Seeing some company-internal post about AI trainings and AI strategy kickoff makes me want to reply with “I really couldn’t care any less about this. I hope it goes nowhere. I can’t wait for the AI bubble to burst.” I don't dare, so instead I'll share some thoughts here.
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Wenn Schneider zur Wohnungsbesichtigung eingeladen wird, Waseem aber nicht, haftet nach dem BGH auch der Makler wegen Diskriminierung nach dem AGG.Legal Tribune Online
#XMPP Summit
After a break with many interesting discussions we are now at "Pinned messages".
The XMPP Summit:
xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-summit-2…
Meet us at #FOSDEM 2026, too!
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource #rtc
The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is exited to announce the 28th XMPP Summit taking place in Brussels, Belgium next year - just before FOSDEM 2026. The XSF invites everyone interested in development of the XMPP protocol to attend, and discuss all …xmpp.org
Indonesia’s Communications and Digital Ministry opened a job vacancy and invited the public to apply by dropping their resumes and other required documents into a publicly accessible Google Drive. Turns out you can access and download all of the documents submitted by everyone who applied.
Someone pointed it out in an Instagram video which went viral and soon after he’s had multiple and sustained phishing and hacking attempts of his social media and email accounts.
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@Ralfeek S tým nesúhlasím. To, že to nie je potvrdené odborníkom neznamená, že to podozrenie nie je pravdivé. Nie každý musí mať peniaze na diagnostiku, naozaj to nie je lacná záležitosť. A neverím, že by sa niekto išiel diagnostikovať a platiť za to, len tak.
Ak niekto používa diagnózu (či už pravdivú alebo nie) ako výhovorku za svoje zlé správanie, tak je to proste kretén, bez ohľadu na to, či má diagnózu alebo nie. A to hovorím ako človek s diagnózou. Žiadna diagnóza z človeka neurobí zlého človeka, a ak sa niekto skrýva za svoju diagnózu (ako napr aktuálne Kanye West sa skrýva za bipolárnu poruchu), tak ten človek proste nedokáže niesť zodpovednosť za svoje správanie.
A taktiež nesúhlasím s tým, že za ADHD sa môže skrývať depresia alebo úzkosť, veď tieto diagnózy majú úplne odlišné prejavy.
Takže by som každému odporúčal, nech sa každý stará o seba a nerieši diagnózy iných, či sú oprávnené alebo nie. Pretože tvrdiť, že je nejaká diagnóza v móde je úplne scestné a neúctivé voči ľuďom s danou diagnózou.
Určite nejaké obmedzenia pri ADHD či iných diagnózach sú, veď sám mám isté obmedzenia kvôli môjmu autizmu. Treba ale rozlišovať, či to je pre daného človeka naozaj obmedzenie alebo sa iba skrýva za diagnózu. To však zainteresovaná osoba iba z pozorovania nemôže veľmi vedieť, pretože nikto nevie čo ten človek prežíva, okrem neho samotného.
Každopádne si myslím, že ľudia by mali byť najprv tolerantní a chápaví, a nie hneď na prvú zľahčovať/spochybňovať diagnózu (a tým nemyslím nikoho konkrétneho, píšem vo všeobecnosti, keďže aj pri autizme ľudia veľmi radi hovoria vetu "nevyzeráš ako autista").
@Ralfeek A s tou "neschopnosťou vychovávať deti>deti majú ADHD" by som bol opatrný. Veľa autistických detí vyzerá ako keby boli nevychované, rovnako to je určite aj pri ADHD, ale o nevychovanosť tam vôbec nejde.
Je úplne normálne a prirodzené, že takýchto diagnóz pribúda čoraz viac, keďže v minulosti sa to neriešilo, kvôli čomu to teraz vyzerá, že je toho veľa, keď sa ľudia v dospelosti diagnostikujú, a taktiež sa ľudia množia, a keďže ADHD a aj autizmus je dedičný, tak je tiež logické, že ľudí s takýmito diagnózami bude každý rok viac a viac.
Určite to ale nie je móda, a ak to má niekto oficiálne diagnostikované, tak by som to určite nespochybňoval, pretože takáto diagnóza sa nedá získať len tak, a neviem kto normálny by vyhodil peniaze na diagnostiku iba preto, aby sa potom na to mohol vyhovárať.
