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2026-07-23 17:38:41 UTC

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All the more important to phrase this section so that it's not just banning ai contributions. 😉

2026-07-23 16:20:43 UTC

Members of #Codeberg decided to ban repositories that uses #ai:
"You must not share projects that mostly consist of code written by "generative AI"-tools [...]. Such projects having an unclear copyright status [...] and furthermore have little safeguards to ensure that they do not include harmful code [...]."
https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/commit/71149c7fc95ccfeae36109b5cddca339e4aa1473 and
https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html
This suggests like any human-written code does not contain parts that do have unclear copyright status or harmful code.
I do not agree with that rationale.
The survey had no option like adding ai-labels so that people might decide on their preferences or other options. It was basically "#LLMs are super fine", "LLMs are the devil" & "I don't want to decide".
To me, this sounds like religion where you've been told what to think. Such people can't be reached by arguments any more.
There are good arguments against #LLM but we've partly left this kind of discussion as it seems. I'd avoid such communities.
#Claude #OpenAI

2026-07-18 07:25:42 UTC

I thought I've read that #hashtags can't be found via "follow hashtag" of posts that did not have the hashtag in its initial version. Therefore, editing a post for adding hashtags doesn't work.
This does seem to confirm: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/25537
However https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-edit-posts-in-mastodon/ writes: "hashtags work if you edit them in later, but people may need to refresh their timeline or search results to make the edited post visible."
Is somebody able to clarify here?

2026-07-15 18:19:15 UTC

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RE: https://social.coop/@scottjenson/116856536251575471
@npub1a2u…fktt @npub1m8t…zu6r
Well ... https://graz.social/@npub1m8t…zu6r/116856536810308713 🤷
So, what's the situation? May we welcome Scott in Graz or not?
#note1hyl…tuw0

2026-05-21 06:14:37 UTC

Get your #passwords out of #BitWarden while you still can
https://www.osnews.com/story/145029/get-your-passwords-out-of-bitwarden-while-you-still-can/
Putting your passwords in any (non-self hosted) #cloud was a bad idea in the first place: https://karl-voit.at/cloud/
#enshittification #passwordmanager #publicvoit #20161112_Cloud

2026-05-14 12:15:45 UTC

“Are We the Baddies?” — That Mitchell and Webb Look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h242eDB84zY 😁
Brilliant #sketch how people overthink their believes. Happens too rarely though. 🫣

2026-05-07 12:43:06 UTC

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Ich habe mal versucht, #Passkeys und #FIDO2 zusammenzufassen: https://karl-voit.at/FIDO2-vs-Passkeys/
Passkeys sind nicht in allen Fällen phishingsicher, FIDO2 wird weiterhin unterschätzt und Passwörter sind so gut wie immer schlechter, #Passwortmanager kompensieren Teile davon.
#publicvoit #Sicherheit

2026-03-15 10:08:10 UTC

Dear friends in the #USA,
in case you haven't notices yet: you've lost the status of being a proper #democracy. 😔
Exhibit A from today:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/14/trump-carr-fcc-media-iran-war/
Good night, and good luck.
#media #press #journalism #failedstate #Republicans #WhiteHouse #politicalenshittification #politics

2026-03-12 18:03:55 UTC

Berlin 😍
I can relate when #socialmedia is a synonym with the #megacorp #algorithms (because the general public doesn't know about healthy alternatives https://karl-voit.at/2024/06/18/Fediverse-and-Mastodon/ )
#BigTech
https://graz.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/217/503/922/629/135/original/4d806ff4c44c8108.jpg

2026-03-06 14:07:30 UTC

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I agree.
I consider the USA as the premium example for the latter. 😉

2026-03-02 22:05:40 UTC

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I don't see that US companies do it differently.

