I’m slowing starting to think about what a 10 year anniversary update to my "The State of Mobile XMPP in 2016"¹ would look like.
It’s interesting what parts of the article are still relevant today (mostly how push works and how that impacts battery drain) while other parts are seemingly irrelevant. Yes, #XMPP works on mobile phones. Obviously. That’s how the overwhelming majority (⅔) of users uses XMPP².
An essay about the state of XMPP as a protocol for instant messaging, clearing up common misconceptions about reliabilty, battery-consumption, push and end-to-end encryption.
Elon Musk is naming specific people he wants to fire from the government.
“These tactics are aimed at sowing terror and fear at federal employees,” said Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees
“It’s his way of i…
Sněmovní volby čekají Česko až za 10 měsíců, už nyní se ale rozehrávají důležité tahy, které mohou o jejich výsledku spolurozhodnout. Klíčovou roli mohou sehrát menší opoziční strany, které nyní ostře zbrojí.
A volunteering Opportunity to help NGO in #gaza as a "Social Media Content Creator"
**Job Description** "Use photos and information provided by the team in Gaza and create posts for Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter (other social media platforms can be considered if we can get the support to manage them)".
**Duration - Time Estimate** • 3-4 hours per week.
If you are interested in volunteering, sign up here and email us at us@volunteersforpalestine.org
for some reason, "if you make public transit better more people will ride it" is an equation that many planners fail to comprehend, especially in my city. It's always "we need more ridership before we invest in improved transit", which is absolutely ass-backward to how reality operates
“If the British army was asked to fight tonight, it would fight tonight. […] If the Russians invaded Eastern Europe tonight, then we would meet them in that fight.”
Watch Defence Secretary John Healey and Lieutenant General Sir Robert Magowan give evidence on military preparedness to Parliament's Defence Committee on Thu...
So this third party Windows Bluesky app is making a good start in terms of accessibility. JAWS reads it well. There are buttons in the tab order to switch between Home, notifications, maybe other timelines when available. Posts are read as you arrow through the list. The main thing this seems to lack so far is keyboard shortcuts, but if the author is receptive, it would be an easy fix: #a11y #beeskiewindowscentral.com/software-ap…
In today’s CSSWG meeting, there was one issue about the new value of `text-wrap-style` property — `avoid-orphans`.
There was agreement in the meeting that we should look for a better name, and open a separate issue about this, which I did, as well as opened another one — about the `orphans` and `widows` properties.
I wouldn't exactly say "what went wrong", but more like "why didn't things work out". I think the guys tried their best... akkomane.social/objects/01592d…
If you are interested in what went wrong with the Kamala Harris campaign, this interview tells you all you need to know. Incredibly revealing.
While patting themselves on the back for the strategic decision to take a stand on nothing, they blame young voters for being “hard to reach,” voters in the battleground states for being “hard to win,” Democratic voters for “eating their own,” independent voters, the media, the passage of time, men, the internet–but never themselves or their candidate for losing the popular vote to a 34-times convicted felon.
In a just world, none of these fools would ever work in DC again, but they’ll probably just use their increased notoriety to get paid even more to ruin the next one.
If you are interested in what went wrong with the Kamala Harris campaign, this interview tells you all you need to know. Incredibly revealing.
While patting themselves on the back for the strategic decision to take a stand on nothing, they blame young voters for being “hard to reach,” voters in the battleground states for being “hard to win,” Democratic voters for “eating their own,” independent voters, the media, the passage of time, men, the internet–but never themselves or their candidate for losing the popular vote to a 34-times convicted felon.
In a just world, none of these fools would ever work in DC again, but they’ll probably just use their increased notoriety to get paid even more to ruin the next one.
Wow, thanks for posting this. It was a great read. Three things I extrapolated from this interview: 1. how difficult it is to run an election campaign in such a diverse country like United States, 2. Democrats should really put their act together or we urgently need a new centrist party in the US (progressive isn't going to work in this country, IMHO), 3. Conservatives always know how to stick together around their false agenda and narrative. (1/2)
Romania: la vittoria della star di TikTok Georgescu è una novità assoluta per l'Europa
Il candidato estremista sconosciuto della Romania, Călin Georgescu, ha vinto il primo turno delle elezioni grazie a una massiccia campagna su TikTok, sollevando preoccupazioni per il gioco sporco e sollecitando un'indagine dell'Ue
Vrijdag installeerden we de #neodome voor #MutationFest in de centrale hal van het #Wintercircus te #gent. Een fantastische samenwerking met Bring Your Own Beamer van #nerdlab waarbij onze dome bekleed werd met karton en projecties aan de binnenkant.
De #neodome is een ontwerp van Koen (links). Kris van @MakerspaceBaasrode (rechts) hielp onder andere met het 3D model en hardware aankoop. De enkele honderd meters aan PVC elektriciteitsbuizen werden gesponsord door ATS. Ik hielp met de wifi setup en de documentatie op github.com/Makerspace-baasrode… (work in progress).
De eerste installatie van de #neodome deden we tijdens @fri3d in augustus 2024 naast de tent van @MakerspaceBaasrode. Toen hadden we nog problemen met de LED aansturing, bleek een firmware bug in #WLED te zijn die we voorlopig vermijden door een oudere versie te installeren.
Here at Freedom Scientific, we have renamed the month of November to Sharkvember, a month-long celebration of accessibility, creativity, and community. Visit the Sharkvember page for more details. …
Republished by Slate. Translations available in French (Français), Spanish (Español), Chinese (中文) For almost 15 years, I have run my own email server which I use for all of my non-work corresponde…
OK, before you go to celebrate Thanksgiving (or some other day), here is my new tune for you to listen to. Spotify just released it (other platforms to follow). Hope you like it! open.spotify.com/album/2UYrBgw… #music #world
@hub OMG PARKING TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION?!?!? Again, it's a lack of planning by the STM, etc. w/ the parking lots they already have at strategic stations where the bus fails to get people there in a timely fashion, etc.
The free/FLOSS DJ tool Mixxx has quietly evolved into a powerful software DJ tool that rivals commercial alternatives. And it's open to whatever hardware controller you want, thanks to developer and community support. The just-released 2.4.
@pietervdvn yes, an SDS011 and yes I'm posting to sensor.community (which is the new luftdaten.info) But using my own firmware to read the sensor and pushing the data from node-red
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Já jsem tak rád, že mám malý byt, kam by se to nevešlo.
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