"Warum sollte man sich selbst um seine Verwirklichung betrügen und einen Automaten für die Umsetzung der eigenen Idee beauftragen? Ist einem diese Idee derart wenig wert, dass man ihr nicht selbst Gestalt verleihen will?"
Generative KI ist unausweichlich. Auch deshalb, weil Influencer, Fernsehsender, Marken und Co. eine Geisteshaltung entwickelt haben, dass generierte Imitate ...
Mein Cover von "Santa Claus is Back in Town" verbunden mit meinem Dank an alle, die mir hier bei Mastodon folgen, meinen Kram und die Dinge, die ich von anderen teile, lesen, weiter verbreiten und mit Herzchen versehen. ❤️
privacy is not about having something to hide but rather having everything to protect (I've heard someone say these words but I don't remember the author)
tech companies proved they can't be trusted with user data as their ideas for using it entail marketing useless gadgets and pushing populist/fascist political parties into prominence.
This is what civil society, in particular the #DigitalRights community, is up against now: 🇺🇸 has barred leaders of @hateaid, the Global #Disinformation Index, and the Centre for Countering Digital Hate from entering the US
imo, privacy is the most important human right: not because encryption is more important than stopping genocide or climate change; but because without private communication, safeguarding all of our other rights becomes impossible in the wake of authoritarian regimes
It's important because what you may do and say now might be legal, but in the future may be considered illegal by an authoritarian regime. Privacy ensures that your former actions and words remain private and that may keep you safe in difficult times.
Even if you feel like you don't have anything to hide, privacy (and use of privacy-oriented tools) helps to protect those otherwise at risk of oppressive forces.
people who know they are being watched behave differently.
And without privacy, and anonymity, revolutions are much harder.. Our current state is abysmal. Whatever it is we are doing is literally destroying society and the planet.
Attacking encryption, fundamental rights, privacy or open source projects like GrapheneOS, Siganl, Tuta is a threat to any EU countries constitution, freedom/democracy, economy and business integrity/security, (cyber) resilience.
Privacy means experimental, new, and potentially controversial ideas have the safety to develop while they are still too vulnerable to stand on their own. Lack of privacy chains thought to the status quo.
A society can only progress with sufficient privacy and the freedom of thought that comes with it. Innovative ideas that drive societal progress are not born in the center but often emerge at the edges of society. Without privacy, diversity dies, and with it, the society's ability to evolve. The loss of privacy is the end of freedom.
Privacy is a basic human right. We should all have the freedom to speak our minds without fear of being punished for saying something unliked by those in power. We also deserve the right to keep some information, like our medical records, private ao that information isn't used against us.
Because I think that everything you do can be misinterpreted and that some people consider you suspicious simply because you are interested in privacy.
Why privacy matters Privacy isn’t about hiding. It’s about freedom, dignity, and control. Without privacy, people self-censor. Without control over data, autonomy is lost. Without limits on surveillance, power is abused. Privacy protects individuals, democracy, and trust in technology. Privacy is a right — not a privilege.
Privacy matters because there are so many large intertwined tech companies where the opposite is true and companies like Tuta need to thrive as people wake up and realize that they have had their identities compromised.
it is essential to protect your personal life from external manipulation and interference. Just as written in article 12 oft the universal declaration of human rights: "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks."
Privacy means protecting one's personal space, and no one has the right to interfere with it. When privacy is lost, people lose control over their own lives. The feeling of being constantly monitored and restricted suppresses thinking and decision-making. Therefore, privacy is one of the fundamental conditions of being an individual and remaining free...
privacy matters to me because of the rise of authoritarianism. My existence as a gay man is becoming political and being able to communicate privately is essential to protecting my self.
Like usual, @KinkyGeeks has set up a ticket system for the workshops and the jam, thank you! ♥️ If you’re sure you’re coming, grab your ticket 😊 ticket.kinkygeeks.de/kinkygeek…
More links are on the SOS page (for 101 repeat, 102 and the jam!)
There is an ethernet cable going from one side of the house to the other, which goes from a PoE switch in the back bedroom to a wireless access point near the front. Unfortunately, one of the twisted pairs appears to have shorted, or something, meaning it only connects at 100 Mbps. This cable needs to be replaced, but no one here is really in good shape to crawl under the house and play with stuff. So, in the meantime, I set up a wireless mesh, which is actually providing better downlink than I could get from the broken cable, and I hate myself for it. Hopefully, the situation can be resolved soon. The less wireless stuff, the better.
