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Definitely agree with @chris22smith here!

Just learned about public.monster from @dk that lets you make websites like it's the 90s again. (With a few quality-of-life improvements.)

Chris Smith (@chris22smith@mastodon.social)

I think that signing up for @piccalilli@front-end.social's emails has been one of the best things I've done this year. High quality, human curated content that interests me is underrated and hard to come by. https://piccalil.li/the-index/
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The only important take-away from Anthropic's hype piece about an "AI-orchestrated" cyber attack:

Tech company valued at over $180 billion still can't make their product not do things they don't want it to do.

> They broke down their attacks into small, seemingly innocent tasks that Claude would execute without being provided the full context of their malicious purpose. They also told Claude that it was an employee of a legitimate cybersecurity firm, and was being used in defensive testing.

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miki

LLMs are a lot more like humans (or weird animals) than they are like computers. I think service dogs are a really great comparison. We don't quite understand how and why they do what they do (chemists still can't quite replicate a police dog's nose), we know they make tons of mistakes, but they're better / faster / cheaper / more useful than humans, so we keep using them.
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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@miki the fact is LLMs are not better nor more useful than humans, research shows. We just keep falling for the hype.

> After completing the study, developers estimate that allowing AI reduced completion time by 20%. Surprisingly, we find that allowing AI actually increases completion time by 19%
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089

> For an organization of 10,000 workers, given the estimated prevalence of workslop (41%), this yields over $9 million per year in lost productivity.
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-w…


Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

Despite widespread adoption, the impact of AI tools on software development in the wild remains understudied.
arXiv.org
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Google is starting to retreat on its "developer government ID verification" plan, thank goodness.

But the devil will be in the detail, and Google's positioning that wanting to install software on your own device makes you a "power user" is concerning.

The notion that you need to be an "experienced user" to use @fdroidorg, for instance, is nonsense.

But still: keeping up the pressure appears to be working. A little.

android-developers.googleblog.…


Android developer verification: Early access starts now as we continue to build with your feedback

News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
Android Developers Blog
@F-Droid
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Quin

Apparently doing the following two terminal commands will do it, run at your own risk as I have not tested them.
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/SpotlightUI.plist SpotlightPlus -dict Enabled -bool false
and reboot the Mac.
Source: igeeksblog.com/restore-launchp…

How to Get Back Launchpad in macOS 26 Tahoe

Apple removed Launchpad in macOS 26 Tahoe. Miss it? Here’s how to restore Launchpad using Terminal, plus the pros and cons of ditching the new Spotlight.
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Das Tilo Jung Interview mit Jimmy Wales (Mitgründer von Wikipedia) ist wirklich Peak Jung & Naiv.

Absolut sehenswert. Aber unbedingt Zeit mitbringen!

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Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's founder/co-founder - Jung & Naiv: Episode 792

Please support our work ► http://www.paypal.me/JungNaivJoin our forum ► http://forum.jungundnaiv.de/Our guest in the studio: Jimmy Wales, American internet e...
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Last year the Geospatial devroom only had half a day at FOSDEM, and we still ended up with a packed room and a queue down the corridor.

This year we have the whole of Saturday to ourselves, so if you have something geo-flavoured to share, whether it is maps, data, tools, clever hacks, fieldwork tech, city projects, OSM magic, climate work or anything else, now is the moment to submit a proposal.

The CfP is open until 1 December:
lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fos…

#FOSDEM #Geospatial #GIS #OpenStreetMap #OpenData #Cartography #GeoTech #OSM #FOSS4G #Maps #Devroom #OSGeo

An empty lecture room with tiered seating arranged in a horseshoe around a central stage and projector screen. Taken before the Geospatial devroom began, the room later filled up with a full audience and a queue outside.

[FOSDEM] Call for Participation: Geospatial devroom at FOSDEM 2026

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#fosdem #openstreetmap #gis #maps #opendata #OSM #devroom #cartography #geospatial #osgeo #foss4g #geotech
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I want an AI Window and all this other AI crap in my browser as much as I want cesium-137 in my shrimp.

:firefox: blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai…
[🗃️ Web Archive]


Introducing AI, the Firefox way: A look at what we're working on and how you can help shape it

AI Window is a user-controlled space we’re building in Firefox that lets you chat with an AI assistant and get help while you browse.
Kristina Bravo (The Mozilla Blog)
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Lastly @trigpoint mapped most of the benches we saw.

A plea to all #OpenStreetMap folk: please map benches. Knowing where they are can help people like me with COPD and other breathing conditions. Benches make all the difference as to whether a walk is pleasant or not, and sometimes whether one is possible at all.

