Ich freue mich auf das Bluetooth mesh vom Bundeshaus aus ;) Denn web APIs die normale Apps nutzen sind ja auch nur Webseiten die Hacker angreifen können. https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/digitale-angriffe-bundesrat-will-sich-besser-gegen-desinformation-wappnen

Yes please, I've always manually disabled this wherever I could. > GNOME & Firefox Consider Disabling Middle Click Paste By Default: "An X11'ism...Dumpster Fire" - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Firefox-MiddleClick-Paste

I've just realized that the reasons we sucked at preventing COVID-19 from spreading are very much related to the reasons we suck at preventing climate change from accelerating.

Now that the yearly credit interest has been applied I'll have to fix the numbers in my accounts to be nice again.

Toward the end of 2024 we added a feature to Thunderbird desktop and Android to import accounts via a QR code (desktop generating the QR code and Android scanning it). I think this feature should be abused by websites helping their users set up mail accounts (in TB for Android), so I've created […]

One day we'll figure out that starting the year with higher air pollution isn't what we should strive for.

It's been a while since I've mentioned it, but it gets funkier.

why should i have a new years resolution? what is wrong with 5120x1440?

"admin-checkscam dot com" is quite the domain to send scam from...

Sure, paper clips are fine zipper pull replacements. But since I have a machine that can make things exist, these look like a pretty neat solution (compared to other stuff I've seen and tried so far): https://www.printables.com/model/1467327-robust-zipper-pull-replacement-ratchet

I was wondering why it had the sponsored tag, does that mean you also see a sponsored tag in the search bar if you use the default provider? (I don't, so I've don't see it for sure) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customize-items-on-firefox-new-tab-page#w_weather

Nochmal 2 Jahre mehr?! https://www.bern.ch/mediencenter/medienmitteilungen/aktuell_ptk/zukunft-bahnhof-bern-ausbau-laeuft-in-vielen-bereichen-gut-komplexitaet-fuehrt-jedoch-zu-verzoegerungen

Are you busy on the #fosdem Sunday afternoon? The closing talk is mine. 17:00 - 17:50 Open Source Security in spite of AI

I think ePost (https://www.epost.ch/en/private-customers) is based on Matrix but hiding it very well. I think they're the service that Tuwunel says they're deployed for in Switzerland. This is based on Swiss post claiming they're using Matrix for their new communication solution and Tuwunel […]

Lol, of course a Swiss company would resell Framework laptops as a Web 3.0 computer. Honestly, seems to fit Framework <_<

Alles open science aber Angst vor Spionage an der Hochschule?

I've just noticed that one of the RAM sticks in my machine is advertising different profiles and timings than the rest of them. Either a manufacturing error (since I bought them in a kit) or that stick is not happy...

Postfinance hat Twint gemacht. Twint ist unabhängiger geworden etc. Postfinance macht Postfinance Pay weil Twint nicht genug rendiert und plötzlich andere Zahlungsanbieter ihnen Ecommerce Kunden klauen??

"next-generation SEO approach for AI-driven search" 🤮

Oh no, translation engines are starting to support Swiss German, leading to corporate people and spammers thinking we expect formal communication to be written in Swiss German. No thank you! (For the uninitiated, Swiss German is a spoken language without any widely accepted formal spelling. So […]

The warm water supply has been struggling in the building all day long. It must be really cold outside. *looks outside* Oh, snow!

If you insist...

In blau: das berner Stadtbachtal‽ (wegen verschiedenen Bauwerken etwas verschoben...)

One day Valve will actually sell me hardware. It appears we're still not there yet. (Not shipping to my region)

[Us politics/clown show] Universal basic income is a dividend?

Saw an ad for a service where ML "improves" your CV. Reminded me that I'm the weirdo writing without LLM assistance, just like the weirdos that insisted on writing by hand when I was in school. (I have a post from a while ago with the same sentiment but couldn't be bothered digging it up)

What's so funny about peace, love and understanding

Hach ja, Newsletter Tools.

I've been updating all (well, most, some of them talk with 3rd party services) my extensions with "data_collection_permissions": { "required": [ "none" ] } and turns out I'm just a bit ahead of schedule […]

I've been playing with #forgejo actions all day. A lot of the basics are barely documented or don't exist yet I guess. Plus it's really hard to search for other people doing the same thing. I also haven't managed to get the artifact actions to ever work. Nothing in the logs of the runner, and a […]

I've decided to publish my little niche anti-AI action you probably didn't even know I did: https://git.humanoids.be/freaktechnik/human-verification

Yeah VS Code, #add is not a color but an ID here...

I forgot Tron Legacy taught us that it's okay if your girlfriend was a program. (Actually, I tend to forget about most of the story of that movie, but it's worth it for the soundtrack and the visuals every now and then. Which is to say, the 4K Bluray rerelease is good)

So how many grafana dashboards should I have? I'm at 16 and thinking there's still something missing.

https://song.link/s/3yLfUywz7buat1thZFAWDI is really good. I can't quite put into words why, but it just is.

o7 Arduino

Alle wissen, dass man zur Post geht um einen Rasenmäherroboter zu kaufen?! https://shop.post.ch/de/haushalt/gartenmaschinen/c/gardeningmachines

...and that's it from Vancouver. Of course this was all two weeks ago anyway.

LOL. Airport says "be there 3h before your flight". Swiss people go "OK, I'll be there 4h before my flight to account for delays etc.". Checkin opens about 3h30mins before the flight. Guess which checkin counter has a massive queue?

Finally found a workbench backing/shelf solution that attaches to the table top instead of the wall behind it. A bit overpriced, but even in its current incomplete state it already feels so much better.

My transportation notes from the vancouver visit: - Skytrain: https://chaos.social/@freaktechnik/115244845634803715 and https://chaos.social/@freaktechnik/115301390625556739 - Seabus: https://chaos.social/@freaktechnik/115290287205923203 - Bus […]

Buses in Vancouver are mostly OK. The good: - Drivers are patient - Lots of trolley buses - The stops say which lines stop (number + terminus) The bad: - Stop density is sometimes too high - Buses bunch up in traffic - They recommend Google Maps to plan trips (timetable app anyone?) - No real […]

What setting should I choose on my hotel safe?

Skytrain tier list: Expo > Millenium > Canada > the ones they're still building (broadway/langley extensions). Overall seems like the places it goes are doing good. And they're expanding the system and seem to be up on maintenance. Neat.

Woah, a three track right of way so busy there's an overpass for pedestrians in the vancouver area? I have my doubts.

As of today (well, two weeks ago) I've seen all of my favorite animals alive with my own eyes: ☑️ Polar bears (at a zoo 😕) ☑️ Flamingos (both in the wild and in zoos) ☑️ Aras (in zoos) And the new addition: ☑️ Orcas (in the wild)

The seabus to north vancouver feels like a big cabin cable car. You wait until you can get in, everyone crams in. It gets up to speed, you meet one going the other direction and then it just fits into the station on the other end and everyone tries to get out first. The main difference is that […]

So it does rain in Vancouver after all... Since rain kept getting pushed out in the forecast, I started thinking it was just a myth.

Looked at trains today. And even went on a main line with a passenger train on Canada's west coast (for a few short minutes - but apparently they want to run longer excursions next summer).

I chose a good hotel room. Sized like a room with 2 beds, but one bed is replaced by a couch. Now that's a comfy room!