TechAltar

I make videos for YouTube & Nebula.

TechAltar YT:: https://youtube.com/techaltar
TechAltar Nebula:: https://nebula.tv/techaltar
The Friday Checkout YT:: https://youtube.com/thefridaycheckout
Website: https://tarsiermedia.com

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Last Notes

2026-09-04 17:51:13 UTC

A bit delayed, but happy Friday! I was at IFA this week so we have a special epside highlighting all the newest tech from the show.
Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tfc-the-coolest-tech-i-saw-at-ifa-2026
YouTube: https://youtu.be/iLRP9OpxHL4
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2026-04-07 09:59:47 UTC

PSA: If you share a YouTube video using the native share feature it now attaches your user ID (?si=xxxxxx) to the URL automatically.
YT likely does this to growth-hack DMs. When someone clicks on the link, YT can start a DM thread between you two automatically with this ID even if they found the link outside of the YT app.
If you post links publicly, I strongly recommend deleting the ID unless you want to post your user profile.
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2026-04-05 10:10:33 UTC

RE: https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/116351286283702832
PSA: if you see claims like these in the next 7 days they are very likely false flag attacks leading up to an election Orbán looks overwhelmingly likely to lose.
#note1a76…p7vp

2026-03-31 10:35:05 UTC

Every major economy is trying to ditch Visa & MasterCard
Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-every-major-economy-is-trying-to-ditch-visa-mastercard
YouTube: https://youtu.be/ls-eE8FVM8E
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2026-03-19 23:33:25 UTC

I would really like having one single subscription that would let me jump through every major publication's paywall. I'd be willing to pay $30+ a month, but it would have to cover all. I'd love to pay for journalism, but it just doesn't make sense to subscribe to any one particular paper when the reporting is spread out over hundreds of them

2026-03-17 11:32:19 UTC

Every pro-renewables politician should be working at 100% capacity to flip the "the greens are making your life more expensive" narrative into "the fossil fuel lobbyists are making your life more expensive" right now, but I fear our side is too nice to effectively exploit a situation like this

2026-03-03 11:26:34 UTC

Fairphone put out a document that takes a holistic look at the environmental impact of electronics. Everything detailed by component, material, process, etc. Really interesting for those looking to dig deeper
https://www.fairphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/The-impact-of-consumer-electronics-on-nature-and-biodiversity.pdf
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2026-02-28 09:12:03 UTC

Every day the US government manages to make things look more insane than the last

2026-02-21 13:25:50 UTC

A successful meetup in Bangalore. Turns out my viewers are not only really nerdy, but also really nice. Thanks for hanging out with us ❤️
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2026-02-19 15:54:29 UTC

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lmao just watched this and the scene where you look at the figure 8 roundabout and squeal when you realize that the kids are biking the wrong way and almost get run over got a good laugh out of me 😂

2026-02-09 07:45:26 UTC

2 announcements:
1. I'm in Thailand taking a short break from the usual routine, so no Friday Checkout this week.
2. But because I can't actually stop making videos, I'm also starting a new YouTube channel with Maja called Submerged, haha. As you might know diving is our biggest hobby so this channel is dedicated to making videos about dive gear and more. If you're interested, you can subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@submerged-tech
See you next week! 🌴🤿☀️🦈
(p.s. Nebula version coming soon, too)
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2026-02-02 04:49:15 UTC

I find it very frustrating that the only opinions people seem to be able to have about AI are:
A/ it's the next coming of Christ, just deploy it everywhere, and if it has any issues those will be fixed with the next update anyway
B/ it's completely useless, has never and will never do anything useful and it's all just a scam by tech bros who are too dumb to realize that it's useless

2026-01-30 07:30:34 UTC

Send help, there is an intruder plundering our garden! 😅
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2026-01-27 07:42:14 UTC

The food in Bangalore is great in general, but as a vegetarian I cannot express how *incredible* it feels to be surrounded by great options rather than feeling like a second class citizen

