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Internet Rando

#nextcloud made it possible for me to (self-)host my (and my family's) phone calendars, contacts, and even when pictures are taken, they get uploaded to our Nextcloud instance, and NOT to google/apple.

10/10, would recommend for any household looking to #degoogle.

Others include #searxng, has literally replaced all monolithic search engines, works great, no ads or AI

#mastodon, for my #activitypub based social network

#matrix for chatting with my social network

and also #KDE.

#matrix #activitypub #Mastodon #nextcloud #KDE #degoogle #searxng

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"GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out."

...

"Dohmke said developers who initially dismissed tools such as GitHub Copilot as gimmicks now see them as indispensable collaborators. Through trial and error, these people have evolved from skeptics to AI strategists"

businessinsider.com/github-ceo…

well, then


GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out

Thomas Dohmke wrote that humans are often resistant to change. He said that's okay, but these people should probably find another profession.
Alistair Barr (Business Insider)

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Bottles app for running Windows apps / games on Linux gets NGI Zero Commons funding gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/bott…

#Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming


Bottles app for running Windows apps / games on Linux gets NGI Zero Commons funding

The NLnet Foundation revealed more projects receiving funding from NGI Zero Commons, which includes the popular Bottles app for running Windows apps on Linux.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #opensource #linuxgaming

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I've had this PDF in my pile of random documents for like 10 years. It's an old paper that was apparently typeset with LaTeX back in 2002. If I try any non-OCR-based PDF text extraction tool I'm aware of, it produces complete noise. Does anyone know what's going on here? Is there some identifiable alternate character mapping, or is it one of a kind? Is there any better way to pull text out of it than OCR? mwcampbell.us/documents/not-mi… (apparently no longer available from its original source)

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microsoft is so utterly desperate to make its massive AI investments worthwhile that they have to threaten their employees who don't use it

mastodon.social/@tommorris/114…

Tom Morris (@tommorris@mastodon.social)

"GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out." So, I guess, if one wants to get out, @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de is the place to go. https://www.businessinsider.com/github-ceo-developers-embrace-ai-or-get-out-2025-8
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I've been an email hosting customer with #MythicBeasts (@beasts) for just under a day and a half, and I'm honestly very impressed. I opted for their email only plan since I already have webspace somewhere else. The main website and control pannel UI are very accessible to #blind #ScreenReader users like myself, with sections clearly structured with headings, pretty much no unlabelled links, buttons or other elements, and no annoying ads, pop-ups or anything else that could hijack a screen reader or lag a browser to pieces. I contacted them about an issue I'm having yesterday and the initial reply, *human* reply that is, took just over 10 minutes. The issue is still ongoing as of now, but I'm confident that it will be fixed soon; I did contact them at the backside of the working day after all. Not bad at all for the monthly price of just under a fiver! Also, bonus points for being a 2000s ISP, having started in the year 2000.
#blind #screenreader #mythicbeasts @Mythic Beasts
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Follow redirects but differently - #curl

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/08/06…


Follow redirects but differently

In the early days of curl development we (I suppose it was me personally but let's stick with we so that I can pretend the blame is not all on me) made the possibly slightly unwise decision to make the -X option change the HTTP method for all request…
daniel.haxx.se
#curl

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S Revolutem do vlaku nelez

xn--ondej-kcb.v.nizozemsku.nl/2025/08/05/S-Revolutem-do-vlaku-nelez.html

V posledních dvou letech se stala platební karta univerzálním platidlem ve veřejné dopravě v Nizozemsku. Stačí přiložit platební kartu při nástupu i výstupu, systém sám spočítá jízdné a strhne přesnou částku. Bohužel to dlouho nevydrželo. Národní…


S Revolutem do vlaku nelez

Ondřej Caletka (Ondřej v Nizozemsku)

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Thanks @JonathanMosen for writing this. So many bits from the history of assistive technology, not to mention about the people who made that history happen. Thanks again! mosen.org/russell/
A personal reflection: why is that the extraordinary people who run through their life at an enormous speed leave us so early and unexpectedly?

