[-] Vincent@kbin.social 27 points 10 months ago

Notably absent: X11 developer saying Wayland is bad, not X11.

[-] Vincent@kbin.social 40 points 11 months ago

They actually did:

The Voyager team sent commands over the weekend for the spacecraft to restart the flight data system, but no usable data has come back yet, according to NASA.

Unfortunately, that didn't help. So now they'll have to find out what's causing this, and then see if they can fix it.

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submitted 11 months ago by Vincent@kbin.social to c/europe@feddit.de

The European Media Freedom Act is meant to protect the press from government overreach. But behind closed doors, a group of EU member states are threatening to block the new law over their demands for a blank check to use spyware for the purposes of “national security”.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Vincent@kbin.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Hello Fediverse, We are looking for Text-To-Speak (TTS) expertise to help or advise us on improving the default voice of the Linux desktop. :linux: 📣 Please reach out or boost :boost_love: Thanks! #Linux #tts #accessibility #a11y #GNOME #KDE #FreeSoftware #freedesktop #ml

Source: https://floss.social/@sonny/111533945050274953

[-] Vincent@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago

So you're saying: don't release the GTK 3 port until colour spaces are also complete? Why not give people what's ready, and then when colour spaces are ready, cut another release? No need to make people wait who don't need colour spaces.

(Additionally, it's easier to verify that bugs reported before the release of colour spaces are more likely to be related to the GTK3 port.)

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submitted 1 year ago by Vincent@kbin.social to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."

[-] Vincent@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago

I don't drink coffee, but I still have it in case my guests want some. It's just nice.

[-] Vincent@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

I'm very excited about how the Linux community generally seems to be moving towards various approaches to immutable systems - all of them having in common that system updates are going to be a lot less likely to break. The future is looking good!

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submitted 1 year ago by Vincent@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.ml

Open letter to the European Commision on its eIDAS proposal

[-] Vincent@kbin.social 54 points 1 year ago

Specifically, everyone who's not using Chrome and its derivates did it. Use Firefox, people.

[-] Vincent@kbin.social 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Legit one of the most underrated Firefox features that I use all the time: right-click -> Take Screenshot (or Ctrl+Shift+S). No need to look up the relevant node, just hover the relevant part with your cursor.

[-] Vincent@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago

Btw, the main thing to realise, is that Signal is trying to tread the delicate balance of being accessible and private. If you have the perfect private messenger but nobody uses it, that doesn't help democracy one bit. So starting out with an easier-to-implement mechanism that also helps adoption (because people can get notified when people they already have in their contact list join), that still protects against indiscriminate mass surveillance, makes sense to me, even if it means your contacts can still know who you are.

[-] Vincent@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago

They've repeatedly stated that they're working on removing the need to share your phone number with your contacts, but that's taking some time, because they want to implement it in a way that does not involve storing your entire social graph on their servers.

You'll still have to sign up with your phone number, but the only thing that can be traced back is that your phone number is registered on Signal - and only by subpoenaing Signal, I believe.

[-] Vincent@kbin.social 53 points 1 year ago

Y'all, there's a full video, this single image doesn't do it justice: https://birdbutt.com/@barnibu/110995778137311940

[-] Vincent@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago

I think this is the production rollout of https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2021/10/28/implementing-global-privacy-control/

See also https://globalprivacycontrol.org. The difference with DoNotTrack is that this should be legally enforceable in California, IIUC.

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submitted 1 year ago by Vincent@kbin.social to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

The side of the cart reads:

“Safari is a great browser,
for downloading Firefox.”

https://cdn.fosstodon.org/cache/media_attachments/files/111/109/635/196/597/890/original/bc8c5c1e6207872c.png

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submitted 1 year ago by Vincent@kbin.social to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

What if we got to easily choose our web browser, and didn’t have to rely on complex operating system settings to change the pre-installed default?

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submitted 1 year ago by Vincent@kbin.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Wayland. It comes up a lot: “Bug X fixed in the Plasma Wayland session.” “The Plasma Wayland session has now gained support for feature Y.” And it’s in the news quite …

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