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kaiserkiwi

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Berlin. Autistic. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈-Ally.
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Posts in English and sometimes German.
#Gaming #WebDev #CSS #Laravel #VueJS #Coding #HomeAssistant #ActuallyAutistic

Gaming-Platforms: #Xbox #PlayStation #NintendoSwitch #SteamDeck

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@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net avatar Vivaldi , (edited ) to random

The anti-Big-Tech movement isn't a trend, it's a correction. Our societies spent 20 years accepting surveillance capitalism as normal. And now, we're slowly remembering we have choices.

Sure, switching browsers is a small thing. But small rebellions are how everything big begins, or so we like to believe. 🤞

If you think about those around you, have you noticed an increased awareness lately about what's behind the tech they use?

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@Vivaldi I really hope I can switch to Vivaldi soon. But if I can't use it for work, I can't use it at all. And if the shortcut bug isn't fixed (we talked about it multiple times) I can't switch.

This stops my whole team at work from using Vivaldi actively.

@kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com avatar kaiserkiwi , to random

Hey Sam Altman, I have something really important to say: Fuck you!

Fuck you and your dystopian world view. Fuck your slop machine.
Fuck. You.

Via https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/21/sam-altman-would-like-remind-you-that-humans-use-a-lot-of-energy-too/

A quote of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI “But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human,” Altman said. “It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart. And not only that, it took the very widespread evolution of the 100 billion people that have ever lived and learned not to get eaten by predators and learned how to figure out science and whatever, to produce you.”
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@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party avatar TheBreadmonkey , to random

New worst person just dropped

The billionaire philanthropist making hundreds of Londoners homeless

https://www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-mass-eviction-billionaire-landlord-criterion-capital

kaiserkiwi ,
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@TheBreadmonkey Why is he called a philanthropist then? That's the exact opposite.

@tagesschau@ard.social avatar tagesschau , to random German

Merz mit 91,2 Prozent als CDU-Chef wiedergewählt

Der CDU-Parteitag hat den Parteivorsitzenden Friedrich Merz erneut zum Parteichef gewählt. Er erhielt 91,2 Prozent der gültigen Stimmen. Der Kanzler erzielte damit ein besseres Ergebnis als 2024.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/merz-cdu-parteitag-108.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

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@tagesschau Wie abgrundtief verdorben diese Partei einfach ist. 🚮

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@kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com avatar kaiserkiwi , to random

Foggy Cyberpunk Tower in Berlin.

The Amazon tower from Warschauer Straße in foggy darkness. The tower looks dystopian like from the Cyberpunk universe.
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@signalapp@mastodon.world avatar signalapp , to random

Signal polls are here!

Find the best time for your group chat to hang out, choose a vacation destination, or ask if you should give yourself a haircut at 1 AM. Now in the latest version of Signal for iOS, Android, and Desktop.

https://signal.org/blog/polls/

kaiserkiwi ,
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@signalapp And you accidentally deployed the iOS26 icon for iOS 18. 🙃 This looks just terrible.

@kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com avatar kaiserkiwi , to random

So I now have an Apple TV subscription I can use on my Apple TV app by opening the Apple TV app? It's definitely not confusing to name three different things the same.

For people that don't use an Apple TV (the device, not the subscription or app): Apple TV (The app) is not only for Apple TV (The subscription) but you can also use it to buy and watch movies and search for shows and movies on other streaming services)

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/13/apple-tv-plus-rebrand/

@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , (edited ) to random

New blog post. Not my best work but something that's been on my mind.

https://www.grumpygamer.com/git_json_markdown/

kaiserkiwi ,
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@grumpygamer »Why is italics italics and bold is bold?«

I'm not a fan of it either, but there is a semantic reason behind it. Look at HTML for a lack of a better reference from me (I'm a web dev therefore that's easier for me to explain).

Italics is <em> (emphasize) und bold is <strong> (strong emphasize). So strong is "more" than Italics and when you look at it this way, it at least makes sense.

Still: I wish Italics would have a different syntax.

@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , (edited ) to random

I took a small vacation to the south island of NZ.

Road sign that says "Monkey Island"
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kaiserkiwi ,
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@grumpygamer Did you find the secret?

@louie@pdx.social avatar louie , (edited ) to random

When was the last time you enjoyed using your phone?
[boost if you want, I guess]

kaiserkiwi ,
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@louie The last time was when I was using a Windows Phone.

@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , (edited ) to random

Scientific survey: Where are you most looking forward to playing Death By Scrolling?

kaiserkiwi ,
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@grumpygamer Played the beta a lot on Steam Deck and will probably do it there when it's final.

If I didn't have the Deck it would probably be the Switch.

