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2025-05-05

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How to Download and Convert Your Kindle Library Using ViolentMonkey and Calibre

cool-as-heck.blog/how-to-download-and-convert-your-kindle-library-using-violentmonkey-and-calibre

Free your books!

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Untrained techie botched big sale by breaking client's ERP

www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/who_me

Who, Me?: 'If I wasn't already taking blood pressure meds, I'm sure I would not have survived'

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Party Frowns on Members Punching Constituents

www.loweringthebar.net/2025/02/party-frowns-on-members-punching-constituents.html

This is still considered bad form in the UK, apparently.

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My Scammer Girlfriend: Baiting A Romance Fraudster

www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/security/seducing-a-romance-scammer.html

Romance fraud has been growing as an issue for years. It's not uncommon to see news stories with bewildered victims explaining just how deeply they'd been sucked in. After receiving a number of opener

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Why UI Automation is Insufficient as an Accessibility API for the Web | Jantrid

www.jantrid.net/2025/03/19/why-uia-insufficient-web

UI Automation (UIA) is Microsoft’s recommended accessibility framework for Windows, replacing the earlier Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) framework. De...

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Engineer with little tech experience asked to fix mainframe

www.theregister.com/2025/03/21/on_call

On Call: With only BASIC knowledge to fall back on, and a typing pool in tears, the OFF switch looked very attractive

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Game companies will standardize accessibility labels on storefronts and product pages

www.engadget.com/gaming/game-companies-will-standardize-accessibility-labels-on-storefronts-and-product-pages-211335539.html

The ESA and leading game developers have formed a new initiative that aims to make it easier to know what accessibility features a game has.

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Over Extended Methods

thedailywtf.com/articles/over-extended-methods

Jenny had been perfectly happy working on a series of projects for her company, before someone said, "Hey, we need you to build a desktop GUI for an existing API."
The request wasn't the problem, per se. The API, on the other hand, absolutely was.

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Hands on with Ghost's New ActivityPub Beta - We Distribute

wedistribute.org/2025/03/ghost-activitypub-beta

Ghost has announced a public beta for Social Web integration, bringing their publishing platform to the Fediverse. We test it out!

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Designers, your excuse is gone. Stunning, animated and accessible. Yes, you can!

annebovelett.eu/designers-your-excuse-is-gone-stunning-animated-and-accessible-yes-you-can

Sorry, dear designers, your excuses are officially dead. GitHub just proved you wrong with the rebuild and redesign of their home page.

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A Bracing Way to Start the Day

thedailywtf.com/articles/a-bracing-way-to-start-the-day

Barry rolled into work at 8:30AM to see the project manager waiting at the door, wringing her hands and sweating. She paced a bit while Barry badged in, and then immediately explained the issue:
Today was a major release of their new features. This wasn't just a mere software change; the new release was tied to major changes to a new product line- actual widgets rolling off an assembly line right now. And those changes didn't work.

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Nintendo Switch 2 Accessibility Settings - Nintendo US

www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/accessibility

Explore various Nintendo Switch 2 system settings that can help support different types of players and individual needs.

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