With the Free Knowledge Institute we just set up a collective account at the Fediverse, at @fkinstitute. We chose to be hosted at the @SocialCoop server, as it is in line with our strategic work for the cooperative-commons economy. We want to support the creation and maturing of more such […]

🎉 The Digital Markets Act (#dma) turns 1! Since its approval, #google, #apple & all gatekeepers must: Allow competing app stores Not discriminate against browsers & search engines Allow uninstallation of pre-installed apps Provide free-of-charge interoperability 👀 But we’re not done […]

This satirical blog post really illustrates the problem with a lot of technical writing. Amazing technical writing is so good and then everything else reads like this https://anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-a-non-developer-read-the-tutorial-you-a-developer-wrote-for-me-a-beginner

Are you planning on attending a protest soon? Your smartphone can be an essential tool, but it's also a huge risk to your privacy, security, and safety. If you decide to bring one along, you need to keep yourself protected: (🔥 hot tip: this advice is still great even if you aren't hitting the […]

If we hide our bills I'm sure he won't know what kind of birds we are. #Birds 🪶 #Photography

The most relevant new feature in iOS 26 for journalists, lawyers, activists, politicians, executives, and other high-profile figures wasn't really advertised to consumers at all. Rather, it was announced in a September 9th post on the Apple Security Research blog […]

Wir suchen für meine Abteilung einen IT Support Engineer für den Standort #karlsruhe oder #oldenburg ! Wir entwickeln Leittechnik für Stadtwerke - die zentrale Steuersoftware für Strom-, Gas-, Wasser- und Fernwärme-Netzwerke. Wenn ihr schon immer mal wissen wolltet, wie unsere Versorgungsnetze […]

Question to Debian/Guix experts: I have Debian 12 with Guix installed originally with apt. Are there any precautions to take before updating Debian to 13 (from which Guix has been removed)?

"WhatsApp is spying on people! What should we use?" "Use Signal." "But it's based in the USA, where freedom of speech isn't so free, and the government is spying on everyone." "Shhh. Trust Signal." "But you can't verify what's happening on their servers!" "Shhh. Ignore that detail." […]

https://eurweb.com/africa-just-built-its-own-internet-and-its-a-nightmare-for-google-and-the-west-watch/ Hell yeah 🔥🔥🔥 "Coupled with the African Digital Protocol (ADP), the CIX establishes rules for data sovereignty—ensuring that African data remains […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Rogatons Rediffusions - 30/01/2024 - "E-Conomie" Source: https://www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/2024/01/30 LES ALBUMS ! Tome 1: https://www.exemplaire-editions.fr/exemplaire/librairie/livre/rogatons Tome 2: https://www.exemplaire-editions.fr/exemplaire/librairie/livre/rogatons-tome-deux

The problem with #chatcontrol is deep and extremely significant. It would be a paradigm shift that implies state and corporate control of app developers and users, i.e. what you can install on "your" devices. It would empower Google, Apple and Microsoft to increase enclosure even more. Just as […]

Something interesting happened yesterday. One of the professors in my department reached out to me because he had heard of my #it experience. He wants to build a secure network exclusively for social workers to communicate. This is exciting because he has applied for a grant to make this happen […]

Do you want to advertise "my Node.js product now uses AI!!" but don't know how to add AI? Use the package "is-even-ai" https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-even-ai #nodejs #npm #isevenai #devops

Et tout à coup, les ouvriers du monde entier décidèrent unilatéralement de prendre une année sabbatique et d'arrêter toutes productions. Et tout à coup les habitants de la planètes se retrouvèrent devant une situation totalement inédite. ... À nous décrire la suite ! [#boostwelcome ]

I spend a lot of time in the Guardian app scrolling past articles I've already read or which are older than a day and which don't interest me. So I submitted a feature request. I'd like options to filter out: * Articles I've already read. * Articles older than a specified number of days. Do […]

🇫🇷L'excuse de la Commission pour #chatcontrol ? "On scanne comme un filtre anti-spam, le chiffrement reste intact." Un mensonge ! 🤥 C'est comme si le facteur lisait vos lettres juste avant de vous les livrer. Les faits par EDRi […]

This is a nice illustration of how waste powers production. The idea of single-use, discardable plastic 'filling up landfills' was magic for producers. This is the same principle behind fossil fuel companies producing energy, and the tech companies that waste it www.jasontreat.com/plastic-1

Hello le fedivers je chercher des chiffres et statistiques sur le retour sur investissement de la pub sur internet. ➡️ Le but est de pouvoir convaincre association et petit commerce de ne pas payer d'espace pub. Et je tombe exclusivement sur des articles d'agence de pub sur internet .... 😅 […]

What if a state tries to mandate us as #deltachat app devs/distributors to shut down a chat profile? Nothing. It can't be done. We have no list of chat identities, have no handle or data about them, and don't mediate the message transfer. However, EU #chatcontrol politicians and Russian […]

Based on lots of feedback (and some pretty niche complaints!) about earlier versions of the #Schengen and borders ID diagram, I am now up to version 1.3.0 This one better covers ETA for UK, exceptions for Irish, and explains some other cases better These […] [Original post on gruene.social]

