The NVDA 2026.3 Release Candidate is now available for testing! This is the LAST step before the final, stable release, and we encourage ALL users to download and test this and provide feedback. See the full release notes and download at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2026-3rc1/

#NVDA #NVDAsr #NewVersion #News #Release #Update #FOSS #FLOSS #Software #Free

#lispyGopherClimate on #peertube on the hour, at 0UTC Wednesday (Tuesday-night-in-the-Americas) with Jeff Shrager, @kentpitman and @ramin_hal9001 !

https://toobnix.org/w/jNshAoZPnsc9BQbKBnhXJH

#climateCrisis with KMP's #haiku and Jeff's https://www.bennuclimate.com/who-we-are

Jeff's #executableArchaeology https://github.com/jeffshrager/ExecutableArchaeology of vintage #software (#lisp #commonLisp) - the Logic Theorist, Heuristic Code, with IPL-V, Eliza and more segueing into KMP's KBEmacs !

#lambdaMOO #VR counts !

Please #retoot so people kno

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LISPY GOPHER SHOW banner - the gopher and lisp alient wade through flooded wreckage carrying radio equipment, aided by two demons.

You can’t prevent or predict the next systems meltdown. But you can build resilience into your systems and organization before the next crisis strikes.

Find out the answer in "What's in Your Software Repair Kit?", featured in the latest edition of ACM Substack series, "Queue: In Practice."

https://buff.ly/bSLZuli

#reliability #software #engineering

A new version of Invoice Buddy is out! 🎉

This update focuses on improving the auto-name feature along with various bug fixes, plus a better first-user experience with an improved wizard and default spreadsheets. 14 new vendors were also added.

Download: https://github.com/pdschneider/InvoiceBuddy/releases/tag/v0.3.2
#InvoiceBuddy #Software #FOSS

#Mastodon #Software is not #Human #Social #engineering if it's not #improving us as people:

(i.e. social = helping us bring people together WHILE becoming better at accepting people- how to talk / #balance nicely etc).

We don't know how to socialise beyond #caturday pics and the 1 non deep reply.

Individuals can't trust or imagine #speaking more here.

#Quote was from:

https://mastodon.social/@defcon@defcon.social/117401784959127075

Together Against: #Capitalism, #Putin, #Fascism, #Banks, other #Business (extractive) people...

"...there was no choice but to be #pioneers."

- #Mastodon User @collective_truth with quote by #MargaretHamilton (#Apollo 11 mission)

Why?

Mastodon is losing or has limits in #software-only #design because it's not humanly designing social itself (for the socially untrained).

Only way is to encourage #talk with us; weekly, daily etc).

Re-create social interaction that is now too cold / distant.

We are the same bad news pushers,
(on better software).

Not advancing #togetherness

Get me?

https://youtube.com/shorts/Sj1Mu5Xl-Wg

Senior staff copy-paster.

#humor #software #development

Do you feel you are getting the best from Mastodon social / Fediverse people and no more potential left for us here?

=======================
(more specifically YES / No / Maybe)

- you feel this is the full potential of Mastodon social

- you don't want more socialising or pioneering and just #software is enough to #train people who don't know how to #socialise and #trust people

- this is generally "it" for non-corporate social and more rebellious free softare and this is the best it can be?

New #blog #post: Gratitude Day 29: Elegant Simplicity

https://rldane.space/gratitude-day-29-elegant-simplicity.html

531 words

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @stfn @golemwire @bennihtm

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #SeptemberTheme #SeptemberBloggingTheme #SepThemeBear #SeptemberGratitude #software #complexity #vi #nvi #simplicity #permacomputing

#lispyGopherClimate Sunday-morning-in-Europe 8am UTC

Unfortunately, comrade @dirtycommo had to reschedule again!

