Anyone have luck using apache on an M2 mac? I installed via homebrew and am having zero luck getting it to work.

pantheraspeech 0.95.0 — Lion, and the speech data manager. It's all here. V1.00 will be a feature-complete release with Snow-leopard driver support included, too.
Tools → Mac OS X speech data. Point it at an install disc image you own and it does the rest.
• Recognises Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion from Apple's own version file — not from the file name
• Extracts to the right folder, with a progress bar that says where it is
• No Python, no 7-Zip, no unpacking software, and nothing is downloaded
• Asks before writing over speech data you already have
It also refuses, and says why:
• the Tiger build whose engine loads and then crashes — found by hashing the engine off the disc in a few seconds, before anything is written. The version number does not predict this one; the disc that works reports an older version than the disc that does not.
• 10.8 and later — Apple dropped the 32-bit build of MacinTalk after 10.7, so there is no code on those discs this can run
• anything that is not a Mac OS X installer at all
Snow Leopard is recognised and its engine is on the disc, but there is no Snow Leopard synthesizer yet, so the tool says so rather than filling a folder nothing reads.
https://github.com/tgeczy/panthera-speech/releases/download/pantheraspeech%2Fv0.95.0/pantheraspeech-0.95.0.nvda-addon
https://www.eurpod.com/synths/lion.zip for the Lion data, hosted temporarily. Or just, you know, test the new tool with an archive.org image!

RE: https://social.tchncs.de/@teleclimber/117140630777142226

Can't help thinking about the possibility of creating a non-profit that provides a proper web presence to community groups and small non-profits.

We'd offer a website with social functionality (events, signups, etc..), email newsletter sending, etc.. This wouldn't be a lot of custom work. Just reuse and redeploy the same tech over and dover again using different themes and assets.

People would fund this non-profit because they don't want FB to continue its stranglehold on society, which happens in part because orgs use FB Pages instead of regular web solutions because it's easier.

#nonprofit

@alexchapman Yes, I hope you find it useful.

Rust Glancer - Alex Kladov:
https://matklad.github.io/2026/08/21/rust-glancer.html

Weather for Hull ☁️ - 23/08/2026 00:10 BST

At a glance:
• 14.8°C · Cloudy ☁️ | Min 11.4°C / Max 18.6°C | Precipitation probability 14%

Forecast for today:
• Min 11.4°C, Max 18.6°C (Cloudy) ☁️, Precipitation probability 14%, 🧭 1024.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 12.6 km/h (3.5 m/s), direction: ↓ 357°

Hourly forecast for the next 12 hours:

• 01:00: 14.5°C (Cloudy) ☁️, 🧭 1024.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 1.8 km/h (0.5 m/s), direction: ↓ 10°
• 02:00: 14.2°C (Partly cloudy) ☁️, 🧭 1024.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 1.4 km/h (0.4 m/s), direction: ↑ 202°
• 03:00: 14.5°C (Partly cloudy) ☁️, 🧭 1024.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 3.2 km/h (0.9 m/s), direction: ↗ 224°
• 04:00: 14.0°C (Partly cloudy) ☁️, 🧭 1024.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 1.4 km/h (0.4 m/s), direction: → 248°
• 05:00: 13.2°C (Clear sky) 🌕, 🧭 1024.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 2.9 km/h (0.8 m/s), direction: → 258°
• 06:00: 12.7°C (Clear sky) ☀️, 🧭 1024.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 4.3 km/h (1.2 m/s), direction: → 282°
• 07:00: 12.8°C (Clear sky) ☀️, 🧭 1024.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 5.4 km/h (1.5 m/s), direction: → 266°
• 08:00: 13.8°C (Partly cloudy) 🌤️, 🧭 1024.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 3.6 km/h (1.0 m/s), direction: → 268°
• 09:00: 15.2°C (Clear sky) ☀️, 🧭 1025.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 3.2 km/h (0.9 m/s), direction: → 258°
• 10:00: 16.6°C (Clear sky) ☀️, 🧭 1025.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 5.4 km/h (1.5 m/s), direction: ↗ 230°
• 11:00: 17.5°C (Clear sky) ☀️, Precipitation probability 2%, 🧭 1025.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 7.6 km/h (2.1 m/s), direction: ↗ 214°
• 12:00: 18.2°C (Partly cloudy) 🌤️, Precipitation probability 5%, 🧭 1025.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 5.4 km/h (1.5 m/s), direction: ↑ 186°

Forecast for the coming days:

