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From the Florida Outreach Center for the Blind: Recording Available: AIRA Workshop

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there's something mildly ironic about the head office of a parcel delivery company being on the 2nd floor. One of the most irritating things for delivery drivers and it's baked in to every communique they send.

If I didn't have to pay over $700 for Dragon naturally speaking, I'd also get J-dictate for myself because I really enjoy speaking over typing even though I am good at typing.
in reply to Nick's world

Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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I can't imagine using my voice instead of my fingers. I never use Siri and only use the smart speakers for limited things, usually when my hands are occupied. I guess I grew up not being welcome to talk very much, I could always type. It also freed me from not being able to communicate well as a child, so I suppose in that regard I've never considered it as something to be replaced by a more efficient method.
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Nick's world
Nick's world
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@cachondo It's something I considered because even though I can type be there are times when its a pain and if I'm ever going to have a job heavy in writing, I'd rather speak than type.
@Sean Randall

#curl production source code age
Production source code age graph showing much large share of the code is how old, over time, in curl
#curl
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daniel:// stenberg://
daniel:// stenberg://
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@kurtseifried hang on, I have a much nicer version coming up. It's just a little slow... running git blame on all files in 200+ tags takes a while
@kurtseifried (he/him)

Version 1.3 of #Pipilo on #iOS is out. Pipilo is a unique Fediverse app where you view posts one at a time in a horizontal timeline.

Main new features are bookmarks support, upgraded link previews with inline YouTube videos, navigation by tapping screen edges, post translation, post deleting, and collapsible post threads.

Check it out, share and enjoy!

Full release notes: pipilo.thanel.me/changelog
App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/pipilo/i…

Preview of redesigned link previews feature in Pipilo. The updated link previews now include inline YouTube player, short summaries, author profile links and colored backgrounds.
Preview of bookmarks feature in Pipilo. There is a dedicated timeline to view all bookmarks and an action in post context menu to toggle bookmark state.
Preview of other new features like post translation, post deleting and collapsible post threads.

‎Pipilo

‎Pipilo is a unique Fediverse app that lets you browse posts on a horizontally scrolling timeline. Each post is displayed within the context of its conversation with replies from people you follow.
App Store
#ios #pipilo

Now, because of Google's no-opt-out policy on AI searches, every search uses ten times more power than they used to. Want to find out what movie Danny DeVito did with Arnold Schwarzenegger? Now, you have to weigh your curiosity against the health of the planet.
Don't Google that! It was Twins! Jeez, didn't you read the start of this post?
A post by rax 'leads with her crotch' king @RaxKingIsDead The post says, "hahahahaha this sucks man Each time you search for something like "how many rocks should I eat" and Google's AI "snapshot" tells you "at least one small rock per day," you're consuming approximately three watt-hours of electricity, according to Alex de Vries, the founder of Digiconomist, a research company exploring the unintended consequences of digital trends. That's ten times the power consumption of a traditional Google search, and roughly equivalent to the amount of power used when talking for an hour on a home phone. (Remember those?) Kevin Donovan @kevindonovan. The Hidden Environmental Impact of Al by @LoisParshley"

- Patricia, you ancient programmer, how does one get good at programming, please share your wisdom.

*thinks*

Well, you write a lot of bad code, like a hole shitton of bad code, then you maintain it for a few years and then you look at it again and say holy shit, and that’s when you know you’ve gotten better. Rinse and repeat for ever.

The great start for #PragmaConf Day 2 continues with @feli speaking about accessibility in designing APIs.
#pragmaconf @Feli

Haptic’s touch-based navigation helps blind and sighted alike get around without looking techcrunch.com/2024/10/29/hapt…

Haptic's touch-based navigation helps blind and sighted alike get around without looking | TechCrunch

Smartphones and navigation apps have become second nature these days. But for those with blindness and low vision, it's not quite so convenient. Haptic
Devin Coldewey (TechCrunch)

I am a straight, cis male. For the most part, I'm OK with that, but if I could just make facial hair stop existing in my life without changing anything else, that'd be cool. I really, really hate shaving. I also hate not shaving because I put it off for too long, since I hate shaving. I just want nothing to do with any of it.

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Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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I don't enjoy it either. When my soup is more on than in me is about time for a trim. Then I just lop it all off and end up looking like a teen.

I left my Melbourne hotel at 8:30am, Tuesday 29 October.

I caught a 12:00pm flight from Melbourne to San Francisco also on Tuesday 29 October.

Then I caught another 12:00pm flight from San Francisco to Newark, still on Tuesday 29 October.

