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Just interested in peoples attitudes to AI
Please boost

  • love it love it love it (1%, 9 votes)
  • makes everything in my life easier (2%, 14 votes)
  • the speed its being developed is worrying (28%, 199 votes)
  • needs regulating in public hands (50%, 355 votes)
  • I wasnt asked if I wanted it (60%, 424 votes)
  • its dumbing down the world (72%, 509 votes)
  • huge energy cost is adding to climate breakdown (84%, 593 votes)
700 voters. Poll end: in 3 weeks

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the soviet anthem is blaring in the streets.... a halal cart guy has just murdered a hot dog cart guy in cold blood for selling pork... landlords are being sent to the rikers island gulag, and everyone who was in rikers before is being freed if they say the shahada. wall street is ablaze and the stock market has been replaced by a mosque. every screen in times square bears an image of mayor mamdani with joseph stalin sucking his cock. what have we done

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This year at #39C3, it felt that the congres was bursting at the seams. Nearly all of the assemblies I know complained about having less room and less tables then requested. The infrastructure review posted numbers e.g. about ~20% more DECT-phone calls, more internet usage then ever, ....

And, by chance, I consulted the wikipedia page about CCC:de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Co… , which also lists the (approximate) number of visitors: 16K this year and only 14.5K last year. Time to go to #leipzig again?


jährliches Hackertreffen

Autoren der Wikimedia-Projekte (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#leipzig #39c3

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Thinking back to last year I remembered the us-east-1 outage, how it affected Signal and how some of the users freaked out that they have to rely on US hyperscalers.

Wouldn't it be useful if @signalapp (and maybe similar providers) published their infra requirements with little crosses and ticks, so alternative providers could aim for "good enough for Signal" service levels?

Related articles by @bert_hubert :

berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-…


The (European) cloud ladder: from virtual server to MS 365 - Bert Hubert's writings

We have extensive discussions about our enormous dependence on American clouds, but what exactly are we talking about? And is Europe equally dependent on all types of cloud? This article is aimed at policy makers, but it may also provide some clarity…
Bert Hubert's writings
@Signal @bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦
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Today, Bulgaria adopts the euro as its official currency. 💶

A new currency, a stronger bond with Europe.

Travel, work, and business will become easier and more connected.

With Schengen now fully in place, this means more freedom, more opportunities, and a shared future.

Progress is not a dream. It is a choice. And Bulgaria has chosen it.

Let's keep moving forward together. 🇪🇺🇧🇬

An image features two coins, one with a map of Europe and the denomination '1 EURO', and the other (representing the other side of the coin) depicting a religious figure holding a cross. The coins are connected by a ribbon with the colours of the Bulgarian flag, set against a backdrop of Sofia cityscape with mountains in the distance. At the top, it says 'WELCOME TO THE EURO BULGARIA!'"
in reply to European Commission

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Professeur Carré

Welcome to Bulgaria.

But why the official communicate is only in english ?

ec.europa.eu/commission/pressc…


Bulgaria joins euro area from 1 January

On 1 January 2026, Bulgaria will adopt the euro as its currency, marking an important milestone for the country, for the history of the euro, and for the EU as a whole.
European Commission - European Commission
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