2026-01-21 16:59:46 UTC

Some encouraging trends for @npub1tgg…qwzh
Full report:
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/01/21/state-of-the-project-2025/
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2026-01-20 10:30:25 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fj/115926880329262196
As a European investor I started diversifying my investments away from US securities because even beyond moral considerations I see 2 major risk factors:
- Will business thrive in a country if it gives up all semblance of the rule of law and fair competition? If the US becomes an oligarchy like Russia, can it remain innovative?
- Will my property rights in US securities be respected as a foreigner if my country is in conflict with the US?
#note1kmv…glfn

2026-01-20 10:04:53 UTC

TIL of the Forkiverse.
Two podcasts I listen to, Search Engine and Hard Fork, launched a new Mastodon instance and promptly got 8k+ people to join the fediverse ✌️
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2026-01-17 20:37:26 UTC

My favorite place to read about anything related to e-bikes is Micromobility.io, an industry publication with deep knowledge of all the companies and trends.
I interviewed their CEO Prabin Joel Jones for my upcoming video on the collapse of Cowboy, Vanmoof, Rad Bikes & co. Exclusive for Nebula viewers:
https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-why-did-ebike-startups-fail
The main video will come to YT and Nebula later.
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2026-01-14 14:53:21 UTC

I'm working on my next video which will dive deep into the struggles of the big 3 e-bike brands: Vanmoof, Cowboy & Rad Power Bikes.
I had a very interesting ~1h interview with Eliott Wertheimer, the CEO who took over Vanmoof in 2023. He told me what he thought the went wrong and how he has tried to turn things around in the last 2.5 yrs.
I'll include a bunch of highlights in the main video, but Nebula viewers can watch the whole interview weeks before that goes live:
https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-vanmoofs-painful-turnaround
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2025-12-29 06:11:15 UTC

I really wish people would stop equating "not selling user data" with privacy. None of the tech giants sell, or even share your data with third parties directly. They would be stupid to, it's their most valuable asset. They hoard it! Doesn't mean they don't collect & use every bit of it themselves.

2025-12-15 10:02:49 UTC

Incredible video
https://youtu.be/ywaOyHzqDxw?si=GY7wY8fm3Ad_IIH8

2025-12-12 16:24:43 UTC

Repairable & upgradeable: the new Fairbuds XL
Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tfc-repairable-upgradeable-the-new-fairbuds-xl
YouTube: https://youtu.be/TGvfloQbb2w
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2025-12-10 11:19:40 UTC

Now that it is official US policy to promote regime change in Europe and to dismantle the EU I wonder if we will take sovereignty over tech more seriously

2025-12-09 10:47:06 UTC

New Fairbuds XL just launched. Really nice pair and the drivers are backwards compatible with the previous Gen. Will talk about them in the Friday Checkout!
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2025-12-02 13:24:31 UTC

This has to be the wildest opt-in checkbox I've ever seen
- Made to look like you are agreeing to a privacy policy when in fact it's a marketing opt-in
- Instead of "by agreeing you are opting in" they added two negatives "by NOT agreeing you are opting OUT" to confuse you
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2025-11-28 10:07:19 UTC

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Full article btw: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly02lljdero?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

2025-11-28 10:06:38 UTC

Little pockets of good news.
(From the micromobility@substack.com newsletter)
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2025-11-26 09:58:46 UTC

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was this post specifically made to upset @npub1z7x…q5jf ? 😂

2025-11-19 15:32:55 UTC

Damn, while biking to the studio I was looking at a car to make sure it didn't drive in front of me and I missed a lady who decided to cross the zebra ... so I rode into her. Thankfully just a light bounce, no damage and she just walked away after some well deserved yelling at me. But I just... didn't see her at all even though I know this zebra well and always make sure to not be an asshole to pedestrians.
Not even sure what conclusion to draw because I was paying attention, normal speed etc.

