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Mario Zechner
@mariozechner.at
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You may know me from the Austrian parliament or national library, "hacktivist", computers this and that.

https://cards-for-ukraine.at

https://www.wired.com/story/heisse-preise-food-prices/

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Mario Zechner @mariozechner.at · Nov 15
Hi, itse me Mario. Here's what I did the past 2 years (excluding the last 3 months when I learned electronics).

mariozechner.at/posts/2024-0...

I try to entertain you with computer stuff, while sneakily soliciting donations for our charity.

cards-for-ukraine.at

Zero overhead, 100% transparent.
Two years in review
Reminiscing about the times I didn't watch TV at night but built stuff.
mariozechner.at
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luis-paulitsch.bsky.social
Die aktuellen PR-Beiträge über Sebastian Kurz, die offenbar von der Dream Group (mit-)finanziert wurden, sind ein weiterer Grund, warum ihr @kobuk.at unterstützen solltet: Der Watchblog hat bereits 2024 umfassend untersucht, welche Medien bezahlte Pressereisen kennzeichnen. kobuk.at/2024/03/kaum...
Pressereisen in der österreichischen Politik sind intransparent
Die Bundesregierung hat seit 2020 über 480 Pressereisen organisiert und bezahlt. In nur 17,5 Prozent der Artikel wird das deutlich gemacht.
kobuk.at
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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lahoare.bsky.social
If this is what the Austrian tabloid press has decided journalism is, then frankly these papers deserve to go under.
skaltenb.bsky.social Stefan Kaltenbrunner @skaltenb.bsky.social · 20h
Interessant. Der Unternehmer Sebastian Kurz lädt zu einem Firmenbesuch in Israel ein.
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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oliverdasgupta.bsky.social
Wie kritisch können (teil)bezahlte Journalistenreisen sein?

Hinweis am Ende des Textes in der PRESSE von Oliver Pink, der „Dream“ Miteigentümer Sebastian Kurz in Israel begleitet hat.
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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nemalki.bsky.social
I don't know who needs to hear this, but all four seasons of Beakman's World are on Tubi.

One of the best science shows for kids ever produced and one that definitely should be mentioned alongside Mr. Wizard, 3-2-1 Contact, and Bill Nye the Science Guy.

tubitv.com/series/30000...
Beakman's World
A slightly nutty, always inquisitive scientist leads a journey of discovery while performing experiments that demonstrate how the world works.
tubitv.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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arminwolf.at
Scheinen gut investierte Werbekosten zu sein…
skaltenb.bsky.social Stefan Kaltenbrunner @skaltenb.bsky.social · 20h
Interessant. Der Unternehmer Sebastian Kurz lädt zu einem Firmenbesuch in Israel ein.
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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tobiaswatzl.bsky.social
Ich hab endlich geschafft einen gscheiden blog aufzusetzen und da gibts (viele) schöne Fotos und sogar ein Video. :)

twatzl.photography
twatzl.photography
Blog über Reisen, Fotografie, Softwarentwicklung und Mobilität. In diesem Blog sammle ich meine persönlichen Erfahrungen.
twatzl.photography
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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sigridneuhauser.bsky.social
And a lack of strategy. Every Institute is currently hiring some AI Specialist who in the end is someone who applied LLMs or large Markov Models to their data. This dilutes funds from buildind "true" AI Expertise.
Its important to build expertise in usere cases, but thats not an AI strategy.
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
mariozechner.at
No wonder the European Union goes down the shitter. We are governed by absolute morons.

www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement November 10, 2025 Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech. Through freedom of information, ICCL Enforce learnt that the President relied on the marketing claims of tech CEOs around "AGI" and "superintelligence" when she claimed that AI would approach human reasoning by next year. The letter asks the President to retract the statement, diligently evaluate marketing claims of AI products and seek impartial scientific evidence in the future. As the letter says, "these tech CEOs claims concerning “superintelligence” and “AGI” are manifestly bound with their financial imperatives and not rigorous science." AI hype promoted by the President has consequences. The leaked Omnibus documents show that the Commission proposes to dismantle personal data protection for AI. This will not improve the EU's competitiveness, but is instead a gift to US tech companies. ICCL Enforce Senior Fellow, Dr Kris Shrishak, one of the signatories of the letter, said today: "Citizens already face AI harms: discrimination, privacy-violations, psychological and environmental harms. Instead of effectively addressing these harms and stopping companies from exploiting workers and stealing creative work, the President is promoting AI hype that serves these companies." “Leaders of EU institutions have a responsibility to citizens. By promoting AI hype in the midst of a dangerous bubble, the European Commission risks proposing harmful policies, wasting public funds and being complicit in AI harms."
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
mariozechner.at
Bricht man bei der OÖN den Abo Kauf per PayPal ab, kriegt man diesen wunderschönen Stacktrace.

