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Ach, Mensch, #friedlicheRevolution, #FallDerMauer...manchmal kann ich's nicht mehr hören...

Den Fall der Mauer habe ich verschlafen. Wir lebten damals im #TalDerAhnungslosen...

Aber auch am Tag darauf sind wir nicht nach Berlin gefahren. Unser Ziel war es doch nicht in den Westen zu kommen, sondern zu sehen ob und wie bzw. was von der Utopie verwirklicht werden kann.

Doch allzuschnell traf der Konsumrausch aus dem #Osten auf den sich entfesselnden Kapitalismus aus dem #Westen und erstickte ganz schnell die keimenden Pflanzen.

... ja, es geht schon wieder 🙄

in reply to FediVerseExplorer

Da gabs Utopien? Echt?

Ich dachte die einzige Utopie waren Neckerman-Pauschalreisen und D-Mark Konsum? Von was Anderem habe ich damals nix mit bekommen, sorry.

Und ja, ich wollte als Wessi auch nicht nach Berlin zum feiern. Mir war nicht nach feiern zumute, jeder mit ein bissle Ahnung über die Kohlsche BRD ahnte doch was da kommt.
Bin dann 2 Jahre später nach Ostberlin und habe mir an Silvester dann die mittlerweile eingetroffene Misere angeschaut.

in reply to UffTaTa

Würde mich nicht wundern, wenn Du anderes nicht mitbekommen hast. Bis heute dominiert wohl eine mehr oder weniger einseitige, verengte, westliche (Presse/ Mediensicht) auf den Osten ...


Fun fact: everything Elmo has done to reinstall That Man in the Whitehouse was enabled by software developers.

Sleep well.



Great. Fascist US will be blackmailing & bullying the world.

I hope our collective countries unite and tell US to screw off.

The fact that a government would be threatening retaliation for implementing rules for a bloody social media company...time for the world to ban Twitter. It's only purpose these days is propaganda and subverting democracy.



Imagine an autocorrect that would always replace certain words by others. Imagine this come from law. And LLM with never output these words either.

Watch it fucking happen.

(if you wonder which words, use your imagination, I'm sure we can compile a list based the book burning)



פולמוס: נעמי קליין על זיכרון טבח ה-7 באוקטובר ככלי תעמולה בידי הממסד הישראלי - זו הדרך

zoha.org.il/133392/

> כל מפעל הנצחה מכוון לגעת בלבם של אנשים שלא נכחו במאורעות. אך יש הבדל בין יצירת חיבור רגשי לבין מאמץ מכוון להכניס את הצופים למצב טראומתי ולהופכם להלומי-קרב. מאמץ זה הוא הסיבה לכך שחלק גדול מהמיצגים של הנצחת 7 באוקטובר מתגאים בהיותם "אימרסיביים"



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Tous les ans, la personne la plus riche au monde est sacrifiée et sa fortune distribuée aux plus pauvres.
Tout le reste de l'année est consacré à une redistribution compétitive de la richesse des milliardaires pour ne pas être le plus riche.

#fenetreDOvertonDeLaGauche
trouvé sur tiktok en anglais
#Génies



Today I saw a MAGA post about "your body, my choice" assaults on women.

- Half of the comments were saying nobody ever says that.

- The other half of the comments were saying it.

This is how MAGA operates, in a nutshell, and more broadly speaking, how all fascist movements operate. They simultaneously do the horrific thing while also denying any instance of the horrific thing.

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Being a computer scientist, I plan to teach a ten-year-old some basic programming concepts. Given that I am blind and he is sighted, can anyone please suggest a platform that does not bore him to death by confining him to text-only while at the same time being accessible to me so that I can check what he's doing and where he needs help? #blind #accessibility #programming
in reply to Endarion

I found Keyboard Navigation for blockly. But i did not find a working online example. developers.google.com/blockly/…
in reply to Oskar

@oskar_mbr It's definitely uncharted territory. Hope someone with teaching experience chimes in at some point. And thank you so much for the research you did!!


Happy 55th Anniversary to #SesameStreet! To celebrate this milestone, this account will be exclusively posting GIFs featuring the Sesame Street Muppets each day through Friday, November 15th! Wishing you a week full of sunny days!
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Welcome to new people joining from 𝕏!

