Ronny Lam

@ronnylam
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FOSS Evangelist, Hacking things together, barefoot Runner, waxed chain Cyclist, FPV pilot, Data explorer, Building the Next Generation Internet @ NLnet foundation, board-member @ NLUUG, APELL, DOSBA
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Ronny Lam10h ago
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦3d ago

Remember the VC-funded social network that I had pointed out had problematic cryptocurrency space funding, but folks said "don't worry their CEO can be trusted and knows what she's doing"?

Their CEO just stepped down, and now it got $100m more VC funding largely from more cryptocurrency space folks:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/bluesky-announces-100m-series-b-after-ceo-transition/

"Don't worry, it's decentralized!" – well, let's just say I am not holding my breath for that either.

#BlueSky

Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition | TechCrunch

The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.

TechCrunch
Show threadRonny Lam10h ago
@bert_hubert AI assisted presenteren = AI slop presenteren
Ronny Lam12h ago
APELL12h ago

How can Open Source projects start making money? Join us Friday 27 March from 10:00 CET for the second edition of our NGI0 Commons Busingi0commons podcasts to discuss with @EmilyOmier: Revenue Models for Communities

Register now: https://apell.info/2026/03/20/ngi0-revenue-models-for-communities/ #ngi0commons #BusinessCircle

NGI0 Commons online discussion: Revenue Models for Communities - APELL

For NGI0 Commons-funded projects and everyone else interested: Join us on Friday 27 March 2026 for our online discussion and presentation: Revenue Models for Communities In this installment of our online discussions, we will discuss with Emily Omier (Emily Omier Consulting): 💡 typical questions for Open Source startups 💡 identifying funding and financing that works […]

APELL
Show threadRonny Lam1d ago
@VoltEuropa The walled gardens of #2 do also count for #1. With public funds, we want real public public code. Not a walled garden that you can look at but cannot interact with. If the public community cannot do PR's, or they are not accepted then the code is only audit-able, nothing more.
Show threadRonny Lam3d ago
@munin the web is becoming fake and untrustworthy, it is being replaced by AI and apps. The web is basically dead.
Ronny Lam3d ago
Fi 🏳️‍⚧️3d ago

google is now completely untrustworthy for even basic information.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment

Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines

Google is beginning to replace news headlines in its search results with ones that are AI-generated. After AI clickbait nonsense in its Google Discover news feed, it’s starting to mess with headlines in the “10 blue links” too.

The Verge
Ronny Lam3d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jpmens/116260684724619812

What a great conversation between Senator Bernie Sanders and Claude. And the conclusion is that not only privacy, but democracy as a whole is at risk.

Show threadRonny Lam4d ago
@hans @JeroenBaten dirty commie!
Show threadRonny Lam4d ago
@JeroenBaten this is difficult, but not impossible. Copying (part of) a neural network depends on how similar the neural networks are, otherwise you can not do it on this level. Then you would fall back to relearning your old conversations to the new AI. But with a different neural net, the outcome might be different. So in the end you are asking for a difficult thing in my opinion. But what you are saying is right. The lock-in is real!
Ronny Lam4d ago
Sebastian Raible4d ago
Here's a neat add-on for your browser to disable AI overviews in some web searches: https://github.com/jruns/disable-ai #AIvegetarianism