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Human composting should be a third option after burial and cremation.

My wife, Tui Davidson, spent her volunteer energy to provide a not-for-profit funeral service for Canberra. Five years later, they are a successful operation.

On Thursday, I was honoured and proud to attend her graduation from a social entrepreneur course called GRIST from Mill House Ventures. Earthly Remains is her human composting initiative and, as well as working with partners to develop the technology, she is lobbying the ACT government to create legislation to allow it, as 13 US states have done.

The GRIST program supported the creation of a short video which explains it better than I can.

She is also looking to collect data about community attitudes and would appreciate your input on a survey found at the website below.

earthlyremains.com.au/

#HumanComposting #environment #climate #cremation #burial #NaturalOrganicReduction #death #canberra

A pile of dirt with some grass on to being held in two hands.
The logo for Earthly Remains Canberra. A sub dawning between two hills.
#environment #climate #death #humancomposting #cremation #burial #naturalorganicreduction #canberra

Sorry, stupid question.

How do you paste file in directory with Gnome Files (v46.2) when directory list takes all window space?

Older version had paste in that locationbar menu.

#ubuntu #ubuntu2404 #gnome

#gnome #ubuntu #ubuntu2404
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Emmanuele Bassi
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the "paste" menu item was there in the past because you could not click on the empty space on the side, top, and below the items; these days, you can.

There's also the key shortcut, of course.

Thanks to Clive Sinclair, nearly everyone in the UK in the 80s was on the Spectrum.

Badum bum tssh.

Zišlo by sa mi pár dní byť na čajoch.

helemese

With Jieshuo, keeping one finger on the Delete button to remove several letters doesn’t work with newer releases of Gboard accessibleandroid.com/bugs/wit…

Buenos días. Hoy sigo enfermo así que me quedo en casa.

Tuve un sueño muy desagradable de que llegaba una diligencia de ordenación en un asunto acumulado criticando el cómputo de plazos en la Administración, se filttraba a la prensa, y me echaban a mi la culpa de todo. A ver, mente, faltan problemas como para que te tengas que inventar esto?

Currently adding these sections to about windows of some popular apps whose developers I know have multiple well-known projects. My hope is that these people get inspired to replicate the change to the listed apps as well 🙂

#GNOME

Screenshot of the about window of Blankets, showcasing other apps made by the same developer (Rafael Mardojai): Diccionario de la Lengua, Forge Sparks, Share Preview, and Webfont Kit Generator.
Screenshot of the about window of Tuba, showcasing other apps made by the same developer (GeopJr): Archives, Calligraphy and Collision.
#gnome

slipped past the blog post, but #postmarketOS GNOME now ships with green accent colors by default. #GNOME 47 looks amazing :D

Thanks for this @fossdd

gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmapor…

gnome desktop with nautilus, setting, and the quick settings open. accent colors are green
#gnome #postmarketos @fossdd

We have not received any valid #curl security reports for the last 40 days. Just saying. 😁
#curl
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bluGill
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@bagder@mastodon.social My project has gone much longer than that despite being far more complex. (this is of course a sign of how little people are looking at my project and says nothing about security)

This fun little test scene is using #SVG textPath elements to make an arching caterpillar, some bees, and a trail of ants coming out of an anthill. Except all the bugs are made out of #braille that spells out the type of bug it's making up. Using the Braille36 Tiger font and using Unicode Braille Pattern characters for the braille itself to be visifle and embossable. It's really fun reading the braille in a non-standard way around the paper! #Blind #TactileGraphics #BlindSVG
A leaf made out of grey outlines and a stem is in the center of the drawing. On top of the leaf, the braille characters spelling out "caterpillar" are arched mimicking the body posture of a caterpillar inching along. An anthill is at the bottom of the drawing, with a line of braille ants coming out of it and marching down the side and along the ground. Two braille bees are in the upper right and lower right areas of the drawing, flying in different angles.
#blind #braille #svg #tactilegraphics #blindsvg

I wish we could get an update for the glasses that would allow us to only record audio. Given that these things have 32 gigs of onboard audio you would have a wearable digital recorder right there with you. The stereo recordings overall with these things are pretty awesome.
in reply to Darren Duff

victor tsaran
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@JonathanMosen Yep, I sent this request through the Meta View app feedback and recommended this feature in other places, including Meta research team.
@Jonathan Mosen