Remembering Dr. Russell Smith, 20 years on

I don’t know where the time goes. It seems impossible, yet the calendar doesn’t lie. 20 years ago, Dr. Russell Smith MNZM, CEO of HumanWare, my friend, my mentor, my then boss, and a man who made t…
Mosen At Large
@Jonathan Mosen

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"Indonesia's nuclear regulator has approved Thorcon's site evaluation plan and the site evaluation management system plan for a proposed power plant based on its advanced molten salt reactor technology at a site on Kelasa Island in Bankga Belitung Province."

#Nuclear #News #Indonesia

world-nuclear-news.org/article…


Regulatory approval for Indonesian site survey

Indonesia's nuclear regulator has approved Thorcon's site evaluation plan and the site evaluation management system plan for a proposed power plant based on its advanced molten salt reactor technology at a site on Kelasa Island in Bankga Belitung Pro…
World Nuclear News
#News #Nuclear #indonesia

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The toys are listening. But are we paying attention to what they're doing with what they hear?

I've been digging into the Mattel-OpenAI partnership announced back in June, and what I found is unsettling. This isn't just new toys with cool new features like they’d like us to think—but rather a calculated strategy to normalize AI data collection from children using brands parents trust.

The kick in the face? We're experimenting on kids with zero safety data. The first real study on how AI toys affect child development just started this year. Yet we won't see results until 2026 once the market is potentially saturated.

Meanwhile, there's this absurdly bs double standard: your kid's AI tutoring session at school gets FERPA protection, but their intimate conversations with an AI Barbie at home? Just loose COPPA rules and shitty corporate promises.

I keep thinking about all those nights I whispered secrets to my teddy bears, hoping they'd come to life like in Toy Story. Now toys can actually respond—but they're sending those secrets kids share out of trust and loyalty to their digital friends to corporate servers.

Three days of research convinced me we're at a crossroads. The toys that shape our children are being designed to harvest their emotional data for profit.

If that sounds scary to you, it should.

open.substack.com/pub/kaylielf…


AI toys promise magical childhood experiences, but they're collecting our children's deepest secrets for corporate profit. 🧸🤖

How Six Decades of Cultural Conditioning Primed Us for the AI Childhood We Didn't Know We Were Asking For
Kaylie L. Fox (Kaylie’s Substack)
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GuloGulo

Já ač v horách, já pokukuji po štětkoletu .... místo starého crosového. Už jsem se na jednom za cca. 40k svezl a je to paráda. Horáka mám elektro, bo sem stařešina a hlavně línej v terénu a kolmo nahoru šlapat 🤦‍♀️
Mám na něj i prachy, ale není čas ho vybrat.
Nakonec prachy spolkne dceřina VŠ a budu zase v rititi...

@archos

@Archos
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GuloGulo

@archos
Tak na silničce bych musel jezdit jen po těch hlavnějších silnicích, brácha ji má a bude prodávat.
Když se k nám hrnou Pražáci nebo nově i Poláci, je to dost o život.
Ty méně vytížené jsou tak na ten štěrkolet nebo horáka, sem tam díry, kterým když se nevyhnul .... zaplakal.
Ale objevil jsem spoustu opravených lesních, polních a JZD cest, kde je to na ten štěrkolet a bez kopců (skoro), na 30km jen 350m což je rovinka u nás.
No uvidím ...

