The idea of Matrix as a chat service is nice. But the fact that it keeps going out of sync, and I keep losing messages from other people is just plain annoying. This is worse than IRC net split (at least there was a message when it happened).

#Matrix #MatrixChat #ElementX #IRC

in reply to Eitan

Because people sense that things could go wrong.

They fear that Mozilla will lose its way, to the detriment of the community's demands.

Because other features that are highly sought after by the community are still waiting to be integrated, if at all.

Encouraging AI is not necessarily environmentally friendly and, above all, it consumes local resources. Many have noticed a significant slowdown on FF. Even though GAFAM is lobbying that ‘no AI = mediocre product’.

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I love it! I recently replaced the 4 TB drives in my father's NAS with my old 8 TB ones. Old means used already, but not too old and not with much load, plus Ironwolf Pro, so actually supposed to run multiple years, but most of them weren't quite a year old. Well, now, after a few weeks, I randomly get random power outages in HDD 1. OK, well, damn. But it looks like the RAID is still consistent. About an hour later, now HDD 4 starts to fail as well. Man, what is this shit?

I'm recruiting a PhD student for autumn 2026 on a project on accessibility in musical instrument design, in partnership with disability arts charities OHMI and Drake Music.

Application deadline 15 February 2026. More info and contact details: liss-dtp.ac.uk/project/instrum…

Startversuch aktueller Version von DeltaChat

[11469:1214/134139.208764:FATAL:sandbox/linux/suid/client/setuid_sandbox_host.cc:169] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I'm aborting now. You need to make sure that /opt/deltachat-desktop-2.33.0/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755.
Trace/Breakpoint ausgelöst (Speicherabzug geschrieben)

Ich lasse KEINE Executables mit SUID root auf meinem System zu

#deltachat

I keep seeing people saying “Mozilla should just focus on the browser instead of the random tech and scam of the month”, and all I’m thinking is: they focused on “browser as a product” for a decade, to the extent of killing anything that would have slowed the adoption of WebKit and Chrome. Y’all really think they ought to do that again, when they managed to slam their dick in the car door so thoroughly?

My iOS apps are on the App Store again; if you ever wanted to have sonogrid or the others, now might be a good time to get a copy.

rosano.ca/blog/audioscrub-and-…

Are you coming to #39C3 this year? We'd love to see you there!

events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hu…

Edit: Find us on day 2 at 15:45 in the lovely @HouseOfTea.

#briar #mesh #p2p #meshtastic #qaul #bridgefy #tor #decentralization

ok, forreal this time, I can set my account to public once again.

And on another note (which may actually be sad, and also speaking of suno,) apparently suno is now going to restrict downloads and stuff do to this hole suno-wmg (warner music group) thing that's happening, and we can't use udio because uploading audio files (including ringtones like I always do) require premium unfortunately... And now suno also won't let you download stuff because now it has a limit and I'll probably be forced to screen record everything (unless wmg finds out or something...) I don't know... And just for proof of this suno.com/blog/wmg-partnership

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I'll elaborate. I believe we're in an AI bubble. AI companies are pushing the overton window on AI discourse. They want the most extreme anti-AI sentiment to be "Sure, it's an overhyped technology right now but there will be reasonable applications down the road". I want to see pushback on this. It doesn't matter if I can disable some AI feature in the settings. The fact that Mozilla is jumping on this bandwagon is deeply disappointing to me.


I've finally switched to the @Vivaldi browser. I've been using Firefox for as long as I've been on the internet, but the focus on AI means it's no longer the browser for me. Thankfully unlike Chrome, Vivaldi supports the uBlock Origin extension which is the most important extension for being able to browse the web nowadays.

RE: mastodon.social/@Gargron/11573…

Always good when Firefox makes people to use Chromium/Blink browsers. 🤷‍♂️


I've finally switched to the @Vivaldi browser. I've been using Firefox for as long as I've been on the internet, but the focus on AI means it's no longer the browser for me. Thankfully unlike Chrome, Vivaldi supports the uBlock Origin extension which is the most important extension for being able to browse the web nowadays.

in reply to Eric Eggert

Wenn das Vivaldi-Team nur bei seinen eigenen UI-Bits auch Wert auf Barrierefreiheit legen würde, und Chromium nicht ständig auf dem Mac irgendwas kaputt machen und dann monatelang nicht beheben würde, wäre Vivaldi wirklich einen Screenreader-Blick wert. Aber das letzte Mal war schon noch sehr ernüchternd, also keine Alternative. Ich behelfe mir mit ungoogled-Chromium.

