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This is hard to read, because this is 1933 all over again. It is no longer a question if the US are sliding into fascism or have already arrived. They went full Nazi.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you…

archive.is/X33oQ

This is also what is going to happen in Europe, unless we fight it. In the parliaments, but also on the streets. With votes and with weapons.

There is no coexistence and no compromise with fascism. We already know that.

Bundesminister für Digitales in seiner Rede: »Zum ersten Mal übertreffen Maschinen den Menschen in dem, was uns bisher einzigartig machte: unsere Intelligenz.«

Auweia. Taschenrechner »übertreffen« mich auch – trotzdem sind sie keine Mathematiker. KI ist Statistik: Vorhersagen, imitieren, plausibel klingen. Verstehen? Null. Bewusstsein? Null. Verantwortung? Null. Wer hier von »Intelligenz« spricht, zeigt vor allem, wie wenig er davon versteht.

bmds.bund.de/aktuelles/reden/d…

/kuk

#KI #Hype #Digitalpolitik

Pressekonferenz Industrial AI Cloud - strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty

Rede von Dr. Karsten Wildberger Bundesminister für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung bei der Pressekonferenz Industrial AI Cloud - strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty

^{Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung}

Part 2 of 2. The release note state the following:
VT Recorder now supports manual fade control of a playing music bed. This may be useful for fading up a music bed temporarily while not speaking
during a recording. A button for Fade Up or Fade Down appears beside the music bed Play/Stop button. A music bed may now be started at full volume rather
than faded by unchecking the new checkbox entitled "Start Faded in", found in the Options. You can always get to the Options of course by typing letter C from within the VT Recorder.
The shortcut key for the fade button is letter D.

There is a further note to this. Assuming a music bed is selected, it should be possible to:
Press Enter to start the outgoing track.
Press Enter again to begin recording.
Press Enter again to start the music bed.
Press Enter again to start the incoming track and cut the music bed.
Press Enter again to terminate recording.
That is the procedure. However, if the outgoing track has not finished, pressing Enter does not start the music bed.
It does only start the bed if the outgoing track has completely concluded.
I do not use this feature because I have other ways of playing music beds into VT's, but it struck me in my testing that this was plain wrong.
You may wish to start your VT 30 or 45 seconds before the outgoing song ends, then start the music bed which should cut off the existing song. I can think of many situations where that could arise.
This is still the case up to and including the final release of 6.2.

Scripts.

Scripts for 6.2 must be installed. There is an installer located at
hartgenconsultancy.com/studio

Part 1 of 2. StationPlaylist 6.2 Suite is available!

Notable Changes in SPL 6.2.

The below notes were prepared during many hours of testing the entire SPL 6.2 product range. They represent my thoughts only.

The most important question: If you are not managing a station, and you are just hosting a straightforward live show, should you upgrade to 6.2?
If you do want to update, think carefully. Christmas is coming up and you want everything to be perfect for that. If you are going to update, due to the many script changes, you will want to set aside some considerable time to ensure that everything is as you want it to be.
In addition, due to the health issues I have had this year I am taking an extended Christmas holiday so assistance from me will be slower during parts of December and January.

With that said, let's get to the notes.

Crossfading.

You will note that the crossfade transitions between songs and spots is significantly improved as a result of internal changes in 6.2.
If you regularly scan files via the Track Tool as I do, such as pre-recorded show segments or news and weather bulletins, it is still advisable to do this. But generally speaking you will find improvement overall.

Voice-tracking locally or remotely.

Voice-Tracking can now record using .Flac format.
This is very helpful for those of us who had previously recorded all VT's using Wav format. .Flac provides high quality audio without taking up as much space.

Accessibility.

I recently reviewed a competitive product for accessibility. While doing so, I realised how thankful I am that not only are all the options in SPL accessible, but StationPlaylist offers a far greater range of keyboard shortcuts. The developer is also willing to work with me to a large extent to improve issues, and there have been a number of those this time.

The most noticeable change relates to Studio and the fact that the column layout has been completely changed from all other versions I can remember. This has meant that many scripts have needed to be altered in some way and has taken a great deal of time and testing.
I cannot even quantify how many hours the changes have taken to refine what we had before. I have tried to ensure that all functionality is the same as it used to be, but I could well have missed something. Improvements will be made over time.
This is further complicated by the fact that the new SPL Remote application, referred to below, displays the column layout as it would have been in V6.11 so I have needed to make accommodations for that.

The Release Notes also state that there is a change to the newly renamed Time column.
If a playlist is loaded, and you have not played any tracks, this column shows the scheduled times tracks will play out according to the time of the playlist.
However, when you begin playing any track, the column changes to display tracks relative to the current system clock. This can be a serious disadvantage if you are voice-tracking a show since you do not get a true picture of how the hour is meant to look when it is broadcast.
For example, if you have a track scheduled for 10:03 AM, and you play the track at 18:37, the entire view of the playlist changes to reflect the system clock.
The scripts emulate the old behaviour so you are not disturbed by this misrepresentation. So as usual, SPL key then S will report the true scheduled time as if the tracks had never been played out, and SPL key then W will report the real time.

SPL Remote.

This is the new product which can be purchased from SPL. It allows you to remote onto an automation machine, or a computer back at the station, and carry out a live broadcast.
You should have full access to SPL Remote. As far as possible, when you log onto a machine using SPL Remote, the experience should be very similar to that which you would receive if you were using Studio standalone.
Many of the functions should work, such as to hear the remaining time of a track, elapsed time, and so on.

There is an advantage in using SPL Remote that people may not have latched onto.
1. Remote onto the station machine.
2. If JAWS is not installed on the station machine, it does not matter. You will still have access to all the functionality offered by SPL Remote, using your existing JAWS settings, even though JAWS is not installed. So you will be able to examine the playlist structure, check the remaining time, and so on, even though JAWS is not running on the automation machine.

Remote VT Changes.

Within the playlist viewer, the default presentation of information is to hear the scheduled time first, then the track details.
However, some people prefer to hear the track or spot information first. To easily accomplish this, press the SPL key then X. Pressing this keystroke repeatedly will change the arrangement.

#curl speaks #MQTT but rather limited and in a slightly naive fashion. Feel free to help us improve.

curl.se/docs/todo.html#MQTT

New Google Maps logo is blurring the lines - a symbol how it infiltrates your #privacy?

But who would think evil of #Google?

#GoogleMaps

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kryštále to ma teraz napadlo, na štýl ako v Star Craft jednotke, to bude dokonalé 😎

backintime@tuta.io as the projects mailbox is currently unreachable because it was disable by an automatism (6 months no login) at the hoster.

We try to get in contact with @Tutanota to fix the problem.

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auto nemám lebo chodím pešo, deti tiež a plus som stále mimo čiže vodičský mám ale aj tak by mi ho hneď zobrali... nezodpovednosť par excellence jo a udržujem si štíhlu líniu a prechádzam sa po parku lebo ma to baví, vtáčiky fotím a objavil som toť dráhu

gruene.de/artikel/wir-empowern…

Finde ich richtig und gut.

Wir empowern Menschen mit Vielfaltsmerkmalen für ein Mandat

Hier findest du Informationen zum Empowerment- und Mentoringprogramm für Menschen mit Vielflaltsmerkmalen.

^{BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN}

🎙️ New Episode of Igalia Chats: Accessibility and the Free Labor Funnel

@bkardell and @Meyerweb chat with their colleagues Alice Boxhall and Valerie Young about the challenges facing standards and accessibility.

igalia.com/chats/a11y-threats

so she laughs at me for not exercising legs, so started again I exercise them (not because of her, because of that embarrassing feeling) and she ignores the whole thing ahh shit #legday

edit: legs >> power I know I know

Ich hatte vor 1/2 Jahr einen Unfall. Letzte Woche meldet sich eine Filmfirma bei mir. Man hätte damals im Rettungsfahrzeug gefilmt und will da eine Doku draus machen. Wahrscheinlich hätten die Rettungskräfte „vergessen“ mich zu informieren.

Ich bin also unter Schock und während der medizinischen Versogung über Stunden im Rettungsfahrzeug ohne mein Wissen und meine Einwilligung heimlich gefilmt worden.

Ich kann nicht in Worte fassen, wie wütend ich bin und wie ethisch verwerflich das ist.

Další rusácká #dezinfo #propaganda nahlášena :)
@Voshod @DaeDe @Yeithos

#Moderace tu funguje skvěle, takže nemám obavu, že by tu byli dlouho, ale .. nechcete se někdo z adminů podívat na jejich follows/followers, jestli tam už nemaj navázaný další účty, který ode mě nevidim?