for the screen reader. It will save both our communities polluting each other's feeds. If you'd like to find out more about the screen reader, our website is nvaccess.org/ - Thank you!
#nvidia #nvda
in reply to NV Access

NV Access
NV Access
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I know, we had this conversation just the other day, but using approriate hashtags for the community you are talking to is still important so I'll keep banging on about it :) You aren't reaching finance people with that hashtag, you are reaching accessibility / blind / screen reader using people.

It boggles my brain that in 2024, you have to call Aira on the telephone to subscribe to a plan and provide credit card details. Isn't this like... a prime example of an online system being a far more efficient and convenient experience?
in reply to Jamie Teh

victor tsaran
victor tsaran
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Not to mention the questionable security issues connected with someone taking down your credit card information over the phone.

The connection has been made 🧠

crab.garden/@brainblasted/1130…

Notice of upcoming major version 5 of AWS Tools for PowerShell
aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer… #aws #blog
#blog #aws

objem #objem
kuracie prsia a zmes orechov na bielom tanieri, vedľa v šálke čaj, taká laminátová kuchynská linka
#objem
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As the Apple Watch turns 10, disabled users demand real accessibility theregister.com/2024/08/28/app…

As the Apple Watch turns 10, disabled users demand real accessibility

Forget wrist acrobatics, we need smarter wake word detection and on-device voice recognition
Colin Hughes (The Register)

Are quote posts a thing yet?

AWS announces Amazon-provided contiguous IPv4 blocks
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats… #aws
#aws

Neviem kde sú mačky, už dva dni som ich nevidel.

edit: ah jedna "nová" išla práve cez cestu

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Have just made a phone call with a contact at the Austrian hacker event #Hackmas - me on my PC using a standard SIP softphone, him over there at an Austrian castle using an equally standard DECT compatible cordless phone. Pity I couldn't come this year but the next one is definitely mine. The sessions lineup looks interesting too, especially that mobile emulation with Retroarch has recently become accessible. Meanwhile the Do It Blind group is spreading accessibility love. If you're there and would like to chat with an outsider, I'm callable at 4801. If you've got no idea what I am on about, feel free to check the official site: hack-mas.at/
#hackmas

It's interesting to me, the evolution of accessible dialogs on the web.
These days, more and more cookie consent banners feel like they have at least some degree of keyboard focus for the dialog built-in. Whether autofocusing the dialog region or doing that along with restricting focus to the dialog content (and if they've done the homework, marking content underneath as inert or hidden.)
I would say in this way the web is improving.
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LLMs won't save labor when you use them like this

A dispatch featuring a JS framework benchmark that was too good to check, and the LLM-generated code that doomed its authors to a day of apology and pull requests

redeem-tomorrow.com/llms-wont-…

So Applevis is being revived. Apparently, the website has been acquired by BeMyEyes. Am I the only one feeling a little... apprehensive? I'm happy the resources will still be around, but something about this doesn't sit right with me and I'm not sure what it is.
in reply to Jesse

Tamas G
Tamas G
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I think the editorial team staying independent gives me hope the site won't go down or become too corporate/ perhaps advertisement heavy or something. To me it's a better outcome than Voicedream's, for example, and I suppose it creates two jobs and a new org inside their company, so only time will tell how they manage that or if the those doing so keep that independence alive.
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James Dean
James Dean
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@Tamasg Yes, I really wish people would just let things play out instead of being worried about things that haven’t happened and may not. I’m just glad that it won’t be going down and will be reopening in time for iOS 18’s release!
@Tamas G
in reply to Jesse

David Goldfield
David Goldfield
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I'm not at all apprehensive. It is a pairing that I didn't expect, however, and I'm not certain how AppleVis fits into what I thought was the mission and vision of Be My Eyes. That being said, I'm thrilled that it will continue.

what are some problems you've run into with filenames in the terminal?

so far I have:

- operating on filenames that start with `-` is hard
- spaces in filenames
- accidentally creating files named with special shell characters (~, *, ?)
- maybe non-ASCII / emoji filenames? (would love specific examples)
- (on Mac OS) filenames with uppercase letters can get weird sometimes (would love specific examples!)

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

in reply to Julia Evans

Jason J.G. White
Jason J.G. White
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I just discovered this one: I have an EFI System Partition, which has to be a FAT32 filesystem on my Linux installation. It contains the efi/efi/Linux subdirectory. "cd /efi/efi/linux" matches case-insensitively, but tab completing on "/efi/efi/l" doesn't - it has to be an uppercase "L" for the tab completion to work - presumably all working as designed, but it confused me a little. Apologies in advance if this really belongs in your "directories" category.

actually this is the median consumer
an image of a large utility vehicle on the golden gate bridge. it is functionally a giant, two-ended truck that operates as a zipper for the articulated median barrier, allowing the bridge's operators to swap it from one side of the middle lane to the other.