@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , to random

Found a big spider in the mailbox, I think I'm moving to a different country. I hear Iceland is nice. This is also why I could never live in Australia.

kaiserkiwi ,
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@grumpygamer In Australia you would find you mailbox under a spider.

@sternentau@don.linxx.net avatar sternentau , to random German

Der rechtsradikale Demagoge Dobrindt (irgendwelche Arschlöcher haben den zum Bundesinnenminister gemacht) will uns Transgender also auf Listen setzen und allen Behörden durch Zwangsouting bekannt machen.

Es wäre echt nett, wenn ein gesellschaftlicher Aufschrei gegen solche Nazimanieren auch von Nichtbetroffenen kommt. Wir™ stellen nur etwa 0,5%. Uns selbst zu verteidigen wird ein bisschen schwierig.

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@StefanGaller @sternentau Gibt es das auch nochmal mit echter Bundestagspetition?

An Campact und Co sind sie nicht gebunden und sie könnten es einfach komplett ignorieren, egal wie viele Unterschriften zusammenkommen.

Bei den offiziellen Online-Petitionen müssen sie sich damit beschäftigen.

@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , to random

Could happen IRL.

kaiserkiwi ,
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@grumpygamer Death by Stump. Problem solved. 😁

How do you keep track of what games you have played over the years?

Hiya, just newly thought about something: wouldn't be nice if there was a simple way of checking what games you have played over the years, a way to keep track of wether you liked the game or not, how much time you spent playing it etc.. Currently, personally i only check steam library for those kinda details. But it would be ...

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@ItsMeAlex@fedia.io avatar ItsMeAlex It's not Open Source. Maybe at one time it will be but it wasn't started as one and I don't really have the capacity right now to maintain it as open source.

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pienoyer May I ask about the missing piece? (You said "almost") 😁

@tagesschau@ard.social avatar tagesschau , to random German

Neuer Anlauf für die Widerspruchslösung bei Organspenden

Die Gesundheitsminister der Länder und Ärzte-Vertreter wollen, dass jeder Bundesbürger potenziell ein Organspender ist, sofern man nicht ausdrücklich widerspricht. Zum Tag der Organspende drängen sie auf einen neuen politischen Anlauf.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/organspende-antrag-bundestag-102.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

kaiserkiwi ,
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@tagesschau Das ist einfach schon so lange überfällig.

@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , to random

The day you've been waiting for is finally here. The Death by Scrolling sekrit beta sign up. We will randomly select a handful of people every few days to join (as to not overwhelm the team). If you're interested in joining, do not reply to this post, fill out the form below.

https://forms.gle/hpSrXvM3tuPqrGb86

Death By Scrolling title screen.
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kaiserkiwi ,
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@grumpygamer Uh! I'm in! (At least I hope too 😁)

@tagesschau@ard.social avatar tagesschau , to random German

Warken fordert mehr Nichtraucherschutz von den Ländern

Experten kritisieren, dass in Deutschland vergleichsweise zu wenig für den Nichtraucherschutz getan wird. Die neue Gesundheitsministerin Warken sieht die Länder in der Verantwortung, den Konsum von E-Zigaretten einzuschränken.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/warken-rauchverbote-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

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@tagesschau Nichtraucherschutz. E-Zigaretten.

Ähm wat? Also ja, die können nerven. Aber das ist definitiv nicht das was mich jeden Tag draußen belastet.

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    @vkc @gnome Hm. Gnome uses GitLab. So they're probably fine with it, as they also support apps, where the team behind it actively supports DOGE and therefore the Trump administration.

    Via https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/companies-warn-investors-that-doge-s-federal-cuts-might-hurt-business/ar-AA1Ay925

    At a Morgan Stanley conference this month, Brian Robins, finance chief for San Francisco-based software maker GitLab, said GitLab is aligned with the goals of DOGE, because the company’s software tools aim to help people do more with less. “What the Department of Government Efficiency is trying to do is what GitLab does,” Robins said.
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    • @Gargron@mastodon.social avatar Gargron , to random

    With the latest update to 's web app, we show you a little reminder when you're about to post a picture without adding alt text. Alt text is crucial for accessibility, but has other perks too, such as making it much easier to search for your post—or filter it. Of course, the reminder can be simply toggled off in preferences.

    A screenshot of the Mastodon web app, showing a modal dialog titled "Add alt text?". It reads: "Your post contains media without alt text. Adding descriptions helps make your content accessible to more people." The buttons below are "Cancel", "Post anyway" and "Add alt text".
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    kaiserkiwi ,
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    @Gargron What is the difference between the Cancel and the Add Alt Text button?