Learn about all the cool projects #GNOME contributors have been working on by watching some talks at #FOSDEM!
Here is a list for Saturday:
WebRTC support in #WebKitGTK and WPEWebKit with #GStreamer: Current status and plans fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…
Funding Lessons Learned Panel fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…
Machine Learning in GStreamer: Frameworks, Tensors, and Analytics fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…
Running #GNOMEOS on mobile phones fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…
“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”
― Frank Herbert, _Dune_
shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/are-t…
One of the dreams of Web 2.0 was that website would speak unto website. An "Application Programming Interface" (API) would give programmatic access to structured data, allowing services to seamlessly integrate content from each other. Users would be able to quickly grab data from multiple sources and use them for their own purposes. No registration or API keys, no tedious EULAs or meetings. Just pure synergy!
Is that dream dead? If so, what killed it?
A decade ago, I posted a plea looking for Easy APIs Without Authentication with a follow up post two years later. I wanted some resources that students could use with minimal fuss. Are any of the APIs from 10 years ago still alive?
These ones are still around:
These have shuffled off this mortal coil:
These are still alive, but you either need to pay or register to use them:
Something something … enshittification … blah blah … zero interest rate phenomenon … yadda yadda our incredible journey …
But back in the land of rationality, I've had a lots of experiences running APIs and helping people who run them. The closure and lockdown of APIs usually comes down to one or more of the following.
APIs cost money to run. Yes, even the static ones have a non-zero cost. That's fine if you're prepared to endless subsidise them - but it is hard to justify if there's no return on investment. Anyway, who is using all this bandwidth? Which leads on to:
Lack of analytics. Yes, I know tracking is the devil, but it is hard to build a service if you don't know who is using it. Sure, you can see traffic, but you can't tell if it is useful to the end consumer, or what value you can share. There's no way to communicate with an anonymous consumer. Which, of course, takes us to the next barrier:
Communication is key. If you need to change your API, there's no way to tell users that a change is coming. That might be the announcement of a deprecation, an outage, or an enhancement. You can try smuggling error messages into your responses and hoping someone notices a failing service somewhere - but it's much easier to email everyone who has an API key. And you know what else keys are good for?
Stopping abuse. It'd be nice if everyone played nice online; but some people are raging arseholes. Being able to throttle bad actors (figuratively or literally) is a desirable feature. On a resource constrained service, you sometimes have to put rules in place.
Still, if you know of any good open APIs which don't require registration, and that you think will survive until 2036, please drop a link in the comments.
#api #coding
#XMPP Summit
Continuing after the lunch break with #XEP-0503: #Server-side #spaces. xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0503.h…
The XMPP Summit:
xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-summit-2…
Meet us at #FOSDEM 2026, too!
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource
The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is exited to announce the 28th XMPP Summit taking place in Brussels, Belgium next year - just before FOSDEM 2026. The XSF invites everyone interested in development of the XMPP protocol to attend, and discuss all …xmpp.org
#Reading
Apparently, in the wider bookish community, there is this idea that listening to audiobooks doesn't count as reading. This idea is ableist af.
I mean, what about blind people?
And besides, what about people who can focus better and longer when listening (audio), instead of reading (visual)?
What about people who can better focus on listening to stories while doing something, for instance going for a walk, doing sports, crocheting, knitting, or arts and crafts?
I would like to introduce you to my friend, and previous colleague from IBM, Erich Manser who is a competitive blind runner. Over the years I enjoyed hearing about his adventures, and when it comes to sports, I got much inspiration from him.Tom (Even Grounds)
@jonathan859 #Alttext ist #komplex?!
Screenshot Tagesschauartikel "Ministerium will flexible Arbeitszeiten durchsetzen"
Darüber ausm HG überbelichtetes Bild mit Meer&Skiline hinter Fensterfront von der sich zentral perspektivisch eine lange Tafel mit Weingläsern in VG zieht; alles in harten Schatten unterbelichtet nur noch Konturen erkennbar; Person beugt sich beim Eindecken vornüber sodass Umriss (vermut. Zopf) und gerade Nase Batman ähneln.
