ensko
@ensko.at
Software engineering teacher, programming language enthusiast, currently obsessed with Typst
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When I was signing up for mailbox.org and looking through the settings, it was the first time I thought, "wait, I actually *do* want to sign up for this newsletter!"
Wir veröffentlichen unseren Transparenzbericht zu den behördlichen Auskunftsanfragen im Jahr 2025 und ziehen Bilanz. Erfahren Sie mehr über die genauen Zahlen und wie mailbox mit Anfragen dieser Art umgeht: mailbox.org/de/news/tran...
#Transparenzbericht #Auskunftsanfragen #Datenschutz #mailbox
#Transparenzbericht #Auskunftsanfragen #Datenschutz #mailbox
February 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
When I was signing up for mailbox.org and looking through the settings, it was the first time I thought, "wait, I actually *do* want to sign up for this newsletter!"
Respekt: X (bzw. unbekannte Mitarbeiter) geklagt, weil sie durch Nichtunterstützen der österreichischen Justiz (mutmaßlich) Begünstigung einer Straftat begehen.
How it began: www.arminwolf.at/2025/06/28/x...
How it's going: www.arminwolf.at/2025/10/27/a...
#X #DigitalServicesAct #DSA
How it began: www.arminwolf.at/2025/06/28/x...
How it's going: www.arminwolf.at/2025/10/27/a...
#X #DigitalServicesAct #DSA
February 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Respekt: X (bzw. unbekannte Mitarbeiter) geklagt, weil sie durch Nichtunterstützen der österreichischen Justiz (mutmaßlich) Begünstigung einer Straftat begehen.
How it began: www.arminwolf.at/2025/06/28/x...
How it's going: www.arminwolf.at/2025/10/27/a...
#X #DigitalServicesAct #DSA
How it began: www.arminwolf.at/2025/06/28/x...
How it's going: www.arminwolf.at/2025/10/27/a...
#X #DigitalServicesAct #DSA
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
Word of the day – how many "customers" can Mister Wizard hornswoggle out of their money?
#giggs #giggsdnd #goodtimeswithscar
#giggs #giggsdnd #goodtimeswithscar
February 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Word of the day – how many "customers" can Mister Wizard hornswoggle out of their money?
#giggs #giggsdnd #goodtimeswithscar
#giggs #giggsdnd #goodtimeswithscar
To move my #Typst packages over to #Codeberg, I have adapted the community's package template to be more compatible with #Forgejo 's action runners. It's not drop-in, but simplifies the task.
blog.ensko.at/2026/02/03/t...
blog.ensko.at/2026/02/03/t...
Developing Typst Packages on Codeberg
I'm currently on a quest to move most of my open source activity to Codeberg; with regards to Typst packages, this is now a bit more convenient (and even better than Github!)
blog.ensko.at
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
To move my #Typst packages over to #Codeberg, I have adapted the community's package template to be more compatible with #Forgejo 's action runners. It's not drop-in, but simplifies the task.
blog.ensko.at/2026/02/03/t...
blog.ensko.at/2026/02/03/t...
hmm, I guess that's true. I'm not sure if you could observe this since there's more going on on Typst's main branch, but in principle...
February 2, 2026 at 1:07 PM
hmm, I guess that's true. I'm not sure if you could observe this since there's more going on on Typst's main branch, but in principle...
When you create a release from an unmerged PR on #Codeberg (to test the release workflow, fyi), the number of "commits to main since this release" is reported as negative
#TechnicallyTheTruth
#TechnicallyTheTruth
February 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
When you create a release from an unmerged PR on #Codeberg (to test the release workflow, fyi), the number of "commits to main since this release" is reported as negative
#TechnicallyTheTruth
#TechnicallyTheTruth
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A public answer to the European Commission’s „call for evidence on Open Source“: Success is a collective endeavour. We dream big: We hope that our work will benefit humankind as a whole! ploum.net/2026-01-22-w...
Why there’s no European Google?
Why there’s no European Google? par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
ploum.net
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 PM
A public answer to the European Commission’s „call for evidence on Open Source“: Success is a collective endeavour. We dream big: We hope that our work will benefit humankind as a whole! ploum.net/2026-01-22-w...
Reposted by ensko
Microsoft and BitLocker: If you have access to keys, eventually governments are going to come. And MS provided the keys www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw
The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.
www.forbes.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Microsoft and BitLocker: If you have access to keys, eventually governments are going to come. And MS provided the keys www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Reposted by ensko
Nach jedem neuen außenpolitischen Trump-Willkürakt wichtiger: Österreich und die EU-Initiative für digitale Souveränität www.golem.de/news/abschie...
Abschied von Microsoft und VMware: Österreichs Roadmap zur digitalen Souveränität - Golem.de
Österreich ist nicht gerade für Softwareinnovationen bekannt. Nun führt es aber eine Initiative für mehr digitale Souveränität in der EU an.
www.golem.de
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Nach jedem neuen außenpolitischen Trump-Willkürakt wichtiger: Österreich und die EU-Initiative für digitale Souveränität www.golem.de/news/abschie...