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Dieter Komendera
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Functional Programming, #Clojure, Politics, Sustainability, Livable Cities. District council in the 7th district of #Vienna: posting in german and about local politics […]

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⚠️ The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X ⚠️

The platform never aligned with our values and no longer serves as a space for communication. What initially intended to be a place for dialogue and information exchange has turned into a centralised arena of hostility […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My timeline is dyed cheerfully this morning.
December 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Even though I mostly use #datalog databases these days (mostly #datomic), many #postgresql tidbits make me (unreasonably?) happy. Like this one: “Aggregate first - join later”

https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/super-fast-aggregations-in-postgresql-19/
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
fribygda.no
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“How is work?”

“Just vibing through chaos.”
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
New workstation at the office.

(courtesy of @musha68k)
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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It's not clear yet whether Epstein was ever able to share info with the Russians, but this could explain a lot. From Politico:

"Nearly a month before President Donald Trump met Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018, Jeffrey Epstein attempted to pass a message to Russia’s top […]
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infosec.exchange
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Celebrate and have all the fun you want about it. But they won the election regardless and the whole world has to deal with their stupidity now. @tbr https://society.oftrolls.com/@tbr/115510206410701551
Thomas B. Rücker (@tbr@society.oftrolls.com)
Attached: 1 image A merry Four Seasons Total Landscapinng anniversary to those who celebrate!
society.oftrolls.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The feeling when you‘re on a train which stops at the #yunicon Anime Convention near Vienna and you feel completely out of place and time.
November 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
17 years after the launch of the App Store in order to click a link in the app description I have to take a screenshot and use the iOS built in OCR including link recognition to make it clickable.

Think different!
November 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Saturday chore: moved a workflow I constantly use from :apple_logo: Automator to an :emacs: elisp implementation. What a quality of life improvement. One can actually debug stuff and REPL-driven automation orchestrating a bunch of cli tools feels much more sane.

#eMacs
November 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Meta is leading Apple by the Nose - again.

If Apple wants to get taken seriously, they have to yank WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook from the App Store.

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/10/20/meta-allegedly-bypassed-app-tracking-transparency/
Michael Tsai - Blog - Meta Allegedly Bypassed App Tracking Transparency
mjtsai.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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I am awarded a gold medal by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for my work on #curl

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/10/21/a-royal-gold-medal/
A royal gold medal
_The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences_ (IVA, the same org that selects winners for three of the Nobel prize categories) awards me a gold medal 2025 for my work on curl. This academy, established 1919 by the Swedish king Gustav V, has been awarding _great achievers_ for over one hundred years and the simple idea behind the awards is, as quoted from their website: > Gold medals are awarded every year to people who, through outstanding deeds, have contributed to creating a better society. I am of course humbled and greatly honored to have been selected as a receiver of said award this year. To be recognized as someone who **have contributed to creating a better society** , selected by top people in competition with persons of remarkable track records and achievements. Not too shabby for a wannabe-engineer like myself who did not even attend university. There have been several software and tech related awardees for this prize before, but from what I can tell I am the first Open Source person to receive this recognition by the academy. ## Justification The Academy’s justification is given in Swedish (see below) but it should be translated roughly like this: _System developer Daniel Stenberg is awarded the IVA Gold Medal for his contributions to software development, where he has been central to internet infrastructure and free software. Through his work with curl, the tool that is now used by billions of devices worldwide, he has enabled reliable and secure data transfer over the internet. Not just between programs in traditional computers, but everything from smartphones and cars, to satellites and spacecraft._ The original Swedish “motivering”: _Systemutvecklare Daniel Stenberg tilldelas IVAs Guldmedalj för sina insatser inom mjukvaruutveckling där han haft en central betydelse för internetinfrastruktur och fri programvara. Genom sitt arbete med curl, verktyget som i dag används av miljarder enheter världen över, har han möjliggjort tillförlitlig och säker dataöverföring över internet. Inte bara mellan program i traditionella datorer utan allt från smartphones och bilar, till satelliter och rymdfarkoster._ ## The ceremony The associated award ceremony when the physical medal is handed over happens this Friday at the Stockholm City Hall‘s Blue Hall, the same venue used for the annual Nobel Prize banquet. I have invited my wife and my two adult kids to participate in those festivities. ## A _second_ medal indeed Did I not already receive a gold medal? Why yes, I did eight years ago. Believe me, it does not _get old_. This is something I can get used to. But yes: it is beyond crazy to get one medal in your life. Getting _two_ is simply incomprehensible. This is also my _third_ award received within this calendar year so I completely understand if you already feel bored by my blog posts constantly banging my own drum. See European Open Source Achievement Award and Developer of the year for the two previous ones. ## The medal I wanted to include a fine high resolution image of the medal in this post, but I failed to fine one. I suppose I will just have to make a few shots by myself after Friday and do a follow-up post!
daniel.haxx.se
October 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
When you headline your product pricing page with “Simple, transparent pricing.” only to not list any prices and put a “Request Pricing” contact button, you have successfully redefined both "simple" and "transparent”.
October 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
It’s always DNS, #aws edition.
October 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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My ASCII art fu doesn’t seem so good.

(🇦🇹 electricity spot market prices) https://mas.to/@StromTickerAT/115361572464424330
Strom Ticker Österreich (@StromTickerAT@mas.to)
Content warning: EPEX AT 13.10.2025 | Max 19h: 301.6 | Min 1h: 92.5 €/MWh
mas.to
October 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Apparently ~20 years after graduating I still know my school‘s IPv4 DNS server address by heart.
October 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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In case you missed it, Quote Posts are live on mastodon.social and mastodon.online — let us know what you think!

This feature has been a long time coming because we wanted to take the time to do it right. Part of that process was sharing our work and getting feedback along the way […]
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mastodon.social
September 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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We’re taking another step in building a sustainable financial base as a non-profit. Today, we’re announcing new hosting and support offerings, tailored for larger organisations and public institutions. These enable organisations to own their social identities, on their own infrastructure […]
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mastodon.social
September 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“Anti Hammering protection is ON. Your IP is temporary banned.”

Just a normal Wednesday, I guess.
September 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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#tramwm #tram #vienna #wien #straßenbahn

In a world on the brink of madness the first official Tramdriver World Championship in Vienna was a most welcome distraction.
https://tramwm.wienerlinien.at/en/
Welcome to the Tramdriver World Championship in Vienna!
On Sept 13th, the finest tram drivers from 25 nations will showcase their exceptional driving skills in a series of challenging competions! Entry is free!
tramwm.wienerlinien.at
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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This should have been big news!

Ten funding agencies from eight European countries have pledged to support a public infrastructure that is poised to replace academic journals:
FWF 🇦🇹
RCN 🇳🇴
Forte 🇸🇪
ARIS 🇸🇮
SRC 🇸🇪
FCT 🇵🇹
CSIC 🇪🇸
DFG 🇩🇪
Formas 🇸🇪
ANR 🇫🇷
Only two of them issued press releases in […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM