What Is the Origin of the Calendar?
The modern calendar borrows influences from a collective of early calendars such as the Jewish, the Babylonian, the Roman, and the Egyptian calendars.
by Mike Cohen
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Books on calendars at PG:
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Maya calendar:
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Swiss surveillance could become worse than US
If passed, Swiss chat, email & VPN providers must:
🚨 Log IP addresses
🚨 Ask for ID upon sign up
🚨 Decrypt data upon request
Let's fight for privacy! 👉 tuta.com/blog/switzerland-surv…
Revision of Swiss surveillance law VÜPF would directly target VPN & encrypted chat and email providers based in Switzerland.Tuta
Duolingo deletes its TikTok and Instagram posts amid AI backlash 😂
After Duolingo said it was going “AI-first,” things went downhill fast as millions saw it as replacing humans developers and support staff with bots fastcompany.com/91338068/duoli… They also increased subscription costs while firing staff #ai
I want to get back to writing more long-form content. In the age of ChatGPT, that seems like a valuable skill to maintain.
However, my old website used handcrafted HTML and simply wasn’t up to the task, so I made a new one. Check it out: gultsch.de
I’ve been a freelance software developer for over 15 years. My main interests lie in open standards and communication protocols, including instant messaging, email, and the fediverse. I’m the project lead for Conversations and Ltt.rs.Daniel Gultsch
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Hey @fdroidorg,
Could you please explain to me why Catima is marked as reproducible on verification.f-droid.org/packa…, despite you shipping a version you build and sign yourself to users? I also don't see anything in the metadata on gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-… listing what upstream APK file to compare against.
#IzzyOnDroid correctly compares the APK files I put on GitHub with a local build, which is what I hope you're doing too but given I see no reference to the APK in the metadata... are you?
Data for the main F-Droid repository at https://f-droid.orgGitLab
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sorry, but I had to boost this again now. @fdroidorg can you please make optically clear which APKs you reproduced? Developers knock our doors wondering why we say their app is not RB, while you claim it is – and checking, EACH SINGLE TIME we find the app is NOT set up RB at your end, and the JSON at your verification server clearly states you verified YOUR OWN build. Yes, that might show your build is deterministic – but not that theirs is RB. It's confusing.
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@Fettlaus Let me explain by example.
Say, Joe provides you with the APK of his FOSS app. You have to believe him he built it from his FOSS source code, but you have no proof.
Now Joe builds it 50 times resulting in the same APK – what does that prove? That his build was deterministic. Maybe, as you still can't tell if it really was built from there.
Comes Jane, not related to Joe, builds from his source, and gets the same APK. Now you now: (1/2)
(2/2) both must have used the same code. You no longer have to trust Joe for that. Now Jerry confirms as well… we can prolong the line. That is RB.
Now, you certainly can trust @fdroidorg builds from the right source. But if they then build again with the same result, what does it prove? Only that it's deterministic. If they however get the same APK as Joe, that again is RB. This is the case for apps set up as RB there, AFAIK ~15%; but how to tell them apart?
That was our request. @Fettlaus
(3/2) Joe, Jane, Jerry, Jake: that's the line we build at #IzzyOnDroid. We run our "Janes" here to confirm "Joe's" builds – and we have "Jerrys" like Ben: independent builders. A builder is set up within 5 minutes thanks to codeberg.org/IzzyOnDroid/rbuil… – so everyone who wants can become a Jake.
@fdroidorg provides their verification builder setup as well, but that depends on the original builder providing the proof – so it only works with "source repos" like theirs and Guardian. Not independently.
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@Fettlaus that. Or draw a border around the checkmarks when it was "not just the own build" – to symbolize the "higher level". Or use a double-checkmark, as e.g. Conversation uses: 1 check = sent successfully, 2 checks = sent and read.
There are ways. But you need to go them. Not doing it and just say nothing, makes it look like you really want to pretend the higher numbers, for some reason.
