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Okay, so I encountered my first ever annoying issue with Joplin today. Annoying to troubleshoot, and annoying to fix. If you're having a weird problem where #joplin on #windows crashes a minute after launch, you need to go to Joplin's github and download the latest release. This is a problem with the auto-updater. Downloading from the website won't actually work, because the download link on the website leads to an older version. You need: github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v3.5.6/Joplin-Setup-3.5.6.exe
#Windows #joplin

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Re: last boost (mastodon.stickbear.me/@evilcoo…), first a little context especially for my sighted followers: As I understand it, that post is particularly about apps that, while technically accessible to blind people, aren't as pleasant to use with a screen reader as they could be. Yes, it's often necessary to deal with such apps to some degree. But, especially within the blind community, we shouldn't criticize each other for having limited tolerance for such things and choosing accordingly.

The Evil Chocolate Cookie

2025-11-10 21:20:41

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I'm just going to put this out there because I know I'm going to have more than one person. Ask. When you ask me why I don't use such and such app, and I tell you it's because it's messy, that's perfectly valid. I shouldn't have to swipe through seven controls just to get from post to post. Also, please don't tell me it's not a big deal. When I'm frustrated with something that doesn't work and you come back with. It's not a big deal, that makes me feel invalid. I don't like it. What might not be a big deal for you? Might piss me off to no end. Don't do that. It's not cool.

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James Scholes

Absolutely right. It is particularly painful reading posts from apologists of apps like Discord and Steam because they're quote "better than they used to be" unquote (which in the case of Steam was unusable).

When legitimate accessibility work has gone into improving a thing, it should be acknowledged and supported while not equating progress with perfection. Accepting accessibility scraps is not a positive thing.

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I'm just going to put this out there because I know I'm going to have more than one person. Ask. When you ask me why I don't use such and such app, and I tell you it's because it's messy, that's perfectly valid. I shouldn't have to swipe through seven controls just to get from post to post. Also, please don't tell me it's not a big deal. When I'm frustrated with something that doesn't work and you come back with. It's not a big deal, that makes me feel invalid. I don't like it. What might not be a big deal for you? Might piss me off to no end. Don't do that. It's not cool.

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what instant messaging (IM), and Voice over IP (VoIP) fdroid app that doesn't require a real phone number can I use to talk to family on an android device?

I don't use apps like whatsapp or skype because they sell my data and don't trust them.

I was hoping for a foss alternative to talk to my parents, regular folk who need something easy to set up on their android devices, ideally through fdroid.

I don't want to reveal a real phone number because I don't want ads from nobody.

I don't need to see my parent's faces, I just need to talk to them and maybe send files and lines of text.

#fdroid

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"In the budget speech this year, commission president Ursula von der Leyen made a bold statement that AI is expected to approach human reasoning by next year."

Die Nächste, nach (bzw. vor) Wildberger.

"Surprised by this statement, I asked the commission to provide me with documents .."

"The commission’s response was not filled with references to the scientific literature. Instead, the Commission referred to the essays and books by tech CEOs."

Unglaublich.

euobserver.com/digital/ar68689…


Von der Leyen caught in AI hype trap while Tech bros cash in

Ursula von der Leyen and the EU Commission are fueling the AI hype, claiming AI could reach human-level reasoning next year.
EUobserver

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⚖️📚 The #EUCommission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the #GDPR. If internal drafts become reality, this would have significant impact on people's fundamental right to #privacy and data protection.

👀 Read more here 👉 noyb.eu/en/eu-commission-about…


EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR

The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.
noyb.eu
#privacy #gdpr #eucommission

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I find it somewhat amusing that not agreeing to iClouds new terms of service resulted in iCloud Mail and other things not working until I agreed on all my Apple devices, but iCloud Mail set up in Thunderbird on two Windows machines was, of course, completely oblivious.
"Who cares about license agreements, anyway? I'm just here for the mail", said Thunderbird.

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Heading down to the MIDI room to pull another file off the shelves.
Today's file: arm_4pro.
Internal title: Black Knight's Suffering ●FF4ピアノトリオ (FF4 Piano Trio).
A five minute Jazz remix of the main theme of Final Fantasy IV, with some nicely played piano and bass. As played on my ST Pro.
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu (植松伸夫), arranged by ARM.
MIDI: drive.google.com/uc?id=19gn-l2….
Original LZH: web.archive.org/web/2018100213…
Original track, which is kind of barely there because of the heavy Jazz improvisation lol: youtube.com/watch?v=lLWCyvqgZI….


[Video Soundtrack] Main Theme of FINAL FANTASY IV [FINAL FANTASY IV]

Title: Main Theme of FINAL FANTASY IVComposed by: Nobuo UematsuArranged by: Nobuo Uematsu──────────────────────── 🎵Streaming & Download available now ...
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As some folks know, I am back on the job market.

26 year PHP Veteran, extensive Open Source and community experience. Specializing in modernization, training up teams, technical leadership, and long-term thinking. Some Kotlin experience as well, but not a ton.

Currently looking for Staff/Principal or Director/CTO level roles. Size of company flexible. Full time remote, US Central Time.

More details on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larry-garfield…

Boosts welcome, etc.

#PHP #FediHire #Kotlin

#php #kotlin #FediHire
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Trying to grow my following and figure out exactly which platform would be best for my personal needs.

I'm a podcaster, entertainer and cannabis advocate. Supporter of equal rights, pro-choice, and big on human autonomy.

Share this post and give me a follow. I'll follow you back?

#podcast #comedy #entertainment #philosophy #equalrights

#podcast #philosophy #comedy #entertainment #equalrights

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From a presentation of an AI tool:
"It can perform LDAP queries for you!"
"Can I trust the results?"
"Well, not really. It's like asking a human; you should always verify the results yourself to be 100% sure."

Okay, instead of running the query myself, I'll wait for the AI tool to run it and then run it myself to make sure it's correct.
Next week, we should receive a survey asking how much time it saves us. I wonder what everyone's answer will be. 🤔

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I would like a 5.1 channel surround system I can easily plug into my laptop's USB/HDMI hub so I can listen to podcasts and music on something that isn't a headset. Used to be you could get that in a sub-$150 form factor with 3 analogue 1/8-inch connectors. Now, though, my only connectivity option looks to be HDMI. Everything I'm finding is a sound bar which, if past experience is any guide, means a complicated ecosystem where I'll need an app and an account and likely sighted help, because you can't just plug the damn thing in and get sound, you have to make sure you're not in bluetooth mode, or otherwise mash button combinations so your speakers actually do the thing.

Surely I'm not the last weirdo left who wants his computer to sound good without a headset? What are my options? There don't seem to be either plain speakers or non-sound-bar options--maybe a mini receiver that can handle the HDMI input, with enough physical buttons so I can press one to switch to HDMI? IME sound bars have like 3 buttons, and each does a dozen things which you only distinguish by seeing which light is lit or similar. Then there's my last sound bar, which at one point crashed so hard that I started actually seeing the 403s from what was apparently its onboard Nginx server. I really hate technology somedays.

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Qwen taught me something useful today after I questioned something it wrote.

There is such thing as an transmission "erasure" vs a transmission "error"

- Errors: Unknown corruption of data bits during transmission (e.g., a 0 becomes a 1 or vice versa)

- Erasures: Complete loss of data packets/bits, where we know which specific positions are missing (the locations of missing data are known)

huh. I never knew.

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I've come to a point in my life where I find speaking to be a ridiculously complicated and inefficient way of communicating. The funny thing is, because of extensive scripting and such, you wouldn't know it if you actually heard me speak, but the process of buffering words and formulating all the right things to say is just so very taxing.
Thus, as of late, I am speaking as little as I can get away with.

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"Vorzeigeplattform für Inklusion vor dem Aus" - so lautet die heutige Schlagzeile bei ORF Tirol über das Projekt bidok

Lesen Sie den ganzen Artikel hier: tirol.orf.at/stories/3329364/

Unsere Bitte: Teilen Sie diesen Beitrag, damit möglichst viele Menschen erfahren, was auf dem Spiel steht.

Falls Sie es noch nicht getan haben, können Sie hier für bidok unterschreiben: tinyurl.com/bidok-unterschrift

#bidok #bidokbib #barrierefrei #barrierefreiheit #disabilitystudies #Tirol


Wissenschaft: Vorzeigeplattform für Inklusion vor dem Aus

Das im ganzen deutschsprachigen Raum angesehene Beratungs- und Vermittlungsprojekt „bidok – behinderung inklusion dokumentation“ steht vor dem Aus. Nach 20 Jahren streicht das Sozialministerium mit Jahresende 100 Prozent der Förderungen.
ORF.at
#barrierefreiheit #barrierefrei #bidok #bidokbib #disabilitystudies #tirol

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Wrote up some thoughts about the proposed ban on the sale of TP-Link devices in the US.

The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to ban the sale of wireless routers and other networking gear from TP-Link Systems, a tech company that currently enjoys an estimated 50% market share among home users and small businesses. Experts say while the proposed ban may have more to do with TP-Link’s ties to China than any specific technical threats, much of the rest of the industry serving this market also sources hardware from China and ships products that are insecure fresh out of the box.

krebsonsecurity.com/2025/11/dr…

A TP-Link WiFi 6 AX1800 Smart WiFi Router (Archer AX20). The router is black, completely flat, with a very low profile, and six green lit lights in the front. There are four black antennas sticking straight up out of the back.

Drilling Down on Uncle Sam’s Proposed TP-Link Ban

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Use Linux they say. It's easy for non-technical users and they never have to touch the command line they say.

I just spent 4 hours the other day digging around CLI and man pages and more trying to get my rsync and restic and system to do even kinda sorta system backup to cloud functionality that's built into Windows and MacOS, or offered as an easy client from your backup vendor. "Backup my home directory up to someplace". Because easy backup clients just aren't available or well supported for Linux.

No I'm not particularly interested in "oh you just have to go and find this random package that's in this repo and configure it and ...

I love and hate Linux sometimes.

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Varx

As someone who recommends linux and chromebooks for "non-technical" users, I always attach a caveat.

Linux is great for the 2 ends of the bell curve.
If you're doing something super niche and you need full control and are willing to put in the work, obviously its great.

Its also great if your idea of a "computer" is just a facebook, YouTube and email machine. I have setup family members with either chrome books or Linux mint and it "just works" for them. Bonus points for keeping them better protected from malware.

But for anything in the middle, its probably gunna be more painful than other OSes.

in reply to Varx

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Jason J.G. White

An article published by LWN a few months ago describes a new, container-based, atomically updated desktop Linux distribution proposed for the European Union public sector. I expect the public-sector employees to be in your second category, with the distribution preconfigured to offer exactly the applications needed in their department or job role. Almost all Linux users I know are of course in your first category: the flexibility, configurability and control are the point so far as they're concerned, not an obstacle.
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