Christian Lins

@bordfunk@norden.social
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#Professor of computer stuff; occasionally wires up lecture halls at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (#HAWHamburg) and reports on commuting adventures by #train between #Oldenburg and #Hamburg.

Reposts random nerd and politics stuff in German or English. Posts are being deleted after 3 months.

Websitehttps://lins.me
PeerTubehttps://tube.lins.me

Just saw this scrolling through Facebook. I don't know anything about the matter, but my point remains valid: using other people's platforms does not and never will guarantee the safety of your data.

@_elena 's video is extremely relevant: https://tube.bsd.cafe/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN

#OwnYourData

Possibly unpopular opinion: the advertising industry serves no intrinsic good (or even decent) purpose, and it's shameful that as technologists we've made a devil's bargain with that industry.

You think anyone needs an Amazon ad to interrupt and disrupt an educational YouTube video? Eff right off.

Das heißt: Die Gasheizungsbesitzer bekommen künftig mehr heraus, Wärmepumpenbesitzer nicht. Wer CO2-sparend heizt, wird bestraft (und zahlt für die Gaskunden mit).

Die Regierung belohnt erstmal alle, die die Propaganda von Union, FDP, KKR-Newslettern und AfD geglaubt haben.

SCHRIER: Have you ever treated measles?

RFK JR: No

SCHRIER: Well I have. Let me tell you how miserable these kids is. The great thing is there's a vaccine to prevent it ... they only work if you actually give them

It's once again time for the Breaking News Consumer's Handbook:

  • In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
  • Don't trust anonymous sources.
  • Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
  • There's almost never a second shooter.
  • Pay attention to the language the media uses.
    • "We are getting reports"…could mean anything.
    • "We are seeking confirmation"…means they don't have it.
    • "[News outlet] has learned"…means it has a scoop or is going out on a limb.
  • Look for news outlets close to the incident.
  • Compare multiple sources.
  • Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
  • Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.
  • Once again, see the original blog post for elaboration and comments on all these points.

    (via @Sheril)

    #MediaLiteracy #breaking #news

    "Bei Windows ist es in Unternehmen üblich, dass die Geräte bei einem Betriebssystemupgrade (z.B. das bald anstehende von Windows 10 auf 11) ausgemustert und ausgetauscht werden. Dafür muss jeder Mitarbeiter bei der IT ein neues Gerät abholen – inklusive Einrichtung sowie möglicher Probleme. So etwas ist aufwändig und teuer – insbesondere, wenn wir nicht von nur ein paar hundert oder tausend Geräten sprechen, sondern im Falle von Google über 100.000 mit Goobuntu – weltweit verteilt.
    Da Ubuntu auf Debian aufbaut, gibt es einen viel besseren Weg: Ein In-Place Upgrade. Das laufende System wird von Ubuntu zu Debian umgestellt. Anfang 2019 wurden die letzten Goobuntu-Systeme migriert, alle laufen seit dem auf gLinux.

    Ist gLinux ein Erfolg?

    Der Wartungsaufwand konnte mit gLinux erheblich reduziert werden: Mehrstufige Testphasen mit diversen Alpha- Beta und GA-Versionen sind entfallen. Eine Person reicht für die wöchentlichen Aktualisierungen aus, der Stress ist zusammen mit dem Arbeitspensum stark gesunken. Parallel haben verbesserte Tests, mehr Automatisierung und der neuere Kernel von Debian Testing gegenüber Ubuntu LTS zu stabileren Systemen geführt."

    Eine Person in der IT.
    Für >100.000 Linux-Arbeitsplätze.
    Wow!

    u-labs.de/portal/dieses-linux-nutzt-google-fur-uber-100-000-mitarbeiter/

    #Linux #Google #gLinux #Debian #DebianTesting #LinuxRules
    Dieses Linux nutzt Google für über 100.000 Mitarbeiter | U-Labs

    Welches Betriebssystem nutzt Google? Windows ist es nicht und war es nie. Der Konzern spricht wenig darüber, doch seit Jahrzehnten arbeiten Angestellte bei Google primär mit GNU/Linux. Und das in riesigen Dimensionen: Über 100.000 Mitarbeiter verwenden dort inzwischen das fr...

    U-Labs
    Eigentlich sollte der Sonderbericht zur Maskenbeschaffung in der Coronakrise nicht öffentlich werden. Nun veröffentlicht t-online das gesamte Dokument. https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/innenpolitik/id_100789252/jens-spahn-t-online-veroeffentlicht-geheimen-maskenbericht.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
    Jens Spahn und die Maskenaffäre: t-online veröffentlicht geheimen Bericht

    Eigentlich sollte der Sonderbericht zur Maskenbeschaffung in der Coronakrise nicht öffentlich werden. Nun veröffentlicht t-online das gesamte Dokument.

    t-online

    Endlich ist es soweit: Unser PeerTube-Hosting ist released! 😊

    Ab sofort kannst du bei uns deine eigene, dezentrale Videoplattform hosten – unabhängig und werbefrei.

    Lade Videos hoch, streame live und teile deinen Kanal mit anderen Instanzen im Fediverse. 📽️

    https://ossrox.org/store/peertube

    #PeerTube #Fediverse #Video #hosting #opensource #UnplugTrump #FediVerse #Ossrox

    «DOGE has provided a template for complete political and cultural rollback, exploiting AI's brittle affordances to trash any pretence at social contract. What the so-called educational offers from AI companies are actually doing is a form of cyberattack, building in the pathways for the hacker tactic of 'privilege escalation' to be used by future threat actors, especially those from a hostile administration.»