• Monday 24 August: Min 12.7°C, Max 19.9°C (Cloudy) ☁️, Precipitation probability 5%, 🧭 1021.7 hPa ↘️ -2.9 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 13.0 km/h (3.6 m/s), direction: ↖ 126°
• Tuesday 25 August: Min 12.0°C, Max 19.2°C (Light drizzle) 🌦️, Precipitation 0.2 mm, Precipitation probability 7%, 🧭 1012.7 hPa ↘️ -9.0 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 17.6 km/h (4.9 m/s), direction: ← 81°
• Wednesday 26 August: Min 15.8°C, Max 20.3°C (Light drizzle) 🌦️, Precipitation 0.1 mm, Precipitation probability 10%, 🧭 1009.9 hPa ↘️ -2.8 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 25.2 km/h (7.0 m/s), direction: ← 85°
• Thursday 27 August: Min 15.7°C, Max 24.6°C (Light drizzle) 🌦️, Precipitation 0.3 mm, Precipitation probability 38%, 🧭 1004.5 hPa ↘️ -5.4 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 18.0 km/h (5.0 m/s), direction: ↖ 134°
• Friday 28 August: Min 16.9°C, Max 19.7°C (Light rain) 🌧️, Precipitation 16.5 mm, Precipitation probability 51%, 🧭 996.4 hPa ↘️ -8.1 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 22.7 km/h (6.3 m/s), direction: ← 109°
• Saturday 29 August: Min 14.0°C, Max 19.8°C (Moderate rain) 🌧️, Precipitation 18.3 mm, Precipitation probability 57%, 🧭 996.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 30.6 km/h (8.5 m/s), direction: ↑ 192°

Details:
• 🌡️ Current temperature (at 00:00): 14.8°C (Cloudy)
• 🤚 Feels like: 13.8°C (-1.0°C)
• 💨 Wind speed: 4.0 km/h (1.1 m/s), direction: ↙ 32°
• 🌬️ Wind gusts: 7.9 km/h (2.2 m/s)
• 💧 Humidity: 67%
• 🧭 Pressure: 1024.6 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Visibility: 18.8 km
• ☀️ UV index: 0.0
• 🌅 Sunrise: 05:52 · 🌇 Sunset: 20:15

Air Quality:
• AQI: 31 🟢 (Good)
• PM2.5: 5.8 μg/m³
• PM10: 9.1 μg/m³

Data provided by Open-Meteo

#Hull #Weather #WeatherBot #OpenMeteo #FediMeteo

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived". #Thoreau #Norway

Schon mal einen Flederoktopus gesehen?

Weather for Cardiff 🌕 - 23/08/2026 00:08 BST

At a glance:
• 16.4°C · Clear sky 🌕 | Min 11.3°C / Max 21.2°C | Precipitation probability 2%

Forecast for today:
• Min 11.3°C, Max 21.2°C (Cloudy) ☁️, Precipitation probability 2%, 🧭 1022.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 13.3 km/h (3.7 m/s), direction: ↓ 359°

Hourly forecast for the next 12 hours:

• 01:00: 15.4°C (Clear sky) 🌕, 🧭 1023.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 5.0 km/h (1.4 m/s), direction: ↓ 6°
• 02:00: 14.5°C (Clear sky) 🌕, 🧭 1023.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 2.9 km/h (0.8 m/s), direction: ↘ 314°
• 03:00: 14.5°C (Partly cloudy) ☁️, 🧭 1023.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 3.2 km/h (0.9 m/s), direction: ↓ 12°
• 04:00: 13.6°C (Clear sky) 🌕, 🧭 1023.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 2.9 km/h (0.8 m/s), direction: ↓ 348°
• 05:00: 13.4°C (Clear sky) 🌕, 🧭 1023.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 4.0 km/h (1.1 m/s), direction: ↙ 42°
• 06:00: 12.9°C (Clear sky) 🌕, 🧭 1023.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 4.0 km/h (1.1 m/s), direction: ↙ 30°
• 07:00: 12.9°C (Clear sky) ☀️, 🧭 1023.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 2.2 km/h (0.6 m/s), direction: ↓ 358°
• 08:00: 14.1°C (Clear sky) ☀️, 🧭 1024.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 4.0 km/h (1.1 m/s), direction: ↙ 64°
• 09:00: 15.8°C (Clear sky) ☀️, 🧭 1024.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 11.2 km/h (3.1 m/s), direction: ← 68°
• 10:00: 16.9°C (Clear sky) ☀️, 🧭 1024.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 11.2 km/h (3.1 m/s), direction: ← 78°
• 11:00: 18.2°C (Clear sky) ☀️, 🧭 1024.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 10.4 km/h (2.9 m/s), direction: ← 104°
• 12:00: 19.3°C (Clear sky) ☀️, 🧭 1024.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Wind speed: 9.0 km/h (2.5 m/s), direction: ← 112°