@storchp does not really look like that will be processed anytime soon. And it's about the F-Droid client, while we referred to their verification server here. Example: verification.f-droid.org/packa… shows AppManager being reproducible, while it definitely is not, see github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppMa… and the following comments. And see F-Droid's announcement here: f-droid.org/en/2025/05/21/maki…
It's good that they do it, but it needs differentiation – or it leads to confusion, as in the case of AppManager & many more
By June 28, 2025, all emails sent to EU audiences must comply with the #EuropeanAccessibilityAct. Accessible emails aren't just legal requirements - they boost engagement and inclusivity. Are you ready? 🇪🇺
#EmailAccessibility #EAA2025 #DigitalAccessibility #a11y #Accessibility
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The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is no longer a future consideration. By 28 June 2025, all businesses offering digital products and services in theemailexpert
We have just released Ulysses 38.2. This version fixes a couple bugs and crashes from the last release.
A pleasant, focused writing experience combined with effective document management, fast syncing and flexible export make Ulysses the first choice for writers of all kinds.ulysses.app
ALA welcomed the return of Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) staff to work and the reinstatement of some IMLS grants, which had been terminated following President Trump’s March 14 Executive Order 14238.American Library Association
Unravelling how users in the accessibility space perceive AI's role to play to enhance accessible content.Betty Dartois-Vanneck (A2i Transcription Services)
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After so many years, I'm still discovering new keyboard shortcuts in Windows. Here are the most useful ones that come in handy every single day.Chris Hoffman (PCWorld)
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There are a lot of myths floating around out there about antivirus software. Let’s bust them.Chris Hoffman (PCWorld)
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Grrrr.
## Summary: This report details a memory leak vulnerability in libcurl that occurs when processing HTTP 3xx redirect responses containing a `Location:` header. Specifically, the memory allocated...HackerOne
Questions around social media campaigns prompt several nations to demand a ‘complete review’ of how the contest’s public vote worksMartin Belam (The Guardian)
Studie: polovina mladých chce svět bez internetu
Mladí Britové ve věku 16 až 21 let také podpořili noční digitální klid.
Těžko tomu věřit, ale téměř polovina mladých lidí by raději žila ve světě, kde neexistuje internet.
Zjistil to britský průzkum, o kterém včera informoval server The Guardian. Téměř 70 procent mladých lidí ve věku 16 až 21 let se podle průzkumu cítí hůř, když stráví čas na sociálních sítích. #dnešnítisk #MFD #tisk250521
🎉 Exciting news! Converse 11.0.0 is finally here 🚀
This is a major update which brings many new features and enhancements to make XMPP webchat better and more powerful than ever.
Check the release notes here: github.com/conversejs/converse…
Try out Converse 11 at chat.conversejs.org or download the desktop app from github.com/conversejs/converse…
#Converse #XMPP #WebChat #OpenSource
11.0.0 Update to Converse 11.0.0 Update to Electron 36.2.1 Update other dependencies as wellGitHub
Gaming while blind is the highest difficulty. I like challenging experiences with intense naratives. Like The Last Of Us, or Alt Frequencies!Specs: I5-13600K, RX 3050, 16GB DDR4, Keycron K4 keyboard, PS5 controller and Madcats fightstick.Twitch
@kjsapergia I’ll be honest, I don’t even care about the other games at all. CVS1 had amazing presentation but it is just not as much fun to play. The other games I never played and don’t really intend to.
Do you have it on Steam? We should be steam friends!
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Episode 25 Learning Blind Tech My Experiences With The Vocaster Two
In this episode, I discuss and demonstrate using the Vocaster Two audio interface with JAWS, including use of the Vocaster Hub software
Kolem dat o uživatelích vyrostl obrovský byznys. Někdy se říká, že je to aktivum, které pohání Internet. Existuje celá řada důvodů, proč by vám nemělo být jedno, co o vás kdo na internetu sbírá.Jiří Eischmann (Internet Info, s.r.o.)
new #rustlang crate drop: iddqd! ID-based maps where keys are borrowed from values. Four maps are included: IdOrdMap, IdHashMap, a bijective (1:1) BiHashMap and a trijective (1:1:1) TriHashMap.