    @transworld@masto.ai avatar transworld , to random

    Today's transgender news on one page.

    https://transgenderreport.com/

    kaiserkiwi ,
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    @transworld If you put the face of this racist in my timeline use the proper hashtag so people can block it.

    @grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , to random

    Mmmm... Don't like feedbin because there doesn't seem be a way to see everything as a list. It wants to display all my feeds as full articles like I'm using TikTok or something. I want a condensed list of just the titles. Maybe the setting is just hidden?

    kaiserkiwi ,
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    @grumpygamer But when you go on "Unread" it's exactly like this. Oder do I understand you wrong?

    kaiserkiwi ,
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    @grumpygamer That's just the device I'm on right now. I use Feedbin since Google Reade died and never had a single picture in my feed. And I use it regularly on desktop.

    That's why I'm surprised to see images there.

    @grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , to random

    Welcome this episode of "Ask Mastodon".

    I'm looking for a good web based RSS reader.

    1. Web based
    2. Not Feedly
    3. Not self-hosted
    4. Not filled with AI bullshit

    Please read criteria carefully before replying.

    kaiserkiwi ,
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    @grumpygamer I'm using @feedbin since it launched. I can highly recommend it.

    Mighty filters are helpful if you follow a feed but don't like specific posts. Or want to filter specific words in sind or all feeds.

    That you can subscribe to Newsletters there is a nice bonus.

    @kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com avatar kaiserkiwi , to random

    Compound words are still the best feature of the German language.

    You can say a word, that probably never ever said and everyone understands and it makes sense.

    I just said "Hochleistungsheißluftfriteuse" and it makes sense. I love it.

    It's my native language and I'm 35, but I still appreciate it at least once a week.

    @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social avatar NanoRaptor , to random

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    @NanoRaptor I love this.

    @kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com avatar kaiserkiwi , to random

    I get called out here because I say is a mess.

    That's awesome bit weird. Objectively it's an unfinished product with missing features, missing UI and UX polish and even @dansup says the current web interface isn't good and he's working on something new.

    We want Pixelfed to be not only an alternative to bigger platforms but to be the best choice. Shouldn't we be open then about things that don't work properly or are implemented poorly?

    Defending Dan because he does most of the work on his own isn't what helps anyone. Being aggressive towards people that point out problems isn't helpful at all too.

    Don't pretend Pixelfed is without errors. Don't pretend the current state is good.
    It's an okayish start but there is a really long way to make it a good product.

    But it will never become something good if we don't point out that the current state is a mess. Even if you probably could argue that the wording is a bit harsh.

    As a developer for 18 years myself I can say you putting on white gloves when criticizing a project will don't move anything. So don't act like we're in Kindergarten here.

    kaiserkiwi OP ,
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    @dansup I guess it depends on how you accept feedback.

    You asked me about feedback I gave you feedback and you never reacted to it.

    https://corteximplant.com/@kaiserkiwi/113804021754555711

    If sou ignore feedback on your main communication platform then don't expect too much feedback.

    I definitely can file feedback on GitHub if you want but it will take much more time and I can't file as much.

    I would have mentioned more things that don't really work but you never reacted so I assumed you don't really care. But maybe there's another reason.

    kaiserkiwi OP ,
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    @dansup What's the point in asking for feedback if you always ghost me (and others) the moment you get it?

    Many people (including me) would like to help. But ignoring feedback isn't helping anyone. 😕

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    @dansup honestly the third option looks so much better and more interesting.

    @kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com avatar kaiserkiwi , to random

    It's really sad, that is still a mess.

    How should I convince anyone that's using Instagram, that this is the better option? Seriously it's impressive how bad pretty much everything about this is.

    It's so bad that I stopped sharing pictures altogether, because I don't want them on Instagram but Pixelfed is just too annoying to use. 🫠

    kaiserkiwi OP ,
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    @dansup Oh theres much. I try to list a few things.

    • Why so few file formats? Which framework do you use in the backend that you have to limit it this heavily. Even something extremely common like Heic or WebP isn't allowed.
    • The interface is a mess but the brand new UI could help. But that I have a dead button to switch to the old layout in a really weird menu, is not helping in any way
    • Why is there an "Advanced settings" button in the composer that shows options that just could be there in the main view?
    • What is the difference between Alt-Text and Media Description?
    • I just switched apps between Safari and Mastodon and lost all my progress in an upload including Description, location and Alt Text. Why is there no Drafts feature?
    • If I'm in a subpage of the composer and use the browser back button I lose all progress.
    • The workflow is really weird for adding images. I add an image, can add the description and stuff and if I want to add a filter or crop it I have to tap the back-button of the page. Also if I want to add multiple pictures.
    • If I have multiple images it's extremely confusing how to edit the description of these images, because I constantly have to hop between the Composer and the Editor? And if I'm unlucky I accidentally tap on Post too early…

    I'll stop here because of the character limit.