Private browser windows in Firefox have the text "Private Browsing" in the title bar. The word "Private" in that phrase gets treated as a title by Eloquence because of the capitalization, so I find myself imagining a private in some military named Browsing every time I hear it.
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Sean Randall
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I thought that was just me, good to know.
Also, when I got given my first Windows 9x machine, the person demoing it to me used Microsoft Mary. the drive letter and closing right parenthesis in the properties of a drive in Windows explorer used to be pronounced "c smiley". Originally I believed it to be a smiley because I had lots of free space and, if I filled up the hard drive, it'd turn into a frown.
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Patrick Perdue
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@cachondo I missed out on all that by virtue of using a hardware synth on Windows 95 from day one. MSTTS didn't exist in early 1997. Now I'm sad.
@Sean Randall
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Sean Randall
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@BorrisInABox this guy was so impressed with his software voice, I didn't have the heart to explain my dolphin thing would work just as well as it always had for me.
He also introduced me to a DAISY book which utterly underwhelmed me, given I'd been putting MP3's onto disks for ages.
Funny, the things people think you should think are brilliant, isn't it?
Our lecturer in media studies at college sat us down to learn about the hip, new thing in 2007? Called podcasts.
@Patrick Perdue
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Graham Pearce
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@BorrisInABox @cachondo I used to sometimes get the same "C smiley" effect by using an emoticon dictionary (maybe Doug Lee's?) with JAWS. I think it was designed for Skype but sometimes application settings didn't get switched properly straight away
@Patrick Perdue @Sean Randall
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Sean Randall
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@graham @BorrisInABox I don't think JAWS switches config until you release the alt key when alt+tabbing, so iirc, the titlebar of any other window you're about to access is covered by the dictionary of the originally focused app.
So that would make a lot of sense.
@Patrick Perdue @Graham Pearce
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Mohamed Al-Hajamy 💾
Mohamed Al-Hajamy 💾
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@cachondo Haha. Eloquence also has dictionary entries for some emoticons, including the smiley face. Fortunately it's smart enough not to match on (C:).
@Sean Randall

v noci som si musel dať tepláky a mikinu a úplne zavrieť okno... #dobréRáno
#dobrerano

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PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting Nov & they're banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start: go to Settings >Data & Privacy > Manage shared info >Personalized shopping, & toggle that shit off

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A přitom stačí trochu upravit jídelníček a pravidelný pohyb. Stokrát lepší, než drahé injekce 🤦
zpravobot.news/@CT24zive/11322…
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Michal 🇨🇿
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Od auta jsem odvykl před pár lety tím, že jsem se ho zbavil. V nutnosti si auto pujčuji.

6. patro je idealní na bydlení, občas si dělám z návštěv srandu, že výtah nefunguje a poctivě šlapou semnou

Čas na sport se najde vždycky. Stačí ho prioritizovat víc, než internetovou prokrastinaci.

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Archos
Archos
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@michal
Přesně, já vstávám v pět a domu z práce přijedu po šesté večer. Po práci jdu běhat a víkendy kolo. Taky se mi nechce, ale pak je člověk rád, že šel.
@Michal 🇨🇿

Mehr als 5.000 Menschen protestieren gegen Pläne, die Autobahn in Frankfurt am Main auf zehn Spuren zu verbreitern. Auf die Strecke dürfen sie nicht. taz.de/!6036747

Krásné pondělní #dobréRáno přátelé #fediverse 👋
Jako nechce se, ale máme ve čtvrtek státní svátek, tak ty tři dny už nějak vydržím 🤗
#fediverse #dobrerano

Pondělí, tma a tři stupně. No nic moc teda. A tak myslím na nedělu. Zatopil jsem si v dílně a bylo mi fajn🤗 #dobréRáno
#dobrerano
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Archos
Archos
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To věřím, my v nich na chatě měli podkovu a na samotíž kompletní topení. Pár briket a teplo po celé chatě. 😄👍
in reply to Archos

Wolf70 🐺🐺🐈🐈
Wolf70 🐺🐺🐈🐈
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@archos já v to spálím všechny ořezy v dílně a co se do Peter nevejde, dá se ještě použít 😁
@Archos

Danke #Merz! Der Typ hat echt mal so keine Ahnung von der Realität…

Wie kann ein normaler Arbeitnehmer solche einen Typen bzw. die dazugehörige Partei wählen?
Politik für den Bürger? Fehlanzeige!

Und den Umweltschutz auf der Strecke lassen, ist ein Schlag ins Gesicht der jungen Generationen.

