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I'm finally putting together a list of "getting started with #nixos" videos aimed at beginners to Nix.

I'd love any feedback, positive or negative on this!

youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4I…

in reply to Mike

What is the difference in this and #guix I believe it is? Don't they have a lot in common if my memory serves me right?
#guix
in reply to Khronos

@khronos Yes. Guix forked nix and quickly diverged a ton by switching language and away from systemd. Same base principles still ofc.

They're nix compatible though - which one would need for accessing any non-FOSS software (guix is gnu).



is there any way to append text to the clipboard in NVDA? I used it alot in Jaws back when i was volunteering
in reply to J3317

Yes, there is. Install the Clip Contents Designer add-on from the NVDA Add-on Store. Once installed, you can press NVDA+Windows+C, the same hotkey used by JAWS, to append text to the clipboard. #NVDA
#nvda
in reply to David Goldfield

@DavidGoldfield That's a good add-on. It's also worth being familiar with how Windows clipboard history works as that also lets you grab previous things you have copied. We did a blog post on it here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…

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What have I learned from "#DeltaChat v. Roskomnadzor" case: it's illegal to develop e-mail clients in Russia :neocat_thinking:

RE: craba.cab/@cybertailor/1135196…

in reply to kbity...

> Delta Chat is decentralized.

"STFU!! You should've made it centralized."

> Delta Chat uses end-to-end encryption.

"STFU!! You should've added a backdoor for security agencies."

> Delta Chat developers don't have access to messages.

"STFU!! We define a message as any information transmitted over the Internet, and you seem to have a web forum and a mailing list, therefore you also have to add a backdoor in your app."

> Delta Chat developers don't have technical means to identify users and store their data.

"STFU!! It's required by the law!"

> Your demands violate the right to privacy, the right to secrecy of correspondence, the right to freedom of information and overall weaken encryption and undermine respect for human rights.

"S... T... F... U!!!"



Those of you who have to work through Google, Apple and other store's compliance, we feel you! Maintaining around 16+ target distribution sites for cross platform apps takes a constant toll on us.

One of the giant features of #webxdc app developments is precisely that no store is needed. You can just write an index.html, a .js file and pack into a zip file and everyone can use this as an app in their chats, no store needed for permission and distribution.

webxdc.org/docs/




Add the Current User to a Docker Group linuxtoday.com/blog/add-the-cu…


SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, agrees to pay ~$2.3M to settle a discrimination lawsuit and will no longer display certain tenant scores (Emma Roth/The Verge)

theverge.com/2024/11/20/242976…
techmeme.com/241121/p42#a24112…



Many Networking Changes In Linux 6.13 - One Line Of Code Helping WireGuard Performance lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Oh here we go after all the months of mysterious recusals, slow actions, workplace allegations: icc-cpi.int/news/situation-sta…

"Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejecting challenges by the State of Israel (‘Israel’) brought under articles 18 and 19 of the Rome Statute (the ‘Statute’). It also issued warrants of arrest for Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant."

(None for Yahya Sinwar on account of him being dead.) eta: the Palestine one: icc-cpi.int/news/situation-sta…

#palestine #israel #genocide

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I wonder how much it would cost to recall all the car with electric door opening to have a built-in manual opening mechanism.


💾🖥️📖 Inside the Personal Computer: An Illustrated Introduction in 3 Dimensions: A Pop-Up Guide. Text by Sharon Gallagher. Paper engineering and design by Ron van der Meer (1984). Posting this and more as we get our #retrocomputing series ready for next month!


Are you interested in enshittification-resistant application development?

After almost two years of collaboration with the wonderful @n0iroh team, we are happy to announce that #deltachat 1.48 apps on all platforms contain top-notch Peer-to-Peer networking support, including hole-punching and forward-secret end-to-end encryption. It is exposed through the new #webxdc realtime APIs and there are some nice initial showcase apps 🎉

delta.chat/en/2024-11-20-webxd…

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Want to read a stupid PDF, but hate Adobe Reader? Then let Word help you. 1. Save your PDF in an easy to remember location. I put it under C:\files. 2. Press Windows+R then type Winword, the file name and press Enter. For example: winword c:\files\IHatePDFDocuments.pdf Word will OCR the file and then present it in a Word document.
in reply to Martin from Toronto

You can also graphically do it, buy right click, open with, select word, left click okay. Or, context menu, open with, word, enter.



