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so I was talking to my boyfriend and I have a habit of transcribin what I'm saying to help those who cannot hear. I do this in meetings, a lot.
Well I almost typed "I love you" in a server when asking a question. I think a bit of me right now wants to die.
#Today
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Khronos
Khronos
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@ke7zum@mastodon.tffppodcast.comWell at least you are willing to admit in public that you love him...

I want you to know that no matter who you choose to vote for, that I still respect your right to naah j/k, fuck you forever if you vote for him. If you did in 2016, maybe you were tricked and could've earn your redemption. In 2020? Highly unlikely. 2024? You should be shunned forever by all.

I'm going to go to bed and hope I wake up to a better country than the one I think I'm in.
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Chris 🌱
Chris 🌱
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I want to be optimistic about this, but I think my optimism died in 2016 and hasn't come back.
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Phil Baker
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Same. It shows the power of the right-wing media bubble. Too many people live in a different reality.

Americans voting for a convicted criminal.

I'm not sure I understand this country.

Considering getting either an #xbox or #ps5 for the family as a #gaming platform. Any opinions as to which console has the best #accessibility setup for #blind game players?
#Accessibility #blind #gaming #ps5 #xbox

I'm not sure if I want to watch, or if I want to keep it out of my mind until tomorrow. I'm incredibly anxious either way

If you're in Adelaide today, come over to U-City for See Differently Tech Fest! James and Quentin (both camera shy) are here showing off NVDA as well as exhibits from See Differently (formally Royal Society for the blind) and many other organizations.

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #TechFest #TechFest2024

A large room with tables of exhibits and people showing off different products. A table with NVDA displays in the foreground.
#screenreader #nvdasr #nvda #TechFest #techfest2024
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I Installed Gentoo So You Don’t Havtoo lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

I Installed Gentoo So You Don’t Havtoo

A popular expression in the Linux forums nowadays is noting that someone “uses Arch btw”, signifying that they have the technical chops to install and use Arch Linux, a distribution des…
Hackaday

I've had Ditto for a few weeks. It's an alternative to the Windows clipboard that adds a whole lot of cool extras. Today, I finally had occasion to use the search. I simply started typing the snippet I wanted, hit tab, and pressed enter. Windows has clipboard history, but it's 25 items at most and has no search, groups, or other nifty features.

Qtractor is a free, open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) designed for multi-track audio and MIDI recording, editing, and mixing. Qtractor version 1.4.0 was released on November 01, 2024 and is available to download from the Flathub website.

qtractor.org/
flathub.org/apps/org.rncbc.qtr…

#Linux #Qtractor #DAW #Flathub #Flatpak

Install Qtractor on Linux | Flathub

An Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer
Flathub
#linux #Flatpak #flathub #daw #qtractor
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Eden Linnea
Eden Linnea
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@khronos Is it accessible?
@Khronos
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Khronos
Khronos
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@EdenLinnea Hi, I am unsure what distribution you are refering too. I don't think I have access to the post you are asking about.
@Eden Linnea
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Eden Linnea
Eden Linnea
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@khronos Huh. Weird. Sorry. Maybe it mentioned someone else in the post. For all I know voiceover messed up. Sorry.
@Khronos

I printed on Instax a medium format film picture.

The funny thing is that the original is 60x60mm and the print is 62x62mm.

#believeinfilm

#believeinfilm

The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/mozi…
techmeme.com/241105/p22#a24110…


Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division | TechCrunch

This is the second layoff at Mozilla this year, the first affecting dozens of staff on the side of the organization that builds the popular Firefox browser.
Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)

It really bugs me when the AI chat bots in Picture Smart choose to summarize the text in an image. This has happened twice today and I had to then follow up with asking it to just show me the text in the image, rather than summarizing it. Once I did this, it complied. It reminds me of those times when I'm in a doctor's office and the receptionist hands me a form to sign. I ask him or her what is on the form and instead of reading it, they'll say something like, "Oh, that's just you giving us permission to bill your insurance." It was only recently when I realized that the forms had more material than what I was being told and so now I either insist that someone reads the entire form to me or I just use AIRA to do it. Not quite the same situation, I know, but it annoys me when an AI bot summarizes text that it sees, rather than just showing me the text. It's bad enough that I have to force other humans to not do this. Now I have to do the same thing with a chat bot.
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Cleverson
Cleverson
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Well lets hope that at least the bot will let you customize it to read entirely by default.
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David Goldfield
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@clv0 I agree. The default setting should either be to have the bot translate and read the text or at least to have that along with a summary.
@Cleverson
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Cristobal
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So I own a language interpretation agency. Mainly, it’s from one language to another, but someone can also be requested if the patient isn’t able to read the printed word. I in the past have requested that someone be available to read me and help me fill out forms etc. it’s the patient’s right to request assistance and the hospital’s obligation to provide it.

