Ed Voncken

@EdVoncken
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Today is the day, the EU decides on Chat Control 1.0. Will they let the Trojan Horse through the gate and let Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn etc continue to scan all your messages?

We at Tuta say NO. 

❌ No scanning
❌ No mass surveillance
❌ No age verification

Instead we fight for:

✅ Encryption
✅ Privacy
✅ Open Source

And so should the EU. Stop #ChatControl now! 🥊 

Curious if your emails are safe? Check here which providers scan your data:
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/voluntary-scanning-google-microsoft

One wasn't exactly spoiled for choice as far as differential/incremental backups went prior to 2010.

From what I can find there was duplicity and... that's about it for self-contained options.

Bacula has the whole "yeah but you need to stand-up a server so you're kind of screwed if that's down" problem.

Amanda is similar in that way and also looks a bit intimidating to get started with.

These days I prefer borgbackup to duplicity, but it sure is a lot younger. It was not always an option.

duplicity / duplicity · GitLab

Duplicity backs directories by producing encrypted tar-format volumes and uploading them to a remote or local file server.

GitLab
A whole story about camel milk and not once did I see the word “dromedairy”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/22/australian-camel-milk-us-market?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
How an Australian farmer is planning to get US consumers hooked on camel milk

A staple in African and Arab communities for millennia, camel milk is now being marketed as a ‘superfood’

The Guardian
In Kopenhagen gibt es die Vorschrift, dass alle wichtigen Radwege bei Schneefall bis spätestens 08:00 Uhr morgens geräumt sein müssen, damit die Menschen sicher mit dem Fahrrad zur Arbeit fahren können. So sieht dass dann aus❤️😀

@SnoopJ The real solution to the trolley problem is to understand that it's not a problem, in the sense that it's presented.

You are given two options, both of which suck. But *you* didn't set this situation up. This situation is *the system*, and you are being told you're responsible for the outcome. You are not. Since only your hand is close enough to the lever, you can make a difference, but the fact that the problem exists in the first place, and therefore any outcome, is the responsibility of The System, not you. The System tries to make you think it's about you, that it's your fault this is happening, that whoever dies, it's on you. It is not. Don't believe what The System is telling you. You may be forced to live within it, but its evil outcomes are not truly your responsibility. The right answer is that, whatever you choose to do with that lever, proceed to work to dismantle The System that put those people on the track and sent the trolley toward them in the first place.

thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out

The bottleneck was never writing code. It's understanding what to build.

If you're using AI coding tools, focus on:
• Smaller features (if it's 1000 lines, it's too big to review)
• Clear acceptance criteria before you prompt
• Tests first, AI-generated code second
• Security audits (AI can't do this)

More code isn't the goal. Solving real problems is.

Worf was raised by humans on Earth so he's probably seen Die Hard at least once

I'll be speaking in about 30 minutes @cfgmgmtcamp -- title of my talk is "The Gilded Age of Open Source is Over". With a title like that you know it's going to be brimming over with optimism and positivity. You know, as I usually am.

I have jetlag, very little sleep, 50 minutes, and 59 slides. Let's go! #CfgMgmtCamp

Buying CPU because I can't afford RAM