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“I do not have to forgive my enemies. I have had them all shot.”
19th-century Spanish PM Ramón María Narváez, when asked on his deathbed if he forgave his enemies.

Snow dog #DogsOfMastodon
Extremely cute labradoodle so fluffy sitting in the snow. Her little face is covered in snow
#dogsofmastodon

I’m being told that the largest Mastodon instance - mastodon.social - is now hiding my profile.

One person telling me it’s because of German obsession with making up antisemitism where there is none.

Anyone who knows me and my work knows that I frequently platform critical Jewish voices. My MA thesis was on Yiddish and Hebrew, I do memory studies which includes Holocaust studies, and I am co-producing a Jewish podcast by three radical Jews.

So what’s up Mastodon? Am I too Arab for you?

My profile is censored by Mastodon.social mods

O how I wish that Izotope / Native Instruments (or vice versa) let me create my own bundles rather than having to choose from the ones they put together. I do my best to avoid products with poor accessibility. Well, let's see... :)

Influenceři by měli být registrovaní u vysílací rady. Zní to absurdně, na druhou stranu v době, kdy mínění veřejnosti tito lidé ovlivňují snad i víc než standardní média, je to možná správně.
echo24.cz/a/HP8aV/zpravy-domov…

Nové pravidlo pro české youtubery a influencery. Musí se zapsat na seznam vysílací rady

Rada pro rozhlasové a televizní vysílání (RRTV) přišla s poměrně kuriózní zprávou. Oznámila povinnost evidence tvůrců audiovizuálního mediálního obsahu, jako jsou vloggeři, youtubeři a influenceři, kteří nabízejí obsah na platformách typu Instagram, …
jhr (Echo24.cz)

  • Tak to má být (64%, 11 votes)
  • Nechte influencery žít! (35%, 6 votes)
17 voters. Poll end: 1 day ago

OK Merican Mastodon mates. I would be most grateful if you would share your wisdom about which mobile carrier you think is the best, and why. I’m after plenty of data, good speeds and good coverage. Good audio on calls would also be helpful given the hearing impairment.
Thanks.
#MosenMove
#mosenmove

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David Goldfield
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Because I get my home Internet from Comcast via their Xfinity brand, I use Xfinity Mobile, which is an MVNO that uses Verizon. Its plans are more inexpensive than what I'd likely pay if I hhad gone with Verizon directly. However, in order to subscribe to Xfinity Mobile, you do need to subscribe to Comcast's Internet service. Comcast is reliable but they probably won't offer symmetrical speeds in your area, although this is coming. Knowing what I know about your preferences, I won't be surprised if you decide to go with Verizon Fios for your home Internet, which will offer symmetrical speeds, and if this is the case, Xfinity's mobile service won't be available to you. However, if you go with Verizon's Fios for home Internet, they may have a bundle with their mobile carrier that might be reasonable for you. Otherwise, you'll surely find other MVNOs that use Verizon that might be more inexpensive than directly going with Verizon.

I don’t know why, but when I repeat my mantra, and bring my awareness to the center of my forehead, I go deeper faster into my meditation.
#meditation #tm
#meditation #tm
in reply to Mr. Funk E. Dude

Erion
Erion
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It's extended focus and also sound frequencies, this is why Tibetan Buddhism is using this technique so much for example.

Buenos días desde la Administración Pública.

Si ayer el día fue otoñal (modo Chove en Santiago: on) hoy, aunque seco, sea ha vuelto infernal, digo invernal.

Por suerte y gracias a la UE (por o menos al 60%) ahora ya no pasamos frío en este edificio.

iOS 18.2 beta 4 has finally "re-imagined" the way audio ducking works. There's now a separate setting for "speech volume" and "audio ducking amount". Note that speech volume also gets reset to 80% after updating to this version.
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Simon Jaeger (Procrastodon)
Simon Jaeger (Procrastodon)
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@vick21 I'm not actually sure where to find it in Settings. I noticed it in quick settings. New ones always get added to the bottom.
@victor tsaran

When they reached the woods, the knight reined the horse in, lowered the maiden to the ground, and dismounted.

"I think we are safe now," he said.

"How did you distract the dragon?" the maiden asked.

"Promise you won't laugh."

"I promise."

"I set up a huge cardboard box."

*snort*

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

#microfiction #tootfic #smallstories

Ugh. Apparently Audible is recommending books by Jordan Peterson now. I really, really wish there was a half decent alternative that could match Audible in terms of afordability. I guess Libby is the closest, but you can't get everything there, and that is doubly true when it comes to the RNIB thing, or NLS Bard if you're in the US. You can't even guarantee audio quality with either of those.