I have walked into the door of my house in Buffalo at 11:30pm — 23:30 on Tuesday 29 October.

I have spent 30 hours traveling and have not gotten away from Tuesday 29 October.

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Cartoon by Jim Benton
#Meme #spookyseason
In this comic by Jim Benton, Alice, a character with blue hair and a pentagram hoodie, is seen setting up a ritual circle with candles and a red pentagram. In the second panel, she summons a green demon-like creature. As the ritual continues, more strange and demoniac creatures appear in the circle. In the second-to-last panel, a purple creature realizes something's off, saying, "Wait a second… These are birthday candles!" In the final panel, the creatures, now joined by Alice holding a birthday cake, look happy. The last character now touched says:"You guys"
#Meme #spookyseason

ak som dnes aspoň 20x neprskol tak ani raz
in reply to SuspiciousDuck

SuspiciousDuck
SuspiciousDuck
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doslova mi tečie nádcha.. asi si Zyrtec alebo tak niečo lebo ty vole 😪

Prvni zdokumentovany vyskyt Unreleased QR kodu™ v divocine hudebnich klubu.

Jen houst!

vede sem:
unreleased.art/new-dessert

Slogan "Want Unreleased Music?" jeste asi budeme nunat.

#music #art

QR kod s titulkem "WANT UNRELEASED MUSIC?" na plakatu hudebniho klubu s lineupem Izabel a Asher Rotha.

UNRELEASED

Not a label. Not management. Just a collective of artists, dreamers, & designers trying to change an unfair industry.
unreleased.art
#music #art

38 👴🏻
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Marco Zehe
Marco Zehe
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Thank you! I am doing fine, actually. Enjoying my retirement and the fact that I no longer have to put up with job pressure.

📣 New blog post

✨ Sliding Sync at the Matrix Conference — mnt.io/articles/sliding-sync-a… ✨

I have presented Sliding Sync, a novel, fast and efficient synchronisation mechanism for the Matrix protocol, at the first Matrix Conference in Berlin. It's been many many months that I'm working on this project, and I'm joyful it's now available to everyone for a better Matrix user experience!

The article contains the recording + slides. I've highlighted other talks too.

#matrix #RustLang


Sliding Sync at the Matrix Conference

mnt.io
#matrix #RustLang
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I don’t get political very often on here, but this is gold! And yes, since this election will have worldwide repercussions, many of us outside the U.S. definitely hope for a particular winner. youtube.com/watch?v=se-didBGn8…

#USPolitics #Election2024 #Harris


"Gimme Hope Kamala" - Marsh Family adaptation of Eddy Grant "Gimme Hope Jo'Anna" for Trump vs Harris

With only a matter of weeks until the pivotal US Presidential Election in November, and the Democratic National Convention having begun today, we decided to ...
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#uspolitics #Election2024 #harris
in reply to Marco Zehe

Cristobal
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Here in California and my Brandenburg in-laws are telling us to come home. There’s space.

has any single follower of mine ever played a MUD, or has even heard of what a MUD is. or am i a boomer. #mud #moo
#MUD #moo
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modulux
modulux
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Sure, I played Shades of the Past, Merentha, some vampire stuff, and some Wheel of Time stuff. Some MUDs in Spanish as well.

O Público noticia que entre 2015 e 2023 houve 126 casamentos, em Portugal, que envolveram crianças entre os 10 e os 14 anos.
Mas depois os activistas climáticos é que são presos.

So, whats the trick in reading the APple INtelligence output preview in MacOs? I see a popover, but VoiceOver simply reads the controls in that, not the content.
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Jakob Rosin
Jakob Rosin
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@pitermach aa-ha. How intuitive. Or perhaps its me not using VO j as often I should. Thanks so much!
@Pitermach
in reply to Jakob Rosin

Pitermach
Pitermach
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I only discovered it by trying everything during the beta cycle and vaguely remembering that key let you escape a popup lol. The proofing tools are even more fun if you decide to try those out because they display 2 popovers. One has previous and next controls which step through every suggested change. When you press it the cursor is moved to where the change was made but there’s also a second popup displayed that explains what was done and why with a revert button. If you want to get back to the main controls to review the next change, you have to first press escape to close that popup otherwise vo-j won’t work.

We just released a big update, with support for the following:

- Full Table of Contents (during export)
- Apple Intelligence Writing Tools (where available)
- New iOS Shortcuts (via Control Center and iPhone Action Button)

We also fixed a weird crash when dragging a project from Backup onto the Library. For full release notes, see ulysses.app/release-notes

Screenshot showing Ulysses with the editor and a PDF export, containing a table of contents.

