@latest-from-the-wsj-WSJ My absolute favorite part of the "Well, we are very excited about DeepSeek, but because it is a Chinese company we will have to do a security review" is that if they do the same review on Google's, Microsoft's, and Meta's AI products they will find that those also fail these security concerns, because questions asked of AI are stored on their remote servers and are used to reverse engineer business needs and design matching products and tailor marketing.
LibreOffice 25.2 – our next major release – is due to arrive next week! But while you’re waiting, here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #freesoftware
LibreOffice 25.2 – our next major release – is due to arrive next week! But while you’re waiting, here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… We started 2025 …
OpenAi has insisted that DeepSeek has copied some of its proprietary models to train its own AI product, seemingly unaware that its own model was built by freely copying the work of millions and mi…
The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter. We took this decision since we feel X doesn't reflect Debian shared values as stated in our social contract, code of conduct and diversity statement. X evolved into a place where people we care about don't feel safe. You are very much invited to follow us on bits.debian.org , on micronews.debian.org/ , or any media as listed on wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicit… #debian
could you please go to openportability.org/ to tell the platform about your account on X / Masto / Bluesky (if applicable) so that other people who migrate can follow you automagically? ❤
It really sucks that this is a step that has to be taken, given how big that platform is, but I completely understand. Much of the content on Twitter these days seems to run completely counter to point 1 of the code of conduct (Be respectful). I deleted my Twitter some time ago after the Musk takeover because I couldn't scroll for more than just a minute without seeing hateful content from people I wasn't even following being "recommended" to me.
Really? You had no problems with having debconf hosted in the Zionist state. You even refer to that illegal entity by the name "Israel". Does the Debian project have the same values as the Zionist state? I understand a free software project not wanting to be on a proprietary platform, but this is ridiculous.
It's great to see all these organizations coming around to making the right decision pretty much immediately after the consequences of their failure to do it when it was necessary manifest.
Common Debian W. Great distro (tho I'm more of a Slackware guy), great team, great social values. Everyone with a brain should leave Twitter to rot. :)
we appreciate your act of solidarity against X. We also understand how hard it is to loose that audience and hope they migrate with you. Please know that you have my support as an 18 year user.
Holy shit. A doctor's appointment with some labs for a fever... $33: Strep assay $192: Flu test $103: COVID test $24: Bacteria culture $361: Office visit
A $327.18 insurance adjustment means the cost of visit ends up $385.82. for a 15 minute Doctor visit and a few labs
22 hours of reading this week and another 5 books swalloed up.
3 Pretty humdrum fanfics, although the 4th was a nugget: the way the Triwizard Tournament is handled in "The Lie I've Lived"by JBern was pretty cool. Shame the sequel isn't finished, the idea was quite well handled.
I started what seems to be a bit of a Star Trek knockoff series, too, which was ... Different. #bookstodon
only 3 books this week. The Rift was as good as I'd hoped, but I've already mentioned that here. This week's unexpected enjoyment was called Web of Secrets. it calls itself progressive fantasy, but it felt more like a young adult mage fantasy thing to me. Be interesting to see where the second book goes! #Bookstodon
@esoteric_programmer I can't help myself. Americans: don't trust the Chinese. They want to spy on you and they want all your data Also Americans: we use cookies and only share your data with our 870 partners. Also you have an ad blocker enabled which really makes this difficult please turn it off.
Yeah, it's a thing. In toot! it's a setting that can be turned off, so if you boosted that, then Talon replied, it mentioned you. I am glad apps don't do that here. It was strange and awkward for some odd reason to have the setting be on as it was on default.
I appreciate the idea of the service I just hate that I can't use Thunderbird. E2E email is great and all but it fails for my use case because no one actually wants to make use of the E2E feature. So since it's not a priority for me, and I prefer Thunderbird to the Tuta client I just pay the yearly subscription to support you guys for your efforts and call it a day.
@Tutanota How do you plan to act on the a11y issues on the web/app? The roadmap doesn't talk about that and The BFSG comes into force in Germany on June 8, 2025.
> If your company operates in Germany or targets German users, you should make all content on your website or app accessible – from the homepage to the cookie banner. Otherwise, you risk not only high fines, but also reputational losses and missed business opportunities .
Compliance with German accessibility laws - BFSG, BITV 2.0 and BGG. Make sure your website or app meets all requirements. For private and public companies.
Hi there! The roadmap only talks about big upcoming features, but we can assure you that we're constantly improving the app in regards to a11y stuff. Often there are some accessibility things we can't just easily fix in-between though, for example the captcha, but we are getting there..
Made it to #Brussels for #FOSDEM. After a sleepless red eye flight to #BRU we are in a super slow customs line 2.5hrs thus far. Got to chat with random conference folks though so that was cool.
