Hi. 👋

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.

JayViiKai Arzheimer
JayVii shared a note by Kai Arzheimer 7:21pm

Using an #RSS reader will improve your internet experience by an order of magnitude

blog.burkert.me/posts/in_prais

JayViiRebecca Lenhard

Durch meine schriftliche Frage hat die Bundesregierung offengelegt, wie groß die Abhängigkeit wirklich ist: Die Bundesverwaltung hat im vergangenen Jahr 481,4 Mio. € für Microsoft-Lizenzen ausgegeben.

Die Bundesregierung muss digitale Unabhängigkeit endlich ernst nehmen und konsequent vorantreiben. Anstatt unsere Abhängigkeit weiter auszubauen, ließe sich mit diesen Summen der Aufbau leistungsfähiger Open-Source-Lösungen und europäischer Alternativen gezielt vorantreiben.

JayViiParis Marx
JayVii shared a note by Paris Marx 5:36am

“Do we want a technology that normalizes and amplifies deception? That transforms privacy into a commodity? A society where a techno-oligarch can interfere, as one of them did yesterday, in the mobile phones of millions of citizens to tell them lies?” the prime minister asked last week. “The answer must be a clear no, and we will not give in.”

politico.eu/article/spain-sanc

#tech #spain #socialmedia #eutech #regulation #politics

JayViiParis Marx
JayVii shared a note by Paris Marx 4:05am

The European Commission told TikTok to “change several key features, including disabling infinite scrolling, setting strict screen time breaks and changing its recommender systems. The demand follows the Commission's declaration that TikTok’s design is addictive to users.”

Now do the same for the US services!

politico.eu/article/tiktok-met

#tech #eutech #tiktok #socialmedia #addiction #politics

JayViiPedro Mendes

RE: en.osm.town/@osm_tech/11605211

The internet is being destroyed by AI scrapers

JayVii

Saarland plant keine umfassende Umstellung auf Open-Source-Software

Schade! was wurde denn aus "Großes entsteht im Kleinen"? Schleswig-Holstein ist da einiges voraus...

#depol #saarland #opensource #foss

JayVii
Sarkastischer Kommentar zur Teilzeitdebatte der Union

Bzgl des fast schon menschenfeindlichen & realitätsfernen Vorstoß der sog. Mittelstands- & Wirtschaftsunion zur Abschaffung des Rechts auf Teilzeit: dann aber wenigstens auch in beide Richtungen, da freut sich der akademische Mittelbau an deutschen Universitäten, wenn 50% & 65% Stellen zukünftig auf 100% augestockt werden müssten.

#depol #arbeitszeit #CDU #CxU

JayVii

Because I have been reading discussions lately about blocking shared posts and sharing/boosting etiquettes in the fediverse, I turned off all shared/boosted posts from others today. Surprisingly, my timeline became a lot more interesting, and now I am doubting the sense of sharing posts and social media in general...

JayVii

Whoops, #youtube appears to be shutting down their #RSS endpoints for channels' uploads

Image description: screenshot of the browser view of an RSS endpoint of some youtube channwl. The error message says "the requested URL does not exist on this server"
JayVii