Remember, posts are called toots here, likes are called florps, retweeting is technically a cross-account posting exploit that they can't fix because we're using it, and our version of Grok is called Garfiald.

There's no algorithm here! Literally none. There is no computer code behind Mastodon. Each http response is typed out by hand by your server admin in real time. Sometimes this means you won't see replies from other servers, but that's ok, other servers are full of losers anyway.

People here make a point of using alt text — if you can't find an image you want to post, just post a picture of your cat and describe the correct image in the alt text. Nobody will notice, or at least nobody will mind.

The first thing you should do is make a pinned toot with your pronouns, political affiliation, and favourite Linux distribution. Cisgender people are welcome on Mastodon but aren't officially supported, so some features may not work properly.

But most importantly, have fun! Users found to be not having fun will be given a written warning in the first instance and banned if the behaviour continues.




#Jaws users. Since updating my work laptop to #Windows11, Jaws keeps saying “Working on it” when opening folders etc in File Explorer. This is really annoying, just shut up and open the damn folder! Is this just me?
in reply to David Nason

Hi David, this is new verbiage that Microsoft is sending to all screen readers. I was raising this issue only yesterday in a meeting with Microsoft. We’re getting a lot of negative feedback about this, it’s unnecessary and we’d like it removed. I think we will get there.


The internet really started to go downhill the moment some smart-ass bastard decided that "No" on pop-up dialogue boxes should be replaced with "Not now" when what we really want is a button that means "Never fucking ask me this again."



Buenos días, ¿cómo se deja de seguir a alguien? no lo encuentro; gracias
in reply to Isgoria

Abriendo el perfil de la persona tendría que salirte un botón para dejar de seguir.


Kid is playing a Christmas playlist with Wham in the car and I'm not certain he's going to make his next birthday.


La gente estos días va como loca al twitter 2. Se creen que se han quitado la venda de los ojos. Creen estar viendo.
in reply to Javier

@lobonegro Somos como el prisionero volviendo a la caverna de Platón para que nos insulten, pero es que sabemos lo que hay fuera.


My Fediverse Advice:

* Follow more people. No, even more people than that. Basically, if you find a real person and their posts are good follow 'em
* If you get a good reply to a post boost it. If you make a good reply to a post boost it. Replies are not visible in the feed unless you do this. As long as the post is an OK start to a conversation or interesting boost it.
* Write thoughtful replies. And if you put effort into a reply boost it or probably only the people tagged will see it.



today, I am sharing a story about me without going into many details, about the suffering, about the change, about healing. It's messily written, on a computer, in a notepad window, but it was an inspiration from a book.
Once, I was a young girl. I was living life as we all do. But attention was missing from my life, love was missing from my life. I was alone. I had my mental issues, and my disabilities, as I do today.
But there was one thing I had wrong, which I realised while I was reading the book I started reading yesterday.
the grasping mind.
the mind that, for all intends and purposes, wants more, craves more, grasps for money, power, wealth, even love. A mind that is not content with what it has. Such a mind, I understood, suffers. Not because it exists, not because it is there, but because of not appreciating, not being contend or satisfied with what it has.
I looked for attention, love, validation. These things never came to me. I craved them, I grasped for them. Money came, material wealth came, but not these things. Why?
Because craving them, grasping for them, is what caused the suffering. The suffering in me, which went away only when I let go of grasping, of craving, of desiring. then my mind learned to appreciate what it has. I understood that I didn't have to go through what I went through, while I grasped for these things. Through all the fakeness and the hardships my own mind and suffering deluded me to believe were true. I simply had to be patient, I had to learn to let go, I had to learn to appreciate. To me, material things were never an attachment, but people were, feelings were. They were not real, they were attachments. And when learns to let go of attachment, one realises who had true feelings, who wished to be there when you suffered, who stayed through the times when you want to express that you suffer, through the times you change, and then heal. through the times when you want to be you, to live, free from all the suffering, free from all the delusions your own mind puts you through, and when you want to change, when you can no longer bare it, the universe, life, destiny, however you wish to call it, will show you the way, whether through someone, or through something. Your guide will always be there. Your guide will make you aware, without lifting a finger, to what true, unconditional love is, and what attachment is. Because it's all you, they just show you what you have missed, what you have not considered.
The moral of my story is, do not seek, do not grasp, do not crave and desire. Let go of what the ego puts you through, do not harm yourself. Through harming one's self, we are able to harm others by harming our own selves, by suffering, by losing awareness, and by living in the delusional reality our mind sets for us. We can change our mind, it's not impossible. We are not born one way, we can change, we can develop, we can learn. I have accepted my past. Even if people hate or dislike me, it is their choice to do so. I have already forgiven myself, forgiven others. I only hope that if another I know goes through the same conclusions, we'll meet one day, and talk again, already changed, already having acknowledge suffering, let go of the grasping mind we once had. I hope this messily written story serves as someone's inspiration, because it could apply to money, to relationships, to people, to everything. thank you for reading, stay safe, be understanding and compassionate, love yourselves and others, the planet and the universe.
in reply to Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺

I swear, this went over the limit for long posts, so I really hope clients consider it a long post, because. I am not deleting and re-posting. Sorry guys! I apologise, for pressing ctrl+enter instead of shift+enter which let to that. Oops.


Almost screwed up my dedi because the curses interfaces for yes/no on an apt upgrade was not very accessible and I removed a kernel against a warning. Fortunately, it worked out.
in reply to James Scholes

Not sure, I don't remember how I set it up, but for some yes/no choices it presents the yes and no as two words surrounded by angle brackets, and you choose by tabbing around. I was SSH-ing and NVDA wasn't exactly sure where the cursor was.


Does anyone know about Helmholtz machines, or similar, and would be open to me asking a couple of questions?

I do experimental cognitive psychology and they're outside my expertise, and I think my questions are the type that are hard to answer through reading individual papers myself but should be simple for someone who is familiar with the higher level assumptions and norms of the field.

Thanks!

#academicChatter #predictiveProcessing #cognitiveScience #cogsci



Cvičení "Core Killer"/10min 💙❤️💪
Začal jsem cvičit. I když to ukrutně bolí. Bolí to, jako když jsem poprvé cvičil v RÚ Kladruby (u Vlašimi). Začínám zase od začátku, ale já to zvládnu. Nechci se odevzdat, vzdát to, jen pro to, že to bolí a ještě to bolet bude.
A pak půjdu na ten cílený opich do páteře a to mi zase na čas pomůže. Nevzdám to...

TÝDEN S...
🎸🥁GARY MOORE🎤🎸

Gary Moore - Wild Frontier (1987)
youtube.com/watch?v=zsR-6bunsb…



Have just been sent an accessibility toolkit, in an image only PDF file. Said toolkit includes instructions on accessible document formats. Good luck.
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in reply to Jakob Rosin

Bit different, but reminds me or when a hospital sent me a letter as an image pdf. I told them that I couldn't read it so they'd need to send it me as a word document.
What came back was the image pdf embedded in a word document.



Las líneas braille representan los emojis de alguna forma? O está transcripto el nombre que dice el lector, en plan 💞 = corazones giratorios.
in reply to Muchancho modo ameba

en NVDA tienes el complemento Braille Extender que te los mete entre corchetes.


Just got on to the latest #DoctorWho Time War box set (after a catch up). Nowhere, Never is beautifully trippy. Loving it… but I’m now finding myself slightly confused about my own continuity.
in reply to Theta Sigma

Wow, that deep huh? Our continuity is here, right now, in the present. Wondering about the future, about something so impermanent is pointless, it leads to suffering. But your continuity is sure. Even if say, you believed in a next life and you might not remember, you continue existing. We are all connected on the biggest level, that which makes us humans, and then deeper beyond that. But many don't realise that. I am glad you are now, here, that you wrote this post. And I am glad many are here and now, even though many of the many do not realise the significance of living in the present. With that said, be afraid not of your continuity, but of missing even a single present moment. Ha! I'm sure The Doctor would approve of my speech now. ;)
in reply to Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺

@tardis the problem with living in the present is that if you’re not entirely certain of your immediate past or the direction of your immediate future, and your memories and plans have somehow got confused between dream, reality, fiction and possibilities, then the “who I am right now” can be confused by the absence of a clear answer to whether that identity is even remotely continuous with the who I may have believed I was going to be in the process of becoming who I may be now.
in reply to Theta Sigma

Yeah, but then comes awareness. Also, if you feel nervous about it, accept it as a new adventure. Maybe a Doctor adventure. :) With a happy ending. Needless to say that, no matter where the continuity of life gets us to, we must be prepared like the Doctor :) But when awareness develops, and when we practice on that development that exists in us in waiting, we learn to distinguish between what is reality and what is fiction. I had, and still have, issues that blur reality for me. So being aware and knowing where reality is, knowing what is true is essential for one's existence. Also, that's a new adventure I took myself, though I did not watch the box set you did. Bring along some companions, a Tardis, and transform the nervousness into an adventure to remember friend.
in reply to Theta Sigma

Also, everything in this world is impermenant. We constantly change. And change is one thing that if we do not accept, we'd be really really stuck unfortunately. Change is an adventure too. Even this Tardis goes through changes. Do you know how many times I spun around in space? Unaware and broken? But there comes a time when if we embrace change, it just works. Needless to say I still think life is like a game. But the most serious one for the players. Like these lit RPG books we read. :D


Buglers a bit flubby this morning. suppose it's not the done thing to say that, but I've heard cleaner.


Vlivný muž ODS chtěl k Bartošovi dosadit svého člověka na digitalizaci .🔓
denikn.cz/1573819/vlivny-muz-o…




Stupid PayPal question. If I change my name on PayPal, but my card is still registered with my deadname, will transactions still work?
in reply to Stu

Sure, the name on the card is a separate thing. My wife's used my card on her paypal. Just ensure you put the name on the card in when you add the card.


satirical political humour

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Today is a good day! I did my meditation, which could count as a morning one, because I woke up late. LOL. Seems like outings do tire me. In any case, it is time for coffee, be happy and take care of yourselves. 🕉️☯️☸️☮️ #silentSunday #meditation #peace


#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
1/x

in reply to josmit

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
3/x

in reply to josmit

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
4/x



Let's not make life easy for them 😉

Use post-quantum encryption 🔒

👉 tuta.com/blog/post-quantum-cry…



Bastel gerade mit #tuta #tutamail herum, und brauche bitte einmal Unterstützung:
Habe einen bezahlten Account und möchte eine eigene Domain einrichten. Der Einrichtungs-Assistent zeigt mir bei den DNS-Records nur einen Teil des TXT-Eintrages, der für die Verifizierung der eigenen Domain erforderlich ist. Ich kann den Eintrag auch nicht kopieren. Hat jemand einen Tipp?
Bei @Tutanota habe ich nichts dazu gefunden.
in reply to visuellgedacht

Melde dich gern über das Fragezeichen bei unserem Support!


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.


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…
in reply to cuan_knaggs

@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 😉
in reply to AntennaPod

yeah, i'm unlikely to get to the forum. it's a additional sort option for the queue: interleaved. in a queue with multiple podcasts it would sort each podcast by date and then alternate between each pod. so if you have podcasts a, b, c, d your queue would be a1, b1, c1, d1, a2, b2, c2, d2, ...
in reply to cuan_knaggs

@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!
in reply to AntennaPod

i've tried that but it doesn't always get it quite right. will try again and see if i can describe the problems
in reply to AntennaPod

I believe in the past you mentioned that in order to fix the issue of being able to resume playback from a lock screen on Android (after a period of time) it would require a significant or maybe even complete rewrite of the app? Is there a master discussion/thread for this bug? It's hard to know what to search for in the forum. Thank you.


So I’ve had over a year or not being able to upload videos or add alt text using Toot!

Switched to Ice Cubes and it works first time.

But I’ve also noticed I have a shit ton of ‘filtered notifications’ that I got no visibility whatsoever of while using Toot!

Gonna take some getting used to, but here I am.

in reply to Security Writer

Interesting yeah. I also have filters, like a lot of them and I have been able to upload stuff, even alt text, unless it had an update and the tootverse broke. :)