10 bookmarks for 2025-05-07

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England’s first community-owned farm introduces ‘Braille Trail’ for visually impaired visitors

www.shropshirestar.com/your-world/2025/05/07/englands-first-community-owned-farm-introduces-braille-trail-for-visually-impaired-visitors

The team at Fordhall Organic Farm, England’s first community-owned farm, in Shropshire are excited to have introduced a ‘Braille Trail’ on-site, providing a tactile experience for visually impaired visitors.

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Minimum Viable Curiousity

randsinrepose.com/archives/minimum-viable-curiousity

I was in the city a few weeks ago and exclusively used Waymo for the entire trip. My biggest complaint? I needed to walk four minutes to a pick-up spot. Other than that, the car just showed up, traversed San Francisco streets easily, and the cost was reasonable1. Sitting in the back seat watching t

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Blind Users' Negative Attitudes Towards Paid Apps: Mindsets and the Struggles of Sustainable Development - Accessible Android

accessibleandroid.com/blind-users-negative-attitudes-towards-paid-apps-mindsets-and-the-struggles-of-sustainable-development

Sunday, the 27th of April 2025 marked a major turning point for Tech-Freedom, one of the blind-specific apps on Android, which includes features like a

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Graph Fundamentals — Part 1: RDF

medium.com/terminusdb/graph-fundamentals-part-1-rdf-60dcf8d0c459

Graph databases are on the rise, but amid all the hype it can be hard to understand the differences under the hood. This is the first…

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[May 6, 1970] Wondrous and Astounding (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, Part One) - Galactic Journey

galacticjourney.org/may-6-1970-wondrous-and-astounding-the-science-fiction-hall-of-fame-volume-one-part-one

by Brian Collins For those who don’t know, the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) was founded five years ago in what would become the first successful attempt at forming a professional writers’ association for science fiction writers—at least here in the States. With the SFWA came the Nebula, an award made to be on … Continue reading [May 6, 1970] Wondrous and Astounding (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, Part One) →

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Apple debuts RC for tvOS 18.5, visionOS 2.5, and more - 9to5Mac

9to5mac.com/2025/05/06/apple-debuts-rc-for-tvos-18-5-and-visionos-2-5

Apple has released RC beta versions of upcoming updates including tvOS 18.5, visionOS 2.5, and more.

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Gmail to drop support for 'outdated' 3DES encryption in incoming SMTP connections

www.neowin.net/news/gmail-to-drop-support-for-outdated-3des-encryption-in-incoming-smtp-connections

3DES has been around since 1978, but today, it's considered far less secure than modern standards. Google apps such as Chrome have already dropped support, and now Gmail is following suit.

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Microsoft moved the goalposts before. Could it happen again?

www.theregister.com/2025/05/07/microsoft_hardware_gates

Comment: Windows 11's hardware requirements: Sales ploy or security play?

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Curl takes action against time-wasting AI bug reports

www.theregister.com/2025/05/07/curl_ai_bug_reports

: Lead dev likens flood to 'effectively being DDoSed'

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