Co-founder of Depfu. Dreams in MIDI (the protocol, not the music). Writes code by hand and would like to continue to do so for a while. Would prefer to keep this planet livable for all instead of building homes for billionaires on Mars. He/Him.
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Last Notes npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte As I sit here, once again, with a Galão and a Portuguese croissant, reminiscing about the good old times on a day after Google finally openly cancelled a long rotten social contract that underpinned the open web for a long time, I think back to all the conferences I've been to, where we used some of Google's money to celebrate the open web and party hard, and wonder if there was a point where we should've recognised the writings on the wall much earlier. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte @nprofile…mmk3 BTW I'm choosing my words very carefully here. There are good arguments to be made as to why it's ok for Israel to continue to be part of the ESC, and good arguments to be made why boycotting this year's ESC was a good choice. Unfortunately, as much as I think American free speech absolutism is mostly misguided, the European (and German specifically) discourse around Israel has left all rationality behind and makes actual discussions nigh impossible. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte @nprofile…mmk3 it was always a love/ hate relationship, I feel. For a couple of years now Israel's continued attendance has sparked dissent and protests, and this year this has caused a couple of countries withdrawing from the contest. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte There were many reasons for me to ignore ESC even harder than usual, but as mandated by my yearly procedure I listened to the winning song once. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte @nprofile…wywj @nprofile…4agh that's not how that particular genre of toot works, I'm afraid. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte Had to look through @nprofile…4agh's timeline, to make sure he didn't post it already, so here we go: npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte I see that there is a growing need for a GitHub alternative specifically for SMBs and single devs where setting up a self hosted alternative would be a too large investment. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte Kenne ich hier eine Person die eine Person kennt, die Türkisch spricht und mir für ein Ehrenamt drei sehr kurze Sätze aus dem deutschen oder englischen übersetzen kann? npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte @nprofile…egn4 Or, hear me out, you could buy a relatively cheap but consistent hand grinder instead of hacking your beans to pieces. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte @nprofile…kpq7 @nprofile…zsve I do remember mine vividly, interestingly: https://firstpr.me/#halfbyte npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte I have this very persistent "company" of sorts claiming they have a "family office" that wants to invest in Depfu. They contacted me with, I think, two different persons (personas?) with wildly different email addresses, which look scammy and don't have any websites attached. I don't even have a company name to research their credibility. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I *really* don't want European Hyperscalers to be a thing. Hyperscalers are at best a market/regulation failure and at worst a huge risk to create another one of these "too big to fail" scenarios. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte @nprofile…p9dw Sounds almost identical to me. Been negative since monday on rapid tests but still quite clogged. I was able to work but not at 100% and with long breaks, naps and all that. Hopeful to be somewhat back to normal after the weekend as the stuffiness subsides slowly. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte @nprofile…7v9l Gute Besserung! I wanted to get a booster today at the #LangeNachtdesImpfens but tested positive on Monday after feeling mildly shitty over the weekend. I think the last time I got it was also a month or so after getting a booster. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte I just reminded myself that "Drop" by The Pharcyde is a song and a music video that exists and now, if you've never seen it before, do yourself a favour and watch it and be amazed. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte @nprofile…q54u I'm not even sure that's Anil's intention, but in general, you're absolutely right of course. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte People who moan about Europe not having a Google or Meta. Because of regulation and shit and because (of course) we in Europe don't like success. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte @nprofile…dt3s Ich schwanke immer zwischen Enttäuschung wie schwer sich die Medien mit dem Fediverse tun (Es ist halt auch schwer greifbar, wenn man gewohnt ist, über große Firmen zu berichten) und einer gewissen Genugtuung dass wir hier einfach mehr oder weniger komplett unter dem Radar fliegen. Das erleichtert ja auch einiges. npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte @nprofile…k9cr I think they fixed the share image on the site by now but I cannot unsee that Mini-USB plug here. 😄 npub1c0ljaglmeddw5w2pvllls7279m06824vgg462kdvawdu9jepk8ys0zajrw half/byte #TIL about the Telefunken Rollkugel, which, according to the linked article sorta kinda was developed in parallel with Engelbarts Mouse (and in contrast already works with a mouse ball) and was commercially available in 1968. The innards look surprisingly similar to a "modern" ball mouse.
