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AppleVis Announces Community Blog Program applevis.com/blog/applevis-ann…

AppleVis Announces Community Blog Program | AppleVis

Do you have a passion for writing opinion content? Are you blind, DeafBlind, or do you have low vision? Do you want to share your authentic lived experiences using the Apple ecosystem with others in the community? If so, AppleVis may have just the op…
applevis.com

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The first virtual meeting occurred in…1916?

"The telephone connections involved traversed about 6,500 kilometers (about 4,000 miles) across 20 states, held up by more than 150,000 poles running through 5,000 switches. … more than 5,100 members attended."

They even had break-out sessions and a musical interlude.

spectrum.ieee.org/virtual-meet…

#Retrocomputing #Zoom #IEEE


The First Virtual Meeting Was in 1916

The amazing feat linked up 5,100 engineers from Atlanta to San Francisco
Allison Marsh (IEEE Spectrum)
#retrocomputing #zoom #ieee

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Keep an eye on state and local initiatives to protect rule of law and democracy. This is a nascent interstate project launched by the governors of #illinois and #Colorado. govsfordemocracy.org/ #Democracy #RuleOfLaw

Governors Uniting to Strengthen Democracy

Since America’s founding almost 250 years ago, the nature and scale of the threats to our democracy have changed more than the founders ever could have imagined, from cyberthreats to fast-moving disinformation campaigns.
Governors Safeguarding Democracy
#democracy #colorado #ruleoflaw #illinois

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@internetarchive First, I'm thrilled that many of your services are back online.
I'm noticing that, with many collections of books and audio dramas, while individual assets are available to download, zip files containing those collections report that the item is not available. Is this a known issue?
Here's an example URL.
archive.org/details/OTRR_X_Min…
Individual assets are available but the zip file is unavailable.

X Minus One - Single Episodes : Old Time Radio Researchers Group : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

X MINUS ONE X Minus One aired on NBC from 24 April 55 until 9 January 58 for a total of 124 episodes with one pilot or audition story. There was a revival...
Internet Archive
@internetarchive
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The move to iOS 18 brought a lot of features, but for those who love or want to start journaling, the Journal app gains a big batch of new and improved abilities.
appleinsider.com/inside/ios-18…

How to use Search and other new features in the iOS 18 Journal app

The release of iOS 18 brought a number of new features to Apple's Journal app, including the new ability to search and sort entries.
Charles Martin (AppleInsider)
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Defense Against the Dork Arts

@hub That was back when Republicans were also complaining about "Conservative voices being silenced" on Meta platforms because they had some fact-checking and were reach-limiting egregious misinformation.

Zuck has since kissed the ring: he said he regrets all the moderation they did on misinformation pointed out by the White house, and called Trump's photo "The most badass thing I've ever seen."

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Didn't have time to watch this month's release party live stream? No stress, this short video will help you catch up. 😌

Slick dashboards and speedy cameras - read the full release notes for 2024.11 here: home-assistant.io/blog/2024/11…

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #DIY

2024.11: Slick dashboards and speedy cameras

Our new sections dashboards are now out of experimental and have become the default, low-latency camera streams using WebRTC, live streaming logs, Home Assistant Voice updates, and much more!
Home Assistant
#homeassistant #diy #smarthome #homeautomation

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MapComplete used to do translations via hosted.weblate.org - we were using the "free tier for Libre/FLOSS-projects" which allowed to have at most 160K strings.

However, because we have a lot of strings multiplied by a lot of languages, we are approaching 180K strings (!). This is a bit over the limit.

As such, @pietervdvn setup translate.mapcomplete.org which will become our main translation hub. It should look familiar, as it too is weblate. You'll have to create a new account though.


Weblate

This site runs Weblate for localizing various software projects.
Weblate
@Pietervdvn

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This man is an amazing storyteller. I could listen to him talk about music and his life for actual days.

Rick Wakeman On Prog Rock, Keyboards and His Legendary Career With Yes

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Rick Wakeman On Prog Rock, Keyboards and His Legendary Career With Yes

In today’s episode, legendary keyboardist Rick Wakeman dives into his incredible career, from his groundbreaking work with Yes to his solo masterpieces. We d...
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The wait is over! 🎉 Be My Eyes is now rolling out on Ray-Ban Meta glasses, bringing hands-free accessibility to our blind and low-vision community in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, and Australia.🌟

Say, “Hey Meta, Call a Volunteer on Be My Eyes,” for hands-free, real-time assistance from 8.1M volunteers.

Updates are rolling out over a few days, stay tuned!

Learn more: bemyeyes.com/blog/be-my-eyes-o…


Be My Eyes is rolling out on Ray Ban Meta glasses starting today!

Update your Ray-Ban Meta glasses to start experiencing unprecedented hands-free accessibility with the Be My Eyes on Ray-Ban Meta glasses in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, and Australia.
www.bemyeyes.com

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Be My Eyes is now available on Meta glasses in Australia, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, and USA. You can say "Hey Meta, Be My Eyes", or you can make a call on your phone and then double-press the camera button to switch between phone and glasses. This allows you to use the service directory or private groups. bemyeyes.com/ray-ban-meta

Be My Eyes for Smart Glasses

www.bemyeyes.com

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Spotify just reported record-breaking profits.

In totally unrelated news, Spotify stopped paying nearly 90% of artists on the service ANYTHING (no royalties for songs w <1k streams/year)

hollywoodreporter.com/business…


Spotify Hits 252 Million Paid Subscribers, On Track For Profitability

"We’re where we set out to be — if not a little further — and on a steady path toward achieving our long-term goals," said CEO Daniel Ek.
Caitlin Huston (The Hollywood Reporter)

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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…
Hackaday
@daniel:// stenberg:// @Randal Schwartz

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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...
GitHub
@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.
LinuxToday

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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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