Christians or other people of faith may wish to consider these thoughts from Pastor Mark Peake of First Presbyterian Church of Monterey on Election Day, November 5, 2024.

#Christian #Bible #WWJD #Jesus #Gospel #Faith #CoreValues #Character #Family #Kindness #Marginalized #Economy #EconomicJustice #SocialJustice #Education #HealthCare #WholeLife #ProLife #Immigration #ElectionDay2024 #ElectionDay #Vote2024 #USA #Americans #Vote

FPC Monterey View - November 5, 2024 From the Pastor’s Desk People have asked me, as a pastor, what Christians should consider as they head to the polls today. I would never tell anyone how they must vote nor would I, in my official role as pastor, endorse a specific candidate. However, there are principles that we, as Christians, should consider. Here are a few thoughts in that direction: 1 Kindness. This is a core value for me. If someone is casually or regularly mean-spirited, that's a huge red flag, and they’re far from the heart of the Gospel. 2 Current and proposed treatment of the "least of these." In Matthew 25, Jesus is pretty clear that the measure of our faith is in how we treat the most marginalized among us. He goes as far as to say that if you don't do that well, you're going to find it pretty hot in the afterlife… 3 Current and proposed treatment of the economy towards a Biblical ethic of economic justice. There is more in the Bible about this issue than any other single issue Christians debate, and it's sad that so many Christians don't know this.
FPC Monterey View - November 5, 2024 [From the Pastor’s Desk, page 2 of 2] 4 General Character. Of course, no one is perfect and we lean into grace but sometimes it's easy to see where one candidate is trying harder to demonstrate selfless rather than selfish behavior. This includes a realistic look at how the candidate has handled his/her own family and interacted with the public in the past. 5 If a candidate is proposing restrictions to health care and education then that candidate is working in direct opposition to the Gospel. 6 A whole life approach to things in general. As opposed to merely “pro-life” this means an attitude that works towards solutions that make the choice for life more likely. So, things like universal child care, access to affordable health care, etc. are to be worked toward. 7 Specific to this election is a consideration of immigration. Here is what the Bible says about that: Leviticus 19:33-34: "When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” (Note that this is a direct command from God.) And in the Greek scriptures, Hebrews 13:2: "Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.” What candidates and policies honor that sentiment?
#USA #education #healthcare #economy #socialjustice #immigration #kindness #bible #vote #family #christian #character #americans #jesus #electionday #WWJD #gospel #corevalues #marginalized #economicjustice #wholelife #prolife #electionday2024 #vote2024 #faith
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David Goldfield
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As a Christian, I agree with the critical importance of how we treat the least of these. I think it goes without saying that if unborn children in the womb are not the least of these, then I don't know what is.

had a parcel to send to Llansantffraid today. I haven't been to Powys for not far on 2 decades now but it still trips off the tongue.

What I like about these live results is that you can view it in a table and you can use your screen reader navigation keys. newsinteractives.cbc.ca/electi…

Less than 35% of Americans make 100K and they are NOT going to see their taxes increase at all. In fact, their taxes will be reduced for 2025, 2026, 2027, and 2028 under the Harris administration.

1 in 16 Americans do NOT make 250K.

1% of Americans make 400K+.

5% of Americans make 350K+.

The GOP will only reduce taxes for the 1% and the 5% of Americans. Kamala Harris plans to make those who make over 400K pay their fair share.

#USA #USAvotes #USpoli #USvotes

#USA #usavotes #uspoli #usvotes
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Hubert Figuière
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but what if suddenly they become millionaires? That's the american dream!

I wonder how many times they're going to crash the pips on Radio4 tonight?

De Jorge Pedro Uribe (historiador, escritor muy chido), "Ciudad Infinita" sobre la #cdmx - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrF…

Ciudad infinita

La serie ‘Ciudad infinita’ es una invitación a reflexionar sobre la Ciudad de México. A lo largo de seis episodios temáticos, nos propone una manera distinta...
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#cdmx

I have to complete my self evaluation today and I really just want to write, "This year I did work and you compensated me for it, as per our agreement."