2025-11-06 11:31:55 UTC

Girlfriend's Pixel is slowly dying so she decided to try an iPhone 16 Pro I had lying around. I don't think I've seen her hate a tech product more than this one yet 😂
"This is the worst phone experience ever"

2025-10-29 14:20:00 UTC

My mum told me today she watched my last video and that I'm handsome and smart and that she is proud of me so I'm just gonna take the rest of the day real easy now ☺️

2025-10-27 11:28:55 UTC

Don't you love it when streets get cleaned, but only until the bike lane? After all, bikers are way more likely to slip on leaves and fall so they surely don't need cleaning
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2025-10-25 12:46:15 UTC

I've lately been quite obsessed with this app called StreetComplete. It gamifies contributing to OpenStreetMaps in a really nice way by giving you you little quests to do while you walk around. A fun way to get some steps in, to make you look closer at your environment and to do a good thing!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.westnordost.streetcomplete
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2025-10-23 14:52:00 UTC

Imagine having a government so incompetent that it shuts down to the point where a foreign country steps in to pay your army's contractors 🤯
https://www.euronews.com/2025/10/23/germany-secures-wages-of-12000-local-us-army-employees-amid-budget-crisis-in-washington

2025-10-11 13:35:58 UTC

Cruel world 😂
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2025-10-09 23:10:10 UTC

Randomly installed AltStore PAL on my iPhone to try. Way easier than I though! A real third party iOS app store feels so weird but also so normal at the same time
@npub168y…upza is now in the fediverse BTW!
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2025-10-06 11:35:41 UTC

This button is the biggest lie on the internet
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2025-10-02 11:58:47 UTC

Pretty sick view from the plane over Amsterdam today
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2025-09-27 08:16:36 UTC

Seen my first 2 people rocking an iPhone Air in the wild today. Always impressed with how fast it goes for Apple

2025-09-16 07:10:18 UTC

Hello from Damascus 😊
There will be no Friday Checkout this week. I'm making a very special video while I'm here though!
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2025-09-02 10:53:56 UTC

Finally making a video where I can use my cute new silicon wafer on set 💫
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2025-09-01 12:45:26 UTC

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The funniest example was one firm switching to Zoho mail. They said using an Indian service was way less risky than using a US one.
It's hard to describe how much goodwill towards America Trump's policies have erased.

2025-09-01 12:41:26 UTC

I recently talked with a guy who builds software for small & medium sized German insurance firms and he says almost all of their clients are working on removing US services from their tech stack due to perceiving them as highly risky. This includes cloud services, office tools, AI tools, etc. So far he said the switch is a mixed bag with some successes and some blunders, but the push is very clear.
Highly anecdotal stuff, but maybe this cut is deeper than I expected.

2025-08-15 11:55:50 UTC

Ah I just read the comments and was reminder again that I am both an Apple hater and an Apple apologist, while also being simultaneously a CCP shill and unquestioningly supportive of the US tech war on China.
Looks like my job is done, time to log off 😇

2025-08-13 17:18:09 UTC

Got a bit overwhelmed with the world so I spent the whole day biking to a park, reading a few chapters of a good book, riding to the next park, reading a few more chapters, etc. 9am-6pm. Like a holiday in my own city. What an incredibly relaxing thing!
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2025-08-06 16:01:50 UTC

I've been seeing a lot of these across Berlin. Are US brands feeling nervous about their American image? 🤔🤔🤔
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2025-08-04 08:27:16 UTC

I really wish Google spent 1% of their Ai budget figuring out the incredibly complex task of recognising that 100 comments suddenly flooding a video promoting a single crypto currency miiiiight be a scam
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2025-07-29 04:59:33 UTC

After this deal I'm increasingly losing hope in Europe having the balls to do anything at all

2025-07-23 22:42:03 UTC

Merz says he won't put pride flags on Bundestag for pride. So BVG (the Berlin public transportation company) put pride flags all over the Bundestag station 😂
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2025-07-19 17:30:49 UTC

My second silicon wafer that is even cooler😍
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2025-07-17 17:26:05 UTC

A website complained that "your experience is important to us, please disable your ad blocker".
So I opened the site in Edge. The experience without an ad blocker:
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2025-07-15 12:00:22 UTC

I recently realized that you can just buy random discarded silicon wafers off of Amazon / AliExpress for a few bucks. Just got my first one. Will be a nice video prop 😎
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2025-07-14 18:11:46 UTC

The US government visa application website asks you to use a photo cropping tool to upload a profile picture which takes you to a notice saying it's temporarily unavailable ... since 2020 😂😂😂😂😂
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2025-07-14 13:22:31 UTC

Applying for a US press visa right now and this message is on the top of every page. I wonder if they know about the existence of Mastodon, lol.
Anyway, long live the American leaders who have never done anything wrong and are flawless in every way.
Wish me luck 🤞🤞🤞
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2025-07-04 19:51:00 UTC

My grandma has been walking around my favorite Berlin streets with me for 2 days and without me saying anything she picked up on how few cars there are, vs the huge number of bikes & pedestrians. She legit can't stop talking about it and I think I might have accidentally created a radical anti-car activist 😂

2025-07-02 13:05:44 UTC

I just accidentally made a protein shake using sparkling water and this is one of the most cursed things I've ever tasted 😂

2025-06-27 14:32:41 UTC

Fun fact: You don't have to do any of this when travelling to the evil, socialist, anti-free-speech China, EU, etc.
https://www.thejournal.ie/us-visa-changes-6740830-Jun2025/
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2025-06-27 09:25:17 UTC

Fun fact: Just found out that the EU energy labels are visible right on Amazon now
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2025-06-25 17:19:36 UTC

Firefox just now. Will it never end? 😭
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2025-06-25 08:01:33 UTC

Landed in Switzerland at 8:50 (as in, the wheels touching ground). By 9:05 I was in a train. By 10:02 I will be at my destination in another city. Fucking love it when infrastructure works 😭

2025-06-06 11:28:43 UTC

If Trump and Musk were women we would never stop hearing that Women are too emotional to do politics 😂

2025-06-03 14:28:18 UTC

First time I'm seeing a live stream via Peertube with 200+ live viewers. Pretty solid looking visual quality and a decent streaming experience!
(this is for the launch of e/OS 3 by @npub1hn8…g0mt )
https://peer.tube/w/iTEezgJe8PFTv1qwxYDJ8S

2025-06-02 07:49:31 UTC

This floating AI turd button in Excel has been genuinely infuriating. It's distracting, laggy and only turns off temporarily.
What are the best / worst AI product integrations you've seen? I'm making a list for a future video.
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2025-06-01 11:55:37 UTC

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Got a traffic jam on the Autobahn 😁
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2025-06-01 11:48:50 UTC

Sternfahrt ✌️
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2025-05-16 14:32:13 UTC

ARM chips from AMD & Nvidia!
Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tfc-arm-chips-from-amd-nvidia
YouTube: https://youtu.be/1xWUG1IlO10
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2025-05-15 21:40:34 UTC

My superpower is that I'm a tech youtuber with very little desire to upgrade my tech. As one example, I have been using these random USB speakers I found literally on the street discarded for about 5 years now. The probably cost, like 20 bucks a decade ago and still work great 😁
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2025-05-06 10:07:59 UTC

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Ha, I you are right! I didn't actually spot myself at first

2025-05-04 11:21:42 UTC

Now on YouTube as well!
1 Month Without US Tech Giants
Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-1-month-without-us-tech-giants
YouTube: https://youtu.be/7w8jmw96ryA
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2025-05-02 22:26:13 UTC