Hoffen wir, dass die Systeme der OÖN ansonsten gut gesichert sind...

cc @leyrer.bsky.social @johannasa.bsky.social
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function get() on null in /var/www/shop2.nachrichten.at/htdocs/shop/elements/obj_order.php:838 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/shop2.nachrichten.at/htdocs/shop/elements/obj_order.php(667): shop_order->update_db_data(Array, 0) #1 /var/www/shop2.nachrichten.at/htdocs/shop/payment/viveum/pay_decline_paypal.php(16): shop_order->parse_paypal_feedback(Array, 'DECLINE') #2 {main} thrown in /var/www/shop2.nachrichten.at/htdocs/shop/elements/obj_order.php on line 838
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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martinthuer.at
Der Anwalt, der für die "erste" OGH-Rückweisung wegen offensichtlicher KI-Halluzinationen verantwortlich war, kam aus Wien.

Wir wollten von der Wiener Rechtsanwaltskammer wissen, ob man für seine "Arbeit" disziplinarrechtlich belangt wird.

Eher nein.
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
mariozechner.at
@u4.at wir muessen reden.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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cjterry.bsky.social
Man who started his career by promoting a zero tolerance stance on crime reaches the 'how it's going' part of his meme.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
mariozechner.at
Ich find das echt so super, dass Concordia diese Dinge streamt. Dank euch!
concordia.at Presseclub Concordia @concordia.at · 21h
Jetzt live: Unser Informationsfreiheits-Inspirationsabend „HER MIT DEN DATEN: Best-Practice aus Schweden“ mit dem renommierten TV-Reporter Ali Fegan.

Mit @dossier.at & @infofreiheit.bsky.social
Her mit den Daten: Informationsfreiheit in der Praxis – mit Ali Fegan (Schweden)
YouTube video by Presseclub Concordia
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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juliapuehringer.bsky.social
Finally, we did it! Geruchs-Bluesky!
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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andre.netzpolitik.org
Die EU-Staaten wollen dauerhaft freiwillige Chatkontrolle erlauben. Viele Staaten bedauern, dass es keine ausreichende Mehrheit für verpflichtende Chatkontrolle gibt. Weitere Änderungen lehnen sie strikt ab. Wir veröffentlichen Verhandlungsprotokoll & Gesetzentwurf. netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...
Interne Dokumente: EU-Staaten wollen Chatkontrolle-Gesetz ohne weitere Änderungen
Die EU-Staaten wollen Internet-Diensten dauerhaft eine freiwillige Chatkontrolle erlauben. Viele Staaten bedauern, dass es keine ausreichende Mehrheit für eine verpflichtende Chatkontrolle gibt. Weite...
netzpolitik.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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mathiaszojer.bsky.social
Wir lernen von den Besten, wie man Informationsfreiheit sinnvoll einsetzt ⬇️
concordia.at Presseclub Concordia @concordia.at · 21h
Jetzt live: Unser Informationsfreiheits-Inspirationsabend „HER MIT DEN DATEN: Best-Practice aus Schweden“ mit dem renommierten TV-Reporter Ali Fegan.

Mit @dossier.at & @infofreiheit.bsky.social
Her mit den Daten: Informationsfreiheit in der Praxis – mit Ali Fegan (Schweden)
YouTube video by Presseclub Concordia
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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leovongripsholm.bsky.social
die umstrittene waffen ss
Aus t-online Artikel: Uschi Glas' Vater, Christian Glas, trat bereits am 1. Dezember 1931 der NSDAP bei, also zwei Jahre vor Adolf Hitlers Machtübernahme. Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges diente er später in einer umstrittenen Einheit - der Waffen-SS-Division "Skanderbeg".
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
mariozechner.at
Folgen mir zufaellig (selbstständige) Lektorinnen? Hätte Fragen. Gerne per DM oder contact@mariozechner.at.
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
mariozechner.at
Ah ja, Profil hat auch nur eher eine Simulation einer Paywall. Zwei Klicks and gone.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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danabra.mov
i'm looking for a new job
Hire Me in Japan — overreacted
I'm looking for a new job.
overreacted.io
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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johannasa.bsky.social
Muss die Software etwa noch IE11 unterstützen?
Das wäre das einzige Argument das mir dafür einfallen würde.
Aber hey was weiß ich schon und wenn man ernsthaft Software für Schulen macht gibt's ja keine Daten aus Vorsystemen die man verwenden kann damit die Lehrer nicht nochmal alles eingeben müssen
digi-sapiens.bsky.social digi-sapiens.bsky.social @digi-sapiens.bsky.social · 1d
2/3 Die Verarbeitung erfolgt serverseitig, weil eine zuverlässige PDF-Erzeugung unabhängig von Endgerät und Browser gewährleistet werden muss. Das Alter dient der passenden Buchempfehlung. Die Herkunftssprache wird genutzt, um die Spracherkennung technisch korrekt auf Akzentvarianten einzustellen.
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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johannasa.bsky.social
Und es würde mich echt interessieren welches tts Modell die serbischen oder türkischen Akzente unterstützt bei der Verbesserung der Lesekompetenz in Deutsch.

www.integrationsfonds.at/fileadmin/co...
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:

One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
mariozechner.at
Mhm.
TeamYouTube @TeamYouTube X.com Hey there (human here!) — really appreciate all of this context you shared, and truly apologize for the delay in jumping in to help. We understand how important this is for you, and
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM