Expanding Access: Introducing Aira ASL 🌱
We are excited to announce a new initiative at Aira to support the Deaf Community with on-demand ASL interpreting services. Recognizing a gap in access to interpreters in public spaces like retail stores, airports, and banks, we've developed a separate app, Aira ASL, to offer immediate and reliable interpreting without the need for advance scheduling.
By contracting with ASL service providers and using our technology platform, Aira ASL will make interpreting services seamless and easy to access, just as our existing app benefits the blind and low-vision community. This initiative aims to remove barriers and improve communication access when and where it’s needed most.
Read the full announcement and FAQ: aira.io/aira-asl-on-demand-int…
Aira ASL: On-Demand Interpreting for the Deaf Community - Aira
Aira is expanding its accessibility offerings with a separate app, Aira ASL, to offer on-demand interpreting to the Deaf Community. Learn more here.Hannah Griffin (Aira)
No, The Chinese Have Not Broken Modern Encryption Systems with a Quantum Computer
The headline is pretty scary: “China’s Quantum Computer Scientists Crack Military-Grade Encryption.”
No, ... schneier.com/blog/archives/202…
Proof-of-concept exploit code is now public for a vulnerability in Microsoft's Remote Registry client that could be used to take control of a Windows domain by downgrading the security of the authentication process.
rustls outperforms OpenSSL and BoringSSL.
Security and performance: pick two!
memorysafety.org/blog/rustls-p…
Rustls Outperforms OpenSSL and BoringSSL
ISRG has been investing heavily in the Rustls TLS library over the past few years. Our goal is to create a library that is both memory safe and a leader in performance.www.memorysafety.org
If you're a business IT person donating old hardware, pretty please with a cherry on top remove the BIOS passwords first xxx
It's Lyriel Day for me!
My cohost Christel Tansø and I get to interview Jessica and Oliver Thierjung today on Sonic Onslaught, part of a packed metal show whose larger theme is friendship.
2 pm EDT!
“Free HTML obfuscator [sic]: protect your HTML code by encoding it”
I hope you run out of hot water one minute into your shower.
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I suppose it makes sense for HTML snippets containing email addresses or phone numbers. I still hate those but I kind of get it. Kind of.
plenty of fast scrapers are more than capable of doing some simple inline JS but this does clear out low-hanging fruit. It’s like changing your SSH port number: it isn’t a robust security measure but it cleans up your logs by filtering out skiddies, which is something.
Amazon-backed Anthropic debuts AI agents that can do complex tasks, racing against OpenAI, Microsoft and Google
Anthropic, the Amazon-backed AI startup founded by former OpenAI research executives, announced AI agents that can use a computer to complete complex tasks.Hayden Field (CNBC)
looooolsob we've come full circle
answer on StackExchange: "if you need to generate the apparmor rules, ask an LLM" 😂😭
#India based people only: would you be interested in buying a #Mobian powered #PocoF1 or #OnePlus6 if I handled the unlocking and installation for you? 
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Comment with details!
- YES PLEASE (0 votes)
- Hmm maybe / Ooh interesting (0 votes)
- Nah / Huh? / What's Mobian? (0 votes)
- No, flashing is where the fun is (0 votes)
Bitwarden Desktop version 2024.10.0 is no longer free software
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Desktop version 2024.10.0 is no longer free software · Issue #11611 · bitwarden/clients
Pull request #10974 introduces the @bitwarden/sdk-internal dependency which is needed to build the desktop client. The dependency contains a licence statement which contains the following clause: Y...GitHub
"Request received: Sling TV does not offer accessible guide nor audio descriptions
We received your informal complaint – ticket number 7401450.
We will review your complaint. We will contact you if we need more information. " (at least I can take comfort in knowing that adp.acb.org/streaming.html is still accurate about this matter.)
Streaming Video Services Offering Audio Description
Services which stream videos via the Internet, some of which contain audio description tracks.The Audio Description Project
Hi friends!
We're working with a large technology company looking to understand deaf individual's needs as we build assistive technology. Please forward to all of your #deaf or hard of hearing friends in the USA. We're paying referrals!
Tim
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#AskFedi: are there any recent, smart articles about #ATProto and its half-baked decentralization (so far)?
My favorite piece on the subject has been @rysiek 's "Bluesky is cosplaying decentralization" rys.io/en/167.html from a year and a half ago, but significant changes have happened in the meantime... I wonder if there are any updated posts about it?
