Okay y'all, I'm looking into getting smart glasses with this coming paycheck. I don't want to spend more than $450 or so on it. So, what's good in the middle of January 2026? Lol I say that because it'll probably change tomorrow or next week or next month.
Anyway any advice would be great! Boosts okay.
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Európsky parlament dňa 16. decembra 2025 prijal legislatívne uznesenie o návrhu rozhodnutia Európskeho parlamentu a rady o poskytnutí makrofinančnej pomoci Jordánskemu kráľovstvu. Parlament prijal svoju pozíciu v prvom čítaní a prevzal návrh Komisie na podporu hospodárskej stability Jordánska a pokrytie zostávajúcich finančných potrieb krajiny počas obdobia operácie. Komisia navrhuje novú operáciu makrofinančnej pomoci (MFA) vo výške až 500 miliónov EUR vo forme úverov , ktorá doplní predchádzajúcu MFA vo výške 500 miliónov EUR.
Táto nová makrofinančná pomoc je určená na riešenie naliehavých hospodárskych výziev vrátane vysokého verejného dlhu, štrukturálne zvýšeného rozpočtového deficitu (5,6 % HDP v roku 2024, čo predstavuje nárast v porovnaní s rokom 2023) a pretrvávajúcich externých deficitov (v priemere okolo 6,5 % HDP za posledných päť rokov). Jej cieľom je tiež zmierniť fiškálne obmedzenia zhoršené nedávnymi krízami, ako je pandémia COVID-19 a regionálna nestabilita.
Politické a ekonomické podmienky potrebné na udelenie navrhovanej makrofinančnej pomoci sú splnené, čo potvrdzuje aj hodnotenie súčasnej situácie Jordánska zo strany Komisie. Úver bude poskytnutý v rámci záruky pre vonkajšiu činnosť s dotáciou vo výške 9 %, čo predstavuje 45 miliónov EUR, ktoré sa majú naprogramovať v rámci nástroja NDICI - Globálna Európa.
Makrofinančná pomoc bude platná dva a pol roka od nadobudnutia platnosti memoranda o porozumení (MoU). Vyplatenie finančných prostriedkov sa uskutoční v troch tranzíciach, ktoré budú podmienené úplnou a včasnou implementáciou dohodnutých hospodárskych politík uvedených v MoU. Tieto politiky zahŕňajú ambiciózne reformy v kľúčových oblastiach, ako je verejná správa, fiškálne riadenie a úsilie v boji proti korupcii, čím sa zabezpečí, že podpora EÚ prispeje k dlhodobej hospodárskej odolnosti a stabilite Jordánska.
Predpokladom pre poskytnutie makrofinančnej pomoci Európskej únie bude, aby Jordánsko rešpektovalo účinné demokratické mechanizmy vrátane pluralitného parlamentného systému, zásady právneho štátu a zaručilo dodržiavanie ľudských práv.
RE: tldr.nettime.org/@dk/115883067…
Una reflexión muy interesante: el «código ptolemaico» es, como el viejo sistema geocéntrico de Ptolomeo, software basado en un modelo del problema a resolver incorrecto que solo se acerca a un funcionamiento adecuado mediante sucesivos parches. La generación de código asistida por IA va a traernos muchos de estos «regalos».
I hereby coin the term "Ptolemaic Code" to refer to software that appears functional but is based on a fundamentally incorrect model of the problem domain. As more code is generated by AI, the prevalence of such code is likely to increase.
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I just got falsely flagged as a bot while trying to use the DB train connection lookup service (from first use on, on a residential connection, both in Firefox during multiple attempts, then also in Chromium, only the third attempt in an Epiphany browser got through). People will be very amused if that happens to them on a journey while frantically trying to figure out alternative connections during one of the usual DB situations. ┐(シ)┌
(Going by what I'm reading from sysadmins these days, I guess this is another case/consequence of big tech AI scrapers DDOSing the web to death.)
#XMPP Community
The Chat of the Future initiative has its first session today from 19:00 CET!
xmpp.org/2026/01/chat-of-the-f…
#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #xeps #standards #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging
The XSF Communication Team is launching the ‘Chat of the Future Initiative’ to support the XMPP ecosystem through collaborative discussions, development, and improved public communication. This new initiative invites participants from all …xmpp.org
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Mona is a highly customizable Mastodon app with VoiceOver optimization and native design. Available now on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.Mona for Mastodon
Mantis Q40 question: when using the onboard applications, I can switch between QWERTY and #braille input by pressing F12. Is there a way to achieve the same thing while connected to an external device in terminal mode?
