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hans

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System Administrator, keen on freedom and privacy, Linux and Open Source fanatic and quite opinionated.

This is my work profile; if you want my personal posts, follow my personal channel:

https://social.woefdram.nl/@hans

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@dansup@mastodon.social avatar dansup , to random

Mattermost looks really nice 👀

https://mattermost.com/

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@dansup @koen @shlee Mattermost is getting more and more fanatical in nagging users to get a commercial version...

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@dansup @koen @shlee We don't use that either, although we've used Mattermost for years in our company.

But Matrix offers so much more, including E2EE. No wonder it's been gaining popularity among organisations that need security and autonomy:

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/matrix_element_secure_chat/

@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

FTC claims Gmail filtering Republican emails threatens “American freedoms”
FTC chairman revives GOP claims previously rejected by judge and election agency.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ftc-claims-gmail-filtering-republican-emails-threatens-american-freedoms/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica But what about her emails?

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

I wished I could disagree with this post but sadly I cannot. I had high hopes for Matrix and still use it but boy is it not fixing the core and conceptual issues.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/im-never-going-back-to-matrix/

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@tante You make several good points. The protocol is complicated, there is as yet not app for phones that does everything you want/need and you will run into problems every now and then.

But... No new technology is without its problems and growing pains. If you have followed the discussions of the past few years, you know why development may not go as quick as we'd want, and why some issues aren't Element.io's highest priority.

The servers I've created and used in the past 7 years, including my own private server that's been online for those 7 years and in daily use, work. It takes some effort to configure the whole kit-n-kaboodle, but I think it's worth it.

Non-techies may want to wait a while before venturing into the world of Matrix, although they could do really well if someone with a decent level of knowledge helps them. I try to fulfill that role, both private and professionally.

@voorstad

@stux@mstdn.social avatar stux , to random

If the admin had just shut up about it would not have blown up as much as it currently does I guess

Trump made me care soo much more about this "client list" and all around it because I personally have a super strong feeling Donny himself is somewhere on thre

Don't get me wrong, I ALWAYS wanna see "people" lik Epstein locked up on the bottom of the ocean but I also wanna drag down everyone with him who had anything to do with it

Including Donny

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@stux Especially Donny 😇

@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

The new version of Audi’s best-selling Q5 SUV arrives in the US
The driving dynamics are improved, and there's plenty of tech to play with.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/06/the-new-version-of-audis-best-selling-q5-suv-arrives-in-the-us/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Too bad Trump makes it a lot more expensive for Americans to buy.

@stux@mstdn.social avatar stux , to random

Guess has ented it's end of life state, their new CEO was former CEO of King, the company behind CandyCrush, yes that game with a gazillion micro transactions

I'm kinda sure it's gonna be downhill very fast for Discord now

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@stux We can hope 🤞

@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

Monty Python and the Holy Grail turns 50
Ars staffers reflect upon the things they love most about this masterpiece of absurdist comedy.
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-turns-50/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Fetchez la vache! 😂

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@beeoproblem @arstechnica "Un cadeau!"
"What?
"Un cadeau."
"Huh?"
"A present!"
"Ah, un cadeau!"

@dansup@mastodon.social avatar dansup , to random

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    @dansup Sounds good. And better to take the time to make it good, than to release early and disappoint people.

    @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org avatar matrix , to random

    At FOSDEM we could showcase our work, drown in enthusiasm, gather in smaller committee to discuss what works or what should work differently.

    Here's our wrap up post, and if you couldn't make it to Brussels you can still catch up with the talks in the thread below

    https://matrix.org/blog/2025/02/fosdem-wrap-up/

    ⬇️⬇️⬇️

    hans ,
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    @matrix Please consider hosting videos on other places than just .

    is making it increasingly difficult to view their videos in ways that don't make you choke on their surveillance, ads and cookies. I will never load a video directly from YouTube, and I know I'm not the only one.

    Please consider posting them on and sync that to YT for the people who still don't understand how evil Google is.

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

    Witaj, Polsko! Welcome, Poland!

    With the Polish EU Council Presidency, we will challenge current uncertainties and build a stronger, united Europe for all.

    To achieve that, Poland will focus on:

    ⬜Defence and security
    🟥Protection of people and borders
    ⬜Resistance to foreign interference and disinformation
    🟥Ensuring security and freedom of business
    ⬜Energy transition
    🟥Competitive and resilient agriculture
    ⬜Health security

    ℹ️ https://poland25.eu

    A photo of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, illuminated at night with the European Union flag superimposed.
    ALT
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    @EUCommission And do away permanently with , please?

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

    I hate that you can't link to a Mastodon post without it taking you a different server. It's nuts that those links aren't swizzed on the sever. Always taking me to a different server that I'm not logged into is the Achilles heal of Mastodon. Non-tech users are completely confused by this. It's not their fault, it's Mastodon's fault. I know it's not easy to fix, but if Mastodon wanted to fix one thing keep new users, this is it.

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    @grumpygamer Not sure why that would be an Achilles heel...

    Linking to other places is the foundation of the Web, it's what started (almost) all of it.

    It's the fact that people nowadays are used to referring to whatever is on the server they know that may be such a heel: people tend to see their small environment as "the world".

    The "fix" you suggest would mean admins would need huge amounts of disk space to store incredible quantities of data that's already available elsewhere.

    What's the problem with linking to another server?

    @arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

    OpenAI has the tech to watermark ChatGPT text—it just won’t release it

    Some say watermarking is the responsible thing to do, but it's complicated.

    https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/08/openai-has-the-tech-to-watermark-chatgpt-text-it-just-wont-release-it/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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    @arstechnica Taking responsibility is complicated, yes, we've seen that over and over again.

    @arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

    Big AI companies sign safety pledge

    Promise not to deploy AIs if severe risks cannot be addressed and mitigated.

    https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/05/big-ai-companies-sign-safety-pledge/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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    @arstechnica Question is: can we trust them?

    I for one don't.

    @arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

    Twitter URLs redirect to x.com as Musk gets closer to killing the Twitter name

    X.com stops redirecting to Twitter.com over a year after company name change.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/twitter-urls-redirect-to-x-com-as-musk-gets-closer-to-killing-the-twitter-name/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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    @arstechnica Let us all redirect to the Fediverse instead, that would solve a lot of problems.

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    @gerrymcgovern Reminds me of something Morpheus said:

    "We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the sky. At the time, they were dependent on solar power. It was believed they would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun."