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Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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at least it can count! Take pleasure in its math abilities whilst laughing at its lack of ability to read. Mwahahaha!

liquid swords

#unix_surrealism #9front #cirno #comic

Cirno is sitting on top of a to-rent billboard that says: "YOUR AD HERE". There's a rifle and an empty beer bottle there with her. Rabbit techno-mage approaches her. Mage: "What's up, C? Having a fun time, I see." Cirno offers a cigarette to the mage. Cirno: "Always."
#comic #9front #unix_surrealism #cirno

Google’s NotebookLM Now Broadly Available with Audio Overview Customizations thurrott.com/a-i/google-gemini…

Google's NotebookLM Now Broadly Available with Audio Overview Customizations - Thurrott.com

Two weeks ago, I posted a video showing off the insanely capable Audio Overview tool in NotebookLM, Google’s experimental AI service. Today, the online giant added two interesting new features to Audio Overview that make it even more compelling.
Paul Thurrott (Thurrott.com)

FediMeta, blocklist update, 1/3

Got two blocklist updates today, and a non-update with private visibility. First, a FediNuke/tier0.csv transparency update:

I override-added an instance to FediNuke using my documented override process: caekis.love.

Was already near consensus, and the admin was already in receipts for the gleasonator.com FediNuke entry.

See the many receipts for caekis.love in my receipt archive. The severity was enough to warrant inclusion.

#FediNuke


My Fediverse blocklists

Documentation on which Fediverse blocklists I offer, how they are made, their differences, their caveats, and their intended use.
Seirdy’s Home
#fedinuke
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Seirdy
Seirdy
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FediMeta, blocklist update, 2/3

I also retired my tier-1 blocklist. It’s the least-used blocklist I have, and I’m managing several; it’s not worth the effort. Every new severity level demands more instances to carefully consider.

Without willingness to spend that effort, its existence encourages me to treat it like a dumping ground for other entries that don’t qualify for other lists instead of evaluating entries’ severity properly.

I will maintain it in private to shine a light on the latter phenomenon, but I won’t share it.

Before you protest, know that I’m maintaining six other blocklists:

  • FediNuke.txt
  • My tier0 list (might re-name)
  • BirdSiteLive, bird.makeup
  • Other bridges
  • Corporate social media (Threads, Medium, Minds, etc)
  • Spammy subdomains

They will be unaffected. If anything, they’ll improve.

#blocklists

bird.makeup - Home Page

bird.makeup
#blocklists

Reading about the attack on @internetarchive I wonder two things: how to more reliably fund it, but also, how to fund at least five more independently run instances worldwide.
@internetarchive

I think we reached an important milestone today about my work on modernizing notifications in GNOME and for the FreeDesktop.

Most of the improvements I proposed for version 2 of the xdg-desktop-portal got merged today. This has been a long journey and many thanks go to everybody involved, especially to those who reviewed the my changes 🎉

If you haven’t followed the journey: github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop…


Implement v2 notification spec by jsparber · Pull Request #1298 · flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal

After lot of consideration I started implementing parts of the proposed and discussed notification API For now this includes: Set icon additionally via file descriptor Set sound via bytes, file ...
GitHub

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You know open source is great. And you know we can't make money from what we give away for free.

But why do people develop open source projects? Who uses it? And why do we need it? What would happen if it didn't exist?

Follow me on my journey to explore how we can build sustainable technology that serves the public interest: Subscribe to Flint & Silicon to hear about the systemic challenges and opportunities of Public Interest Technology.

🔄 Boosts welcome!

ergaster.org/podcast

A video thumnail of the episode 0 (teaser) of the show Flint & Silicon. There is a pixelated mouse pointer, and its shadow is an arrow-shaped flint. The title is "Connecting Public Interest Technology Disciplines"

Flint & Silicon

The podcast that connects all the disciplines of Public Interest Technology.
ergaster.org

The system that moves water around the Earth is off balance for the first time in human history cnn.com/2024/10/16/climate/glo…

> WARNING: The convert command is deprecated in IMv7, use "magick" instead of "convert" or "magick convert"

🤟 OH NICE. Are the "import" days gone too?

