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bert_hubert

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Software developer, entrepreneur, former government regulator, current government advisor, amateur scientist. https://berthub.eu/

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As I type away into the void, hoping to achieve something, I sometimes wonder if it is worth it. Do people read this stuff? There are now 222 articles on https://berthub.eu/articles/ and sometimes one of these gets read really well. But what about the "back catalog"? Turns out that a lot of traffic is in fact coming from the 200 older pieces: (UPDATE: this is a good thing)

0 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/now-how-to-g... 6614 1 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/maar-hoe-bou... 2292 2 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/a-coherent-n... 1797 3 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-european... 1723 4 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/dear-hosting... 1604 5 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/beware-cloud... 1461 6 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/cloud-kootwi... 882 7 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/cyber-securi... 864 8 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/out-of-offic... 855 9 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-can-no-l... 742 10 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/manifest-big... 658 11 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/cloud-in-soo... 582 12 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/is-europe-ju... 556 13 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/cloud-overview/ 543 14 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/taking-the-a... 516 15 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/how-tech-los... 460 16 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/beste-hoster... 446 17 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/servers-in-d... 438 18 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/reverse-engi... 424 19 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/on-long-term... 411
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@briankrebs True - I do keep track of if people make it to the end of articles. This informs me if I should spend more time on making things readable or not. https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/tracking-free-audience-statistics/

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As I type away into the void, hoping to achieve something, I sometimes wonder if it is worth it. Do people read this stuff? There are now 222 articles on https://berthub.eu/articles/ and sometimes one of these gets read really well. But what about the "back catalog"? Turns out that a lot of traffic is in fact coming from the 200 older pieces: (UPDATE: this is a good thing)

0 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/now-how-to-g... 6614 1 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/maar-hoe-bou... 2292 2 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/a-coherent-n... 1797 3 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-european... 1723 4 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/dear-hosting... 1604 5 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/beware-cloud... 1461 6 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/cloud-kootwi... 882 7 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/cyber-securi... 864 8 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/out-of-offic... 855 9 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-can-no-l... 742 10 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/manifest-big... 658 11 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/cloud-in-soo... 582 12 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/is-europe-ju... 556 13 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/cloud-overview/ 543 14 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/taking-the-a... 516 15 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/how-tech-los... 460 16 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/beste-hoster... 446 17 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/servers-in-d... 438 18 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/reverse-engi... 424 19 https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/on-long-term... 411
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@briankrebs Thanks, been at it for a bit! I also took a lot of inspiration from your talk in Rotterdam many moons ago on the whole spam ecosystem. Was an eye opener. The conference with the boat where I understand you had an interesting meeting afterwards!

@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

VOA - European leaders across much of the continent vowed to stand by Ukraine after a White House meeting between U.S. President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy turned into a heated exchange, with Trump calling Zelenskyy "disrespectful." https://www.voanews.com/a/european-leaders-stand-by-ukraine-after-heated-exchange-between-trump-zelenskyy-/7993337.html

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@w7voa Hang in there Steve! Thank you so much for your reporting.

@tante@tldr.nettime.org avatar tante , to random

I increasingly think that accepting the "digital souvereignity" narrative was a pyrrhic victory for European and non-European NGOs. It might have lead to a bit of money here and there but it also plays super into the cards of right-wing thinking.

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@tante there is also no money. Or at least not at any scale for doing things. Meanwhile European governments spend 100b euros a year on proprietary software and services. 1% toward autonomy would go a long way!

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social avatar ErikJonker , to geopolitics group

The EU is not only facing a tradewar (bad enough in itself) but potentially a total break-down in relations with the USA. I hope all scenarios and plans are ready. Also for example for the digital side of things. What if we have to quickly pull back our data/services from companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google etc. for critical data/applications? 🤔
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@mkoek @tinkel @jmcs @ErikJonker geopolitics@a.gup.pe icon geopolitics group also the word "might" is doing a lot of work there. The document states there are no details. I also note that the Microsoft page does not in fact say anything about the CLOUD act. And it does say there are "circumstances where data will continue to be transferred outside of the EU". So we have nothing really. Unless @tinkel comes up with the promised link to an independent legal analysis.

