11 Social Media Platforms You Probably Forgot Existed (And Why They Failed)
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11 Old Social Media Platforms You Probably Forgot Existed
Still miss your old Friendster account? Discover why that and other once-popular social media platforms got discontinued here.Shayna Murphy (Mental Floss)
"I think it is a bit unfair you get nine lives," the dog said.
"That's a myth," said the cat.
"I've seen you do things that would kill me, and walk off as if nothing happened."
"Exactly."
"Huh?"
"You just have to be more confident than Death."
"Just?"
"What? Like it's hard?"
iOS 18.2 beta: New daily sudoku games come to Apple News+ - 9to5Mac
Apple News+ is once again expanding its collection of puzzles. With the release of iOS 18.2 beta 1, Apple News+...Chance Miller (9to5Mac)
@brian_hartgen @DerryLawlor one thing I can't see from the sales literature is if you can download extra voices on the device itself, given that it has wifi, or if you need to do that with a computer.
Also is there a way of adding content wirelessly outside of something like a talking book service?
I'm happy enough with my old rockbox stuff for me, but I always like to know what the things in the market can do.
October 25, 2024 – Apple confirms new Macs are coming
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts...Seth Kurkowski (9to5Mac)
The local timeline, is the place I'd call your city, you live in a city, meet people, etc. Now, the federated timeline is where all the softwares connect. Say on a scale that is, different countries connected, who each have their cities, and houses, or neighbourhoods. So yes, there are four privacy options: unlisted, which are posts that will show up on your profile but not in the public/federated timeline, there are local_only posts, that will only show up on your instance's local timeline, the city, and not all instances have those, so it's a bit different, then you have followers-only, which only shows the posts to those who follow you or you follow. and they can't boost them. Then, there is direct, which is like a DM. the local_only option I mentioned above, is like an emoji, it is not a standard option in general. For example, my sintance and software, give the ability to only show public posts in my profile, not even unlisted, however, Mastodon does not have this option, but I am not using Mastodon. All these different softwares connect via a protocol, called activity pub. Say like, the internet connects the world. Haha I hope this helped.
It's about to get a lot easier to share spatial photos and videos for Vision Pro - 9to5Mac
Last month, Apple announced that support for it would be adding support for spatial photos and spatial videos to Safari....Chance Miller (9to5Mac)
It occurs to me, and not for the first time, that gift retailers are amongst the worst offenders for gendering.
The number of sites with "Gifts for him" and "Gifts for her", , is enough to make my teeth itch, and then I come across things like this and I want to scream:
"Higgs Boson coasters - gifts for him - Fathers' Day Gift - God Particle - Science gift - Particle Physics - Physics gift - boxed gift set"
#WTAF?
The latter. The idea that a physics gift is for men, or (for another common example) that self-care/spa products are for women, is just excruciating - never mind that the classifications/filters ignore people who are NB entirely.
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online! What a week! 🚀
#171 Point of Interest
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Pulsar Music Player - Accessible Android
Pulsar Music Player has long been one of the best music players on Android. It is an offline audio player without advertisements. Its gorgeous user interfaceAccessible Android
Upscaler 1.4.0 was just released! Upscaler is an app that allows you to upscale and enhance images, be it your photos, digital art, and more.
This release introduces scaling factors, allowing you to upscale between a factor of 2 and 4. The image loading system has been reworked to decrease overall memory consumption. The preview image now has a drop shadow to better make the image distinguishable. Lastly, it fixes a bug where small window sizes made the preview image disappear.
#FOSS #OpenSource #GNOME #GTK #GTK4 #libadwaita #FreeSoftware
EVERY STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION PLOT, SORTED BY WHICH CHARACTER IS THE FOCUS:
Jean-Luc Picard believes he can solve something diplomatically, immediately resorts to violence anyway
William Riker believes he can solve something without violating the Prime Directive, immediately violates the Prime Directive
Deanna Troi believes her Betazoid heritage won't embarrass her at work, is immediately embarrassed at work by her Betazoid heritage
Beverly Crusher believes she has fallen in love, is immediately betrayed by her love interest
Wesley Crusher believes he can be a Starfleet officer without fucking something up, immediately fucks something up
Geordi LaForge believes he can solve something with science, immediately has to deal with the consequences of trying to solve things with science
Data believes he wants to be more human, immediately discovers he already embodies the best elements of humanity
Worf believes his past won't come back to haunt him, his past immediately comes back to haunt him
Tasha Yar believes she can have more than one line per episode, immediately dies
Postgres 17 support for Synapse, a new beta for Draupnir, and an update to Matrix Widget Toolkit. That and more happened This Week in Matrix!
matrix.org/blog/2024/10/25/thi…
This Week in Matrix 2024-10-25
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communicationsThib (matrix.org)
Having one of those wildly serendipitous days. Long story short, turns out one of my former coworkers from my last capitalist job has been prototyping open source property management software for co-ops. I, for probably obvious reasons, am also interested in making open source property management software for co-ops. My former co-op, for reasons probably obvious if you've followed me for some time, is possibly interested in buying hosting for co-op property management software, and another co-op system whose board I'm on may be interested as well.
