Co-founder PONC.tech, freelance professional computer-whisperer, part time dungeon master, amateur improv comedian. Don't be afraid to request to follow, unless you're an obvious spam account, I will accept. This does mean that your profile has to have at least some stuff on it though. #ImprovComedy #Immigrant #AntiFascist #Neurospicy #ADHD #Queer #Bisexual #Pansexual #Cats #BlockchainSkeptic #Mixology #Cooking #StarTrek #TheExpanse #Golang #Rustlang #Python #Linux #OpenSource #Kubernetes #Berlin #Anarchism #Socialism #TTRPG #BoardGames #VideoGames #NoAI #NoGenAI :stopslop: #fedi22 #tootfinder Profile picture by @misnina
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Last Notes npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: I love how all these open source projects are accepting LLM generated stuff, and when called out on it, they will quickly mention that "this is not the place to debate the ethics of AI". So my question for everyone saying that is... if not now, when? When will we discuss if the source of the thing you're trying to ram through our throats is acceptable? When will we discuss if you normalising the damage the LLM companies are doing to create these tools is acceptable? Or are we just going to ignore all the bullshit because it is (according to you) "useful"? I bet people thought labour from kids sent to the mines was useful... Or that the results from inhumane studies were also useful... So, I ask of you again, when IS the time and place to discuss the ethical ramifications of you using these things? Because it never seems to be the time for it somehow, isn't that interesting? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…u7p7 Asking for a certain seldo creation? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…u7p7 I think the left-wing case for automation would work as soon as losing ones job doesn't risk losing ones capability to take care of oneself. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…u7p7 I also find it a bit hypocritical to start green and ethical, and then pivot to something so... problematic. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…mcwl install the sl app to stop the sleep from happening. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…mcwl ah yeah, I assumed a terminal npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…m5v4 I will, because all the guy in the post needs is a tram or an u-bahn, or, hell, a decent bus. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…v2v2 @nprofile…m5v4 That'd be great, although in that case working transit would be an even better option. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…0hde @nprofile…gu7x I'm honestly sad that I will most likely never be able to visit New York City, which is the main place I would have loved to visit there. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Do any other cat staff who work at home sometimes just think "where my cats at"? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: https://tante.cc/2026/01/25/winning-the-wrong-game/ "That’s the job. If “AI” is actually more expensive than paying actual people actual wages that’s still a good investment for capital because it is about breaking up the structures, networks and organizations that help workers organize and fight for labor standards and fairer wages." A good reminder that we shouldn't just attack AI on how bad it is at what it's supposed to do. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…mcwl Speak for yourself, I don't deserve that! npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: So, despite the valid red flags with their CEO, I reluctantly got a kagi subscription. The reason is that it's a much better experience than DDG, ecosia, qwant, or let alone the shithole that google has made itself. It is quite nice to have a search engine that actually works again, it saves me a lot of time and frustration. That said, the red flags that kagi has waved make it so that as soon as a decent alternative arrives, I'm jumping ship. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…v2v2 Being multilingual can really make for some amusing brainfarts. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Fedi, do you have favourite words? Like, not because of what they mean, but more because of how they sound, how they feel to say, or just how they look? For example my favourite German word is "Kartoffel", and my favourite English words is "Shenanigans". Oddly enough, I can't think of one in Dutch right now. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…mcwl to be fair, that's not BS that's sending that, that's a third party bridge. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Wow, the door to door salesmen are becoming aggressive. Had some vodafone guys at my door to ask why I quit. I told them I had no time for this as I was working. They told me that I was "required" to tell them why I quit. I asked them how so and that I really don't have time for them. When I closed the door, they kicked the door, rang my bell again, and started shouting that they would fuck my wife and mother. They only left when I faked calling the cops. What the actual fuck. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Don't forget, LLMs are an attempt to rent-seek on things that are just basic cognitive abilities, providing you keep using those abilities. Even ignoring all the other ethical problems with it (and you really shouldn't), do you really want to offload things like "writing", "reading", "drawing", etc, to the same kind of companies that have brought you great innovations like surveillance capitalism and the gig economy? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…u7p7 For me it depends on the hook, and when I'm playing it. I loved Hades, but never finished it. I played so much FTL, but that was also when I had much more time. I also dropped off after some time of hollow knight, although that's a metroidvania, not a roguelite. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: One worrying theme of post I've seen is that someone quite skilled at a subject will openly say that they don't think LLMs can be trusted at all when it comes to the area of their expertise, but then, in the same breath, will say that they will happily use it in an area that they are not skilled at. I'm amazed that they never deduce that if the LLM is bad at the thing they're good at, that maybe it's also bad at the thing they are not good at. #LLM #Enshittification #AI npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…psyq Yep, the dystopia is intensifying at a scary rate. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…fj6t wait what? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…0j77 Auf ein gute oder schlechte weise? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Even ignoring the errors, why would you want to summarise entertainment, like, isn’t watching that the entire point? https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115708610228244396 npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…2pyj I doubt this is intentional, I doubt they're even considering self hosting at all. It's just that they are eating all the resources they can, so that they can be rich enough to walk away laughing once the bubble explodes and leaves a wasteland. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: So, I think I'm going to declare the genAI bubble a more depressing bubble than the cryptocurrency/blockchain one. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Going to bring my cat Scrambles to the vet in a bit, so I thought I would dress appropriately. #cats #CatsOfMastodon #FediCats #TabbyThursday https://social.ainmosni.eu/fileserver/01HJ3YGN0RVM413YHB8EF6X76H/attachment/original/01KBM64150EMEJ94C7SJFTFD0F.jpeg npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Ah yes, it's december, the time of year when all big tech companies try to make their surveillance seem cute by showing stats of all the stuff they know about you. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…0j77 :( ich schicke kraft und gute "vibes". npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Sorry, just because it's been around for a while doesn't make me respect "AI" generated "art" any more than before. Hell, it's even less now that the novelty has worn off, now it's just the aesthetic of the cyberbland dystopia that our corporate overlords are pushing so hard. Just post the prompt, or just make an ugly version in MS paint, it'll have more meaning, intent, originality, and soul than anything coming out of the plagiarised bullshit generator. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: This goes even more so for us in Europe, when possible send as few euros to the giant companies as possible, and if you can’t find something locally, try to find a web store that’s at least in the same country. https://mastodon.social/@warandpeas/115622653480318847 npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Just finished "Enshittification" by @nprofile…998y, and despite it not telling me anything new, as I've been following him and this subject for a while, seeing all the case studies, the analysis, and Cory's proposed cure in a succinct, eloquent, and well argued overview was enraging, cathartic, and still hopeful. I would definitely recommend it to most people, but especially to people who are not as familiar with all the tech nonsense as I am. I have the feeling I will be lending my copy to people regularly. Oh, and the plug for the fediverse was nice to see. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: One of the (non job-replacing) reasons why the management class is so smitten with genAI is that the management class doesn't make anything themselves, they are used to ordering someone else to make it for them, and then using what comes out of that order to make profit. This means that they are not really involved in either the creation, or enjoyment, of whatever it was they ordered. So of course they think that LLM work is a totally valid replacement for human work, as they care not about the creation, nor about the quality, they just care that it makes a profit. #AI #LLM #genAI #EatTheRich npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Does anybody know of an index of those "daily" games that popped up after wordle became popular? I know of pastpuzzle, and rogule, but I wonder if there is a place where I can find links to a lot of them. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…52vl I've seen a lot of "but the corp/billionaire is good because of X" replies lately, and that's a new thing here. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Listening to the latest episode of @nprofile…m6er’ “Tech won’t save us”, and I’m loving the anger that Gil Duran brings. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Is it just me, or has there been a big influx of devils advocates and bootlickers on fedi lately? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…98cu I'm not sure if we didn't realise, so many 80s movies have a big corp and the rich as the bad guys, so just going by that data point, I'd think we've realised it for quite a while. Also, culturally, we've actually become more friendly to the rich between then and now, I would almost say that we're finally rediscovering what people used to know. For the rest, 100% agreed. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…mu0h Wacht, ben jij nederlands? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Good morning #Amsterdam. https://social.ainmosni.eu/fileserver/01HJ3YGN0RVM413YHB8EF6X76H/attachment/original/01K9BY3NMB29HX281ZBE9E68G0.jpeg https://social.ainmosni.eu/fileserver/01HJ3YGN0RVM413YHB8EF6X76H/attachment/original/01K9BY3QV2TMHF3CMNAGX9Y5AH.jpeg https://social.ainmosni.eu/fileserver/01HJ3YGN0RVM413YHB8EF6X76H/attachment/original/01K9BY3TMTJB3TMVGJHTG1N9R6.jpeg https://social.ainmosni.eu/fileserver/01HJ3YGN0RVM413YHB8EF6X76H/attachment/original/01K9BY3X2842JGF82CNC2JTWPB.jpeg npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: You know you’re in the Netherlands when all of a sudden you have full 5g coverage despite being surrounded by cows. