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Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode theverge.com/2024/10/21/242738…


I pretty much don't have any interest in the Steam Deck (besides of size) for the fact that the APU in there is starting to really show it’s age. Now there are more competition in the handheld with more powerful APUs at the expense of using a little bit more power.

The Radeon 890m really makes the Deck look more out of date as it has performance close to a Radeon 470/570 or a GTX 1060. Not to mention, we are seeing more games that are unplayable on the Deck or won't play well, and the lack of USB 4 support to use an eGPU doesn't help. After all, this is a computer
in a console form factor, and PC games are rarely optimized well.

That said, I would like to see an SoC using ARM with Radeon graphics, it would improve battery life, but x86-64 emulation on ARM64 is another story, but it’s possible given what Asahi Linux can do playing games from Steam using Proton.

tomshardware.com/video-games/h…



Want to build a thriving tech company? Easy! Just ignore user complaints, double down on those privacy-violating features everyone hates, and exploit user data to the max. That's the winning formula, right? 🤡
in reply to nixCraft 🐧

Forget innovation, user experience, and ethical considerations. In today's tech world, the fastest route to the top is questionable practices. Who needs happy users when you have soaring stock prices? It's a proven business model!


Congratulations to the people of Moldova and to you, Maia Sandu.

You’ve done it again!

In the face of Russia’s hybrid tactics, Moldova shows that it is independent, it is strong and it wants a European future!

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[Forum Topic] VoiceOver users wanted to test hack of Infocom's Journey applevis.com/forum/app-develop…


Got the videos from my aerobatic flight. Unfortunately, they had issues with the intercom audio so you can’t hear me and the pilot. Still getting the video audio described though. I will post it once I have that. The company has offered me a very cheap flight in their other aircraft to make up for it though.


The dominant narrative is that electric vehicles are heavily subsidised. In fact, it's fossil fuel cars that are still heavily subsidised in key European markets. Removing fossil fuel subsidies also means less spending on electric vehicles to compensate for this unjustified advantage.

transportenvironment.org/artic…
#EV

#ev
in reply to Jaap Burger

Excuse me, I don't get it.
I mean benefit-in-kind, depreciation write-offs, and VAT deductions are applicable to both the company EVs and combustion engine company cars. Naming this subsidy is factually incorrect. Using factually incorrect arguments is usually sign there are not enough of valid arguments. I believe this should not be the case, so why?


When the City they they don't have money to fix collapsing metro station or bus service, remember:

Notre-Dame Basilica undergoes $50 million restoration

montreal.ctvnews.ca/notre-dame…

Funded with public money.

in reply to Hubert Figuière

$1 million from taxpayers, the other $49 million from the non-profit that manages the building, according to the article.


we must combat the global scourge of underage baking


I didn’t really follow all the news around iOS 18. Can someone tell me about any serious bugs it has if it does, and whether it's worth upgrading now or if I should wait a bit?
in reply to Malia Suhr

@MS26 Oh that doesn't sound good. I guess I'll wait then because my battery is bad enough already lol.
in reply to Mariia Sydoruk

@MS26 I didn’t find this to be the case, but a lot of people do. I wonder if phone model matters.
in reply to Malia Suhr

@MS26 Hmm. Interesting that that’s happening. I tried 18 on a 12 pro max and a second generation SE and it didn’t seem that bad. Did you try all the usual stuff, restarts, redownloading VoiceOver voices, restoring from backup.u
in reply to aaron

@fireborn @MS26 for whatever its worth, if you use voice dream a lot, try killing it from app switcher instead of pausing. It does something weird and doesn't close audio sessions properly. This definitely impacts battery life of your bluetooth headphones, but I wouldn't be surprised if it also affects the phone itself.
in reply to Mikołaj Hołysz

@miki @fireborn No it's not VoiceDream, I use it sometimes but not enough for it to be the problem.
in reply to Mariia Sydoruk

@MS26 I had a 15 pro max, but I did also try 18 on a 12 pro max and second gen SE
in reply to aaron

@fireborn I didn't try all of that, no. The speed issue is better now, it just randomly has moments where it totally freezes up and spazzes out. Mainly in the trivia crack and lyft apps where it never used to do that before.


"Montenegro diz que revisão das aulas de Cidadania interessa à população portuguesa"
isto deve ter sido um inquerito que ele fez a saida da ultima convenção do chega


Ad hoc eine These zum Liveblogging mit Hashtags auf Konferenzen: diese Praxis ist (bis auf ganz randständige Nischen-Öffentlichkeiten) eingeschlafen.

