Schon wieder hat die Bahn einen Prozess gegen ihre Kundenfeindlichkeit (unanfechtbar!) verloren: Die Bahn darf beim Kauf von Sparpreis-Tickets nicht mehr verpflichtend E-Mail-Adresse oder Handynummer verlangen. Das OLG Frankfurt entschied: Diese Praxis war rechtswidrig, da sie gegen die DSGVO verstößt. Die Daten sind für den Kauf nicht erforderlich und eine freiwillige Einwilligung lag nicht vor. Kund.innen können jetzt wieder ohne Angabe persönlicher Kontaktdaten Sparpreise buchen – online, am Automaten oder Schalter.

#Bahn #Datenschutz #OLGFrankfurt #DSGVO

https://ordentliche-gerichtsbarkeit.hessen.de/presse/zwingende-angabe-der-e-mail-adresse-oder-handynummer-fuer-den-bahnfahrkartenerwerb-rechtswidrig

Some people in #Iran successfully use delta with national email providers when outside Internet is cut.

#deltachat designs are #OfflineFirst using delay tolerant protocols. Messages are queued when a path is blocked. email servers are made for this and run at planetary scale.
Messages crossing the border may arrive three days later but they arrive.

Peoples can stay in private touch across time and space, to the extent possible in current breakdown times. Which is what delta is about.

That study that shows that developers think they save 20% of time when using coding LLMs, but they’re actually taking 20% longer is so funny.

Not only does the AI bullshit the developers—the developers also bullshit themselves.

Before you buy on amazon, check if the product-company has their own website and order it there.

This way the shop gets the full price, and corporations have less investment.

Have a great weekend you all. 😊

#goodnews #golokjo #golocal #weekend #supportlocal #fridaymotivation

Study: When experienced open-source developers used current AI tools, work took 19% longer to complete. In spite of which, the developers *thought* they were working *faster.*

It’s just one study, and they don’t claim anything beyond what they observed. Their results are not predictive. Still....

(There must be a name for the psychological trick we play on ourselves to believe we’re being more productive even when we’re considerably less so.)

Hat tip: Dave Martin

https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/

Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss):

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

https://openletter.earth/open-letter-stop-the-uncritical-adoption-of-ai-technologies-in-academia-b65bba1e

#Forgejo 11.0.3 and 7.0.16 were just released! They are security releases.

We recommend that all installations are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.

Check out the release notes and download it at https://forgejo.org/releases/. If you experience any issues with this release, please report to https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues.

#forgejorelease

A strong statement of resistance to the relentless marketing of "AI" in education spaces. I encourage all educators to have a look and consider signing on:

https://openletter.earth/an-open-letter-from-educators-who-refuse-the-call-to-adopt-genai-in-education-cb4aee75