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Hi. đź‘‹

I am JayVii, a data enthusiast with a passion for Free and Open Source Software. I care about social inclusion & privacy. This is my personal Fediverse server, powered by ktistec. I modified its appearance with my own adjustments.

I typically remove shared posts after ca. 3–6 months. I do keep most of my own posts (for now).

I post about a variety of topics, both in German and English, such as:

I also developed a few tiny & simple self-hostable tools to ease my life (and that of others), such as:

You can find out more about myself on my website or in my introduction post.

JayVii
JayVii posted 7:35am

Well, TIL that you can pipe tar directly into ssh. Need to play around with that a little. Maybe it overcomes the requirement to have enough space for a giant tar file on the host?

From Drew Devault's blog post on tar as rsync alternative

JayViiBaldur Bjarnason
JayVii shared a note by Baldur Bjarnason Mar 28, 2026

“On The Enshittification of Audre Lorde: "The Master's Tools" in Tech Discourse”

tarakiyee.com/on-the-enshittif

> Read against the speech itself, Lorde's argument seems less concerned with whether antitrust law can break up monopolies and more with whose knowledge counts, who gets to define the problem, and what gets systematically erased when liberation movements reproduce the exclusions of the systems they are opposing.

JayViiGary Strydom's Tiny Car
JayVii shared a note by Gary Strydom's Tiny Car Mar 28, 2026

LLMs do not "democratize programming". A 4-year-old can learn to program. LLMs throw up stupid barriers by convincing you that you can't learn to program and you have to rely on whatever shit the bobot spits out. Every asshole that says that AI "democratizes" fucking anything is trying to scam you.

JayVii
JayVii posted 9:38pm

In an attempt to use my smartphone a lot less, I am currently trying Newsboat's Podcast integration and a slim script I hacked together this morning. It automatically fetches podcast episodes, downloads and pushes them to the MP3-Player I bought a few months ago for taking to the gym.

It is of course a little bit more clunky than simply using Antennapod on my smartphone, but honestly, it is a quite smooth and pleasant experience nonetheless. Let's see how this goes for a few weeks.

#newsboat #podboat #rss #podcast

JayViiMike :nixos:
JayVii shared a note by Mike :nixos: Mar 26, 2026
graphic showing Linux VS Windows

For many people, the #Linux vs #Windows vs #Mac debate is a privilege — it assumes you can choose. But working with the Computer Upcycle Project, I've seen the real choice is often Linux vs no computer at all.

~95% of donated computers are "too old" for Windows 11 or macOS. Linux installs on them anyway, adding 10+ years of life to machines #Microsoft and #Apple called trash.

This isn't Linux vs Windows. It's Linux vs e-waste.

JayViiAnya Karl
JayVii shared a note by Anya Karl Mar 28, 2026

Perfekter Zeitpunkt, um die Miniserie "Adolescence" zu empfehlen.

Im Zentrum steht ein 13-jähriger, der verdächtigt wird, eine Mitschülerin getötet zu haben.

Es geht um die Auswirkungen von Patriarchat & Frauenfeindlichkeit, um Online-Radikalisierung, toxische Männlichkeit, die Incel-Bewegung & die Konsequenzen, die all das für Jungen & Mädchen hat.

Die schauspielerischen Leistungen sind legendär, der One-Shot-Dreh pro Folge ebenso, die Intensität kaum aushaltbar & erschütternd.

JayViikcxt (casey)
JayVii shared a note by kcxt (casey) Mar 27, 2026
AI, mental health

if you're using AI regularly to generate text/presentations that you intend to use persuasively i don't think i can trust a single thing you say. Where does the AI end and the human begin?

I think this is why im so against AI generated commit messages especially if the code was written by a human, you wrote the code so you should be able to demonstrate that you understand what the change does and why.

If you're deferring that to an AI and you made a subtle logic error that it decides to justify for you suddenly we have obfuscated our own fucking zero days. Good luck finding the bug if the commit message describes the error as if it was intentional.

For general text, if you start with the conclusion and let the AI write the justification then there is no justification!!! Details matter, having a paper trail for decision making matters.

I wonder how many executives will escape the consequences of their white collar crimes by blaming AI.

AI zombification is coming and it's going to create a distinct difference in communication styles between those who do and don't use it, honestly that point is already here.

And we're gonna find out yet again that marx was right when it becomes clear that AI usage correlates with class lines.

JayViiMetaGer
JayVii shared a note by MetaGer Mar 10, 2026

Die Informationssuche verändert sich, TikTok wird immer häufiger als Suchmaschine genutzt, insbesondere von GenZ & GenAlpha.

Erinnern wir uns an die Zeiten, als schon die Internetsuche negativ beurteilt wurde, weil die schnelle häppchenweise Bereitstellung von Information als Problem gesehen wurde. Inzwischen kann man froh sein, wenn die Gruppe der sehr jungen Nutzer die klassische Suche noch medienkompetent beherrschen und Infos nicht nur von Influencern beziehen.

retail-news.de/tiktok-als-such

JayViiMetaGer
JayVii shared a note by MetaGer Mar 12, 2026

Mojeek und Kagi im Test!
Wer MetaGer als #Suchmaschine nutzt, erhält übrigens auch Mojeek-Ergebnisse. Es ist ganz aufschlussreich, mal zu schauen, von welchen Anbietern ein Ergebnis bei uns kommt. Manchmal z.B. kommt es nur von Mojeek. Das macht dann wieder deutlich, dass eine Metasuchmaschine gewisse Vorteile in der Ergebnisvielfalt haben kann.

heise.de/hintergrund/Google-Al

JayViiMetaGer
JayVii shared a note by MetaGer Mar 25, 2026

Google testet gerade, die Titel der Suchergebnisse KI-gestĂĽtzt zu "optimieren". Titel sollen so besser auf die Anfrage der User abgestimmt werden. Oft haben die Titel mit dem Ergebnis dann nur noch wenig zu tun. Man darf gespannt sein, ob sich dieses Vorgehen etabliert.

derstandard.de/story/300000031