Florian 'floe' Echtler
@floe.butterbrot.org
Research Hobbyist, Tenured Hacker, Antifascist.
Jack of all trades, master of some.
Associate Professor for Computer Science, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Founding Editor […]
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Jack of all trades, master of some.
Associate Professor for Computer Science, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Founding Editor […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://hci.social/@floe, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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So Deutsche Bahn is finally, after all these years waiting, going TO RUN TRAINS FROM GERMANY TO LONDON! #crosschannelrail
December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
So Deutsche Bahn is finally, after all these years waiting, going TO RUN TRAINS FROM GERMANY TO LONDON! #crosschannelrail
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Das ganze Jahr:
- das Bürgergeld muss gekürzt werden
- Deutschland kann sich die Rente nicht mehr leisten
- die bösen Geflüchteten sind so teuer
- Rezession
- Kommunen sind pleite
https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/finanzen/deutschland-club-superreichen-ubs-100.html
- das Bürgergeld muss gekürzt werden
- Deutschland kann sich die Rente nicht mehr leisten
- die bösen Geflüchteten sind so teuer
- Rezession
- Kommunen sind pleite
https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/finanzen/deutschland-club-superreichen-ubs-100.html
December 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Das ganze Jahr:
- das Bürgergeld muss gekürzt werden
- Deutschland kann sich die Rente nicht mehr leisten
- die bösen Geflüchteten sind so teuer
- Rezession
- Kommunen sind pleite
https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/finanzen/deutschland-club-superreichen-ubs-100.html
- das Bürgergeld muss gekürzt werden
- Deutschland kann sich die Rente nicht mehr leisten
- die bösen Geflüchteten sind so teuer
- Rezession
- Kommunen sind pleite
https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/finanzen/deutschland-club-superreichen-ubs-100.html
New signature, who dis:
"This artisanal email was handcrafted on a mechanical keyboard with nothing but the finest UTF-8 characters. Certified AI-Free (R)."
"This artisanal email was handcrafted on a mechanical keyboard with nothing but the finest UTF-8 characters. Certified AI-Free (R)."
December 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
New signature, who dis:
"This artisanal email was handcrafted on a mechanical keyboard with nothing but the finest UTF-8 characters. Certified AI-Free (R)."
"This artisanal email was handcrafted on a mechanical keyboard with nothing but the finest UTF-8 characters. Certified AI-Free (R)."
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2025 is almost over, yet UTF-8 is still a mystery to many.
"Schei? encoding" strikes again.
cc @yournameisinvalid
"Schei? encoding" strikes again.
cc @yournameisinvalid
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
2025 is almost over, yet UTF-8 is still a mystery to many.
"Schei? encoding" strikes again.
cc @yournameisinvalid
"Schei? encoding" strikes again.
cc @yournameisinvalid
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In Onlinezeitungen dominieren wenige User den unangenehmen Ton auf der Seite
#hassrede #publicdiscourseindicator
https://public-discourse.org/public-discourse-indicator
#hassrede #publicdiscourseindicator
https://public-discourse.org/public-discourse-indicator
December 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
In Onlinezeitungen dominieren wenige User den unangenehmen Ton auf der Seite
#hassrede #publicdiscourseindicator
https://public-discourse.org/public-discourse-indicator
#hassrede #publicdiscourseindicator
https://public-discourse.org/public-discourse-indicator
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with or without AI, A/B testing as practiced by Silicon Valley is unethical. It ranges from quiet gaslighting to full-on Stanford prison experiments with no ethics board or informed consent.
December 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
with or without AI, A/B testing as practiced by Silicon Valley is unethical. It ranges from quiet gaslighting to full-on Stanford prison experiments with no ethics board or informed consent.