Many people are thinking about ditching various US tech giants so I thought I'd try out how far I can go. I tried living about a month with as little Google, Microsoft, Apple & co as possible!
Here's the video:
https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-1-month-without-us-tech-giants
(On Nebula right now, YouTube coming later)
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2024-12-20 12:23:07 UTC

To the people who keep saying we should "stay out of politics" and "stick with tech", I wonder how they imagine that works when tech itself has no interest instaying out of politics
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2024-12-10 10:00:10 UTC

Israel: "We destroyed the capabilities of the Syrian army in the largest air operation we have carried out in our history". 250+ bombings + they are now occupying territory, too. My friends in Damascus had chemical plants & more blown up next to them.
They are demiliatarizing a state that has not only NOT attacked Israel, but whose new leadership has, in fact, defeated allies of Iran. This is terrorism.
https://syria.liveuamap.com
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2024-12-09 19:42:50 UTC

I get so many sophisticated AI phising emails as a creator that to me AI has caused a net DECREASE in productivity & of course the scams create financial losses.
AI is always presented as a productivity & revenue booster for users, but I wonder whether it's not a net negative on the level of society

2024-12-07 13:29:51 UTC

64.3% of German electricity now comes from renewables, with a big increase in solar pushing the record. Losing ground is coal and natural gas.
https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2024/12/PD24_456_43312.html
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2024-12-06 12:38:36 UTC

If you are worried about your government becoming authoritarian/bad/fascist/whatever, it might be an especially good time to make a big push to move your communications to encrypted services like Signal. I promise it's hard to move contacts at first, but then it just works and is nice

2024-12-02 15:06:57 UTC

⚠️Breaking⚠️ Pat Gelsinger just resigned as CEO of Intel.
I just made a video about the massively risky be he took, which now appears to have been his downfall. See more below:
YouTube: youtu.be/OZrPOjnAyqs
Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-can-intel-survive-the-valley-of-death
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2024-11-27 13:15:05 UTC

Now also on YouTube!
Can Intel survive the valley of death?
Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-can-intel-survive-the-valley-of-death
YouTube: https://youtu.be/OZrPOjnAyqs
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2024-11-26 00:21:44 UTC

While I love the recent Bluesky rally, I also want to remind everyone that Mastodon is the only properly decentralized, billionaire-proof and VC-free social media for now. I get that most people couldn't care less about protocols, but if you do, I recommend maintaining a presence there :)

2024-11-24 17:59:54 UTC

Goddammit, I successfully lived my whole life ignoring mechanical keyboards until Keychron randomly sent me one this week without any context and now I feel like I'm about to become a keyboard bro pls help 😂
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/539/227/990/937/049/original/5d00d75123f2a52a.jpg

2024-11-19 10:23:11 UTC

We're living in the dumbest timeline
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/509/122/926/298/280/original/f03c884e89b6ea87.png

2024-11-17 09:09:52 UTC

5.9k followers on Mastodon,
4.5k on Threads
1.8k in Bluesky, of which 900 came this week
Engagement on all 3 is pretty high, too. This X-odus is finally really happening. Yay! To keep up, I'm trying OpenVibe, a client that can handle all 3 from one app. So far so good!

2024-11-15 14:58:22 UTC

I'm still not sponsored or affiliated with them, but in case you've been thinking about Proton, they have pretty good deals now
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/487/555/310/450/766/original/fd883619d4809328.png

2024-11-13 20:39:27 UTC

How long before Musk/Trump decide they can't stand each other?

