I love the fact that you can talk to LLMs in 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 natural language. It's so easy to imagine a world where you'd either speak to AI like it's a bank manager or it would throw a syntax error.

Sometimes I want to use slang. Sometimes I positively 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 using slang. How awful would it be if I had to download british_english_colloquial_langpack.v1.0.13.txt just to have a natter? 😁

Auf U8 hat seit Kurzem jeder Asteroid eine PostgreSQL Datenbank an Bord ✨

Natürlich mit eigenem User und auch mit täglichen Backup–Dumps, wie ihr es von der MariaDB kennt.

Alles ready–to–use — ohne wie noch auf U7 durch brennende Lab–Guide–Reifen springen zu müssen 🚀

Read the Docs: https://u8manual.uberspace.de/database_postgresql

RE: https://vox.ominous.net/@occult/116103841606429399

This is, in fact, exactly how I computing today.

Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs

Link: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/workers-who-love-synergizing-paradigms-might-be-bad-their-jobs
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47274676

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116053742685475452

Deadlines for comments on a million SpaceX "AI data centers" and a company that wants to deliver "sunlight as a service" are coming up soon. If you have time and energy, please write a comment! Instructions below.

(I heard a rumour that Reflect Orbital is on-track to have the most comments on an FCC filing ever. Seems like a good goal to beat the record writing responses to this incredibly fucking stupid idea)

Also instructions here: https://darksky.org/news/two-satellite-proposals-threaten-the-night-sky-the-window-to-act-is-now/

Wir befinden uns mitten im tiefgreifendsten Strukturwandel wissenschaftlicher Öffentlichkeit seit Einführung des Buchdrucks mit beweglichen Lettern. Vor diesem Hintergrund durfte ich heute die Bibliothekstagung "Moving Libraries" an der Universität Graz eröffnen.

Slides: https://dobusch.net/pub/slides/260226-Dobusch-MovingLibraries.pdf

Abstract zum Vortrag 👇