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Starlink enters National Radio Quiet Zone—but reportedly cut off access for some
Starlink offered to 99.5% of zone, but locals say Roam product was disabled.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

Starlink enters National Radio Quiet Zone—but reportedly cut off access for some

Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)

Videos from #MatrixConf, usable implementations of Matrix 2.0, a new Matrix Client called Tammy and lots of changes in Fractal! This and more happened this week in #Matrix!

Come check it out at matrix.org/blog/2024/11/01/thi… 🎉


This Week in Matrix 2024-11-01

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
MTRNord (matrix.org)
#matrix #matrixconf

💟 1 year ago today I joined TetraLogical, the best group of #accessibility practioners I could ever wish to work with.

If you need practical, expert advice, you know where to get it 🖖🏽

tetralogical.com/services/


Services - TetraLogical

Accessibility consultancy with a focus on inclusion. We can help you with knowledge, experience, strategy, assessments, and development.
TetraLogical
#Accessibility

Methamphetamine is not a recommended PC component, but Australian police detected 220 pounds of it hidden inside boxes of PC cases that came in from Malaysia. pcmag.com/news/diy-drug-smuggl…

It's 1214 days since I filed a React Native bug because an external keyboard user on Android cannot get focus into a text input field so can't fill in forms. No-one cares. Except people with access needs, of course. github.com/facebook/react-nati…

Can't focus into text fields, Android + external keyboard · Issue #31820 · facebook/react-native

In the first Expo example on https://reactnative.dev/docs/textinput - with an external physical keyboard on Android, we don't seem to be able to move the focus into/ between these input fields. It'...
GitHub

"Who preserves what happens on the internet?" Listen as
@brewsterkahle talks with Mary Louise Kelly of All Things Considered about the cyberattacks against the Internet Archive.

▶️ npr.org/2024/10/29/nx-s1-51624…

@Brewster Kahle

Whenever a random number texts you the word "Hello" with no context or anything... They've never texted you before or anything like that. you're either about to get scammed, or you're about to meet your extremely rich Nigerian uncle. Which means that you're probably about to get scammed.

I wonder how much it would cost to make a custom bit of hardware to emulate Braille Screen Input on windows?
I'm thinking a little touchscreen with an ESP32 in a box with a battery that BLE's to my laptop.

Speaking of soup, one time I was named ‘soup di di’ by the kids I worked with in India. They said they had never been met anyone who drank as much soup as me. Even in rural India I was like ‘I need a hot and sour soup, one by two’ at every meal

Does anyone know of an AI image editor that takes an image, then a text prompt of what the user wants to do and returns the manipulated image? Really need a way to edit vacation pictures.
in reply to aaron

x0
x0
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Apparently, the image playground in iOS 18.2, and supposedy something on the pixels?

Took the ol' train to a meeting this morning and got to do the funniest thing ever: blow the train whistle at a car stopped in the bike lane
Me and my cargo bike decorated with cardboard to look like a steam train complete with a headlight, smoke stack, and cow catcher

spider photo
She wrapped her prey and is probably saving it for dinner.
A big, green bodied spider with yellow and white spots, and a black and white head. Her legs have yellow and black stripes. A small bug is wrapped near her, both hanging from the spiderweb.
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Checking into the United Kingdom's version of Comedy Central and noticing they're playing Parks & Rec. Loved that show, but just as with many American shows played over the pond, I notice how much Leslie's voice is pitch shifted up. This made me ponder: Do people in the UK think that shows in the US are too lower-pitched for them? Is it really that they watch old shows from the US at a higher pitch?
Side-note: This is another reason I avoid UK-based audio-described content. No thanks pitch shift
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James Scholes
James Scholes
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I suspect the majority of people wouldn't notice, but I certainly found it off-putting the first time I watched something from the US that I was already familiar with from the UK. This isn't an issue for streaming services, though, so hopefully will go away over time.
in reply to James Scholes

Tamas G
Tamas G
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@jscholes yeah, part of me figured cross-syndication would stop this from happening - I'm aware the pitch shift problem is more of a relic from the NTSC and region conversion days, where the timing of the track got slightly altered. When converting from NTSC to PAL, the frame rate changes from 29.97 to 25 frames per second, which results in a slight increase in pitch. So even though Blu-rays can technically handle both formats, the studio's mastering can still impact it.
@James Scholes
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Steve
Steve
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I imagine they do. Hooray for framerate differences between PAL and NTSC. I'm kind of surprised that's still an issue these days.

od rána chodia stále hostia, akože furt

Received the braille sense 6. Have it for 5 weeks. Will write up a script this weekend and record my braile/sense player TTS demo next week. Audio only but it'll still go up on Youtube. From what I understand, to factory reset a braille sense, you just do the normal android reset, right? Any special buttons to hold down ETC? Manual of course says to of course contact tech support.

Racism is systemic in Québec.

FYI It took the police 9 days to decide taking the time to boil water and throw it at a child is a crime...

AND NOW, she's out on bail. Must be nice to be white and pure laine, eh.

cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/wo… #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #CAQASTROPHE

#assnat #polqc #caqastrophe #qcpoli

Biweekly is a terrible word.

-- Would you know if “biweekly” means twice a week or twice a month in this email?

#translation

Edit: Guys, the whole point is that it can mean both :P

merriam-webster.com/dictionary…


Definition of biweekly

Definition of 'biweekly' by Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
#translation
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Stéphanie Pageau
Stéphanie Pageau
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You guys should follow French on this and do biweekly for twice a week and bimonthly for twice a month.

And every two weeks, for every two weeks.

(this is a joke)

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Rick Scott 🏳️‍⚧️
Rick Scott 🏳️‍⚧️
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en vrai, je vous soumets que le mot anglais « biweekly » est bien plus bizarre et bien plus problématique que le mot français « quatre-vingts », que nous anglos semblons trouver étrange 😂

"Can't see this email?" Nope, blind. "View it online." Nope, still blind. Silly little conversation I have with myself when opening email newsletters.

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The new version of Wagtail, v6.3, has been released.
How many release announcements kick off with a strong commitment to accessibility like this one?

"We're just a little obsessed with accessibility around here. Between our accessibility checker feature, the accessibility workshops we've hosted, the accessibility statistics we shout about, and the dedicated Accessibility page we have here on Wagtail.org, you may have noticed that. So, ..."

💙 @wagtail
wagtail.org/blog/wagtail-63/


Level up your image accessibility and dashboards with Wagtail 6.3 | Wagtail CMS

Manage alt text like a pro and more with our latest Wagtail release
Wagtail CMS
@Wagtail
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Happy Friday! We celebrated by releasing Wagtail 6.3! ✨

This is our latest LTS release, so we packed a lot of great features into this one. Have a look. 👀

wagtail.org/blog/wagtail-63/

#Wagtail #Django


Level up your image accessibility and dashboards with Wagtail 6.3 | Wagtail CMS

Manage alt text like a pro and more with our latest Wagtail release
Wagtail CMS
#django #wagtail

An AI-generated ad left thousands of Dubliners waiting for a Halloween parade that never came engadget.com/ai/an-ai-generate…

An AI-generated ad left thousands of Dubliners waiting for a Halloween parade that never came

Thousands of people took to the streets after being duped by an AI-generated ad for a parade. The My Spirit Halloween website advertised the fake event.
Lawrence Bonk (Engadget)

Intel’s future laptops will have memory sticks again theverge.com/2024/11/1/2428551…

Intel’s future laptops will have memory sticks again

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger now Lunar Lake’s integrated memory turned out to be a financial mistake, and Intel won’t do it again.
Sean Hollister (The Verge)
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