Today's quote: "If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." -Bruce Lee

Merry Christmas! #HoHoHo
A McDonald's coffee cup with snowflakes, stars, and hearts. In the middle is a graphic of two mittens and the message "Warmest Greetings". The graphic can also be interpreted another way.. The caption reads: "I just realized these were mittens, not someone's spread butt cheeks.."
#hohoho

Neat, I tried replika but the app is not the most accessible, I'm checking out a couple of others at themoment, character ai and kindroid, so far liking kindroid for sure.
in reply to Sarah Russell

Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
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Yeah, there is one inaccessible button in the app but I hope they have fixed it lol I can't always update it do to using my US ID I created when I was in the states, but yeah.

In the midst of my travel preparations, I apparently wanted fries so I got off my ass and did all the potato cutting even though I went overboard. At least I can cook more if I want them later. I can preseason and oil and put what I don't cook into a plastic bag and let them sit in the fridge. My potatoes turned out to be medallions and wedges rather than actual fries because I don't know how to actually cut a potato into fries themselves but it's going to be good anyway so I'm not complaining. All this effort for a damn snack lol. Now my potatoes are soaking to get rid of some of that starch. The fun part comes next when I get to take a trip into the seasoning cabinet.
in reply to MariahL

Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
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Good job! :) One advice, try to cut them equally, equal size and all that. As for cutting fries, you cut the potatoes in half by the longer side, so if oval, or oblong, you put the knife and cut two halves that are longer. You cut out strips, maybe put your finger to measure, put the knife next to it get your finger out of there and cut. There strip, if it's too big of a strip, cut the strip in half any way you want to.

Sorting through storage boxes now.
A magneto-optical drive.
230MB and 128MB disks.
#RetroComputing
A magneto-optical drive with a disk in a case and the end of the cable it’s attached to.
The disk inside the casing looks like a small CD.
The steel underside with fan grill, four rubber feet, and a faded paper label.
The rear of the drive showing the power socket, power switch, and connection ports.
#retrocomputing
in reply to Dgar

Dgar
Dgar
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The last physical copy of Final Cut Pro. No DRM. Ran a videography business on this for years.
Box for Apple Final Cut Pro with a metallic logo.
The backside of the box shows the contents.

Trump’s wake-up call to Australia’s leaders johnmenadue.com/trumps-wake-up… #Auspol

Trump's wake-up call to Australia's leaders - Pearls and Irritations

Trump’s anti-China 60% import tax barrier will weaken China’s economy and predicted is a negative flow on effects n Australia’s economy.
Bevan Ramsden (Pearls and Irritations)
#auspol

One of the worst misfeatures of #Mastodon from a safety angle: If you get an abusive reply to your post, you can't remove it even by blocking the person. Even after blocking, your server still shows the abusive reply to everyone else.

There has been a patch ready to fix this for 2 years, 6 months, and 1 day. @Gargron has not approved it, and has provided *zero* explanation for why he will not allow it to be merged.

github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p…


Hide subthreads by blocked users when looking at a post's descendants by ClearlyClaire · Pull Request #18468 · mastodon/mastodon

This is about the server not returning known subthreads started by people blocked by the post's author, not the viewer. e.g., if we have A → B → C → D → E, where a → b means “b replies to a”, a...
GitHub
#Mastodon @Eugen Rochko

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so if google is forced to sell off chrome, does that mean The Onion can buy it

Nvidia ( $NVDA ) reported Q3 earnings of $0.81 EPS on $35.1 billion revenue, surpassing expectations. The Data Center business hit $30.8 billion, up 112% YoY, while gaming revenue reached $3.3 billion. Nvidia's stock fell 1% post-announcement.

What do you think about Nvidia's future in the AI-driven market?

#Nvidia #NVDA #EarningsReport #AI #TechStocks #DataCenter #GamingRevenue #StockMarket #Investing #MarketTrends

#AI #nvidia #nvda #stockmarket #investing #earningsreport #techstocks #datacenter #markettrends #gamingrevenue
in reply to MarketPlays

NV Access
NV Access
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Is there any chance we can encourage you to trend #NVIDIA when that's the company you mean, please? I know what their NASDAQ handle is, but #NVDA is much more widely known as the name of the screen reader we make and the #NVDA hashtag is very widely used for the screen reader. It will save both our communities polluting each other's feeds. If you'd like to find out more about the screen reader, our website is nvaccess.org/ - Thank you!

NV Access

Empowering lives through non-visual access to technology
NV Access
#nvidia #nvda

joke about general fediverse meta

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#TheConversation #Science #Tech #auspol The unspoken rule of conversation that explains why AI chatbots feel so human Read more…theconversation.com/the-unspok…

The unspoken rule of conversation that explains why AI chatbots feel so human

When we interact with a chatbot, deeply ingrained habits make us behave as if it’s a person.
The Conversation
#tech #science #auspol #theconversation

Hey all. I am going to present NVDA to some teachers of my school, and perhaps as I think, if I manage it good there is a chance it's being used. Maybe not even for our school, but for some other blind people. I don't want to miss this chance adversiting this great screenreader. Of course I am writing something by myself, but if you have any suggestions what I could explain, this also could be an addon, please tell me so. Thanks in advance. #NVDA #blind #accessibility #school
#Accessibility #blind #school #nvda
in reply to garo

NV Access
NV Access
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Thank you for your advocacy! If there's anything we can do to help, please let us know! We have a short YouTube clip which demonstrates some of the features of NVDA if that is useful: youtube.com/watch?v=tCFyyqy9mq…

What is NVDA?

