Notices by T_X (t_x@chaos.social)

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? 🤡