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RareBird_15, 1 month ago to linux

Hi all. Hoping there are some #blind #linux users out there that can help me out. I'm using an old computer, not the one I mentioned in my previous posts, but a different one, and #Orca isn't speaking. I originally installed #Ubuntu Mate, but Orca was freezing a lot, so I switched my #DesktopEnvironment to #KDEPlasma. It seemed like a lot of things were inaccessible, though, so I decided to try #Gnome. I installed Gnome, chose GDM as the display manager, and restarted the computer. Now, Orca works on the login screen but nowhere else. It seems to be running, and when I run "orca --replace" in the terminal, I get an error about something only working with X11. I've been able to tell that by scanning the screen with #SeeingAI on my #iPhone. I need to get Orca up and running again so I can use my computer. What's the best way to do this, preferably without sighted help, as my mom and stepdad aren't good with #technology.
#accessibility #tech @mastoblind @main

OutofPrintArchive, 1 month ago to JRPG

Last night I was ready to start a new RPG. It’s been quite a while so I was in the perfect mood for it.
And since I watched that Ys video I really wanted to play an entry into the series.
Since I can’t restart 8 on PS5 yet, I decided to go with Memories of Celceta.
I only played the intro back in the day on Vita. Played for about 3 hours last night and I’m really enjoying it. Can’t wait to go home late tonight and play some more.

#shareyourgames #jrpg

carol, 2 months ago to random

the lesson I'm choosing to take from xz, as an oss maintainer, is that anyone trying to pressure or guilt me into doing something should immediately be told no, for security reasons

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, 6 months ago to random

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aral, 7 months ago to Israel

“I don’t care about your calls for a premature ceasefire, about your demand that we provide them with electricity, that we stop fighting for ‘humanitarian reasons.’
…
I don’t care that you wave the flag of ‘human rights’…that you shout fancy slogans you don’t understand such as proportionality, occupation and apartheid.
…
I don’t care that you blame us for 1948 refugees, for the fact that they have no state, for…their fantasy of ‘right of return.’”

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dear-world-i-dont-care/

#israel #genocide

mcc, 8 months ago to random

I am 2 or 3 hours into trying to compile this simple command line tool, and it's "resolving deltas". I am dying. Please. My deltas. When will they resolve

mcc, 8 months ago to random

My constant experience with Python over the last ~16 years is I start writing it and it's like, wow, this is so easy, this is great! And then I run my program, and invariably it fails with an inscrutable error/exception 4 layers deep in someone else's library, code I know nothing about— in this case, a wav file library claiming that the number 960 is "not a valid shape"— and I realize that maybe I actually hate Python

PetraSchwer, 8 months ago to random German

Next Tuesday I'll be interviewed by 25 2nd-graders about my job. They want to know what a math (geometry) professor does at work.
Which one thing would you show them?

fasterthanlime, 8 months ago to random

Apple says "your package has been delivered!" but what they mean is that UPS dropped it off at the nearest UPS access point which is a 30 minute walk from my place.

I could've just gone to the Apple store at this rate, why even get it delivered. Also UPS is the worst fucking carrier here, I feel like only US-centric companies use it.

fasterthanlime, 8 months ago to random

✨ just learned this one-liner:

if you have a .env file (KEY=VALUE pairs, not prefixed by 'export' so you can't just source it) and you need to "apply it" to your current shell in a pinch, you can just:

export $(xargs < .env)

fasterthanlime, 10 months ago to random

I'm starting to understand things about terraform

..terrible, terrible things.

dansup, 11 months ago to random

✨ Better onboarding

Pretty soon you'll be able to sign up with your Mastodon account, or use it to sign in on @pixelfed

Calckey and other platforms will launch later!

Mastodon, 11 months ago to random

There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/

strypey, 11 months ago to ADHD

One problem I have with ADHD and ASD as labels is the final "D". Our ways of being are not "Disorders", any more than being gay is a "Disorder". If anything, our societies have a "Disorder", whose symptoms include chronic failure to nurture and leverage the talents and abilities of neurodiverse people for the public good.

#neurodiversity #ADHD #autistic

b0rk, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

what's a popular command line tool (other than git) that you wish had a clearer / more intuitive UI? I'm thinking of tools like dig which has this IMO pretty arcane output format

fasterthanlime, 11 months ago to random

we're all in agreement Google pivoted from "search engine" to "mafia" a while ago, yes?

search results for "Vimeo OTT" show 3 paid listings from competitors, the first real result is (way) below the fold. I guess Vimeo didn't pay for protection this month.

ryanhoulihan, 1 year ago to random

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aral, 1 year ago to random

What’s happening in Turkey today is not some exotic oddity. It’s a forewarning of exactly what can (and is) happening in the West.

Does this timeline seem familiar?

1. Neoliberals get elected. They fill their coffers while alienating a whole swath of society who they deem too far beneath them to matter.

2. A religious fundamentalist arises who speaks to those marginalised people, telling them they’ve been wronged (they have) and that he will make it right.

3. He gets elected.

4. He stays.