At Oxide we've found this pattern to be extraordinarily useful. iddqd is no-std compatible, too!
![use iddqd::{IdOrdMap, IdOrdItem, id_upcast};
#[derive(Debug)]
struct User {
name: String,
age: u8,
}
// Implement IdOrdItem so the map knows how to get the key from the value.
impl IdOrdItem for User {
// The key type can borrow from the value.
type Key<'a> = &'a str;
fn key(&self) -> Self::Key<'_> {
&self.name
}
id_upcast!();
}
let mut users = IdOrdMap::<User>::new();
// You must pick an insertion behavior. insert_unique returns an error if
// the key already exists.
users.insert_unique(User { name: "Alice".to_string(), age: 30 }).unwrap();
users.insert_unique(User { name: "Bob".to_string(), age: 35 }).unwrap();
// Lookup by name:
assert_eq!(users.get("Alice").unwrap().age, 30);
assert_eq!(users.get("Bob").unwrap().age, 35);
// Iterate over users:
for user in &users {
println!("User {}: {}", user.name, user.age);
}](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/670240 "use iddqd::{IdOrdMap, IdOrdItem, id_upcast};
#[derive(Debug)]
struct User {
name: String,
age: u8,
}
// Implement IdOrdItem so the map knows how to get the key from the value.
impl IdOrdItem for User {
// The key type can borrow from the value.
type Key<'a> = &'a str;
fn key(&self) -> Self::Key<'_> {
&self.name
}
id_upcast!();
}
let mut users = IdOrdMap::<User>::new();
// You must pick an insertion behavior. insert_unique returns an error if
// the key already exists.
users.insert_unique(User { name: \"Alice\".to_string(), age: 30 }).unwrap();
users.insert_unique(User { name: \"Bob\".to_string(), age: 35 }).unwrap();
// Lookup by name:
assert_eq!(users.get(\"Alice\").unwrap().age, 30);
assert_eq!(users.get(\"Bob\").unwrap().age, 35);
// Iterate over users:
for user in &users {
println!(\"User {}: {}\", user.name, user.age);
}")
Canada Post has declined CUPW's two-week extension offer...
Canada Post's upper echelon should f*cking resign.
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Canada Post has issued a new set of offers to the union representing postal workers and is pushing for a speedy resolution as the clock ticks down to a possible strike.The Canadian Press (CTVNews)
Turn complexity into clarity with NotebookLM, your brain’s new best friend. Join the millions of students, creators, researchers, professionals, CEOs, and more who are saving time, getting stuff done, and learning in new ways.App Store
AT&T agrees to acquire Lumen's consumer fiber business for $5.75B, in an all-cash deal expected to close in H1 2026; LUMN jumps 13%+ after hours (Milana Vinn/Reuters)
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By Milana Vinn / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
Discover more about EasyReader version 12 is now available in this news articleDolphin Computer Access
Help students improve their typing skills with this self-voicing software.American Printing House
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I encountered a really nice and relaxing to see (and hear) #windpump today...
As a result, mapcomplete.org/openwindpowerm… on #MapComplete will have "windpumps" as a category soon too!
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> There was hardly any positive feedback
> All major parties and numerous associations clearly rejected the plan.
inside-it.ch/vupf-revision-fae…
With such a negative feedback and a rejection from all parties from left to right (this is rare in CH), that revision is unlikely to pass.
Many CH organisations and companies are fighting against it, and Proton will leave Switzerland if it does somehow pass:
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"We would be less confidential than Google" – Proton threatens to quit Switzerland over new surveillance law
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