wtf is #1p_for_floss ?

One percent 💰 for Free and Libre Open Source.

1% is a suggestion. Substitute whatever fraction makes sense for your life and position. Is that 0.025%? Great! Contribute that and use the tag with blessings.

The idea is to normalize regularly giving to support the tens of thousands of "dude in Nebraska holding up the internet" #XKCD2347 that make our computing life as rich as it is.

Use Ko-Fi, Patreon, GitHub Sponsors, PayPal, Bitcoin, ... heck even old fashioned snail mail 🐌 💌. Just make sure it's money 💰, and make it a habit.

Because software needs to be more expensive blog.glyph.im/2024/03/software…

#floss

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in reply to Hubert Figuière

brother in law lives down the street, I pass it all the time. I’m wondering between the heavy rains and the vibrations off the 720/Ville-Marie (literally right beside it)…

The residents in the building-beside-the-collapsed-wall have had to break in to get their stuff (cat, tools, etc) only to find they’ve already been robbed. (There’s a security guard posted but he’s only watching the front.) (Cat and tools were recovered, $2k+ bike and others were gone)

Forrest Brazeal:

“I think that AI has killed, or is about to kill, pretty much every single modifier we want to put in front of the word “developer.”

“.NET developer”? Meaningless. Copilot, Cursor, etc can get anyone conversant enough with .NET to be productive in an afternoon … as long as you’ve done enough other programming that you know what to prompt.”

From newsletter.goodtechthings.com/…
indieweb.social/@fatrat/113056…

in reply to Simon Willison

For many years I haven't liked calling myself an X-language developer anyway, because when working on a whole product as a solo developer, I have to work in whatever set of languages is most practical for getting the job done, and learning different flavors of imperative language isn't that hard. Plus, I don't want to tie my identity to a particular language (as I possibly did with Python early in my career), because then I'd be more resistant to using new languages when appropriate.
in reply to Matt Campbell

no he didn't. The version bcachefs-tools that has been shipping for 2 years in Debian stable is broken. Straight up does not work. There was a bug in bindgen 0.66 that makes it not work. So bcachefs first vendored a fixed version, and then updated to 0.69 which was fixed. The Debian maintainer decided to compile with 0.66 anyway, and didn't even test to see if it would work.

Coming up in the new academic year, I get to spend the semester with a fresh bunch of second-year students who are going on to learn some more logic than the first-year basics.

Like last year, in Intermediate Logic we’ll be exploring natural deduction proof theory and different kinds of models for propositional, modal and first-order predicate logic.

New this year, my Doktorvater, Prof. Graham Priest, will be joining us in the last week of classes, so we’ll have a fun back-and-forth about truth-value gaps, gluts and paradoxes to end things with a bit of a bang.

consequently.org/class/2024/py…

#logic #philosophy

We just read this announcement about the unfortunate natural disaster that has impacted the headquarters of #Orbit Research in India. Bits sends our best wishes for the safety of all as they seek a return to normalcy. More can be read here. News about the delay in updates from Orbit Research
groups.io/g/orbit-reader/messa…

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The release notes documenting the new features in the August 28 BT Speak update are now live on our Web site for anyone who would like to access them.
Many thanks go to Stephen Blazie for not only posting the file but for ensuring that heading navigation works properly. Of course, the release notes can
also be found in the BT Speak help system once the new update has been installed. To access them on your BT Speak, press O-chord followed by the letter
H to access the list of help files. Next, press G for Getting Started, followed by the enter key (dot 8).
To access the release notes on our Web site, go to
blazietech.com/august-28th-202…
DG

Books, pens, notebooks... it’s that time of year 📚!

As the new school year begins, we know addressing topics such as #disinformation with students can be challenging. But no worries, teachers—we’ve got you covered!

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in reply to Tuta

Situation dependent. For formal communication I adhere to the rules learnt from my early years.

To Whom It May Concern, if the identity of the recipient, within an organization, isn’t readily known.

Dear XYZ/Gentili Signori(a) XYZ, if the recipient’s identity is known.