Ich sitze hier gerade bei einer seit Monaten ausgebuchten Tagung mit +100 Teilnehmenden, vorwiegend professionell in der Medienbildung (!) unterwegs, aus ganz Deutschland.

Und jetzt kommt's: dieses Event hat keinen Hashtag. Es findet live quasi nicht statt auf Twitter, Bluesky, Insta, Facebook, aber natürlich auch nicht hier im Fediverse.

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in reply to Lambert Heller

Die Vielgestaltigkeit des #FediVerse finde ich dafür noch besser geeignet, als es Twitter je war. Frage mich auch, warum man diese Chance nicht nutzt.


If you are blind/vi, would you opt-in getting sight if the opportunity presented itself?

  • Heck yeah, let me fill out the NDA papers! (15%, 3 votes)
  • Not on your life. I'm happy the way I am. (45%, 9 votes)
  • I'll let others test out this stuff and jump in when I see improvements. (30%, 6 votes)
  • The answer to life, the universe, everything, is... 42! (10%, 2 votes)
20 voters. Poll end: 1 week ago

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in reply to Scary Martin

I can't say I'm happy the way I am. This would be a false statement. However, I am pretty sure that suddenly having sight, having never had it before, would drive me crazy.
in reply to Patrick Perdue

@BorrisInABox We talked about that with my wife and daughter, and yes, it would be a tough first time, probably a tough year even when you'll blindfold yourself for most of the time, you'd probably have headaches. My wife told me she would support my endeavor, might it happen one day. But the colorful world that would be available to me afterwards is worth paying this price.


Hiya, we've just done bugfix release 0.17.1 for #GoToSocial.

github.com/superseriousbusines…

Fixes a bug in the streaming API that may have been causing problems for some clients, and adds alt-text for default avatar + header images.

Updating from 0.17.0 is very simple and quick, but if you're updating from 0.16.0 or below then please read the migration notes carefully and be aware of the big database migrations from 0.17.0.

Enjoy!

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I personally don't need the FSF (Free Software Foundation) or RMS (Richard Stallman) to be a Free Software person that promotes the merits of Software Freedom. Back in the days I was part of the first court case in Germany that established the GPL (v2 at the time) as a valid and enforceable license under German law. We won that case without needing any help from the FSF(E). I have always focused on ideas, never on "heroes" and personification, because people fail. Ideas are bigger than people.
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I would like to buy me a good mechanical keyboard, preferably 75percent, because I like those. Anyone know anything good in Europe? Must be pretty good for typing, of course, but also for games. II am tired of my 10Eur cheap USB keyboards, so I'd like to change those to a mechanical one. Also please, something not super expensive. :D Thanks. #keyboards

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🎉 noyb WIN! RTL Belgium was ordered to add a "refuse all" button to the first layer of its cookie banner and stop using deceptive colors.

In case of non-compliance, the company will have to pay €40.000 per day.

👉 DPA decision (FR): dataprotectionauthority.be/pub…

👉 Our original complaints: noyb.eu/en/belgian-dpa-let-new…



In case you missed it, I recently made a video named “What Is React.js”

briefs.video/videos/what-is-re…

If you haven’t watched it, please do. It is very short. If you have and you liked it, please share it with your friends.

And if you are able, please support me on opencollective.com/webbed-brie…. I want to do more of these, but they take a lot of time. Thank you!



But Why?? A look at common patterns found on the web, how they are harmful for accessibility, and what to do instead. noti.st/melsumner/7dgask/slide… Slides by @melaniersumner from EmberFest in September 2024. #webdev #webdesign #a11y #uiDesign #uxDesign


Came across the term DINK for the first time last week and it is about as bad as it sounds.

in reply to David Goldfield

Oh man I loved the technical difficulties, especially if they were in the middle of something my family was watching but I found boring. Back in, I think it would have been 78 or 79, one of our TV stations had a huge, huge on-air meltdown. It went off the air for almost a week. But no one seems to remember it but me, and I can't get any verification.

in reply to David Goldfield

Pardon my cynicism but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this movie before.
in reply to Kevin LaRose He/Him

@Thumper1964 I just report the weather. If the forecast calls for sunny weather and suddenly there's a major downpour I'm not responsible. 😀


Daniel Stenberg on Curl's Journey: From C64 Demos to Internet Transfers

vpetersson.com/podcast/S01E17.…

#podcast #curl



"We can charge the Unnecessarily Painful Slow Death torpedoes on the trip. Hyperspace static will give them a little extra sting."
Jeltz nodded approvingly. "You, Mown, are an utter bastard."
"Thanks, Dad," he said.

#HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot



Controversial suggestion: A future edition of Rust should make no-std the default for new library crates. Safe Rust code that uses core and alloc, no extern references, and other such code as transitive dependencies is, if I'm not mistaken, object-capability-safe. If that's true, then it should also be, by extension, deterministic unless explicitly given references (object capabilities) for sources of non-determinism. It'd be great to have all that by default for most transitive dependencies.
in reply to Matt Campbell

@chadaustin For a large set of libraries, I think interior mutability should be pushed outward, to the caller, as much as possible. I realize that can only go so far, though.


Announcing The Launch of Access Park: My Mission to Build a Global Marketplace for Assistive Technology and Empower Buyers and Sellers Within the Access Community | Donna J. Jodhan | AT-Newswire.com
at-newswire.com/announcing-the…

I, Donna J. Jodhan, am thrilled to announce the official launch of Access Park (accesspark.shop), a new, fully accessible, global online marketplace that will connect assistive technology buyers and sellers around the world.





DeltaTouch 1.8.0 is out 🎉

🔹 Most Webxdc apps should work now. See the wiki at codeberg.org/lk108/deltatouch/… for more details.
🔸 VCard support
🔹 UI/UX improvements and bugfixes

Full changelog: codeberg.org/lk108/deltatouch/…

‼️ UT 16.04 (xenial) users: Upload to the OpenStore was not successfull (under investigation). Manual upgrade is possible with the package from here: codeberg.org/lk108/deltatouch/…

Webxdc support in DeltaTouch is generously funded by @nlnet / @NGIZero, thanks!

#DeltaTouch #DeltaChat #Webxdc



I have a lot of fond memories of the GNOME wiki, but its time has come. Retirement will happen this week. So long, MoinMoin. ❤️

discourse.gnome.org/t/wiki-gno…

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in reply to Sharon Varghese

@cifrar the links will still be valid until a replacement is done; help for documentation and outreachy is more than welcome


LibreOffice 24.8 Released, This is What’s New.
I have used LibreOffice off and on for years, but with increasingly annoying Microsoft Office 365 issues at work I have come back to it full time on MacOS. I have not been disappointed and I really like their privacy options too. If you want a free Office Suite with compatibility to read and write Office formats, this is a great alternative.
#LibreOffice #OfficeSuite #Writing #Canada
@libreoffice
omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/libreo…
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in reply to Man2Dev

@Man2Dev the diff compared to tar.zx seem insignificant. Why does it raise concerns for attacks?
in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

Presumably their user base likely prefers user-friendly options like zip. I was comparing the diff between zip and 7z. As for the attack although it migh, not really be practical I was referring to scenarios like the zlib vulnerability.
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🏓 🇨🇿 🇸🇰 🥇 🥇 Historic Gold for MATELOVA and BALAZOVA at the Tabletennis European Championships - In her third European final, BALAZOVA made history by securing Slovakia’s first European title


"Hana MATELOVA of Czechia and Barbora BALAZOVA of Slovakia clinched their first-ever medal together at the Continental Championships. At the LIEBHERR European Championships in Linz, MATELOVA and BALAZOVA triumphed over reigning champions Sofia POLCANOVA of Austria and Bernadette SZOCS of Romania. The bronze medals went to Izabela LUPULESKU and Sabina SURJAN of Serbia, and Natalia BAJOR of Poland and Tatiana KUKULKOVA of Slovakia.

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In her third European final, BALAZOVA made history by securing Slovakia’s first European title. After losing the mixed doubles finals in 2013 and 2020, she finally claimed victory. For MATELOVA, it marked her second European title and a significant win for Czechia, having previously won the mixed doubles title in 2013 (ironically against BALAZOVA).

The final was intense, but the Czech-Slovak pairing always seemed one step ahead.

“This was our best match here. Even we were impressed with our performance in the final. We had never won a medal before at the Europeans, and we’ve been playing together since 2011 in Herning. For sure, the experience of playing finals was on their side. POLCANOVA especially, since she knows how to handle the pressure of the final stage, having been there three times before,” MATELOVA said.

