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Vanadium version 144.0.7559.76.1 released
Changes in version 144.0.7559.76.1:
- extend support for language-specific content filters from German to cover additional languages supporting by the other EasyList variants (Bulgarian, Hebrew, Indonesian, Dutch, Vietnamese, Chinese) which can be expanded further to more EasyList-affiliated lists in the near future
- add workaround for upstream regression for the HTTPS-only mode user interface on Android which can be replaced by a backport of their fix in the near future
A full list of changes from the previous release (version 144.0.7559.76.0) is available through the Git commit log between the releases.
This update is available to GrapheneOS users via our app repository and will also be bundled into the next OS release. Vanadium isn't yet officially available for users outside GrapheneOS, although we plan to do that eventually. It won't be able to provide the WebView outside GrapheneOS and will have missing hardening and other features.
Comparing 144.0.7559.76.0...144.0.7559.76.1 · GrapheneOS/Vanadium
Privacy and security enhanced releases of Chromium for GrapheneOS. Vanadium provides the WebView and standard user-facing browser on GrapheneOS. It depends on hardening in other GrapheneOS reposito...GitHub
Gosh, with all these tools we should already be so fsafe beyond safety's own limits. Why do we then need ICE and all these oso-called law enforcement agencies? I mean just put a guy in a cowboy hat and boots, show them how to use Tangles, and the rest of us can go party. What's wrong with this formula? @TexasObserver texasobserver.social/@TexasObs…
For starters, we directly consume libespeak.dll, thanks to learnings from our SAPI5 wrapper. No more running Espeak in another process this way, but still side-loading the DLL into the process. The .exe is included so as to keep the distribution of Espeak intact.
This also allows us to get correct IPA mappings just like the NVDA driver gets, so letters should not be dropped during speech. Check it out! Wow!
Also, the spin controls can now use page up and page-down for movement by increments of 50. This should allow wider mapping but finer if you arrow. Wait, spin control? That's right, hitting "edit" on a phoneme will let you increment it using the arrow keys, or type in the value. Why not be flexible!
We solved an issue with loading: no matter where you unzip this, it will load both the DLL and Espeak NG folders, locating Espeak-NG.exe in it. There's still a bit of a bug here because we don't check for libespeak.dll but the executable, but this is a minor one for the next version to fix. If you point it at a dll, it will also load the packs if it exists in the same folder, which also means less hitting "open" and "set" everywhere.
Enjoy! eurpod.com/synths/NVSPPhonemeE…
And yes, I tested this with at least 4 KB of text thrown at it at once in the text-box, it didn't crash. I'm sure there's a limit, but still, impressive it only took like 7 seconds to generate the speech.
Thanks to a software program called "Tangles," #police—sheriffs, Texas state cops, and even #ICE—can follow the location of your smartphone without a warrant.
Yet, we know little about how it has been used. Here's what our investigation revealed: texasobserver.org/texas-police…
#privacy #tech #surveillance #Texas #politics #USpol #news
Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.
One sheriff who leads an anti-smuggling task force says the software helps “develop leads to eventually obtain probable cause.” Civil liberties experts say its use violates constitutional rights.Francesca D’Annunzio (The Texas Observer)
Anyone self-host PeerTube?
I love YouTube, and by that I mean watching it; I would never upload there, especially now, with all of their silly censorship of things that don't even need censoring.
I feel like I need a PeerTube instance.
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in reply to Florian • • •Physical displays or virtual windows? For physical displays, pressing Windows+shift+arrows moves a window between monitors and reports it, but I'm not sure how to query which display a window is on without moving it.
For virtual windows, If you press Windows+tab it opens the task view window with the current app active. Press tab once to the list of desktops. The focus starts on the first desktop. Press right arrow to move through and the one which doesn't say "not selected" is active