2026-03-02 15:15:05 UTC

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US-based companies have thousands of published backdoors already. I don't recall many Chinese products which were found to have been shipped with backdoors. 🤷

2026-01-23 14:28:47 UTC

@npub1fdr…lvhs on the #AIbubble, why it is a #bubble and what we will get out of it after it busts:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur
One of the best texts I've read about #AI so far.

2026-01-23 12:27:28 UTC

#Emacs vs. #vim Real World Analogy: #CargoBike Vs. #FoldingBike
https://karl-voit.at/2026/01/23/Emacs-vs-vim-Cargo-Folding-Bike/
This isn't supposed to deliver fuel to the gratuitous #editorwar.
It's supposed to clear up a few things why the two tools are so fundamentally different.
HTH
#orgmode #editorwars #publicvoit

2026-01-08 16:48:43 UTC

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Könnte. Passiert nur nicht.
Insofern ist eine Alternative mit beabsichtigten Limitierungen durchaus spannend.
keine Werbung. Sauschnell. Ohne Sicherheitsprobleme.
Finde ich super bis auf ein paar Entscheidungen, die ich beim Artikel kommentiert habe.

2025-12-30 17:05:53 UTC

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Yes, definitively.
Most people do not practice the habit of learning their tools with a certain amount of effort.
So hip tools that do promote features prominently do have advantages.
However, as we've learned, VSC will be long gone when Emacs still offers its features. 🤷

2025-11-28 22:19:13 UTC

"I'm an average user, so I don't need all the options and apps the programme has to offer. But, to be honest, #Microsoft is making it increasingly attractive to switch. Now that the company is putting #AI in everything, everything is becoming more annoying to use."
Can Dutch #universities do without Microsoft?
https://dub.uu.nl/en/news/can-dutch-universities-do-without-microsoft
IMO, it's never been easier to switch away from the problematic players because we've got so many alternatives that got much better over time whereas Microsoft and others are practicing #enshittification.
We've done it before. Somehow, we found that giving away knowledge and control to use the #cloud was a good idea. It never was because we've lost so much competence we now need to ramp up very quickly.
#Windows #Teams #SharePoint #digitalsovereignty #EU #FOSS

2025-11-26 16:17:50 UTC

Razzia bei einem Drogendealer: Polizei läutet bei der Tür, Drogendealer macht auf.
Polizei: "Wir haben den Verdacht, dass sie mit Drogenhandel zu tun haben. Bitte schauen sie bei sich mal nach, ob sie Beweise gegen sich finden und melden sie sich bei uns."
Drogendealer bedankt sich höflich für die Information. Polizei zieht ab.
Klingt seltsam, nicht?
Warum handhaben wir das bei #Großkonzernen und #Banken so, die unserer Gesellschaft zum Teil dutzende/hunderte Milliarden gestohlen haben?
Mehr dazu aus der gelebten Praxis im #allesgesagt-Podcast mit #AnneBrorhilker, die bei #CumEx eine Zeit lang sich um Aufklärung bemüht hat: https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2025-11/anne-brorhilker-interviewpodcast-alles-gesagt
Wie immer sehr aufschlussreich!
#Korruption #Betrug #Steuerhinterziehung #Steuersparsamkeit #Gericht #Justiz #CumCum #CumExSkandal #CumCumSkandal #Aktien #Steuerbetrug

2025-10-24 14:11:54 UTC

»Linux von Anfang an« ist ein kostenloser Online-Kurs, in dem ihr lernen könnt, wie #Linux funktioniert – ganz ohne Vorkenntnisse. In zwölf Abendterminen arbeitet ihr mit eurem eigenen Linux-PC oder -Laptop und lernt euer Betriebssystem und euer Gerät in seiner ganzen Tiefe kennen. Wir fangen mit den absoluten Grundlagen an und machen uns nach und nach mit den Details vertraut.
https://lihesys.de/linux/
#FOSS #EndOf10 #Windows10 #Win10 #Windows