Wer #Merz oder die #CDU wählt, der wählt Rückständigkeit und soziale Kälte

taz.de/!6036751/

Text Shot: Doch kaum verklausuliert macht Merz auch klar: Unter seiner Regierung soll es einen ordnungspolitischen Rechtskurs mit weniger Sozialleistungen und Klimaschutz geben. Merz fordert eine „Agenda 2030“. Ar­beit­neh­me­r:in­nen müssten dazu gebracht werden, „wieder mehr zu leisten, als im Arbeitsvertrag steht“ – nur so könne die Bundesrepublik „Land der industriellen Fertigung“ bleiben. Das gerade erst eingeführte Bürgergeld will Merz genauso abschaffen wie „die überbordende europäische Bürokratie“.
#cdu #merz

Them: “This is not a paywall.”
Me: “whew”

Them: Provide your Email address”

Me: “that’s a payment, though. Personal information is a payment”

I was at a masked meetup in Golden Gate Park today, enjoying the company of fellow #CovidIsNotOver peeps. There's a discord server that we use to coordinate, and it's usually just an informal hang. We're not completely off the beaten path, but let's just say parking isn't a problem.

Guy (properly masked) walks up to us and asks us if we're a #CovidConsious group. He'd never heard of us, and thought he and his wife were the only ones.

Visibility matters, y'all.

#MaskUp #YallStillMasking

#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #covidconsious #yallstillmasking

Every time government leaders get a raise, minimum wage should be raised by the same percentage.

Every time a CEO gets a raise, including bonuses, all workers should get their pay increased by the same percentage.

If they need raises in their living wage, it only goes to follow that everyone else does as well.

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The courier came to the door. He said, “Mate! I have two iPhones for you mate!” I said, “yeah mate, that’s what I was expecting mate”! He said, “Mate, why do you need two iPhones mate!” I said, “one for each ear mate”. He said, “that’s incredible mate”.

Now I have an incredible restore assembly line underway, where I’m running between Bonnie’s and my phones, so when she gets home, it’ll be all ready for her. Yea. She will be so happy, and her happiness is my purpose in life.

How to Read Large Files on Linux With Ease lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

Made it over to the new instance. If something has gone awry and we are somehow not following one another, please follow me and I will follow you back. Please boost for reach. The migration process was really not a big deal at all. As usual, I made a big Fuss about it being over complicated and it wasn’t. Lol. Also oh my gosh I am so excited about having more characters. I promise not to spam you all with 10,000 characters each post, but it is good to know that it’s there for when I need it. I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. Our nieces and one of their moms stop by for a minute to drop something off. It was good to see them. I think we are going to do something together next weekend.

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Khronos
Khronos
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Here's an interesting question related to the character limit issue. Does the limit only apply to the posts you create or does this also apply to posts you read from other instances as well since your home instance is a proxy for all the posts you read in general? #mastodon
#Mastodon
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Jonathan Rodriguez
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@khronos It only applies to posts you create. Each instance can specify the character limit of their choosing.
@Khronos

Founders of #SunMicrosystems, 1983(?) and 2006 (at CHM). Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, Andy Bechtolsheim, Scott McNealy. #Suntember
#sunmicrosystems #suntember

"I say that NVDA changed my life, because only we know how difficult it is to get a job, and companies rarely want to pay for software licenses." - Mykael, Brazil.

Read Mykael's full testimonial at: nvaccess.org/post/mykael-makes…

Helping people achieve independence is our passion at NV Access. Thank you Mykael!

#Independence #Empowerment #Accessibility #NVDA #ScreenReader #NVDAsr

Photograph of user Mykael, seen from the right, sitting at his desk with his laptop in front of him.
#Accessibility #screenreader #nvdasr #nvda #independence #empowerment

Weitere Fragen zur #Barrierefreiheit und #Screenreader

Ich habe ein Manuskript, das vor allem aus Dialogen besteht, also wie ein Hörspiel oder Theaterstück. Eine Hörspielumsetzung mit echten Personen ist wohl unrealistisch.

In der visuellen Version werden die Sprechenden durch Emojis vermerkt, die kann ich leicht durch Namen ersetzen, als AltText oder in einer extra Version.

Wie würdest du so etwas lesen wollen?
…
#blind #sehbehindert

#blind #screenreader #barrierefreiheit #sehbehindert
in reply to Hraban (fiëé visuëlle)

NV Access
NV Access
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Namen sind wahrscheinlich einfacher, da ihre Aussprache vorhersehbarer ist – Emojis werden immer standardisierter und die meisten sind zugänglich, aber sie können oft auch eine längere Beschreibung haben – was nicht ideal ist, wenn sie wie in Ihrem Beispiel regelmäßig verwendet werden.

Benutzt du einen #Screenreader oder Ähnliches?

Vermute ich richtig, dass eine einfache HTML-Seite (ohne JavaScript oder kompliziertes Layout) bei gleichem Inhalt grundsätzlich barrierefreier ist als eine PDF-Datei? Wie ist es mit ePub?