In other words: I want to use the FDS and JKL keys as simulated Perkins-style input while connected to NVDA, VoiceOver, etc. without using any software-based simulation features built into the #screenReader itself.
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Comitis Capital übernimmt Threema
Threema gilt als sicherer Messenger-Dienst mit Fokus auf Privatsphäre. Am Montag hat Comitis Capital die Übernahme angekündigt.
Ich mag ja nicht jedes Dateils dieses Deals zu überblicken oder maße mir an alles zu verstehen. Aber ausser dem Namen des Kapitalgebers ändert sicht nichts. Menschen die JETZT irgendwelche Einstellungen ändern glauben doch nicht wirklich, dass die bereits übertragenen worden sind, dann auf den Servern verschwinden. Oder?
Oder dass die Afinum andere Zeile hatte als jede andere Firma.
Warum ist Wachstum erstrebenswert habe ich gelesen. Das hängt von der Situation ab. Wenn es WhatsApp und Meta im allgemeinen ein Stück weit verdrängen soll ist esSEHR erstrebenswert. Höhere Mitgliederzahlen heisst auch stabilerer Service für uns Nutzer.
Dieses reflexartige zuschnappen und diese Versuche hier einen Dämonen herraufzubeschwören ... statt unter Umständen darüber nachzudenken, dass irgendwer den Bumms auch bezahlen muss und das nicht mit 3,50€ lifetime getan ist.
Threema kann als Inhouse-Messenger genutzt werden. Evt ist das der Grund für eine Firma eine Softwarebude finanziel zu unterstützen.
Torvalds arbeitete jahrelang für Transmeta und wurde von denen bezahlt um den Linux-Kernel zu managen. Weil die den Kernel brauchten. So wie viele Entwickler der OpenSource Scene auch einen Anstellungsvertrag haben.
ORF Sound ist das digitale Audio-Angebot des ORF. Alle öffentlich-rechtlichen Radiosender Österreichs live und die besten Inhalte kuratiert, 30 Tage on Demand.sound.orf.at
Truly, someone who wants to test your product needs this, why lock it in the most expensive tier? Please make this transition easier :)
Twelve(!) years ago on this day, I started my job at #Mozilla
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2014/01/13…
(I was there for almost five years, left again in late 2018: daniel.haxx.se/blog/2018/11/18…)
I'm now a Senior Network Engineer at Mozilla. Today is my first day as an employee. Here's my summary of how I got here and how the process has been so far, from my perspective.daniel.haxx.se
Everyone knows Streetcomplete, but have you heard of MapComplete yet?
What a nice project, i recently found. Contribute to Open Street Map theme and project based.
mapcomplete.org/ by @MapComplete
#MapComplete #OSM #openstreetmap
MapComplete is a platform to visualize OpenStreetMap on a specific topic and to easily contribute data back to it.mapcomplete.org
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i am infinitely grateful for a tool that helped not just me but millions of people create a reliable common network (http mostly?) api clients.
maybe well before the time I started programming curl might have been the only library in the world that helped us use apis (as of now there are hundreds of network libraries that are stable and relatively widespread, but even still I use it almost everyday from the shell).
V novem roce slapeme do nabirani umelcu a misto uvodniho callu a pitch decku se rovnou vrhame do nahravani obsahu (a u toho se samozrejme salesuje).
A novy tematicky web nemuze chybet!
#music #unreleased #art
Not a label. Not management. Just a collective of artists, dreamers, & designers trying to change an unfair industry.join.unreleased.art
Das kennen viele von uns: Eine unangenehme oder lästige Aufgabe steht an, aber wir können uns nicht aufraffen, damit anzufangen. Was hinter dieserNadja Podbregar (Scinexx - Das Wissensmagazin)
My si tu kalamitu fakt užíváme.
V Hradci Králové přes noc napadly 3 centimetry sněhu. U muzea 4.
Myslíš si, že to někdo aspoň začal odklízet?
