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Good morning everyone! As you all know if you follow me, I'm a sighted dev whose focus is on accessibility for the blind. I got into the space of accessibility and learned how important it was because I joined an accessibility jam and got first hand experience speaking with blind gamers. So I'm inviting you to the type of jam that changed my outlook! So join the discord for "Games for blind gamers" and ask your questions!
discord.gg/tqQXqX8gEq

#gamedev #accessibility

Join the Games for Blind Gamers Discord Server!

Check out the Games for Blind Gamers community on Discord - hang out with 183 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
Discord
#Accessibility #gamedev
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Whoops, missed posting about @randalschwartz and @bagder talking about Curl last week! hackaday.com/2024/11/06/floss-…

FLOSS Weekly Episode 808: Curl – Gotta Download ’em All

This week, Jonathan Bennett and Randal Schwartz chat with Daniel Stenberg about curl! How many curl installs are there?! What’s the deal with CVEs? How has curl managed to not break its ABI f…
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Today's Web Design Update: groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/… Subscribe info: d.umn.edu/itss/training/online… #Accessibility #A11y #WebDesign

Featuring @aardrian, @piccalilli, @yatil, @mgifford, @karlgroves, @seaotta, @jakelazaroff, @theadamsilver, @AlexDawsonUK, @gerrymcgovern, and more.

Web Design References: Webdev Newsletter

Web Design References: News and info about web design and development. The site advocates accessibility, usability, web standards and many related topics.
www.d.umn.edu
#a11y #Accessibility #webdesign @Adrian Roselli, pH0 @Mike Gifford, CPWA @jake lazaroff @Karl Groves @Gerry McGovern @Stephanie 🔮 Web Witch @Eric Eggert @Adam Silver @Alexander Dawson @Piccalilli

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Folks, have you encountered this weird NVDA issue? NVDA does not enter focus mode when pressing enter on the Gemini edit field. I can duplicate it, and it doesn't affect JAWS 2025.
github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…
@NVAccess

nvda does not enter focus mode when pressing enter in gemini edit field · Issue #17044 · nvaccess/nvda

Steps to reproduce: go to the gemini website https://gemini.google.com/app After making the current options such as accepting contracts and logging into google. It is important to mention that my n...
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@NV Access

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Automate the deployment of Amazon RDS for Db2 Instances with Terraform
aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/… #aws #blog

Automate the deployment of Amazon RDS for Db2 Instances with Terraform | Amazon Web Services

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is the practice of provisioning and managing your computing infrastructure using code, rather than manual processes and settings.
Amazon Web Services
#blog #aws

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A Simple Breakdown of Localhost and 127.0.0.1 in Networking linuxtoday.com/blog/a-simple-b…

A Simple Breakdown of Localhost and 127.0.0.1 in Networking | Linux Today

When working with Linux or any other operating system, you might encounter the terms localhost and 127.0.0.1 quite often. They are closely related, but understanding the distinction between the two can help clarify many networking concepts.
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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 16 updated and 1 new apps:

* rbtlui: if you always wanted to explore our #reproducibleBuilds this app is for you: rbtlui provides a graphical interface to explore the builders verifying the apps (and the verified apps themselves) provided by IzzyOnDroid on reproducibility. Of course rbtlui is RB itself 🛡️

So thanks to @bg443 for rbtlui! And 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 @bg443

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For some reason people fleeing the sinking #Twitter / #X ship for #BlueSky don't seem to be aware of the fact that crypto bros at #BlockchainCapital bought a huge stake in the company just a few weeks ago. Like these are basically the same crypto bros who just helped #ElonMusk buy Twitter. They might even be literally the same people (I strongly suspect they are but I'm too lazy to check). Either way #BlockchainCapital was co-founded by #BrockPierce, who also brought you #Tether, AKA the company that Trump's transition team chairman manages $120 billion for. Pierce is also a friend of the #Netanyahu family.

You don't have to take my word for it. Here's the official press release: bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2…

Moving to BlueSky is not an escape. Growing a base there is just putting in a bunch of work to create a platform that will be co-opted by crypto bros as soon as X breaks in half.

p.s. crypto bros (#a16z) also own #Substack

#crypto #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #USDT #Trump #DonaldTrump

Bluesky Announces Series A to Grow Network of 13M+ Users October 24, 2024 by The Bluesky Team Bluesky now exceeds 13 million users, the AT Protocol developer ecosystem continues to grow, and we’ve shipped highly requested features like direct messages and video. We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised a $15 million Series A financing led by Blockchain Capital with participation from Alumni Ventures, True Ventures, SevenX, Amir Shevat of Darkmode, co-creator of Kubernetes Joe Beda, and others.