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"#tesla has received a brutal reality check from Germany this week. The country’s closely watched TÜV Report 2026 has not only ranked the Tesla Model Y as the absolute worst car for reliability in its age group but noted that it has the highest defect rate of any vehicle tested in the last ten […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"#tesla has received a brutal reality check from Germany this week. The country’s closely watched TÜV Report 2026 has not only ranked the Tesla Model Y as the absolute worst car for reliability in its age group but noted that it has the highest defect rate of any vehicle tested in the last ten […]
I've been using an old Fitbit Versa 2 for years, until #google bought #fitbit and decided they couldn't be arsed to support 3rd-party apps in Europe anymore (because it's waaay too hard to do this in a GDPR-compliant way). 🙄
But thanks to open source and the Fitbit SDK, I fixed some minor bits […]
But thanks to open source and the Fitbit SDK, I fixed some minor bits […]
Original post on hci.social
hci.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Ein wenig #physik zum Thema "hocheffizienter Verbrenner" ;-)
(via Stefan Rahmstorf entdeckt)
https://heinerm.substack.com/p/hocheffiziente-verbrenner-my-ass
(via Stefan Rahmstorf entdeckt)
https://heinerm.substack.com/p/hocheffiziente-verbrenner-my-ass
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Ein wenig #physik zum Thema "hocheffizienter Verbrenner" ;-)
(via Stefan Rahmstorf entdeckt)
https://heinerm.substack.com/p/hocheffiziente-verbrenner-my-ass
(via Stefan Rahmstorf entdeckt)
https://heinerm.substack.com/p/hocheffiziente-verbrenner-my-ass
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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taking notes about TODOs for cable management cleanup in the devices innards, on the device itself, while it is opened up
December 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
taking notes about TODOs for cable management cleanup in the devices innards, on the device itself, while it is opened up
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EARTH (ASP): SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE CONFEDERATION moves to restrict orbital mirror array effective insolation to 100kW/m² after a family of three is vaporized by driving their carriage into a loose sunbeam.
Divisional governor for the state of Queensland Bob Katter VII made further calls for the […]
Divisional governor for the state of Queensland Bob Katter VII made further calls for the […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
EARTH (ASP): SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE CONFEDERATION moves to restrict orbital mirror array effective insolation to 100kW/m² after a family of three is vaporized by driving their carriage into a loose sunbeam.
Divisional governor for the state of Queensland Bob Katter VII made further calls for the […]
Divisional governor for the state of Queensland Bob Katter VII made further calls for the […]
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BREAKING: Da steht er jetzt! Walter Lübcke – vor der CDU-Parteizentrale. Er mahnt gegen den Kurs einer Annäherung zur AfD. – Lübcke wurde von einem AfD-Anhänger erschossen. Wer den Fall kennt, baut Brandmauern. Hilf der CDU und werde Teil der Gedenkstätte: cdu-denkmal.de
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
BREAKING: Da steht er jetzt! Walter Lübcke – vor der CDU-Parteizentrale. Er mahnt gegen den Kurs einer Annäherung zur AfD. – Lübcke wurde von einem AfD-Anhänger erschossen. Wer den Fall kennt, baut Brandmauern. Hilf der CDU und werde Teil der Gedenkstätte: cdu-denkmal.de
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Has the goat burned?
No! Another fine Swedish morning for the still uncharred Gävle goat
#GävleGoat #Gävlebocken #goatwatch2025
Live stream
https://www.youtube.com/live/IhU2MIUaFlg
Official website
https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat
No! Another fine Swedish morning for the still uncharred Gävle goat
#GävleGoat #Gävlebocken #goatwatch2025
Live stream
https://www.youtube.com/live/IhU2MIUaFlg
Official website
https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat
December 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Has the goat burned?
No! Another fine Swedish morning for the still uncharred Gävle goat
#GävleGoat #Gävlebocken #goatwatch2025
Live stream
https://www.youtube.com/live/IhU2MIUaFlg
Official website
https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat
No! Another fine Swedish morning for the still uncharred Gävle goat
#GävleGoat #Gävlebocken #goatwatch2025
Live stream
https://www.youtube.com/live/IhU2MIUaFlg
Official website
https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat
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Unix - BSD developers : this code should run and be maintained as long as computers exist.
Linux - GNU dev : this code should run and be maintained as long as someone is willing to do the work
Consultant: this code should run until the end of my contract.
