No random open source application, I do not want to join your Discord channel for support.
There's this really cool technology called hypertext markup language, and if you use it for your documentation another piece of amazing technology called a search engine can help me find the answer I'm looking for
And the real magic is you only have to answer it once and the answer helps anyone. You don't have to answer the same question every day. This frees you up for more fun development
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New Open Source Hardware design is verified: ESP32-SBC-FabGL single board computer based on FabGL library with PS2 keyboard, mouse and VGA display with many retro computer emulators
I learned about the FabGL library when we started manufacturing AgonLight2. The ESP32 was used as a graphics, sound, and IO keyboard co-processor for Bernardo’s Z80 design. Upon checking the …olimex
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DNS service @quad9dns is forced by Sony to block some domain name resolution.
As a small and non profit organization they struggle to defend in court.
For freedom we need non-lying and privacy-proof DNS.
Let's support Quad9!
https://quad9.net/news/press/quad9-s-opinion-of-the-recent-court-ruling-in-leipzig/
Quad9’s Opinion of the Recent Court Ruling in Leipzig | Quad9
Quad9 has been part of a potentially precedent-setting legal case involving Sony Music. On March 1st, 2023, the Leipzig Regional Court ruled in favor of Sony Music.Quad9
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oh shit! I accidentally committed to the wrong branch!
Permalink: https://wizardzines.com/comics/oh-shit-wrong-branch/
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Writing/Realizing Disability + Power
I chose the photo where I’m with Dad outside the Hugo Losers Party, with my bright blue jacket and my squidgy-handled cane—Dad’s injured hand is in his pocket, not visible, but I know. So there it…Strange Horizons
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New Product Preview: RP2040-PICO30 Raspberry Pico with 30 GPIO available!
RP2040 is a nice dual-core Cortex-M0 SOC packed with a lot of features and a huge community that has been built up over the last two years since its announcement. For our new Neo6502 design, we nee…olimex
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BRIAN DI NAZARETH - VOI SIETE TUTT DIVERSI
Un grande e illuminante video tratto dal film Brian di Nazareth.YouTube
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Having looked at many instruction on the internet, those are the more complete (and working) I have found:
https://gist.github.com/Ircama/22707e938e9c8f169d9fe187797a2a2c
TL;DR:
1) open Arduino Ide from your preferred linux distro (mine is debian/testing)
2) File -> Preferences -> Additional Board Manager Url
3) add this link https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArminJo/DigistumpArduino/master/package_digistump_index.json
4) ok
5) Tools -> Board Manager, add Digistump AVR Boards
6) Tools -> Board -> Digistump AVR Boards -> Digistump
Now it's all classic "Verify" "Upload" steps to program the attiny85
AgonLight Open Source Hardware Retro Computer Running BBC Basic was captured in KiCad and updated by Olimex
AgonLight is a well-documented small computer based on the Z80 family and running BBC BASIC. With a VGA output and a PS2 Keyboard this is a stand alone retro style computer. The project is open sou…olimex
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The version uploaded to debian experimental, allowed resizing the different parts of the window a little bit, but still often hid useful information...
So I refreshed the libhandy patches!
Packages available from:
https://people.debian.org/~vagrant/debian/pool/main/d/dino-im
The "UNRELEASED" repository is signed by my key in the debian-keyring.
Have not tested much, but works for me!
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Yes, that's where the patches originally came from.
I don't currently have a git repo with the patches applied, but should be able to "git am debian/patches/handy/*.patch" from the unpacked .dsc
Or... I'll just push a branch somewhere.
Pushed a couple branches to:
https://salsa.debian.org/vagrant/dino-im/
The handy-v0.3.1 branch is based on the upstream v0.3.1 tag with the handy patches applied
There is also the debian/handy-0.3.x branch, based on of the debian/0.3.1 tag with the handy patches applied.
The patches are only slightly modified from the feature-handy branch in dino upstream, and not all are applied.
Really need to get small screen support working upstream sooner or later, as I do not like maintaining forks!
Heated mouse | mouse riscaldato
Components: 2 33Ohm resistors in serie, 1 thick washer, some silicone sealant, some wire.
Componenti: 2 resistenze da 33Ohm in serie, 1 rondella un po' spessa, un po' di silicone sigillante e qualche cavo.
A bit less of 0.5W, enough for reaching 35 C - 38 C.
Poco meno di mezzo Watt di potenza, abbastanza per raggiungere tra i 35 e i 38 gradi.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUD8h9JpEVQ
#numberphile #statistics #bias
Does Hollywood ruin books? - Numberphile
Thanks Audible for sponsoring this video. Start a 30-day trial & receive a free audiobook at https://www.audible.com/numberphile or text numberphile to 500 5...YouTube
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https://www.eurogamer.net/the-story-behind-the-oblivion-mod-terry-pratchett-worked-on
The story behind the Oblivion mod Terry Pratchett worked on
Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.In his Foreword to The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy, the late Sir Terr…Cian Maher (Eurogamer.net)
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, January 25, 1897, Page 6, Image 6
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, January 25, 1897, Page 6, Image 6, brought to you by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN, and the National Digital Newspaper Program.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
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no surprise that people of such taste should cause damage to society.