Kagi Translate is not revolutionary - it's simply a better translation service.

Try it for yourself, and access 244 languages with zero tracking: translate.kagi.com/

Also: we will be bringing Kagi Translate soon inside Kagi Search as a widget for instant translation inside search results! 🪄

#Kagi #Translate #AdFree



I am originally skeptical of @kagihq ‘s new Translate when I read the changelog since it’s using LLM, but damn I was wrong.

I used a piece of Chinese news to test the translation, and Kagi is the only one that translate 副總統勝選人 to “Vice President-elect”. Google Translate translated it to “Vice President Candidate” (副總統候選人) while DeepL only translate it to Vice President (副總統)

#Kagi #KagiTranslate



There's an icon on my desktop I don't remember seeing before, called "learn about this picture." I can't seem to delete it. The normal hotkeys don't work, and there's no delete option in the context menu. I know it's not a big deal, it just feels like clutter. How can I get rid of it?
in reply to Justin Ekis

To turn that off, go into settings>personalization>background, and set the personalize your background option to something other than Windows Spotlight.


Planning to set up my own fedi instance soon, what's the current status of GoToSocial in terms of usability, featureset, compatibility, and so on?
in reply to Sven Slootweg

featurewise: interaction controls and sandboxed media preview generation just landed, the main big missing feature at this point is message edits, which is coming in the next release

the main usability downside is that normal clients (enafore, phanpy, etc) all do regular timeline stuff but you still need a separate GTS-specific web UI to do some operations including editing your profile

compatibility is top-notch; haven't run into an issue yet

in reply to technomancy (turbonerd aspect)

Ah yeah, post editting is a big one too. I didn't think of that one because Semaphore does not support it.





🎉 Die heutige #FediverseSprechstunde ist zu Ende.

Ein großes Dankeschön geht an @crossgolf_rebel für den super Vortrag zu den Einblick in die #misskey Familie. Wir haben alle sehr viel gelernt und es beweist sich wieder, wie vielseitig die verschiedenen Anwendungen im #Fediverse sind.

Die Präsentation hat uns Rebel zum Download zur Verfügung gestellt:
s3.iceshrimp.de/iceshrimp-repl…

Im Dezember wird es keine Fediverse-Sprechstunde geben, da feiern wir Weihnachten, Silvester und sind mehr im realen Leben mit Menschen zusammen.

🗓️ Der nächste Termin für die Fediverse-Sprechstunde steht bereits fest: Donnerstag 23.01.2025 um 19:30 Uhr
Dazu wird es einen Beitrag zu Hubzilla von @pepecyb geben.

Weitere Details folgen.

Lang lebe Fediverse! :fediverse:



OK, Apple twisted my arm enough so I upgraded to iOS 18.1.1. It's great so far, but I'm having trouble figuring out the new Braille Screen Input activation gesture. Can someone please explain where your fingers are supposed to be? Do you have to hold the phone in Portrait or Landscape mode for it to work, or does it matter?
in reply to Andy

@remixman Landscape is what I prefer to use as well. I never got the hang of Screen Away Mode.
@Andy
in reply to Kelly Sapergia

It works more like a Perkins Braillewriter, which is what I've been using since I was young. I don't understand screen-away.


Not sure if I want to continue playing in my Sims legacy save after generation 10, or start fresh in a new save. My legacy family is *very* well-off, and I'm not sure if I can get much actual challenge by continuing


FCC's 'Broadband Nutrition Labels' Are Now Mandatory for All Internet Providers cnet.com/home/internet/fccs-br…


Amazon S3 Express One Zone now supports the ability to append data to an object
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats… #aws
#aws


Gosh. Now even AI can search through your browsing history in Google Workspace when using Chrome? What is this world coming to. I declined it, of course. It was like, "search smarter with the power of AI." Just to be able to give it text queries for what I'm looking for in natural language, no doubt, what else.
The problem is that I don't want to submit every single part of my life to AI engines for analysis. Maybe it's on-device, cloud, whatever it is, if it has more sensitive data like a timeline of all sites I visited, no thanks. Some other things, like Meta glasses, I'm OK with pictures used for AI training if it means we get more representation for the way those with disabilities use that device, because I know I won't be using for sensitive data like credit card numbers, just stuff I see in public, labels I read, ETC.
In the end, this AI will be (already is) the excuse companies use to feed data from your most sensitive parts of your life into their models too, unless you yourself take control and understand the implications of the data they're asking you to feed their AI.