Instead, @kentpitman joined live and we talked a bit about lisp-hosted other languages such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macsyma and https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/rtoy/cl-series/-/wikis/Series-User's-Guide and why lisp is so good for this. He also helped me use the hyperspec better.

https://toobnix.org/w/fYyMa9LBAtF6RqgK1564FG

https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/ and https://medium.com/@screwlisp/001beginnings-as-consuming-as-possible-and-no-consumer-by-screwlisp-c5d4036a3976
the somewhat-unconventionality of normal great #lisp #software.

https://medium.com/@screwlisp/001beginnings-as-consuming-as-possible-and-no-consumer-by-screwlisp-c5d4036a3976

Continuing my #medium #writing, I suppose this short note is about #software #education, #lisp and a few #bookstodon recommendations.

Most #opensource softwares, as well as contribution to projects like #wikipedia, are examples of "ongoing charity" in #Islam.

See the wikipedia page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadaqah_Jariyah

And yeah, of course, the person must had done it for God's sake. Not for fame, or becoming popular.

#religion #foss #software #tech #charity #sadaqah #god #allah

The next time my code exhibits unexpected behavior, I think I will claim it is so powerful it could not be contained. #bugs #ai #software #code

@argv_minus_one #ANSWER = MOVE away from #Software-only

AND GO TOWARDS SOCIAL DESIGN / PRACTICE:

Human social-society & participation / development.

Design a better #human social (small #groups and eventually #society re-forms).

#Pioneer people / our #users to push the software.

#Software without help interacting with others, means people STILL don't know how to interact / fix things / #develop themselves / help others / build a new #system of #etiquette / #deeper #thinking.

"Higher velocity = more good" is a misunderstanding premised on the idea that every piece of work on your Jira board is there because it adds value in some way.

Once you understand that the majority of developer tickets are actually negative-value, you will become enlightened.

#tech #software #softwareDevelopment #productmanagement

Originally posted at: https://www.jesseskinner.com/blog/avoid-the-rewrite/

#blog #software #legacy #rewrite #decluttering #writing

#Build the Social #Mindset = fix people's #Logic.

Fixing the #Mindset = Fixing the #World.

Be Social, add caring 2-ways mindsets.

#Tech is not enough alone.

It needs to be more socially social (#develop people, not just #dev tech).

E.G. #Mastodon is software but they are not directly using it's people to #pioneer the #social side itself (on top of the cold #software).

People don't know how to socialise online, so need help.

Making #friends / #friendship = Improving #Mind #Trust

A new version of Pearl is out! 🎉

I've been hard at work improving Pearl! This update brings chat bubbles to the new interface as well as various other improvements and fixes. Additionally, the Windows version is built *much* better and should be notably faster with roughly half the file size!

Download: https://github.com/pdschneider/Pearl/releases/tag/v0.4.1
#Pearl #Software #FOSS

Whoa. @libreoffice unleashes “no AI as a feature” and breaks download records.

“In one week, the installer was downloaded more than 1 million times — not counting updates via Linux distribution repositories.”

Great work, LibreOffice team! 👏🏻

https://manualdousuario.net/en/libreoffice-download-record-no-ai

#LibreOffice #FOSS #AI #Software #NoAIAsAFeature

LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features

https://manualdousuario.net/en/libreoffice-download-record-no-ai/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49610538

#HackerNews #LibreOffice #Download #Records #AI #Features #OpenSource #Software #Community

#Chat for free in browser
(voice / video internet #call / #meeting)

https://meet.osna.social/
https://meet.nadeko.net/

(#Jitsi = Just browser / open source #software)

1/ Type a name
2/ Accept microphone usage in browser
3/ Chat !

(instant, no google account, no registration, no app needed, any platform, any browser)

Instant #List of servers at the top !!

@renardboy For example #Mastodon = 100% great #software

but

Bringing people more socially up themselves = near-0

Mastodon as ' a bit better crowd than twitter who moved from there') is limited.

It's about #Pioneering people / principles UP!

Even forums (#phpBB) or #ICQ #AIM ~20 years again did better if people were driving / motivating it.

Maybe #Tech and #Money (#banks) go together well so people settled for diving banks pockets and power deeper and deeper.

My take from this @cybernews article about an Android toolkit to trick KYC verification significantly differs from theirs!

Them: "...the existence of such tools puts users and organizations at imminent risk."

