Researcher & #Luddite interested in building commons who loves everything open 💖: #opensource, #openstreetmap #openscience #citizenscience #openculture […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke, follow @ap.brid.gy to interacthttps://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gyhttps://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mj2ps4ackk72Falls irgendjemand dachte das deutsche Großkonzerne nach WW2 aufgehört hätten direkt von Menschenrechtsverbrechen zu profitieren und selbst daran teilzuhaben: Für @amerika21 habe ich den Stand zu Mercedes-Benz Aktivitäten während der argentinischen Diktatur zusammengefasst: Argentinien […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11637454440904831709 Apr 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2ps4ackk72https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mizs4etrlao2«If copyleft codebases accept public domain AI generated code into their codebases, they are signing up to hollow out their projects from the inside out» Very good overview by @yoasif on why copyleft projects in particular suffer when "AI" touches them, by breaking apart the social contract […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11637245396042780709 Apr 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizs4etrlao2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mizs4etrlao2«If copyleft codebases accept public domain AI generated code into their codebases, they are signing up to hollow out their projects from the inside out» Very good overview by @yoasif on why copyleft projects in particular suffer when "AI" touches them, by breaking apart the social contract […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11637245396042780709 Apr 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizs4etrlao2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3miznpgm4g5x2«Idrassi said he has tried contacting Microsoft support, but he received automated responses that he believes contained AI-generated text» The lack of ability to get to talk to anyone for support must be one of the most individually infuriating things about the state of software, even long […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11637214638043965609 Apr 2026 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3miznpgm4g5x2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mix5uneps7v2Came across this on the #DiscoElysium subreddit and yeah, many other parts of the skills could be a great fit too.08 Apr 2026 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mix5uneps7v2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3miuk2a5wahm2Went out for dinner tonight and couldn't pass up the white asparagus pizza that was on the menu (as long as I'm a German citizen there might be some stipulation by law about having to eat white asparagus when offered). 🍕 But I'm also confused about asparagus being on the menu this time of the […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11636062943375308107 Apr 2026 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3miuk2a5wahm2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3miubdjpk2z72Autumn is here. 🍂 🌫️06 Apr 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3miubdjpk2z72https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mitcclk4dt42My brain is so used to the academic extractive publishing system that I was genuinely confused when I got an invoice to please send invoices for my writing. Fittingly that email came right after asks for unpaid reviewing and editing for academic journals. 😆06 Apr 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitcclk4dt42https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3miqq7rjldeb2The state of software "development" announcements in 2026 :NoAI: #ai #llm05 Apr 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqq7rjldeb2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mip26etjdd52«Every hour you spend confused is an hour you spend building the infrastructure inside your own head that will eventually let you do original work. There is no shortcut through that process that doesn't leave you diminished on the other side.» The machines are fine. I'm worried about us […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11634825388224075304 Apr 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mip26etjdd52https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3miod2whjezx2«By the end of the memoir one begins to suspect that the most revealing moment in the book is an offhand comment from Newsom’s wife. After seeing his apartment for the first time, she joked: “Did this guy take his interior design inspiration from American Psycho?” […] After finishing the memoir […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11634662785886941904 Apr 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3miod2whjezx2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mio4onvldld2For my German-reading folks: I wrote a bit about the intentional destruction of the Argentine industry by the government for @amerika21: Der geplante Untergang der argentinischen Industrie https://amerika21.de/2026/04/284354/untergang-industrie-argentinien04 Apr 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mio4onvldld2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3miml2sl45ao2RE: https://chaos.social/@besendorf/116340656159057774 So I (and probably thousands of other German men younger than 45) are currently (since January 1, 2026) breaking the law for living outside the country for >3 months without having asked permission from the ministry of defense? The level […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11634268670899039803 Apr 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3miml2sl45ao2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mim7cwdz47d2More 'fun' with the UK academic collapse: «“The review concluded that overall strategic alignment and value for money are not yet