The EU Data Boundary is a geographically defined boundary within which Microsoft has committed to store and process Customer Data and personal data for our Microsoft enterprise online services, including Azure, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Microsoft 365, subject to limited circumstances where Customer Data and personal data will continue to be transferred outside the EU Data Boundary. This documentation provides details about those transfers. The online services included in the EU Data Boundary commitment (referred to in this documentation as EU Data Boundary Services) are identified in the Microsoft Product Terms as part of the services agreements.
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    • @ErikJonker@mastodon.social avatar ErikJonker , to geopolitics group

    The EU is not only facing a tradewar (bad enough in itself) but potentially a total break-down in relations with the USA. I hope all scenarios and plans are ready. Also for example for the digital side of things. What if we have to quickly pull back our data/services from companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google etc. for critical data/applications? 🤔
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    bert_hubert ,
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    @tinkel @jmcs @ErikJonker geopolitics@a.gup.pe icon geopolitics group You link to a Microsoft page a far as I can see? Is that your independent legal analysis? Or am I missing something?

    @ErikJonker@mastodon.social avatar ErikJonker , to geopolitics group

    The EU is not only facing a tradewar (bad enough in itself) but potentially a total break-down in relations with the USA. I hope all scenarios and plans are ready. Also for example for the digital side of things. What if we have to quickly pull back our data/services from companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google etc. for critical data/applications? 🤔
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    bert_hubert ,
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    @tinkel @jmcs @ErikJonker geopolitics@a.gup.pe icon geopolitics group I showed you an independent legal analysis. Do you also have a link to one that backs up your claims? That would be mighty interesting. And novel btw.

    @ErikJonker@mastodon.social avatar ErikJonker , to geopolitics group

    The EU is not only facing a tradewar (bad enough in itself) but potentially a total break-down in relations with the USA. I hope all scenarios and plans are ready. Also for example for the digital side of things. What if we have to quickly pull back our data/services from companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google etc. for critical data/applications? 🤔
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    @ErikJonker@mastodon.social avatar ErikJonker , to geopolitics group

    The EU is not only facing a tradewar (bad enough in itself) but potentially a total break-down in relations with the USA. I hope all scenarios and plans are ready. Also for example for the digital side of things. What if we have to quickly pull back our data/services from companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google etc. for critical data/applications? 🤔
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    @tante@tldr.nettime.org avatar tante , to random

    A lot of the time if a structure or event is not what you need it to be, it got where it is for a reason. A lot of the time the structure will fight to keep itself intact.

    bert_hubert ,
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    @tante even if that reason is no longer there, or even if no one remembers it!

    @tante@tldr.nettime.org avatar tante , to random

    People always tell me it's weird that I don't know my blood type. Just never had a use for that information. But in conversation I get the impression that everyone does. Weird.

    bert_hubert ,
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    @tante no one has any use for that information since no medical place is going to trust you to provide that information correctly (and right they are). Also, I have no idea either.

    @bert_hubert@fosstodon.org avatar bert_hubert , to random

    Here is an example of what can happen after 3 hours of no fresh data. The apparent distance to Galileo satellite E23 suddenly jumped by 1.5 meters. This does not mean Galileo positioning is off by 1.5 meters since there are lots more satellites contributing to the “fix” but it still isn’t great.

    From: @GNSS_Changes
    https://botsin.space/@GNSS_Changes/113609675962218803

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    @chrisn @GNSS_Changes humanity can do amazing things when it wants to… and yes this is rare.

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

    It’s been a bit frustrating and embarrassing to repeated ping people on stalled threads related to sponsoring/funding. Sometimes for many years in a row. But in my experience it paid off enough to keep doing it. :( :)

    bert_hubert ,
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    @ocornut getting money from people is never automatic & always requires hustle, I'm afraid. Wonderful that your work is succeeding though!

    @w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

    People should have "radios, batteries and a generator" ready in the rare case of disruptions to the power grid, advises NOAA.

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    @w7voa EGNOS, the European WAAS equivalent, is reporting severe degradation. Dashboard https://egnos.gsc-europa.eu/aviation-portal/aviation-dashboard

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