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#Europa necesita de inversiones para detener la caida del empleo

Para ello decidio imponer #aranceles a ¿todos? los #vehiculos que no se fabriquen en la #UnionEuropea lo que esta afectando de manera muy dispar a la #industria

Todas las fabricantes de #China deberan pagar al menos el doble y hasta 3 veces mas que la fabricante de #EEUU, #Tesla
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Un desempleado esperando una oferta de trabajo
#china #tesla #Europa #eeuu #unioneuropea #aranceles #industria #vehiculos
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Algunos articulos mencionan cifras, pero ninguno se atreve a poner toda la informacion sobre la mesa: ¿Cuantas ayudas reciben las marcas locales y cuanta reciben las extranjeras en sus paises de origen? ¿Reciben directa o indirectamente las locales (a traves de filiales o empresas mixtas) ayudas en los otros paises?

De esto NO SE HABLA UNA SOLA PALABRA en los medios

Lo ironico de esta medida que intenta ayudar a las fabricantes locales, ha sido que todas en su conjunto estan en contra... gracias a esto, #Volkswagen anuncio el cierre no de 2, sino de 3 plantas, #BMW y #MercedesBenz tambien tienen en sus planes reducir su produccion drasticamente, #Stellantis que habia llegado a acuerdos con la empresa asiatica #LeapMotor se estaria quedando sin nada entre las manos y arriesgando a tener que cerrar casi la mitad de su portafolios, porque las empresas chinas estan virando y bajandose de sus planes de inversiones para el viejo continente
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#bmw #volkswagen #leapmotor #mercedesbenz #stellantis
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Gracias a los aranceles, mas de 10 proyectos de fabricas que se estaban teniendo por seguras en #España, #Belgica, #Polonia, #Italia, #Francia, etc han sido detenidas por las empresas asiaticas, las que probablemente se concentren en #Turquia y otros paises con los cuales la #UE tiene acuerdos de Cero Aranceles

Con estos planes cayendose a las puertas del horno... mas de 1 millon de puestos de trabajo en la Comunidad Europea corren el riesgo de quedar en el paro de manera definitiva
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#italia #espana #francia #ue #belgica #polonia #turquia

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Yesterday I said ‘no thanks’ to cake, as I almost always do. Then I saw two slim young women do the performative ‘ooh we shouldn’t really but let’s be naughty, we’ll split one!’ dance before ordering dessert. Then I thought: I've never seen men perform that ritual. Then I recalled these skinny mannequins I saw in a shop last year. I'm sad, cross and shocked but not surprised that we’re *still* teaching women to restrict their food and bodies so their appearance can please strangers and society.
A mannequin in the women's clothing section of a department store. Beyond, clothes on racks and a few distant customers. The mannequin purports to be a woman's body. It has no head, of course. The 'body' is barely centimetres wide, a stick figure, a tall pencil of a 'woman'. The white mannequin is wearing a necklace below it's no-head and is modelling a strapless bustier and a long blue summer skirt. It has no shape or curves. It is we-are-worried-about-your-health skinny, but supposed to be inspirational and aspirational. They are designing women's mainstream clothing to fit unrealistically skinny bodies like this.
A mannequin with a yellow-and-blue summer dress, halter-necked and with cut-outs at the waist. A small handbag hanging off one shoulder is about twice the width of the whole supposed 'woman's body'. Now follows the fuller context and scene description, the same as in the other photo in this toot, so you can skip if already heard: A mannequin in the women's clothing section of a department store. Beyond, clothes on racks and a few distant customers. The mannequin purports to be a woman's body. It has no head, of course. The 'body' is barely centimetres wide, a stick figure, a tall pencil of a 'woman'. The white mannequin has no shape or curves. It is we-are-worried-about-your-health skinny, but supposed to be inspirational and aspirational. They are designing women's mainstream clothing to fit unrealistically skinny bodies like this.

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We had our monthly community call again yesterday. Curious what we've been discussing and what might be coming to the next AntennaPod releases? Have a look at our short meeting notes: forum.antennapod.org/t/monthly…

Monthly community call!