    "The role of the University is to resist" by @danmcquillan

    https://danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar.html

    The role of the University is to resist AI

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    Software development methodologies compared.

    #software #development #agile #waterfall #ai #developer

    @mookie

    Does Jira exist for AI? Does it write its own tickets?

    @mookie Does it participate in stand-up? Does it do stand-up?
    @mookie AI jokes aside, waterfall is not represented here.
    @mookie read: scrummasters are a dying breed
    @gary_alderson @mookie Why were they a breed at all, we shall never know. (I never had a dedicated scrummaster anywhere, but the entire agile methodology appears to me as some kind of attempt to turn software development into a religion)
    @mookie heads up there's a typo in the alt text and it calls the cat motorcycle a car motorcycle lol

    @raphaelmorgan

    LOL! Oops! Silly auto correct in iOS always thinking it knows more than me. Fixed. Thank you for the heads up!

    @mookie as someone who knows nothing about tech, this just looks like an undeserved compliment towards AI, the horrible city-ruining car becomes a lovely duck

    @compost_funeral @mookie

    There’s a bit of a narrative though.

    In Waterfall, you tend to build the pieces, then build up, but may not have anything functional until the end.

    In Agile, you focus on building something basic & working first, then iterate, improving it but keeping it functional through your iterations.

    The last one (AI) is a non-sequitur pile of unrelated nonsense.

    I think that’s a big part of the tech joke.

    @darth_hideout @mookie thank you for explaining the joke to someone who had 0 context!

    @darth_hideout

    Waterfall & Agile 👍

    I think the AI iterations are not unrelated, but are meant to show the deterioration in the process of prompting. Like:

    Prompt 1: Build me a car.
    -> AI produces the car lookalike.

    P2: That doesn't look like a cat¹ and it should have one more wheel.
    -> AI produces a cat tricycle.

    P3: Damn, not a cat, btw. animals don't have wheels.
    -> AI produces a duckling (not a cat) w/o wheels.

    😅
    @compost_funeral @mookie

    ¹ typo intended (via ALT hint by @raphaelmorgan)

    @mookie i see the subtle agile critique.

    @ivorytusk

    Hehe. I noticed that too.

    @mookie the intermediate stages of Agile are closer to AI than you’d think.
    @mookie Honestly, the duck's feet would probably be merging into one another.
    @mookie Not gonna lie, that cat bike looks cool though ))

    @mookie the thing is: With waterfall you may end up with the car as planned but than you realize, you needed a truck instead.

    And with agile you actually end up with a car that has teeny tiny skateboard wheels and a wooden frame because that's how you started and replacing it would be to expensive.

    So AI is the only approach that is consistent all the way. You start with crap, the in-between is crap and the end result is crap.

    @feyter @mookie garbage in garbage out as usual ^^
    @f4grx @feyter @mookie no worries, recently I am seeing narratives about “algorithmic management” what can go wrong.
    @f4grx @feyter @mookie the most strange part was, when they say AI is not taking sides and makes perfect decisions, well that depends on what are the values. And I highly doubt AI can and ever will be able to weight between different values case by case. And I would like to see sensible human being willing to be managed by AI. Next scary thing is AI crap in HR departments now being renamed to PeopleOps.
    @mookie careful as this may actually heavily promote AI

    New entry on cv:

    VibeScript, strongly duck-typed

    🤓😂

    You can have a versatile car in a year.

    A golf cart in a month.

    Or a duck in a day.

    🤓😬🥹

    @mookie ironically this image itself I believe to be “AI” generated
    @mookie I think this is a little exaggerated.
    The duck should have at least some wheels.
    I don't know how many and where they are, though ...
    @mookie
    And when you touch the duck car alarms blare. It honks instead of quake and there are wheels and gears inside it instead of organs. Also it goes the speed of pebble by rotating its legs like they are wheels.
    @mookie I don't think this is accurate; AI never produced anything as cute as that cat-bike or that duck
    @mookie ... but the cat and duck are so cute 🥺
    @mookie note that none of these end up with trains and public transit like they should

    the analogy is correct in this also
    @mookie so this is why my new web portal keeps quacking.
    ΘΔ•ZFM🐊🦊🐺:flag_genderfluid: (@zfm@eldritch.cafe)

    Attached: 1 image Because fuck AI and those using it, here's my version of this meme which is about how we create things, with a car as an example. It took me 20min, I added some personnality and even added my special intererests into the mix. This is what the internet should be.

    Eldritch Café
    @mookie "Agile" as a Software Development Methodology is what you get when you put a baby MBA hooked on energy drinks in charge of a software project.
    @mookie @BRicker I would totally drive (ride?) that cat with wheels.
    @mookie This is accurate because in the Agile model somebody forgot to make the back window and nobody noticed until we shipped.
    @mookie these humorous pictures never challenged their underlying assumption. Most customers and users don’t actually know what they want and are unable to articulate it well at any point in the development process this picture assumes the customer needs a car to solve their problem and that they need that specific kind of a car by the end of the development process. CC:@lproven