I mean, this is cool: "I would say, you got to say, in terms of computer, I would say he's probably about as good as you get," Trump said about Musk. Harris and Trump bring their closing arguments to 2 key Southwest swing states - NPR apple.news/AfaIqygqoTEuTTj1WQm…
With five days left until Election Day, the candidates are making a last-minute pitch to Latino voters in Arizona and Nevada — talking about border security, one of the biggest issues for the campaign.
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.
👉 "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."
Elon #Musk Could Have US Citizenship Revoked If He Lied on Immigration Forms - wired.com/story/elon-musk-citi… probably another reason he is desperate for #trump to win - to pardon him....
If you pay close attention, there are some fun additions to the @thunderbird website (thunderbird.net/) to welcome their new mobile app. This is one of our favorites gems (made possible because @Blender is awesome and #OpenSource)
Ever find it hard to keep track of links, buttons, and form fields on a cluttered webpage? NVDA’s Screen Layout feature helps! When enabled, items like links and buttons stay in their visual flow, appearing on the same line. When disabled, NVDA separates each link and control onto its own line, making navigation smoother for some users. Toggle Screen Layout on and off with NVDA+V to customize your browsing experience! #NVDA #Accessibility #ScreenReader #TechTips
Code Factory und Acapela, alternative Sprachausgaben für NVDA Wer sich den kostenlosen Screenreader NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access) installiert, wird mit der freien Sprachausgabe eSpeak oder den Windows-stimmen leben müssen. Diese sind brauchbar, für längeres Arbeiten allerdings eher weniger geeignet. Sie sind zwar tief in Windows integriert... merkst.de/code-factory-acapela… #Android #Apple #Computer #Google #JAWS #Lautsprecher #Microsoft #NVDA #Screenreader #Test #VoiceOver #Windows
Beachten Sie, dass die Seite auf Englisch ist, aber hier ist eine Übersetzung ins Deutsche mit dem Übersetzungsdienst von Google: github-com.translate.goog/nvac…
Das stimmt, aber die Seite ist für deutsche Nutzer völlig uninteressant, weil es nicht viel mehr Auswahl gibt. Zudem sind einfache Anwender zumeist mitGithub meist total überfordert, weshalb ich diese Seite nicht verlinkt habe.
The Global Voice brings together an international team of broadcasters, producers and radio journalists to present for you a wide range of entertaining and informative programs.
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:
During Canadian Federal Elections, poll workers have been known to direct husbands and wives to booths at opposing ends of the room, so as ensure spouses are not ‘monitored’ by each other. I have worked one once and was told by the husband “I just want to make sure she doesn’t make a mistake.” I told him that she was probably old enough to manage in her own to make an ‘X.’ She looked down as she smiled. He wandered off grumbling. I didn’t care how he reacted. mstdn.social/@DemocracyMatters…
Why are so many women hiding their voting plans from their husbands?
A lot of households are not democracies; they’re dictatorships. This may mean voter intimidation and suppression.
https://www.theguardian.
Why are so many women hiding their voting plans from their husbands?
A lot of households are not democracies; they’re dictatorships. This may mean voter intimidation and suppression.
https://www.theguardian.
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)
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 ❤️🐝
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.
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. ❤
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...
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...
In our new #visualnovel The Shadow Over Cyberspace, you'll:
💾Hack classified websites 🐶Pet a dog that definitely is not spyware 😨Experience many "fun" hallucinations 📺Watch non-haunted TV shows 💀Pick your flavor of eldritch apocalypse
I can’t back this up with data *directly* but I have a firm conviction that there are at least 10x as many people like this as there are useful idiots who will vote for Jill Stein or leave the top of the ticket blank because of some esoteric backwards interpretation of Kropotkin. If you want to help in the home stretch then GOTV will be categorically more consequential than yelling at a guy you made up to get mad at (and you probably already know that) historians.social/@philip_card…
#Florida Dem canvasser knocked on a woman's door. Woman thought she couldn't vote. Canvasser reached out to their team lead and the team lead called the Florida Democratic Voter Assistance Hotline. I got the call.
@matt If you have actually read Kropotkin and you're trying to reverse engineer what an actual person might think, you're overthinking it :)
There *is* an actual kind of stupid person who watches streamers react to video essays where the essayist might cite Kropotkin; this sort of person is likely to be far left, and to care a lot about e.g. Gaza, and maybe even say stuff about how electoralism is bad and " we need revolution". But that's not who I'm talking about…
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in reply to Stephan Merk • • •Sehr informativ! Wir haben hier auch eine Seite mit zusätzlichen Stimmen: github.com/nvaccess/nvda/wiki/…
Beachten Sie, dass die Seite auf Englisch ist, aber hier ist eine Übersetzung ins Deutsche mit dem Übersetzungsdienst von Google: github-com.translate.goog/nvac…
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