"Not a tool for the masses"

Me: "Where can I find this amazing #Privacy tool?"

"A tool the masses everywhere need access to ASAP"

https://cybernews.com/security/android-toolkit-live-identity-verification-camera-bypass/

#Tech #News #Technology #Android #App #digitalprivacy #rights #Software #verification #internet #identity #article #online

'Eigentlich war es ja eine Idee der Ampel-Regierung, der deutschen #Polizei die Suche nach Gesichtern im Internet zu erlauben sowie #Software einzusetzen, die so viele Daten wie möglich zusammenführt und auswertet.

Beides sind Überwachungstechnologien, die auf sogenannter Künstlicher Intelligenz basieren. Auf Bundesebene gibt es derartiges noch nicht, die Ampel hatte es nicht mehr durchgekriegt. Zugleich haben inzwischen zahlreiche Bundesländer ihren Polizeien #Gesichtersuchmaschinen und die #Datenanalysen genehmigt.

Nun zieht die inzwischen schwarz-rot geführte Bundesregierung nach: Sie will der Bundespolizei und dem Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) beide Instrumente in die Hand geben. Das zugehörige Gesetzespaket hat sie Ende April im Kabinett verabschiedet.
Daten, die nötig sind, um die Überwachungstools zu füttern, sollen ....'

@ckoever @yoshiXYZ und @markusreuter klären die wichtigsten Fragen rund um das #Überwachungspaket in diesem #FAQ

https://netzpolitik.org/2026/faq-das-ueberwachungspaket-der-bundesregierung/

#Überwachung #Bundesregierung #Deutschland #Ampel #CDU #CSU #SPD #Datenschutz #Datensicherheit

@snap here, have another flyer to help you in your quest 👏👏👏

EDIT: fix typo in flyer

#DeltaChat #decentralization #privacy #linux #macos #ios #android #windows #software #encryption #communication #activism #flyer #poster

Months ago, I installed Microsoft Teams on my computer because a specific project used it. It is the only Microsoft Software I have on there (a Mac and I use OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office).

As that project winds down, is there _any_ reason not to find and remove all Microsoft stuff from my machine? It’s updater alone weirdly wants to update itself every week it seems.

Also, what’s the best way to do so?

#Microsoft #software #sovereignty

Advanced software definitions (for "Modern and Up To Date Software Developers, Not You Old Fashioned People"):

Continuous Integration (CI) - the practice of deploying untested code to production, and fixing it after customers complain

#software

Enough time has passed that you may now (and please do so):

COPY THAT FLOPPY!

https://icm.museum

#software #demonstration #preservation

Hello, fellow hackers,

I am a #whistleblower and have lost access to computing resources for the time being.

I have this code repository, almost ready. It forms the basis of a True Democracy. Basically, voters get to collectively make up the government’s budget. Government departments have to work within the budgets set by the people.

Could someone please clone, tweak, and deploy it to a public website?

This is a topical solution that will fix many issues we face today.

https://gitlab.com/purrperl/peoples-collaborative-budget

Thank you so much!

#hack #hacker #HackThePlanet #government #governments #democracy
#code #software #MutualAidRequest #perl #PerlHacker
#WebDeveloper #MAGA #democrat #republican #UsPol

🎉Big Win Against Big Tech🎉

Apple's lawsuit against the EU failed. Apple is still regulated under the DMA and must enable interoperability.

This is great news for #software #freedom and #open #source. ❤️

#FOSS

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DMA & EU stars VS Apple logo

Most #IT #software development efforts today rise to the level of mere craft, not art and certainly not #engineering. Sure, a small minority of projects do employ automated verification tools mechanically to fulfil the mathematical proof obligations. But even in such best practice processes, the human element is completely missing from the #verification chain.

If civil engineering were to employ the "software best practice" to a massive infrastructure project, say to build a bridge that spans a gorge, a gaggle of unlicensed practitioners—who neither studied civil engineering nor ever visited the construction site—would download a few cool-looking, open-source bridge designs from the web, 3D print those bridges across the divide, have their friends and families drive over them, reject the ones that collapsed and killed people, select the one that was left standing, then post hoc apply automated structural analysis tools to that design.