Forecast for the coming days:

• Monday 24 August: Min 12.9°C, Max 23.5°C (Partly cloudy) ⛅, 🧭 1016.2 hPa ↘️ -6.7 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 11.2 km/h (3.1 m/s), direction: ← 110°
• Tuesday 25 August: Min 14.9°C, Max 24.2°C (Light drizzle) 🌦️, Precipitation 0.2 mm, Precipitation probability 1%, 🧭 1007.0 hPa ↘️ -9.2 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 24.5 km/h (6.8 m/s), direction: ← 81°
• Wednesday 26 August: Min 15.2°C, Max 24.2°C (Thunderstorm) ⛈️, Precipitation 8.1 mm, Precipitation probability 22%, 🧭 1007.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 20.9 km/h (5.8 m/s), direction: ← 72°
• Thursday 27 August: Min 17.1°C, Max 24.2°C (Light rain) 🌧️, Precipitation 6.2 mm, Precipitation probability 42%, 🧭 1002.4 hPa ↘️ -4.9 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 19.8 km/h (5.5 m/s), direction: ↑ 165°
• Friday 28 August: Min 15.9°C, Max 20.0°C (Light rain) 🌧️, Precipitation 17.5 mm, Precipitation probability 66%, 🧭 999.4 hPa ↘️ -3.0 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 15.8 km/h (4.4 m/s), direction: ↑ 197°
• Saturday 29 August: Min 15.9°C, Max 19.4°C (Light rain) 🌧️, Precipitation 7.7 mm, Precipitation probability 59%, 🧭 999.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Wind speed: 24.5 km/h (6.8 m/s), direction: ↗ 240°

Details:
• 🌡️ Current temperature (at 00:00): 16.4°C (Clear sky)
• 🤚 Feels like: 14.8°C (-1.6°C)
• 💨 Wind speed: 9.0 km/h (2.5 m/s), direction: ↓ 2°
• 🌬️ Wind gusts: 19.1 km/h (5.3 m/s)
• 💧 Humidity: 61%
• 🧭 Pressure: 1022.9 hPa ↗️ +0.8 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Visibility: 31.2 km
• ☀️ UV index: 0.0
• 🌅 Sunrise: 06:09 · 🌇 Sunset: 20:21

Air Quality:
• AQI: 34 🟢 (Good)
• PM2.5: 4.6 μg/m³
• PM10: 7.5 μg/m³

Data provided by Open-Meteo

#Cardiff #Weather #WeatherBot #OpenMeteo #FediMeteo

Here's the final delivered artwork for @twvd 's excellent Macintosh emulator, Snow.

If you've been looking for a great Macintosh emulator, look no further!

https://snowemu.com/

#pixelart #macintosh #emulation

@caitp They are wealthy because evil

@lauren @ai6yr
I printed some of my homework in 1978-1980 on a Teletype Model 33 ASR. Some teachers liked it (compared to handwriting), some thought I was cheating, "having a computer do my homework." Had to explain that it was just an "expensive typewriter."
From 1980, I used dot matrix printers instead. Somewhat different vibe. Still got mixed reactions from teachers in high school and first two years of college.
Started using DEC LN01 laser printer in 1984. No complaints from teachers.

@teleclimber I think this is an excellent idea. Maybe a service structured like WordPress.org? e.g. a virtual host that lets you sign up and create an account, even have your own domain if you want. Provide a basic service for free but a small monthly fee for some reasonable extra service to help pay for the service.

@lowqualityfacts TIL! 👍

say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

How to apply CSS only if there are a certain number of nested elements - Go Make Things:
https://gomakethings.com/articles/how-to-apply-css-only-if-there-are-a-certain-number-of-nested-elements/

Yeah, but is Dolly really THAT great?
Avatar by Lindsay Ellis

https://nebula.tv/videos/lindsayellis-dolly-parton

Tante on AI: ‘When this thing crashes, I want to see apologies’ - David Gerard:
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/21/tante-on-ai-when-this-thing-crashes-i-want-to-see-apologies/
CW: "AI", ofcourse

I like the way Tante thinks about polotics...