Mountpoint for Amazon S3 now supports a high performance shared cache
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats… #aws
#aws


13 Best Free and Open Source Remote Desktop Clients lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Looking for more information on how to protect yourself from one of the most popular scams in the digital age?

Check out our latest blog post and read some tips on how to keep yourself safe from malicious emails and texts.

lighthousets.org/post/lighthou…



The reason why many Canadians have more than 17 weeks of maternity leave is because of the 42-day postal strike in 1981. #CanPoli #CdnPoli #PostalStrike
canadianlabour.ca/who-we-are/h…


I just donated some money to @davx5app

See davx5.com/donate for how you can donate. They even provide their IBAN, so you can directly donate from your banking app.

They deserve it!

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Duda sería ¿Crees que necesitamos que haya empresas?

Si comentas los motivos mejor para entender el voto.

  • Si (47%, 16 votes)
  • No (52%, 18 votes)
34 voters. Poll end: in 2 days

in reply to ⁂ Kyva

Creo que es necesario que haya producción organizada. Pero no tiene porque haber empresas en el sentido de organizaciones con personalidad jurídica propiedad privada de capitalistas y que tienen un patrimonio propio, excluyendo a los demás y actuando por su beneficio particular.


Kačica hlavne pokorne sebavedome a slušne a pokora sa so sebavedomosťou nevylučuje, nezabúdaj na to.
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theguardian.com/technology/202…

This article discusses how to protect privacy, amidst concerns of increased government surveillance.

The article is aimed at Asylum seekers & immigrants to the US, but it's solid advice for anyone, really.

Recommendations include using encrypted messaging apps like Signal, Apple iMessage, and WhatsApp, and setting messages to disappear.

It also recommends minimizing data sharing and deleting data when possible, particularly from Google.

#privacy #security

in reply to James House-Lantto (He/Him)

#JohanaBhuiyan suggests to #autoDelete messages and I agree with her.

theguardian.com/technology/202…

While this is not a "hard" security measure and might lead to a false sense of security, it is an easy and effective method of #dataHygiene.

I wonder, if any #Jabber clients have this feature?

#Conversations by @daniel, #Dino by @dino, #Gajim by @gajim, #Monal by @Monal, #SiskinIM by @tigase, anyone?

#XMPP

in reply to Debacle

has a per-account setting for how long history should be kept (in the privacy section).


If you ever find yourself in #seattle in need of a ride, put your ride share app away and get a real taxi. It's worth it. Rides can be almost half the price in a taxi. That, and you don't pay #uber and #lyft to gut our local economy.
seattleyellowcab.com/


Wow! the accessible mame dos pc emmulator finally got more screen readers and windows 3.1.
nashcentral.duckdns.org/projec…
I just love this thing.
And also the win9x dosbox-x ones daniel and jake have made.
#accessibility
#blind
in reply to Fusser 727

@munchkinbear That sounds cool, but can anyone else get to the site? Looks like it’s down right now.
in reply to Jason Fayre

@jfayre @munchkinbear I just tried clicking the link.
It should be working now.
I've also had issues with this site today.


In Welsh myths, pigs originally came from the Otherworld, a gift from the fairy king Arawn. The Welsh point to all the many different kinds of marvelous food one can turn pigs into (bacon, sausages, pork chops, etc.) as proof that pigs are magical creatures.
🎨 Kallerna

#FolkloreThursday #31DaysofHaunting #BookChatWeekly #Superstitiology #Mythology #Folklore #WelshMythology #WelshFolklore #CelticMythology #CelticFolklore #Celtic #Wales #Mabinogion #Fairy #Faerie



11 Reasons Why You Should Switch from Windows to Linux linuxtoday.com/blog/11-reasons…

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