Sometimes, experience can also be a burden, making it harder to carry.

“They were nervous, especially in the opening games, while we were more relaxed. Before the match, we just said, ‘Let’s fight and see what happens.’ We stuck to our game plan,” added MATELOVA.

BALAZOVA shared her thoughts about her nerves before the match.

“Five minutes before the match, I told Hana that I was nervous, but she calmed me down. Even if we lost, we had already achieved a lot by winning a silver medal. So I just wanted to give my best without feeling the pressure of the result. We had a rocky path throughout the entire tournament with a really tough draw. From round one, it was challenging. Also, we weren’t sure if this would be our last European Championship, so we just wanted one medal to say goodbye. But to win gold—it’s unbelievable.”

Reflecting on their challenging path, MATELOVA added, “The first match was the hardest. We faced Charlotte LUTZ and Jia Nan YUAN of France. It couldn’t have been a tougher start, but we managed to beat them 3-0. Strangely, my defeat in singles helped me focus entirely on doubles, and I had plenty of rest between matches, allowing me to prepare in peace. Yesterday’s match against Natalia BAJOR and Tatiana KUKULKOVA was also incredibly difficult. They had a 2-0 lead and two match points,” MATELOVA recalled.

BALAZOVA also shared a personal anecdote: “After I lost in singles to LUTZ, without much of a chance, my fiancé told me, ‘Maybe it’s for the best because you might become the European champion in doubles.’ That idea stuck in my mind, and I thought about it before the final. For me, the toughest match was the quarterfinal against BERGSTROM and KALLBERG, when we finally secured our medal.”

Women's Doubles final:

Sofia POLCANOVA, Bernadette SZOCS (Austria, Romania) - Hana MATELOVA, Barbora BALAZOVA (Czechia, Slovakia) 2-3 (7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 6-11)

Semi final

Sofia POLCANOVA, Bernadette SZOCS (Austria, Romania) - Izabela LUPULESKU, Sabina SURJAN (Serbia) 3-2 (10-12, 11-4, 11-5, 5-11, 11-3)

Natalia BAJOR, Tatiana KUKULKOVA (Poland, Slovakia) - Hana MATELOVA, Barbora BALAZOVA (Czechia, Slovakia) 2-3 (11-8, 11-5, 12-14, 5-11, 11-13)"

The final in relive video at ettu.tv




Dnes je ten Mastodon akýsi rozbitý 😳
in reply to Ralfeek

Teď bude aktualizace a snad to bude v pořádku po ní.


Already 61% of all Tuta email are sent with E2E encryption. 🔒

Let's fight for #encryption on Global Encryption Day & spread the word! ❤️

👉 tuta.com/blog/why-a-backdoor-i…

Spread security on #GlobalEncryptionDay!

#GED2024 #GlobalEncryptionDay

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in reply to Tuta

What?? It's crazy, that means 60% of traffic is internal yes?
in reply to Tuta

only works on Tuta2Tuta or on read on Tuta,
gmail's market share is 90%?
so google happily reads on the receiving side.


We celebrate 20 years of Ubuntu! Happy Birthday with love from all of us. ubuntu.com/20years #Ubuntu #Linux


Accrescent 0.25.0 is out with Android 15 app archiving support, Private Space support, and settings UI improvements!

We also forgot to announce that since 0.24.0, Accrescent supports in-app predictive back!

Check out the release notes below 👇

github.com/accrescent/accresce…

#privacy #security #appstore #android #accrescent #opensource


in reply to Jan

@Jann no máš pravdu veru, ležím s čajom... pivo večer zrušené tiež.
@Jan


Tak přesně tři týdny vydrželo auto před barákem, než mi někdo poškrábal dveře klíčem.
in reply to Jiří Eischmann

To je ta chvíle, kdy se nejvíc tluče myšlení dospělýho ("ta sviňucha mi zničila auto") s myšlením dítěte ("když tady tátovi nakreslím sluníčko, bude auto krásný a bude mít radost")

Chce to hodně sebeovládání a sebezapření to ustát, aby nemělo první šrámy na duši už takhle brzy :)

in reply to Schmaker

@schmaker Já už mám děti 19 a 20 let starý, kdyby je napadlo v tomto věku čmárat na auto sluníčko, tak ten šrám by měly určitě. :mastolaughing:
@sesivany