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: So, I did some desk remodelling lately, and it left some space on my desk. I decided to put a cat bed there, and it just got approved. https://social.ainmosni.eu/fileserver/01HJ3YGN0RVM413YHB8EF6X76H/attachment/original/01K88EMW45YD34BHR17CW1686S.jpeg npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…2ff0 This is more entertaining if you hear API like a Dutch person would, which is "lil' monkey". npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: My supervisor is flat out taking a nap, how unprofessional… #cats #FediCats https://social.ainmosni.eu/fileserver/01HJ3YGN0RVM413YHB8EF6X76H/attachment/original/01K8B6QKF1EZNK84SSD8KRRAXG.jpeg npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: I hate that I have to add a disclaimer that this image comes from before LLMs. #UnionMan #StarTrek #DeepSpace9 https://social.ainmosni.eu/fileserver/01HJ3YGN0RVM413YHB8EF6X76H/attachment/original/01K864KKH6RXNSDXM1GHRZXJ3H.jpeg npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: I've been rewatching #Mythbusters since they've put all the episodes on #YouTube, and it's been a fun, nostalgic experience for me. But a few things are slightly bugging me that I didn't think of when I was young: Them using imperial units everywhere. I'm not sure if I'm more or less impressed with what they make using arcane measurements like "1/16th of an inch". Just how car brained they can be, a quote of Jamie saying that flying cars need to happen because "high ways keep getting full, and we can only build so many". Never, in all the car safety myths, realising that maybe operating multi-tonne heavy machinery isn't really a safe practice in any state, but I guess this is just a repeat of my car brain point. And all the water myths remind me that US building code doesn't make a residual current device compulsory, so water hitting electrical devices is instantly dangerous, instead of just immediately turning off the power as it would in any Dutch or German building. I'll excuse the gun stuff though, as hollywood is a thing, and it makes for fun myths to bust. That said, it's still a very fun show, and it's sad that there isn't something similar in the current mainstream zeitgeist, as it seems many people have lost their interest in science and are going in the opposite direction. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: This is literally my relationship with Scrambles. https://social.ainmosni.eu/fileserver/01HJ3YGN0RVM413YHB8EF6X76H/attachment/original/01K80NJ6WCBYD5Y3E64V8JGSHB.jpeg npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Hey #Berlin bubble, does anybody know where I can buy hobby electronics like ESP32s, jump cables, etc? I would like to buy something today, but the only one I know of (Segor) is already closed, and it would be cool if I don't have to wait until Monday to continue this project. :boost_requested: npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Does anybody have any stats on how many fedi instances are hosted at AWS? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…qhyv @nprofile…mpuw All of 90s science fiction was one big incestuous cesspit. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…q54u Bah, and I just checked if neato was supported by valetudo, and sadly that is also not the case :( npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: It's sad that we not only are living in something that's approaching a cyberpunk dystopia, but that we cherry picked the most bland parts of it as well. Is cyberbland a thing? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Hey all, let’s not try to scare away the new people, gatekeeping sucks, and it’s fine if people don’t act exactly like you. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Hey fellow nerds, does anyone know of a way to make github display indentation levels. Asking for someone sick and tired of reading big yaml files on github. :boost_requested: npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: I quit Amazon since around the start of the year now, for obvious reasons, in that time I used the site once to buy a thing thing where the vendor only sold in Europe through Amazon. My observations: I've started using physical stores more, and have actually liked having another reason to get out of the house. (HomeOffice definitely keeps me inside more) I found a lot of fun independent German webshops that I now use. Sadly the quality of said webshops varies, especially when it comes to delivery times. Amazon's biggest strength is that you can find virtually anything there, so you can just type what you need in the search bar. Amazon's biggest weakness now is that it pushes weird brands that are substantially worse than the thing you actually would find in a legitimate store. All in all, I'm pleased with this experiment. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: I beg of everyone using a slop pic with their petition, article, or whatever to just not do that. For me, it instantly negatively tints the thing you put it on, and makes me less likely to read it, endorse it, or sign it. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Hey Fedi, years back, there was a cleanup app for twitter, that showed you your followers one at a time, with a selection of what they posted, and then a choice if you wanted to keep following them. Is there something like this for fedi? :boost_ok: npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…flkv Das seht sehr gut aus! npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Dear Apple Music, You have access to my full listen history, my nationality, the tracks that are in "my library", and what I "favourited". Now, how in the ever living hell would this information make you think I would be EVER interested in the music act of the Super Bowl? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Hey fedi, what are your favourite web UIs to interface with the #fediverse. Preferably ones that work with #GoToSocial, but if you don't know if it does, please share anyway. I'm using #Phanpy now, which is the nicest I've found, but I still feel like I'm missing something. :boost_requested: npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…zkq7 @nprofile…args As a Dutch person, when I went to canada, Canadian friends asked me "what wheel size do you use?", "what frame size?", and more. I just answered "I don't know... it looks like shit, cycles comfortably, and gets me to work and back every day. I do find it fascinating how north Americans can make an identity out of almost anything... :P npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: TIL there’s an international sign for “HELP!” https://troet.cafe/@Ursuursulala/115147980725107382 npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: One of the worst modern tortures is knowing society could be greatly improved, and that the main things stopping that from happening are the tiny minority of powerful people who benefit from the current state of affairs, and the huge amount of people believing that any effort to improve society will be futile anyway. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Hey fedi, I used to follow this bot that posted a picture of a raccoon every hour, but when the instance it was on went down, the bot disappeared. Does anybody know if there's another bot that does this? I do miss my hourly raccoon pic. Also, feel free to reply with other bots that post cute animal pictures/videos! :boost_requested: npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: I think I finally realised why this season of Strange New Worlds doesn't click with me, and it's mostly because I love Trek when it dares to critique societal problems, when it shows the cost of a progressive utopia, but that that utopia is more than worth that cost. This season feels like it's more interested in just pushing the commercial franchise while feeling almost conservative for Star Trek standards, with it being more interested in showing the love life of Spock, or that a journalist's criticism is invalid because he misses his sister. It also seems to be making Pike's command style impotent, which, considering Pike has a very egalitarian, flat command structure, kinda messages that only an authoritative command style is truly effective. Combine that with that modern live action Trek has gone more Earth == USA than it used to, and this season just feels flat and a bit more empty than I like my Trek to be. #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Hey fedi, I'm looking for a place to send my restic backups to. I have the following requirements: ssh, sftp, s3 or compatible with any other restic storage backend. Not hetzner, as I want to have my backups on a separate provider European company Anyone have any recommendations? :boost_requested: npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation's "Q Who?" reminded me just how scary and alien they made the Borg then, and how they really ruined that in every use outside of TNG. #StarTrek npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: YouTube (in-video) ad: "I live $product because it's an app, no shady websites!" Do the copywriters realise how unrealistic that sounds? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…87ch The sad part is that "loving cars more than people" is an actual thing, and even sadder, the global default. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…naem Agreed, I've been moving as much of my tech infra to self hosting, and it's so much nicer to have full control of my data while also not having to be paranoid about it changing suddenly to add "features" that send all my data to some undisclosed third party. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…dda0 So, what you’re saying is that we should not have laws that protect normal people from having their data farmed in ways that would make even the stasi blush? It’s funny in a very sad way that something called the Linux foundation is having this extremely corporate boot licking message, considering that a good share of Linux desktop users are that to get away from the corporate spying. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…843t Yeah it did, and it did it pretty well, Paul Wesley's kirk did a great job of selling it as well. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…flkv Verzweiflung, nichts anders ist möglich. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…q54u oh wow, it's like when the baddies start in-fighting. Do you have enough popcorn at your place? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…pwgm Honestly, as much as I love Trek, with the current climate, it might be time for another hibernation before the current trends get their hooks in it. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: So, remember when I posted about having a surprise integration test today? Well... I'm not sure this was part of the test, but when I arrived there, it was a little office, with a single woman there. I sit down, she asks me some personal data which I give to her. She does some data entry, returns my ID, and asks me to verify the data she entered... So, after I do that, getting a little impatient, I ask if I can do the test now... She looks at me, as confused as I am, and says "sir, you got it wrong, this is not you appointment for the integration test, this is the appointment to MAKE an appointment for the integration test... so how does September sound?" Like I said, this must be part of the test, because this is the most German thing I've ever seen. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…el4d This is going to hurt them, and their customers so much. AI is nowhere near capable enough to replace those people, but that's not stopping them from doing it. I'm expecting one of the hardest popping of bubbles that we've ever seen. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: I hate dating apps, story #34245 So, I matched with this woman, and the chat was going pretty well, and we were trying to plan our first date. She says that she's busy for the next 2 weeks, I reply saying, all right, we'll meet somewhere after CSD then. She then asks what CSD is, to which I explain that that's what Pride is called here in Berlin. She then asks if I'm bi, which I then confirm. She then responds "oh then we're not compatible". After reading it twice, I open the hamburger menu, and tap the block button, realising I might have just dodged a bullet. