As I'm going through my old photos I'm finding tons of random pictures of my bike somewhere. Reason? #Police in #Czechia will ask you for a "proof" that the bike was there and that it was "properly secured". Not that it makes any difference, but I was not […] [Original post on mastodon.world]

In 2013 I started helping to organise #CriticalMass like event in #pilsen. It was fully legal & organised. The city council felt that our group needs to be organised and governed. They rented for us police to block the streets, to negotiate exclusions for […] [Original post on mastodon.world]

Painful lessom of today: reach out to that person you always wanted to get to know. reach out to that friend you havent talked to for a while. do not procrastinate it to "later" or "tomorrow", there might not always be a tomorrow for them.

Dear internet: This is me for the first time ever encountering the ecosystem of #NodeJS and running #JavaScript on the server. It was a hackathon and this young fella introduced it as this new hotness we can play with. I genuinely thought he's just taking a […] [Original post on mastodon.world]

The way I see #ai: If we would grow up with AI tools (even at nowadays quality) and someone would present to us “traditional IT tools” as “the future”, then most people would IMO go “the fuck, this is so much worse”. - What I have to read pages and pages of documentation to make simple formula […]

As a descendant from former Czechoslovakia I have to say: The situation of the peace talks between Russia and ... anyone but Ukraine erringly reminds me of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_about_us_without_us #ukraine #PutinsWar #trumpputinspuppet

A year ago, I saw someone open a book lamp in a bar. It was a pretty expensive product. Since I combine electronics and paper crafting, I had to DIY it and develop an easy-to-use circuit template and instructions for it. This educational project is perfect for […] [Original post on chaos.social]

At this point I feel like I have to say something: What is now being pushed as a peace plan for Ukraine is a complete sell of Ukraine to Russia. There is no part of that plan that brings anything good to Ukraine and just shows on which side Trump stands. Le-sigh. #ukraine #russianwar […]

What principal AI haters will never admit is the tremendous value it brings to ordinary people on a daily basis. My take on it is that it mainly fills in the gap of decades of bad software, bad UX and bad understanding of user's needs. I wanted to get an […] [Original post on mastodon.world]

🤚 Raise your hand if you ever needed to do something "unwise" and "dangerous" in your IT job to bypass some internal "security measure" so that you could actually do your job effectively? #it #security #bestpractices

> Donald Trump is now far more prepared than he was in his first term, when no one - not even he himself - believed he would win… well, except maybe Vladimir Putin. #lemua #donaldtrump #VladimirPutin #itsfunnybecauseitstrue #politics #uspol

Did you do your portion of street art this week? I am so happy about this one. Me & my friend took a piece of wood, burned some letters in, filled it with glow-in-the-dark goo and installed in the middle of nowhere. In the night, when car passes and shines on […] [Original post on mastodon.world]

„It’s a place to hang out, like … the mall” #simplesentencetomakemeshiver

I'm now going through old-old digital photos and let me tell you: Kids nowadays have it soooo easy by having useable #exif information in photos. And at the same time: Fuck #whatsapp for stripping the date-taken information from pictures. There are reasonable privacy preserving steps and then […]

Personal opinion: Revealing animations on a webpage scroll are at most cool on first page view. On second they become meh. And on fifth+ they become nuisance that prevents me from using that page effectively. Don't optimise for first time visitor. Optimise for regular visitor. #webdesign […]

What I see when corporations add “user friendly” to their product description.

And the outcome… #climbingwall #leadclimbing #kletterhalle #orbitinterlaken

Cleaning the holds and head… #orbitinterlaken #Boulderhalle #climbing #manualwork

Your semi regular reminder that miraculous #mattress is a snake oil. If the price tag is over ~€300 then you’re paying for a placebo effect.

The highlighted area is what I get on modern #iphone when in #landscape mode and with keyboard opened. Now can someone from #apple please google “Nokia n-gage” and “accidentally” get “inspired” to produce exactly the same layout for landscape #keyboard? Thanks you.

I have a feeling that there is a huge #diy conspiracy. Does vinegar & baking soda ever do anything? No. Is it recommended for absolutely everything? Yes. Coffee stains? Vinegar. Grease on satin? Vinegar. Sore muscles? Vinegar. Lost dog? Vinegar. Having suspicion about too many dyi manuals […]

Why phones stopped having this tiny hole that they could be hung up with? Why?!

Hey folks, this is your random reminder that #COVID booster is always a good idea and especially when the season starts.

