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📝 New post about generative AI, friction, and people.

https://daverupert.com/2026/03/people-are-not-friction/

People are not friction

The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect of AI is a pretty well documented phenomenon: The Gell-Mann amnesia effect is a cognitive bias describing the tendency of individuals to critically assess media reports in a domain they are knowledgeable about, yet continue to trust reporting in other areas despite recognizing similar potential inaccuracies.

daverupert.com

In celebration of 2MM I made a "Hard Mode" alternative version, idea courtesey @jaffathecake

https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd-hard/

What's My JND? Hard Mode

Hard mode: find the odd square out of nine. No gradient hints, just raw colour perception.

This is damn brilliance. Capital A Art. Respect.

"Finally, liberation from open source license obligations.

Our proprietary AI robots independently recreate any open source project from scratch. The result? Legally distinct code with corporate-friendly licensing. No attribution. No copyleft. No problems."

https://malus.sh

MALUS - Clean Room as a Service | Liberation from Open Source Attribution

Global remote, 🚨paid🚨 open source grant program from @igalia for folks to learn more about Linux, Graphics, JS DevTools, Multimedia + GStreamer or Web Standards.

- apply by April 3
- €7k for 450 hours over 3-6 months
- uni students or self directed learners

https://www.igalia.com/coding-experience/

#FediHire #Fossjobs

Igalia Coding Experience | Igalia - Open Source Consultancy and Development

Igalia is an open source consulting firm specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and client-side web technologies, graphics pipeline, compilers and virtual machines. We have the most WPE, WebKit, Chromium/Blink and Firefox expertise found in the consulting business, including many reviewers and committers. Igalia designs, develops, customises and optimises GNU/Linux-based solutions for companies across the globe. Our work and contributions are present in many projects such as GStreamer, Mesa 3D, WebKit, Chromium, etc.

Igalia

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for a delightful Geomob Berlin.

Here's our recap of the evening.

First things first, thanks to hosts UP42 https://up42.com for sharing their office with us.

UP42 is currently hiring: https://up42.com/company/careers

#geomobBER

1/n

Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight (25th) at Geomob Berlin.

Huge thanks to:

UP42 https://up42.com for hosting us!

To our sponsors
- OGC https://www.ogc.org
- Mapular https://mapular.com
- OpenCage https://opencagedata.com

and of course to our five volunteer speakers.

https://thegeomob.com/post/feb-25th-2026-geomobber-details

We are at maximum capacity, so please do NOT just show up unless you have registered. Sorry. For those who can't make it, we will post a summary thread tomorrow.

#geomobBER

Smaller and dumber

If I can make it smaller, I should.

daverupert.com

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tkardi/116022848753375278

HAH! Did I say 2025?? I meant #foss4ge 2026. Time passes soooo fast.

Anyway. Only one weekend left until the FOSS4G Europe 2026 workshops call for papers closes this Sunday evening.

If you need an extra morale-boost then in case your proposal is accepted you will be eligible for a free ticket to the FOSS4GE 2026 conference main days.

Hey FE Devs of the Fediverse, Plan A is hiring for a Senior #Frontend Engineer (m/f/x). This role is hybrid/remote in Europe. Come help us make the business case for decarbonization!

https://wrkbl.ink/3dVxaKN

Boosts welcome

#GetFediHired #GreenJobs #FediHire #RemoteJobs

Senior Frontend Engineer (m/f/x) - Plan A

About Plan APlan A, a Diginex Ltd company, is Europe’s leading corporate carbon accounting and decarbonisation software provider, helping companies turn emissions intelligence into financial performance. Its AI-powered, TÜV-certified platform, coupled ...