2024-11-13 18:24:59 UTC

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Yep, really hard to understand. The only thing I can think of is that this couldn't have been a mistake, but all the people in this chain thinking "oh cool, footage of an expensive car going wroom" without thinking breaking speeding limits is an issue anyones shoudl care about

2024-11-13 00:19:43 UTC

I really thought the previous drama around MKBHD's wallpaper app was overblown. It's a weirly overprice app, weirdly announced, but ... so what? Just don't buy it!
But this is truly midboggling. He filmed himself in a Lamborghini going 96mph in a 35mph school zone. WTF? How did he think that was ok?
Being a big enough influencer must melt your brain and lose touch with reality at some point...
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24294921/mkbhd-controversy-dji-sponsored-video-speeding?showComments=1

2024-11-12 13:12:24 UTC

Wow, quite a bombshell! Ecosia & Qwant join forces to build own search index. Their reasons:
- Bing massively raising API costs
- geopolitical risk with US increased
- EU DMA rules make competition easier
- GenAI massively changes search, is both a threat & opportunity
Rollout starts in France next quarter already 🤯
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/11/ecosia-and-qwant-two-european-search-engines-join-forces-on-building-an-index-to-shrink-reliance-on-big-tech/

2024-11-08 16:44:22 UTC

What Trump means for tech
Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tfc-what-trump-means-for-tech
YouTube: https://youtu.be/B7_lXlRYnfA
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/446/916/879/309/382/original/d07cf6f96f834099.jpg

2024-11-05 16:03:10 UTC

Now also on YouTube!
How Mozilla lost the Internet (& what's next)
https://youtu.be/aw-XYrMFb0A
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2024-11-05 13:15:51 UTC

How Mozilla lost the Internet (& what's next)
Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-how-mozilla-lost-the-internet-whats-next
YouTube version coming later.
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2024-10-29 06:47:29 UTC

Pretty convinced right about now that Elon will be running for US president in the next election and his Trump business is just him working up to that

2024-10-23 10:00:31 UTC

We're so accustomed to prices always increasing that we forget that much of software should actually get CHEAPER over time.
Cloud costs are going down and companies often have less new stuff to add, hence lower development costs. Also, as they get more customers, they can spread those fixed costs out more.
Instead we get increases because we're trapped & can't switch.

2024-10-18 19:59:53 UTC

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My new problem is that she finally fell asleep but now my legs are starting to go completely numb and are losing all blood. Do I just accept an amputation?
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/330/194/319/151/926/original/d036c8fe3d8a15fe.jpg

2024-10-18 19:09:21 UTC

Trying to work but I keep getting distracted...
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/329/999/112/896/691/original/2604482e7a477aeb.jpg

2024-10-15 18:06:27 UTC

Israel is now deliberately shooting at UN peacekeepers whose job is to document potential war crimes among other things. Despite this, Israel still gets support from countries like Germany while the US has even sent its own troops to defend the country.
Meanwhile the US and Germany think that allowing Ukraine to use weapons they supply against military targets in a country that is actively bombing it is unacceptable escalation.
What a weird, twisted world.
https://www.politico.eu/article/40-countries-condemn-israel-attacks-un-peacekeepers-lebanon/

2024-10-15 16:51:31 UTC

I can finally switch to Windos again!
Now on Nebula, coming later to YouTube:
https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-i-can-finally-switch-to-windows-again
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2024-10-15 10:51:37 UTC

Love when the stock photos around a supposedly crashing Chinese market show a board covered in red. In China red signals a stock is going UP, not down. Red is a lucky color, so this man is looking at a boom :D
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/311/047/885/202/997/original/b1fa4ca975db7b2e.png

2024-10-10 18:57:42 UTC

It's my bday and a friend just made this. Cute!
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/284/654/089/252/992/original/89b915bca4a0763a.png

2024-10-09 14:16:38 UTC

Super cool to see authors showing up in embeds on Mastodon! 💪
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/277/886/468/691/635/original/4c414b975ab07638.png

2024-10-09 08:30:20 UTC

OMG grouped notifications alone make Mastodon 100 times more usable to me 😍
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/276/520/937/738/123/original/5b2c54c0f3d0255b.png

2024-10-05 09:20:39 UTC

Bought the sweater from [@signalapp](https://mastodon.world/@signalapp ) and it's looking great!
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/254/071/646/663/935/original/5df5cc1814e9117c.jpg