Jedes Jahr Weihnachten und kurz danach so viele Menschen, die unter dem Zwang und dem Stress eigentlich ungewollter Familienfeiern leiden. Verdammt, ihr seid erwachsen und niemand außer euch kann diesen Mist beenden. Geht einfach nicht hin und wenn ihr meint dies, aus welchen Gründen auch immer, nicht zu schaffen, dann holt euch im Laufe des neuen Jahres Hilfe und Begleitung, damit ihr vor dem nächsten Familiengedöns locker, lächelnd, gelassen „Nein“ sagen könnt. Ihr müsst das nicht ertragen!
Ich wünsch euch ganz wundervolle Feiertage 🎄. Besondere Liebe geht an alle raus, die sich gerade einsam fühlen, sich kein tolles Festtagsessen oder einen Weihnachtsmarktbesuch leisten können oder gerade mit Depression kämpfen. I see you 💜. Ich bin so unfassbar müde, heute ist mein erster Urlaubstag des Jahres und ich werde so viel schlafen… Fühlt euch gedrückt, wenn ihr mögt 💜.
One common reason people name to pick a big host like GitHub instead of Codeberg to host their projects on is the hope that the bigger platform will make it more likely to get more contributors. A nice thought, isn't it?
Sadly, realistically, most FOSS projects will forever stay 1 person, no matter where it is hosted, so just don't worry about it :)
Also, depending on the audience, GitHub might just as well keep contributors away than attract them. I'm even kind of a bit proud those are balanced in my audience: chaos.social/@chrysn/115707616…
When you find an issue with software you use that you can fix right away, what are hurdles you are prepared to take while sending that fix upstream?
#FLOSS #supplychain #opensource
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@chrysn Being involved in IzzyOnDroid, people seem to not be less willing to log into Codeberg than GitHub.
Back when I was involved in F-Droid I did see a lot of issues caused by GitLab's anti-abuse systems asking quite ridiculous things like credit card info from those trying to use GitLab CI (to prevent Bitcoin mining abuse), meaning a lot of users were either unable (no credit card) or unwilling to test their changes.
A forge *can* make stuff worse, but Codeberg doesn't seem a big hassle.
On top of that, Codeberg has not falsely deleted any issues in issue trackers yet unlike GitHub (I have lost over 20 Catima issues, probably more, but GitHub refuses to even give me a list: chaos.social/@SylvieLorxu/1155…)
Yep, even my more popular projects haven't generally received contributions outside Hacktoberfest. I mirrored all my projects to my personal forge last year and now don't put anything new on GitHub and it's been just fine.
@msfjarvis Basically the same here. Most contributions I get are translations, which are all Weblate so not really relevant. Hacktoberfest is basically 95+% of all contributions of the year and this year a lot of that was LLM slop.
None of those contributors stick around, so I end up spending more time guiding them through the codebase than if I had written the code themselves, so aside from one contributor in the past who did stick around for a bit, it has generally only cost time.
it's the only license i've seen that accounts for the power dynamics fundamental to capitalism: class struggle between proletarians and the bourgeoisie. it takes a stand for the working class by defining a commons where people and their orgs are granted access while for profit enterprises will need to negotiate for access. this line of differentiation is the one that matters the most, under the current mode of production. read the telekommunist manifesto for more context, well worth it
"Magic? Are you for real? That stuff is all make-believe," the youth huffed in exasperation.
The elder remained unperturbed. "What makes you so certain?"
"Ugh! I... I tried it all, ok? The incantations, the ritual components, the freaking wands! I wished over and over again and nothing happened, and right now I just need this to end, so I'm not wasting my time with all that trash again."
Still unperturbed - but now with a glimmer of understanding - the elder placidly responded. "Ahh, yes, you've been taught the usual lies. No matter - the truth is easy enough to learn... if you'd like."
The youth was obviously still skeptical, but offered no objection.
The elder spoke - quietly at first, growing more and more animated with every word, until the room itself seemed to struggle to hold the conversation.
"A wish, my dear, is not a commandment which we use to impel reality to become different for no reason! No, this is silly! Of course what you were told didn't work, because none of it is true! A wish is an invitation - it is the feeling of reality asking us if we'd like to be a part of changing it! That is the way the magic flows. And if we say yes, well... that's when things get interesting!"
Microsoft: „1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code“
That would mean @bagder rewriting 5 #curl projects into Rust in a month.
Microsoft revising the „rewrite over a weekend“ meme to it actually taking them 6 days. For a person they have not hired yet. With tools they still have to invent.