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Open Firmware for Pinephone LTE Modem – What’s up with that?
In their monthly announcement, among all the cool things Pine64, they talked about the open firmware for PinePhone’s LTE modem. The firmware isn’t fully open – a few parts remain closed. And Pine emphasizes that they neither pre-install nor officially endorse this firmware, and PinePhones will keep shipping with the vendor-supplied modem firmware image instead.
That said, the new firmware way more featureful – it has fewer bugs, more features, decreased power consumption, and its proprietary parts are few and far between. I’d like to note that, with a special build of this firmware, the PinePhone’s modem can run Doom – because, well, of course.
See Open Firmware For PinePhone LTE Modem – What’s Up With That?
#technology #pinephone #opensource
In their monthly announcement, among all the cool things Pine64, they talked about the open firmware for PinePhone’s LTE modem. The firmware isn’t fully open – a few parts remain …
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#PinePhone
Release [Stable] Yocto 3.3.2 with fixes from previous tests · Biktorgj/pinephone_modem_sdk
This release is a flashable package based on the following repos: Unlocked Bootloader (LK): https://github.com/Biktorgj/quectel_lk/releases Linux 3.18.140 Kernel: https://github.com/Biktorgj/quect...GitHub
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But then, you may be wondering, why did it change? There are probably a lot of reasons why that is, but I can think of a couple.
One, technology keeps on evolving. When GTK 3 got introduced, it took quite some time for the single GUI screen reader to catch up with it. Regressions were also a thing. Not to mention that the orca screen reader has only one really active developer.
Casey Reeves
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Another reason for this is sadly, that accessibility isn't a wildly known thing. Developers don't care about it for the most part, and if they do, it is never enough, due to the behavior of other developers.
How many times did the orca folks and various associations for the blind have to slap the gnome people on the wrist for taking out accessibility features or causing regression without caring? Too many, that's how much this happens. That's how regular it has become for us to have to fight over every version of gnome released to keep the accessibility more or less working.
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It seems that they haven't gotten the idea, after all. I got interested in a nice GUI app for mastodon recently, called tuba. I discovered that it used GTK 4, however. I knew there were rumors about accessibility problems, of course, but what better way to learn than to experience it for yourself? So that's what I did.
Oh dear, was I disapointed! The first thing that struk me when launching the app, is the fact that the flat review of orca stopped working. Second, that it appears that GTK 4 and orca are fighting over the keyboard. I can't make orca stop talking, I can't know on which element on the UI I'm on until it finished talking the previous thing it was saying and moves onto this one. I can't use any screen reader shortcut, either.
It is exactly, if not worse, than QT 4 was, when accessibility was barely considered.
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But, enough about GTK. I'm now moving on to xorg and wayland.
Xorg was good. It was buggy, it was not especially secure for various things, but it worked. More importantly, it allowed the screen reader to perform relatively good.
Wayland, on the other hand, is the complete oposite. Oh sure it works for general use. But the minute you try to use mouse emulation to click on an element of the interface, be it on a website or in a program, orca crashes. Don't ask me why, I don't know. Orca is now no longer allowed to provide a clipboard, either. The excuse the wayland folks gave was security. Applications that lack a window, focused window at that, will not be allowed to use the clipboard. Well, guess what? To be able to copy the content of a window for example an error message to share it with people for assistance, one needs to focus that window. Not orca. Oh, and by the way, it's been *years* orca has had a window.
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So then, you might ask me, why don't you just use QT programs if they work better? Well, the fact that QT 6 is out is great, but it also cause regressions. QT is nowhere near perfect. It is nowhere as usable as gtk 2 and 3 ever were, when things used to be done properly.
That aside it seems that QT accessibility features are opt-in rather than opt-out. I could be wrong about that, and as a matter of fact, I hope I am.
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And, even if it was that simple, there remains the fact that wayland complicates my life even more due to the so-called security and the problems it creates for assistive technology. And I'm tired.
I'm done dealing with this. I'm done trying and trying to summon the energy to make yet another bug report and feeling like deep down it won't matter in the end. I'm officially jaded.
As of this morning, I've gone back to windows for any program with a GUI. Granted so far it is only for web browsing, as the rest of my activities are doable in console, and I do enjoy the console.
But there you have it.
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Maybe some other people will pick up where I left. Maybe noone will. But at this point, I'm done. I can't keep on damaging my own mental health for the benefit of reporting bugs that might get fixed, but most likely won't. I can't keep dealing with this. As of today, I'm done with this entire thing.
To whoever resist out there, I can only wish one thing. Good luck, and don't sacrifice your mental health for it. Don't do the same thing I've done. Please be safe, and remember that going back to windows for some thing is nothing to be ashamed of. There comes a time where open source doesn't matter and accessibility gets the priority for everyone. Mine has been reached, and then some.
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Don't forget that circa 2010-2011, Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems and disbanded the accessibility team. They were responsible for GNOME's accessibility infrastructure. We went from about 10 full-time people working on accessibility to none.
Emmanuele Bassi's talk on the history of accessibility in GNOME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNh0Xg8abj0
My talk on the effort to bring the accessibility stack to modern standards: https://viruta.org/paying-technical-debt-transcript.html
Archaelogy of Accessibility - Emmanuele Bassi
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