Ulysses - Release Notes

A pleasant, focused writing experience combined with effective document management, fast syncing and flexible export make Ulysses the first choice for writers of all kinds.
ulysses.app

The last time I turned on my Mac Mini was two weeks ago when I recabled the desk.

The time before that was in June 2023 when I moved into this apartment.

in reply to JP Mens

daniel:// stenberg://
daniel:// stenberg://
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I have two of them (one m1, one Intel) on top of each next to me on my work desk. I don't use them even once a month.

New song by the fabulous Marsh Family for these trying times.

"Bohemian Trumpsody" - Marsh Family adaptation of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen about trump.

How is this real life? Wish it was fantasy!
Ought to be landslide, not a race to the final week
Look in his eyes, it’s up to you guys, you see
He’s just a playboy, he feels no empathy
Because he’s kinda dumb, kinda slow
Little lie, shitty joke
Every single swing vote really really matters to liberty

Full lyrics at youtube.com/watch?v=YY_8WzcHqM…
1/n


"Bohemian Trumpsody" - Marsh Family adaptation of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen about Donald J. Trump

Well, with the polls so tight a week out, we decided to revisit US Election politics one last time, and ambitiously to have a stab at building a parody aroun...
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#dobréRáno
#dobrerano

Oh weh…

> Uhren, die in der x'-Achse des bewegten Systems K' aufgehängt sind und von dem in K ruhenden Beobachter abgelesen werden […]

Musste ich jetzt dreimal lesen. Armbanduhren? 🤣

OK, freut Euch bei der nächsten Runde #eBooks u.a. auf eines von Paul Kirchberger, das die Relativitätstheorie erklären möchte, ohne großartige mathematische Kenntnisse vorauszusetzen…

#eBooks
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IzzyOnDroid ✅
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OK, besagtes #eBook ist jetzt verfügbar – gerade mit 25 weiteren #ebooks bei ebooks.qumran.org/ hochgeladen.

Und das Backlog ist noch immer nicht leer. Da hat sich seit Juni so einiges aufgestaut…


Izzy's freie Bibliothek

Katalog mit freien eBooks (Public Domain, Creative Commons): kostenlos und ohne Anmeldung stöbern und herunterladen!
ebooks.qumran.org
#eBooks #eBook

Our goal is to make @libreoffice available in as many languages as possible, so the whole world benefits from a free and private office suite. And Jonathan Clark has joined our team, to work on improvements to language support: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl…
Photo of Jonathan Clark

Interview: Jonathan Clark, team member, developer focusing on RTL / CTL / CJK - The Document Foundation Blog

Hello Jonathan, you have been hired by The Document Foundation in the role of developer focusing on the issues of languages written from right to left, or RTL (Right to Left).
Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
@LibreOffice

Of course, another interesting side effect of this iPhone 8 battery, is that it will happily do things like play music or Youtube at 0% for a good half an hour or so, LOL.
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Adam MacLeod
Adam MacLeod
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@tardis That's not all that bad, but you'll likely hit the performance dynamic throttle routines eventually.
@Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
in reply to Adam MacLeod

Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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Meh I guess I will. If that happens, I will just have to buy a new phone. Which i don't want to do, because no more mute switch.
in reply to Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺

Simon Jaeger (Procrastodon)
Simon Jaeger (Procrastodon)
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@tardis I have nothing bad to say about keeping an old phone as long as it works, but I do wonder about your misgivings with the mute switch. As far as I can tell there's no disadvantage to the action button. you can make it mute the phone, or you can make it do something else entirely. It's way easier to press through a pocket, and can't get dirt stuck in it
@Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
in reply to Simon Jaeger (Procrastodon)

Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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I just like the switch, it has existed ever since I bought an iPhone. and I have also never had dirt stick in it. Even when I went to the beach. I just like it more that is, it was a unique iPhone thing I haven't seen on other phones or brands over here, and it makes me sad to not see it anymore. I am going to buy a keyboard, or more storage, so I might have the chance to look at a newer iPhone and see if I like them before I say anything else. I kinda doubt it, a little, but yeah. I still have my 7, and it works. I just think it's too early to retire this one, yet. It's only like, threey years old.
in reply to Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺

Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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I also don't think the newer iPhones are some major upgrade besides AI which I do not wish to use. So, if the battery goes bad, I'll just probably change it, and go with it till it has support for like, four or so more years.
in reply to Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺

Adam MacLeod
Adam MacLeod
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@tardis Well, you may have an option to get your battery replaced, but I am unfamiliar with how Apple handles that in your country. If you do want to keep your phone, but get a new battery, you should contact your nearest Apple Store and see if their Genius Bar will do it for you.
@Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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I love reading articles about #CSS anchors and dialogs which specifically mentions accessibility advantages over solutions created with JS and then half the examples aren't working on mobile because the applied styling / used content is too large to tap on the exit button / backdrop or see how it's positioned 🤦‍♂️
#css

Was mir an #Thüringen gefällt?

