Michael König
@fndriven.bsky.social
Mixed bag
https://fndriven.de/
https://fndriven.de/
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Genuary 2026, day 6: Lights on/off. 😶
#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary6
#generativeart #p5js #creativecoding
#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary6
#generativeart #p5js #creativecoding
January 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Genuary 2026, day 6: Lights on/off. 😶
#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary6
#generativeart #p5js #creativecoding
#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary6
#generativeart #p5js #creativecoding
"... mistaking points for the point is a pervasive error that leads us to build our lives and societies around things we don’t want. " #gamification www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
The Score by C Thi Nguyen review – a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life
From Duolingo to GDP, how an obsession with keeping score can subtly undermine human flourishing
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:42 PM
"... mistaking points for the point is a pervasive error that leads us to build our lives and societies around things we don’t want. " #gamification www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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all this is both foolish and unnecessary
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
all this is both foolish and unnecessary
Oops, a German secret service listened to Obama's phone calls from Air Force One.
Überwachen unter Ex-Freunden: BND hörte jahrelang regelmäßig US-Präsident ab. Der Auslandsgeheimdienst hatte sich die Überwachung Obamas nicht genehmigen lassen www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
Spionage: BND hörte jahrelang US-Präsident Barack Obama ab
Der deutsche Geheimdienst überwachte regelmäßig Telefonate des damaligen US-Präsidenten an Bord der Air Force One. Erlaubnis von Angela Merkel hatte der BND nicht.
www.zeit.de
January 4, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Oops, a German secret service listened to Obama's phone calls from Air Force One.
So, the US are now a rogue state* who just do what they want. We obviously need a regime change or they will drag the whole western world down. When democracies do not follow the international law nobody will. It's that simple.
* always has been
* always has been
January 4, 2026 at 10:29 AM
So, the US are now a rogue state* who just do what they want. We obviously need a regime change or they will drag the whole western world down. When democracies do not follow the international law nobody will. It's that simple.
* always has been
* always has been
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Genuary 2026, day 3: Fibonacci forever. 🪅
Fibonacci word fractal, inspired by en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FW...
#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary3
#generativeart #p5js #creativecoding
Fibonacci word fractal, inspired by en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FW...
#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary3
#generativeart #p5js #creativecoding
January 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Genuary 2026, day 3: Fibonacci forever. 🪅
Fibonacci word fractal, inspired by en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FW...
#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary3
#generativeart #p5js #creativecoding
Fibonacci word fractal, inspired by en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FW...
#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary3
#generativeart #p5js #creativecoding
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
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"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
"Yet the biggest disappointment of 2025 may well have been not what Trump did but how so many let it happen." www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Donald Trump’s Golden Age of Awful
A damage assessment of the President’s first year back in the White House.
www.newyorker.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Yet the biggest disappointment of 2025 may well have been not what Trump did but how so many let it happen." www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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"... we need to stop financially rewarding cunty behaviour. to do that, we need to end populism. to do that we need to work together. to do that, we need to reach lots of people. to do that, we need to use the #internet, despite it being bad" www.todepond.com/sky/the-inte...
Todepond dot com
www.todepond.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"... we need to stop financially rewarding cunty behaviour. to do that, we need to end populism. to do that we need to work together. to do that, we need to reach lots of people. to do that, we need to use the #internet, despite it being bad" www.todepond.com/sky/the-inte...
"In the video, Xu said he refused because he did not want to become “a sinner in history”" ✌️ #peace www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online
Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrations
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"In the video, Xu said he refused because he did not want to become “a sinner in history”" ✌️ #peace www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Many distros already have Racket 9.0! If not, try ‘Source + built packages’. This has the core in source, with libraries pre-compiled and documentation pre-rendered, which enables a quick install.
download.racket-lang.org/releases/9.0...
repology.org/project/rack...
#lisp #linux #bsd #unix
download.racket-lang.org/releases/9.0...
repology.org/project/rack...
#lisp #linux #bsd #unix
racket package versions - Repology
List of package versions for project racket in all repositories
repology.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Many distros already have Racket 9.0! If not, try ‘Source + built packages’. This has the core in source, with libraries pre-compiled and documentation pre-rendered, which enables a quick install.
download.racket-lang.org/releases/9.0...
repology.org/project/rack...
#lisp #linux #bsd #unix
download.racket-lang.org/releases/9.0...
repology.org/project/rack...
#lisp #linux #bsd #unix
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Easel Turns One! - One year of building my own IDE in Clojure
Easel Turns One!
blog.phronemophobic.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Easel Turns One! - One year of building my own IDE in Clojure
Evergreen: Nerds yelling at Mozilla because they did something and not something else. Those are probably the same people who complain about signal using a phone number. 😬
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Evergreen: Nerds yelling at Mozilla because they did something and not something else. Those are probably the same people who complain about signal using a phone number. 😬
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Heute wäre der 74. Geburtstag von Wau Holland (20.12.51), Hacker-Aktivist und Mitgründer des Chaos Computer Clubs. Hörspiel von Nika Bertram www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr3/p...
Radio Wauland - Tune in, turn on and hack yourself
Wie Hacker die digitale Welt verbessern wollten
www1.wdr.de
December 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Heute wäre der 74. Geburtstag von Wau Holland (20.12.51), Hacker-Aktivist und Mitgründer des Chaos Computer Clubs. Hörspiel von Nika Bertram www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr3/p...
New ransomware discovered: "In screenshots shared by users, Facebook warns: “Starting 16 December, certain Facebook profiles without Meta Verified will be limited to sharing two organic posts per month. Subscribe to Meta Verified to share more links on #Facebook."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Facebook tests charging users to share links in potential blow for news outlets
News organisations fear move could hit newsrooms and other media publishers by stopping users sharing their content
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
New ransomware discovered: "In screenshots shared by users, Facebook warns: “Starting 16 December, certain Facebook profiles without Meta Verified will be limited to sharing two organic posts per month. Subscribe to Meta Verified to share more links on #Facebook."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Do European car manufacturers really believe there is a market for combustion engines in 2035?
And do they think they can divide their investments between electric cars and combustion engine cars and still compete successfully with the Chinese electric cars in the market in 2035?
And do they think they can divide their investments between electric cars and combustion engine cars and still compete successfully with the Chinese electric cars in the market in 2035?
December 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Do European car manufacturers really believe there is a market for combustion engines in 2035?
And do they think they can divide their investments between electric cars and combustion engine cars and still compete successfully with the Chinese electric cars in the market in 2035?
And do they think they can divide their investments between electric cars and combustion engine cars and still compete successfully with the Chinese electric cars in the market in 2035?
Tons of useful packages. Umbrella is awesome and my go-to repo to pimp up my #javascript github.com/thi-ng/umbre...
GitHub - thi-ng/umbrella: ⛱ Broadly scoped ecosystem & mono-repository of 210 TypeScript projects (and ~185 examples) for general purpose, functional, data driven development
⛱ Broadly scoped ecosystem & mono-repository of 210 TypeScript projects (and ~185 examples) for general purpose, functional, data driven development - thi-ng/umbrella
github.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Tons of useful packages. Umbrella is awesome and my go-to repo to pimp up my #javascript github.com/thi-ng/umbre...