Notices by T_X (t_x@chaos.social)

Die ~7 Jahre alten Nachbars Kinder singen gerade lauthals, auswendig und textsicher #DieÄrzte Songs. Z.B. "Schrei nach Liebe" und "Zu spät". Sehr gut erzogen :D.

Still looking for a suitable new phone from time to time. On the #LineageOS website there's a very helpful list of officially supported phones. But on the phone details list I see that some/many of them still only run a deprecated #Linux kernel...
Even the #Fairphone 4 is listed with a deprecated 4.19 kernel, while their websites is boasting about "software longevity" and "software support until at least 2026".
Is none of these manufacturers able to upstream their shit into the Linux kernel?

@Polychrome #Qaul comes to my mind, it's in development for quite some time: https://qaul.net/. But haven't really used it myself yet. What I did use successfully is @mwarning 's simplistic #Meshenger: https://github.com/meshenger-app/meshenger-android
But despite its name it doesn't have a built-in #mesh feature, you'd need to use it over a layer 2 #MeshNetwork like @batadv / #Freifunk. Similarly, for texting instead of voice @pidgin's #Bonjour Chat comes to my mind (but I think there is no Android app for it yet?)

Visiting the @HSBXL lately, after all these years, was a lot of fun. Loved the friendly, open culture and the mix of languages. There was one language moment I found particularly interesting: There was one conversation in French somewhere in the room, which I couldn't really listen in (my FR skill is still WiP) - but I heard #Merdification and my brain triggered: "Oh, they are talking about @pluralistic 's #Enshittification.". And yes, the FR #Wikipedia article has that translation, too :-)

@HSBXL @pluralistic on the other hand I'm surprised that the German #Wikipedia, which I would be more familiar with and which has the second most articles, doesn't have an article on #Enshittification yet. Wanted to verify that we don't translate it to "Scheißifikation" in German (which somehow would sound weird to me and which I never used with friends). But that's probably because we are (mostly) quite used to Anglicisms in Germany, especially for tech.

Gab es jetzt eigentlich schon Lösungen bzgl. #Deutschlandticket ohne Android / iPhone app? Ich bin ja am überlegen, mir ein #Pinephone zu holen, befürchte aber, dass da evtl. die DB app nicht drauf laufen wird. Wenn man das Ticket + QR code doch wenigstens im Browser im normalen DB (abo) webseiten login aufmachen könnte...

Have heard of Metcalfe's law and Reed's law for the first time thanks to a @netzpolitik_feed article. Which reaffirms my believe + efforts to get #multicast routing between #Freifunk communities working.
The Metalcafe's law says a network grows by value/importance proportional to the square and had a classic telephone network in mind.
For multicast I think Reed's law seems more fitting, which considers all potential subgroups, with an exponential value/importance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed%27s_law

And the @netzpolitik_feed article by @markusreuter (in German) is this one on the #Twitter / #X exodus (though I think they mixed up exponential vs. squared growth, hopefully they'll correct it):
https://netzpolitik.org/2024/stirb-langsam-warum-es-mit-x-nun-zu-ende-geht/
Title: "Die slowly / Die hard - Why X is coming to an end".
This article also mentions the #Enshittification term coined by @pluralistic as one reason for the #Xodus.

@mherrb Y aura-t-il un enregistrement? Je dois pratiquer mon français :-).
Et je suis content que quelqu'un parle de #IPv6 et #Multicast.

Wer noch was günstiges für #Freifunk braucht, evtl. zum Austausch von Altlasten wie den 841er: Der D-Link DAP-X1860 ist gerade wieder auf 30€ runter. Und so für den Preis auf Amazon oder Mediamarkt/Saturn erhältlich. Eines der günstigsten 802.11ax / #WiFi6 Geräte zur Zeit.

@pluralistic "Whenever you take a measure during a moment of strength that guards against your own future self's weakness, you enter into a Ulysses Pact – think throwing away the Oreos when you start your diet."

This reminded me of a construct some initiative came up for houses here in Germany: Mietshäuser Syndikat ("apartment-house syndicate"). It prevents the privatization of a house. You manage your house but the syndicate can veto selling it.

https://www.syndikat.org/en/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mietsh%C3%A4user_Syndikat

@ryanc and the "vertical installation" is funny. I guess it's about the panel - but what if someone had accidentally installed the lift in horizontal mode :D?

Weird thought of the day: Is a single letter trademarkeable? What would happen if someone were creating a Mastodon instance called "X - formerly #Twitter" - an instance aimed at people who moved from Twitter to the #Fediverse? 🤡