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it's truly amazing what LLMs can achieve. we now know it's possible to produce an html5 parsing library with nothing but the full source code of an existing html5 parsing library, all the source code of all other open source libraries ever, a meticulously maintained and extremely comprehensive test suite written by somebody else, 5 different models, a megawatt-hour of energy, a swimming pool full of water, and a month of spare time of an extremely senior engineer
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Reading the RSS 2.0 specification and found this: "The purpose of the <textInput> element is something of a mystery. You can use it to specify a search engine box. Or to allow a reader to provide feedback. Most aggregators ignore it."

This, right here, back in 2002, was when the web went wrong. We don't know what it's for or why it exists, and everybody ignores it, but it's part of the standard anyway!

Also, bonus fun: RSS 0.9 claims to be RDF but isn't, RSS 1.0 really is RDF but is incompatible with RSS 0.9, RSS 2.0 is incompatible with all of the above, and Atom is the modern W3C format that is incompatible with everything else and nobody uses. And everyone wonders why normal people don't use RSS.

I learned all this because I wondered why my static website generator wants to produce feed.rss, feed.rdf, and feed.atom.

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Love these guys. The keys player/producer is Greg Kurstin, really talented guy who's worked with lots of artists.

The Bird and the Bee - Will You Dance?
youtu.be/CLPGmnRlhl0?si=B0BF7k…


The Bird and the Bee - Will You Dance? (Official Audio)

Watch the official "Will You Dance?" video: https://youtu.be/flbce8yaBaoThe Bird and the Bee's new album "Recre​ational Love" is out now! Download it on iTun...
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It has come to my attention that the artwork for the original mozilla.org "dinosaur" logo is not widely available online. So, here it is.

As I explained in some detail in my 2016 article "They Live and the secret history of the Mozilla logo", I commissioned this artwork from Shepard Fairey to use as the branding of the newly-founded mozilla.org and our open source release of the Netscape source code, which eventually became Firefox. This happened in March 1998...
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jwz: The original Mozilla "Dinosaur" logo artwork

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Chi Kim

@Scott Here's the github repo that shows you how to run it. github.com/facebookresearch/sa…

GitHub - facebookresearch/sam-audio: The repository provides code for running inference with the Meta Segment Anything Audio Model (SAM-Audio), links for downloading the trained model checkpoints, and example notebooks that show how to use the model.

The repository provides code for running inference with the Meta Segment Anything Audio Model (SAM-Audio), links for downloading the trained model checkpoints, and example notebooks that show how t...
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Misty

If you're Canadian, and you support this decision, it's worth sending Skate Canada an email saying so. I'm sure they're about to hear from people opposing it, and it would be good to make sure they’re hearing from people who think they did the right thing as well. skatecanada.ca/about/contact-u…

Contact Us - Skate Canada

Skate Canada National Office 261 – 1200 St. Laurent Blvd., Box 15 Ottawa, ON. K1K 3B8  Phone: 613-747-1007 Toll Free: 1-888-747-2372 or 1-877-211-2372 E-mail: info@skatecanada.ca  Accessibility Requests You
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#AndroidAppRain today brings you 26 updated and 1 added apps:

* FireWall Blocks: a firewall blocking internet access via Shizuku or VPN 🛡️

At our RB builder today, we had to fight with a load of failed RBs. Half we were able to fix, the other half not (mostly due to build timestamps and "dirty build"). So a call to the devs to please take care, see e.g. our corresponding hints: izzyondroid.org/docs/reproduci…

Now, enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


RB Hints for Developers - IzzyOnDroid

some hints for developers who want their app to become/stay reproducible
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#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #izzyondroid

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Salut !

C'est la merde ici bas, on va pas se mentir.

J'ai besoin d'aide pour trouver du travail rapidement sous peine de me retrouver sans logement.

Je suis un développeur PHP senior avec presque 10 ans d'expérience dans le dev web, je suis aussi pertinent en back qu'en fullstack (html, css, js et ses frameworks front).

Je cherche sur Montpellier ou en 100% remote.

Je passe mon CV en MP si besoin.

A défaut de pouvoir m'aider, un boost serait super utile, merci !

#php #symfony #laravel #dev #jechercheunjob

#dev #php #laravel #symfony #jechercheunjob
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In other depressing IoT news, iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuums, files for bankruptcy and sells itself to Chinese company. Hello cameras and mics in bajillions of homes.

cbsnews.com/news/irobot-bankru…


iRobot, the maker of Roomba vacuums, files for bankruptcy and sells itself to Chinese company

iRobot, which introduced the Roomba vacuum cleaner in 2002, vows to continue supporting its products despite Chapter 11 filing.
Aimee Picchi (CBS News)

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The Accessibility Problem With Authentication Methods Like CAPTCHA, by @smashingmag:

smashingmagazine.com/2025/11/a…

#accessibility #captcha


The Accessibility Problem With Authentication Methods Like CAPTCHA — Smashing Magazine

CAPTCHAs were meant to keep bots out, but too often, they lock people with disabilities out, too. From image classification to click-based tests, many “human checks” are anything but inclusive.
Smashing Magazine
#Accessibility #captcha @Smashing Magazine

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For a bit of fun, we're releasing a single just before the end of the year. Some of you might recall I posted a sketch of a piece called In My Head back in July. Well, I actually finished it! :) It's unapologetically poppy and electronic, with backing vocals distantly reminiscent of a boy band. 😂
Apple Music: music.apple.com/au/album/in-my…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3Bwx5hn…
YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=oq5WWN77dL…

