Apple’s App Stores can’t install new apps
Apple’s App Stores across the iPhone, iPad, and Mac are down, leaving users unable to install new apps.Emma Roth (The Verge)
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#WebDevelopment #accessibility
We mock it, but it's a serious thing that the leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition has not obtained a national security clearance.
10 perfectly innocent explanations for why Pierre Poilievre won’t get national security clearance:
thebeaverton.com/2024/06/10-pe…
10 perfectly innocent explanations for why Pierre Poilievre won't get national security clearance - The Beaverton
Pierre Poilievre’s refusal to get a national security clearance so he can read the report on foreign interference in Canada’s elections is raising eyebrows, with many suggesting that maybe he can’t get a security clearance because he poses a security…Luke Gordon Field (The Beaverton)
Under the Radar #303: Raising Prices - Relay FM
Looking around the App Store, it's clear that we're not charging enough.Relay FM
As an aside, why not add "Play Podcast" as a rotor option while pointing to a podcast.
Thunderbird for Android 8.0b3 is out! There are two things we'd really love help testing. One is the funding feature! (thunderbird.topicbox.com/group…). The other is the QR code sync between desktop and mobile (thunderbird.topicbox.com/group…). Thanks to everyone who has helped beta test and given feedback!
Release notes on our GitHub: github.com/thunderbird/thunder…
#ThunderbirdForAndroid #Thunderbird #OpenSource
Releases · thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Thunderbird for Android – Open Source Email App for Android (fka K-9 Mail) - thunderbird/thunderbird-androidGitHub
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Hamran v Aréne: Zavolali ma vypovedať k atentátu na Fica. Sedel som tam krútiac hlavou
„Som výsluhový dôchodca a venujem sa mame.“ Bývalý policajný prezident Štefan Hamran je takmer rok v civile a už absolvoval niekoľko policajných výsluchov. J...YouTube
Bombic je z tej miniaturnej mensiny, pre ktoru sa podarilo naplnit tu cast programoveho vyhlasenia aktualnej vlady, ktora hovori o "bezpečnejšie žiť".
Lebo nackovia, fasisti, klamari, podvodnici, atd. a pod. sa tu teraz naozaj citia bezpecnejsie. (Volakedy by sli do basy.)
ref.: mastodon.social/@phanecak/1133…
Peter Hanecak (@phanecak@mastodon.social)
Este k tomu programovemu vyhlaseniu vlady: - "Lepšie": urcite nie, aj ked to zuzime iba na ekonomiku, lebo konsokidacia zdvihne naklady vsetkym¹ - "pokojnejšie": to tiez nie, lebo "furt nieco"² - "bezpečne žiť": nuz, ani to, o.i.Mastodon
I really feel sorry for the public sector employees working on meeting this #a11y deadline for PDFs.
"PDFs are where services go to die."
No doubt the people working on this will be super under-resourced, and actually meeting this deadline won't be seen as much of a win by anyone, but not meeting it has legal and dire consequences.
To be clear more #a11y is good! Under-resourcing teams is not!
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#Government #PublicInterestTech #CivicTech
The elephant in the new accessibility law: PDFs
If your government agency is typical, you have a lot of PDFs. Probably thousands. They are probably not accessible.Rebecca Woodbury (Department of Civic Things newsletter)
Here in the United States, "I'm voting Green" is just a shorthand way of saying "I'm voting for the cheaper Putin lickspittle to help the more expensive Putin lickspittle get back into the White House."
To the Green supporters/Russian bots about to fume in the comments about how their vote is in fact something else than the above, here is my pre-emptive reply:
Wow. I didn't expect the amount of resonance my writeup is getting. Thank you very much.
I did a lot of changes, split the document. Hopefully providing alternative, practical strategies for synthesizing sounds in a size-coding context:
ronnypries.de/notes/music-prod…
May also be generally relevant for folks struggling/are bored with their bassdrums.
#demoscene #sizecoding #sounddesign #mixing #patchdesign #musicproduction
Synthesis for coders - rktic's working notes
Hopefully actionable patch-programming insights for size-coders, who also make their own music.ronnypries.de
13 Best Free and Open Source Command-Line Python Application Development Tools - LinuxLinks
Python comes with several different libraries that allow you to write a command line interface for your scripts.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
"Idle thoughts for October"
baldurbjarnason.com/2024/idle-…
This week's post is short but manages to be a bit contemplative nonetheless.