Bluesky Announces Series A to Grow Network of 13M+ Users - Bluesky

Bluesky
#Trump #twitter #bitcoin #crypto #cryptocurrency #bluesky #substack #elonmusk #x #netanyahu #donaldtrump #blockchaincapital #brockpierce #tether #usdt #a16z
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‘Congratulations to the convicted felon’: Scotland’s Parliament unrelentingly tears into Trump after re-election themarysue.com/congratulations…

'Congratulations to the convicted felon': Scotland's Parliament unrelentingly tears into Trump after re-election | The Mary Sue

Donald Trump shares a close bond with Scotland, with his mother being born there and him owning multiple properties in the country
Evan Tiwari (The Mary Sue)

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If you think for a minute I didn't preorder this as soon as I heard about it, well...

A brilliant new Black Mirror-style sci-fi thriller by the star of Red Dwarf and Fully Charged.

PRE-ORDER NOW
Shadow
The Ghost Camera is a gripping sci-fi thriller in which a British hi-tech start-up accidentally discovers an alternative use for one of their inventions – by creating a tiny, momentary black hole in a lab, they can capture images that defy all attempts to explain them.

Morris is a laboratory janitor in Oxford and is perfectly happy with his lot.

When Morris accepts company stock as overtime pay, he never expects to be caught in the middle of an extraordinary discovery – a camera that captures images from through time, not space.

Told through Morris’s own observations, but also through clippings from newspapers, tech magazines and websites from all over the world –
The Ghost Camera offers a Black Mirror-style parable about where technology might lead us.
ctrk.klclick.com/l/01JCK4XGXB0…

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The Rhodes #BlackFriday sale is now on.
Upto 60% off in some cases.
I have an affiliate link but as always, no need to use it if you don't wish to do so.
rhodesmusic.com/#a_aid=OnjMusi…

Homepage - Rhodes Music

RHODES MK8 ARTIST SERIESTHE NEW LIMITED EDITION MK8 PIANOdiscoverThe MK8 has arrivedthe iconic rhodes tine piano returnsdiscoverRHODES ANTHOLOGY PLUGINSTEP INTO THE WORLD OF MUSIC LEGENDSExploreBLACK FRIDAY DEALSUP TO 60% OFF RHODES SOFTWAREUNLOCKRHO…
Rhodes Music
#blackfriday

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While LLM output looks promising and true, there is always something wrong — and you won't find it unless you have experience in the subject area.

For carthography AI is especially bad, because nobody writes proper documentation, so there is nothing to train on.

Here are three examples of Ian's LLM photo-to-tags bridge integrated into Every Door. While opening hours detection works great, everything else... Can you spot what's wrong in each tag list?

#30DayMapChallenge

Photo of a shop plate: "Kosmetika. Open 09.30-18.30, Saturday 10.00-18.00, Sunday 10.00-17.00 no break".
AI detected tags from the Kosmetika / beauty salon photo. Tags are: amenity=beauty, opening_hours=Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30, Sa 10:00-18:00, Su 10:00-17:00.
AI detected tags for a monument. Tags are: amenity=statue, description=Statue of an important historical figure, material=stone, name=Monument.
AI detected tags for a post box. Tags are: amenity=post_box, addr:housenumber=132, name=Почта. (132 was a ref number, not address).
#30DayMapChallenge
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Every Door OSM Editor

In the past couple weeks, I'm increasingly looking towards @MapComplete : its thematic editing and linear geometry tools would be very helpful when I finally get myself to survey speed limits in my area.

Every Door can do much, but not all. That's why many mappers have multiple apps on their phones: StreetComplete, Organic Maps, OsmAnd, Vespucci, Go Map... And MapComplete in a browser tab.

#30DayMapChallenge

Screenshot of a mobile browser with MapComplete open. There's a yellowish map with black and red lines for roads. On some, speed limits are displayed: 30 or 50. There is a menu button and a header at the top: "Maxspeed", and a "Search a location" field.
MapComplete opened in a mobile browser. Displayed is a page for editing a speed limit for a road segment. Panels, from the top: 1. Menu bar with some unlabelled icons and an X button. 2. Question: "What is the legal maximum speed one is allowed to drive on this road?" with a "50" for an answer, and two buttons: Cancel and Save. 3. Small map with a black line for a road and a "50" limit in a red circle. 4. Button "Split this road in smaller segments". 5. Button "Mark this location as favourite" with a big heart for an icon. 6. Button "Share this location". 7. A QR code to open the location on another device. 8. Last edited timestamp (11 September, 8:32).
#30DayMapChallenge @MapComplete

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Far More Blue

Even after the darkest night, the sun will shine. The sea will entertain you with its relaxing noise, and the sand will reflect the light in a warm, ancient colour palette.