satisfactory,” the UKRI said.» I heard how the institute was close to having its 'new' strategy in place when I joined it *checks notes* 4 years ago… 😂 […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11634185939761438103 Apr 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mim7cwdz47d2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mikjriiohmo2If you're into #opensource and #bioinformatics AND based in the US: @OpenBio's Bioinformatics Open Source Conference is still accepting abstract submissions for another week. This year the conference will unfortunately be in Washington, DC. If you're not based in the US: please don't attend and […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11633809234425536603 Apr 2026 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikjriiohmo2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mikjriiohmo2If you're into #opensource and #bioinformatics AND based in the US: @OpenBio's Bioinformatics Open Source Conference is still accepting abstract submissions for another week. This year the conference will unfortunately be in Washington, DC. If you're not based in the US: please don't attend and […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11633809234425536603 Apr 2026 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikjriiohmo2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mikfqkhoklz2Finally finished uploading all the #panoramax images from our weekend trip! 😁02 Apr 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikfqkhoklz2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mii4tecnljr2German companies just seem unable to not try very hard to profit from dictatorships and genocides… Dictadura y Malvinas: el factor Mercedes-Benz | La tinta https://latinta.com.ar/2026/04/01/dictadura-y-malvinas-factor-mercedes-benz/02 Apr 2026 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mii4tecnljr2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mihlfzggluy2Last weekend we did a short trip to La Rioja, heading up to the old Mina Mejicana, which had an aerial lift to carry down ore and bring up materials and supplies, covering 3500 meters of altitude in total. And the day after we did a small hike (covering substantially less altitude 😆). Some […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11633145256239168101 Apr 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihlfzggluy2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mii4tecnljr2German companies just seem unable to not try very hard to profit from dictatorships and genocides… Dictadura y Malvinas: el factor Mercedes-Benz | La tinta https://latinta.com.ar/2026/04/01/dictadura-y-malvinas-factor-mercedes-benz/02 Apr 2026 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mii4tecnljr2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mihn37txcme2Made a PR to #CoMaps today to fix the display of road shields here in Argentina. Without having to use any "AI" - by just reading the code and comments, some call it old fashioned, others maybe organic. 🌱😎 :NoAI: https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/pulls/396601 Apr 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihn37txcme2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mihlfzggluy2Last weekend we did a short trip to La Rioja, heading up to the old Mina Mejicana, which had an aerial lift to carry down ore and bring up materials and supplies, covering 3500 meters of altitude in total. And the day after we did a small hike (covering substantially less altitude 😆). Some […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11633145256239168101 Apr 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihlfzggluy2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mifqsn6fdev2«I fear the kind of world that such a morally frivolous gamer billionaire will drag us into, and if we are to have peace, men like this must not build our future» Palmer Luckey Is Our Most Terrifyingly Deranged Billionaire […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11632732857244856501 Apr 2026 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifqsn6fdev2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mifpn3tyo6b2Wow, love all the work that the folks at @delta have been putting into growing out the ecosystem for secure messenging that works hard to be resilient to servers going down/being blocked! Zero metadata, group descriptions, native audio/video calls and much more! - Delta Chat […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11632724602914374601 Apr 2026 03:08 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifpn3tyo6b2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mifqsn6fdev2«I fear the kind of world that such a morally frivolous gamer billionaire will drag us into, and if we are to have peace, men like this must not build our future» Palmer Luckey Is Our Most Terrifyingly Deranged Billionaire […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11632732857244856501 Apr 2026 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifqsn6fdev2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mifpn3tyo6b2Wow, love all the work that the folks at @delta have been putting into growing out the ecosystem for secure messenging that works hard to be resilient to servers going down/being blocked! Zero metadata, group descriptions, native audio/video calls and much more! - Delta Chat […] https://scholar.social/@gedankenstuecke/11632724602914374601 Apr 2026 03:08 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifpn3tyo6b2https://bsky.app/profile/gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3miab5bjapd32For the #OpenStreetMap folks: are there existing tags to map "cell phone signal points", i.e. places out in nature where your phone will get a signal? I checked the Wiki but wasn't successful in finding anything.29 Mar 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:fequgggosmo7dk4l4tmlpmph/app.bsky.feed.post/3miab5bjapd32