Harry Vos

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(*me **self-carer)

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LocationKøbenhavn / Copenhagen
Bloghttps://www.harryvos.com

𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗴å𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗽å 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲

For Semaphor er det en fornøjelse at byde Signe Lystup og Martin Hjelm fra Erhvervsakademi København velkomne som datamatikerpraktikanter hos Semaphor frem til medio april. Overraskende nok tilbyder datamatikeruddannelsen ingen form for introduktion til open source. Heldigvis er Signe og Martin både nysgerrige og super motiverede til at gå all in på open source.

“Den største grund til, at det er så fedt at være i praktik hos Semaphor er, at det er rent open source”, siger Martin og fortsætter: “På vores uddannelse er undervisningen baseret på Microsoft produkter - og vi får ikke kendskab til alternativer. Vi hører intet om open source og lærer ikke nogen open source produkter at kende. Det er virkelig en mangel. Hos Semaphor er vi fra første dag blevet introduceret til open source produkter som Bruno, VSCodium, NixOS, Open WebUI og GitLab. De fleste af dem kendte jeg ikke til i forvejen. Det er vildt, at man går og tror, at man er låst af big tech – og så viser det sig, at der er andre muligheder, som er virkelig gode og som vi forstår intuitivt.”

Signe supplerer: For mig er det mest positive, at Semaphor er en værdidreven virksomhed. Den måde udviklerne arbejder på, passer præcis med hvordan jeg synes, at det er bedst at lave kode. Hos Semaphor bruger vi open source programmer til alt. Det er underligt, at så mange ikke ved, at der er open source alternativer til alt – og at de er virkelig gode.”

Ved at have Signe og Martin som praktikanter og give dem et grundigt indblik i open source, tager Semaphor action på et af de vigtigste punkter i vores manifest – nemlig at åbne kommende generationer af IT udvikleres øjne for open source alternativer til big tech.

Tobias Fonsmark fra Semaphor ser det som en alvorlig udfordring, at fremtidens danske IT udviklere udelukkende undervises i big tech. Især fordi der i hele Europa er en massiv bølge i gang med netop at frigøre sig fra big tech afhængigheden.

“I Semaphors manifest står der, at “vi insisterer på, at IT undervisningen omfatter open source teknologi for at fremme digital suverænitet”. Som IT virksomhed kan vi sætte fokus på problemstillingen – og det gør vi i alle relevante sammenhænge - men det er politikerne, der sidder med ansvaret og beslutningskompetencen. Et ønske om at blive undervist i open source produkter fra de IT studerende selv kan man ikke sidde overhørig”, understreger Tobias Fonsmark.

#opensource #ituddannelse #praktikanter

I am a co-proposer of a Danish citizens' initiative to secure state funding for The Danish Dictionary for the foreseeable future. If you have voting rights in Denmark, I urge you to sign it!

Jeg er medstiller af dette borgerforslag om at sikre Den Danske Ordbog statslig støtte i al overskuelig fremtid. Jeg opfordrer alle med stemmeret til at underskrive!

https://www.borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-forslag/?Id=FT-21420

#borgerforslag #DenDanskeOrdbog #dansk #Danish #lexicography #dictionary #𝙳𝙺Pol

Den Danske Ordbog skal sikres politisk

Vi indstiller at kulturministeren pålægges at afsætte cirka 8½ millioner kroner (2025-niveau) årligt på finansloven til driften af Den Danske Ordbog i

borgerforslag.dk

"AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry."

Win win.
I just registered my name & book details with the appropriate law firm.

Check if your book/article/paper is on the list here:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/

If it is, go here:
https://www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-author-contact/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/authors-celebrate-historic-settlement-coming-soon-in-anthropic-class-action/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_social-type=owned

#authors #books #AI

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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@Koefoed Ud over at støtte borgerforslaget er det også en god ide at skrive direkte til de danske EU MEP'er (det er dem der stemmer om forslaget i EU).
Man kan f.eks. bruge denne hjemmeside: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

@chatcontrol

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Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.

15 minutes after #DOGE were given access to National Labor Relations Board systems, with details of worker and union cases, users in Russia used the same username and password to attempt a log in.

They would have succeeded if it weren’t for geoblocking access in Russia.

10 GB of data was later downloaded, with deliberate attempts to hide it.

I believe the #Trump administration is a vehicle for #Putin

Thank you to Daniel Berulis for whistleblowing:

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355895/doge-musk-nlrb-takeaways-security

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A new blog post, in which I go off at some very silly leadership books that I read:

https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/into_the_void

Into the (leadership) void - A review of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and Seven Strategic Questions | deadSimpleTech

As with an awful lot of literature meant to be consumed by a primarily elite audience (in this case, the executive class), both Simon and Lencioni write as though the work done by their audience is the important work that clearly needs to be focused on the most. In the context of executive leadership, this means that executives are the main figures written about in both these books, and to some extent that's broadly expected.

deadSimpleTech

This a momentous and dangerous time for Europe.

And we are ready to step up.

Today, we announce the ReArm Europe Plan, a bold initiative to mobilise up to €800 billion for European security.

It will help EU countries quickly and significantly boost expenditures in defence capabilities.

We are in an era of rearmament. And Europe is ready to massively boost its defence spending.

Press release: https://europa.eu/!MFPVMC

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