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mhoye

There's an Azure outage, so in the Netherlands the trains aren't working.

nltimes.nl/2025/10/29/ns-hit-m

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@Phorm I wished Microsoft would go away, not go down. :3c

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If your government's legislature can't vote because a third-party commercial ~~cloud~~ somebody-else's-computer is down, then your government needs to ditch it for an on-prem solution pronto.

The Scotsman, "Scottish Parliament suspends voting over ongoing Microsoft outage": scotsman.com/news/scotland/sco

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Ariel Millennium Thornton

The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.

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Today it's Microsoft's turn to be the somebody else's computer that goes down worldwide. News is saying Azure and 365 were down and are starting to come back up, but Microsoft's support website (support.microsoft.com) is still down for me as I post.

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Juice that toots other Juice

Honking Juice

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maple "mavica" syrup [6502]

i want recommendations for free text to speech interfaces like those used for speech impaired people (screens of icons for quick vocabulary, customizable, with option for full text input)

bonus points for something with a highly customizable voice, or also seeking recommendations for any tts voice that's local, customizable, not genAI, runs on old hardware. i don't want solutions that only work with the system's black box TTS i have to find arcane packs for

please boost! :boost_ok:​

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Ariel Millennium Thornton

Once upon a time, Napster was a "sharing is caring" pirate website.

Then the RIAA killed it, took control of it, and resurrected it as a "rent to never own" pirate website.

Now it's dead again and about to be resurrected as a dot-ay-eye "plagiarism machine" pirate website.

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maple "mavica" syrup [6502]

TIL one form of CDDA copy protection is intentionally corrupted error correction codes causing audible glitches in ripped copies which explains a lot of MP3s i downloaded as a teenager sounding the way they did

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🇨🇦️Dracula🍁

Some musical humour.

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@mavica_again That's rather impressive, to be honest.

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I am once again setting up for a customer a new PC that didn't come with a manual, required assembly with no assembly instructions, & started talking during the out-of-box experience (OOBE). There was a speaker icon, but clicking on it did nothing but make the icon's "click me" border disappear.

I get that computers need to talk for blind & low-vision users, but come on, not at the expense of making your new users deaf as well!

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Whose idea was it to make AIO PCs without sound controls **AND** default the speaker volume to "make rock star Hotblack Desiato file a noise complaint"!?

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Juice that toots other Juice

Bedtime Juice

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Jess👾
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Georgiana Brummell

As someone who is totally blind, the Fediverse is the only place where I have ever been able to follow people such as photographers, artists, or even those who post pictures of their cats or the food they ate. The reason is that most of them use alt text. They take the time to describe the images that my screen reader can't recognise. Some write the descriptions themselves, and others use tools such as altbot. Some worry that their descriptions aren't good enough, especially when they are new at this. Let me assure you, not only are they good enough, they are extremely appreciated! If the rest of the world thought as you did, it would be a much better place. Don't hesitate to ask if you're unsure of something, but never think that we don't notice your effort.

#appreciation #accessibility #altbot #alttext #blind #blindness #fediverse #gratitude #images #inclusivity #peoplewhocare #pictures #technology

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Ariel Millennium Thornton

@Atatra So *that's* why they left Brooklyn! :O

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The Mad Codger

It's that time of year. Make sure you're ready.

#halloween #witches

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maple "mavica" syrup [6502]

there's something about "computers built by companies who wanted to use up their inventory of VCR chassis" that really appeals to me

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Accessibility Awareness

The No Mouse Challenge is a global effort to raise awareness about accessible web design. Try using your website without a mouse. Use the keyboard instead. Is it possible to access all features and operate all buttons, sliders, and other controls?

nomouse.org/

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