mastodon - Link to source

Reminder: Europe ends DST on October 27th, but North America ends it a week later, on November 3rd. If anyone you work with or anything you work on is on the far side of an ocean next week, double check your calendars.

timeanddate.com/news/time/usa-…

timeanddate.com/news/time/euro…


Still Falling Back: DST Ends in the US 2024

When does Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2024 end in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and other countries in North America?
Sara Kornberg (www.timeanddate.com)

mastodon - Link to source

So, the Washington Post is reporting that the oligarch owner of The L.A. Times pulled their Kamala Harris endorsement.

washingtonpost.com/style/media…

Next, CNBC reports that the oligarch owner of The Washington Post pulled their Kamala Harris endorsement.

cnbc.com/2024/10/25/jeff-bezos…

Any bets we're going to see this complete a full circle?


Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris, paper reports

The Washington Post planned to endorse Kamala Harris over Donald Trump before owner Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, decided again it, the newspaper reported.
Dan Mangan (CNBC)

mastodon - Link to source

NEW: Crypto critic @molly0xfff received emails from a purported lawyer and someone working for a “reputation management company” offering bribes in exchange for the takedown of a blog post about the arrest of an alleged crypto fraudster.

The purported lawyer used a blog post made on a website apparently populated with the use of a service that offers "SEO optimized human-like content” using AI, claiming White infringed copyright.

White declined.

techcrunch.com/2024/10/25/prom…


Prominent crypto critic says someone offered bribes to take down a blog post | TechCrunch

Crypto critic Molly White received emails from a purported lawyer and someone working for a “reputation management company” offering bribes in exchange for the takedown of a blog post about the arrest of an alleged crypto fraudster.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
@Molly White

glitchsoc - Link to source

Hello everyone, I made an audio recording of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin for a friend.

I've licensed the audio to the public domain, so if you want to listen to it, or remix it, or use it in a thing, go nuts. (Note: the text itself is under copyright, see replies to this post for licensing contact if you have commercial requirements.)

I'm still working on my voice acting and narration, but I think it came out well. (And if you require this voice, please note that I need money and you can hire me to read things for you.)

You can read the story in text at:
usa.anarchistlibraries.net/lib…

Download it from theos-cloud.eu/index.php/s/Xys…

#LeGuin #SpokenWord #VoiceActing



The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Ursula K. Le Guin The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 1973 Originally published in the New Dimensions 3 anthology, 1973. Later republished in The Wind’s...
The Anarchist Library (Mirror)
#VoiceActing #leguin #spokenword
This entry was edited (10 months ago)
in reply to 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

gotosocial - Link to source

Erion

Hello. Thought your friend and anyone else would enjoy a bit of an improvement, it's closer to a studio sound now. A very nice reading, reminds me a bit of Sophie Aldred at times. ENjoy!

The Flac format (as I have added some replicated high frequencies that the mp3 encoder threw away) can be downloaded from MediaFire here


Ursula_K_Le_Guin-The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_From_Omelas_mastered

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.
MediaFire
in reply to Erion

glitchsoc - Link to source

13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

@erion Thank you so much, Sophie Aldred is one of my favourite narrators, so I may unconsciously mimic some of her style.

And thank you for working on the track. if you'd like to put your production chops into further practice, here's a FLAC of my original WAV file (with minimal cleaning and noise reduction - I have an uncleaned version available as well).

theos-cloud.eu/index.php/s/Wdp…


Le_Guin-The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_From_Omelas_edited_cleaned.flac

Nextcloud - a safe home for all your data
Nextcloud
@Erion
in reply to Erion

glitchsoc - Link to source

13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

@erion Here's one with no attempt to ameliorate the sound or erase noise. I've left a few seconds of ambient room noise (most egregiously a computer fan) at the end.

theos-cloud.eu/index.php/s/54E…

I'm in the process of building a studio space at this moment, but my acoustic foam tiles are still reinflating after shipping!


Le_Guin-The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_From_Omelas_edited.flac

Nextcloud - a safe home for all your data
Nextcloud
@Erion
in reply to 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

gotosocial - Link to source

Erion

It's my pleasure to present the revised, final master that this reading deserves, this time from the original unprocessed recording, with a bit of added expensive analog magic 😀. Listenable here, and downloadable in lossless flac from MediaFire. Enjoy!


Ursula_K_Le_Guin-The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_From_Omelas_final

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.
MediaFire

mastodon - Link to source

I donated to @glyph and co's #SuperSwingDistricts slate. Properly resourcing state-level candidates increases the chance that voters in important swing districts might actually get to meet someone they're going to vote for, or be persuaded to show up and vote for something that matters to their local community.

Learn more, consider supporting: superswingdistricts.org/

#USPol

Super Swing Districts

superswingdistricts.org
#uspol #superswingdistricts @Glyph

mastodon - Link to source

#accessibility question:

Does anyone know if a HTML support for Orca screen-reader exist?
(like @SteveFaulkner's tests on github.com/stevefaulkner/scree…)

#Orca #screenReader #a11y #Linux


GitHub - stevefaulkner/screen-reader-HTML-support

Contribute to stevefaulkner/screen-reader-HTML-support development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
#a11y #Accessibility #linux #screenreader #orca @Steve Faulkner
This entry was edited (10 months ago)

mastodon - Link to source
macOS Sequoia Complications: VoiceOver Issues Could Affect Technicians’ Privacy pneumasolutions.com/macos-sequ…

macOS Sequoia Complications: VoiceOver Issues Could Affect Technicians’ Privacy - Pneuma Solutions

At Pneuma Solutions, we’re constantly working to deliver innovative, accessible solutions like Remote Incident Manager (RIM), which helps visually impaired…
Pneuma Solutions Team (Pneuma Solutions)

mastodon - Link to source
Registration Now Open for ‘InFocus: Rethinking Tinnitus Symposium’ hearinghealthmatters.org/heari…

Registration Now Open for 'InFocus: Rethinking Tinnitus Symposium' | Hearing Health & Technology Matters

Unlock the Future of Tinnitus Care The InFocus: Rethinking Tinnitus Symposium, a groundbreaking 3-day virtual event, will take place from November 19-21, 2024.
HHTM (Hearing Health and Technology Matters)

mastodon - Link to source
I've been checking out a fair bunch of videos by the YT channel "#Revolution and #Ideology”. They succinctly put what they do in their About as: "Jared (#History) and Nick (#Sociology) discuss history and theories related to revolution and #SocialChange." What I appreciate is that they have conversations about source texts through quotation, not simplified summaries. #Philosophy #Anthropology
youtube.com/channel/UCB9N6fHt-…

Revolution and Ideology

Jared (History) and Nick (Sociology) discuss history and theories related to revolution and social change.
YouTube
#history #révolution #philosophy #sociology #socialchange #ideology #anthropology

mastodon - Link to source
Postmodern Jukebox mě neskutečně baví, dnešní novinka: Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan (1960s Lesley Gore Style Cover) ft. Tatum Langley youtube.com/watch?v=NiQwpKXKn-… #music

Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan (1960s Lesley Gore Style Cover) ft. Tatum Langley

“Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan 1960s Lesley Gore style cover by Postmodern Jukebox ft. Tatum Langley.Get The Song: http://pmjlive.com/goodluckbabe | Wor...
YouTube
#music

mastodon - Link to source

Op vrijdag 22 november (13u30) en zaterdag 23 november (11u) organiseer ik een wandeling vanuit de Krook in #Gent waar we met #OpenStreetMap en @MapComplete bewakingscamera's in kaart gaan brengen.

Na een korte uitleg gaat iedereen een eigen kant op, op zoek naar camera's.

Dit past binnen mutationfest.be/program

(Of je kan ook meer info vinden op de meetup-pagina: meetup.com/openstreetmap-belgi…)

#privacy #bewakingscameras #surveillance


Programma | Mutation

Ontdek de rode draad die vier unieke locaties aan Gent Zuid verbindt. Laat je drie dagen verwonderen door een intensief programma.
Mutation
#privacy #openstreetmap #surveillance #gent #bewakingscameras @MapComplete
This entry was edited (10 months ago)

mastodon - Link to source

AWESOME new @kagihq update:
For ex: I want to look at the #OpenStreetMap wiki page for (power) sockets.