The European Commission lost the Chat Control 2.0 battle over access to end-to-end encrypted data. By the summer 2026, they will be back with their next attempt: Going Dark. This time some EU member states want to include VPN services.

The Going Dark initiative, or ProtectEU as the Commission now calls it, wants to “enable law enforcement authorities to access encrypted data in a lawful manner”. This is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt.

#Mozilla choosing to kill embeddable Gecko (make it a #Firefox only engine, essentially) over a decade ago was such a tragic mistake.

Alternative browsers & desktop apps had no choice but to go with WebKit or Blink/Electron.

As a result, Mozilla have nobody to blame but themselves for their minuscule marketshare and nil developer mindshare today.

Further readings:
* lwn.net/Articles/436412/ (circa 2011)
* chrislord.net/2016/02/24/the-c… from @Cwiiis
* dutherenverseauborddelatable.w… from @Yoric

#OpenWeb

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We'll be at FOSDEM, and we have updates for you!

1. Excellent mentors signed up to our hackathon to help newcomers get started on Matrix
2. We have a booth with a solid team to staff it, but you can join the fun and help us
3. The Decentralised Communications Devroom we coordinate now has a schedule

Find all the details on our blog!

matrix.org/blog/2025/12/fosdem…

Die @SunDial79 und ich haben gestern Abend über eine Stunde über Audio-Equipment und Podcasting abgenerdet. Hat spaß gemacht. Wir haben #Studiolink mit #REAPER Getestet, wobei jede Person einmal Host und einmal Anrufender war. Da wir beide blind sind, können wir das #ultraschall Add-On nicht nutzen, sondern müssen das Routing usw. von Hand konfigurieren. Hat alles gut geklappt. Nur die Weboberfläche hat doch diverse Probleme, die ich in den nächsten Tagen reporten werde. CC @sreimers
in reply to Jens Bertrams

Wir haben das VST-Plugin mit der REAPER Audiosoftware getestet. Die Probleme liegen im HTML der Webseite, die sich öffnet, sobald das Plugin als Effekt instanziiert wird. Der „Mix“-Button z.B. sagt nicht, ob er mono, stereo oder den dritten Zustand hat. Und wenn man als Gast die Quick-URL aufruft, gibt es da gefühlt auch ein paar Dinge, die checkboxen sein sollten, aber nur anklickbare Elemente sind. Aber Sebastian müsste sagen, wo er die Issues haben will.
in reply to Marco Zehe

Etwas verspätet, aber ich würde die Issues auf Github Posten:
github.com/studio-link

dort im Repository für das Plugin oder im Sendegate:
sendegate.de

Da wir Ultraschall 6 mehr accessible machen wollen, wären Deine Hinweise echt super, damit Studiolink auch accessible wird.

Hast Du auch mal Studiolink OnAir ausprobiert, um nen Podcast live zu streamen und gecheckt, ob da auch was an Accessibility gefixt werden muß?

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in reply to Meo-Ada Mespotine

@Mespotine Nein, habe ich nicht. Ich muss mal schauen, ob ich über die Feiertage die Energie aufbringen kann, mir das genauer anzuschauen, weil da tatsächlich mehrere Sachen problematisch waren und ich aber dafür auch eine zweite Person in einem Gespräch brauche, um bestimmte Teile der UI überhaupt unter den Screen Reader zu bekommen. (1/2)
in reply to Meo-Ada Mespotine

@Mespotine Noch ein ganz wichtiger Hinweis für Ultraschall 6: Passt bitte auf, dass ihr bei installierter OSARA Extension kompatibel bleibt. Blinde mit REAPER nutzen OSARA ohne Ausnahme. Schau hier für Infos und den Source: github.com/jcsteh/osara
in reply to Meo-Ada Mespotine

@Mespotine Und falls ihr was in OSARA integrieren wollt/müsst, damit es mit Ultraschall 6 noch besser läuft, und das mit nichts anderem kollidiert, bin ich mir sicher, dass die Maintainer den Code auch akzeptieren werden. Ich freue mich darüber, dass OSARA diese Auswirkung auf euer Projekt hat. Ich habe von Ultraschall vor 10 Jahren auf einem Podlove-Treffen in Berlin das erste Mal gehört und war sehr traurig, dass es nicht zugänglich ist.

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Beaming about the book being featured in The Nod’s fortnightly roundup of unmissable cultural finds thenodmag.com/content/nod-list…

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