I find hat still being able to walk 8-9 km walk sustain nmy mental health. Any infrastructure which helps is invaluable.

10/10

@ultrazool @zverik @millerdl @gregorymarler

A wooden bench in Tentsmuir Forest
A wooden bench in Tentsmuir Forest
A wooden bench in Tentsmuir Forest
A wooden bench in Tentsmuir Forest
#openstreetmap @Ilya Zverev @trigpoint @David Lawrence Miller @Jo Walsh @Gregory Marler
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Delta Chat

current invite links are long-term usable, and multiple use.

As a link creator, you can scan/click your own link to disable it.

But publishing such invite links is not recommended, unless it's from a chat profile that you only use for people to get in contact with you but then continue chatting from a different profile that is not published.

If you have more questions please post to the support.delta.chat forum.


Delta.Chat

You need Delta.Chat support? Ask the Community!
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Cat's out of the bag:
FEX, an emulator I've been working on these past 4 years, is going to be part of the Steam Frame to bring x86 Windows games to an ARM Linux VR headset! 😊

youtube.com/watch?v=OmKrKTwtuk…

Really happy to have been part of the journey and of the team that got FEX to where it is today. Can't wait for the release and community reception!

#steamframe


Steam Hardware Announcement

Learn more and wishlist now: https://steampowered.com/hardwareAnnouncing new Steam Hardware from Valve: Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame are ...
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#steamframe
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Reminder that EVERYTHING Anthropic or OpenAI announce in public is propaganda designed to boost their market cap when they hit the IPO they're aiming for.

It's marketing, folks. There is no intelligence behind the artifice, it's just spicy autocomplete and hucksters in $5000 suits trying to pick your boss's pocket.
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Ars Technica (@arstechnica@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous The results of AI-assisted hacking aren't as impressive as many might have us believe. https://arstechnica.
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André Polykanine

@Enthalpiste It's like calling a modern powerful PC a typewriter. Fundamentally yes, probably. But I experimented with AI: I opened a page to an AI that doesn't know anything about me, no signup, no login. And I gave out of the blue three words I invented, totally made up, and asked to choose. And AI deduced that one of them might be a name of a planet in a fantasy setting (which is true for that case). I repeat, I invented those words, I was not inspired by anything (like "Earst" for "Earth", far from that). So, call it autocomplete if you fancy, but it has enough training to evaluate made-up stuff and suggest anything upon it.
Of course, it hallucinates.
Of course, you don't commit AI-generated code to production, you don't send AI-generated emails without checking, you don't… you get it, of course that is absolutely true.
But I don't get why not to use it as a tool that can make processes far quicker and spare your time from boring stuff.
@G. Clavier
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Dave

@menelion @Enthalpiste
In the past few months AI has wasted far more of my time than it could ever possibly save.

One of the things I do in my day job is proof-read, re-word and fact-check matters of local history. I spent days trying to unpick a batch of information that simply didn't add up and couldn't be referenced. In the end it became apparent that someone had searched the internet for some background and believed the first things they read on those wretched AI overview search engine results.

@André Polykanine @G. Clavier

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There's lots of talk about "digital sovereignty" – but what does that exactly mean? Well, avoiding vendor lock-in and economic dependency for starters. Learn how the Open Document Format (ODF) helps here: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #openSource #freesoftware #openstandards

The role of ODF in digital sovereignty (digital freedom) - The Document Foundation Blog

Digital sovereignty, or the ability of nations, organisations and individuals to control their own digital destiny, is a fundamental issue of the 21st century.
Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
#FreeSoftware #foss #opensource #openstandards

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Healthcare In America:

Doctor - I see that your gscsttigom isn't working as well as I'd like. I'd like to start you on pjehhdntpf instead.

Patient - Okay, do you know how much that's going to cost?

Doctor - Sorry I've got no idea.

Patient - What do you mean? Like give me a ballpark. Is this a $20/month? $100/month? $500/month? Refinance my house for a month's supply?

Doctor - Well, it's probably not "refinance your house" level.

Patient - Umm ... Okay ... That leaves a lot of room in there still.

Doctor - You'll just have to talk to your insurance.

Patient - ... Okay

Later

Patient - Hey insurance, my doc wants me to start taking pjehhdntpf, can you tell me how much it is going to cost?

Insurance - Sorry, I have no idea.

Patient - What do you mean no idea?

Insurance - well, we won't pay anything until your doctor gets a pre-authorization. And then how much we cover is based on the diagnosis codes, your deductible, the specifics of your plan, whether you get it from an in-network pharmacy or not ...

Patient - fine, so give me a best case

Insurance - free if it's approved and in network and you've hit your out of pocket maximum of $100,000

Patient - ... Really not helping here. So assume it gets approved and I've hit my deductable

Insurance - which pharmacy?

