bombardier: "our new train will be called 'talent' because it's very talented at transporting passengers!"
siemens: "very nice, we are naming our new train 'desiro', it is a desirable addition to an operator's fleet.
alstom: "mmh, so we have decided to –"

stadler, crashing through the door and tumbling through the room: "well *our* new train is called 'flirt' because trains are fuggin sexy and you prudes are just afraid to say it... i wanna kiss one so badd,,"

*silence, bombardier shoots an awkward glance to alstom*

stadler: "oh yeah we also have a bilevel version called kiss mmm look at that schakuuu"

The @kde team join us on the evening of Thursday 26th at the @ecosia_blog to talk about the #EndOf10 project and where Python is being used in #kde 🐍 🤗 ~ this event is Hybrid, so you can also join online 📺

Sign up: https://www.meetup.com/pyladies-berlin/events/307804604

Keeping your machine for longer is just one of the ways you can reduce electronic waste and do something good for the planet 🌍

#pyladies #python #community #linux

Quick doodle at Graz' Linux Days at the KDE table
I tried my best, given the cursed ergonomics XDD

Was a fun experience trying out this specific tablet and Krita at the same time tho  

#kde #glt25 #konqi #krita

"AI" is here to monetize the human insecurity.

Most of the time i see people using "AI" generated pictures, text, code, whatever.. they mention they are "not good enough" to make their own.

You don't have to be "good." You have to be you.

These tools are feeding on your insecurity. They're there to monetize your insecurity.

Many people are insecure. That is normal. You should not rely on magic machinations to wave your insecurity away. That way relies addiction to these tools, which will make your life more difficult when you dont use them.

So instead, make your own lil stick figure drawings. Make pixel art in 16x16 grid for icons. Write that text the best way you can. Iterate on things, ask for help.

The hurry to get things done is artificial. You can do it without the addiction to chatbots. Allow yourself to take time, instead of producing just for productions sake.

Trust yourself to find the answers and to make a thing.

You're way better than what the scum behind generative "AI" hype think about you.

Don't sell your insecurity and brush it off. Face the facts and work on it.

In art, authenticity, being yourself, creating things from your brain, using your own intelligence, is the main point. Not the quality of the finished piece. But your piece.

You're allowed to fail. To err is human. And that is what makes it art. The happy little mistakes.

"Apple’s AI isn’t a letdown. AI is the letdown"

Even CNN is slowly starting to get it.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/27/tech/apple-ai-artificial-intelligence

Drowning in the sea of bad news was a slight positive tidbit: wayland-protocols 1.42 (released last week) includes support for tablet relative dials. See e.g. the XP-Pen ACK05, Huion Inspiroy Dial2 or 2025 Wacom Intuos Pro.

With that we have the three underlying bits in place: libinput, libwacom and wayland-protocols. Compositors and toolkits can thus now finish implementing this.

https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2025-March/044027.html