#zasRáno
Náledí dnes pokryje Česko, hrozí kolaps dopravy a kdo se chystá ven, bojí se uklouznutí a zlomenin. Trh nabízí nespočet protiskluzových doplňků, ale existuje i jednoduchá, levná a překvapivě účinná alternativa – obyčejný syrový brambor.iDNES.cz
To be frank: the report quality on Hackerone is so low by now that the #curl team decided to make CVEs based only on the coolness of the reporter‘s username.
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Ich arbeite schon sehr lange bei #Threema und sehe, dass hier gerade eine Panikwelle durchzieht, man die App jetzt plötzlich boykottiert, weil Threema verkauft wird. Vielleicht darf ich das mal einordnen:
Ich habe viele Jahre mit den drei Gründern zusammen an Threema gearbeitet. Ich habe den Verkauf an Afinum 2020 miterlebt und später den Rückzug der Gründer in 2024. Derzeit wird Threema an Comitis verkauft - auch ein Private Equity Unternehmen, genau wie Afinum damals. Wenn's also nur um den Verkauf geht, gibt es erstmal eigentlich keinen Grund zur Panik.
Aber: Es ist eine Änderung. Auf jeden Fall gilt es, das kritisch zu betrachten und zu beobachten. Auf jeden Fall sollte laut geschrien werden, sobald Enshittification stattfindet! Bitte, macht das! Und ich wäre mit Sicherheit unter den ersten Personen, die aus Protest gehen würden, sollte Threema mal die eigenen Werte aufgeben.
Aber warum diese Aufregung jetzt, weil Threema gerade von Private Equity A an Private Equity B verkauft? Das verstehe ich nicht.
I am very proud to share that I have been awarded the IP Prize by the Swedish Network Users Society (SNUS). The motivation, which is long and detailed covers over 30 years of my work with Open Standards, Open Networks and now cyber security. From PC/TCP to Asterisk and Kamailio to the current work.
Thank you SNUS!
On the morning of the 13th day of the year we have received *checks notes* 13 #curl vulnerability reports on Hackerone this year.
None a confirmed vulnerability.
Codex users, add
[tui]animations = false
To config.toml to turn off the working message that prints every 3 seconds. You'll still hear status updates when things happen.
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@Piciok This reminds me of the conversation I had with the director of my Regional Examination Commission, basically the organization which handles the day-to-day of running the government-mandated final exams (think GCSEs / A-Levels) here.
She didn't understand the difference between an audio CD and a CD ROM with a PDF (or Word) file on it that a screen reader would read. She also thought that a screen reader is a program that connects me over video call to a real person who reads text from paper documents that I place in front of my camera.
This was the only time in my life where I wanted to take the phone and throw it at the wall.
This was during my middle school days, my high school fortunately managed to shield me from all this madness.
The commission for that particular region is... well... known for being utterly incompetent, obstreperous, objecting to basically everything as a matter of principle, and generally being a pain in the ass for anybody who is unfortunate enough to live in their jurisdiction.
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@draeand @Piciok We basically don't use computers in schools here, so that's probably why. This stuff almost never comes up.
By law, if you have the requisite documents, you're automtically entitled to a braille copy of the exam. Your school just files the required paperwork and that gets done as a matter of course. Anything else requires going through an administrative process and explicit approval. Usually, "the student is using this in class and so that's the workflow they're accustomed to" is a good enough reason to get approved, but you still need to go through the non-standard process.
Buenos días desde la Administración Pública.
Estos días se estuvo muy bien sin la superioridad, pero todo lo bueno se acaba.
In today's #blind ballaches:
FedEx handed a package of mine over to a "trusted third-party vendor" for last-mile delivery. This afternoon, a driver for said vendor sent me a WhatsApp message and photo without a description:
Driver: "I've left your package at <local business name> for you to pick up."
Me: "I can't do that, please bring it to the house."
Them: "You can pick it up after five."
Me: "No, I can't. I paid for home delivery, not a drop off at a different place. I'm busy and also blind, and that isn't convenient."
Them: *silence*
Me: "So, can you please bring it to the house?"
Them: "No. I already left it. Have a good week."
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With VoiceOver on your Mac, share your screen with another Mac in Apple Remote Desktop or the Screen Sharing app.Apple Support
Another report from MN from a friend of a friend, a US Citizen:
I am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction.