2025-10-04 07:19:55 UTC

I'm surprised that many people just seem to realize that the golden cage by #Apple is actually a golden cage! 🤷
What have you thought when you decided for that (overpriced) #lockin situation?
Of course, an #iOS device doesn't really belong to you. It's not up to you which apps you may install. You can't decide on delayed update slots. It's Apple's #cloud only. And Apple's history of business decisions is full of statements that are purely for the benefit of excluding alternatives for political and economic reasons.
Apple will never be on your side. It will always be on the side of it's shareholders and - of course - any US dictatorship that will be in power.
If this doesn't fit your set of requirements, get rid of Apple devices and use something else as long as Google hasn't destroyed #Android as well. With #Pixel (8+) and #GrapheneOS, you have the most power over your device+data, at the moment.
https://karl-voit.at/2021/01/18/tool-choices/
#ICE #ICEblock #publicvoit #PIM #privacy

2025-09-27 21:19:59 UTC

The #OpenPrinter Is a #RaspberryPi Zero W-Powered, Fully-Open, Highly-Flexible #Inkjet #Printer
https://www.hackster.io/news/the-open-printer-is-a-raspberry-pi-zero-w-powered-fully-open-highly-flexible-inkjet-printer-30948a1787cc
The decision by #MegaCorps to follow the #enshittification path of things forces us to re-gain control over various parts of our life one by one.
Please, creative #hackers of this world, more of that! 🙇
#OpenHardware #RPi #InkjetPrinter #DIY

2025-08-29 19:59:11 UTC

Please, don't use any #LLM service to generate some report you don't plan to check really carefully yourself in every detail.
I've read one with clearly hallucinated stuff all over it.
It doesn't push your productivity, it really destroys your credibility.
This technology is no productivity miracle, it's an answer simulator.
#PIM #Microsoft #CoPilot #ChatGPT

2025-08-19 09:10:14 UTC

Out of sheer curiosity, my wife just set up her first #Linux on a computer via the #Debian 13 #Trixie netinstall: https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ via USB thumb drive I provided for her.
I was sitting nearby but she accomplished the task all by herself. I just explained what "LVM" means as this was not explained properly by the Debian installer.
You can do it as well!
If still unsure, visit https://endof10.org/ and join one of the meetings listed by your local community.
Today, there is a #LinuxCafé in #Graz: https://events.graz.social/@linux_cafe I'll be there as well.
#Debian13 #EndOf10

2025-07-29 07:32:13 UTC

This is really wild: Microsoft is pushing more and more #spyware features into everyday products to steal all of your data:
"#Copilot #Vision is an extension of Microsoft's divisive Recall [...] is designed to analyze everything you do on your computer [...] by capturing constant screenshots and feeding them to an optical character recognition system and a large language model for analysis – but where #Recall works locally, #CopilotVision sends the data off to #Microsoft servers." 🕵️
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/28/microsofts_recall_preview_on_non_ai_pc/
I would never ever trust a Windows system not to send out anything I do.
#surveillance #companyespionage #LLM #OpenAI #Win11 #Windows11

2025-07-25 09:38:29 UTC

#Lieferando scheint die erste App zu sein, die bei meinem #GrapheneOS Probleme macht: nach Eingabe von E-Mail-Adresse (als Benutzername) und Klick auf "Get verification code" kommt "Something went wrong" + GOS-Info, dass die Play Integrity API verwendet wurde.
Da ich den API-Zugriff nicht blockiere, kann ich die App wohl nicht mehr am Handy nutzen. 🤷
Dann halt nicht.