AWS Network Firewall introduces GeoIP Filtering to inspect traffic based on geographic location
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats… #aws
#aws

Maps show where late-summer heat wave will affect millions in U.S. cbsnews.com/news/summer-heat-w…

@are0h ro, have you seen mitu khandaker’s article about the acolyte on aftermath? i felt that one would resonate with you: aftermath.site/the-acolyte-can…
@Gorgeous Killer
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Federico Mena Quintero
Federico Mena Quintero
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Oh, that's good to know - maybe I should continue watching Clone Wars. I made it about halfway through the first season and then got distracted with something else.

I LOVED Andor. Curiously enough, a teenager friend doesn't want to watch it because there are no light sabers 🤷 He loved Obi-Wan, and I thought it was pretty crappy.

in reply to Federico Mena Quintero

Gorgeous Killer
Gorgeous Killer
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@federicomena It’s a long series but worth it because it talks about the effects of Jedi dogma on the Jedi and the populations they engage. It gets pretty intense in some spots, so be prepared.

That’s the kind of people Disney wants to watch their shows. I’m surprised we got Andor of The Acolyte because the usual M.O. of Disney is to appeal to the lowest common denominator rather than quality storytelling.

It’s disappointing a company of that size can’t seem to figure out how to do both, but it’s a corporate entity at the end of the day.

@Federico Mena Quintero

I'm not a "member of the #Rust Evangelization Strike Force", I'm an
A rotated square yellow and black sigh with a symbol and label for "oxidising agent"
#rust

It took over a year since I wrote this warning, but I finally found a case in the wild!

Well, *I* didn’t, but someone on the A11y Slack had an issue and I was able to identify it by description alone.

“Brief Note on Popovers with Dialogs”
adrianroselli.com/2023/05/brie…

Well done, me!

[ wrenches arm reaching for his own back]

#a11y #accessibility

#a11y #Accessibility

Helen Keller Services Presents: 2024 Accessibility Symposium & Awards groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/76…

Podcast: Talking Technology with V I Labs: Talking Technology extra: Be My Eyes acquires AppleVis groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/76…

From Freedom Scientific: FSCast 248, Back to School: Prizes, Math And More groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/76…

From Be My Eyes: Be My Eyes to Acquire AppleVis, to Secure its Future and to Invest for Growth groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/76…

#unix_surrealism
two people, somewhat partially mechanical, stare into the face of a haired monitor person
#unix_surrealism

I still kinda wish Windows 11 wouldn't trick me and call the frame of the desktop window "program manager" with screen readers. This always takes me back to Windows 3.1, even though it is nothing like it these days. Too bad they stop us from even temporarily running the old progman.exe today, if I had it my way, you know I'd be replacing my shell entirely with it just for the throwback.
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Devin
Devin
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technically you could wrip the program manager out of windows nt 3.51 and run that as it's a 32 bit app

Here's my new project, a keyboard for one-handed typing. Tens of thousands Ukrainians have injured arms and hands during the war, and my goal is to make an inexpensive keyboard for anyone to assemble at home.

github.com/clackups/qmk_usersp…

#accessibility #onehandtyping #disability #UkraineWar #ukraine #veterans

A compact custom keyboard designed for one-handed typing.
#Accessibility #Ukraine #Disability #Ukrainewar #onehandtyping #veterans
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reshared this

*ставлю зверополис на скачивание*

*скорость интернета резко падает*

*ставлю на паузу скачивание*

*интернет в норме*

*ставлю на скачивание другой мультик*

*интернет в норме*

*включаю загрузку зверополиса*

*скорость интернета падает*

это ч такое

ЭТО ЧТО ТАКОЕ Я ВАС СПРАШИВАЮ

in reply to mnnwvn [21+]

André Polykanine
André Polykanine
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Это ленивцы (если таки посмотрите, поймёте, о чём я)

Blazie Technologies has released a new update for all users of the BT Speak. It includes the following features.
• The help system now includes a text version of our Getting Started guide as well as a Getting Started audio tutorial. No Internet connection is required to access the tutorial.
• The Options menu has been restructured, making it much faster to get to the Settings menu; just press O-chord, S and you’re there.
• Link your BT Speak’s calendar with Google Calendar
• Link your BT Speak’s phone book with Google Contacts
• New languages available for the RH Voice text to speech engine
• Make a .zip archive of the help files for copying or reading on external media
• The Russian Braille table has been added.