But #ImageMagick wasn't the worst offender there... I should crunch some stats on packages providing many /usr/bin/{?,??,???} files...

#imagemagick

MacChat: “Exploring Parallels, ChatGPT, and CleanMyMac: Mac Adventures and Beyond” - Unmute unmute.show/macchat-exploring-…

MacChat: “Exploring Parallels, ChatGPT, and CleanMyMac: Mac Adventures and Beyond” - Unmute

In this episode of MacChat, Chris and Marty dive into exciting Mac-related adventures, sharing insights on using Parallels to run Windows 11 on a Mac Mini, optimizing storage with CleanMyMac X, and exploring the benefits of ChatGPT for translating do…
pgnpt (Unmute)

Wrote a new thing! sarahmhigley.com/writing/activ…

About what to do if two focus outlines in a trenchcoat approach you in a dark alley and offer you a combobox.


Aria-activedescendant is not focus | Sarah Higley

Who, what, when, where, and why is aria-activedescendant. Or: two focus outlines in a trenchcoat approach you in a dark alley and offer you a combobox.
Sarah Higley
in reply to Sarah Higley

Tamas G
Tamas G
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I'm sending this to all my web colleagues, right away. :D Too bad I can't go outside, climb up to the roof and just shout it ("Aria-activedescendant is not focus! Aria-activedescendant is not focus!") loudly for half an hour, but I don't know if any neighbors would then think I've lost my sanity so I better not. Grateful for you exploring this topic.
in reply to Tamas G

Sarah Higley
Sarah Higley
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@Tamasg ah, is *that* why all my neighbors avoid me?

Also, glad it’s a useful topic for your team 😊

@Tamas G

Einladung zur Erstellung von dokumentarischen Beiträgen wie Videos, Podcasts oder Texte über Braille-Schrift, Fotos, Grafiken oder Zeichnungen mit Braille zur Feier von „200 Jahre Brailleschrift im Jahr 2025“. offsight.de/viewtopic.php?f=24…

200 Jahre Brailleschrift im Jahr 2025 - offSight

offsight.de

Mám vidiny, vidím svoju posteľ ako v nej už ležím.

„Disability History Project“ Aufruf zum Einreichen von Objekten, die politisches Engagement von Menschen mit Behinderungen und ihren Kampf um Selbstbestimmung dokumentieren. science.orf.at/stories/3227176…

Menschen mit Behinderung: Objekte für neues Sammlungsprojekt gesucht

Mit dem „Disability History Project“ will das Haus der Geschichte Österreich (hdgö) die Erfahrungen von Menschen mit Behinderungen sichtbarer machen.
ORF.at
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With the 2024 marathon approaching, I'm seeking prize sponsors. If your company/organization offers products or services for the blind and you're interested in sponsoring, let's connect. This is a fantastic opportunity for advertising, as the marathon consistently attracts very large crowds. Feel free to fill out this form, and let's chat about how you can help me take this year's marathon to the next level. forms.gle/MnuauzyMD8zH1NLo7

2024 Marathon Sponsorship Application

Please complete this form if you are interested in sponsoring Liam's 2024 marathon. The contribution of a prize for distribution during the event is highly encouraged. For reference, visit https://lerven.
Google Docs
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Apple Pay has started to offer Klarna installment plans for online purchases, while a future update will bring PayPal balances to the Apple Wallet.
appleinsider.com/articles/24/1…

Apple Pay adds Klarna installments now, PayPal balances later

Malcolm Owen (AppleInsider)

"I can't believe its not butter, but the name gets more and more sinister as time goes on."

"Its probably butter"
"Some places consider this butter"
"Legally, its butter"
"Ants won't eat this butter"
"Butter that has been known to contain cancer-causing agents"
"the butter is not an object of remembrance or value, but rather a warning sign to future civilizations about dangerous synthetic butter material contained within"

The Society of Authors is helping to collect signatures opposing the use of generative AI across the creative industries — from actors, artists, authors, illustrators, musicians, performers, translators, and more.

I've just added my name. If you're a member, check for the SoA's email.