@nacelnik01

@Archos @Milan Hubáček

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📢 Aktualizace Mastodon instancí!
Všechny naše Mastodon instance byly aktualizovány na v4.4.3 ✅

🔹 mamutovo.cz
🔹 mastodon.arch-linux.cz
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r…
#oscloud #mastodon #oscloudcz


Release v4.4.3 · mastodon/mastodon

Upgrade overview This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm: ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrad...
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#Mastodon #oscloud #oscloudcz

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This is crazy... I guess go dump some money into INTL and catch the updraft

Desperate measures to save Intel: US reportedly forcing TSMC to buy 49% stake in Intel to secure tariff relief for Taiwan

notebookcheck.net/Desperate-me…


Desperate measures to save Intel: US reportedly forcing TSMC to buy 49% stake in Intel to secure tariff relief for Taiwan

A new report out of Taiwan has revealed that the current US administration is tying the reduction on trade of trade tariffs on Taiwan to significant TSMC investment in the US. This investment includes a 49% stake in Intel.
Fawad Murtaza (Notebookcheck)

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Hmm, have any countries start to think about an LA Olympics boycott yet? Will we be seeing a complete choreographed opening ceremony celebrating Dear Leader? Will they be renditioning and probing the gender of athletes at the events, or at the border?

LA Times: Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games

latimes.com/politics/story/202…

#fascism #olympics #politics

Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games

Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games

Trump’s news conference may prompt questions about whether a president with a penchant for showmanship might assume an unusually active role in planning the Olympics.
Michael Wilner (Los Angeles Times)
#politics #fascism #olympics
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Help Rose, a 23-year-old Australian citizen, is in desperate need of our help. After moving to Brazil in June 2024 to start a new life with her ex-fiancé, she found herself in a nightmare situation. Betrayed and lied to, Rose is now stuck in a foreign country with no money, no income, and no way to return home.

She's been subjected to emotional and physical abuse by her ex-fiancé's mother, who has made her feel unwelcome and unsafe. Rose is struggling with trauma, anxiety, and physical health issues, including heart problems, panic attacks, and vitamin deficiencies.

Goal: 1302/2000

Link:

gofundme.com/f/please-help-me-…

Tags: #GTFOmyState #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #crowdfunding #crowdfund #fundraiser #fundraising

#MutualAid #crowdfund #crowdfunding #MutualAidRequest #fundraising #fundraiser #gtfomystate

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#Irish President, Michael D Higgins says outlould what other leaders are afraid to. The #UN has the power collectively to stop the #genocide by establishing a humanitarian corridor. We can't go to war against the #Israeli military regime but we can stop them from killing any more #Palestinian children if we want to. Demand your government do something now. Support the #HigginsUNInitiative.
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine #Palestine #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraeliCrimes #Ireland #Paddystinian
#palestine #ireland #un #irish #genocide #palestinian #israeli #higginsuninitiative #neverstoptalkingaboutpalestine #IsraelWarCrimes #israelicrimes #paddystinian

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Join us on Thursday, August 7 at Noon ET for our new webinar series focused on AI and accessibility. Don't miss "Breaking Down Barriers - An Introduction to AI and JAWS!"

Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

ACVREP Credits will be available for those who attend the live webinar.

#FreedomScientificTraining #JAWS #AITraining #ACVREP


Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Breaking Down Barriers – An Introduction to Using AI with JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are being used in the workplace to help automate tasks and increase productivity.
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#jaws #freedomscientifictraining #AITraining #acvrep

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has anyone, i repeat ANYONE(!) at the @thunderbird development team ever considered printing an e-mail a core function to the software?

i mean SRSLY..? trusting some wild plugin to get full access to my e-mails!?
addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/t…

just asking for a friend though...

screenshot of plugin for printing... PrintingTools NG 3.1.6 by Christopher Leidigh PrintingTools NG enables many layout and formatting opt messages with header borders, sorting, attachment lists € auto named and Page options can ease printer settings. - It is your printing toolbox.

PrintingTools

Adds some options to print messages and addressbooks
addons.thunderbird.net
@Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

Thunderbird has the ability to print already in the core app. This add on just builds on that core functionality for people who want more customization. We actually have a great discussion about this in our latest State of the Thunder! blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/s…

State of the Thunder: Answering Community Questions! - The Thunderbird Blog

State of the Thunder is now in video, podcast, and blog format! In the latest issue, we're answering your community questions!
Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)
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