Read more details by visiting
blazietech.com/august-28th-202…

A vážení přátelé, mně začíná víkend. Končí až pondělím. Překvapivě jsem dostala volno. Jupíííííí 🎉
in reply to Archos

Kateřina
Kateřina
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@archos Nová profilovka koukám. 😊👍
- Kati, není něco neodkladného?
- Nic nevidím. Takže asi pohoda.
- Takže nebude vadit, když už nepřijdu?
- Určitě ne. Kdyžtak brnknu.
- Vy chcete od zítřka volno?
- No, ráda bych, ale kdyby to nešlo, tak aspoň pátek. Ale na telefonu budu pořád.
- Tak si ho vezměte od zítřka. Hezký víkend.
- Moc děkuji. Klidný víkend i Vám.
Občas miluju svou práci.
@Archos
in reply to Kateřina

Archos
Archos
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Tak je fajn vědět, že si tě váží 👍👍👍
No jo musel jsem nasadit něco novějšího, už ta profilovka byla dost stará 😄😄😄

@starlabssystems Hey folks, I can’t test this as I’m on an atomic OS but this might fix the trackpad not being disabled issue on the Star Lite:

Add the following to /usr/share/libinput/50-system-starlabs.quirks:

[StarLabs StarLite Magnetic Keyboard]
MatchName=*Keyboard
MatchUdevType=keyboard
MatchDMIModalias=dmi:*svnStarLabs:pnStarLite*
AttrKeyboardIntegration=internal

If that fixes it, can you pls open a PR to libinput for it.

@StarLabs Systems
in reply to Aral Balkan

aaron
aaron
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I'm out of warranty at this point so I don't really know what could be done. I've had it since March 2023
in reply to aaron

Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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@fireborn I’d still open a ticket. They’re good folks. I’m sure they’ll help if they can.
@aaron

vulgarizmus

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"Lunduke is the worst Linux Desktop Environment of all time"

#ratpoison

Two ratkillers explore a hit piece directed at them.

Two hackers are hanging out. One is wearing a ratpoison window manager t-shirt, looking at a monitor that says "RATPOISON: THE WORST LINUX DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT OF ALL TIME", visibly shook. The other is smoking a cigarette.
#ratpoison
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linux-game-manager
Storm Dragon pushed changes to the master branch of the linux-game-manager project Consolidated Project Brutality launchers.

Friedrich Merz verbreitet Falschbehauptungen zur Aufnahme von Geflüchteten aus Syrien und Afghanistan - aber aufgegriffen wird das nur auf Social Media und nicht von den etablierten Medien. Obwohl die Äußerungen bei einem Auftritt bei der Bundespressekonferenz gefallen sind und nicht an einer Wurstbude auf irgendeinem Jahrmarkt, wo keine Kamera dabei war. mdr.de/s/ap280824
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Blackbird
Blackbird
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Albert #Scherr (Soziologe, Schwerpunkt #Migration's- und Flüchtlingsforschung) zu seinem Auftritt in den #Tagesthemen:
"Ich hatte ein längeres Interview geführt, in dem ich kritisch zu den unsinnigen Abschiebeforderungen und dem populistischen Anti-Flucht-Diskurs Stellung bezogen habe sowie auf die Defizite beim Zugang zu Begleitung und Therapie bei traumatisierten #Flüchtlinge'n hingewiesen habe. Gesendet wurde dann aber nur der [einleitende] Satz [...]."
#Medienversagen
@altpapier @tagesschau
#migration #tagesthemen #scherr #fluchtlinge #medienversagen @altpapier @tagesschau

Ach ihr habt sie doch nicht mehr alle. #NationaleNotlage .. ich glaub ich spinne. Wegen paar "Fremden" die zu uns kommen. 🙀

2015 ist der Kollege #Migrant hier über Felder & Wiesen geirrt und das war auch kein Problem. Großteil der Leute von damals stehen inzwischen in Lohn & Brot. Und zahlen #Steuern. (Im Gegensatz zu den Reichen.)

Oder gehts um #Terrorismus? JEDEN Tag werden hier mehr Menschen im so genannten "#Straßenverkehr" überfahren. Die Politik feiert das. 😒

zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/deu…

.

#nationalenotlage #migrant #Steuern #terrorismus #Straßenverkehr
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