My 1st talk for #EUOpenSourceWeek is done. Great to present on #a11y #WAD & #EAA at the #Drupal4Gov
I'm enjoying the great talks. Recurring focus on #procurement & drive to #DigitalSovereignty
Looking forward to #FOSDEM on the weekend.
Photo isn't me.
A warm thank you to our sponsors Element and Famedly for enabling us to set up Hackathon tomorrow, in Brussels! Can't make it? We will livestream the results at 17:00 CET!
Element is sponsoring the video stream, and the dinner, while Famedly sponsors the lunch and drinks. Thanks to them both we can keep our community fed and refreshed to tackle the important challenges ahead of them!
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Digital Independence Day is coming up this Sunday - and we at Tuta are proud to be part of it!
Never heard about #DIDay? It comes from Germany 🇩🇪 🥨 but it's time to go global!
🎉➡️ tuta.com/blog/digital-independ…
Save Social, Tuta, and lots of other organizations are building a better web – and you can be part of the journey! The next Digital Independence Day is Sunday, February 1st.Tuta
#XMPP Summit
Being an unconference, every participant will raise agenda points and then those will be prioritized by interest. The first topic is "XMPP 2.0".
xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-summit-2…
Meet us at #FOSDEM 2026, too!
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource
The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is exited to announce the 28th XMPP Summit taking place in Brussels, Belgium next year - just before FOSDEM 2026. The XSF invites everyone interested in development of the XMPP protocol to attend, and discuss all …xmpp.org
Dutch society is built on US digital services. That’s now seen as a glaring security issue.Pieter Haeck (POLITICO)
Save the date: Our FOSDEM social event takes place on Saturday 31st
1. Pizza🍕: pommodorobxl.be/fr
7.30-9.30pm
2. Drinks🍻 at garden bar: deliriumvillage.com/bar/floris…
9.30pm onwards
Pommodoro est l’endroit idéal pour un lunch dans le centre de Bruxelles. Nous vous proposons de délicieuses spécialités italiennes: Pâtes, Pizza, Antipasti, Viandes, …Pommodoro
fucking hell I just calculated core count, ram, and storage added up between all my machines.
132 cores, 262.536GB of ram, 85956.128 GB (85.9TB) of storage
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Twice Google Gemini tried to tell me that I was wrong regarding a tennis result from 2004 but I kept telling it it wasn’t correct and eventually, it got it right.
In the 2004 Australian Open men's doubles semi-finals, Bob and Mike Bryan did indeed defeat Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Björkman with a score of 6–1, 6–2.
Sometimes you just have to keep guiding the AI models particularly if you know that something is incorrect.
It's almost like you're teaching something.
This is where I can see a problem with these AI models because if you don't know that something is incorrect, you can go away with the wrong information.
I'm seeing this a lot with supposed history posts about events from the Second World War.
When I was 18 I took a medicine called Theraflu because I was sick, it caused me to hallucinate. I actually thought my coat rack in my room was alive and trying to kill me.
Never again will I touch that stuff. Absolutely nasty.
Accessibility enhancements for new WhatsApp Desktop (WebView2) - starkrush123/WhatsApp-EnhancerGitHub
#XSF Announcement
The 28th #XMPP #Summit starts today at 09:00 am (UTC+1)!
If you come in person, reach out before (almost full). Else join remotely:
xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-summit-2…
Meet us at #FOSDEM 2026, too!
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource
The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is exited to announce the 28th XMPP Summit taking place in Brussels, Belgium next year - just before FOSDEM 2026. The XSF invites everyone interested in development of the XMPP protocol to attend, and discuss all …xmpp.org
I kinda wish every racist had to take a DNA test.
Mine is 98% predictable. Evenly split between Southwestern Norway and Northeastern Scotland. I’m a Viking.
BUT. A Viking who is also 2% South Asian. And I’ll bet a lot of these racists would find out they’re not as white as they thought.
Which might not change their politics but would probably annoy the fuck out of them. And result haha.
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in reply to bassistance • • •My much more negative stance makes me not want to interact with any AI, not so much because it has its flaws, but because the whole ideology and practical effects are fundamentally bad. For once, I don’t want my freedom as a programmer to be enclosed by Microsoft and Google, becoming completely dependent on subscriptions to their tools. That’s a direction they’re going for. I think we need to actively fight this and not just wait for it to fail in some way.
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