Enterprise grade B2B software : this […]
Linux - GNU dev : this code should run and be maintained as long as someone is willing to do the work
Consultant: this code should run until the end of my contract.
Enterprise grade B2B software : this […]
Original post on mamot.fr
mamot.fr
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Unix - BSD developers : this code should run and be maintained as long as computers exist.
Linux - GNU dev : this code should run and be maintained as long as someone is willing to do the work
Consultant: this code should run until the end of my contract.
Enterprise grade B2B software : this […]
Linux - GNU dev : this code should run and be maintained as long as someone is willing to do the work
Consultant: this code should run until the end of my contract.
Enterprise grade B2B software : this […]
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A lot of people are resistant to any kind of business uses for the #fediverse , but consider this:
- While most of us here are rightfully scornful of #capitalism , the notion of a "market economy" is not going to go away. There are innumerable small to […]
[Original post on mementomori.social]
- While most of us here are rightfully scornful of #capitalism , the notion of a "market economy" is not going to go away. There are innumerable small to […]
[Original post on mementomori.social]
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A lot of people are resistant to any kind of business uses for the #fediverse , but consider this:
- While most of us here are rightfully scornful of #capitalism , the notion of a "market economy" is not going to go away. There are innumerable small to […]
[Original post on mementomori.social]
- While most of us here are rightfully scornful of #capitalism , the notion of a "market economy" is not going to go away. There are innumerable small to […]
[Original post on mementomori.social]
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Jeff Geerling, the affable and adorkable raspberry pi guy, was a misogynistic forced-birth tradcath extremist from at least 2009 to 2013, and as far as I know, still is today. Do not link to him and do not support his work. This is a matter of record on his own website […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Jeff Geerling, the affable and adorkable raspberry pi guy, was a misogynistic forced-birth tradcath extremist from at least 2009 to 2013, and as far as I know, still is today. Do not link to him and do not support his work. This is a matter of record on his own website […]
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Braucht von euch jemand Nachhilfe in Analysis 1, Lineare Algebra 1, Java, Praktische Informatik 1/2, Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen? Ich brauch Geld.
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Braucht von euch jemand Nachhilfe in Analysis 1, Lineare Algebra 1, Java, Praktische Informatik 1/2, Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen? Ich brauch Geld.
My former PhD student still had an article under review at a Taylor and Francis journal, which has finally been accepted (yay!) for the low, low article processing fee of 3,505 € (oof!).
I think we can sidestep this because his new postdoc position is at NTNU, which has a blanket OA publishing […]
I think we can sidestep this because his new postdoc position is at NTNU, which has a blanket OA publishing […]
Original post on hci.social
hci.social
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My former PhD student still had an article under review at a Taylor and Francis journal, which has finally been accepted (yay!) for the low, low article processing fee of 3,505 € (oof!).
I think we can sidestep this because his new postdoc position is at NTNU, which has a blanket OA publishing […]
I think we can sidestep this because his new postdoc position is at NTNU, which has a blanket OA publishing […]
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i hope this email finds you well
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
i hope this email finds you well
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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I will ask chat GPT
I will boil the last of our drinking water
Salt the soil of the scrub-lands
Tear the pages from books and feed them to my fire
I will ask copilot
I will scramble your library
maim the faces of your favorite paintings
I will bury you in poor copies of your dreams
I will ask […]
I will boil the last of our drinking water
Salt the soil of the scrub-lands
Tear the pages from books and feed them to my fire
I will ask copilot
I will scramble your library
maim the faces of your favorite paintings
I will bury you in poor copies of your dreams
I will ask […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I will ask chat GPT
I will boil the last of our drinking water
Salt the soil of the scrub-lands
Tear the pages from books and feed them to my fire
I will ask copilot
I will scramble your library
maim the faces of your favorite paintings
I will bury you in poor copies of your dreams
I will ask […]
I will boil the last of our drinking water
Salt the soil of the scrub-lands
Tear the pages from books and feed them to my fire
I will ask copilot
I will scramble your library
maim the faces of your favorite paintings
I will bury you in poor copies of your dreams
I will ask […]