One year anniversary for the #curl pillow "curl is just the hobby"

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/04/22…

curl is just the hobby

Jan Gampe took things to the next level by actually making this cross-stitch out of the pattern I previously posted online. The flowers really gave it an extra level of charm I think.

^{daniel.haxx.se}

NVDA 2025.1 Beta 2 is now available for testing. As well as all the amazing updates in NVDA 2025.1 (from Beta 1), this new beta includes updates to some translations, as well as a minor bug fix for SAPI 5 voices using rate boost. Read the full release notes (including all the 2025.1 features & fixes) and download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1b…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Update #Beta #FLOSS #FOSS #PreRelease #News #Testing #Test #FreeSoftware #ScreenReader

NVDA 2025.1beta2 available for testing

Beta2 of NVDA 2025.1 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what the next version of NVDA has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome yo…

^{NV Access}

Finally have my Prosody server all compliant!

I had an epiphany last night about something in the nginx config and after sorting that, all the optional XEP listed also pass!

Now to convince wife and kids to use it for our group chat... they really don't want to install any more apps, because I'm "being difficult" because they already use whatsapp 😑

The main reason I'm impressed with it over matrix, is reliable notifications. It just works. So far, anyway.

Thank you to the people that replied to my post last week suggesting I try xmpp after the matrix server we used shut down. I had written it off as an old platform for nerds, but it's... actually really good ❤️

#prosody #xmpp #chat #nginx #matrix

lmao @matrix STILL has the "Matrix 2.0 is here" (mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix/11…) post pinned to the profile even though "here" is STILL a very long stretch

The Matrix.org Foundation

2024-10-29 17:24:44

It's official - Matrix 2.0 implementations are here and ready for mainstream use! 🎉🥳🎊 Come watch the keynote from The Matrix Conference and learn about the joy of instant sync ⚡️, next-gen auth 🔐, native VoIP 🎦 and Invisible Crypto 👻: matrix.org/blog/2024/10/29/mat…

Matrix 2.0 Is Here!

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^{Matthew Hodgson (matrix.org)}

Keepass-Tool (Format 4) "Secrets". Einfacher und weniger Möglichkeiten im Vergleich zu KeepassXC & Co., dafür hübsch und übersichtlich.
Vielleicht eine Möglichkeit, Familienmitgliedern einen Passwortmanager schmackhaft zu machen ...

Schlagwörter, Anhänge, Notizfelder usw.

apps.gnome.org/de/Secrets/

#keepass #passwort #tool

Nobody: "You can't really represent the concept of masking visually."

Artist: "Hold my trout"

#adhd #adhs #masking #meme #mentalhealth #adhdmeme

If someone's profile looks blank on here, don't assume it is actually blank. Some accounts, especially newer ones or ones with few followers, may look blank even if they aren't.

There's more info about this, why it happens and how to check what the profile really looks like in the guide:

➡️ fedi.tips/why-does-someones-ac…

You can prevent your own account ever looking blank to anyone by pinning up to five posts or five threads on your profile:

➡️ fedi.tips/how-do-i-pin-my-post…

#FediTips #Mastodon

How do I pin posts on my Mastodon profile? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

^fedi.tips

Today, I'm happy to be starting at Fastly!!

I'll be working on the StarlingMonkey team--a JS runtime/SDK that runs on WASM!

I always dreamed of becoming a compiler hacker, and I guess I finally made it :P

I might also be showing up in e.g. TC39 (again) and/or WinterTC, depending.

LFGGGGGGG

RFK jr: Boomers don't have autism.

Meanwhile:

The US FTC sues Uber, claiming the company charged for Uber One without consent, made it difficult to cancel, and failed to deliver promised savings (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

cnbc.com/2025/04/21/ftc-sues-u…
techmeme.com/250421/p11#a25042…

FTC sues Uber, says company charged for Uber One without consent

The FTC claimed that users are "wrongly promised savings" when they sign up for Uber One, and that the company makes it difficult to cancel the subscription.

^{Annie Palmer (CNBC)}

Hi @DavidGoldfield Here’s something for tech-vi. ☺️

iosaccessbook.com/ios-18-editi…

MAYDAY on the National Mall -- Impeach, Convict, Remove

Mayday Movement USA will establish a long-term presence on the National Mall in Washington, DC, in sight of the US Capitol, beginning on May 1st, 2025. We will remain there until Donald. J Trump is impeached and removed from office.

events.pol-rev.com/events/9ca1…

#politics
#activism
#trumpisAMonster

Anylinuxfs is a cool project by that uses libkrun to let users access any filesystem supported by Linux on macOS. Check it out!

github.com/nohajc/anylinuxfs

today's Rust Analyzer release ships with profile-guided optimizations, making it roughly 20% faster. Time to upgrade!

github.com/rust-lang/rust-anal…

Apply Profile-guided optimization to improve performance · Issue #9412 · rust-lang/rust-analyzer

Profile-guided optimization (PGO) shows great promise in improving the speed of software, last year tests where made on applying it on Rust itself improving build time by ~15%. Would it be feasible...