Idle thoughts for October
I decided to take a bit of a writing break after last week’s mammoth essay. Not because writing these things takes so much of my time.www.baldurbjarnason.com
Obra de Sorolla, hoy es su centenario.
Que maravilla de pintura. Me fascina.
Todo.
Es como los niños correteando por la playa años después.
Hey Tuta Fans! Want to know how Tuta's new visual universe is improving our growing range of products? 🎨
Read Tuta's rebranding story told by our talented in-house designer Daniel 👉tuta.com/blog/tuta-new-creativ…
#TurnonPrivacy #Rebrand #Tuta
#MadeinGermany #Design
Rebrand Tuta: Opening the source of our new visual universe | Tuta
Turn ON privacy. That's what we offer since day 1 of Tuta(nota). Now our brand architecture reflects this in a new app ecosystem.Tuta
“Under [Stallman’s] ideological leadership, the free software movement is unsafe, particularly for women. Women represent just 3% of the free software community, compared to 23% of industry programmers generally. This is no accident.”
This, 100%. Thank you for saying out in the open what we have all lived, survived, observed, and known to be true for decades. Now that F/OSS can’t look away, what will we do about it? The fish rots from the head, after all…
@glyph
The Stallman report
October 14th, 2024 Richard Stallman (aka “RMS”) is the founder of GNU and the Free Software Foundation and present-day voting member of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) board of directors and “Chief GNUisance” of the GNU project.The Stallman report
👁️ @w3c AGWG (Accessibility Guidelines Working Group) Teleconference
15 Oct 2024 - draft minutes
"RESOLUTION: We will explore having a set of required provisions that is somewhat comparable to WCAG 2.2 A & AA and a set of provisions and assertions that can be used to build upon that through points, percentages, or predefined sets of provisions (modules)."
AI-powered software narrates surroundings for visually impaired in real time
A world of color and texture could soon become more accessible to people who are blind or have low vision, via new software that narrates what a camera records.University of Michigan (Tech Xplore)
This weekend I managed to get #wmbus receiver working. 🎉
Our housing cooperative installed new hot water and heater meters with radio readings. I found out it uses 868Mhz wmbus protocol and that there is an #ESPHome extension adding support for this.
I only needed encryption keys, which I was provided with by the cooperative.
Now my #HomeAssistant tracks out heating and hot water #consuption. Yay...
github.com/SzczepanLeon/esphom…
GitHub - SzczepanLeon/esphome-components
Contribute to SzczepanLeon/esphome-components development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
2024: 0.5% of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML · Jens Oliver Meiert
The annual HTML conformance analysis, validating 200 home pages of the most popular websites. Despite improvements, there is no signal of commitment to valid output as a quality baseline to benefit end users as well as web development as a profession…meiert.com
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*This* is the type of game I was talking about. This game uses #OpenStreetMap so that you can play "in" your local town.
store.steampowered.com/app/136…
City Bus Manager on Steam
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data.store.steampowered.com
Best password managers 2024: Protect your online accounts
The best password is one you probably can't easily remember—that's why a password manager is so crucial to your online security. We review LastPass, Dashlane, Keeper, NordPass, and others to find the best one for managing passwords.Michael Ansaldo (PCWorld)
Arranging Airport Accessibility Assistance - OE Patients
Getting through an airport is quite a challenge, especially when vision loss makes it difficult or impossible to read the signs or see the arrows that indicate you are moving in the right direction. ThereMarc Fernandez (OE Patients)
In case you missed it over the weekend, I needed to get this out of my system because Canadian cities are stuck in a toxic cycle.
🛤️ Managed Decline - Montreal's Transit Crisis: heliomass.com/posts/2424-montr…
How to Hack a Meal Kit Subscription and Get More for Your Money
Here's what you need to know to make the most of your next HelloFresh, Sunbasket or Blue Apron box.David Watsky (CNET)
#OTD in 1843.
William Rowan Hamilton invents quaternions, a 3D system of complex numbers.
Important precursors to this work included Euler's four-square identity (1748) & Olinde Rodrigues' parameterization of general rotations by 4 parameters (1840), but neither of these writers treated the four-parameter rotations as an algebra. Carl Friedrich Gauss had discovered quaternions in 1819, but this work was not published until 1900.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaterni…
Lectures on Ten British Mathematicians of the Nineteenth Century by Macfarlane
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
How Can I Maximize Battery Life on my Windows PC?