2025-07-25 09:13:51 UTC

Please do say or write some nice things to your administrators, as today it's System Administrator Appreciation Day
https://sysadminday.com/
Most of the time, you won't notice, that there is somebody working very hard so that you don't notice.
#SysAdminDay #Admins #Administrator #SystemAdministrator

2025-06-18 08:35:19 UTC

#Österreich: Regierung bei #MessengerÜberwachung einig
https://orf.at/stories/3397094/
„Es ist ein enormer Schritt, der hier gelungen ist“, so Meinl-Reisinger. Es sei eine gezielte Überwachung mit „extrem starker parlamentarischer Kontrolle und starken Konsequenzen bei Missbrauch“, betonte sie nach dem Ministerrat.
🤣 🤦‍♀️
... wenn du als sicherheitsinteressierter Techniker weißt, dass da nur Blödsinn rauskommen wird und zuschauen musst, wie das schon wieder gegen die Wand fährt. 🤷
Related: https://media.ccc.de/v/secure-messaging-and-current-attacks-against-it
#ÖVP #Spionage #Sicherheit #Malwarefinanzierung #Steuergeld #Missbrauch #Korruption #Trojaner #Staatstrojaner #TrojanischesPferd

2025-06-12 11:59:28 UTC

I upgraded my lenovo #T490 from #NixOS 24.11 to 25.05 within an hour or so.
I've lost "xdu" (custom package doesn't compile anymore), had to manually download a closed source binary once again, had to manually replace "okular" with "kdePackages.okular" and remove "services.locate.localuser".
The upgrade went somewhat fine. Didn't find any issues so far besides the usual Python annoyances (manual re-creation of all venv and so forth).
However, I'm looking forward to switching back to #Debian in a few months. My Debian upgrades didn't require that much time and effort AFAIR and #Python is working in a normal way.

2025-06-12 08:51:37 UTC

@npub1kwa…e0nj is one of the very few (maybe the only!) platforms that do provide excellent default protection against megacorp #espionage and even state actors like #trojanhorses and border espionage by rogue states like #USA, #China, #Russia, ...
One of the few systems that isn't hackable by #Palantir and other bad actors.
If you do want protection, do yourself a favor and switch to #GrapheneOS using a (cheap/used/older) #Pixel phone. Recommended: Pixel 8 or newer.
Setup (flashing) is basically connecting your phone via a proper USB-C cable to another Android device and pressing a few buttons in the web browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1KZWjZVnAw + https://grapheneos.org/install/web 👍
Please do setup a monthly bank transfer of just a few bucks if you want to fund their effort: https://grapheneos.org/donate (they really do have many donating options!)
They're currently porting #Android16 which should be available soon.
#Android #security #privacy #smartphone #Staatstrojaner #Bundestrojaner #PIM

2025-05-22 14:49:20 UTC

Every project should have a "cursed"-page like that: 😆
"Cursed knowledge we have learned as a result of building #Immich that we wish we never knew."
https://immich.app/cursed-knowledge/
🤓
#FOSS #yakshaving #fun

2025-05-22 11:22:06 UTC

GNU #Taler v1.0 released
https://www.taler.net/en/news/2025-01.html 🥳
Approaches like this should be the default anywhere. Not greedy multinationals exploiting your #privacy as well.
Follow @npub1fus…tvjp for more.
#GNUtaler #payment #money

2025-04-30 21:02:25 UTC

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Yes, but not from Yubico because they can't and won't fix any issues found with their products. Choose a competitor.

2025-04-30 18:27:51 UTC

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Use FIDO2 hardware tokens for Passkeys. They're designed not to sync their secret and are the only(!) way of preventing phishing. A no-brainer and the only method for maximum security.

2025-04-29 20:17:57 UTC

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How to tell if somebody was running #Windows or #macOS before switching to #Linux: OS stability is mentioned. 🙄

2025-04-24 15:38:37 UTC

Du wirst im Herbst #Windows-Support verlieren und müsstest für #Windows11 ein neues Notebook kaufen?
Du wolltest schon immer #Linux ausprobieren?
Morgen 13-14:40 gibt's im Rahmen der #Linuxtage #Graz eine Linux-Desktop Installation Party mit Experten, die dir hier beim Aufsetzen helfen:
https://pretalx.linuxtage.at/glt25/talk/TBHSCX/
Keine Sorge: ich habe auch schon etliche Menschen beim Umstieg begleitet und solange du nicht genau von einem Programm abhängig bist, das es *wirklich* nur unter Windows gibt und wo es keine freie Alternative gibt, wirst du mit Linux klarkommen. Versprochen.
Via @npub1jd8…58pq
#GLT #GLT25 #Graz