Wertet dein Screenreader PDF-Tagging und Alternativtexte aus, oder liest er nur vor, was an der Oberfläche zu sehen ist?

#blind #sehbehindert #Barrierefreiheit #accessibility #TaggedPDF

#Accessibility #blind #screenreader #barrierefreiheit #taggedpdf #sehbehindert
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NV Access
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Ah, danke. Ich kenne mich mit ConTeXt nicht aus, aber wenn die Ausgabe in HTML einfacher ist, würde ich das auf jeden Fall wählen. Es ist standardisierter, für alle einfacher zu verwenden und im Allgemeinen einfacher zu erstellen und die Zugänglichkeit zu gewährleisten.
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Hraban (fiëé visuëlle)
Hraban (fiëé visuëlle)
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ConTeXt ist eine TeX-Variante, Parallele zu LaTeX, aber mit einer viel kleineren Community.
Bei LaTeX wurde in letzter Zeit mit erheblichem Aufwand das Tagging für barriereärmeres PDF verbessert. Die ConTeXt-Entwickler stellen die Validatoren zufrieden, im Bewusstsein, dass gutes semantisches Tagging anders aussieht. Solange man TaggedPDF aber nur mit Acrobat Pro analysieren kann, und das niemand finanzieren möchte, wird nicht mehr passieren.
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Ich habe schon mehrmals versucht den #NVDA zu konfigurieren, damit ich einigermaßen Websites mit dem #Screenreader testen kann, aber ich bin zu doof dafür 😭
Gibt es irgendwo ein gutes Tutorial?
#screenreader #nvda

Every so often I go read the Amazon reviews for replacement SawStop cartridges and see how many fingers have been saved lately

Even the folks reporting false positives on wet wood, nails, etc almost always give five stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Five star review from MIKE D. “Keep tour fingers” Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2021 Saved my finger will never go back to normal Table saw
Five star review from Bruce D. Wedlock “Saved a finger” Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2023 Style: Brake Cartridge Cartridge instantly stopped blade when I accidentally touched it. Saved a serious cut.
A five star review from Calvin: “I love my fingers” Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2014 One day I did something stupid and jammed my thumb into the spinning blade of my table saw I expected 3/4 inch of the end of my thumb to be gone, blood all over the place, and a $10,000 trip to the hospital. Fortunately that spinning blade was on a SawStop saw and I received only a tiny nick. Just down to the pink, no bleeding. I put a band aid on it and sat in the corner until my heart rate slowed to normal. The brake cartridge and blade were toast but less than $200 to replace. If l'd cut off my finger it would have been my fault, no question. But since we all eventually do something careless this system is worth every penny. Besides, it is a great saw.
Five star review from Mannix: “recurring order on my saw stop” Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2024 Style: Brake Cartridge we have had 3 finger saves and this brake cartridge is worth the money

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I find myself really irked by the headline here. The problem is not a "simple website bug", the problem is that they wrote thousands of lines of code without ever thinking about what the trust boundaries are, or should be.

This is a massive design flaw. The idea that cars should be controllable from some mothership is bizarre (and not needed for app control - have a digital signature from the mobile device). The idea that cars are enrolled even if the user didn't set up an account is similarly broken. This isn't a "simple website bug" but a massive failure to consider the security implications of features.

The Most Effective Ways to Keep Your Home Address Off the Web cnet.com/home/security/want-to…

Some of these science videos I see on TikTok are so absurd I'm convinced I'm being trolled.

There was one where they were putting a bunch of bees into tiny chairs in a miniature classroom. Then they placed explosives in front of the class and only fed the bees which attempted to investigate the explosives. As a result the bees became conditioned to instinctively stick out their tongues expecting food whenever they detected the scent of explosives. So they built a handheld explosive scanner where the cartridges are literally just rows of bees in tiny chairs and a computer vision algorithm which monitors how many bees stick out their tongues at any one time.

I though this has to be an elaborate prank, but according to Google, this is actually a real device that someone made.

Accessible Android Launches a Comprehensive Database to Catalog TalkBack and Jieshuo (CSR) Screen Reader Bugs Affecting Blind and Low Vision Android Users groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/78…

From the Internet Archive: Lending of Digitized Books groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/78…

Malwarebytes Personal Data Remover: A new way to help scrub personal data online groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/78…

Portanto….. as duas pessoas que gritam “25 de Abril sempre” são agredidas pelos manifestantes do chega e a seguir a polícia prende-as, é isso? expresso.pt/sociedade/20...

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