#GoogleMaps claims that “square pins are ads”. While technically true, it might make you believe that squares are the only way paid things sneak into your maps results. They are not: - Position in search results - Paid reviews, including negative ones - […] [Original post on mastodon.world]

"What's new in software X" is a super useful dialog for enthusiastic users to find cool new features of their beloved software. So ... who are the two people that this get's implemented in Outlook for? 😏

Evan Edinger: The Crazy Sh*t Americans Say In My Comment Section I love this guy. https://youtu.be/Vf7sfCEQHEk?si=8eWm4YL0edYRlif1 #evanedinger

I think one of my main issues with the recent obsession with dark mode is the intuitive understanding that this is not the last step. I find most of dark modes illegible. Oh we have dark-mode-high-contrast! And obviously have to do the same for light mode... I do like the ease for eyes of dark […]

Evan Edinger: How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1QvVnjiegE #evanedinger #us #expat

If you ever wondered whether (parts) of your security audit might just be a checklist theatre: Yes it might! (First 5 minutes of the intro) https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/darknet-diaries/id1296350485?l=en-GB&i=1000734866940 #security #securityaudit #checklisttheatre

There is this weird thing in the liberal part of society that breaks my head: “About deceased talk only good”. Most know Cardinal (Catholic church) just died. He was known to be hateful towards minorities, greedy for the church money and overall everything but what I’d call a good Christian […]

People commenting on my description of #easyride system in public transport of Switzerland where one checks-in on their phone and checks-out with “oh no, now they can track your location!”: Well what exactly do you think is happening when you buy a point-to-point ticket through the same app in […]

Jeff Stahler

Listening to a podcast about #us #constitution and why it feels like patchwork-over-patchwork. So I spent past half an hour reading on the difference between #czech way to _alter_ constitution and US way to _patch_ it. In my head, there is just something wrong on not _practically_ being able […]

I just found out that (somehow) I can use #iphone widgets on my #macbook and I'm 🤯

I’m “I have no clue who Taylor Swift is or if I ever heard any of her songs” years old. #taylorswift

I’m actually happy that #eu regulation forces the caps to be attached to the bottle. Sorry, it does make my life better.

I've just seen an Instagram person opposing #eid with the argument of "social score" and "carbon footprint" and I'm not sure if I even want to try to unpack this one or I should just walk quietly away ...

One #cybersec hill I’m too to die on: Systems that log people off after inactivity timeout bring more security issues than they try to pretend to solve.

As a maybe (diagnosis in progress) #adhd person: Does it also feel for you that strategy of removing tasks is a complete disaster? I thrive in high fluctuating environments full of challenges and multitasking. I master juggling things around and landing them exactly where they’re supposed to be […]

I had my first positive conversation with an #artist on the topic of #ai. Basically: - AI is not the first novelty thing, nor the last one that feels like "destroying our job". Remember "digital art"? Remember more modern photoshop features? - You can either use it, or complain about it. - Some […]

I’ve just heard this weird sentence from US citizen: “I did not vote for him, because he does not represent the needs of my community”. Sorry but that sounds like you would happily give a vote to the orange adolf if he’d promise you X. Irrespective to what are the impacts outside of your bubble […]

[Chorus] Coward, traitor, liar, foe Grab a tyrant by the toe Fuck a fascist puppet show Line ‘em up like dominoes [Verse 1] Never bow to a bitch in a toupee Yelling “free speech!” but controlling what the news say The Lorax called, it’s time to find a new shade RuPaul’s never seen a beat that […]

IT: It’s always user’s fault when security issue occurs. Also IT: #paypal setzt alles daran, Sie vor betrügerischen E-Mails zu schützen. PayPal wird Sie immer mit Ihrem Vor- und Nachnamen anschreiben. So erkennen Sie Phishing-Mails

> When we are given an apparent solution to a systemic problem, that solution also shapes the way we think about our values. If you are able to buy a gun and keep it in your house, you may do so and feel safer. You may start to say you value gun ownership when what you originally valued was […]

I’m going to publicly announce that #liquiddesign is actually a great design step forward. There is only so much one can do with tuning margin/padding/border colours and eventually all designs look like variation of the same. The fact that parts of the design are programmable and interact with […]

So I was just coerced into holding my passport against a videocall with a third party (#WebMD?) to verify my identity for #Revolut You could not ever ever ever talk me into agreeing that this is better than (good implementation of) #eid and mandatory integrations against it from businesses.

If you think it’s ok to not have platform feature parity (i.e: Nobody would need X on mobile), I just got a reply from a coach I wanted to work with on #strava chat after more than two years.

As a new #iphone user I really appreciate the swift reaction to volume button press and reasonable volume steps to go from 100% to zero. None of the #Android phones I’ve had did even half-assed job to make sudden audio in the public less embarrassing. #androidtoiphone

So I was just randomly checked for my ID while taking a ferry inside Italy. And while I strongly believe “fuck restrictions of moving people around”, I have to remind some folks from UK that have no idea how IDs work: You might/will get into trouble if you dander around Europe without passport […]