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Kleinanzeigen (German Craigslist) addiction 😥
French streamer unbanked by Qonto after criticizing Palantir and Peter Thiel
Link: https://twitter.com/Ced_haurus/status/2018716889191498172
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46888438
Since DuckDuckGo has decided to regionalize all my search results even when no region is selected (why?!? 😩),
Making my work impossible (I don't spend my day writing about Canada DuckDuckGo! 🙄),
I have started to use 
@MojeekMojeek Search Engine and I must say that it is a real joy. I find what I'm looking for much quicker, no patronizing regionalization based on IP, and no AI pollution. It feels like I found back the 2010s web and I'm here for it.
Thank you Mojeek 💚
@Em0nM4stodonEm 
Have to agree. Just started using @Mojeek myself. Just search, like in the old days.
My favorite media "joke" is the one where fake news stories describe the US as an unstable regime led by an incompetent strongman leader.
You know, the way US media portrays any country we're not supposed to like.
Only in this case, it's mostly true.
figma のAIポンコツすぎるな。
Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/homeland-security-is-trying-to-force-tech-companies-to-hand-over-data-about-trump-critics/
Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics | TechCrunch
The use of administrative subpoenas, which are not subject to judicial oversight, are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies, including the owners of anonymous online accounts documenting ICE operations.
techcrunch.com · TechCrunch
Link author: 
Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/116004809011481588
Anyway the reason I roll my eyes at most of the discussion about "AI", "AGI", "the singularity", "intelligence self-improvement feedback loop" is that like, it happened, it's already happened, it's been happening, it's us. We're it.
Kurzweil talked about lusting for a machine that can make him smarter. I have that, it's a piece of paper. I can write math on a piece of paper and solve problems I can't solve in my head. I can upload all the information in the world directly into my brain (books).
Claude Is a Space to Think
Link: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-is-a-space-to-think
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46884883
Tomorrow I will represent 
@Mastodon at the EU Tech Stars Summit, organized by the European Greens at the European Parliament.
I will also be part of a panel moderated by MEP 
@alexandrageese about user choice focused algorithms.
https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/event/eu-tech-stars-summit
The members of 
@propublicaguild are preparing to strike to win their first contract: https://www.propublicaguild.org/updates/the-propublica-guild-is-ready-to-strike-for-a-fair-contract
@julianJulian Fietkau 
@silverpill yep exactly. I have never seen a fedi thing do even rough members only groups like there are in Facebook. I think more importantly then private ones are publicly viewable and sharable but not publicly participatable
@liaizonwakest ⁂ FOSDEM @silverpill I think 
@Bonfire's groups proposal (https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-community-matters-groups-as-the-next-step-for-the-fediverse/) covers the topic pretty thoroughly. Not sure if they've already done any spec work, but if anyone is building something like this I'd recommend coordinating with them.
I was planning on visiting Ferrara once again - maybe an early spring, maybe a late March or so. But...
1. I need to lose some weight - Ferrara is a place where kilos are gained very, very easily - colazione in Caffe Italiano, pre-lunch desert at Pasticceria Carli, pizza in Mordi e Fuggi, an ice cream, then a dinner and a few beers at the XI Comandamento. So I need to be prepared.
2. it needs to be a home match of S.P.A.L.... ehm, I mean, Ars et Labor Ferrara Calcio.. which is usually played on Sunday so it's not possible for me to just use my days off during the "short week"
3. And I also need to be there during the weekday because I want to visit the coffee roasters Krifi Caffe..
So as you can see, it's not as easy as it seems.. not as easy..
Stavo pensando di tornare a Ferrara—magari in primavera presto, tipo fine marzo. Però...
1. Prima devo perdere un po' di peso! Ferrara è una città dove si ingrassa in un attimo: colazione al Caffè Italiano, dolcetto prima di pranzo da Pasticceria Carli, pizza da Mordi e Fuggi, un gelato, poi cena e qualche birra allo XI Comandamento. Insomma, ci vuole preparazione! 😅
2. Deve coincidere con una partita in casa della S.P.A.L.... ehm, cioè, dell'Ars et Labor Ferrara Calcio—che di solito gioca la domenica, quindi non posso semplicemente approfittare dei giorni liberi infrasettimanali.
3. E poi vorrei esserci proprio in un giorno feriale, perché voglio visitare la torrefazione Krifi.
Insomma, come vedi, non è tutto così semplice... per niente! 😄
I was planning on visiting Ferrara once again - maybe an early spring, maybe a late March or so. But...
1. I need to lose some weight - Ferrara is a place where kilos are gained very, very easily - colazione in Caffe Italiano, pre-lunch desert at Pasticceria Carli, pizza in Mordi e Fuggi, an ice cream, then a dinner and a few beers at the XI Comandamento. So I need to be prepared.
2. it needs to be a home match of S.P.A.L.... ehm, I mean, Ars et Labor Ferrara Calcio.. which is usually played on Sunday so it's not possible for me to just use my days off during the "short week"
3. And I also need to be there during the weekday because I want to visit the coffee roasters Krifi Caffe..
So as you can see, it's not as easy as it seems.. not as easy..
"Capture it all": ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on protesters
Sen. Markey: Database of peaceful protesters, if it exists, should be shut down.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/capture-it-all-ice-urged-to-explain-memo-about-collecting-info-on-protesters/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
My highlight of Fosdem26 was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act: Solutions to the Challenges of Modern Social Media?' ✨
Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our 
@offene_netzwerke demands.