If "software engineering" is the goal, the first step that practitioners must take is to accept the mathematical proof obligations throughout the process, from requirements and feasibility studies, through specification and design iterations, to implementation and verification tasks. Thereafter, the software industry could proceed to talk about replacing those meaningless self-certifications with licensure under the law.

Of course, only life-critical applications demand ab initio mathematical formal methods, and licensing requirements apply only to the chief engineer and a handful of subordinate engineers who legally guarantee the quality of the work of the entire team. This is the same in other licensed fields, such as medicine, law, and engineering.

#IDEA: #Chat anonymously using voice masks oinline?

So #voice #chat + #filters / #masks that anonymise #voice but don't make it too mechanical and #mask it enough so predators can't collect real voices? (Can still be pleasurable to listen).

What do you think?

For example = #Jitsi + #voicemask to talk (as a priority instead of text only) for those that want.

1/ Do you know of this #software #combination?

2/ Is it a good method to speak faster and more openly with a bit of voice protection?

@elsua54 @sturmsucht

2/ We are still waiting on a '#system' to solve humanity...
We waiting for a #machine
We waiting for a #software etc

of which work -only- humans can do with humans!

No machine does the people work to develop people (it's not just about Mastodon developing software).

We have to learn what #freedom is and give it to others measurably better.

Mini-Conclusion

Even the #devs and #admins for #freedoms are not working on #pioneering people - just #software!

Amazing right?

#COMMUNITY and #MOVEMENTS NEED DRIVERS (#PEOPLE / #PIONEERS !)

SOCIAL MEDIA AS COLD SOFTWARE WITHOUT THE PEOPLE WORK,
ISN'T SOCIAL BUT 1-WAY.

#FEDIVERSE is not pioneering social more than 1-WAY media storage upload / #software space.

Am I right?

@SecondJon @frayoshi @freemo Respect:

1/ #FREEMO was personal & discussed to the end.

2/ BUT .... HE DIDN'T IMPLEMENT A CORE PART OF HIS OWN INSTANCE TO DEEPEN THE #QOTO METHOD:

Questioning
Others to
Teach
Ourselves

SAME ON "#MASTODON SOCIAL"
(IT'S 1-WAY POSTING / 0-REPLIES MOSTLY)

#COMMUNITY and #MOVEMENTS NEED DRIVERS ! PEOPLE ! #PIONEERS !

SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT JUST COLD #SOFTWARE / #USERS.

#FEDIVERSE NEEDS more than media storage / #software space.

#QOTO = good idea to try elsewhere

Underlying "social" needs to provide #training to the masses.

#Mastodon currently doesn't #facilitate that and is therefore limited to #software mainly (good things come but same-same persists).

Mastodon could help us come together from afar (as we already) towards incrementing #trust & principles people.

Re-designing social itself as #emotional and #ethical #learning.

Not only 1-way posts or regurgitation.

#Centralisation / Re-learning a new type of social !

Are you ready ? Yes / Not sure

@elsua54 I think it's natural yes and it could be what people would eventually see as lacking in their social software efforts and turn it / direct it into strength somehow through others.

i.e. Eventually seeing MAX POWER level in #software #category is not enough on it's own and needs to move to the COMMUNITY BUILDING levels between people to move on and max that power out !

Modern computing began when models of computability were invented in the mid 1930s, by mathematicians, like Turing, Church, Kleene, et al. Within a decade, first commercial computers, designed by engineers from top academic institutions, were being sold. Within two decades, high-level programming languages FORTRAN, LISP, COBOL, and ALGOL emerged, also created by academics.

Today, though, the majority of software systems are now being cobbled together by those who know nothing of, and care even less of, the foundational #mathematics of computing—using #AI, but of course. Somewhere along the way, modern #software practices diverged from traditional #engineering practice.

That bifurcation point was when the once-united "computing team" splintered into architect (EE), algorithmist (CS), programmer (CS), coder (IT), operator (IT), etc. It was also at this point in time when the first commercial computers and early high-level #programming languages emerged.

@elsua54
What am I looking for + want to help create?

- for them to use us more directly.
- to use their own software - not just the #software #roadmap loop - but towards the art of #communication #roadmap / loop.

"Developing people not just developing computers mostly" would be my tagline / short version.
Whatever meaning to each to try get AND give ourselves to each other.

#Mastodon, #Loops, #Jitsi can actually huddle us together. These circles are literally the revolution + better #loop.

@elsua54 Agree on that.

We HAVE people "already there" who "made it" as far as #software dev but not dev #fans, #users, a #tribe, as a human #movement from #following.

Somehow people-loving communication is still Tetris piece missing from all the admin below that I semi-respect!

#Eugene [#Mastodon], @Gargron

#Dansup [#Loops], @dansup

#RichardStallman [#GNU] @rms

#AralBalkan [#SmallTech] @aral

#MarkBurton = @markhburton

#Jitsi [instant chat=3-clicks]

(will update as I talk to all)

@argv_minus_one
#Mastodon for the way at the start...

#Jitsi Meet realtime audio chat after checking people's'profile more deeply and their direction.

Finding the #art of #talking while accepting some #relativity in / #motivation to do more / #sharing your likes / talents to #test and increment #trust.

Going for the win in #humanity "slowly but surely".

Perhaps not all-in but half-in (?) for those with time to #improve #logic.

#Mastodon + #Jitsi WebRTC
=
#Human AND #Software #Development

@vnikolov thanks! I might say free-as-in-libre software to avoid the discussion of 'open source' as such. I just boosted this to mean I would welcome additional questions and comments for @bandali viz our live discussion coming up in 17 hours anticipated here: https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/116954796430120143 #libre #software #FSF #interview #mastoquestions sharpsign sorta .

@argv_minus_one

So yu can COUNT REPLIES and see depth of comments daily.

(i.e.) Nobody is actually working on social itself...

As if just having #software and #computer #tech is enough and everyone is super-ready at communicating to solve the social world and bd logic of everyone currently being afraid of everyone online or insulting them when they are tired after a few normally taxing replies to read! NOooo...

We need better people, not just better tech!

@argv_minus_one

- for Mastodon and other developers they think #computers and #software is the end all / be all to being better at social. NO

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL NEVER HAPPEN WITHOUT OTHER HUMANS IMPROVING OTHER HUMANS.

- Handholding / Step-by-steps daily
- Co-operation / Trust incremented
- Audio calls - Go to #Jitsi !
- More responsive together
- Use the mass now you have the social software online almost perfect.

= (STOP developing software, START developing people ! )

Thoughts?

Today Microsoft finally disabled my old version of Word making it read-only because I refuse to spend money on a new MacBookAir, now that my old one will no longer update its MacOS.

Anyone out there have any recommendations for a (preferably free) simple word processor that would allow me to produce new documents that are readable (happy if that means I have to concert them to PDFs for distribution) & to edit old Word files (less need).

thanks in advance

#technology #WordProcessing #software

@timbray @elsua54 Actually it's your kinds of comments that have a similar ring to it:

"If you don't like the software get out."

Not exactly what you said at all but it's not as positive or helpful, do you see?...

It was totally missing from something of a collective positive effort.

It's decent #software - But not the end of #evolution or #empathy I hope.

Too many 'working' with #computers and NEVER #people.

Agree / disagree / mix of both ?

Do you do anything worthy to what I mean?

This week at 8UTC Sunday (40 minutes..) we have another #software #mastodon titan, @yantar92 #developer of #orgmode !

#peertube #livestream : https://toobnix.org/w/2Z7id1MZQ6C2GTo4XjvuX1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgmode http://orgmode.org/ is comparably famous to last week's Mastodon #curl's @bagder ( https://toobnix.org/w/rPKt4GRBwLeWzF3VcMFWNo ).

The first thing anyone sees on #git is its README.org support for Ihor's orgmode. The #lisp community's Ihor's #emacs #orgmode.

