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AI age checks are expanding across Google, likely analyzing your photos. Ente protects your memories without profiling you

Um Epstein-Liste zu schreddern: Trump lässt IT-Experten aus Meidling einfliegen Die nichtexistierende Liste muss beseitigt werden. US-Präsident Donald Trump greift auf einen IT-Experten aus dem Ausland zurück.

Um Epstein-Liste zu schreddern: Trump lässt IT-Experten aus Meidling einfliegen dietagespresse.com/um-epstein-l...

Guardian headline saying, "‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number Chatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user’s mobile to man asking for rail firm helpline"

'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'

Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️

Screenshot from the Meta page where you can object to your data being used for AI

🚨 EU citizens - Meta will start using your data for AI 🚨

Say NO and object!

Here's how 👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-...

#MetaAI #EU #AI

Why do I love #podcast way more than YouTube videos? Because it is decentralized and an open standard. You dont like this Podcast app? Well, just use another one. You dont want to be censored? Just host it yourself with RSS. Life can be soo good without BigCorp....

used it for RSSS-only podcasts for years, no switching my new feeds as well

alrighty #spotify, your podcast sucks more and more (now with additional ads, even for premium), back to my love @pocketcasts.com

#BuyFromEU

Wenn wir schon über kritische Infrastruktur & Abhängigkeit von den USA sprechen: Warum nicht in Projekte investieren, die die digitale Souveränität stärken. Es braucht kein EU-Meta sondern Freie Software & offene Standards. Das allein schafft Synergien und hilft nachhaltig gegen technischen Lock-In.

@ente.io IS great for photos, using it for a few days and beside the privacy even the features are way better than Google or Apple photos

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TIL—There's a calculator on the cmd-line with `bc`.

And you can calculate your text in Neovim by selecting the calculation and sending it to be with `!bc`. Booom, your calculation is now replaced with the result.

Thanks, prime!

CLI Magic #1: Useful Bash Scripts Some small bash scripts I use on a regular basis

I used the last days to revamp and re-discovery my bash scripts and I decided to share some of them.

Do you have scripts which improve your workflow in the terminal?

wow @zed.dev is damn fast and good. Love that the configuration is so nice and easy

ARCH #Linux USERS

You are now safe to update your system, a new patched kernel just came out and the FUSE regression has now been resolved.

Looks very nice, subscribed 👍

I love the decentralization of git. With only one surviving version of the repository (if no shallow clone) you can restore the whole history of the repository. Feels so extremely secure and robust.

It's never too late to start valuing privacy & security, we all started at step 1.

2024 Gems of the year winners Today we’re thrilled to announce the winners of our fifth annual Gems of the Year awards! After our panel narrowed down the selection and the community voted on...

2024 Obsidian Gems of the Year results are in!

Explore the 33 winning projects across seven categories:

– Best new plugins
– Best new themes
– Best existing plugins
– Best tools
– Best content
– Best templates
– Best integrations

obsidian.md/blog/2024-go...

hexedit

finished my first book this year #booksky

just write it as a REGEX expression 😅

"new year" is when you do an empty commit to the blog, so the year in footer updates

just installed ghostty (already in the arch extra repository), looks and feels very snappy and fast. the kitty image protocol is a killer feature (forced me to use kitty until now) 👻

Screenshot revealing that |& is shorthand for 2>&1

I've been a Linux nerd for over 20 years.

Still, TIL

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Curious where your open-source project stands among others? 👀

🗺️ Explore the Map of GitHub: anvaka.github.io/map-of-github

🌐 With over 400k projects, each dot represents a project. Dots are closer if they share stargazers.

⭐ Source: github.com/anvaka/map-o...

#github #map #opensource

Extremely underrated app

alright, migrated to @cloudflare.social without any problems, very nice. Now my blog should load even faster ⚡

that was an hour work, just to get the SSL-certificate working again.. damn it I am for sure no web dev

Companies break promises all the time. A self-guaranteeing promise does not require you to trust anyone. You can verify a self-guaranteeing promise yourself. File over app is a self-guaranteeing promise. If files are in your control, in an open format, you can use those files in another app at any time. Not an export. The exact same files. It’s good practice to test this with any self-proclaimed file-over-app app you use. Terms and policies are not self-guaranteeing. A company may promise the privacy of your data, but those policies can change at any time. Changes can retroactively affect data you have spent years putting into the tool. Examples: Google, Zoom, Dropbox, Tumblr, Slack, Adobe, Figma. A self-guaranteeing promise about privacy gives you proof that the tool cannot access your data in the first place.

Encoding values into a governance structure is not self-guaranteeing. Given enough motivation, the corporate structure can be reversed. The structure is not in your hands. Example: OpenAI. Open source alone is not self-guaranteeing. Even open source apps can rely on data that is stuck in databases or in proprietary formats that are difficult to switch away from. Open source is not a reliable safeguard against the biases of venture capital. Examples: Omnivore, Skiff. When you choose to use a tool, the future of that tool is always ambiguous. On a long enough timeline the substrate changes. Your needs change, the underlying operating system changes, the company goes out of business or gets acquired, better options come along. It is possible to accept the ambiguousness of a tool’s future if you choose tools that make self-guaranteeing promises.

Companies break promises all the time. A self-guaranteeing promise does not require you to trust anyone.

Full essay:
stephango.com/self-guarantee

Every time I'm having a hard time to motivate myself to work on things I just grab my laptop and move to a different room. It kinda resets my brain 'cause the environment has changed. I heard people recommend to rearrange your furniture from time to time for the same reason.