@jwildeboer
We all remember how everybody was surprised by the GDPR. 🤦‍♂️

#EU #PPWR

@jwildeboer it does not surprise me that people are surprised. There are so many of these things running in parallel and it is hard to keep up when you are running a small business and have to worry about a million things.

I mean I grew up with "Stuttgart 21" planning. Back in high school in the mid 90s we even drew sketches of how it could look like.

But I never believed it would actually happen. So did many citizens in Stuttgart.

@michal

If you look at the list of people who donated a million each, you'll find DHH's business partner (Jason Fried), the CEO of Shopify, where DHH is on the board (Tobi), and other people close to him.

It's safe to assume most of them — maybe except Dell and Cloudflare ­— would not have donated to Linux-related projects that DHH is not involved in.

@michal seeing the funders that omacom has, it has a few months until it becomes corporate slop

@michal DHH sentient AI girlfriend is going to save us all, well, not all /s

@davidgerard

Oh my goodness, Apple is about to invent folding phones, six years later!! AMAZING!!!

Every time I see a MacBook with a notch, I'm very tempted to stand in front of the person using it, gently close the macbook, lean forward, stare into their flipping soul, and just say, "Get help."

@davidgerard I mean.. Obviously it should be called iFold
Or: iPhold

@davidgerard surely people will enjoy the ear cameras that read to them and the category of phone that’s most known for carriers begging people to downgrade to them because they’re extraordinarily expensive and break almost instantly

what do you mean you don’t want surveillance cameras in your ears and a scam phone

@davidgerard I mean if they're considering AirPeeps Bro Max, one could say this even makes a smidgeon of more sense. People do fall for foldables, I only didn't get one cos I can't afford, and there was a considerable amount of time about a year, year and a half ago where I was too stupidly enamoured by them...

@freedosproject
Very cool. And yeah, great title!

Back in the day I was an nroff/troff expert, I even taught classes on them.

@freedosproject Great title! 👏

@freedosproject Thats why its been quiet on YouTube 🥹
Congratulations 🎉

@freedosproject But, but... I was going to write this book! And now you tell me you've already written it? Well I guess I better read it then.

@stefano I also have had a cappuccino, but mine wasn't as Instagrammable... I mean, as tootable 🤔 as yours

@stefano Coffee, chocolate and man are better when they're rich. 😉

@michal sorry, i'm still trying to understand gunz for all = good. also, waiting for the populace with guns to rise up against their shitty government.

@michal https://www.ryanjhite.com/2026/02/07/the-libertarian-town-that-was-defeated-by-bears/

@rl_dane Have a good break!

@rl_dane Have a good one. We'll be here when you come back. :)

@rl_dane@polymaths.social Enjoy your digital detox time and...we'll be here when you'll be back.

Take care of yourself!

@rl_dane Enjoy your time off and take care!

@rl_dane look after yourself!
Give the cats a snozzle from me

@rl_dane Come back none the wiser, but refreshed and revitalized 🫂

@stfn A ile ma tych szczebli? I z ilu części się składa?

@mttaggart
So many creators have already switched to subscription based models for a lot of their income. I hope that itself helps encourage others to post videos in better places.

@mttaggart I still pay for a premium YouTube subscription because I hate ads that much and I don’t insta/reels/tok at all so YouTube is about my only source for user-created video. So, serious question, which do you think provides Google less money, a Premium subscription or letting their ads run inline with the videos? I watch 6-10 videos a day of the < 15 minute variety.

@davidrevoy Good for you. I've had concerns for awhile about how they approach AI and not respecting our privacy. Website has quite a few trackers.

@davidrevoy This looks like it was built by a community that has absolutely stopped learning.

@davidrevoy I'm learning how to use NetBSD on an extra laptop I have. It's nice, but not as modern as I like. I really hope I don't have to switch, but I will if I have to.

@davidrevoy It’s the year of the BSDesktop

@davidrevoy shit sucks all over, man. maybe you actually have enough relevance to be able to shift the scales though.

@davidrevoy I get you, and the Linux Foundation has been a bunch of horrible assholes for a very long time. They're basically a who's who of the most awful corporations on the planet at this point - Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon are platinum members. Fucking Anthropic is a gold member.

But they don't own Linux.

@davidrevoy obligatory

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one free anti-slop kitto coupon

@davidrevoy The problem is that there's no real "elsewhere", linux being the only remotely mature alternative to proprietary systems and a lesser evil compared to them.

@davidrevoy Uhg, gross...

I think what's most disappointing to me about *all* of this stuff is having spent so many years believing that FOSS was at least partially grounded in an ideology and a philosophy, and not just about being cheap and, well... sloppy.