Phew, never was in that situation. Well, at least EU-legally, cause they would refuse the shell necklace which made us also Carteret Island people. [unfortunately ]
That's an interesting metaphor and it raises so many questions:
1. Wouldn't it have been smarter to torque them correctly from the start ?
2. How does one even determine the correct torque for any one bolt ?
3. When somebody starts a FOSS project today, where do they acquire a torque-wrench ?
And no, I'm not teasing you (this time 🙂 ) those are some of the questions I tried to find answers to with #varnishcache's "dial it to 11" code quality rule.
@bsdphk most open source projects I think start small and "easy", getting them all done right and properly tight from the beginning without even knowing if the project flies might not be the best priority. I think very few projects do that.
@bsdphk For me, open sourcing started with „here is what I did over the weekend, do what you want with it“. Now we have „civilization will end on several planets if you screw this up“ foss projects.
@icing @bsdphk in the curl project, pretty much every bolt was loose when we started and I looking around in the world, lots of projects still have a few that could use a little help...
@bsdphk I would argue that knowing how much torque to put in or even where the bolt have to go is... a process that can only be done after already having built the project, multiple times.
There is a reason any big engineering project (yes even road and bridges) build a lot of simulations and prototypes and even to scale models.
In software, we have a chance that we can *change the product itself* once it is running for no more cost. As an engineer in any other field, I would kill for that ability, as it would makes the iterative process of designing far faster and efficient.
Said otherwise... doing it the way we do in software is more advanced and "good" engineering than doing it "in the real world".
This is ofc only one lens to look at it, but it does have some support. It is just one map to look at things, maps are not the territory.
@Di4na It is now 50 years since Frederick P. Brooks wrote a book where he told everybody in IT to always build a prototype and to always throw it away...
Sad news - Meta is cutting their budget that includes the work I do on Rapid, so I’m looking for a new job.
If you’re looking to hire someone remote/NYC with solid frontend skills, particularly maps, dataviz, WebGL (but I’m open to anything interesting), let’s talk!
Problems
Build fails when support for session tickets is disabled (thus HAS_SESSION_TICKETS undefined in lib/vtls/mbedtls.c).
Runtime error for all TLS connections when built with MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_...
In a weirdly surprising move, Facebook is restricting posts related to Linux content on its platform and flagging them against its Community Guidelines, including popular site DistroWatch.
Via another "crazy security scanner" report, I learn that #libcurl is installed in a #Microsoft Office and/or Teams install on Windows? According to the reddit post, in a normal install.
and everybody just attempts to delete the file, instead of taking inventory whether they are actually using this code path (which it seems they aren't), which would make any vulnerability in the file moot for their environment...
“Ha sido un error y pido disculpas.” Esta ha sido la respuesta de José Marí Olano, el concejal de Grandes Proyectos del Ayuntamiento de València, a Levante-EMV al ser preguntado por una incómoda situación ocurrida en el pleno ya que ha sido sorprendi…
So you just got your first Raspberry Pi, or have been using one for a while, wondering if this tiny computer can replace your PC? Well, this is the perfect article for you because that's
This article is based on Fred Moltz’s talk at A11yNYC. Nine years ago, Fred Moltz started Verizon’s accessibility program. He built it from the ground up, which helped him evolve into a disability advocate and champion.
In this episode, I give some very basic information about the audio editing software Reaper. I show where to download the software, find the plug in that is essential for using Reaper with a screen…
With the new Samsung announcement, it is now confirmed that the Galaxy S25 will be the first Samsung device to receive Gemini image descriptions in its
And this, is why, I will never ever get an android phone again, Google and Samsung can fuck off for all I care, Apple does accessibility right, or at least equally and more consistent across devices. Fuck Samsung and their stupid custom versions of apps, fuck their custom TalkBack, I know I'm ranting here, but god damn, these companies need a reality check! This just validates my decision to stick with Apple.
I'm pretty proud of this tree view component I helped to make. I wrote about the nuance of what went into it in the hopes that it can serve as a reference for others. github.blog/engineering/user-e…
Před chvílí tady zoomoval jako předimenzovaný králík. Štěkal na jednu novou hračku, pak na druhou. Počural medvěda. Málem se udusil vařeným kolínkem..... Večerní pohodinda. 😁
As of iOS 18.3, T-Mobile subscribers with a compatible iPhone and Starlink beta access are able to connect to Starlink satellites, reports Bloomberg....
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in reply to The Wall Street Journal. • • •My absolute favorite part of the "Well, we are very excited about DeepSeek, but because it is a Chinese company we will have to do a security review" is that if they do the same review on Google's, Microsoft's, and Meta's AI products they will find that those also fail these security concerns, because questions asked of AI are stored on their remote servers and are used to reverse engineer business needs and design matching products and tailor marketing.