Lenz Grimmer

@lenzgr
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Doing Product Management at #Hetzner Cloud. This is my personal account, opinions are my own.

Previously leading and supporting engineering teams at #EnterpriseDB, #Percona and #SUSE. Working #remote from #Hamburg since 2002.

I've been working in the #Linux and #opensource infrastructure field since 1995. #EV and #ebike driver interested in #RenewableEnergy, #Mobility and concerned about #ClimateChange

I post in English and German. Posts get deleted automatically after 30 days.

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The NSF has been compromised.
#Energiewende kühlt merklich ab. Bei der letzten Solar-Ausschreibung gab es nicht genug Bieter. Die Verunsicherung, die das Wirtschaftsministerium verbreitet hat, ist offenbar groß und schreckt Investoren ab. Das sind keine guten Voraussetzungen für mehr Energieunabhängigkeit und funktionierenden #Klimaschutz.
https://www.pv-magazine.de/2026/03/31/ausschreibung-fuer-photovoltaik-dachanlagen-deutlich-unterzeichnet-zuschlagswert-stabil
Ausschreibung für Photovoltaik-Dachanlagen deutlich unterzeichnet – Zuschlagswert stabil

Mit 9,56 Cent pro Kilowattstunde lag der durchschnittliche Zuschlagswert leicht unter dem Niveau der Vorrunde. Nur knapp die Hälfte des Kontingents von 283 Megawatt konnte aufgrund der wenigen zulässigen Gebote verteilt werden. Gegensätzlich lief die Ausschreibungsrunde für Windparks an Land.

pv magazine Deutschland
finally, Wendell Berry's standards for technological innovation--truly as relevant now as they were in 1987 #othernetworks

Artemis flight has some tough deprivations ahead. Here's to a successful trip. Also enjoying the fact I get to pull out all my space memes.

#Artemis #ArtemisII #Moon #meme #funny #Aliens #SciFi

Would you rather be a cowboy, a samurai, or a pirate 
cowboy
samurai
pirate
Poll ends at .

1. GenAI is probably going to impact us but how? Nobody knows.
2. The worst thing about GenAI isn't the technology, it's the shitty people: https://karlbode.com/the-problem-with-ai-is-shitty-human-beings [<must-read]
3. We can’t have a grown-up conversation on the subject because the trillion-dollar bet’s fear+greed pressure crowds out truth.
4. When the bubble pops, the shitty people will melt away. Then we can maybe figure it out.
5. We so *SO* need that bubble to pop. Next week would be ideal.

#GenAI

The Problem With AI Is Shitty Human Beings

The problem with AI isn't going to be Skynet. It's going to be amoral extraction class assholes applying half-cooked automation at scale onto deeply broken sectors in exploitative ways in a country too corrupt to have functioning regulators.

The Fine Print*

Greg Bovino: FIRED
Kristi Noem: FIRED
Pam Bondi: FIRED

To recap:
•Each were wholly incompetent.
•Each committed or enabled gotesque crimes and human rights violations.
•Each should face prosecution for their open corruption.
•Each prove Trump never cared about meritocracy—only about sycophants who obey him.

Unfortunately for them, “I was just following orders” is not a valid defense.

More Than Just Parks: BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

"The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed."

https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-administration-orders?triedRedirect=true

#USFS #fascism #nationalforests

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

More Than Just Parks

🚨 LinkedIn runs a silent browser scan on every Chrome user who visits the site. 6,222 extensions. ~405 million users affected. No consent, no disclosure, no mention in their privacy policy.

The scan identifies your sales tools, VPN, ad blocker, job search extensions, and extensions tied to religion, politics, and disability.

The full technical breakdown, legal analysis, and searchable database of every scanned extension:

https://browsergate.eu

#LinkedIn #BrowserGate #privacy

LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer

Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm. The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it. Because LinkedIn knows each user’s real name, employer, and job title, it is not searching anonymous visitors. It is searching identified people at identified companies. Millions of companies. Every day. All over the world.

BrowserGate
LinkedIn is using invasive techniques to fingerprint your browser. Together with its understanding of your identity and professional history, it has the ingredients for an incredibly detailed profile. #Technology https://werd.io/linkedin-is-illegally-searching-your-computer/
LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer

LinkedIn is using invasive techniques to fingerprint your browser. Together with its understanding of your identity and professional history, it has the ingredients for an incredibly detailed profile.

Ben Werdmuller