George Mari @GeorgeMari@qoto.org

No, Google hasn't changed Chrome's local AI features—it's just as confusing as ever
You can stop Chrome from taking up 4GB of storage for local AI, but that shouldn't be your problem.
https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/05/no-google-hasnt-changed-chromes-local-ai-features-its-just-as-confusing-as-ever/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Cadillac admits that after buying an EV, you don’t go back to gas as sales surpass 100K https://electrek.co/2026/05/08/cadillac-admits-after-going-ev-you-dont-go-back-sales-top-100k/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

All these headlines about how AI makes people lazy and dumb make me feel very smug, because I was lazy and dumb long before AI came along.

The new Chevy Bolt EV delivers nearly 300 miles of real-world range for under $30,000 https://electrek.co/2026/05/08/chevy-bolt-ev-delivers-nearly-300-miles-real-world-range-for-30k/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

„Ich hielt das Fediverse lange für Nerd-Spielzeug. Keine Promis, keine Reichweiten-Maschinerie, keine „Personal Brands“. Doch genau das wurde plötzlich seine Stärke: Während US-Medien einknickten, Threads leer blieb und Bluesky Twitter cosplayte, wurde das Fediverse für viele zum einzigen Ort für verlässliche Infos, kuratierte Links und echte Diskussionen. Spannender Perspektivwechsel.“

#Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialMedia #DigitaleMündigkeit #Dezentralisierung

https://matduggan.com/boy-i-was-wrong-about-the-fediverse/ (Artikel in englischer Sprache)

New server, new #introduction post! (I'm not new to the #Fediverse, but you might be!)

Hi I’m Kevin, professional #puppet builder, #gamer, fediverse and #linux enthusiast and maker of fun media stuffs. Been building #puppets professionally since 2019. Here’s a small sample of my work. I also #livestream and #podcast, all links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Cheers!

I hate that this is my first proper toot but here we go I guess. The situation at $dayJob is dire and I'm in search of a new place.

I'm a full stack software engineer with 4y experience with expertise in back-end, systems programming and real-time embeeded software. I do C++, C, Rust, Python, TypeScript and tbh whatever you throw at me I'll do it allright. If you have a 100% remote gig hiring in Europe, I'd love to smash that technical interview.

#jobsearch #getFediHired #fedijobs

I know that a lot of programmers are having a hard time finding work, and it is a shitty time to ask, but I just heard a rather concerning rumor... So...

If any of you happen to know of an opening for a programmer with a lot of experience with C, golang, and many other languages, with a lot of knowledge about cryptography and Internet standards, that pays well and is either in Portland or happy with remote work...

#GetFediHired

If you’re running a fediverse server without a DMCA process, you could be exposed. Copyright’s “statutory damages” regime allows for massive and unpredictable liability. Learn more from our best practice guide: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/copyright-and-dmca-best-practices-fediverse-operators

hello nerds.

visualart #glitchart #petscii #dogtablet #industrialmusicby the immortal Martin King (Test Dept., Pigface) and audio sorcerer Jules Seifert (Der Prosector, many more).

It means a lot to me. I created every pixel, and I think it's the best visual work I've ever done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpkjSwAtgHo

I hope you like it. Yes, I do commissions.

#visualart #glitchart #petscii #dogtablet #industrialmusic

It’s rare to see really good, accurate public reporting on what’s driving the economics of our electric sector, in jargon-free language that everyone can understand. So read this. It’s excellent. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/27/opinion/electricity-power-grid-infrastructure.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

So, if you know someone with strong network security skills along with architecture, please send them my way.

Sadly I can only hire in NY, NJ, NC, TX, and IL. Annoying but far above my pay grade and I keep fighting it.

My colleague Jan Richter is hiring the first 8 developers for our new Euro-Office Performance Team at #IONOS. Together with @nextcloud we aim to bring a bit more sovereignty to Europe. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/herrrichter_hiring-eurooffice-ionos-activity-7451975895084580864-4IE-

If you program, you should read this piece.

"Ada's successes — the aircraft that have not crashed, the railway signalling systems that have not failed, the missile guidance software that has not misguided — are invisible precisely because they are successes. The languages that failed visibly, in buffer overflows and null pointer exceptions and data races and security vulnerabilities, generated the discourse. [Ada did not]"

https://www.iqiipi.com/the-quiet-colossus.html

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.

This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x

This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen

Dr. Dobb's Developer Library DVD 6 https://archive.org/details/DDJDVD6

This is for those who still wants to learn and understand how people did it in old times without forums or LLM etc.

It's #WomenInTechDay! Today we highlight Marie Van Brittan Brown, who security experts now recognize as pioneered home security.

A nurse wanting to make her home secure, she invented an audio-visual home security system, helping create the security tech industry as we know it.

#SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant

🚨 Warning: New FAKE website offering FAKE KeePassXC downloads! Do not fall for it. The correct domain is https://keepassxc.org without hypens!

Today is the day. Please do whatever you can to experience #ProjectHailMary in the cinema. A passion project for everyone involved and once again I was fortunate to colour the amazing photography of Greig Fraser and got to work with for the first time with the brilliant Phil Lord and Chris Miller.