+ @me 1 year org user!
#lispyGopherClimate
boost for visib

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Red Lispy Gopher Show banner The gopher, lisp alien and another character lean on a "lispy gopher show" sign. The banner says anonradio.net but you should go to the toobnix.org peertube in this case.

We’re working to preserve and reanimate historic computing software and documentation. We just took on the archive of two former #Commodore #Amiga PNW clubs and would like #community support for our efforts. https://icm.museum #history #software #preservation #archiving

New blog post "Understanding lattice risks: Many differences between marketing and reality." https://blog.cr.yp.to/20260630-risk.html #lattices #software #looseness #modules #asymptotics #worstcase

Bitdefender VPN has an excellent starting price, even if it lacks the advanced features that privacy nerds may want.

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Bitdefender VPN Review: Fast and Affordable Privacy

Did I ever mention how annoying and *disrespectful* it is when I close the program's (last or only) window, and instead of exiting it minimizes to tray, and keeps using up memory? If I wanted to minimize the program, I would have fricking minimized it!

#software #UX

I explain my path through metaphors of ontological grammar with examples.

👉 https://open.substack.com/pub/brywillis634737/p/ontological-grammar-and-metaphor?r=pvxh5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#philosophy #substack #blog #podcast #optics #lenses #water #refraction #software #firmware #ontology #judgment #metaphor #grammar #ontologicalgrammar #perspective #physics

LLM (noun): a machine used by software teams to turn piles of cash into technical debt

#LLM #AI #software #TechDebt #TechnicalDebt #coding #AmbroseBierce

Hello all, I am looking around for a person known as agorka. He was the maker of a little tool called Orangator old non realtime softsynth from the 90s, as I wanted to talk with him to see if he wants to share the code.
#Synthesizer #synthesizers #90s #software

I did a quick write up of what I experienced and how I was able to setup Writer to work like Word -- and keep my workflow the same. It was an easy change.

https://ultramookie.com/2026/06/libreoffice-writer-images/

cc: @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

#software #libreoffice #microsoft #office #office365 #howto

The fact that #Anthropic had to take down #Fable5 for users outside of the US by order of the US government shows how critical it is today to rely on US services

Imagine they'd do the same with #WhatsApp, you will not be able to talk to your #family and friends anymore

This should be a wake-up call for everyone to rely on your own server infrastructure, running with #OpenSource #software

#autonomy #digitalindependence #europe #european #decentralization #selfhosting #ArcaneChat #android #ai

#lispyGopherClimate #live weekly #technology #podcast every 0UTC Wednesday (Tuesday night in the Americas) since 2022.

https://toobnix.org/w/tFN3aeiUunJrU99yzWhHjq

#archive #RSS https://toobnix.org/feeds/videos.xml?accountId=580185

#climateCrisis #haiku by @kentpitman

I want to tie the climatecrisis to an Alexandrian view of the crisis of, I guess, the hugely popular failure of modern industrial architecture.

The meteoric (good) impact Kents notes on my #NicCLIM #software https://lispy-gopher-show.itch.io/nicclim and #CLIM #GUI useage. #commonLisp #McCLIM

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A WIP picture of the evolution of my NicCLIM part-way through trying out some of Kent's notes about it and lisp community expectations about what the presentations and gestures would mean. Believe me, this is already a drastic improvement.

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Lispy Gopher climate unix_surrealism banner. Thinking of Maude you forget everything else

https://tuba.geopjr.dev/

#Fediverse #Fedi #Software #Linux #Windows

#P2P #FileSharing #Networks #Darknet #Darkweb #Software

@infostorm@a.gup.pe @p2p@a.gup.pe @darknet@a.gup.pe @networks@a.gup.pe

This is cool.

It is a Fediverse server you can use with a newsreader client like Thunderbird.

Demo: https://illuminant.asjo.org/
Profile: https://illuminant.asjo.org/user/asjo
Source: https://koldfront.dk/git/illuminant/

#NNTP #Illuminant #Fediverse #Software #Usenet #CoolCode

@infostorm@a.gup.pe @usenet@a.gup.pe @usenet@lemmy.ml