Oh and @rysiek is one of my favorite people to follow on here, so click on that Follow button if you haven't already.
BlueSky is cosplaying decentralization
Almost exactly six months after Twitter got taken over by a petulant edge lord, people seem to be done with grieving the communities this disrupted and connections they lost, and are ready, eager evenSongs on the Security of Networks
Seru na český zdravotnictví.
Jakmile je potřebuješ ale není to na rychlou sanitku, tak se nikam neprobojuješ, všechno trvá a přehazujou si tě jako brambor. Je jedno že člověk trpí...
Potřebujeme zařídit hospic, zkoušíme to přes lékaře, lékař nás odbyde že na to nemá čas, ať si přijdem v jednu kdy nemá nával. 😳
Nakonec se lékař podaří obejít a domluvíme se přes paliativní službu.
Problém dva, potřebujeme převoz ležáka do hospicu.
Hospic říká, že to musí vyžádat lékař. Zkoušíme zase lékaře, ten nadiktuje 10 čísel ať si to obvoláme sami.
Obvoláme 10 čísel, nikde nás nevezmou.
Tzn ani zítra se do hospicu nedostanem. Další den bude trpět doma. Stav se zhoršil rychle, na tohle nejsme vybavení.
My sister Nandini Harihareswara will be speaking at the Interledger Summit this weekend in Cape Town, South Africa interledger.org/summit/2024/sp… so say hi if you meet her! She is an expert on digital financial inclusion and has interesting stories about how systems work, including what does and doesn't work to make them more meaningfully inclusive.
This Sumerian house plan, dating back around 5,000 years, offers a glimpse into the architectural sophistication of the Ur III period.
The clay tablet, from the city of Umma, depicts a residential structure centered around a courtyard. Dimensions are given in cubits, likely corresponding to room sizes. Parallel lines represent walls, while doorways are indicated, providing a detailed representation of the house's layout.
Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
Remember the first time you created that index.html, opened in the browser, and it felt like magic?
@bw wrote a free online ebook and I love the promise:
“I feel strongly that anyone should be able to make a website with HTML if they want. This book will teach you how to do just that. It doesn’t require any previous experience making websites or coding. I will cover everything you need to know to get started in an approachable and friendly way.”
HTML for People
HTML isn't only for people working in the tech field. It's for everyone. Learn how to make a website from scratch in this beginner friendly web book.htmlforpeople.com
@Tutanota Watch it we have a pishing/spam email circulating by Tuta Team <kimlucastro3@gmail.com> Important: Database Upgrade and User Verification Required
This account is asking to verify your email. DO NOT CLICK it redirects you to "helpful-playful-authorization.glitch.me/" if you inspect the hyperling which will the ask you to log in again
WOW. Fedex just dropped a 2000$ laptop at my door without even waiting / signature. At least they rang the bell...
@tim_lavoie I live in a very urban area, there is no gate / fence to my door.
Also Canada Post doesn't work for this as it ship from far away.
At least I knew it was coming today and I was right there.
Nick Giannak III
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in reply to Nick Giannak III • • •Nick Giannak III
in reply to DocTator • • •Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
But your packets want to tunnel by another protocol
That’s repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall,
And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,
So your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse,
Then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,
’Cause as sure as I’m a poet, the sucker’s gonna hang!
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in reply to Nick Giannak III • • •In the realm of servers, where things always break,
The sysadmin's life is a high-stakes mistake.
The code's looking fine, the network’s all clear,
Then suddenly… “What’s this? The disks disappear?!”
The users are clueless, they send in a shout:
“My password won’t work, can you help me out?”
They’ve tried "password123" for the hundredth time,
And blame the poor sysadmin for some server crime.
With logs on the left, and a console on the right,
They dig through the errors all day and all night.
They’ll reboot, they’ll patch, they’ll restart the thing,
And wonder why tech’s such a circus ring.
The boss comes around, “It’s running too slow!”
As if by sheer magic, it should always just go.
But deep down inside, the admin just knows,
That IT is chaos wrapped in neat rows.
Yet despite all the crashes, the bugs, and the pain,
They’ll fix it all up, then do it again.
For the sysadmin’s mantra, forever they’ll sing:
“Have you tried turning off, then on everything?”