Kollege: "Die Konkurrenz hat jetzt KI in ihrer Software. Sollen wir das auch machen?"
"Welches Problem soll die KI denn lösen?"
"Keine Ahnung."
"Na dann lass uns doch lieber Blockchain einbauen."
"Du nimmst mich nicht ernst."
"Wer hat denn damit angefangen?"

Here we go. #sitMUC 2025 is about to start.

Heading off to Munich for #sitmuc tomorrow. Hope to see many people there - or tonight at the pre-event dinner.

@GuidoGarden Der war netterweise über dieselbe Anschlussklemme mit verdrahtet und geht jetzt auf den Schalter-Eingang des Shelly.

Eine Außenlampe mit eingebautem Bewegungsmelder wird mit einem 10-Euro-Upgrade "smart". Der #Shelly 1 Mini passt sogar ins Gehäuse. Jetzt kann der Bewegungsmelder auch die übrigen Lampen an derselben Hauswand mit einschalten - oder den Alarm. #homeassistant #loxone #nordlux #hornbach

«When developers are allowed to use AI tools, they take 19% longer to complete issues—a significant slowdown that goes against developer beliefs and expert forecasts. This gap between perception and reality is striking: developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had sped them up by 20%.»

https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/

SISYPHUS FM
NON STOP CLASSIC ROCK'N'ROLL

Someone who works on YouTube needs to realize that bilingual people exist. For a while now the app insists in translating video titles from Portuguese to English (I use my devices in English). If I change the language to Portuguese, it then translates video titles from English to Portuguese. I just want to see the original content as it was posted by the creator. And now it's even auto-enabling AI dubbing 🤦🏻‍♂️ Give me a checkbox to turn this off, please!

Thanks to the Fediverse, I will never forget that sharks are older than the north star (which is to say the brightest star that makes up Polaris), and horseshoe crabs are not crabs and are older than horseshoes, horses, and crabs. And sharks.

@zachleat new captchas just dropped

I went to a talk lately that was mostly about something else, but the speaker came out with:

“If you only remember one thing from this talk, remember this. Everyone in this room who likes helping people, raise your hand.”

Every hand, or nearly every hand, went up.

“If you like asking other people for help, keep your hand up.”

Almost every hand went back down.

“As you can see, people like helping you. When you ask for help, you’re making them feel good, even if you don’t like asking.”

I’ve genuinely forgotten the rest of the presentation but I won’t forget that.

Es gibt zwei Sorten WLAN-Kabel: Twisted Air und Gasfaser

Consumer networking devices come in two varieties: Altar to a Dark God and Aromatherapy Machine.

Bin offenbar langsam mit der Erkenntnis, aber merke nun dass einige meiner abonnierten Podcasts sogar neue Folgen haben, aber nur noch exklusiv als Audio-On-Demand auf der #ARDaudiothek-Seite. Argh! Wer denkt sich das aus?

Aber dafür gibt es dieses tolle Tool:

https://audiothek.ce9e.org/

Das generiert einen Podcast aus jeder beliebigen Audiothek-Seite.

1️⃣
www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/wild-wild-web-geschichten-aus-dem-internet/94702896/

2️⃣ ---- ✂️ ---
94702896

3️⃣ --- 🧹---
https://audiothek.ce9e.org/94702896.rss

#antennapod

Letztens habe ich beim Jubiläum des Mehringhoftheaters eine alte Tradition meiner Lesebühne wieder aufleben lassen. Das Publikum gab mir vor der Pause drei Wörter und diese Geschichte ist dabei herausgekommen …
#marcuwekling #kaengurucomics

Years ago, a fellow running for State Treasurer told me that when rich people are polled, they'll commonly say they'll move to flee higher taxes, because it costs them nothing to say that, and it might prevent it. But when their bluff is called, they usually shrug and do nothing.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/will-rich-residents-leave-state-if-taxes-raised

Seit 10 Jahren schließe ich bei jeder Einladung in eine Talkshow meine Teilnahme von vorn herein aus, wenn die AfD da mit diskutiert. Diese macht haben alle Demokrat*innen. Diese Macht haben alle, die ihr in diesen Sendungen sitzen seht.

Everything Macron does here is calculated. It's the difference between leaving no tip and leaving a nickel as a tip—the latter is a no-ambiguity message, "This wasn't oversight, it was a deliberate choice"

And it's not just that Macron doesn't shake Trump's hand, it's that his hand moves to Zelenskyy's back after letting Trump hang in midair

The contrast between his admiration for one man and contempt for the other couldn't be clearer

No 'fuck you' can compete with a French fuck you

From my friend Dr. Thanh Huynh Neville: "Elon didn't realize it, but he has encouraged the development of the TRANS car: born a Tesla but identifies as something else."
#uspol

"Why do you need a 3D printer" they asked?

Because...this 👇