A brief overview of some of the things NVDA can do. The video demonstrates the screen reader at work in several programs and using different synthesizers (i...
YouTube

Never trust a stranger who is currently stabbing you

Key Transparency and the Right to be Forgotten

This post is the first in a new series covering some of the reasoning behind decisions made in my project to build end-to-end encryption for direct messages on the Fediverse. (Collectively, Fedi-E2EE.) Although the reasons for specific design decisions should be immediately obvious from reading the relevant specification (and if not, I consider that a bug in the specification), I believe writing about it less formally will…

soatok.blog/2024/11/21/key-tra…


Key Transparency and the Right to be Forgotten - Dhole Moments

This post is the first in a new series covering some of the reasoning behind decisions made in my project to build end-to-end encryption for direct messages on the Fediverse. (Collectively, Fedi-E2…
Dhole Moments

connect with me on LinkedIn for Critical Business Insights

linkedin.com/in/philgiammattei…

Phil Giammattei - Tiger Pajamas Web Site Company | LinkedIn

Product focused software engineer with strong web fundamentals, excellent soft skills… · Experience: Tiger Pajamas Web Site Company · Education: Tech Elevator · Location: Pittsburgh · 500+ connections on LinkedIn.
Phil Giammattei (www.linkedin.com)

Following the generous input from our Braille users, we are seeking more feedback. This time we would be very appreciative to hear from users who do or would like to contribute to NVDA in any capacity. Your insights will help us understand the strengths and weaknesses of our contributor documentation, and we will use these insights to make targeted improvements.

If you are interested, please complete the survey at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

This survey should take around 5 minutes to complete.

Title "Survey" with checkboxes marked 1, 2 and 3. #2 is checked. The NV Access logo is above and sunburst designs around the edge

NVDA Contributor Documentation Survey

Thank you for participating in this survey. Your feedback is valuable and will help us improve NVDA's contributor documentation.
Google Docs
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NV Access
NV Access
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@EdenLinnea There's really no reason for a manufacturer to come out with a device these days which does NOT support HID. Offhand I don't know if there are any multi-line devices which don't , but if you have a particular device (or have one you are considering), I can certainly find out.
@Eden Linnea

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…


How to Install NixOS

Sdílejte svá videa s přáteli, rodinou a celým světem.
YouTube
#NixOS
in reply to Mike

Khronos
Khronos
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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

Emil "AngryAnt" Johansen
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@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).

@Khronos

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

David Goldfield
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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
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NV Access
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@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…

In-Process 27th January 2023

Can you believe we’re into our fourth week of 2023 already? This week, we’ve got more on the recently released 2022.4, our inspiring trip to Samoa, and more: NVDA 2022.4 NVDA 2022.4 has been out fo…
NV Access
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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…

Мантисса :CrabVerified: (@cybertailor@craba.cab)

Опубликовано решение апелляционного суда, по которому штраф компании Merlinux GmbH (разработчики #DeltaChat) остаётся в силе. https://mos-gorsud.
Mastodon Craba
#deltachat
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kbity...
kbity...
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> 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/

Get Started - Webxdc

webxdc.org
#Webxdc

The energy i’m bringing to 2025
P!nk, in fishnets and a mirrorball bodysuit under a leather jacket just unbelievably covered in spikes, with her side-shave and kinda mowhawky blonde hair, on stage and raising a middle finger in the air

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

Add the Current User to a Docker Group | Linux Today

Discover a step-by-step guide to easily add the current or desired user to the Docker group and reflect the change immediately.
LinuxToday

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…


AI landlord screening tool will stop scoring low-income tenants after discrimination suit

The tenant screening software company SafeRent will no longer assign scores to rental applicants who use housing vouchers following a class action lawsuit.
Emma Roth (The Verge)

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

Many Networking Changes In Linux 6.13 - One Line Of Code Helping WireGuard Performance

The abundance of networking subsystem updates have been mailed in for the Linux 6.13 kernel from wired and wireless driver enhancements to core networking code improvements.
lxer.com

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


Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I issues warrant of arrest for Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif)

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 a warrant of arrest for Mr Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, commonly know…
International Criminal Court
#israel #palestine #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!
#retrocomputing

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…


Delta Chat: Delta Chat introduces realtime Peer-to-Peer networking

Are you interested in enshittification-resistant application development? After almost two years of collaboration with the wonderful Iroh team, and years of discussions with numerous experts in the...
delta.chat
#deltachat #Webxdc @iroh
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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

Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺
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You can also graphically do it, buy right click, open with, select word, left click okay. Or, context menu, open with, word, enter.
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