Previously you could do search like this:
socket !osmwiki
this would bring you to wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Sp…

But if I know that the chance of the right page being the first result on #Kagi is high, I can just do:
socket @osmwiki !
then I land on: wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ke…:*

! is basically the Kagi equivalent of that google "i'm feeling lucky" feature from back in the day

Key:socket:* - OpenStreetMap Wiki

wiki.openstreetmap.org
#openstreetmap #kagi @Kagi HQ
This entry was edited (10 months ago)
in reply to Pietervdvn

mastodon - Link to source

Thibaultmol 🌈

@pietervdvn yeah Kagi is using the same ddg bang list but with some modifications.

instead of doing
!wosm <search>

I now will do
@wosm <search> !

which will put me on the first result Kagi finds. skipping having to click on the osmwiki search results first.

In my example, doing

!wosm socket
would land me on the search results page on the wiki
but
@wosm socket !
would land me directly on the key:socket page

@Pietervdvn

mastodon - Link to source

Hmm, interesting news from the Sound On Sound newsletter that could be useful for windows music-makers.

Microsoft announce audio-focused ARM64, ASIO & MIDI 2.0 Windows features

As part of their keynote at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit 2024, Microsoft have made a number of announcements about upcoming Windows features geared towards musicians and audio professionals. They include both hardware and software support for ARM64-based systems, along with native ASIO integration and built-in support for MIDI 2.0.
soundonsound.com/news/microsof…


Microsoft announce audio-focused ARM64, ASIO & MIDI 2.0 Windows features

As part of their keynote at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit 2024, Microsoft have made a number of announcements about upcoming Windows features geared towards musicians and audio professionals.
Sound On Sound

mastodon - Link to source

It has now been twelve years since the paper "The most dangerous code in the world: validating SSL certificates in non-browser software" was published.

My blog post about it from back then: daniel.haxx.se/blog/2012/10/25…

It'd be interesting to know how much HTTPS clients are still skipping cert verification in the wild. I bet it is still widespread.

libcurl claimed to be dangerous

On October 24th, my twitter feed suddenly got more activity than usual when suddenly there's a mention of a newly(?) published paper: The most dangerous code in the world: validating SSL certificates in non-browser software Within the twelve page doc…
daniel.haxx.se

mastodon - Link to source

Anthropic released a fascinating new capability today called "Computer Use" - a mode of their Claude 3.5 Sonnet model where it can do things like accept screenshots of a remotely operated computer and send back commands to click on specific coordinates, enter text etc

My notes on what I've figured out so far: simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/22/…


Initial explorations of Anthropic’s new Computer Use capability

Two big announcements from Anthropic today: a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet model and a new API mode that they are calling computer use. (They also pre-announced 3.5 Haiku, but that’s …
simonwillison.net

mastodon - Link to source

Some more work on testing congestion control in picoquic on high speed loopback links. I found out that the data rate for a 10GB download using Cubic was less than half the data rate of a 1GB download. The issue: ACK Frequency was setting a 1ms delay and a very large ACK Gap, causing feedback frequency to drop and Cubic to slow. The fix: cap the ack gap to 32. More in the blog.

privateoctopus.com/2024/10/23/…

Loopback ACK delays cause Cubic slowdowns

The first investigation of loopback performance focused on the randomness of the RTT measurements on loopback, and the fix for BBR was to not make congestion control decisions based on delays if the RTT were small.
privateoctopus.com

mastodon - Link to source
La URE dice que hoy 25 de Octubre está prevista la comunicación por radio desde Sevilla con los astronautas a bordo de la Estación Espacial Internacional (ISS). Se podrá seguir desde las 12:00 h. aproximadamente a través de youtube.com/live/N-aRpG-nz1M

Contacto vía radio con la Estación Espacial Internacional, ISS.

La unión de radioaficionados de Sevilla, colabora con el Colegio público CEIP San Ignacio del Viar (Alcalá del Rio), en la realización de un contacto vía rad...
YouTube
⇧