Find out about my experiences with an Index Braille Embosser on today’s Double Tap tweesecake.social/@doubletap/1…

Double Tap (@doubletap@tweesecake.social)

InnoSearch Experiences & Embossing With Index Braille https://doubletaponair.com/innosearch-experiences-embossing-with-index-braille
TweeseCake
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Sean Randall
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the embossers work fine with adhesive plastic, too, if you need to print something for reusing.

I wish Mona had more braille shortcuts, @MonaApp, I suggest this for a future update. #blind
#blind
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I flat-out collapsed before the 30-second mark, just completely took my knees out

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via Jo Walton on Bsky


Hlavní nadraží Praha - znělka 02 (Dlouhá verze)

Nové video: https://youtu.be/bjAakPRYN0cHlavní nádraží Praha - znělka 02 (Dlouhá verze)Když se člověk zaposlouchá, slyší muziku na každém rohu. Na nádraží h...
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That red skirt I just mended with the little embroidered daisy? Welp, got it stuck on something and ripped the waist opening of it, didn't I. 😆 I don't have thread or a patching fabric that exactly matches so I went the scrap piece of fabric of a good weight and highly visible mending route. I'm thinking it's going to be either a colourful fern or a peacock feather, but bed calls me.

#VisibleMending

The stem or vane of whatever the embroidery will be, finished but with the fluffy bits or fronds missing. The shape is a lovely organic twist of curls, the thread colours stand out and it looks fairly balanced in the little framed rectangle of the topstitching holding the patch in place. The tear is visible when you look directly at it, but the eye is drawn to the embroidery, which will when finished cover up most of it.
Three photos displaying a tear in a red skirt, the patch put on the wrong side of the tear, and the machine stitching on the right side holding the patch down. The tear is at the pocket slit, and while the seam itself has perfect integrity, the fabric itself has torn a good hand's width down. The patch is a bit of green fabric with flowers, from another sewing project, the edge cut with pinking shears. The topstitching from the right side is done with a colour gradient thread going between blue, gold and red, with blends in between. There is the paws and edge of the face of a ginger cat in one frame, as the cat assists.
A very close up of the embroidery going on top of the patch, on the right side. The edges of the tear have been overlapped and loosely stitched together with a red linen thread, that is the wrong thickness, but roughly the right colour. The embroidery is a stem or vane in progress, done in teeny tiny little backstitch. There are varying lines of possible directions for the line of stitching to go, Sini has not been able to decide and has sketched right on top of the fabric.
#visiblemending

If you need a distraction today there is a live stream of a corpse flower blooming youtube.com/live/TcnSeFnzxCE

Corpse Flower Livestream

Watch on as the Corpse Flower blooms Go to geelong.link/corpseflower for more information
YouTube

A short reminder that, starting tomorrow (2024-11-06), there will be a row of maintenance windows at our main service provider. Hopefully you won't notice any of them – and regarding our F-Droid repo, our mirrors will have you covered. Just the web server might (shortly) be unavailable.

If you want to keep an eye yourself, be welcome to visit our monitor at monitor.izzysoft.de/

#serviceToot #maintenance #IzzyOnDroid

Screenshots of planned maintenance windows for IzzyOnDroid servers on November 6-9

IzzyOnDroid

Welcome to the official IzzyOnDroid Status Page. This page contains an overview of the status of various IzzyOnDroid services and the official mirrors. I
monitor.izzysoft.de
#serviceToot #maintenance #izzyondroid

Apple Continues Working to Get Blood Oxygen Sensing Back in U.S. Apple Watches as Next Masimo Trial Begins macrumors.com/2024/11/05/masim…

Apple Continues Working to Get Blood Oxygen Sensing Back in U.S. Apple Watches as Next Masimo Trial...

Apple and Masimo are back in a California court this week for a bench trial that will see Masimo arguing that Apple illegally poached its employees...
Juli Clover (MacRumors.com)

I cut my finger chopping cheese, but I think that I may have grater problems.
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David Goldfield
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There are medical practitioners who specialize in this type of assistance. It's a cottage industry.

The US Navy equipped dolphins with cameras to study their unique underwater hunting abilities. The footage captured showed remarkable dolphin teamwork and precision in capturing fish, demonstrating the animals' incredible diving skills and adaptability in varied environments. This innovative research sheds light on how dolphins utilize their sonar and echolocation for hunting.