It's difficult not to burn out, to be honest.

I have to remind myself that a lot of people really do care, and want to do what is right.

@davidrevoy The Linux Foundation has Linux in the name but it's barely associated with it, their actions cannot be seen as representative of the Linux project.

@davidrevoy Just so everyone knows, the same applies to #wikipedia and the #wikimedia foundation:

https://www.quippd.com/writing/2026/08/04/wikipedia-turned-on-its-volunteers-now-its-coming-for-its-workers.html

Yes, they are also union busting.

@davidrevoy *squints really hard at the floppy disks*

Have we really gotten so old that people don't know what floppy disks look like anymore? Or they just went "good enough" and slapped it down.

Could have at least spent a few bucks on Fiverr to hire someone to fix the AI's mistakes.

@davidrevoy understandable sentiment, although this does feel a little bit as we would say like "throwing the baby out with the bath water".
But yes there have been some decisions lately that are - lets say disputed.

@davidrevoy

Remix of "This is fine" (https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/misc__2025-07-01_This-is-fine_by-David-Revoy.html) by David Revoy − CC-BY 4.0

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Pepper sitting in a burning room with a blue Linux cup in her hand. Referencing the "this is fine" meme.

@davidrevoy @ozzelot the linux foundation receiving a fuckton of money from multiple AI corporations (including Palantir) and paying Torvalds a $1.5 million/year paycheck is almost certainly the reason why Torvalds instituted an AI policy in the kernel that requires maintainers to use LLMs for review and encourages slop in the kernel. he evoked a right-wing conspiracy theory while doing it.

a lot of people have told you the Linux Foundation isn’t Linux, that they don’t matter, that you should keep contributing. that doesn’t make any sense if you think about it, does it. this is capitalism, and the person at the head of a project receiving large amounts of money certainly affects everyone who’s part of that project.

the Linux Foundation posting slop is a symptom of a sickness, but keep your eye on what matters. the kernel is rapidly becoming slop and it’s run by someone who very loudly dislikes you and me and everyone else who doesn’t like LLMs. you can do better with your time.

@davidrevoy however, this is another level, wondering what would the choice be other than linux for OSS

@davidrevoy We need more people like you in this world!

@davidrevoy The Linux Foundation is not a monolithic thing. It consists of many corporations, which, in turn, consist of many more humans.

And it does many things besides Linux, some of which are real head scratches (at least for me).

This is quite possibly, a random Joe or a random boss doing a thing without much thought. Or with thought of investors, neglecting which turn out bad for Ford, IIRC.

And over... this, the whole foundation seem rotten; lead by worst example, all in the world is bad (it isn't bad, if we include a bit more than the worst).

That is not to say that Linux Foundation is good; it is corporate alliance, to do its things, some of which related to Linux.

Now, with this more detailed picture, ask yourself... is it worth to assign the mega-blame... to a project worth billions (Linux kernel), given for free to all?

And, what this does actually accomplish? Do you think that generative AI actually uses tablets on Linux? Or maybe actual artists are using tablets? And Linux gives more freedom from corporate control, to 'em?

Your time is yours. And your decisions, are too. And you do lots of amazing, evocative, libre arts (& more). Just... here's a bit of food for thought, okay?

@davidrevoy I mean, if your concern is the use of generative AI in Linux, then from what I've been reading, The Linux Foundation is the least of your problems; a much bigger problem is Linus Torvalds.
But, as others have pointed out, it's not clear there's anywhere better to go instead of Linux. 🤷
Ref: https://www.startpage.com/do/search?q=linus+generative+ai+linux

@davidrevoy First of all, you need to contact The Linux Foundation, otherwise they will not realise you are upset at them.

Second, Linux and TLF are two different things and likely only the former cares about your tablet driver contributions unless the manufacturer of those tablets is a TLF member.

Third, I suspect this is a result of one employee's decision because likely TLF does not have any internal AI use guidelines. That brings us back to the first point. Complain to them.

@davidrevoy
In other news, i found out you are not only just an amazing comic artist 😉

@stefano I think the main reason behind this scarcity is abundance of capital, compute and data. It sounds contradictory but it’s basically the viewpoint of these traditional tech companies.

IMHO their motive was not about forcing usage, but more about how easy it is to corner the market (pick up the phone, buy all the available compute, sleep, repeat).

@stefano to me, the root problem is lack of competition.

It's not like there's hundreds of manufacturers in different countries. There's just a few of them, concentrated in 3 countries from the same continent.

And they choose the better buyer which is currently not the small consumer.

@stfn ostry falafel na grubym, z frytkami

@stfn Co to jest kapsalon? xD