Florian 'floe' Echtler
@floe.butterbrot.org
Research Hobbyist, Tenured Hacker, Antifascist.
Jack of all trades, master of some.
Associate Professor for Computer Science, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Founding Editor […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://hci.social/@floe, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Jack of all trades, master of some.
Associate Professor for Computer Science, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Founding Editor […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://hci.social/@floe, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
ooof. Done with the evaluation report. Obviously I didn't take a full four months to do it, I just had to work up the courage first to open this massive PDF 😅
On the plus side, the upcoming reviews for #chi2027 with their 30-35 pages seem rather cute now 😉
On the plus side, the upcoming reviews for #chi2027 with their 30-35 pages seem rather cute now 😉
October 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
ooof. Done with the evaluation report. Obviously I didn't take a full four months to do it, I just had to work up the courage first to open this massive PDF 😅
On the plus side, the upcoming reviews for #chi2027 with their 30-35 pages seem rather cute now 😉
On the plus side, the upcoming reviews for #chi2027 with their 30-35 pages seem rather cute now 😉
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Da einige gewitzelt haben, ob sein Führungsoffizier russisch oder chinesisch könne: Mit dieser Email-Adresse hat ein "john_genau" einen Duolingu-Account errichtet und nach der Invasion der Ukraine versucht, russisch zu lernen. 😳
web.archive.org/web/20240807...
web.archive.org/web/20240807...
October 5, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Da einige gewitzelt haben, ob sein Führungsoffizier russisch oder chinesisch könne: Mit dieser Email-Adresse hat ein "john_genau" einen Duolingu-Account errichtet und nach der Invasion der Ukraine versucht, russisch zu lernen. 😳
web.archive.org/web/20240807...
web.archive.org/web/20240807...
October 5, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Oh that's just brilliant, someone has hacked the Danish CPR registry and walked out with 8.8 million datasets, including names, addresses, and national ID numbers. That's approximately... EVERYBODY living in Denmark right now. 😑
Assume a lot of very official-looking phishing attempts in the […]
Assume a lot of very official-looking phishing attempts in the […]
Original post on hci.social
hci.social
October 5, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Oh that's just brilliant, someone has hacked the Danish CPR registry and walked out with 8.8 million datasets, including names, addresses, and national ID numbers. That's approximately... EVERYBODY living in Denmark right now. 😑
Assume a lot of very official-looking phishing attempts in the […]
Assume a lot of very official-looking phishing attempts in the […]
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October 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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Very long shot. Do I know anyone in or near Phuket who can do me a favour?
I left my wallet in a hotel earlier this year. They've just let me know they found it.
Anyone over there willing to pick it up & post it back to me? Happy to pay, of course.
I left my wallet in a hotel earlier this year. They've just let me know they found it.
Anyone over there willing to pick it up & post it back to me? Happy to pay, of course.
October 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Very long shot. Do I know anyone in or near Phuket who can do me a favour?
I left my wallet in a hotel earlier this year. They've just let me know they found it.
Anyone over there willing to pick it up & post it back to me? Happy to pay, of course.
I left my wallet in a hotel earlier this year. They've just let me know they found it.
Anyone over there willing to pick it up & post it back to me? Happy to pay, of course.
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Google is under fire for clearing over 300 hectares
— the equivalent of almost 500 football fields
— for two new data centers in the northern part of Finland without concluding the necessary environmental assessments.
Despite the assessments still being in progress, the tech giant’s contractors […]
— the equivalent of almost 500 football fields
— for two new data centers in the northern part of Finland without concluding the necessary environmental assessments.
Despite the assessments still being in progress, the tech giant’s contractors […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
October 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Google is under fire for clearing over 300 hectares
— the equivalent of almost 500 football fields
— for two new data centers in the northern part of Finland without concluding the necessary environmental assessments.
Despite the assessments still being in progress, the tech giant’s contractors […]
— the equivalent of almost 500 football fields
— for two new data centers in the northern part of Finland without concluding the necessary environmental assessments.
Despite the assessments still being in progress, the tech giant’s contractors […]
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Is it me or does this approach rather miss the actual cause of the problem?
October 4, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Is it me or does this approach rather miss the actual cause of the problem?
