I don't want to "talk" to my browser. I don't want my browser to "summarize" things. I don't want my browser to "help" me with things. I don't want my browser to do anything except show me web pages and shut the fuck up and get out of the way.

Vibe coding has arived! This is just a simple playlist viewer app like others but accessible. https://github.com/serrebi/Accessible-IPTV-Client

Looks like our dishwasher may have bitten the dust. Recommendations please for an accessible one? Bonus points if I can control it with an app and Alexa.

@luiscarlosgonzalez yeah on Amazon, though I didn't see it on Best-Buy quite just yet locally here, and they're quoting a week to ship it which is so odd.

@luiscarlosgonzalez ooh damaged how? When I had the XM4 for like 2 years, the earcup sadly began to really fall apart. On those, you couldn't really unsnap them, but after the Xm5 (and now Xm6) you can put some force in moving them to one side and pull upwards to unfascen the snaps underneath, so I think earcup removal at least has improved. Sadly though it got too much moisture in the noise cancelation circuits so now when it's turned on even without the earcups present it makes this high-pitched microphone feedback noise. That's when I got the XM5, but I was very disappointed that noise cancelation didn't kick in to full level when you first power them on, which meant that to block out sounds like snoring, it's useless for. The XM6 now kicks in full ANC when toggled so none of this head movement crap either where it would disengage to re-evaluate the sounds around you. So I think they really worked to fix customer feedback this time around.

Was bad today. Splurged on the new Sony XM6. However I don't regret them over my XM5, definitely not as much as I did the Sonos ace for their weight and bulk, and sub-par noise cancelation when compared to the Bose QC Ultras. QC Ultra battery is now probably at around 70-80% of capacity after around almost 2 years, since I got them right after release too. Time will tell how long they last or how hard changing them it is.
The XM6 don't have that plastic sound to them as much as they used to in the XM5, and to me, less of the muddy bass that Bose still has. Transparency mode is the one part I'm most excited for, and being able to charge + use the headphones at the same time, a feature they clearly took away from Sonos. In fact, both the Sonos and XM6 have better transparency than the QC Ultra, so there's that too - almost as good as Airpod Max if not the same level of detail Sony has now.

Gosh and just like that, overnight, the term "vibe coding" just took off. Everywhere I hear it now internally too. How shocking the quick pace at which culture shifts!

Ukraine is home to the world’s longest musical instrument - the trembita, a traditional wooden alpine horn that can reach up to 8 meters (26 feet) in length. Used primarily by the Hutsuls of the Carpathian Mountains, the trembita is crafted from hollowed spruce or pine, split and rejoined, then wrapped in birch bark. Despite its massive size, the instrument is lightweight and portable, designed to carry sound across great distances in mountainous terrain.
The trembita has been used for centuries, primarily not as a musical instrument in the conventional sense, but as a tool of communication. In the remote highlands, where settlements were scattered and roads were scarce, the trembita served as a kind of natural radio. It announced births, deaths, funerals, seasonal migrations, the return of shepherds, or emergencies like wolf sightings or raids. Each call followed a specific pattern, immediately recognizable to those familiar with its codes.
Mentions of similar long alpine horns exist as far back as the medieval period. In the 16th and 17th centuries, records from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth note the use of long horns in the Carpathians, likely early references to the trembita. The instrument also appears in traditional Ukrainian folklore, poetry, and Hutsul legends, often associated with nature, spiritual rituals, and transitions between life and death. In some traditions, it was said that the trembita's sound could guide a soul to the afterlife.
The trembita was also used in religious and seasonal rituals - especially around Christmas and Easter - often in combination with carols or ceremonial processions. In some areas, trembitas would announce the arrival of guests or the start of a festival. During the Soviet era, the trembita was repurposed as a folkloric showpiece in state-sanctioned performances, which helped preserve it, even if its original role diminished.
Yet, it was not forgotten and remains widely used today, despite the attempts by the Soviet Union to gradually suppress Ukrainian culture, language, and anything related to its rich and noble history.

#Ukraine #UkraineFacts #DidYouKnow

Anthropic CEO claims AI models hallucinate less than humans https://tcrn.ch/3FmEWkY

Mozilla Is Shutting Down Pocket - BrianFagioli writes: In a surprising move that will frustrate longtime fans, Mozil... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/22/1759238/mozilla-is-shutting-down-pocket?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #mozilla

When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.

To anyone tired of the doom and gloom being spread on social media and has asked the question of what can i do, here is an answer I got from our UU pastor. stop!!! Just Stop the doom and gloom, be positive and keep living and spreading light, love and most of all, Hope!!!

Anthropic’s latest flagship AI sure seems to love using the ‘cyclone’ emoji https://tcrn.ch/3FtLgqR

Person next to me just told someone that they’re 30 days sober. It makes me so happy when people share these things, whether one day sober or years sober. The world is a ridiculously tough place to survive and you’re doing great 💕

While at #SightCity yesterday, I was introduced to a line of Braille displays called b.note by Eurobraille. Intriguingly, they are powered by a Raspberry Pi, using Debian Linux as their OS. Apparently there's a developer mode, which allows users to connect to it via ssh, and even extend functionality using Python scripts. I'm already in the market for a new display and now very strongly considering getting one of these, especially since I quite liked the keyboard and Braille modules as well.

Why AI can make writing, painting, and composing feel more fun—or less. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pursuit-of-fun/202505/has-genai-taken-the-fun-out-of-creative-work

I know what my next year's new year's resolution will be. Maybe I'll start early on it: "I will never click headlines with clickbait titles." Stuff like, "Samsung’s One UI 7 is good, but changing this one setting makes it better" - nope, not clicking that shit if you cannot state up front and clear what the setting might be. I'm done with clicking into an article only to find out the answer two lines in, or needing cleverly passed the ads and related articles area to see it. In this age of, "let's get the most visiters to our site as we can!" I'm just done with it.

NEW: Apple is aiming to release Meta-like smart glasses at the end of next year as part of a push into AI-enhanced gadgets, but it has shelved plans for a smartwatch that can analyze its surroundings with a built-in camera. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-22/apple-plans-glasses-for-2026-as-part-of-ai-push-nixes-watch-with-camera?srnd=undefined

@fireborn yeah, in that way it's still just a glorified autocompletion tool, and I find it a bit ironic that we've had a lot of that (well still do) with things like Intelli-autocompletions, so it's not like an IDE couldn't search the codebase, imported libs, and the general language for function names and such. I think it's when the corporate environment pushes AI for general code creation speed (discouraging manual writing) and or as a primary tool, is where I'd draw the line. As an autocomplete type tool that can be more conversational and footnote every source it crawled to find the answer similar to a search engine so you can then verify yourself, it's totally cool. Sadly though the part of how our company culture will go on this, I still don't quite know, it's for sure in the back of my mind as a worry.