Prototype Fund application rejected. All the more reason to double down on Kosmos, so community chat infrastructure can compete with Slack.
A CCC event that only links to Slack and Twitter for official communication? Are you serious?! https://
Inside a Chinese factory producing fake Budweiser: https://
Orange is clearly the wrong color for a Zappa beard, but this time I couldn't resist. I'm sorry, Berlin.
If I were to build a PC in the near future, I'd probably use this case for it: https://
Panem et circenses all around. Basic income is more panem, because the ratio is a bit heavy on circenses at the moment, so plebs are angry.
In "democratic" neo-feudalism, people are making fun of each other's preferred rulers on social media, pretending to have a say in things.
You know summer has arrived when you're hacking on the balcony at 8pm, with the sun out, cider on the table, and listening to Eek-A-Mouse.
Wanted: browser extension which lets me inline-search for URLs and directly link them in MediaWiki and Markdown fields in the browser.
At this rate of adoption, how long until Windows Server is just a Linux distro? https://
Had a great time cycling to OpenTechSummit and back with @jancborchardt@mastodon.social yesterday. Realized I should do way more social rides.
Anyone else in Berlin into cycling (fast-ish), and interested in a group ride this weekend or sometime next week?
Germans are currently paying 8 billion EUR/year in compulsory public broadcasting fees. Billion with a B. #opentechsummit
Hanging out at #OpenTechSummit in Potsdam today. Ping me if you want to chat about RemoteStorage, offline-first web apps, or @hackerbeach.
Unlocking a Samsung Galaxy S8 by iris-scanning a low-quality photo printed on paper: https://
Started using Mastodon/The Fediverse™ on April 6. Less than two months later, Twitter feels like a cheap, ad-ridden cable TV channel.
Played around with Mycroft this weekend. Unfortunately, its skill set leaves a lot to be desired for me, and responses are awfully slow. But seems like a good basis. And hey, it's all open source, so nothing to complain about really.
You can watch National Bird, a documentary about the US drone murder program, in German cinemas this week: http://
Probably the perfect lesson for kids who bought digital pets that can only survive on DRM-protected food: https://
When I read about Erlang once in a while, I always end up being reminded of this vid, then go watch it and laugh my ass off every single time: https://