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  • Not open source, which is a red flag for me. There are QR scanner&generator apps on F-Droid, and you can check the source code that they do NOT send the scan result to some server and do NOT sneakily take a pic of you with the front camera.

    Here is what you should do for security around QR codes.

    In cases when privacy isn't important (here, Google can match my Google and Lemmy usernames, and I leave a public comment), you can use Google Lens (in browser!) and crop the area of focus, and unlike most QR readers that only apply a linear transform (perspective correction), it works for QR codes on bent surfaces.

  • I have the weirdest aesthetic preferences
  • Does it really scan when both timing patterns (zebra stripes between the three corner "squares") are interrupted?

    Edit: Not even Google Lens can scan it. (Edit edit: worked fine with screenshot.) Next time, avoid the red regions when putting logos etc. on mid-size (3+1 "squares") QR codes:

    🟥🟥🟥🟥
    🟥🟩🟩🟩
    🟥🟩🟩🟩
    🟥🟩🟩🟥

    You can rotate the code of course but not flip it.

  • Why is changing the keyboard layout so complicated in Windows compared to GNU + Linux and other normal OSes?
  • If you're using xkb, try this guide. Of course, backup any system files before modifying them, and just to be sure, add a 2nd keyboard layout as backup and know how to switch between them to have a fallback if you corrupt the primary one.

    There might be TUI or GUI tools too, probably way more convenient for a one-off change on a single PC.

  • Learn to play piano like a pro in 30 days!
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    Is this pair of tones used in the movie?

    There is a song using just 2 tones a semitone apart in its melody, Šel nádražák na mlíčí ("When a train stationeer went foraging for dandelion greens"), allegedly written by Czech genius Jára Cimrman in the early 1900s.

  • 81-Jähriger will nach Rom (Italien) und landet in Rom (Deutschland)
    www.t-online.de 81-Jähriger will nach Rom (Italien) und landet in Rom (Deutschland)

    Mieser Tag für einen 81-Jährigen: Er wollte aus England nach Rom – und landet...

    81-Jähriger will nach Rom (Italien) und landet in Rom (Deutschland)

    Alter Nachricht aber passend. Alle Wege führen nach Rom, oder?

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    ich🌉iel

    Ort: Titan RT über Rappbode, "weltweit längste (458 m) Hängebrücke Ihrer Art". Ein netter Fremde hat mit interessanten Pullover posiert.

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    ich🏞️🦈iel

    Nun ernst: Genau wie „Hain“ ist tschechisches „háj“ ein poetisches Begriff für Gehölz. Warum wird aber ausschießlich in Harz die slawische Aussprache verwendet?

    Datenquelle

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    John Oliver is being pedantic about Venn diagrams...

    Source (restricted to non-HBO-Max regions)

    Kamala Harris is known to love Venn diagrams and would be cringing hard at this.

    For reference, circles in Venn (Euler) diagrams are sets of objects with a certain property. Select objects are shown inside or outside of each circle depending on whether they belong to the set. A good example is xkcd 2962: !Hard to imagine political rhetoric more microtargeted at me than 'I love Venn diagrams. I really do, I love Venn diagrams. It's just something about those three circles.'

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    You can play NYT crosswords for free! (Desktop only)
    github.com GitHub - ChaoticNeutralCzech/NYT_FreeDailyXword: Play NYT crosswords for free (Desktop browsers only)

    Play NYT crosswords for free (Desktop browsers only) - ChaoticNeutralCzech/NYT_FreeDailyXword

    GitHub - ChaoticNeutralCzech/NYT_FreeDailyXword: Play NYT crosswords for free (Desktop browsers only)

    My own makeshift solution to play the crosswords without a NYT subscription.

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    owo
    Transcript

    Polish apricot (MORELOWO) juice pack by the company OWOLOVO.

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    We might see Microsoft adding ads to BSOD

    Sure to annoy IT people but those just need a line of text while the rest of the screen is free real estate for Micro$oft! Public BSODs tend to go viral too.

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    Find the Simpsons character [Hard]

    The canvas can be explored (no longer edited) at canvas.fediverse.events.

    The picture comes from the official Canvas 2024 end post but scaled up 4x for comfortable viewing.

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    Are we going to do something for this year's Canvas?

    There is a Fediverse-wide canvas event at canvas.fediverse.events (currently temporarily down with no ETA). Is the KDE community participating?

    !

    I redrew this Kiki icon as pixel art and I can, and probably will, place this image myself, as it's just 282 non-white pixels; I just want to know if anyone is going to draw the KDE logo, Konqi or other imagery so we can all be in one area.

    1:1 image that can be used as a template: !

    If you have any KDE art you'd like to add, including better versions of Kiki, feel free to post them! I can adjust the palette into this year's 34-color one or even redraw high-res images as pixel art for you.

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    giant trans flag rule

    Edit: THANKS TO EVERYONE

    I thought that given the size of the trans community, perhaps the 100 px size would be just right for a nice 3:2 aspect ratio. Meanwhile, you madlads managed to span the entire width!

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    Go help draw at canvas.fediverse.events!

    Edit: DESTROY THE DITHERING

    Yes, it's just me who did the dithering but it turns out dithered stripes grow slower because people are afraid of placing pixels that would disrupt the pattern. Just fill the checkered area fully and continue with random pixels.

    Edit: currently down :/

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    InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)CH
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