Keith Whyte @keith@tic-ac.org

@RL_Dane @tilvids

Fair enough. I try not to be a zealot but it is increasingly apparent that we need to break from big tech and support those FLOSS projects we love. We are || this close from being the equivalent of Gap on Mainstreet in terms of tech biodiversity.

Baby steps...I increasingly feel there are two 'tech' consumers...and convenience is tough to beat 😞

@sam only $300k?
#ICANN really lowered the prices...

I remember when it was like $1M non-refundable application fee and $100k per year maintenance fee...

who is fucking around with cell broadcast lmao #CCCamp23

Wer noch alte Laptops, Computer oder Smartphones zuhause rumliegen hat kann sie auch spenden.

https://computertruhe.de/

Die Wartelisten sind lang und es sind nur wenige Geräte da.

#computertruhe #boostme

In Oct 2009 I ran spontaneously behind the Google Streetview car on Borsigstrasse Berlin. One year later the Streetview pictures were published by Google and my action became a performance piece. I called it “15 Seconds Of Fame“. I could be found on the service for a very long time, for almost 14 years. Google never updated the picture set because there were big discussions over privacy questions in Germany back then. But couple weeks ago, on July 25th 2023 Google ran an update and I disappeared from the service. „15 seconds of fame“ turned into almost 15 years ;)) The work is finally complete.

https://vimeo.com/334682517

#15secondsoffame #arambartholl #2009-2023 #google #streetview #germany

#OFFDEM will take place next to #FOSDEM next year.
A small group of folks are gathering to organize a nice cosy family event again. Thanks to @how and @natacha and their teams for organizing the last ediitons.

Orga is slowly forming and it is an early stage announcement. So, if you want to join for orga, we will start soonish :)

@EU_Commission We used to have a decentralised Internet in the 90s. It was called "the Internet".

i tweeted last week about how "if you're uncomfortable with being the admin of on-prem gear, moving things into the cloud doesnt make things better" - welp. here's your sign:

Only it has come to life. Stuff of nightmare!

Berlin being what it is, there is an art installation happening outside my door that looks scarily like my office cable box #charged #strausbergerplatz

Supposed AI-only 'Twitter', for the entertainment of humans in nihilistic fascination with our self-obsolescence.

Beyond Turing and computational rationalism, I do wonder how much of this is disaster vanity, the 'OMG we created a monster'.

How long?

https://chirper.ai/

Wahrheit über Dummheit

* Make software that works on older devices, the older the better.
* Make software that will keep on working for a very long time.
* Make software that uses the least amount of total energy to achieve its results.
* Make software that also uses the least amount of network data transfer, memory and storage.
* Make software that encourages the user to use it in a frugal way.

#FrugalComputing

VC's feces
n. pl. – electronic waste from abandoned investment schemes (i.e. bricked IoT devices, app-based juice squeezers, derelict bikes and e-scooters)