Mäh W.

@maehw@chaos.social
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👨‍💻 I am interested in wired & radio communication, DSP, (embedded) software dev & engineering, FOSS, reverse engineering, IT security, space, programmable and non-programmable bricks, old and new computer technology, robots, machine embroidery & other things. Living in 🇩🇪. Speaking 🇩🇪/🇬🇧/💻 and understanding a little bit of 🇫🇷.
Mäh W.1d ago
Fuzzy Leapfrog1d ago

Die Antwort auf meine ewige Frage "In welcher Welt leben wir eigentlich?" ist "Nicht in der selben!"

https://rp-online.de/politik/deutschland/kanzler-merz-gibt-frauen-karriere-tipps-maenner-sind-bessere-netzwerker_aid-130381277

Mäh W.2d ago
It's FOSSApr 28

Huge respect 🫡

#opensource

Mäh W.2d ago
pitch R.2d ago

👋
Ich suche Speaker*innen (explizit nicht Typen) im #ITSecurity Umfeld, bestenfalls mit und rund um #OpenSource Technologien.
Solltest du dich da sehen, aber nochnie darüber erzählt haben helfe ich auch super gerne bei der Erarbeitung einer Präsentation.

Gerne teilen fürs Hivemind!

english version below ⬇️

Mäh W.2d ago
ultrageranium2d ago

Anyone can recommend forgotten books about designing and programming text user interfaces (TUI) for consoles/terminals, also known as screen design back in the 80s?

*Not* curses or using existing libraries, but more like relying directly on ANSI/VT100 control sequences. And *no*, I'm not asking for a list of escape sequences :)

The kind of material I'm thinking of is something close to the 1989 "Programming the User Interface: Principles and Examples" by Judith R. Brown and Steve Cunningham. But focused on TUI exclusively. The more (pseudo-)code, the better.

#ansi #vt100 #terminal #tui #console

Mäh W.2d ago
datenwolf2d ago

Gibt es jemanden in meiner Bubble der mir für ein paar Tage ein Differential-#GPS / #GNSS-Gerät in Geodäsie-Qualität leihen könnte?

Bevor ich damit anfange das Katasteramt zur Vermessung und setzen von Grenzsteinen bei meinem kleinen Biotop (ich vermute der Bauer nebenan ackert da immer mehr hinein) einzubinden, will ich das erst selber ausmessen, ob das tatsächlich passiert.

Mäh W.2d ago
Jan Beta2d ago
I had some cool conversations in the #Chat64 yesterday. Plug and play chatroom cartridge for the #C64, #Atari8bit and #ZXSpectrum. Really neat project. Video coming soon(ish)! #RetroComputing #VintageComputing
Mäh W.3d ago
Christoph Stoettner3d ago
Die Schule hat die Raumaufteilung für die Zeugnisausgabe geschickt. Als EXCEL 3 Spalten, 35 Zeilen, warum?
Mäh W.3d ago
Unseen JapanJun 25

Not Japan-related, but since we all need a distraction from The Horrors, Takaya Suzuki points out a study that examined 408 sleeping cats and found the majority (65%) curl leftwards.

I'm not sure how useful this information is, but...it's yours now.

#japan #unseenjapan

Mäh W.4d ago
The_Sun4d ago

Ikea begins offering balcony solar kits

Swedish furniture retailer Ikea is selling plug-in solar kits in Germany, with storage-inclusive systems starting at €1,229 ($1,425) and reaching €2,800 for versions featuring four 520 W panels. The kits are designed for residential self-consumption and vary by capacity and configuration.
#ikea #Solar #energy #germany
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/25/ikea-begins-offering-balcony-solar-kits/

Ikea begins offering balcony solar kits

Swedish furniture retailer Ikea is selling plug-in solar kits in Germany, with storage-inclusive systems starting at €1,229 ($1,425) and reaching €2,800 for versions featuring four 520 W panels. The kits are designed for residential self-consumption and vary by capacity and configuration.

pv magazine International
Mäh W.4d ago
Atarius4d ago
Git es hier Rollenspieler*innen aus der Gegend von Donauwörth? #fedipower #pnpde #penandpaper #rollenspiel #Donauwörth
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It's FOSSApr 28

Huge respect 🫡

#opensource

Show threadcr0n0s:~🐧📡⌨️ 🛠️ #Apr 28
@itsfoss pure true.   
Show threadNAMEApr 28
@itsfoss @dwn RESPECT!!!🫡 I want to be a part of them in the future
Show threadTOVApr 28

@itsfoss And PostgreSQL taking on the huge task of managing all the infrastructure data.

#PostgreSQL #DB #database #SQL

Show threadJulieApr 28
@itsfoss If I were them...
Show threadKonosocioApr 28
@itsfoss example 103876 why everything would be better with a Universal Basic Income.
Show threadFrank HeijkampApr 28
@konosocio @itsfoss Fair point.
Show threadunexpectedteapotApr 28
@itsfoss that is NOT okay. These people need to be sustained, supported and compensated. Don't normalise corporations and commercial interests taking advantage of public property and services without giving back.
Show threadThomas Apr 28
@unexpectedteapot @itsfoss nobody said it was
Show threadmattvisiApr 28
@itsfoss Related xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2347/
Dependency

xkcd
Show threadKorawich KaveeApr 28
@mattvisi @itsfoss why Nebraska lol
Show threadShaun McDonaldApr 29
@kkavee @mattvisi @itsfoss the alt text on the XKCD helps to explain things like that. If on mobile the mobile version of the page is easier to do so: https://m.xkcd.com/2347/
xkcd: Dependency

Show threaddalloApr 28

@itsfoss While this is mostly true, this is not entirely true. FOSS is nearly universal in commercial apps (97% contains some). So almost everything. While the overwhelming majority of contributor are already employed full-time and more than half (52%) are specifically paid to develop FOSS. Take another example, 67% of contributors where paid to work on GNOME. While a lot of maintainers are not paid, it is not a fatality.

https://fossbazaar.org/content/differences-between-paid-and-volunteer-foss-contributors/
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/new-open-source-contributor-report-from-linux-foundation-and-harvard-identifies-motivations-and-opportunities-for-improving-software-security
https://www.blackduck.com/blog/open-source-trends-ossra-report.html

Differences between paid and volunteer FOSS contributors | FOSSBazaar

Show threaddalloApr 28
@itsfoss That's said all contributors should unionize and tear-down the capitalist system to replace it with a cooperative one inspired by hacker's ethos. Something like socialism.
Show threadNatasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Apr 28
@dallo @itsfoss A project losing 30-50% of its developers still isn't sustainable. Those devs are needed & unpaid, which justifies the meme. 😉
Show threaddalloApr 28
@Natanox @itsfoss Well I would love to see more public/social funded FOSS, but the current present is still interesting. FOSS is so effective that even corporation are funding it. Yes the meme still stand (pun intended), but I like to remind that some of us a paid to contribute to FOSS. We should generalize that (and don't forget to unionize to fight back)
Show threadCustard! 🍮Apr 28
@itsfoss
-Mom, i'm hungry!
-We have some respect in the house
Show threadFrank HeijkampApr 28
@flan @itsfoss I pay electricity bills with my respect.
Show thread🐜Apr 28
@itsfoss & QA testers like me
Show threadDNA scheduleApr 28
@itsfoss all on the backs of ants @futurebird
Show threadClaudio Zizza 🦜Apr 28
@itsfoss Nameless ants.
Show threadbaconandcoconutApr 28
@SenseException @itsfoss Even if you name and cherish and pay your ants, there's still a lot of free elephant rides happening.
Show threadKoos SwartApr 28
@itsfoss hold my beer 😜
Show threadEstarriol, lucozade dragonApr 28
@itsfoss you can replace open source with closed system and the tag to underpaid devs.....
Show threadBlender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )Apr 28
@itsfoss The elephant should not exist.
Show thread【Ϙ】Apr 28
@itsfoss time to stop that shit rather
Show threadTech Support Apr 28
@itsfoss Just like an ant, unpaid oss devs can carry 50x their own weight in workload.
Also like ants, they're attracted to sweets, so tip an oss dev so they can get themselves a pick me up.
Show threadIt's FOSSApr 29
@TechSupport Yess!
Show threadFrank HeijkampApr 28
@itsfoss This picture is very accurate.
Show threadTimSalabimApr 28
@itsfoss haha, @loreabad6 this describes pretty well what we were talking about earlier 🫣
Show threadLorena AbadApr 29
@tim_salabim @itsfoss totally!
Show threadJaden RubiscoApr 28
@itsfoss Just the fact that an upside-down pyramid like this is doesn't just collapse under its own weight is such a testament to the power of passion and foss. The world does NOT need profit motives and oppression to thrive, we thrive IN SPITE of them 
Show threadstony karkApr 29
@itsfoss if you let the elephant fall, the world would be a better place
Show threadPrasanna | பிரசன்னா ⁂Apr 29
@itsfoss Tributes without compensation is eye-washing. The meme is supposed to trigger conversation about properly compensating the "unpaid devs". In the world of commons, free riders who make profit out of the commons should be penalized or make them contribute financially to the projects they depend on.
Show threadVesna ManojlovićApr 29
@itsfoss the sand holding the ants / developers : unpaid care labour of their families & other care workers in the society, usually gender & racially discriminated … cc @grimalkina @sphakos
Show threadHolger2d ago
@itsfoss ant... so the world runs on Java? 😊