Because Glancing at Your Phone While Riding 2-Wheelers Is Dumb!!! (Lightning Talk) – Rishi Krishna S

🇫🇷OUI : L'Allemagne ne soutient pas le projet #chatcontrol de l'UE en l'état ! La minorité de blocage nécessaire pour stopper ce plan de surveillance de masse illégal semble assurée (pour l'instant). ✅ Le LU🇱🇺 et la SK🇸🇰 s'y opposent aussi ! https://fightchatcontrol.eu

Is it true that it's not possible to call a #database directly from a #javascript app in a browser? I though to build a nice GUI to access some data but… Actually the idea is simply not to need a backend that just do nothing. #webdev #question

> But last Firday evening things were shockingly different, I noticed none of my indexes where reflecting on Google search, rather it was showing some spam titled links! #website #hosting https://h3manth.com//posts/my-site-was-hacked/

You remember when everyone (including AI firms) claimed that "Hallucinations" would soon be saved and I got so much shit for arguing that they are a structural property of LLMs? Now OpenAI releases a paper stating the same and just gets to move on (with all its sycophants). Really fucking […]

We are in a continuous process to better understand what we are doing, and often gain new understandings :) Among the papers discussed regarding UX (user experience) is a still interesting text from 2012 about "the manufactured normalcy field" from Venkatesh Rao […]

I had a random thought - "what would it take to support arbitrary old screensavers in Plasma 6 again?" 🤔 So here's xscreensaver safely rendered as a background for Plasma screen locker, working on both Wayland and X11 sessions. Turned out so much simpler […] [Original post on social.librem.one]

#FotoVorschlag "Magical nature in black and white" - a rainforest in #infrared. #Hawaii#infrared#FotovorschlagMarch 2010...

When your code works but no idea how

New release of #FediAlgo (customizable algorithm for you #Mastodon timeline) has a couple of cool features: 1. Configuration presets (so you can easily put discussions or trending toots at the top of your #timeline without fiddling with the individual […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Dans un monde où tout le monde peut apprendre la magie, des multinationales s'accaparent des sortilèges ancestraux. Comment rétablir la vérité sur Wikipédia, lorsque les seules sources disponibles sont issues de la culture orale ? Our Powers, c'est le pouvoir du partage très bien mis en scène […]

Why LLMs Can't Really Build Software // by a guy that build #zed #llm #dev #software https://zed.dev/blog/why-llms-cant-build-software

today was my last day as the @gnome foundation executive director: https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2025/08/29/thanks-and-farewell-to-steven-deobald/ https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/08/29/so-short-and-thanks-for-all-the-flinch/ still around as a foundation member, though. see you on matrix […]

My time working as a curator for @medium has come to an end. While I still plan to post articles to that site, I am seeking additional (paid) freelance writing opportunities. Support on Patreon would be welcome as well: https://patreon.com/funcrunch #fedihire #fedijobs

Wir suchen für meine Abteilung einen Vertriebsbeauftragten (idealerweise für #oldenburg )! Wir entwickeln Leittechnik für Stadtwerke - die zentrale Steuersoftware für Strom-, Gas-, Wasser- und Fernwärme-Netzwerke. Wir verkaufen üblicherweise sehr kundenspezifische Projekte, keine Produkte von […]

#Mastodon does NOT need to verify you in ANY way! The only verification happening is when you create an account and confirm your email, that’s it Staff members can recognized by a badge on their profile right under the username(see image) If someone does ask […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

So let's do this thing: I am looking for a new job starting on October 1. I'm passionate about helping organizations build and create value with software, and, in various roles, have been doing that for almost three decades. The ideal next role would be a senior or executive leadership […]

"Death to WYSIWYG!" by Dave Gauer @ratfactor. https://ratfactor.com/htmlwarden/death-to-wysiwyg

New: SocialHub and the Substrate of Decentralised Networks SocialHub, one of the primary forums to talk about the #fediverse and #activitypub, has been struggling how to continue the operation. Decentralised networks need a coordination layer, but how to build this in a decentralised manner? […]

"sideloading" is a stupid made up term invented to delegitimize installing software. Heres a bunch of other things I'm doing while "sidestepping" some supposed central authority: - sideshopping (buying stuff from a store that isn't amazon) - sidedining (eating or making food that isn't from […]

Imagine that you can learn something new during 6 months and you are a #fullstack #webdev ( like me 😬😅 ). How are you going to choose what to be more align with the #job #market and your value, at least #opensource / #freesoftware ???? I looked a bit on https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/ […]

Only a few days left to apply! If you are interested in logic, decision-making, reasoning under uncertainty and statistics, apply by the end of this month for an opportunity to work with me, dr. Sicco Verwer and dr. Fabian Mies at Delft University of Technology! Application deadline: 31 August […]

L'informatique c'est simple: c'est des ordinateurs et des réseaux #informatique #ordinateur #reseaux #coaching

Wir suchen für meine Abteilung einen Vertriebsbeauftragten (idealerweise für #oldenburg )! Wir entwickeln Leittechnik für Stadtwerke - die zentrale Steuersoftware für Strom-, Gas-, Wasser- und Fernwärme-Netzwerke. Wir verkaufen üblicherweise sehr kundenspezifische Projekte, keine Produkte von […]