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Stephen Hawking’s office and archive gifted to UK to settle tax bill(theguardian.com)
3 points by jscholes 5y ago|0 comments
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by jscholes 5y ago
> Simply drag-and-drop your files to make it instantly available for your clients. The next time they start your application it will self-update to the latest version. How does the latter half of this work? Specifically, if I haven&#x27
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by jscholes 5y ago
> A disabled lady thought saving some of her disability was the responsible thing to do, despite further impoverishing herself, once she built up some savings she was prosecuted for fraudently claiming benefits while having savings. I do
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by jscholes 5y ago
> in what way is something like a yubikey secured via a password? It isn't, which makes me confused about how it is supposed to be more secure. If I lose my keys with a physical security key attached, not only do I now have to worr
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by jscholes 5y ago
> The current file format for Kindle purchases, AZW, is just MOBI + DRM. Not these days it isn't. They built a custom format to support additional features some time ago, KFX[1]. [1] https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki
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by jscholes 5y ago
> For those who are not looking to spend a fortune, a simple Apple earpod (wired) is still better than most headsets out there. I don't disagree, but the results are widely variable with different TRRS I/O across different soun
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by jscholes 5y ago
> Extract audio from a video If you use `-vn` and `-acodec copy` (I use both although not sure `-vn` is strictly necessary), you can demux the audio from the video in the same format it is already in. Of course, you're extracting t
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The death truck: how a solution to Mexico's morgue crisis created a new horror(theguardian.com)
2 points by jscholes 6y ago|0 comments
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by jscholes 6y ago
> I think it's done to decouple versions. From the repo's README: > We have 16 open source custom elements: It's feasible that GitHub also have some components that are temporarily or permanently private. Having one re
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by jscholes 6y ago
> (I'll have to trust your answers since I don't have a Windows machine, let alone a Visual Studio license) You don't need a Windows machine or Visual Studio license to use VS Code, which is both cross-platform and free.
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by jscholes 6y ago
I suppose this is subjective. But listening to the short samples, I found the 6kbps Opus audio easier on the ears than Lyra. In the first sample ("pot of gold"), Lyra made the speaker sound like they had a condition which was di
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by jscholes 6y ago
> That sounds so weird to me... What do you mean cars don't have seat belts?! I can confirm the OP's experience albeit in a different country (Mexico). In some regions, I haven't been in a single street taxi with working
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by jscholes 6y ago
It's not clear which version of the extension was initially submitted for Firefox approval: the one with the redundant permission or the one without. If the latter, even though I'm inclined to believe Mozilla probably do have a m
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by jscholes 6y ago
> Out of curiosity, what about this particular project made you opt for CircuitPython? It was a nonprofit-style project without much wiggle room. We wanted to prove that an idea would or would not work in a small amount of time, which h
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by jscholes 6y ago
I've used CircuitPython for one production hardware project which is in the wild. Safe to say that the increased draw on the included battery and higher memory usage weren't a concern here, but they are both significant. Develop
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by jscholes 6y ago
> To use this on Windows I suggest using Subsystem for Linux or Cygwin. Unless you live inside these environments, an easier option would be rclone[1]. I use it on a regular basis to sync large loads to Digital Ocean Spaces, including i
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by jscholes 6y ago
> I wonder if at least some of that might someday be done equally well by a computer which would be available 24/7 It already is to some degree. E.g. I have an application on my iPhone which reads the value of bills (in various cur
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by jscholes 6y ago
> This happened one day while I was transferring a VM image in the hundreds of gigabytes from one server to another using netcat like so: > ... > my SSH connections had died yet again. And sshd had taken netcat down with it, killin
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by jscholes 6y ago
> Is there some software library that turns websites into text, that these screen readers all use, or do they implement their own? They implement their own. But the browser also has responsibilities in this area, to construct an accessi
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by jscholes 6y ago
> There are a number of browsers that run in Docker and that I can remote control (using Selenium, Playwright, Puppeteer or whatever) ... > > Does anyone know if something like that is available for screen readers - at least for a
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by jscholes 6y ago
> well, the fact is the use of a screen reader (or at least most) can be detected relatively easily by having an element in the screen reader flow that is hidden from sighted users This isn't true, at least not enough to be useful.
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by jscholes 6y ago
> I’m genuinely asking here out of lack of experience — Is it separate but equal, or is it customizing the user experience? It's separation, because it introduces the chances of an inequitable experience being created as the "c
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by jscholes 6y ago
> Do you also take exception to braile translations replacing "red button" with "third button down"? This is a different case for two significant reasons: 1. Utilising purely sensory references in web materials is a v
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by jscholes 6y ago
> Still, mainstream developers make decisions based on data. So if we want them to serve our community, shouldn't we help them by giving them data on how we use their sites and apps? Quite possibly. But there is an argument for tha
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by jscholes 6y ago
> I’m absolutely certain there are plenty of NFB members who will gladly provide free screen reader accessibility testing for apps they use if the developer is responsive to feedback. You could be right, but keep in mind that this may no
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by jscholes 6y ago
> I can't imagine websites doing anything but dropping screen reader users into a separate experience; rather than doing the work to design for accessibility in all their experiences I agree with this. I will say that developers wh
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by jscholes 6y ago
> In addition, I wish screenreaders had a text mode, where they print what they say and maybe provide cues on possible actions. NVDA, mentioned prominently in the article as a free and open source screen reader, has a floating-window-sty
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by jscholes 6y ago
> When it comes to screen reader version fragmentation, there is very little in the way of either documentation or support for developers. Fixing issues often comes down to a case of trial and error, retesting and hoping for the best. Th
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by jscholes 6y ago
> Alright, being limited to certain devices seems less bad than being limited to specific apps like Sonos Sonos also supports AirPlay, as well as DLNA/UPnP rendering. So for example you can set a Sonos speaker as the output device,
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by jscholes 6y ago
> As we don’t use the official Spotify SDK, we’re not bound to their Terms of Service. I'm not sure how this can be true. Their terms of service specifically ban users from reverse engineering unofficial parts of the product. Eithe

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