#writing

#writing

Declining a support call with a vendor today because I don't think I could make it through the call without telling the support rep what I really think of their product.

The more I tune into JS framework discussions the more I’m concerned at how few developers seem to be concerned with how their work is actually delivered. Browsers are optimized to receive websites as HTML first, yet frameworks taught a generation of developers to build blogs like they are executable files to load & boot. I was asked twice this week if I think server components are a good idea (?). Yes! Create react app was a poor fit for most sites. Stop building the Web like it’s an App Store.

Oh yeah, the previews of Absolute Superman make me think it definitely has something to say. I'm looking forward to it.

The ADHD experience of coming back in the morning to one's browser with a couple hundred open tabs: "did I already read this article, or did I just skim it and leave it for later?" 😓

From LinkedIn, Chrisopher Penn reminds us that "AI detectors" are confidently spewing the same bullshit as the generators, and likewise cannot be trusted at all.
A screenshot of an AI detection tool reporting, with 97.75% confidence, that the Declaration of Independence of the United States was automatically generated by AI/GPT.

Lawrence Lessig develops an interesting proposal and argument for reform of democratic institutions in this recent lectue at the LSE.
www2.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?id=4…
#democracy #AI #SocialMedia #constitutionalism

What AI is doing to America's democracy

In this lecture, Lawrence Lessig will discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the 2024 American election, and the implications that this will have for democracy in the future.
London School of Economics and Political Science
#AI #socialmedia #democracy #constitutionalism

If you read anything today, read this from @pluralistic - "You Should be Using an RSS Reader".

Cause you really should. Really.

Speaking of which, anyone knows of a tool somewhere that can analyze sites that don't have RSS feeds in search for changes and puts those changes on a RSS feed of its own?

'Cause that'd be really useful, you know?

pluralistic.net/2024/10/16/kee…

Pluralistic: You should be using an RSS reader (16 Oct 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net
@Cory Doctorow
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Randy Hall
Randy Hall
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I mean, there's a reason Google turned off their RSS reader, and it probably wasn't because nobody was using it. #deenshittify
@pluralistic
#deenshittify @Cory Doctorow

New contribution experience report, about fixing a bug in @thunderbird . Spoiler: it went surprisingly well, they have made some serious effort to ease first contributions since last time I tried (and failed). Go #Thunderbird! ⚡ antonin.delpeuch.eu/posts/cont…

Contribution experience report: Thunderbird

My ramblings about open source development and related topics
antonin.delpeuch.eu
#thunderbird @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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We're so glad you had an overall good experience, and you've given us some constructive advice on where the contributor experience could be smoother. And thank you, of course, for submitting a patch! Warm and fuzzy (or maybe feathery) feelings all around :)

Právě byl vyhlášen víkend pro všechny mamuty se čtyřdenním pracovním týdnem!

Wealthy tech guys are working so hard to relegitimize eugenics with a tech rebrand.

theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…

#tech


Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss

Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal
Jason Wilson (The Guardian)
#tech

If your wine is too philosophical for you, it can be helpful to dekant it.
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We asked and you answered! Here's Tuta's updated list of best WhatsApp alternatives in 2024 👏

Which one is your favorite? 🤔 Do comment below - or check out our detailed review first!

👉 tuta.com/blog/best-whatsapp-al…

#WhatsAppalternatives #Messenger #Privacy #Encryption

Signal, Threema, Wire, Element, SimpleX, Session.

Best WhatsApp Alternatives For 2024 | Time To Go Private! | Tuta

There are lots of messaging apps similar to WhatsApp. Here's a review of the best secure alternatives: Signal, Threema, Telegram, Element, Wire, SimpleX, Session, and more.
Tuta
#privacy #encryption #messenger #whatsappalternatives
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Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Baptiste
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Thanks for this good article but there is a broken link :
With its true incognito mode - that differs a lot from Google’s incognito mode that was used for “privacy washing”
@lascapi
@🌈 Lascapi ⁂
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If there is a subject of #RSS happening, I recommend taking advantage of @thunderbird's built in RSS reader for those that use #Thunderbird. I use both for websites and podcasts. And yes, it can be used for #Mastodon accounts as well.
#Mastodon #thunderbird #RSS @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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Thanks for the recommendation! Not surprisingly, we're big fans of the RSS feature, and we're always thrilled when others like it just as much as we do!

