Mastodawn

People are letting AI generate a wooly E-mail out of a three sentence prompt, only for that E-mail to be read by an AI at the recipient's end to get a three sentence summary.

Just send the three goddamn sentences and be done with it. Be like an engineer!

Too often I see things like we need "sovereign AI" blah blah blah.
We don't need that AI at all. Something you don't need does not have to be sovereign.

For 90% of the jobs you can use your brain more efficiently. think.

Wouter 🛰️1d ago

bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦1d ago

The world is now so full of ridiculous things that at least I struggle to deal with it all. But this is not an 'us' problem. The (political) world really is idiotic. I needed to vent a bit, so I made a list of things that are impossible to believe, yet are very much what is happening. Perhaps seeing it in writing will help you deal better with the situation. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/

The Impossible Things We Have to Believe - Bert Hubert's writings

“Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said. ‘One can’t believe impossible things.’ I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. – Through the looking-glass, Lewis Carrol To stay sane, we have to accept that our climate is going completely haywire, but that it is ok to mostly ignore that since saving ourselves is apparently not cost-effective.

Bert Hubert's writings

Wouter 🛰️1d ago

Colin Cornaby 3d ago

With the LLM labs raising prices - I’ve been working on a great new set of tools. They’re called “Integrated Development Environments.” They work with formal specification languages, and a series of language processing models to turn that formal language into working software. Best of all, there is little to no cost and they can be hosted entirely locally - even on very old hardware. And they work with the platforms you support today. All without usage limits.

Wouter 🛰️1d ago

Søren Kjærsgaard 1d ago

The all time classic 555 timer turns 55y this year, originally released by Signetics in 1971.

Lets celebrate by building a classic 555 circuit: the astable multivibrator 🥳🙂

#electronics #electronicsengineering #rfengineer #hamradio

Wouter 🛰️2d ago

Today is Remembrance Day in the Netherlands where we remember all victims who have been killed since the Second World War.

I will be observing 2 minutes of silence for everyone, no matter what identity people had.

At 20:00 tonight, public life will crawl to a halt and the nation will be silent.

My hope is that someone in our current government will realise what they are doing and even if a tiny change is made for the better, that's a win.

#remembrance #maythe4th #notstarwarsbutactualwars

Wouter 🛰️4d ago

Maartje 4d ago

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Wouter 🛰️Apr 29

Barbara Kathmann Apr 29

In de Tweede Kamer is een ruime meerderheid die de Amerikaanse overname van DigiD wil stoppen, maar ondertussen willen we ook niet stilzitten. Die deal moet gewoon zsm van tafel! Wat kunnen we nog meer doen:

* Mail Staatssecretaris Van der Burg via ([email protected])Schrijf een nette, korte en originele e-mail.
* onderteken de petitie: https://actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/stop-de-amerikaanse-overname-digid
* app de Rijksoverheid over je zorgen rondom DigiD. Dat kan makkelijk via: 06 55 00 1400.

🎥 met Pinopotato.com

Wouter 🛰️Apr 27

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Signal Apr 27

For the time being, please stay vigilant against phishing and account takeover attempts. Remember that no one from Signal Support will ever send you a message request or ask for your registration verification code or Signal PIN. For an added layer of protection, you can enable Registration Lock in your Signal Settings (Account -> Registration Lock). 8/

Wouter 🛰️Apr 27

Signal Apr 27

A response to recent reporting in Germany, in service of clarity and accountability:

First, it’s important to be precise when it comes to critical infrastructure like Signal. Signal was not “hacked” — in that our encryption, infrastructure, and the integrity of the app’s code was not compromised. 1/

Wouter 🛰️Apr 26

RDI Apr 26

Koningsdag 2026 in Dokkum: morgen is het zover! De voorbereidingen zijn in volle gang. Omrop Fryslân en Streekomroep RTV NOF laten zien wat er allemaal komt kijken bij de organisatie van dit evenement.

Ook wij spelen hierin een rol. We zijn al geruime tijd betrokken bij de voorbereidingen om ervoor te zorgen dat alles digitaal én operationeel soepel en veilig verloopt.

Krijg een uniek kijkje achter de schermen in wat wij precies doen ▶️https://www.rtvnof.nl/deze-dienst-zorgt-voor-de-onzichtbare-digitale-veiligheid-ook-tijdens-keningsdei/

Foto Ben de Jager, RTV NOF

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