"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.
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
[ ] Log in to GitHub
[ ] Log in to a self-hosted different forge
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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!
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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).
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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
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