There's a long and involved story where we figured all this out, but the TLDR is that world really is a small place sometimes.
For the first time in 36 years, the Washington Post will not endorse a presidential candidate.
This is happening because WaPo owner Jeff Bezos hired a rabid fascist, Will Lewis, as the Post's new publisher.
If you're still paying for a Washington Post subscription, you are paying for the rise of fascism in America, and I hope you will cancel your subscription immediately.
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.
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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)
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)
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)
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Fedora Linux 41 RC 1.4 released
The final release candidate for Fedora Linux 41 is now available. This release represents the Fedora Linux 41 final release scheduled for Tuesday, October 29, 2024.Linux Compatible
Kendrick Lamar - Die Hard ft. Blxst & Amanda Reifer (Official Audio)
Kendrick Lamar “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” is available now: https://KendrickLamar.lnk.to/MrMoralehttps://oklama.comhttps://www.instagram.com/kendricklam...YouTube
Shopify, accessibility lawsuits & 'Compliance'
#eCommerce #Shopify #DigitalAccessibility #Accessibility #A11y #ACR #VPAT
Shopify, accessibility lawsuits & 'Compliance' - Nic Chan
Accessibility is your responsibility too.buff.ly
Hello, most North Americans.
Do you know what's happening next Sunday, November 03, at 2:00 AM local time?
If you said Daylight Savings Time, you're absolutely *WRONG* for three reasons:
1, The term is Daylight *Saving* time. It is not the Daylight Savings and Loan.
2. In places that observe DST, there will be two 1:00 AM local times.
3. It's the *END* of DST.
So NIIH!
I'm already seeing Daylight Savings things in my timeline, so it's time to make noise and continue dying on this hill, I guess.
My chest was meant to have breasts on it.
I can't point to a biological reason for this; no optimal arrangement of ligaments or ideal balance of my torso. My chest was functionally fine before these breasts grew.
And yet. I used to slouch, now I stand tall, shoulders back, tits jutting out as if to announce to the world "here comes a woman". I used to wear baggy t-shirts, now I like them to fit to my form, my necklines slinking ever lower, pendant necklaces dangling in the hint of cleavage I now display.
My tatas are aesthetically and functionally correct.
My brain was meant to run on estrogen.
I don't believe in any biological reason for this, either. My brain got me an MSc and a career in programming just as it was, people considered me witty and insightful.
And yet. I was scared to engage with my emotions, there was a constant stream of intrusive thoughts. Anxiety was a constant strum.
And now... I'm not at war with my own mind anymore. I feel more harmonious, more like I should be. I'm more capable, confident, clear-headed.
This is better. For me.
How to Install and Use uv: A Python Installer and Resolver
Learn how to install and use a Rust-based Python installer and resolver named uv on Linux, Windows, and macOS with a practical usage guide.Linux TLDR
And I thought to myself, dude! Dude I thought! How many of us haven’t wished from time to time that their spouse had a mute button. I’m living the dream!
Starting soon: youtube.com/live/HltQBOKSLv8?f…
Thunderbird Development #5 - Customizable Shortcuts (Coding Session - Part 2)
Come alongside the journey of implementing a new feature inside Thunderbird.From the initial idea and definition of the scope of work, to design mock-ups and...YouTube
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)
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
@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
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You are most welcome, glad I could help.
Sure, I'll do a revised version, no problem. For best results, the original, unprocessed recording (flac or wav) would be fantastic if you don't mind posting it. The one I posted has some noise reduction artifacts that were not easily correctable from the original mp3 unfortunately.
@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
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Brilliant, thank you very much. I'll post it when it's ready, shouldn't take too long.
No worries, this can be definitely salvaged ☺️
Ursula_K_Le_Guin-The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_From_Omelas_final
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Ukrainian Peace Plan
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine
2. Russia pays for everything they broke
3. Russia leaves Ukraine alone forever
4. Now we have peace plan!
#SlavaUkraini
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