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    kaiserkiwi ,
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    @dansup This looks really clean! I guess I have to take inspiration of it.

    @pixelfed@mastodon.social avatar pixelfed , (edited ) to random

    Edit: 3 was the winner. https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/113791184511309257

    We're preparing our app for release on the App Store, help us decide which design to use for the app previews.

    Comment 1, 2, 3 or 4 please!

    Pixelfed app store app preview design #4
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    kaiserkiwi ,
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    @pixelfed 2 is the best in color balance.

    Definitely not 1. That's just weird.

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    @dansup No. I don't think ads are a sustainable business model and don't support them in any way.

    @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

    Today is the day. Welcome to THE charger!

    USB-C is officially the common standard for charging electronic devices in the EU.

    This means:

    🔌The same charger for all new phones, tablets and cameras
    ⚡ Harmonised fast-charging technology
    🔄 Reduced e-waste
    🛑 No more “Sorry, I don’t have the right cable”

    One charger to rule them all.

    A minimalist illustration showing a packaged charger box labeled "one Union one Charger." The box features an image of a blue charger with the European Union flag symbol and a USB-C cable. The scene is set within a holiday theme, with decorative Christmas trees, ornaments, and gift boxes surrounding the charger box. In the top right corner, there is a small EU flag symbol.
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    @EUCommission I wish it was not only the form factor but also the technical details. USB Power Delivery should be mandatory too.

    So many devices that technically use USB-C but can't be charged by every charger…

    @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net avatar Vivaldi , to random
    kaiserkiwi ,
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    @Vivaldi is it finally possible to press CMD+SHIFT+C without focusing the dev tools to select an element like in every major browser? This is (as dev) literally the only thing that prevents me from using Vivaldi longer than 10 minutes.

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    @Vivaldi That's not exactly what I meant. I described it more in this post.

    https://corteximplant.com/@kaiserkiwi/113384200671458338

    kaiserkiwi ,
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    @Vivaldi I indeed have it detached, as I work like this for years. I often use multiple Dev-Tool windows, so I need this functionality.

    Is it a bug, that this doesn’t work? And if not, why is it implemented this way?

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    @Vivaldi Any timeframe when this gets fixed? It's literally the only thing that prevents me from using Vivaldi. 😅

    kaiserkiwi ,
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    @Vivaldi Hi there. As all other browser enshittify in a impressively fast way, are there any updates on this? I don't have the option to test it in the next 2-3 days, so I thought I could ask again. 😊

    @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

    We can build the web that we want to see. Watch the recording of my talk from !

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTaeVVAvk-c

    kaiserkiwi ,
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    @molly0xfff That's a really awesome talk! Thank you for this! 💚

    @kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com avatar kaiserkiwi , to random

    No Samsung. Just no. Nobody asked for this.

    Ad with the headline: "Answer falls with your washer." And the text "Do not bother holding your phone while doing the laundry."
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    @grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , to random

    I'm looking for a good pixel art courier-like font that has an extended char set and is free or can be reasonably licensed.

    kaiserkiwi ,
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    @grumpygamer Could this work? I think it's really beautiful: https://departuremono.com

    @kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com avatar kaiserkiwi , to random German

    Ich liebe alles daran.

    https://www.der-postillon.com/2024/06/tagesschau-einfache-sprache.html

    Auszug aus dem verlinkten Beitrag: »Jetzt kommt zum Beispiel Jens. Jens sagt: "Die Tagesschau in einfacher Sprache will uns dümmer machen". Jens sagt: "Ich bin klug". Aber Jens sieht Sachen im Internet und sagt: "Das stimmt". Dabei stimmen die Sachen gar nicht. Das liegt daran, dass Jens schnell glaubt, was andere sagen. Er versteht Zusammenhänge nicht. Zusammenhänge bedeutet: Verschiedene Sachen sind miteinander verbunden. Für Jens wäre die Tagesschau in einfacher Sprache gut. Denn die Tagesschau in einfacher Sprache erklärt Zusammenhänge so, dass auch Jens sie versteht. Dann kann Jens wieder sagen: "Ich bin klug". Und dann stimmt es auch.«
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    kaiserkiwi OP ,
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    @lritter Oder wir hören auf alles immer komplizierter und komplizierter zu machen und Menschen verstehen Probleme endlich wieder.

    Dann gehen sie auch vermeintlich einfachen Lösungen nicht mehr so oft auf den Leim.