Whether you have a brand new Windows laptop or an ancient notebook PC, battery life's a challenge. Here's how to extend it with a few tweaks to your settings...Dave Taylor (Ask Dave Taylor)
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iPhone 16 Pro Max: A Review and Some Thoughts on Which Model to Buy | AppleVis
The iPhone 16 Pro Max is the largest iPhone Apple has ever made, and it offers the longest ever battery life on an iPhone. It also has the highest starting price tag of any iPhone (it starts at $1,199 and goes up very quickly from there).applevis.com
Android 15 features: Everything you need to know about confirmed and leaked features
Android 15 is finally here. Here are all the changes it brings, and the features that had leaked but didn't make it.Aamir Siddiqui (Android Authority)
Vispero and Aira Announce Strategic Partnership to Increase Awareness and Promote Equal Access for Online Communities
Vispero and Aira Announce Strategic Partnership to Increase Awareness and Promote Equal Access for Online Communities October 15, 2024, Clearwater, FL—Vispero today announced a strategic partnership with Aira, a leading technology company providing r…agraves (Vispero)
Not so short note on aria-label usage – Big Table Edition
“aria-label is one of a number of secondary methods to label native HTML UI elements. It works particularly well on interactive elements, it also works well on most block level elements old skoolterm that have explicitly or implicitly defined structural roles. It works less well or not at all on text level semantics.”
#aria #HTML #accessibility #WebDev
The Stallman report
The Stallman report
October 14th, 2024 Richard Stallman (aka “RMS”) is the founder of GNU and the Free Software Foundation and present-day voting member of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) board of directors and “Chief GNUisance” of the GNU project.The Stallman report
Player 1: stallman-report.org/
Player 2: stallmansupport.org/
FIGHT!
The Stallman report
October 14th, 2024 Richard Stallman (aka “RMS”) is the founder of GNU and the Free Software Foundation and present-day voting member of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) board of directors and “Chief GNUisance” of the GNU project.The Stallman report
Free Software Is Under Attack! (Will You Help Defend It?)
Free software means that the users have the "FREEDOM" to run, edit, contribute to, and share the software...regardless of who they are or what their purpose for using the software might be. But their...Odysee
[Best Headset Microphones for Podcasting: USB Headset Mic Guide](thepodcasthost.com/equipment/h…)
Best Headset Microphones for Podcasting: USB Headset Mic Guide
A good USB headset microphone can make podcasting much easier AND less expensive. Check out some of the best headsets around, right here.Colin Gray (The Podcast Host)
„Naposledy za námi přijela někdy na podzim. Jen na pár dní. Ustlala si tehdy mezi mnou a klukem, na zemi, přímo pod stolem. Prý že tak je zvyklá, že takhle se cítí v bezpečí. Celé noci tam pak naříkala. Vyla jako zvíře a křičela ze spaní. Nikdo si prý neumíme představit, co se tam na východě odehrává.“
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Jak padla nesmrtelná Káťa. Třicetiletá snajperka a máma malého Denyse zemřela u Avdijivky
„Mysleli jsme, že je nesmrtelná,“ vzpomíná na ukrajinskou snajperku Katerynu Šynkarenko fotoreportér Stanislav Krupař. Poznali se na frontě, padla letos v bojích u Avdijivky.Stanislav Krupař (Reportér Magazín)
Ever find that sitting in front of your unnecessarily complex music rig is hard sometimes? Creative block hits and there's nothing you can do about it?
I certainly find that lately, more often than not.
One device has come into my life and changed a lot of that however. Ableton Move.
In this world-first video, I take you through making a beat without sight, just using the undocumented screen-reader function within the web-based Move Manager.
It's incredibly freeing to be able to just load a fresh set, be presented with four random sounds and perhaps one of them will inspire you so you just begin doing a thing that you had absolutely no plan to do before you started.
#InspiredBySound - Let's Move! (Ableton Move Accessibility Overview) youtu.be/p8IbinbOhY4
#Accessibility #Ableton #ScreenReader #Blind #Music #Composition
#InspiredBySound - Let's Move! (Ableton Move Accessibility Overview)
Check out the official Ableton Move website: https://www.ableton.com/en/move/Ableton Move is the first piece of hardware I've personally been excited by in y...YouTube
Do not downplay this. The Wall Street Journal editorial endorses murdering UN peacekeeping troops. This is all this means. They have adopted Netanyahu's line. It's a choice.
What follows is Israel bombing the UN.
They already did that: look up the 1996 Qana Massacre.
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