Patient - idk ... Umm the CVS down the street

Insurance - Okay that's going to be $5000/month

Patient - ... Wait, WHAT?

Insurance - turns out it's on our exclusions list so we don't cover it unless you get it waved onto the formulary upon appeal

Patient - but.... I have insurance. Why aren't you helping me pay for my medicine?

Insurance - we don't allow that medicine on your employers' plan. You should use gscsttigom instead.

Patient - I'm on that one right now. It doesn't work.

Insurance - well you'll have to appeal it, but you can't do that until after you get a formal denial.

Patient - and how long does that take?

Insurance - well, if your doctor does the preauth paperwork, they'll make a decision about it within 14 business days, unless they need to come back to your doctor for more information. Then they'll mail you the decision within another 7 business days from (insert the location farthest possible away from you in the continental US). Depending on the decision you can appeal the decision, which the appeals process can take a maximum of 180 days, after which you can appeal it again which takes a maximum of 365 days.

Patient - and if I need to start taking the medicine now?

Insurance - well you're free to do that out of pocket and file for reimbursement later.

Patient - at $5000/month?

Insurance - no it'd have to be at the out of pocket price. For that CVS, it looks like it'd be $15000/month

Patient furiously googling "how to move to a civilized country"

Googles "pjehhdntpf price in Mexico" - $12.50 for a 90 day supply.

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Question for any #blind users who work with PDFs and are lucky enough to get high-quality tagged PDFs: The PDF readers in Edge and Firefox both support tagged PDF to some degree. Have you found that their level of tagged PDF support is good enough, or do you find that you still have to resort to Adobe Reader/Acrobat to get the best results? For macOS users, how good is the Preview app's tagged PDF support in practice?
#blind

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We are pleased to announce the Call for Participation for the second "Funding the FOSS Ecosystem" devroom at FOSDEM 2026, along with @fsfe, @linuxfoundation @nlnet, and @PrototypeFund 🥳

This devroom is for developers to gain insights into funding strategies, and encourages funders to better understand and support developer needs in FOSS projects.

Call for participation is open until December 1, 2025!

➡️ pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2026…

FOSDEM signage for the devroom

FOSDEM 2026

Schedule, talks and talk submissions for FOSDEM 2026
pretalx.fosdem.org
@Free Software Foundation Europe @Prototype Fund @The Linux Foundation @NLnet

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If you’re unaware, the EU has engaged in mass surveillance in the Global South far ahead of attempts to ram #ChatControl through the EU legal system.

Done underhandedly through Frontex, the EU handed data-extraction tools capable of retrieving call logs, photos, GPS locations and WhatsApp messages from any phone to West African nations, helping transfer migration data from host countries to the EU.

inthesetimes.com/article/europ…

#Imperialism #EU #Frontex #HumanRights


How Europe Outsourced Border Enforcement to Africa

The European Union is militarizing Africa's internal borders to curb migration, with little regard for human rights.
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#EU #HumanRights #chatcontrol #frontex #imperialism

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Orbit Research will be at Sight Village London on 18 and 19 November. Come experience the new Orbit DAISY Player, Orbit Speak, and the Orbit Reader Q20 and Q40. Compact, affordable, and built for everyday use.
#A11y #BrailleForAll #inclusion #OrbitSpeak #OrbitPlayer #SightVillageLondon
Left side Isometric view of the Orbit Speak showcasing the Perkins Style keyboard, Power button , Audio Jack and Panning Keys
Image of a black orbit player control labeled "Orbit Player." The remote features a numeric keypad with buttons 0-9, an "OK" button in the center, directional arrows, and additional buttons for functions like home and settings. The design is modern and ergonomic, with white buttons standing out against the black background. On the right side you will find the volume up and down button and also you will find the power on/off button.
Photo showing an angled perspective view of the Orbit Reader Q20 Refreshable 40-cell Braille Display with an integrated QWERTY keyboard. Shows the words "Orbit Reader Q40" in braille on the braille display. The picture shows the QWERTY keyboard on top of the unit, along with cursor routing buttons. On the front of the unit are 4 thumb keys for navigation and the left side of the unit.
Photo showing an angled perspective view of the Orbit Reader Q40 Refreshable 40-cell Braille Display with an integrated QWERTY keyboard. Shows the words "Orbit Reader Q40" in braille on the braille display. The picture shows the QWERTY keyboard on top of the unit, along with cursor routing buttons. On the front of the unit are 4 thumb keys for navigation and the left side of the unit.
#a11y #inclusion #orbitspeak #brailleforall #orbitplayer #sightvillagelondon