We had another community call yesterday, in which we discussed the following points: The current priorities: autodownload improvements, issues with streaming jumping back and forth, player screen improvements.
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@mensrea
You can, although we cannot guarantee it'll reach the folks who could implement it. Best place to do it is on forum.antennapod.org. But throw it out – you're probably not the only one with that idea and we might just have a link for you to an existing request 😉

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The official forum for AntennaPod, an open-source Podcast Manager for Android.
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AntennaPod

@mensrea
We actually already have something along those lines. It's called 'Smart shuffle'. You'll find that option here: Queue > Three dots in top bar > Sort. For details on how it works, have a look here: github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaP…
Hope that helps!

Rework smart shuffle by ByteHamster · Pull Request #6030 · AntennaPod/AntennaPod

The current smart shuffle algorithm does not work well in cases when you have one podcast with many episodes in your queue. Currently, it calculates a "spread" value for each podcast, dep...
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remember alphachip, a 2021 google paper that claimed that their RL-based methods outperformed the state-of-the-art methods for chip macro placement?

according to this new meta-analysis, their results dont replicate and are full of errors. there's also been allegations of fraud 👀

cacm.acm.org/research/reevalua…

Reevaluating Google’s Reinforcement Learning for IC Macro Placement – Communications of the ACM

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Chris Cooke

This is awesome and I can't wait to see the progression in this type of technology! Keep in mind it does take a very long time to render the description on even a one minute video so don't plan on your two-hour movie being audio described in a flash. My colleague recorded a demo video in our little group tech training session and it was about 10 seconds. I think it took about one minute or a little less to give us the description. It was really cool, though.

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A New Chapter: Welcome to DrKirkAdams.com drkirkadams.com/welcome-to-drk…

A New Chapter: Welcome to DrKirkAdams.com - Dr. Kirk Adams

Explore Dr. Kirk Adams' new website, a central hub for insights on disability inclusion, accessibility, and diversity. Discover blogs, podcasts, webinars, and resources that inspire change and promote inclusivity. Visit now and join the conversation!
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If you've been looking for that next semi-cheap music-making fix but haven't decided what to get, consider Ableton Move.
If you look at the official videos, literature and documentation, you'd be fooled into thinking that it's not actually accessible. This is incorrect.
It runs a web-server for helping you manage samples,recordings and sets, but it also has an undocumented screen-reader which I demonstrate in this video.
Next to Komplete Kontrol, I can say that this has been the most innovative, fun and game-changing piece of hardware I've owned and I thoroughly enjoy working with it.

#InspiredBySound - Let's Move! (Ableton Move Accessibility Overview) youtu.be/p8IbinbOhY4
Excerpt from Peter Kirn's blog about Move:
‘How do I access Move with a screen reader?
Andre Louis has a walkthrough for you, as pointed out here in comments! And as always, it’s terrific. This is honestly worth a watch for sighted users, too, to understand how these interactions work – and it’s required viewing if you work in instrument design.’
cdm.link/ableton-move-guide/
#Ableton #AbletonMove #Accessibility
#ScreenReader #A11y #Blind


Ableton Move guide: tips, tricks, questions answered, hacks - CDM Create Digital Music

Move, the all-new compact all-in-one hardware platform from Ableton, got your attention - whether you loved it, hated it, or just weren't sure.
Peter Kirn (CDM Create Digital Music)
#a11y #Accessibility #blind #screenreader #inspiredbysound #ableton #abletonmove

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🧣Artist: #DavidZinn in City: #AnnArbor USA 🇺🇸 11/2024 - Title:
🟡 "Ada takes windows where she
finds them and makes windows
where she needs them." 🐿️
🔴 "Ada nimmt sich Fenster, wo sie sie
findet, und macht Fenster, wo sie
sie braucht."
#StreetArt #Art #Chalkart #Artist #SidewalkChalk #3DArt #Squirrel #Window
Streetart. On a square wooden post of a front garden fence a small squirrel (called Ada) was painted with chalk with a 3D effect. The squirrel looks out of a (painted) hole in the wood and enjoys the view. Title: "Ada takes windows where she finds them and makes windows where she needs them."
#art #artist #3dart #streetart #davidzinn #annarbor #chalkart #sidewalkchalk #squirrel #window

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What’s New in Jieshuo 20241108: Offline OCR Overhaul & AI Enhancements accessibleandroid.com/whats-ne…

What's New in Jieshuo 20241108: Offline OCR Overhaul & AI Enhancements - Accessible Android

Jieshuo (formerly known as Commentary Screen Reader or CSR), the popular Android screen reader for the visually impaired, has rolled out its latest update:
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Takže přátelé, #Vánoce se blíží a jak jsem varoval, tak už je to tady - #DarujHračku

Máte jedinečnou možnost rozsvítit aspoň na jeden den oči dítěti, který moc důvodů k radosti nemá. Akci organizují každoročně #Tango manažeři na vozíčcích, což je samo o sobě něco, co si zaslouží obdiv.

