Notices by Lenz Grimmer (lenzgr@mastodon.social)

"AI slop is currently the most likely reason for me to quit working on Octoprint" - @foosel giving her keynote "Adventures in Open Source Development" at #froscon #froscon2026 #froscon21

https://programm.froscon.org/2026/events/3673.html

"Building wheels to a standard that wobbles just enough to be annoying but not enough to justify a warranty claim is a more profitable engineering target."

https://riftlymedia.com/suitcase-wheels-wobble-planned-mediocrity/

#enshittification

@gamingonlinux Congrats!

@hellomiakoda sounds familiar. This is what brought me to Linux. Compared to Windows, it felt much more like being in control and understanding how things worked. The first time installing it and seeing that login prompt was a powerful moment I still remember.

"The users who grew up on these platforms don’t know what they’re missing. They’ve never used a system where they were genuinely in control. The idea that you should be able to run arbitrary code on hardware you paid for is foreign to them — not rejected, but simply absent as a concept."

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the-slow-death-of-the-power-user/

#diday #enshittification #digitalsovereignty

@tinoeberl #Fernfusion FTW 👍

@aral hey, thanks for the ping. I've asked the team if they have a preference where to report this. If they haven't, I'll forward your entire report so they can take a look.

@aral @hetzner nice, thanks for sharing! I wonder if it should be added to the Awesome Hetzner Cloud List?

https://github.com/hetznercloud/awesome-hcloud

I've been a #Flickr Pro user for a long-time, but decided not to renew my subscription as the platform seems to have stopped evolving and I no longer find value in paying for the service. The WebUI is outdated, the mobile Android app sucks.

I wonder if Flickr could become more attractive again if they would support #ActivityPub and became part of the #Fediverse. Maybe as an alternative to #Pixelfed? Or are there any clients that could use Flickr as a storage backend for pictures?

#photography

@michaistinie seems to have worked 👍

Okay really quick and rough version, but a good start. This is my progress on my Fediverse for Photographers blog.

Any input and additions appreciated! I still have more to add from the suggestions provided the other day.

https://www.dyptrephotography.ca/The-Dyptre-Blog/2025-The-Fediverse

#fediverse #feditips #blog #blogging #photography

Danke für den Hinweis.

Startort für die #NatenomGedenkfahrt am 2. Februar in #Hamburg ist die Kurt-Schumacher-Allee 10 (vor der SPD).

@ADFC_Hamburg @kommaKucken @strandbeutel @cmhh @cm

@gurubert Ich glaube, OwnCloud ist auch das einzige Unternehmen, bei dem sich ein Teil der Belegschaft jetzt zum zweiten Mal aufmacht, um einen Fork in Konkurrenz zum vorherigen Arbeitgeber zu entwickeln. Spannende Zeiten.

Ruh-roh! #Brofight

#ElonMusk publicly breaks w/ #Trump by casting doubt on Trump’s $500 billion #StargateAI.

#Musk is casting doubt on the first major #tech investment announcement made by Trump, openly questioning the admin he serves.

On Tues, Trump announced a joint venture between #OpenAI, #SoftBank & #Oracle to create billions in #computing #infrastructure to power #ArtificialIntelligence, some of which is already underway.

#TechBros #broligarghy #Stargate #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-stargate-ai-announcement.html?smid=url-share

menschen mit klimadepression nennen wir psychisch krank. menschen die den klimawandel leugnen nicht.

Natascha Strobl: "Was wir gerade erleben ist die Ablöse der Hegemonie innerhalb des Kapitals. Es ist nicht mehr das Finanzkapital die bestimmende Fraktion, sondern das Techkapital. Es wäre wichtig Journalismus und Analyse nicht nur im Erstaunen und Entsetzen zu machen, sondern Hintergründe zu begreifen."

Wenn wir solche Bilder aus DE verhindern wollen, ist es jetzt Zeit für das #AfDVerbotsVerfahren. KEINER unserer demokratischen MdBs kann seit heute noch sagen, er hätte es nicht kommen sehen.

FUCK #FASCISM!
FUCK #TRUMP!
#FUCK #THIS #WORLD!

@theuni @slink looks like it, but will application users always be able to change this setting? I have no idea.