Open post Dave Taylor old account @davetaylor2112@tweesecake.social · 23mo ago Replying to @simon@dragonscave.space <p>I usually shop at Walmart instead of our local Loblaw store, and now I remember why. Compared to Walmart (which already doesn't have in-store prices on Instacart), Superstore has my typical items marked up anywhere from 20 to 50%. Some of the cheaper items have gone up in price by almost 50% from where they were a couple of years ago. I'll be shopping there as rarely as possible now. It's not like Walmart is a well-intentioned charitable company, but at this point it feels like everything is evil and I'll take whichever one charges me the least.</p> @simon@dragonscave.space Welcome to the new way of running businesses, and why capitalism will eat itself
Open post Dave Taylor old account @davetaylor2112@tweesecake.social · 30mo ago @BBC5Live Wow, actually advertising commentaries on here? This is progress!
Open post Dave Taylor old account @davetaylor2112@tweesecake.social · 10mo ago Replying to @simon@procrastodon.net <p>The more I think and hear about it, the less I like Eloquence as a manditory subscription. I think CodeFactory should charge for major upgrades, or add a lifetime option, even if it's ten times the cost of the original Eloquence. I've already been burned more than once by Vocalizer randomly deciding I don't have a valid license anymore, forcing me to connect to the internet—which was pretty difficult when my phone refused to say anything except "Please register this copy of Vocalizer TTS." So I think I can be forgiven for not wanting that again. If there's no way to actually own a copy of this new Eloquence, I really hope someone cracks it. But I also know that if someone does crack it, many people will use the crack even if they can afford to pay for it. To be clear, I'll still pay for the subscription, because I want to support continued development of this stuff and no-one else is doing it. I don't even care if the subscription is $10/month. But if this gets abandoned the way everything else has, it will effectively die, and we won't have a leg to stand on because we paid for a month of usage, not perpetual usage. I have phones that still run the version of Eloquence I bought 10 years ago. If CodeFactory ever shuts this down, it'll be instantly gone. So mostly, I hope CodeFactory offers a one-time purchase option—even if it's expensive—so there's less of a need to do any of that. If that doesn't happen, and no one has worked out a way to bypass the activation entirely, I'll need to really think about whether I want my primary synthesizer to be in such a precarious position. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@accessibleandroid" class="u-url mention">@<span>accessibleandroid</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@accessibleandroid/115650385332672252" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@accessibleand</span><span class="invisible">roid/115650385332672252</span></a></p> @simon @accessibleandroid I especially don't trust Code Factory
Open post Dave Taylor old account @davetaylor2112@tweesecake.social · 7mo ago Replying to @TheQuinbox__dup_29935@dragonscave.space <p>Paperback version 0.8.0 is out! For those that don't know, Paperback is a fully accessible and blazing fast ebook/document reader that supports an insane number of formats. Changelog:<br>Added Japanese, simplified Chinese, and Vietnamese translations! #300, #326, #335.<br>Added an automatic updater that will now replace your currently installed version of Paperback instead of just downloading the new version! #323.<br>Added optional sound feedback for reaching a bookmark or a note, thanks Andre Louis for the sounds! #110.<br>Added RTF document support! #26.<br>Added support for DAISY XML documents. #136.<br>Added support for Flat Open Document Text files!<br>Added support for Flat Open Document presentations!<br>Added support for separators with s and shift+s. #294.<br>Any movement of greater than 300 characters will now automatically add to your navigation history. #179.<br>Fixed restoring Paperback's window from the system tray. #284.<br>Fixed Markdown documents showing raw text instead of rendered HTML in the Web View.<br>Fixed tables not rendering properly in Markdown files. #303.<br>Image only PDFs will now warn you of their existence when you attempt to load one. #89.<br>It is now possible to check for new dev builds instead of stable releases when checking for updates. #333.<br>Properly embed version information in the Paperback executable. #204.<br>Split the options dialog into tabs for ease of use and navigation.<br>Switched to Hayro for parsing PDFs, leading to more reliability, speed, and fewer DLLs.<br>Rewrote the entire app in Rust. The new codebase is safer, loads documents faster, and is easier to maintain and extend.<br>The text control's context menu will now include reader-specific actions instead of generic items such as cut and paste. #114.<br>Downloads page: <a href="https://paperback.dev/downloads/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">paperback.dev/downloads/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Donate on PayPal: <a href="https://paypal.me/tygillespie05" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">paypal.me/tygillespie05</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Sponsor on GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/trypsynth" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/sponsors/trypsynth</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Enjoy!</p> @TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space Faster? What do you mean, faster? How is that even possible? lol
Open post Dave Taylor old account @davetaylor2112@tweesecake.social · 10mo ago Replying to @TomGrant91@tweesecake.social @ChrisDuffley@mastodon.chrisduffley.com @davetaylor2112@tweesecake.social @adisonverlice@tweesecake.social Only reason I use tweesecake is because I don't get on very well with unigram until a compatible add-on becomes available, so I may as well use a multi-platform client like this, plus I use the radio rather than having winamp playing 1 station, it can play away in the background interface, I can use the invisible keys to hear the metadata if supported what song is playing. Plus I have big support for @josh@tweesecake.social @TomGrant91@tweesecake.social @ChrisDuffley@mastodon.chrisduffley.com @adisonverlice@tweesecake.social @josh@tweesecake.social That's a lot of reasons, and good ones if you ask me
Open post Dave Taylor old account @davetaylor2112@tweesecake.social · 10mo ago Replying to @adisonverlice@tweesecake.social due to the #exploitation of tweesecake, whenever we can get @ChrisDuffley@mastodon.chrisduffley.com's mastodon instance to a newer version, I will be using his instance as the default. I will be migrating over there whenever I get the chance to update the instence @adisonverlice@tweesecake.social @ChrisDuffley@mastodon.chrisduffley.com What exploitation of Tweescake?