Hi — for follow up correspondences to the Dear XYZ recipient.

For all other informal communications, I adhere to no rules and simply go with whatever comes to mind. For example: Hey, Ciao, Bonjour etc

Ich hab da die letzten Tage im Urlaub n kleines Script Abends gebastelt.
Wenn jemand wie ich von #PocketCasts auf @AntennaPod umsteigen will. Hier mein Tool um mit nem eigenen Gpodder Server. bzw. myOPodSync seinen ganzen Verlauf zu syncen.

Gerne Teilen und mit helfen, das Tool besser zu machen.
Meine Python skills sind beschraenkt, und da geht bestimmt noch einiges mehr :)

github.com/Exellent1988/Pocket…

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Isn’t it interesting how quickly Facebook rolled out a fix for a minor visual glitch, yet doesn’t bother when there are major issues for screen reader users. On iOS, it is still not possible to hear Voiceover feedback when typing a new post, and I believe that problem has existed for months on Android.
I think that sums up FB’s attitude towards accessibility quite neatly, and they are far from alone in this.
#SocialMedia #Accessibility
Facebook says its new app icon was just a glitch after all 9to5mac.com/2024/08/30/faceboo…

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🔄 S naší čtečkou Miniflux 🔄
Pokud ještě nevyužíváte naši RSS čtečku Miniflux, tak je nejvyšší čas to zkusit! 📰
📲 Díky integraci s Mxchatem (Element) si můžete nechat zobrazovat náhledy RSS zpráv přímo v chatu a mít tak všechny novinky na dosah ruky.
#mxchat #mxchatcz #rss #miniflux #element #matrix #opensource

Check Out my Latest Guide I wrote for @iaccessibility on Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses!

Discover how these smart glasses are redefining accessibility for blind and visually impaired users with AI-powered features.

iaccessibility.net/ray-ban-met…

#Accessibility #RayBanMeta #SmartGlasses #AssistiveTechnology #VisuallyImpaired #Innovation #TechForGood #Inclusion #WearableTech

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Unmute Presents Jaws Tip: Quickly resetting to Factory Defaults

This episode covers troubleshooting software settings, focusing on the JAWS screen reader. It demonstrates how restoring JAWS to factory defaults can help identify if custom settings are causing issues. The host shows how different settings affect the speed and verbosity of JAWS, highlighting the importance of this initial step when troubleshooting. This simple technique can often resolve issues without…

iacast.net/unmute-presents-jaw…

Yesterday, I provided a link to a great article on the blindness leadership issue from Emma Bennison, and shared some thoughts of my own.
I’ve become aware that some people have had difficulty accessing her article on LinkedIn. I have also had additional thoughts on the wider topic of blind leadership, expanding upon the remarks I made when I shared her post.
I have written a detailed article on this important question, and with Emma’s permission, have included her article on the same page. I hope this helps this issue reach the widest possible audience. This truly is so important.
mosen.org/UnitedBlindLeaders

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Since about 2011 or so, I've had a Yamaha PSR-E223. It's been through quite a lot. The E2 and B5 keys no longer work properly, and the power socket is unstable, but it's still hanging on. It ships with 102 demo songs, most of them being traditional/classical music, with the first three being original. The first one, simply called Demo 1 in the manual, has always been one of my favorites. A funky track, primarily piano-focused but with some input from guitars and organs. Composer unknown.
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in reply to Adrian Roselli, pH0

It is fixed in macOS 15.1 beta 3. Voiceover now reads the element that receives aria-activedescendant if I navigate using the arrow keys. The problem is that widgets that rely solely on aria-activedescendant are less likely to work with the Voiceover cursor, and the Voiceover cursor is the primary form of navigation for most Voiceover userss. While a pattern like the select only combobox in the aria authoring practices works seamlessly on Windows where screen readers automatically switch off virtual mode by default and pass the keystrokes to the browser, it is likely to be perceived as an inaccessible combobox by Voiceover users who primarily rely on Voiceover commands to drive the UI. In any case the bug is fixed, and that is great news.