Mastodawn

Juri Pakaste 18h ago

RE: https://mas.to/@assaf/116256530333915001

Every time I look at a watch, I wish it had fewer hands.

Juri Pakaste 1d ago

This one deserves a _finally_: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/18/ios-26-4-purchase-sharing-change/

Family Sharing in iOS 26.4 No Longer Forces Adults to Share a Payment Method

With iOS 26.4, Apple has made a small but useful change to the way that Family Sharing works. Each adult member of the family can now use their own...

MacRumors

Juri Pakaste Mar 13

Chris Parker Mar 12

I've been messing around with Claude and various technologies on macOS and iOS and I think I know what Apple needs to do to unlock AI usage on iOS: https://www.playswithfire.com/posts/applescript-on-ios/

Apple Should Make AppleScript Available on iOS for AI | Chris Parker

Juri Pakaste Mar 7

Arthur Charpentier ⏚ 🇨🇦 🇯🇵Mar 7

"Global Warming Has Accelerated Significantly" https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2025GL118804

Juri Pakaste Feb 21

Ian Betteridge Feb 21

“What is surprising is that the authorities are surprised by such an outcome,” he said. “We are not experiencing the worst possible scenario, but simply a probable one, entirely within the range of what can be expected from climate simulations.”

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/21/under-water-in-denial-is-europe-drowning-out-the-climate-crisis

Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis?

Even as weather extremes worsen, the voices calling for the rolling back of environmental rules have grown louder and more influential

The Guardian

Juri Pakaste Feb 16

Matthias Kirschner Feb 16

RE: https://gruene.social/@Gerbsen/116052492129846084

Money transfer from the German Federal Administration to Microsoft:

2023: 274.091.361,75 Euro
2024: 347.665.579,71 Euro
2025: 481.369.660,77 Euro

(Source: German Parliament 21/4006 page 96 https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/040/2104006.pdf )

Daniel asks what #FreeSoftware #OpenSource could have been procured and developed with such sums and how you feel about when you see those numbers. He also fears this trend will continue.

Juri Pakaste Feb 10