Denmark's open source move could be a game-changer!

https://news.itsfoss.com/denmark-set-to-replace-microsoft/

#opensource #denmark

“Cursor […] tried to delete some old files, didn’t work at the first time and it decided to end up deleting everything on my computer, including itself.” 😶‍🌫️

https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-yolo-deleted-everything-in-my-computer/103131

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1999: Individuals use digital tools to steal intellectual property from corporations.

2025: Corporations use digital tools to steal intellectual property from individuals.

The empire strikes back

https://notes.jim-nielsen.com/#2025-06-13T0927

@pointlessone @Philip The lens popup for selected text is displayed above the finger without moving it. The slider thumb isn’t. If it were, it would look similar to Niki’s sketch.

@pointlessone @nikitonsky But one cannot see through the thumb, even if it is transparent, as the finger is on the thumb while dragging the slider 🤔

So, so true. The gap between design tools and the possibilities of the CSS based web platform is
getting bigger year by year. @shadeed9 at #cssday. (Reminds me of @matthiasott‘s talk last year https://cssday.nl/2024/#matthias)

https://max.hn/notes/jynghye8kq59odwh

#ai #programming #business

https://max.hn/notes/9zxfs1rijervhae8

#ai #programming #business

Dear Fedi friends,

I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.

I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).

The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️

I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaaberg and @patel.riyen who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.

And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @jan @fritjof @erikkemp @sknob @severin @clabru @tarcisiosurdi @hongminhee @danielcasanueva @ainali @nacly

Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12t and @anca

The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohost) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.

I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌

Edit/update: THANK YOU for all the people who volunteered to have their avatar show up in the last shot. There were 750+ submissions and only 135 spots - sorry I couldn't include everyone 🥲

#TheFutureIsFederated

@gerritvanaaken Ich hoffe sehr, dass dieses Proposal durchgeht und wir bald buttons ohne form nutzen können 🤞

https://alexanderpetros.com/triptych/button-actions

things I don't want:
* more transparency in UIs
* more things moving around in the UI
* Apple Intelligence

things Apple puts into iOS:
* all of the above

#wwdc

I do not want a transparent menu bar, I have never wanted a transparent menu bar.

That democracy is incompatible with obscene wealth has never been more obvious, has it?

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 171 (brainstorming edition) 🤔​

Good morning Fedi friends!

As I prep the launch of my Fediverse intro video (premiering this afternoon at #FediForum, then widely on Monday) I have a new plan to mitigate traffic surges and potential issues to my VPS.

I'd love your advice / feedback about my plan. You always have such smart insights.

Some background info that's relevant:

Remember how a few months ago the "Mastodon Hug of Death" would take my VPS offline within seconds of sharing a link to a new post (on my self-hosted Ghost blog)? The issue was so bad I had to turn the blog private till I had solid caching in place. Varnish cache solved this.

Problem is, my PeerTube is on another VPS that doesn't have Varnish... and I'm scared that direct links to my PeerTube video page from Mastodon would freeze or take offline the whole VPS. Not so much for the streaming per se - PeerTube has P2P functionalities that share bandwidth - but more for having hundreds / thousands of servers trying to fetch the video's cover image.

So, my plan:

Publishing the video as UNLISTED on my PeerTube (so that nobody has a direct link to it) and then embedding it in a blog post on my Ghost blog... so that when people share that link from Mastodon, Varnish will do its magic... the cover image from the video won't be affected because Mastodon will fetch the cover image of the BLOG post. Then I would let #PeerTube's P2P do its magic.

Thoughts?

Thank you in advance 🙏​

#MySoCalledSudoLife #EleFediVideos

uBlock Origin on Bluesky vs Mastodon

Starting A Fediverse Instance For Your Town #GetFederated

https://video.fedihost.co/w/ifJUJAiLAerKyVQ5dYLukB

Hot take: Defederation is feature, not a bug. Not everyone needs to talk to everyone all the time.

@fedihost Interesting chat! I haven’t thought about using bringing back the "local internet" via the fediverse. Great idea!

@dbtechyt A self-hosted alternative to Notion. There are some projects with some of Notion’s features, but the combination of documents with powerful tables inside is still unmatched.

I've released new versions of my Kirby to Mastodon / Bluesky cross-posting plugin in the past days.

New features:
- Use Kirby snippets to define service specific post templates
- Support token authentication for 2FA users

See changes here: https://github.com/dewey/kirby-posse

#kirby #blogging #indieweb #posse