In My Head - Single by Electronight Alchemy on Apple Music

Album · 2025 · 1 Song
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Zach Bennoui

Nice, love the subtle glitchy edits in there, really cool. Slightly unrelated, but what do you do for artwork? I wanna put more stuff out, but I'm totally blind so any photo editing stuff is gonna be kind of difficult. I've got like one single out on streaming, and for that I just used Distro Kid's AI art generator, but knowing what I know now about how those models are trained, I feel kind of icky about using them.
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Jamie Teh

@ZBennoui Thanks! I didn't actually realise Distrokid had an AI art generator. I used Bing Image Generator for this one, plus Aira to help me put text on it, but apparently, the artwork is really weird and creepy, which is precisely what I didn't want. Like you, I don't really want to use AI art generators, but the services force you to do album art. In the past, I've had some sighted help, so one of our albums has an actual photo on it, but sighted help is not always available to me. In short, same struggle here.
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Zach Bennoui

Yeah honestly I wouldn't feel so bad if I knew the training data was collected properly and with consent, but at the same time, I'm not really sure what else I'm supposed to do. I'm happy to pay artists to design art, but I'm not making money from this at all so it's not worth it right now. I've thought about just taking pictures of myself standing next to some gear or something, and hoping that looks good, but then I guess getting the right dimensions would also be an issue and I'd have no idea how to even edit the photos.
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victor tsaran

@ZBennoui Nope, distrokid never punished me for it, so I assume this is not a requirement. your title/artist info will be displayed along with the picture. I often generate the picture that will represent something about the tune I am posting. Of course, I verify with the sighted person before putting this in production! I guess you could quadruple-check with AI and if the description is consistent enough, that might work!
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Jonathan

@JustinMac84 See my last boost: blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/le…
Especially the phrase "It will evolve into a modern AI browser".

Mozilla’s Next Chapter: Building the World’s Most Trusted Software Company

Today, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo step into the role of CEO of Mozilla Corporation, focusing on becoming the trusted software company.
Rebecca Smith (The Mozilla Blog)
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Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices.

Full blog post blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/le…

A screenshot from the official Mozilla blog that reads: Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software. Firefox will remain our anchor. It will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions.

Mozilla’s Next Chapter: Building the World’s Most Trusted Software Company

Today, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo step into the role of CEO of Mozilla Corporation, focusing on becoming the trusted software company.
Rebecca Smith (The Mozilla Blog)

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Cette année, mes enfants ne savaient pas s'ils étaient trop grands pour un calendrier de l'#avent. Ma fille en a voulu un, mon fils ne savait pas trop. Je lui ai finalement pris un ensemble de petits objets que j'ai moi-même mis dans les pochettes d'un calendrier Père-Noël en tissu.
Et donc tous les jours de décembre, je vais le voir "Alors y'avait quoi aujourd'hui ? Montre !". Je crois que je le soule...
En plus il est en voyage scolaire depuis samedi, je tiens plus, je veux savoir
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I'm sponsoring @TheEvilSkeleton for $20/month to help work on #accessibility for #GNOME! Who wants to join me!?

github.com/sponsors/TheEvilSke…

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Please Fund My Continued Accessibility Work on GNOME!

I have been under distress lately due to personal circumstances that are outside my control. I cannot find a permanent job that allows me to function, I am not eligible for government benefits, my grant proposals to work on free and open-source proje…
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#Accessibility #gnome @TheEvilSkeleton 🇮🇳 🏳️‍⚧️

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Honestly I can't wait to move out. Nope, for nothing you might think the typical teenager would want that. Simply so I have complete control over the network. This internet situation kills me. We have this stupid DSL connection we probably pay way to much for for the fact the landline is broken at this point and should honestly just be turned of anyway, we have a stupid FritzBox which, is dumb. And here's the thing, LAN doesn't feel like LAN. The speed my FirtzBox shows can never be reached anyhow, I don't even have a clue how much speed we're paying for... And slowly my desk is getting to small for all these experiments. Just got a switch to extend the one LAN cable that goes into my room to also connect the Raspberry Pi to have somewhat faster internet. It worked, sort of, I guess.

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RE: infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/1…

so tired of surveillance only becoming an issue when it's the chinese doing it

BrianKrebs (@briankrebs@infosec.exchange)

In other depressing IoT news, iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuums, files for bankruptcy and sells itself to Chinese company. Hello cameras and mics in bajillions of homes. https://www.cbsnews.
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The #FOSDEM FOSS on Mobile devroom schedule is out!

fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track…

It's going to be a great day of talks on AOSP, Mobile Linux and more; covering the full stack from SoCs to app ecosystems.

14 full length talks, 7 lightning talks, 23 speakers.

#fosdem26 #FossOnMobile #AOSP #Android #CalyxOS #OpenHarmony #postmarketOS #Phosh #SailfishOS #Gnomeonmobile #LinuxOnMoble #MobileLinux

A mobile phone showing lots of logos on the screen: postmarketOS, MNT, AndroidOS, ubports, mobian, CalyxOS, NemoMobile, Sailfish OS, AOSP, PureOS and Droidian. The logos are just a selection; they don't represent the actual projects with talks in the devroom.

FOSDEM 2026 - FOSS on Mobile

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#android #aosp #gnomeonmobile #phosh #fosdem #postmarketos #CalyxOS #MobileLinux #sailfishos #fosdem26 #fossonmobile #OpenHarmony #linuxonmoble
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