^GitHub

I didn't know

When I learned about the holocaust as teenager in Germany, many people from the Nazi era were still alive and lived all around me. Being the curious person I always was, I asked them about what happened and their role in it.

"I didn't know" was the boilerplate answer. And as they were relatives and friends, I believed them at first.

Then in 1981 we got a new teacher for history and he exposed the lie. Or more precise: he got us exposing those lies.

1/5

not my story from reddit:

Please be careful - we were deported from the U.S. for just wanting to backpack

I want to share what happened to me and my best friend last month when we tried to begin our backpacking trip in the U.S. Maybe it helps someone avoid the same nightmare.

We are 19 and 18 years old, from Europe, and we arrived in Honolulu from New Zealand, with the plan to explore the islands first, and then fly to the mainland after to explore California. We had booked only the first 2 nights in an Airbnb, just to be flexible with our plans - like we did in New Zealand, and like many backpackers do. We had the onward ticket to the next destination in Asia but didn't book domestic flights in the U.S. for the same reason.

At passport control they took us aside for “additional questions.” At first we didn’t think it was such a big thing, but then it became very intense. They were asking us why we didn’t book more nights or domestic flights, what our plans were, how we can afford to travel, and especially about work. We do sometimes small freelance jobs online (like translating or design stuff, for customers back in Germany and sometimes also Asia, not the U.S.), and we mentioned that - which was maybe the biggest mistake. It was also in the e-mails that they accessed.

After a while they told us we are not allowed to enter the U.S., that we are “inadmissible.” They said we were trying to work illegally, which we didn’t. We had onwards tickets and just wanted to travel.

But they didn’t care. They took our phones, our passports, and put us in handcuffs - that moment was surreal. Like, you’re a tourist and now you’re treated like criminal. They wanted to send us back to Auckland on the next flight, but we asked to rebook our onwards tickets for the day after, so we could continue with our travels. They agreed but said that we will be detained for the night. We agreed, having no idea what to expect, thinking that we would maybe wait in the same room that they interviewed us. But no.

They drove us to the detention center in Honolulu. I think it was called FDC prison, close to the airport. It was a real jail. Metal doors, locked cells, cold air. And they made us do a full strip search. It was really cold. We had to undress completely, including bra and underwear, and even had to squat and spread… I don’t want to describe it in too much detail, but it was humiliating and scary. We were alone with a female officer, but still… you don’t expect that as a tourist.

After that they gave us green prison clothes and put us in a cell overnight with two other women - who were actually bragging to us about their cartel connections and implying that they were serious criminals. It felt like a movie, but not a nice one. Of course we didn't not sleep even for a minute. I'm not picky, but the food was another horror story.

The next day they stripped us down again, we changed back into our clothes, and they took us straight to our plane - two officers returned our passports and escorted us to our seats as the door was about to close. Just like that. They also told us that if we want to come to the U.S. again, we cannot use a visa free system anymore.

So yeah… please be very careful if you plan to backpack in the U.S. Book all your accommodation in advance (even if you plan to change later). There are many fully refundable options - and we thought about it, but decided that it wouldn't be necessary. And don’t mention any remote work or freelancing and make sure to log out of any e-mails that could be used as evidence of it. And know that if something goes wrong, it’s not just “denied entry” - it’s jail, strip search, and total loss of control.

We are still totally shaken from it and feel like we did something wrong, even if we didn’t mean to. Just wanted to share, because I would have never imagined this could happen. My feeling is that backpacking culture isn’t understood or accepted at U.S. borders right now. Be careful!

reddit.com/r/backpacking/comme…

Mort du pape François : la tour Eiffel éteinte ce soir, Anne Hidalgo veut nommer un lieu en sa mémoire

un mot me vient subitement à la bouche... Laïcité
non rien je vois pas de problème 🙈

leparisien.fr/paris-75/mort-du…

Mort du pape François : la tour Eiffel éteinte ce soir, Anne Hidalgo veut nommer un lieu en sa mémoire

La mémoire du souverain pontife, décédé ce lundi matin, sera célébrée toute la journée à Paris, entre messes à la cathédrale Notre-Dame et tour Eiffel éteinte.

^{Flavien Gagnepain (Le Parisien)}