🤣 Russia has fined Google 2 undecillion roubles or USD$20 decillion for blocking Russian media on YT etc.

If not paid in 219 weeks that increases to USD$1 googol.

abc.net.au/news/2024-11-01/rus…

Russia is a laughing stock. Putin, you're a muppet. This is Austin Powers / Dr Evil level fines.

Russia has fined Google more money than there is in the entire world

Russia has slapped Google with a fine of $US20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 for blocking state media channels on YouTube.

^{Maddy Morwood (ABC News)}

Yesterday, my students presented our work at the ACM ASSETS conference. "Not Only Annpying. But Dangerous": Devising an Ecology of Protections for Photosensitive Social Media Users" dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/366…

In this study, we investigate prior work, conduct survey inquiries, and use co-design methods to explore how social media design choices influence exposure to dangerous flashing content which can trigger seizures, migraines, nausea, and disorientation for photosensitive users.

Through our analysis, we identify the current ecosystem of flashing content on the Internet, and propose a more robust ecology of protections, including on-device graphics filters that directly edit pixels buffers to prevent flashing before it occurs.

First, existing WCAG guidelines against auto-play of media need to be enforced. Second, users should have device level control over animation that may trigger flashing, and this control shpuld not be able to be reset by platforms that try to enforce autoplay to support their own ad revenue. Third, other users need to be aware of what makes content dangerous, so thay they may stop circulating it and causing accidental exposure. Fourth, creators need to know what makes content dangerous, and how they can test for danger, to prevent them from creating dangerous media in the first place. This includes corporate creators, like movie studios, whose ads for acrion movies have been a recent source of autoplaying strobing content in movie trailors posted via ad platforms. Fifth, platforms, including GIF libraries, but also all social platforms, need to implement reporting mechanisms specifically for flashing content which can remove that content from circulation. Sixth, there should be actual penalties for platforms and creators that do not react to, correct, and remove dangerous content, or who force auto-play on users.

And seventh, device manufacturers and operating system developers need to create on-device filters that eliminate flashing through simple real time post-processing. Machine Learning classification and prediction algorithms ARE NOT NECESSARY. We can do this with simple math. Yes it may sometimes look weird. But also people won't be dying in their sleep.

This work is very important to me, and I've been working on it (on the side) since 2017. I wasn't allowed to pursue it fully as a graduate student. As faculty, I still had to string the project together on wishes. And I'm still looking for a collaborator to work on the implementation, though if industry would just get their shit together and do it themselves, that'd be great.

#ASSETS2024 #accessibility #Epilepsy #migraine #photophobia #photosensitivity #NEISVoid #graphicsProgramming

“Not Only Annoying but Dangerous”: devising an ecology of protections for photosensitive social media users | Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

^{ACM Conferences}

👉 "The core issue is that open source contributors are not paid fairly. 60% of open-source maintainers are unpaid volunteers, and just 13% make a living as professional project maintainers, according to the 2023 State of the Open Source Maintainer Report."

Boosts appreciated 🚀

➡️ infoworld.com/article/3557846/…

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #SoftwareLibre #Business #KDE #Research #Science #NLnet #softwareDevelopment

How do we fund open source?

Experts with deep experience across open-source software communities share their opinions on how to sustain this critical ecosystem.

^{Bill Doerrfeld (InfoWorld)}

#deltachat_desktop finally has Automated E2E testing again! 👨‍🔬 🧪 🚀

Thanks to the desktop team and #deltachat_web for making this possible.

Also thanks to #playwright for making such a nice testing solution.

🗣️ CANADA, DO NOT LET THE FASCISTS TURN YOUR COUNTRY INTO A BAD COPY OF THE UNITED STATES
mastodon.world/@somecanuckchic…

seriously, the world needs to do a billionaire purge STAT

somecanuckchick

2024-11-01 01:09:54

Despicable. Alberta wants to police pronouns, sex education, and youth healthcare. cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/al… #cdnpoli #polcan

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is conducting research on the accessibility of health care for people with disabilities. They are looking for adults with disabilities or caregivers of adults with disabilities to take a short survey. The GAO will use the survey input in a report to Congress. Click here to access the survey:

gaosurvey.gao.gov/jfe/form/SV_…

Amazon reports Q3 AWS revenue up 19% YoY to $27.5B and AWS operating income of $10.4B, up from $7B in Q3 2023, and subscription sales up 11% to $11.3B (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

cnbc.com/2024/10/31/amazon-amz…
techmeme.com/241031/p46#a24103…

Amazon shares pop on earnings beat, cloud growth

The company's cloud and advertising units showed strong growth.

^{Annie Palmer (CNBC)}

You can keep waiting, or start encrypting! 🔐🎃👻💀

Happy #Halloween everyone!

