Totally not needed to have my address, so why ask for it! #privacy please
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Jeroen De Dauw
@jeroen@mastodon.berlin
mastodon 4.7.3CEO Professional Wiki (@ProWiki@mastodon.social)
#MediaWiki expert, #Wikibase developer, #Wikidata creator, #OpenSource enthusiast, #volleyball fanatic
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Joined October 10, 2024
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Our @mediawiki@wikis.world MCP server now supports @smw@wikis.world 🎉
Odd that no proper Markdown integration for #MediaWiki existed yet.
The world uses Markdown; now your wiki can too! No more mistyped link syntax :)
Friends had to cancel their evening beach volley event because the Belgian government banned doing sports outside (due to the heat wave).
What kind of #Orwellian bullshit is this? Issue a warning, don't take basic freedoms away.
WTF #Belgium 🤦♂️
Holy moly. The dystopia is here.
Dear #Europe, I do not accept your #surveillance, and you can keep your damn cookies.
Plz democracy, freedom, privacy. Kthxbye
With #ChatControl and similar BS, I'm starting to wonder if it's time to opt out of the EU
After declining the #Spotify premium subscription price increase, the mobile app started crashing for me.
Thanks, Spotify, this was the nudge I needed to switch to an open alternative. Welcome @AntennaPod@fosstodon.org running fantastic on my @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social
Privacy 📈
Freedoms 📈
Usability 📈
In the age of AI, comments that explain what code does are even worse.
Before AI, you'd already want to avoid such comments in favour of self-explanatory #CleanCode. Comments can drift and be wrong.
AI can cheaply explain code. Comments that cache human thought are now doubly not needed.
Context over 80% is the new battery under 20%
Plot twist: software development in 2026 apparently entails learning #tmux
You know the saying: surround yourself with great people
Do this online by being selective about your information sources
Discover my high-signal picks in https://www.entropywins.wtf/blog/2026/01/17/high-density-information-sources-in-2026/
Over 10 mins of thinking time :o
Step aside, "one more turn"
Hello, "one more prompt"
#ClaudeCode makes work addictive
It’s good to hate certain things. Nazis. Criminals. Two-Boxers.
😂
Source and context: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/BW89BudtySvpzpYni/stone-age-billionaire-can-t-words-good
> As with so many things like air conditioning, free speech and economic growth, the European asks, do we really ‘need’ this?
😂😂😂
From https://thezvi.substack.com/p/advancements-in-self-driving-cars
@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social You added an "End session" to the lock screen. Please allow disabling that button. I keep accidentally ending my session 😭 Most annoying anti-feature I ran into in a while, and yes, I understand it's nice for security, but for most users this is not needed
The lyrics of this song 😂
"dear moon you've had it coming"
"we're building #DysonSwarms"
"the The #Kardashev ladder waits and Type II must start"
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3oExzAoIHQ
Context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNaHRiRg5CA&t=7009s
German doctors: we cannot send you data via email because data protection
Also German doctors: put a calendar with all appointments where everyone can see it. Leave you alone with unlocked computers with access to detailed medical info of all patients.