#Photography #Photo #MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday #NaturePhotography #Nature #Sea #Light #Blue #Sky #Italy

A view from a beach, with sand, blue sky and the sea. The light, the sea and the sand will shine on you, warming your soul.
#photo #photography #nature #Light #Italy #naturephotography #sea #sky #meermittwoch #seawednesday #blue

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It’s been a long long while since I’ve focused on my writing so I signed up at
writingmonth.org. My goal is simple - commit to writing at least 500 words/day and see where it leads me ✍️

My handle is curiousmagpie if you want to connect there. 👋

Weblog: curiousmagpie.weblog.lol/

#WritingCommunity #WordWeavers #WritersCoffeeClub #WritingMonth

Musing with the Magpie · Geese

curiousmagpie.weblog.lol
#writingcommunity #writerscoffeeclub #WritingMonth #wordweavers
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#AfricanArt #flute #flutist #painting #oilpainting
Painting of the Day. The Flutist VI
> > artcameroon.com/the-flutist-6/
Here is an oil painting of a barefoot flute player rendered in bold, sweeping strokes of color. The painting captures the joy and passion of music making.
37 x 63 centimeters
15 x 25 inches
$500 original / Satisfaction guaranteed / Free delivery

The Flutist VI

Painting of an African flute player making music. Available from USA - original or print. 37cm x 63cm / 14in x 25in
Art Cameroon African Paintings
#painting #flute #oilpainting #africanart #flutist

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Taking a break from awful things:

Scientists taught rats to drive cars. The rats quickly learned to rev the engine and take longer routes just for fun.

Bonus: Watch the researcher do a little happy leap when the rat gets into the car.

theconversation.com/im-a-neuro… #science #tech

I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life

Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as powerfully as stressful ones
The Conversation
#tech #science

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I've changed the URL to the article on Buzzfeed, rather than the URL from Apple News.

From Buzzfeed:
Women Are Sharing The Tips And Tricks They Use To Stay Safe While Dating -
buzzfeed.com/caseyrackham/wome…


Women Share Safe Dating Tips and Tricks

"If you live in an apartment complex and feel like someone is following you home, you shouldn't turn the lights on right away when you get inside. If you do, it can tip them off as to which exact unit you live in."
Casey Rackham (BuzzFeed)
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More improvements coming to #LibreOffice thanks to students in the Google Summer of Code! For instance, in Calc's Function Wizard, the functions are now nicely grouped together – rather than being in one big list: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource
Screenshot of Function Wizard with functions in a collapsable tree list

LibreOffice and Google Summer of Code 2024: The results - The Document Foundation Blog

This year, LibreOffice was once again a mentoring organization in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC), a global program focused on bringing more developers into free and open source software development.
Ilmari Lauhakangas (The Document Foundation)
#foss #opensource #libreoffice

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🇫🇷🇦🇿 Nuevo capítulo en las tensas relaciones entre Francia y Azerbaiyán:

En la COP29 de Bakú el presidente azerí Ilham Aliyev aprovechó su discurso para volver a atacar a Francia por su rol colonial en sus territorios de ultramar, espacialmente en Nueva Caledonia

politico.eu/article/ilham-aliy…

#politicafrancesa


Azerbaijan’s president slams ‘colonial’ French, Dutch overseas territories at COP29 

Ilham Aliyev also accused the European Parliament of sharing responsibility for deadly riots in New Caledonia.
Zia Weise (POLITICO)
#politicafrancesa

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Welcome to the RB family, MultiLocale 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/io.ni…

MultiLocale enables you to add additional (or "unsupported") languages to your device's locale settings, if the OEM doesn't let you.

With joint efforts, the app's author and I got it RB. The repo here should reflect that with the next release.

#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid


„MultiLocale“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

add languages to your device's locale
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid

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TOP chorea: invaze na Hanou, Tribuna Sever i Chachaři. Které je NEJ?
Slavie teď o víkendu, myslím překonala fakt vše. To muselo dát práce, neskutečný.
isport.blesk.cz/clanek/fotbal-…

TOP chorea: invaze na Hanou, Tribuna Sever i Chachaři. Které je NEJ?

Největší choreografie v historii českého fotbalu. Fanoušci Slavie se o víkendu předvedli s velkou parádou při oslavě výročí 132 let od vzniku klubu. Jejich nápaditá plachta i velká ohňostrojová show oblétla celý fotbalový svět.
Petr Fantyš (iSport.blesk.cz)

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Who would have expected that doing Whois on a domain name, grepping everything that looks like an e-mail address and sending there Domain Control Validation e-mails could go wrong 😀

ssl.com/blogs/ssl-com-to-depre…

SSL.com to Deprecate Domain Contact-Based Email Domain Control Validation on December 2, 2024 - SSL.com

Starting December 2, 2024, the WHOIS-based email domain control validation (DCV) method to obtain SSL/TLS certificates will no longer be accepted by SSL.com.
SSL Corp
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