A handmade set for Bee lovers with yellow Agate and blue Sapphire gemstones. Only one available, let me know if you are a bee lover or if someone in your life does, and I'd be happy to send it your way ❤️🐝

#bee #bees #handmade #art #arts #artists #artist #shophandmade #gifts #giftideas #fedigiftshop

#LibreOffice 24.2.7 Released as the Last Update in the Series, Upgrade to LibreOffice 24.8 9to5linux.com/libreoffice-24-2…

@libreoffice @tdforg #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

Happy birthday to ARPANET, the forerunner of the modern internet! 53 years ago, the first message was sent over this pioneering network, paving the way for a world of interconnection and innovation.

As a tech enthusiast, I am constantly amazed by the ways the internet has transformed our lives, allowing us to communicate, learn and share ideas across boundaries and borders. From social media to e-commerce, from telemedicine to remote work, the internet has become an essential part of our daily routines, enabling us to connect with others and access a wealth of information at our fingertips.

#ARPANET #InternetAnniversary #Transhumanism #TechInnovation
#InternetHistory #Networking #DigitalRevolution #Innovation #Communication #Cyberculture #OnlineCommunity #TechHerstory #NetNeutrality #OpenSource #Decentralization #DataPrivacy #Cybersecurity #DigitalRights #Accessibility #Inclusion #SocialImpact #DigitalTransformation #FutureTech #TechOptimism #InternetOfThings #AI

🔗 ethw.org/Milestones:Birthplace…

I've been sick, and thus unable to work on commissions, or general art, or promote myself as much as usual, and weekly bills are now due :(

I had to duck out of an exhibition this week too because of MH (and then getting sick so I'm glad I didn't go).

I had a lot of little prints made for it, so how's this - if you spend £10+ in my Ko-Fi shop on physical items with postage, I'll send you a random small (4x4 or 6x4) print for free. ❤

ko-fi.com/welshpixie/shop

#FediGiftShop #ArtPrints #MastoArt

Visit WelshPixie's Ko-fi Shop!

I've opened a Ko-fi shop. Come take a look!

^Ko-fi

Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. Barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently...

The Shadow Over Cyberspace. Releasing January 10 for FREE. youtu.be/xEzTKtm5grA

The Shadow Over Cyberspace - Cinematic Trailer

Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is runn...

^YouTube

The ravenous beast

Did you know? 🤔

You can join our community-supported #ProtonPass community on #Matrix #Element? matrix.to/#/#proton-privacy:ma…

Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication

You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversation

^matrix.to

• Heck ya (25%, 83 votes)
• Nope (71%, 236 votes)
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And it's live! youtu.be/L63dy6kXhNo

My matrix dart sdk talk from #matrixconf 2024. All things considered I am pretty satisfied with it, especially considering it's my first completely solo talk.

State of the Matrix Dart SDK - td

Day 2 - LAB4

^YouTube

Working on a prototype in PocketPages. It's a bit rough around the edges but rapidly improving, and I'm having a blast.

Feels like the good parts of old school PHP development, with database and schema management built in, the ability to fall back to Go when you need it, real-time support and a Dart SDK for Flutter, plus other community-supported client APIs of course. About the only thing missing for me is switching SQLite out for something like Postgres if your prototype ever grows large enough, but since 90+% of them won't, I'm just not sweating it.

Do you know everything about IPv6, BGP or RPKI and are you willing to share it with others? We are looking for a technical trainer at @ripencc!

(be sure to mention my name in the motivation letter 😎 )

ripencc.recruitee.com/o/techni…

The RIPE NCC - Technical Trainer (Network Engineer)

Hybrid: From home and our office at Amsterdam Central Station Salary: between EUR 49.000 to EUR 69.000 (before tax) plus excellent secondary benefits (see below) Full-time: 37.5 hours per week If yo

^{The RIPE NCC}

🎶 **Excited to Share My New Arrangement of "Thriller" by Michael Jackson!** 🎶

I had so much fun making this track come to life in my own style and couldn’t have done it without the amazing gear and incredible people who helped along the way!

**Special Thanks To:**
- **Viscount International** 🎹 for that iconic organ sound—big shout-out to Delroy White for taking it up a notch with some custom tweaks.
- **Yamaha Drums** 🥁 bringing the heartbeat of this track.
- **Audix Mics** 🎤 for capturing the drum sound perfectly.
- **Pianoteq** for that smooth Rhodes sound in the background, adding that perfect touch.
- **Nord** 🎹 used the Stage 4 for some awesome Clav sounds.
- **Surge Synthesizer** 🎛️ powered up tons of synth sounds! Surge is fully accessible and open-source, and for all my blind producers, this one is a must.

Shout out to Mike Gardner for making it all sound amazing with the final mix!

Check out these links to all the fantastic companies that helped bring this track together:

🎹 Viscount International - [viscount link]
🥁 Yamaha Drums - [yamaha link]
🎤 Audix Mics - [audix link]
🎹 Pianoteq - [pianoteq link]
🎹 Nord Keyboards - [nord link]
🎛️ Surge Synthesizer - [surge link]

**#Thriller #MusicProduction #ViscountOrgan #YamahaDrums #AudixMics #PianoteqRhodes #NordStage4 #SurgeSynth #BlindMusician #MichaelJackson #MatthewWhitakerMusic #Accessibility #MusicForEveryone**