I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said “I’ll be taking this, I might need it later.” My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn’t mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it.
We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn’t figure out how to use the building phones, or complained about a lack of cell service preventing them from checking the internet or making calls.
The people in the cells were extremely scared. We heard people screaming "let me out!", crying, wailing and terrified screams. There were cells with as many as 8 people. I have no way of knowing how long they have been there, if they were allowed any contact with the outside world, or if they were being brought food or water. Most people were staring at the ground with almost no energy. I was not allowed to talk to anyone imprisoned. I distinctly remember seeing a desperate woman. She was staring at the ground with her head in her hands crying, hopeless, while her friend or family member sat on a bathroom seat observed by 3 men.
My friend and I were put in an area for "USCs," which we eventually learned meant US citizens, separated by gender. We were imprisoned for 8 hours, during which my friend was never allowed a phone call. I was allowed to call my wife and tell her where I was. During my interview with Special Agent William and Special Agent Garcia, they asked me to empty my pockets. When I pulled out gloves, Agent William said those were meant to be taken when I was processed, and complained about having to fill out the form again. He frisked me once more, where he found glass in my pocket from when our car window was shattered. He filled out the form listing my personal items again, but put the wrong date. I was read my rights, I pleaded the fifth and was led back to my cell.
Food, water, and bathroom breaks were extremely difficult to acquire. I would ask over the intercom provided in the cell for a bathroom break, be told someone was on their way, then ask again 20 minutes later, be told someone was on their way, wait another 20 minutes, etc. Eventually they either turned off the intercom or it stopped working, because no one would respond. I could get water and bathroom breaks by pounding on the glass when someone happened to walk by and beg them directly. Hours would go by without anyone checking on us. I am vegan and the only food they offered were turkey sandwiches, fruit snacks with gelatin, and granola bars with honey. I eventually ate a granola bar out of hunger.
I was in the cell alone for between 1 and 2 hours, then another man was put into my cell, whose shirt was ripped open from his arrest, and an injured toe, who was carried aggressively into an unmarked car during his arrest. After about 4-5 hours, another man was brought in who had a cut on his head from his arrest. He told me he was tackled by 4 or 5 agents during his arrest. At no point was he offered medical assistance.
Later I was told that a lawyer was here to see me, and I was able to speak with him in a visitation room. The special agent told me that the door could not be closed all the way, so it was cracked during my interaction with my lawyer. I got the impression that they were not used to having lawyers present, and were trying to follow procedure as best they could. I asked an agent if the other detainees were allowed lawyers and was not answered.
At one point, 3 men from the department of Homeland Security Investigations brought me into a cell. They insinuated that they could help me out. After inquiring several times what exactly they meant they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any (I don’t), or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.
Finally, after hours of detention, I was told to follow an agent. At no point was I told whether or not I was being charged, or where I was going, but I was led out of the building. I asked if I could use a phone to call my wife to pick me up, and was told I could not. After pleading for several minutes eventually Special Agent William let me use his phone to call my wife. As I was escorted off the property by government agents, I was told to turn right. I was escorted to the protest area, where 5 minutes later, tear gas was deployed and I was struck by a paint ball gun. I was not protesting, I was simply being released without charges after an 8 hour detention. I was on the other side of the street, as instructed by the agents that released me and the agents shouting orders over a bullhorn. A passerby who was tear gassed was panicking and having an asthma attack, so I helped her find a medic to get her an inhaler. I used a stranger's phone to co-ordinate pickup, and was picked up by my wife.
During my detention I knew that I was being released. I knew that as a citizen of the United States I have legal protection. The hundred or so other people being detained had no such protection. At this time I don’t need your help, it is the families that are being separated, abused, terrorized, harassed and killed that need your help. If this is happening to me, an American citizen born in the United States, then what is happening to the people in here that have no one calling lawyers on their behalf? That have no constitutional rights to due process? What is happening to the people that they will never be released to see their families, go to their jobs, or walk through their city ever again?
Please take care of yourselves, your family, and your community. I am safe and healthy, if you feel compelled to help, please offer your help to the Immigrant Defense Network at immigrantdefensenetwork.org/. If you know someone detained by ICE, call or text CAIR-MN at 612-206-3360 for 24/7 legal intake.”
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