2025-04-23 19:00:22 UTC

Eine japanische Studie hat signifikante Hinweise darauf ermittelt, dass die Anzahl der #Fettzellen eines Menschen durch die Außentemperatur während der #Zeugung definiert wird. 🤯
https://minkorrekt.de/mi342-super-pep/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-025-01249-2
#minkorrekt #mi342 #Fettleibigkeit #Fett #dick

2025-04-21 12:12:16 UTC

@npub19ua…53cv on #URI schemes of the #Fediverse (and #BlueSky).
If he writes good pieces like that, we rather should listen and probably implement his suggestions as they are great!
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/04/16/Decentralized-Schemes
For the first issue (not being able to directly interact with a toot although web-logged-in), you can use browser add-ons like https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mastodon4-redirect/ that redirect fediverse-links to your instance.
#standards #urls

2025-04-17 10:58:08 UTC

Don't buy a #SmartTV from #LG anymore:
"LG TVs’ integrated #ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer #emotions"
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/lg-tvs-integrated-ads-get-more-personal-with-tech-that-analyzes-viewer-emotions/
#surveillance #privacy #cloud #advertisement #spyware

2025-04-15 08:28:34 UTC

#EU gives staff 'burner phones, laptops' for #US visits
That would put America on the same level as China for #espionage
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/ec_burner_devices/
#MAGA #USA

2025-04-10 16:47:30 UTC

#Meta und #Zuckerberg wollten das Buch von #SarahWynnWilliams verhindern:
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000265132/whistleblowerin-rechnet-mit-meta-und-mark-zuckerberg-ab
Warum wohl?
"Laut der Whistleblowerin habe #Facebook für die Kommunistische Partei Chinas maßgeschneiderte Zensurwerkzeuge entwickelt."
"Facebook-Gründer Mark Zuckerberg hatte zuvor unter Eid ausgesagt, dass sein Unternehmen keinerlei Zensurwerkzeuge für #China entwickelt habe."
"Facebook scheint bereit gewesen zu sein, die Daten von Nutzern in Hongkong an die chinesische Regierung weiterzugeben, und zwar zu einem Zeitpunkt, als sich prodemokratische Demonstranten gegen Pekings Niederschlagung wehrten"
"Die Software habe erkannt, wann sich weibliche #Teenager hilflos oder wie Versagerinnen gefühlt haben. Diese Information habe Meta dann an die Werbetreibenden weitergegeben, erklärt die Autorin. "Werbetreibende wissen, dass es oft ein guter Zeitpunkt ist, um ein Produkt anzupreisen, wenn sich die Menschen nicht gut fühlen – sie sind dann eher bereit, etwas zu kaufen.""
#Kapitalismus

2025-04-09 17:16:43 UTC

#irreal and [@bbatsov](https://hachyderm.io/@bbatsov ) about #Emacs startup time: https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12903
I, too, am totally convinced that it really doesn't matter if it is one or sixty seconds.
However, if your bootup time is much longer than mine (15-30s once a week) then you most probably have room for improvement (if you want). Consistent use of #usepackage with dependencies and "defer" did help on my side.
My config has 7724 lines of #elisp (19851 including #orgmode comments): https://github.com/novoid/dot-emacs/blob/master/config.org

2025-04-02 13:33:05 UTC

Irgendwelche Tipps für ein Lokal in der #Wiener Innenstadt (oder -Nähe), wo man mit deutschen Partnern ein lockeres Firmenessen machen könnte?
Durch sind bereits: #Figlmüller, #KleinSteiermark im Schweizer Garten, #StöcklimPark beim Belvedere.
Beim #Schweizerhaus bin ich mir unsicher.