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@islieb/117377600510679189
@wackJackle
When you don’t need to reach for the dictionary
@wackJackle
When you don’t need to reach for the dictionary
mastodon.social
October 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@islieb/117377600510679189
@wackJackle
When you don’t need to reach for the dictionary
@wackJackle
When you don’t need to reach for the dictionary
It has been __0__ days since I had to fix a networking issue by disabling IPv6. In 2026. 🙄
#networking #ipv6 #sysadminlife
#networking #ipv6 #sysadminlife
October 3, 2026 at 8:35 AM
It has been __0__ days since I had to fix a networking issue by disabling IPv6. In 2026. 🙄
#networking #ipv6 #sysadminlife
#networking #ipv6 #sysadminlife
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Diese europäischen Öl- und Dieselreserven sind übrigens dafür gedacht, dass im absoluten Notfall Europa weiterhin Zugriff auf Öl und Diesel hat. Stattdessen wird es genutzt, damit Trump noch eine vermeintliche Chance bekommt, die Wahlen zu gewinnen und den Irankrieg nicht als LOSER beenden zu […]
Original post on norden.social
norden.social
October 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Diese europäischen Öl- und Dieselreserven sind übrigens dafür gedacht, dass im absoluten Notfall Europa weiterhin Zugriff auf Öl und Diesel hat. Stattdessen wird es genutzt, damit Trump noch eine vermeintliche Chance bekommt, die Wahlen zu gewinnen und den Irankrieg nicht als LOSER beenden zu […]
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In precision machining it’s known that the standard twist drill makes holes that are never perfectly round nor perfectly sized. When exactness is required you drill slightly undersized then follow up with a reamer. Needing 10.000mm I drilled 9.9 and chucked a 10mm reamer. Instead of taking tiny […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
October 2, 2026 at 11:09 PM
In precision machining it’s known that the standard twist drill makes holes that are never perfectly round nor perfectly sized. When exactness is required you drill slightly undersized then follow up with a reamer. Needing 10.000mm I drilled 9.9 and chucked a 10mm reamer. Instead of taking tiny […]
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Wenn man sieht, wie die Union die Grünen angegriffen hat und jetzt die Linke Berlin attackiert.. fragt man sich schon, wann genau sie denn eigentlich vor hat, das auch mit der rechtsextremen AfD zu machen.
October 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Wenn man sieht, wie die Union die Grünen angegriffen hat und jetzt die Linke Berlin attackiert.. fragt man sich schon, wann genau sie denn eigentlich vor hat, das auch mit der rechtsextremen AfD zu machen.
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The Open Home Foundation Community Day is coming up on November 7. I don't see any events registered for the Portland, OR area.
https://www.openhomefoundation.org/community-day/
If five Portland-area Home Assistant enthusiasts respond to this post and indicate they'd attend an event that day […]
https://www.openhomefoundation.org/community-day/
If five Portland-area Home Assistant enthusiasts respond to this post and indicate they'd attend an event that day […]
Original post on pdx.social
pdx.social
October 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
The Open Home Foundation Community Day is coming up on November 7. I don't see any events registered for the Portland, OR area.
https://www.openhomefoundation.org/community-day/
If five Portland-area Home Assistant enthusiasts respond to this post and indicate they'd attend an event that day […]
https://www.openhomefoundation.org/community-day/
If five Portland-area Home Assistant enthusiasts respond to this post and indicate they'd attend an event that day […]
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This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
October 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/117369225190039735
The threat of any extinction or more loosely, broad global genocide has nothing to do with AI per se, but the totalitarian madness of the wealthiest people in the world for whom nothing is ever enough.
The threat of any extinction or more loosely, broad global genocide has nothing to do with AI per se, but the totalitarian madness of the wealthiest people in the world for whom nothing is ever enough.
mastodon.social
October 2, 2026 at 4:06 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/117369225190039735
The threat of any extinction or more loosely, broad global genocide has nothing to do with AI per se, but the totalitarian madness of the wealthiest people in the world for whom nothing is ever enough.
The threat of any extinction or more loosely, broad global genocide has nothing to do with AI per se, but the totalitarian madness of the wealthiest people in the world for whom nothing is ever enough.