Link: sciencealert.com/the-us-navy-p…
Comments: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


The US Navy Put Cameras on Dolphins And The Results Were Wild : ScienceAlert

A buzz of clicks and gleeful victory squeals compose the soundtrack in the first footage ever recorded from the perspective of dolphins freely hunting off the coast of North America.
Tessa Koumoundouros (ScienceAlert)

So,, my department for the blind and visually impaired is outright giving me a computer packed with the latest jaws version and a 40 cell braille display. I did not expect this at all! It's super awesome and I'm totally getting Leasy with it too. Is anyone else excited about getting new tech this year? #blind
#blind
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Sean Randall
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it has acapela text-to-speech in it. My first Index used prerecorded Human speech, but the newer ones have software.
The control panel is labeled in Braille.
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Sean Randall
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@EdenLinnea yeah. I mean hammering holes in things is never going to be a silent operation, but I've heard much quieter machines.

it's not designed for huuuge batch jobs, of course. I can run off a 30 page bug history for work whilst popping out for a coffee and nobody's bothered. I would like a better way of binding my paper, perhaps i'll ask for a binding machine as a christmas present.

@Eden Linnea
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Nick's world
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@cachondo @EdenLinnea Binding machines are a thing?
@Sean Randall @Eden Linnea
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Sean Randall
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@EdenLinnea of course. Lots of ways of keeping sheets of paper together. I dislike staples, they make reading a double-sided Braille sheet fiddlesome.
@Eden Linnea

podcast 31 has just been uploaded to my podcast site. This podcast is a review of the Raynic Weather Radio moddle CR1009. you can either go to the main page located at
jjhof.com/podcast
and it will be the first podcast you come across, or you can use this link to go directly to the podcast.
jjhof.com/podcast/index.php?na…

JamminJerry's House of Fun!

If you miss the days of The Dirty House of fun (without the music) then you have come to the right place! you could hear a little bit of anything! Bits from old shows, rants, discussions, demonstrations, cute Stuff from my boys, Random topics, and ev…
www.jjhof.com
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Sean Randall
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we don't have anything comparable to your national weather radio service here. Our shipping forecast goes out a few times a day and there are specialist marine radios that use VHF I think, but tuning into 24/7 weather on a home receiver seems a pretty different way of doing it to me here in the UK.

hmmmmmm there is something i have to do today but i can't quite remember what it is…

#joyscrolling #CatsOfMastodon #DogsOfMastodon

#catsofmastodon #dogsofmastodon #joyscrolling

DUN DUN.

Dog hasn't changed timezone.. So she begs for supper too early.

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division

techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/mozi…


Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division | TechCrunch

This is the second layoff at Mozilla this year, the first affecting dozens of staff on the side of the organization that builds the popular Firefox browser.
Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)
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Hubert Figuière
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gotta love techcrunch reusing a picture of the sight long gone: the monument has been removed as the SF office has closed.

The US two-party system is completely fucked up. How could they end up in an election where they have to chose between Kamala Harris and Vladimir Putin?

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 12 updated and 3 added apps:

* Aurora Store: the inofficial PlayStore client has been added on special request. At IoD it's one of the #reproducibleBuilds 🛡️
* Aegis: the 2FA app has been added at special request, too
* OpenBible: download & read the bible in different languages 🛡️

RB: 320 apps (26.5%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid
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Leeloo
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Out of curiosity, what's the reason for having apps that already exist in f-droid?
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IzzyOnDroid ✅
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@leeloo F-Droid describes itself as decentralized and stresses the importance to not be "locked into F-Droid as the monopoly app provider" (see: f-droid.org/en/2022/02/05/dece…) – so we help with that. Furthermore, several apps have #reproducibleBuilds at IoD but not there (e.g. Aurora Store). IzzyOnDroid performs extra checks (see: android.izzysoft.de/articles/n…). So this increases security and also resilience. Also, some people prefer one place and others the other, developers included 😉

Zusätzliche APK-Checks im IzzyOnDroid Repo

Nachdem der Library-Scanner nun seit mehreren Jahren im IzzyOnDroid Repo im Einsatz ist war es an der Zeit, einige zusätzliche APK-Prüfungen zu etablieren.
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#reproduciblebuilds @Leeloo

🗳️ 🇺🇸 Election Day is an official holiday here at Adafruit. All employees have a paid day off so they can get out and vote, or volunteer for poll working, etc ! While we will still be moving orders on Tuesday, November 5 there may be some delays or longer ship times. Please allow extra time and plan accordingly!

Got it all done. By that I mean returning broken electronics and the haircut, of course! Now now, all you "go vote" peeps, chill, I early voted on Friday.
It would be my luck to arrive at Best Buy though, only to be told that their fuse had blown and the store was opening later in the day instead. Had to go to Staples, where they tried to get me to sign up for their rewards program just to get store credit for the items I return. Not too worth it to me.
Back to work for the last 2 hours now.
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