2025-03-30 14:04:37 UTC

The Microsoft-Dilemma - #Europe as a #Software Colony (43min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duaYLW7LQvg
This is how the #EU is paying a secret number of Millions to #Microsoft in order to stay less secure, more dependend, less self-empowered, and more corrupt.
And this was known even before the US went totally crazy, risking our future big time.
So let's change and take back control using #FOSS software and open standards for true competition and actually according to our own rules for a change.
#Windows #Word #Excel #PowerPoint #corruption #cloud #politics #politicians #LibreOffice #OpenSource #Standards #Money

2025-03-29 09:32:53 UTC

#Microsoft removes the last(?) method of installing #Windows11 without a Microsoft #cloud account: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/03/28/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26200-5516-dev-channel/
"We’re removing the bypassnro.cmd script from the build to enhance security and user experience of Windows 11. This change ensures that all users exit setup with internet connectivity and a Microsoft Account."
What else do you need to switch to a #Linux system which is respecting your privacy and your security in contrast to MS? 🤔
Contact your local community if you need help with that.
Further benefit: Linux is not forcing you to throw away perfectly good computer hardware just to update to #Win11.

2025-03-02 21:56:44 UTC

I had to report and block some idiots writing nasty stuff as response to my toots.
In some way that's good news because that means that the Fediverse is growing, attracting more than just European leftists. 😉

2025-02-21 09:04:56 UTC

#HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone #supportcall:
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/hp_deliberately_adds_15_minutes/
... and most people will probably continue to buy stuff from those guys. 🤷
#support

2025-02-09 08:45:58 UTC

Das Ende von #Windows10 ist der beste Anlass, endlich auf #Linux zu wechseln - derStandard.at
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000256195/das-ende-von-windows-10-ist-der-beste-anlass-endlich-auf-linux-zu-wechseln?ref=rss
"Wem es ebenfalls absurd – und aus einer Nachhaltigkeitsperspektive problematisch – vorkommt, einen tadellos funktionierenden Rechner wegen begrenzt nachvollziehbarer Vorschriften von #Microsoft wegzuwerfen, der sei daran erinnert, dass es Alternativen gibt. Linux ist längst zu einer auch für die breite Masse formidablen Alternative zu #Windows avanciert, die auch auf solch älteren Rechnern tadellos läuft."
Doschauher, im Standard schreiben sie sowas? Linux scheint jetzt endlich mal in der Masse anzukommen. Ich arbeitete darauf seit Jahrzehnten. 😉
#Win10 #ONU #Nachhaltigkeit

2025-02-04 21:58:16 UTC

@npub19ua…53cv How do you feel, living a few Kilometer north of "that country" with its current development and some threats against Canada? 🤔
Does this affect the daily life of Canadians or is that threat not that severe at the moment?

2025-01-30 11:21:43 UTC

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Mein Trackball steht immer am gleichen Ort und ich muss nicht meinen ganzen Arm bewegen, wenn ich mit der Maus herumfahre. Nie wieder eine Maus. Auch keine vertikale.

2025-01-23 13:31:57 UTC

#MastoMetrics stopped working from my point of view: "Data syncing suspended [...]"
https://mastometrics.com/
I just revoked its permission and stopped my monthly bank transfer to its author.
Does anybody know a similar alternative to get some insight on the popularity of my toots to get some form of feedback?
I know some DIY-tools but so far, I was too lazy to run it on my own hosts:
https://github.com/muesli/mastotool
https://github.com/blackle/mastodon-data-viewer.py
#statistics #Mastodon

2024-12-29 11:35:03 UTC

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Paper surely has its advantages, I totally agree.
Just to make it more complicated: there are awesome eink tablets like Boox Note Air series that provide a hybrid. I recommend the videos of My Deep Guide on YT. The guy also sells PDF-based planners you might be interested in. HTH