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LLMs really have put the academic publishing system of "publish or perish" into a death spiral: arXiv introduces a limit of two submissions per month for 'authors'. Academia has been broken for a long time, but this really lays it bare…
Fair Moderation, Equitable Access, and AI: arXiv’s Updated […]
Fair Moderation, Equitable Access, and AI: arXiv’s Updated […]
Original post on scholar.social
scholar.social
October 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
LLMs really have put the academic publishing system of "publish or perish" into a death spiral: arXiv introduces a limit of two submissions per month for 'authors'. Academia has been broken for a long time, but this really lays it bare…
Fair Moderation, Equitable Access, and AI: arXiv’s Updated […]
Fair Moderation, Equitable Access, and AI: arXiv’s Updated […]
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RE: https://tacobelllabs.net/@astraluma/117363654848931561
Digital Ocean killed its "we give Open Source projects a bit of free hosting" policy basically at the same time they droppen 3 millions USD on Omarchy, DHH's (who is a fascist and racist) set of config files he calls a distribution […]
Digital Ocean killed its "we give Open Source projects a bit of free hosting" policy basically at the same time they droppen 3 millions USD on Omarchy, DHH's (who is a fascist and racist) set of config files he calls a distribution […]
Original post on tldr.nettime.org
tldr.nettime.org
October 1, 2026 at 8:11 AM
RE: https://tacobelllabs.net/@astraluma/117363654848931561
Digital Ocean killed its "we give Open Source projects a bit of free hosting" policy basically at the same time they droppen 3 millions USD on Omarchy, DHH's (who is a fascist and racist) set of config files he calls a distribution […]
Digital Ocean killed its "we give Open Source projects a bit of free hosting" policy basically at the same time they droppen 3 millions USD on Omarchy, DHH's (who is a fascist and racist) set of config files he calls a distribution […]
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the AI credit crisis has officially opened: first national bank warns of AI credit risk
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/bank-england-sees-growing-risk-that-dangers-ai-debt-will-materialise-2026-09-30/
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/bank-england-sees-growing-risk-that-dangers-ai-debt-will-materialise-2026-09-30/
September 30, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen, the AI credit crisis has officially opened: first national bank warns of AI credit risk
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/bank-england-sees-growing-risk-that-dangers-ai-debt-will-materialise-2026-09-30/
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/bank-england-sees-growing-risk-that-dangers-ai-debt-will-materialise-2026-09-30/
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🇪🇺✅ Good news: No "dirty deal" on #chatcontrol 2.0 in yesterday's trilogue! 🎉 The Parliament stood firm – thanks to your pressure. But: the threat remains, next showdown likely in November. Update […]
Original post on digitalcourage.social
digitalcourage.social
September 30, 2026 at 3:33 PM
🇪🇺✅ Good news: No "dirty deal" on #chatcontrol 2.0 in yesterday's trilogue! 🎉 The Parliament stood firm – thanks to your pressure. But: the threat remains, next showdown likely in November. Update […]
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Im Uninetz der #ovgu Magdeburg wird die Webseite der-adenauer.de geblockt.
Ich würde sehr gerne wissen warum, und welche weiteren Seiten geblockt werden und habe gerade beim IT-Service mal unbedarft angefragt.
Meint ihr, so ein Uni-Rechenzentrum muss nach einer #ifg Anfrage seine Blocklisten […]
Ich würde sehr gerne wissen warum, und welche weiteren Seiten geblockt werden und habe gerade beim IT-Service mal unbedarft angefragt.
Meint ihr, so ein Uni-Rechenzentrum muss nach einer #ifg Anfrage seine Blocklisten […]
Original post on machteburch.social
machteburch.social
December 12, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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Woke up to the excellent news that @timnitGebru has received the Right Livelihood Award, aka the Alternative Nobel Prize. 🏆
That recognition is important, and well-deserved. Congratulations!🎉 🎉 🎉
That recognition is important, and well-deserved. Congratulations!🎉 🎉 🎉
September 30, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Woke up to the excellent news that @timnitGebru has received the Right Livelihood Award, aka the Alternative Nobel Prize. 🏆
That recognition is important, and well-deserved. Congratulations!🎉 🎉 🎉
That recognition is important, and well-deserved. Congratulations!🎉 🎉 🎉