Z.B. die #Investition in #digitaleSouveränität #FOSS #OpenSource #OpenTalk #Videokonferenz
procial.tchncs.de/notes/9zwk4t…
#Verwaltung #Digitalisierung #digitalePrivatsphäre


OpenTalk (@OpenTalkMeeting@social.opentalk.eu)

Die Thüringer Landesverwaltung hat mit OpenTalk eine zukunftsfähige Videokonferenzlösung gefunden! Sicherheit, Anpassungsfähigkeit und Open Source stehen im Fokus.
tchncs
#foss #opensource #Digitalisierung #videokonferenz #digitalesouveranitat #digitaleprivatsphäre #thuringen #investition #opentalk #verwaltung
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FediVerseExplorer
FediVerseExplorer
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Ich gehe davon aus, dass das unter einer CDU/FDP Regierung nicht möglich geworden wäre...

Let's try that again. Another Media Test.

in reply to Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺

Adam MacLeod
Adam MacLeod
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@tardis I wanted to get media storage off the local disks across both instances. Its bad for the SSD, and I'd rather break Linode's, because they have millions to replace it, LOL.
@Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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Media Test via Nginx reverse proxy to S3 Object Storage

in reply to Adam MacLeod

Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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That, didn't work that well, it sees it as an attachment here. You broke it! Nooo!
in reply to Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺

Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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It plays it, but I have to open the link to play it. Like how Go to social did things before they implemented their player, which now makes it work with web clients.
in reply to Adam MacLeod

Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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I am pretty sure, though. When gts didn't have a player, all the media attachments people posted via masto were seen as links. You should've seen the mess. Somehow, though, not a lot of attachments. LOL
in reply to Adam MacLeod

Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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Noooo, that's pretty though. I mean, it works, but not like masto stuff works. :D

Welcome Marwan Yassini as #curl commit author 1311: github.com/curl/curl/pull/1545…

mqtt: Fixed mqtt.md wording and added clearer explanation. by Marwan141 · Pull Request #15451 · curl/curl

Some of the wording in the MQTT.md file was confusing in terms of how the commands were used and what they did, so I cleared up some of the wording to better explain the use case of each command.
GitHub
#curl
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Philip Gillißen
Philip Gillißen
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wow, I didn't know that curl can subscribe on and publish on #mqtt topics. That's awesome as I feel the mqtt client is somewhat awkward to use and a lot of mqtt browsers suck.
Thanks!
#mqtt

I looked at the first ten minutes of the GitHub Universe intro yday and the frequency of AI getting mentioned exhausted my ears immediately and I had to shut down the stream and go do something useful. For health reasons.
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RejZoR
RejZoR
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I'm immediately turned off by any product that hypes stupid Ai. Partially because I know there is no actual Ai involved and partially because all this Ai fluff being excessively mentioned is annoying.
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Ben Zanin
Ben Zanin
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there is a little bit of actual good stuff being announced too, but it's all being pushed to the margins.

(Best moment, in the Community Maintainers track: "...and now there is AI in pull requests." (dead silence) (from the back: "yeah we noticed.") *presenter grimaces*)

Both questions are equally valid.
Man staring at computer display thinking: "It' doesn't work..... why?" Next panel, same picture: "It works..... why?"
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Eighteen years of ABI stability

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/10/30…

#curl


Eighteen years of ABI stability

It has been eighteen years of libcurl ABI stability.
daniel.haxx.se
#curl
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Michele Adduci
Michele Adduci
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fair enough.
I thought there was some kind of commentary in code with some keywords like "superseded by" or similar ones, so you could count them.
in reply to Michele Adduci

daniel:// stenberg://
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several things that are deprecated and thus have code we *could* shave off if we would bump the SONAME still share code with the new implementation as well
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Buenos días desde la Administración Pública.

Hoy iba a hacer un chiste algo gilipollas con el tema de que por una vez es aquí en Galicia donde no llueve, hasta que me di cuenta de lo serio que es el asunto. Ánimo a quien le haya tocado cerca. Un abrazo.

Y aunque por aquí seguramente no haya mucho de eso, la emergencia climática se hace cada vez más evidente y su negación más absurda. Lo que nos queda por venir...

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