2024-12-26 12:49:26 UTC

#Weihnachten ist die Zeit, wo #Nerds sich auf den Weg zu ihrer Herkunft machen, um ihren Familien die gute Kunde von #Signal verkünden.
#Privatphäre #Sicherheit #Bildung

2024-12-26 09:31:51 UTC

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Wrong direction.
Moving from a FOSS solution to a closed source solution is not good for your future self.
With Obsidian, you introduce lock-in by using features you can't get outside as well as a ton of MD syntax extensions that won't work outside.
Consider a upgrade: https://karl-voit.at/2024/01/28/logseq-from-org-pov/ and https://karl-voit.at/orgmode/ 🙇
(corrected language tag)

2024-12-25 09:58:01 UTC

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If you want to see a cool #horror #movie that has this as part of the story, watch #Heretic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heretic_(film)
#Monopoly #Women #Gender #capitalism

2024-12-13 08:12:35 UTC

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Well, to give you something to think about: Boox Note Air 4C (with eink).
If reading is your main thing.
I really love my Air (1) and yes, you can play back videos as well. 😉

2024-12-08 14:56:39 UTC

Ich gebe am Freitag 20.12. 14:15-16:00 eine #Emacs #Orgmode Demo meines Setups und ein paar Workflows im Rahmen meiner #PIM-LV an der #TUGraz.
Also falls jemand da zufällig in der Gegend ist, bei mir wegen den Details via DM melden und wir sehen uns dann.
#Graz #PKM #Wissensmanagement #Zettelkasten

2024-12-08 11:54:21 UTC

#Deutschland muss raus aus der Abhängigkeit
https://www.heise.de/news/Open-Source-Software-Deutschland-muss-raus-aus-der-Abhaengigkeit-10188035.html
Ich möchte ergänzen: #EU muss raus aus dieser #Software- und #Cloud-Abhängigkeit!
Wir werfen zig Milliarden von #Steuergeld über den großen Teich, um uns selbst langfristig weiterhin zu schaden.
Unser Know-How verkümmert und wir sind immer weniger Herr unserer Systeme. Das hat inzwischen auch Auswirkungen auf unsere #Demokratie!
Wir brauchen endlich Schritte in Richtung #ditigaleSouveränität.
Die gute Nachricht: mit #FOSS hätten wir alles Notwendige, um einen neuen Pfad einzuschlagen. Wir müssen es nur endlich auch mal tun.
#Microsoft #Souveränität #Bildung #OpenSource #Korruption #Lobbyismus #Politik #Sicherheit

2024-11-19 17:53:43 UTC

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Ah, I follow #wristcheck but only one of your accounts. Because of you mirroring your toots, I got both.
I probably need to mute one of your accounts. Any preference which I should keep?

2024-11-18 22:06:47 UTC

#Irreal: Digital Vs. #Analog #Notes
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12588
#PIM #PKI #orgmode #notetaking #fountainpen #pen #paper

2024-11-18 18:25:22 UTC

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I see your toots twice each.

2024-11-12 10:09:50 UTC

One of the #productivity boosters of 2024 was the (rather late) learning that I can scroll horizontally by pressing the shift key while scrolling with the #mouse wheel.
I don't care about hitting scroll bars any more.
#PIM #education

2024-11-10 09:11:24 UTC

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My wife thinks, that's chard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chard
(corrected the posting language selection as well)

2024-11-02 15:18:44 UTC

#GrapheneOS doesn't come with text-to-speech enabled or set up by default.
https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng is not compatible with the current Android versions and https://github.com/RHVoice/RHVoice doesn't have support for #German.
Any recommendation for me? FOSS preferred. 🤔
#Android #TTS #voice

2024-10-26 12:19:38 UTC

#Dachstein
https://graz.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/373/686/439/545/626/original/2f0b5bfa3836840e.jpg