I know logically I should be underwhelmed by the specs of the #iPadMini 7 but I still kind of want one with no justifiable reason.
#iPadmini
in reply to Robin Frost

David Goldfield
David Goldfield
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Oh, iPads have been calling me for years and I also can think of no logical reason for why it would actually benefit me, as I have the same functionality with my iPhone and I don't need the larger screen. If I decide to splurge on one, though, I don't think I'd buy a Mini as I'd want the option to use a detachable keyboard with it and something like the iPad Air would give me a larger keyboard to work with.
in reply to David Goldfield

Robin Frost
Robin Frost
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@DavidGoldfield have a Bluetooth keyboard I'd use and I just know myself I wouldn't use the larger screen even if it has more power behind it. It is a fascinating thought process and interesting to hear about who chooses what and why.
@David Goldfield
in reply to Robin Frost

David Goldfield
David Goldfield
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I think I could justify it if I were traveling on a regular basis or if I were still commuting to an office taking long train rides. However, I'm always working from home so I'm never far from my computer and for writing content I'd rather use Windows for serious editing than iOS.
in reply to David Goldfield

Cory Jackson
Cory Jackson
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@DavidGoldfield I agree. I have thought many times about picking up an iPad. However, if you flip your phone into landscape mode, the layout is almost identical to an iPad.
@David Goldfield

Hmm, where's that poll @Seirdy made about TLS again..? :akko_think2:

theregister.com/2024/10/15/app…


Sysadmins rage over Apple’s ‘nightmarish’ SSL/TLS cert lifespan cuts

Max validity down from 398 days to proposed 45 by 2027
Jessica Lyons (The Register)
@Seirdy

#unix_surrealism #technomage #fossangel
Towering Fossangel and Mage stand in the rain. Fossangel has an umbrella. Mage does not. She looks at the angel annoyed.
#unix_surrealism #technomage #fossangel

Today's Thursday already???

Welcome to the RB family, IconRequest 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/de.ka…

With this app you can share the data for adding the icons missing in your icon pack.

Thanks to Bastian for helping us establishing #reproducibleBuilds for this app here at #IzzyOnDroid :awesome:


„IconRequest“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Retrieve app icons from your installed applications
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid

I need to keep on track of JAWS dependencies on my work machine. Does anyone know if updating the Visual C++ or Windows Desktop runtimes outside of the JFW update process will cause problems? our asset management software is complaining there are updates to these components which enterprise IT want me to install. Looks like the latest 2025 beta has installed Desktop Runtime 8, does that mean 6 isn't required anymore when it gets released I wonder?
in reply to Sean Randall

Andrew Hodgson
Andrew Hodgson
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@cachondo The last time this happened they got updated when the latest release of 2024 got installed. However there is another update for VC++ pending now and I'm getting hounded to install it. Are you sure it got updated out of bounds of the JFW installer? I may try this on my home machine first.
@Sean Randall
in reply to Andrew Hodgson

Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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I've not updated JAWS since it got licensed 3 or 4 months ago and I have the October redistributables on the work laptop

ah rats. I've tested positive for #Corona. 😭🤧🤧

I'm not too sick, just feels like a flu. I've had all the vaccinations they'll let me have (3).

But I'll probably miss at least part, maybe all, of the @geofabrik OpenStreetMap Hack Weekend in a few days. 😢

#corona @Geofabrik
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Pietervdvn
Pietervdvn
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I wish you a fast recovery! I had corona this summer and have been tired all week 'cause I got my shot last friday. But both my parents have the 'ro as well, so it is going around a lot!
in reply to Pietervdvn

Amᵃᵖanda | OSM Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️
Amᵃᵖanda | OSM Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️
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@pietervdvn thanks. This is the second time for me. The doctors wouldn't give me a 4th vaccination. I suppose this is equivalent
@Pietervdvn
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