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Sooo jetzt mal was richtig Schönes. @adipoeserPursch hat mir vorhin 'n Elektrosmog-Sauger für Brillen angeboten. Tja, Meister. Is‘ nix mit Satire. Das Ding gibt‘s wirklich. Nur teurer. 🤷🏻‍♂️
Wer‘s durchhält, kann sich ja mal das Erklärvideo angucken. Ich sach nur: „Ooouuuuu, Alter! Wo ist der denn ausgebrochen??? 🤯“
Spaß beiseite: Die verdienen sich an diesem offensichtlichen Betrug dusselig. Sowas gehört eigentlich in den Knast.
#Esoterik #Spinner #Aluhut

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BIOGETA® HOME HARMONIZER | BIOGETA®

Der BIOGETA HOME Harmonizer gleicht Belastungen durch Elektrosmog, Funk und Mikrowellen sowie geologische Störzonen (Erdstrahlung) messbar aus. Wissenschaftlich bestätige Wirkung!
BIOGETA® Shop
#esoterik #spinner #aluhut @Tuchowski
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Did you know that #Soviet #Russia had more "schizophrenic" people than any other Western country?

Do you think that democratic reform is a good way to update institutions? Do you think that communist ideals are questionable?

If so, you may suffer from "sluggish #schizophrenia", a bogus mental disorder diagnosed in Soviet dissidents.

Other symptoms include: pessimism, optimism, sensitivity, & stubbornness.

It's still used for modern dissidents of #Putin exhibiting "delusions of reformism".

#Putin #Russia #schizophrenia #soviet

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Ich lese heute wahnsinnig viel, dass Angst und Wut das Leben Vieler bestimmt und ich verstehe das. Gleichzeitig frage ich mich aber, woran das liegt. Wird die Welt wirklich immer schlechter? Die Tendenz ist kaum von der Hand zu weisen. Aber sie besteht eben nicht nur aus schwarz und weiß. Sie wird aber insbesondere online und zunehmend offline so kommunikativ betrachtet.

Folglich wird jede Entgleisung als größter anzunehmender Afront verstanden und zumindest kommunikativ aufs Blut geechtet. Die Aufmerksamkeit ist damit dann auch gebunden. Und was bringt es, wenn man über jeden noch so kleinen Stock springt, der einem hingehalten wird? Ausdrücklich muss man sich klar positionieren. Das muss auch mit klarer Gegenrede passieren. Viel wichtiger fände ich aber, wenn man das nicht zum Hauptpunkt des eigenen Handelns macht. Wie viel wäre gewonnen, wenn man stattdessen herausfinden würde, dass minütliche Aufregung über bisweilen unglücklich formulierte HAlbsätze exakt gar nichts bringen? Was wäre, wenn die Zeit in eine Verbesserung der lokalen Zustände gesteckt würde? Sich Engagieren oder einfach mit Nachbar*innen eine gute Zeit haben. Für den Zusammenhalt hilft das deutlich mehr als bei jeder Provokation die Revolution zu fordern, weil es darunter ja nun wirklich nicht mehr geht.

Und dann ist die Situation an sich nicht anders. Aber sich nicht nur um den Weltuntergang zu drehen wäre doch schon mal ein Anfang für das eigene Wohlbefinden und dafür, die Handlungsfähigkeit wiederzufinden.

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🚨 It's official: Google wants to scan your Gmail

Here are the plans: tuta.com/blog/how-to-turn-off-…

Disable Gemini now! We explain

👉️ How to disable Gemini
👉️ How to deinstall Gemini

And why @GrapheneOS @LineageOS and others are better in the first place.

Stop #Google now: 👉️ tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-g…

Google 2010: ”We Know Where You Are. We Know Where You’ve Been. We Can More Or Less Know What You’re Thinking About.” ERIC SCHMIDT G 2025: "Search AI Mode will know everything about you." ROBBY STEIN

How to disable Gemini on Android & stop Google accessing your WhatsApp and more. | Tuta

Gemini AI needs to be disabled on Android or it will override your privacy settings and gain full access to your texts, calls, and WhatsApp - even if you’ve turned off Gemini Apps Activity on your phone.
Tuta
#google @LineageOS @GrapheneOS
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Preguntas

Google ( en general el “sistema”) quiere llevar a las personas a una sola forma de pensar y actuar: consumir, asustar para consumir, mantener un sistema político e ideológico que mantenga el consumismo. Pero fuera de esto el sistema no está interesado: la filosofía, la poesía, el arte están fuera de su foco y en ese sentido se pueden usar las “redes sociales” para leer, estudiar y buscar la verdad en “tu interior” solo es necesario limpiar la basura.
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