2024-10-17 13:48:39 UTC

High on my wishlist for #Android is a separation of the app #network #permission into "general network permission" and either "current (E)SSID only" or "the network with following gateway host".
This way I could limit many apps, e.g., to my home Wi-Fi because they are of no use outside my home anyway: lawn mower, KODI, ...
Unfortunately, #GrapheneOS doesn't want to implement that idea: https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/4064 😩

2024-10-07 09:46:02 UTC

#WristCheck: #GShock GA-2100MNG-2AER and [@kev](https://fosstodon.org/@kev ) is to be blamed! 😁
https://graz.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/265/495/149/969/259/original/36a93eac7c758b79.jpg

2024-10-04 15:18:02 UTC

Der Niedergang der deutschen #Sprache: "Nina's Wurstladen" ist künftig korrektes #Deutsch.
https://blog.fefe.de/?ts=980126db
Bei mir bleibt so ein G'schmäckle...
#Deppenapostroph

2024-09-28 21:14:11 UTC

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Yes, @npub19ua…53cv is from Vancouver.
I've been there twice and it's awesome there! 😁

2024-09-11 21:36:03 UTC

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Well, I just watched this analysis from #FOX and now I get a bit of that clever spin the #Republicans are using.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9FRDKfSSOs
It's really interesting to see how this #debate is interpreted so differently although we've seen the same.
They even defended the animal-eating story and said that the leftist media is wrongly accusing them for lying. 🤦
This is beyond absurd now.
#Trump #Kamela

2024-09-11 20:49:04 UTC

We just watched #Kamala vs. #Trump "debate" from last night.
Is it just me or did this stupid liar not even answer one single question he was asked by the journalists? 🤔
I really wonder how a #MAGA-fan could actually not look behind that concept-less, raging, mud-smashing facade of his. 🤷
Such an unfit candidate is unbelievable and really not up to the standards of any decent country of the world.

2024-09-03 10:48:02 UTC

"These reviewers overwhelmingly found that the human #summaries beat out their #AI competitors on every criteria and on every submission, scoring an 81% on an internal rubric compared with the machine’s 47%."
https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/03/ai-worse-summarising-information-humans-government-trial/

2024-08-18 10:41:19 UTC

Reading the ambitious roadmap of #GrapheneOS, I get the impression that this might become the most secure and #privacy-respecting platform that also overlaps with many classic desktop use-cases and desktop OS. 🤔
https://grapheneos.org/faq#roadmap
#Android #Linux #kernel #microkernel #virtualization #isolation #hypervisor #sandboxing #gVisor #KVM #TEE #security

2024-08-10 13:25:08 UTC

I absolutely love this little notion: the fully automated #Metro #Copenhagen has a sticker upfront in the middle so that kids could play train conductor. 😍
🚂
https://graz.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/937/937/940/579/997/original/200634d06b9ed0aa.jpg

2024-08-02 11:54:31 UTC

@npub1080…cr2f
Your toots made me curious. 😜
https://graz.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/892/285/760/651/331/original/c8f44f512bd59cfc.jpg

2023-09-29 09:42:51 UTC

After basically the whole #Microsoft #Azure cloud was hacked (see list of related sources on https://karl-voit.at/cloud/ ), the first follow-up incidents went public caused by missing containment actions:
60,000 emails were stolen from 10 #USA #StateDepartment accounts
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/chinese-hackers-stole-60000-emails-us-state-department-microsoft-hack-senate-2023-09-27/
If you didn't understand until now: basically EVERYTHING at Microsoft got hacked and Microsoft can't (or won't) get rid of the intruders. Everything authenticated by Microsoft is tainted. Even #Windows auth.

2021-12-03 12:35:08 UTC

RT @neilrkaye@twitter.com
Animating the mercator projection so countries and territories are correct size and shape in relation to each other.
#dataviz #30Daymapchallenge #worldisnotflat #day28
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/neilrkaye/status/1464874387698552832
https://graz.social/system/media_attachments/files/107/383/023/740/445/752/original/ecbc8c1ba5ddc5d4.mp4