A huge thank you 
@jmarisJordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO for organising the panel & his excellent moderation. 👏
Thanks @alexandrageese member of the 🇪🇺 parliament, who took the time to join us & the FOSS community for this important debate over the weekend.
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"Capture it all": ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on protesters
Sen. Markey: Database of peaceful protesters, if it exists, should be shut down.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/capture-it-all-ice-urged-to-explain-memo-about-collecting-info-on-protesters/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Fedimap.de – fedimap.de https://rivva.de/336251341
Med check!!!
(Also, what's your solution to the question of: Did I take my meds?)
Education Committee meeting today. The genAI madness is in full swing, at least in my neck of the higher-education woods.
Example: MSc dissertations. A three-months project of supervised applied research. Students now are encouraged to use LLM tools to develop and design their project. It used to be the role of the supervisor to help the student develop their project and learn how to do things themselves, in a series of personal meetings, human teacher and human student in creative dialogue, a precious culmination of a Master's degree. Under the new rules, as supervisor I won't even be allowed to insist that the student works with me, without AI.
Since you ask: yes, I did speak up against it. A few other colleagues did so too. Most were pro-AI, feeling hip.
The world we live in! A once noble profession giving up on its own core role, mindlessly. Self-mutilation of the university teacher as a profession.
#StopTheAICorruption #noAI #NoVibeLearning #HigherEducation #AcademicChatter
Show HN: Craftplan – I built my wife a production management tool for her bakery
Link: https://github.com/puemos/craftplan
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46847690
Coding Agent VMs on NixOS with Microvm.nix
Link: https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2026-02-01-coding-agent-microvm-nix/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46844410
Tomorrow I will represent @Mastodon at the EU Tech Stars Summit, organized by the European Greens at the European Parliament.
I will also be part of a panel moderated by MEP @alexandrageese about user choice focused algorithms.
https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/event/eu-tech-stars-summit
Education Committee meeting today. The genAI madness is in full swing, at least in my neck of the higher-education woods.
Example: MSc dissertations. A three-months project of supervised applied research. Students now are encouraged to use LLM tools to develop and design their project. It used to be the role of the supervisor to help the student develop their project and learn how to do things themselves, in a series of personal meetings, human teacher and human student in creative dialogue, a precious culmination of a Master's degree. Under the new rules, as supervisor I won't even be allowed to insist that the student works with me, without AI.
Since you ask: yes, I did speak up against it. A few other colleagues did so too. Most were pro-AI, feeling hip.
The world we live in! A once noble profession giving up on its own core role, mindlessly. Self-mutilation of the university teacher as a profession.
#StopTheAICorruption #noAI #NoVibeLearning #HigherEducation #AcademicChatter
#SocialCoop the instance will momentarily go down as we try to bump the character limit to 1k :) Thank you for your patience!
I'm going to be talking at this event next month:
"Online Meeting on Electronic Research Notebooks: Implementation & Adoption Success Stories"
#ERN #ELN #notebook #notebooks #ElectronicResearchNotebooks #ElectronicLabNotebooks
So many developers have sent me that Anthropic skills/mastery case study that I realized I should ungate what I *already wrote* about this whole topic back in October: beginning principles to design workflows that work *with* your mind, not against it, & protect your problem-solving
https://www.fightforthehuman.com/cognitive-helmets-for-the-ai-bicycle-part-1/
We use a lot of simple analogies for learning that are subtly misleading. Like reducing all of complex behavior down to simplistic "dopamine loops", it's inaccurate. Good learning is not really about whether things are "always hard" or "always easy," it's about whether we're being strategic overall
So many developers have sent me that Anthropic skills/mastery case study that I realized I should ungate what I *already wrote* about this whole topic back in October: beginning principles to design workflows that work *with* your mind, not against it, & protect your problem-solving
https://www.fightforthehuman.com/cognitive-helmets-for-the-ai-bicycle-part-1/
오렌지 조랭이떡 보여줄게
실업, 은둔, 주거불안 등에 시달리는 취약 청년들의 신체·정신건강이 악화되는 데에 미래에 대한 불안, 타인과의 비교 등 사회구조적 압박의 영향이 크다는 연구 결과가 나왔습니다. 이들은 사회구조적 압박을 버티기 급급해 건강을 챙기기도 어려웠습니다.
[단독] 아파도 ‘유튜브 의사’ 보며 버틴다…병원 문턱...
삼성, ‘전사 영어문서’ 체제로 전환…국내외 법인 간 문서도 영어만 사용
기사입력 2026.02.02 10:35
삼성전자·디스플레이·바이오로직스 내달부터 적용…글로벌 경영 체질 개선·속도전 나서
www.sankyungtoday.com/news/article...
삼성, ‘전사 영어문서’ 체제로 전환…국내외 법인 간 ...
WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
I think Odin sincerely believes humans can conjure bacon out of thin air if you stare at them cutely enough #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon
Wife Fugi! 🐰🩷 #RosieDreamsOfArt
Noctiluca라는 macOS 컴퓨터를 원격으로 제어할 수 있는 소프트웨어를 만들고 있습니다! 조만간 테스트 가능한 버전이 나올 것 같은데, 혹시 관심 있으신 분 계신가요 🥺
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:drcseq22apwsrbpufztrntj4/post/3mdt44pblsan2
미피 레고버전 시안이 나왔다고 합니다. 네모네모빔!! 10,000표를 받아야 출시된다고 합니다. 트친비로 버튼 눌러! 선착순 1만명에 들어가!! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) 
Stefano Marinelli
Andy Piper
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) 
David Beazley
✧✦Catherine✦✧
Dolmengi
