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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!"
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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
February 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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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
February 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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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.
lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 49m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
ensko.at
Word of the day – how many "customers" can Mister Wizard hornswoggle out of their money?

#giggs #giggsdnd #goodtimeswithscar
arminwolf.at Armin Wolf @arminwolf.at · 7d
Man lernt echt nie aus.
February 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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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...
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!)
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February 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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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
A screenshot of the text "-2 commits to main since this release", where "-2 commits" is a link
February 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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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.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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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.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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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