If you are a MS customer, you‘d better start putting more money into Copilot right away!
I donated to #eff as I think they do great work trying keep our internet free. They also have nice things like privacybadger extension. Check them out. They do hope to unlock matching funds if they get enough members before the year ends.
I donated to @conservancy I think they also do important work supporting lots of free software projects, managing legal waters and supporting software freedom. They are also fighting the good fight to make sure the GPL is actually enforceable.
They do have a match in effect now until jan 15th.
Software freedom is critical to many of today’s most pressing social issues, but it’s only effective when FOSS is for everyone. Support Conservancy today to help make that happen!
I also this year donated to the internet archive. I think people tend to just take them for granted, that they will always be there archiving our internet history, but if we don't support them, they won't be. ;(
They provide the wayback machine, sooo many old archives of things (recently I found all the old dragon magazines are available there).
The media in my country is poor and getting worse. propublica has been doing actual news reporting, things that no one else is willing to do and speaking truth to power.
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Finally a reminder: your company may have a donation matching program. If it does, do remember to request matches for all your donations. The group will then get 2x your donation. Win win!
This post was contributed by the Fundraising Committee from the GNOME Foundation. This week we are launching an end-of-year fundraising campaign with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME...
Sometimes when people ask me how I perceive myself as an autistic person who can’t see images in my head, the best way I can describe it is.. I feel like Krang.
I feel like I am a brain, just floating around in space, badly controlling this body that is attached poorly to me.
That sounds similar to how I perceive myself (blind from birth so no visual perception or notion of one). But not sure if it's the same or it just reads like it.
#dobréRáno priatelia fediverse, prajem vám šťastné a veselé Vianoce s kávou v ruke a nadhľadom nad vecou. Veľa darčekov a rodinnej pohody. A kto je sám, tak málo smutných myšlienok, na to je vraj dobrá prechádzka. Každopádne hlavu hore, za pár dní je to za nami.
@marcozehe ich find das Lied auch nicht schlimm. Die Weihnachtsbäckerei finde ich wesentlich schrecklicher. Gerade läuft Fairytale of New York, das mag ich sehr. Ein Freund hört es sich immer an Heiligabend an zur Erinnerung an seine Mutter.
já dávám přednost jisté skromné variantě vídeňského salátu (nostalgie, dělali jsme jej doma)… salát s majonézou atd. můžu, ale není mi tak blízký; když už, tak ale bez masa
Eh, pls #boost my request to #getfedihired, if you could spare two clicks? 🥺
I've been humming and hawing about posting this, it feels strange, something about generational guilt & working class shame & ... but it's either this or start putting my CV through LLMs to include every buzzword on the listing I'm applying to. I haven't been able to stomach that, even though I presume that's a lot of my competition.
I simply can't get to an interview. Historically, I've done three interviews and got the job each time, because I'm a real human being who is friendly and chatty and presents himself sincerely (or, that's my guess, anyway).
In #Ireland with my partner, but we've lived in different places and would move happily. I've a year experience doing an IT support role the last year, but have transitioned to this stuff later than usual.
Before I've done: bartender; bicycle courier for Deliveroo in #Berlin for two years (best job ever); private tutor for five years in #Lyon (mostly piano but also maths, Irish, English, flute, tin whistle); bookies clerk for a short period; a few other odd bits - one highlight was writing reviews for a theatre company.
Oh, very comfortably fluent in #French, pretty fluent in #Irish (my first love), and intermediate #German (which I would love to have a chance to go back speaking and learning).
Tech-wise, it's been mostly on the #Linux / #Emacs / #Lisp side of things. I would happily work on anything that is one or more of challenging, interesting, useful, or moral.
Money doesn't rule me. I want to live with a humane level of comfort, that's all.
CVs and references available, DMs open. Thanks so much for any and all help!
it's pretty funny when right wing trolls are like "no politics in software!!" followed by "rust is woke!!" like. my man. you just made it about politics
It occurs to me that the recent #NVDA issue with IPC between 64 and 32-bit libraries (in particular voice synths) may be a perfect place for this solution: ekxide.io/blog/iceoryx2-0.8-re…
the next version of NVDA will be a 64-bit program, so it cannot easily directly interface with 32-bit libraries, and many voice synths (especially older ones) are built as 32-bit artifacts. Eloquence being one of them. This might be a way to create a mechanism for NVDA to interface with such libraries, possibly.
Přátelé #fediverse, přejeme vám klidné a pohodové Vánoce, dostatek pohody offline i online a do nového roku hodně zdraví, energie a dobrých lidí kolem sebe. Díky, že s námi držíte otevřený a svobodný internet a pomáháte, aby byl lepším místem. 🎄 #oscloud #opensource #privacy #foss #community
Guten Morgen! Ich wünsche euch einen schönen, geruhsamen und nach euren Wünschen verlaufenden Heiligabend! Und dann zwei Weihnachtsfeiertage, die natürlich auch genau nach euren Vorstellungen verlaufen mögen. Die einen werden's feiern, die anderen werden ob der Familienverpflichtungen gequält aufstöhnen, die nächsten werden's ignorieren, und all das ist voll OK! Nichts davon ist falsch. ❤️
Brailab, the Hungarian-only speech synth people love to make beatbox with random consonant-combos and yet I grew up with, is now updated to use a faster wrapper architecture and modernized with NVDA 2025.3. This does lay the groundwork for Brailab to work across future NVDA versions, as the audio it produces is now piped directly into memory with the wrapper rather than the DLL just piping it to the Windows audio API. eurpod.com/brailab-2025.nvda-a…
Y’all realise that the entire computer industry just pivoted to ‘AI Support’. Manufacturers of components (GPUs, CPUs, storage, RAM) are either exiting the consumer market (ex: Micron, Samsung) or severely limiting their offerings (NVIDIA, AMD, Samsung). Instead they are making products specifically catered and offered to AI/datacentre use.
You thought not being able to upgrade your RAM was a problem. Wait until you can’t buy a computer, and only rent one.
What can I say. Brailab wrapper works. It has some quirks but I built one. Now onto firstbite. I heard the voice, it won't be no Doubletalk style, because it is SmoothTalker 4 whereas I believe the other was version 3. But it does sound cool. I like that voice. Sort of like a hybrid of Keynote and old eloquence. I got it working under XP. But modern Windows, it has a memory corruption errors.
ineffective altruist
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in reply to Tuta • • •Because your encryption is better than my dancing and hopefully nobody's watching.
2026 feature request: Encrypt my dancing (just in case).
Joykill
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in reply to Tuta • • •#cryptohagen
in reply to Tuta • • •Why #privacy matter
This is what civil society, in particular the #DigitalRights community, is up against now: 🇺🇸 has barred leaders of @hateaid, the Global #Disinformation Index, and the Centre for Countering Digital Hate from entering the US
Expect more restrictions, threats, and intimidation against public-interest NGOs globally
apnews.com/article/state-depar…
#privacy #E2E #encryption
redbr1ck
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in reply to Tuta • • •ℂ𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖@39C3: /#
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in reply to Tuta • • •people who know they are being watched behave differently.
And without privacy, and anonymity, revolutions are much harder.. Our current state is abysmal. Whatever it is we are doing is literally destroying society and the planet.
Holger
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in reply to Tuta • • •Parce que la surveillance et le contrôle nourrissent les moutons,
Parce que ça sent le facho de plus en plus !
RadicalEcologist
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in reply to Tuta • • •So, you'd like to know why I believe that "privacy matters".
Why do you ask?
It's not that I have anything to hide, but you have no right to know why I believe that "privacy" does, in fact, "matter".
Also, I feel that Santa Claus dude has been watching me all year.
Jeff
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in reply to Tuta • • •ĞÖKÜ👻👻™
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in reply to Tuta • • •Its a human right.
RLFP
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in reply to Tuta • • •Privacy isn’t about hiding.
It’s about freedom, dignity, and control.
Without privacy, people self-censor.
Without control over data, autonomy is lost.
Without limits on surveillance, power is abused.
Privacy protects individuals, democracy, and trust in technology.
Privacy is a right — not a privilege.
dodothedev🦤💻
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in reply to Tuta • • •Just as written in article 12 oft the universal declaration of human rights:
"No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks."
Jochen
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in reply to Tuta • • •Privacy is essential, as it is a fundamental human right that supports freedom of expression.
Also It makes me sleep better at night knowing that no third party is reading my private conversations.
It's kind of like a hoodie; it can make you disappear and feel safe.
FurkaN
in reply to Tuta • • •your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
in reply to Tuta • • •❝ We're gifting one Tuta hoodie for Christmas!
All you need to do is let us know why privacy matters in the comments! ❞
because it's nunya damn business who i email, nor what for.
merry nunyamas!
@Tutanota
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in reply to Tuta • • •free palestine!
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