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: This should be obvious, but just in case it isn't, the loneliness epidemic is highly advantageous to the rich and powerful. The less of a social security net we have, the easier it is to divide and conquer us. This is also why they hate unions with a passion. And if they can make money by giving us AI "friends" to "solve" this epidemic, even better, especially as it'll make us even more dependent on things that they directly control. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Just a reminder that the fediverse doesn't bury your post if you use words like "death", "suicide", "holocaust", "nazi", and other things. So unlike commercial platforms, you really don't have to use corpo-baby-speak like "unalive" to get around that kind of censorship. You can also curse as much as you fucking please, no need to get the asterisks out. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Installing windows 10 in a VM so I can update the firmware of a controller I only use under Linux. It's been quite a while since I installed/ran Windows and this is much worse than I remember, the nagging, the ads, and everything. How is the Linux desktop worse again? Because this is just unacceptably bad, and AFAIK, Windows 11 is even worse. #Windows #Linux npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…q54u @nprofile…pzw9 @nprofile…gnzr Can't seem to find any tickets, does that mean we can just walk in? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…qc9u Yep, on that I fully agree. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Scrambles is living his best #Caturday life. https://social.ainmosni.eu/fileserver/01HJ3YGN0RVM413YHB8EF6X76H/attachment/original/01JYV8ECEB4CA3HS0AB88FMDZX.jpeg npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…qc9u While you're not wrong that the last part is an issue, I would say that the loneliness epidemic is a bit more complex than that. We are losing social cohesion because of how polarised things like social media have made us, and that has made us more lonely. Now I'm not saying that the things we got polarised about are not important issues, or that things were 100% better then. But we are much less in touch with our societies now, and that is just as much a problem as men refusing to go to therapy. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…d6h6 Sounds like MS during the vista days. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…mpuw @nprofile…l00x which is an amazing episode, one of my all time favs. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…f9l8 @nprofile…uhu3 There will be some exceptions, but the vast majority of the times, the "just let it die" decision will be made by executives who never cared about the games outside of the money it could make them. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: I really wish apps had a setting to turn off “cute”, “funny ”, or otherwise “human”-like copy. I find it super jarring, even if the app itself is useful. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Can we ban the word "BREAKING" when it comes to news? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Just finished #Andor, and without spoilers I will say: Best thing that ever came out of #StarWars, no contest. I think season 1 hit a bit harder for me, but I'll have to rewatch it all I love all the performances, but as I never noticed Diego Luna before, his understated Andor performance is one of the hightlights. Still surprised that this came out of a corporate behemoth like Disney. Now I just need to find time to rewatch all of it in sequence. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: So, #German and #Berlin bubble, where do you buy kitchen stuff online that is not Amazon? I've stopped using Amazon fully this year, but I just realised that that was the only web shop I used for any kitchen equipment, do y'all have some recommendations for me? Thanks! :boost_requested: npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Happy to see the enormous amount of people protesting the fascist regime in the US. Keep this going and you'll force some amazing real change, but do expect the resistance from the regime to become more vicious the more scared they are. Keeping my fingers crossed. #NoKings npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Found this kneipe hiding 15 minutes walking away from where I live, and ever since, I can’t resist having a beer here when I walk by on a sunny day. #berlin #DayOff https://social.ainmosni.eu/fileserver/01HJ3YGN0RVM413YHB8EF6X76H/attachment/original/01JXFJPNPXQTS7X8X7GFZ7029C.jpeg https://social.ainmosni.eu/fileserver/01HJ3YGN0RVM413YHB8EF6X76H/attachment/original/01JXFJPY8YH8JEC8F7HFHZXEEW.jpeg npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: Been living with these cats for a long time, and they still melt my frozen heart every single day. #cats #FediCats #CatsOfMastodon https://social.ainmosni.eu/fileserver/01HJ3YGN0RVM413YHB8EF6X76H/attachment/original/01JXX1V9CW7ENT98T78RPCZDKM.jpeg npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: You can tell that I'm Dutch in that, while I totally understand that bicycle helmets are actually needed here in #Berlin, but that I, emotionally, still think they look silly and roll my eyes at them. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…qz4x GOD that picture is creepy. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: A reminder for my American friends going to the #noKings protests that the people who made your phones have essentially sworn fealty to the regime you're protesting against, and as we've let them get away with establishing that we don't truly own our devices, you might want to reconsider bringing your phone to the protest. npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…zp6v How about bridges? npub17hcu2cdyejxn20k7z6d44q4jwtjj8xdgs27nevsc6uf9uqhkez8sneu3fx Daniël Franke :panheart: @nprofile…d6h6 There are some companies where you're like "well, I know this place is going to fail but it's a fun trip while it lasts" and then there's the "oh fuck, I'm in a cult, and someone nailed the exit closed" type.