Představte si, že můžete náhodnýmu prckovi dopřát zázrak pod stromek a splnit mu přání. Buďte #Ježíšek.

Často to nedělám, ale tentokrát prosím - boostujte. On totiž i ten pitomej boost může znamenat radost v očích jednoho prcka.

#vanoce #DarujHračku #jezisek #Tango

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See this animated gif?

It's two comb jellies, each of which was injured, with a part of its body ripped off ...

... and the two healed themselves by merging into one

All their systems -- nerves, gastrointestinal -- merge. If you poke one of the jellies the whole organism reacts

Scientists only just now discovered that comb jellies can do this

Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read and subscribe to here: buttondown.com/clivethompson/a…

Linkfest #26: “Cryptophasia”, Wigner Crystals, and How van Gogh Mastered Turbulence

Hello hello! It’s time for my latest “Linkfest” — or, "the opposite of doomscrolling”, crammed full of the finest items of science, culture and technology...
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A teacher trying to teach good manners, asked her students the following question:

'Michael, if you were on a date having dinner with a nice young lady, how would you tell her that you have to go to the bathroom?
'Michael said: 'Just a minute I have to go pee.' The teacher responded by saying: 'That would be rude and impolite. What about you Sherman, how would you say it?'

Sherman said: 'I am sorry, but I really need to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back.'

'That's better, but it's still not very nice to say the word bathroom at the dinner table. And you, little Johnny, can you use your brain for once and show us your good manners?'

Johnny said 'I would say: Darling, may I please be excused for
a moment? I have to shake hands with a very dear friend of mine, whom I hope to introduce you to after dinner.'

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Are you a technology expert, or just trying to make sense of it all?Our new podcast, Access On, will have something for you.
It’s interactive, informative, and leverages the extensive networks of the National Federation of the Blind to bring you the tech news makers.
Technology is all about people, so we want to hear from you with your tech comments, tips, tricks and questions.
It won’t be long before Access On, is on, and you can follow it today in your app or device. Here’s an audio taster.

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Taken! I made someone happy!!!
I still have my first computer, an Osborne Executive with all of its original software and manuals. It still worked great when I last booted it up in 1999. We're really trying to not hang on to stuff forever, so it's heading for the electronics recycling in a week unless someone wants it. Free, but I don't think I can deal with shipping it anywhere, so pick-up in Woburn, MA.
(Computer details at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_…)
(Any ideas, @knizer?)

#free #VintageComputer


Planned portable computer

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#free #vintagecomputer @knizer
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I use an RSS feed for news, and I’m sure I’m not the only one here on the Fediverse who appreciates the convenience it offers, because it helps me stay informed in a way that suits my preferences.

How do you keep up with the important topics that matter to you?

I’d love to hear your thoughts!

- hyliu.me/fluent-reader/

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Ubuntu #Fedora #ArchLinux #LinuxMint #Debian #Manjaro #Privacy #Decentralization

Fluent Reader

hyliu.me
#linux #foss #opensource #privacy #debian #manjaro #linuxmint #decentralization #ubuntu #archlinux #fedora
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#GNOME Papers finally becomes a PDF viewer that can digitally sign documents and verify signatures.

The latter was implemented by Marek Kašík from our team. It was several years in the making. He originally implemented it for Evince, but Evince is pretty much dead and it's been waiting to be merged upstream for 1.5 years. When Papers were forked from Evince, Marek rewrote it in #Rust and implemented it there. It's currently under review and should be merged soon. ✌️

#Linux #desktop #PDF

A window with details about a certificate which was used to sign the document.
#linux #gnome #rust #desktop #pdf
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Quick Tip: How To Stop Your Battery From Draining When Using Jieshuo Screen Reader accessibleandroid.com/quick-ti…

Quick Tip: How To Stop Your Battery From Draining When Using Jieshuo Screen Reader - Accessible Android

When you set up the Jieshuo screen reader for the first time, you may be asked to disable battery optimization for the app. The downside is that this can
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