[–] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

I always enjoy recognizing a specific developer's handwriting in a finished product. Luckily, Valve's misyltoad, a proud inhabitant of "Frog Cult", United Kingdom, makes this very easy. From their work on frog-fifo-v1 for Mesa, to frog-color-management-v1 and frog protocols for Wayland, to their talk Rainbow Frogs: HDR + Color Management in Gamescope/SteamOS, they seem to follow a very strong theme. I'd be surprised if they weren’t responsible for this frog as well.

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago

    Hey now! They’re called „weapons enthusiasts“ or „firearms aficionados“! They just needed lots and lots of ammunition to appreciate it! The more the merrier, you see? Stop badmouthing our dear completely harmless right wing extremist gun fans!

    Do I really need to put a /s here?

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  • [–] 34 points 8 months ago

    "Wir aber sagen, dass sich in einer gleichberechtigten Gesellschaft niemand freiwillig für die Prostitution entscheidet. Denn am Ende geht es hier um männliche Gewalt an Frauen und um Machtmissbrauch."

    Ich finde diese Gleichsetzung von Sex und männlicher Gewalt an Frauen sehr befremdlich. Haben wir nicht spätestens in den 60ern gelernt, dass Frauen genauso Spaß an Sex haben können wie Männer? Kann es nicht vielleicht eher an der extremen Stigmatisierung von Sexarbeit liegen, dass so wenige Menschen so einen Beruf ergreifen wollen?

    Vielleicht ist meine Einschätzung sehr naiv, aber ich finde, ein Verbot sollte immer die Ultima Ratio in der Gesetzgebung sein. Und gerade in einer Gesellschaft, in der immer mehr junge Männer unfreiwillig gar keinen Sex haben, sollte man meiner Meinung nach umso dankbarer dafür sein, dass es Frauen gibt, bei denen jene ihre Triebe abkanalisieren können, sodass vielleicht die ein oder andere Entwicklung zum Incel vermieden werden kann.

    Ich finde auch die vermeintlichen Erfolgsstatistiken des nordischen Modells immer etwas fragwürdig. Da Schweden Teil des Schengen-Raums ist, ist beispielsweise nie wirklich klar, ob sich der Menschenhandel tatsächlich reduziert hat oder ob er jetzt nur verstärkt in anderen EU-Ländern stattfindet. Das wäre dann also nur eine positive Auswirkung, wenn man Aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn für ein gutes Motto hält.

    Am Ende würde ich einfach viel lieber in einer Gesellschaft leben, in der die Inanspruchnahme von Sexarbeit genauso normal ist wie der Besuch beim Friseur, als in einer, in der sexuell frustrierte junge Männer einen signifikanten Anteil der Wählerschaft stellen und in der Sexarbeit noch extremer stigmatisiert wird, als es eh schon der Fall ist.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    I have already read that article, and while I think that Patrick does a great job in general, this particular post contains overly dramatic and, in parts, misleading arguments. For example:

    The text aims to make the temporary “Chat Control 1.0” regulation permanent. This allows providers like Meta or Google to scan all private chats, indiscriminately and without a court order.".

    This is a bit strange. Chats without E2E encryption, especially the ones on Google or Meta platforms, were never private. I think it would be better to raise awareness of that fact and encourage E2E messaging instead of complaining about law enforcement having access to those chats.

    His argument regarding age verification is also very weak:

    [...] This means every citizen will effectively have to upload an ID or undergo a face scan to open an email or messenger account. [...] This creates a de facto ban on anonymous communication [...]

    This is misleading at best. The implementation details of the age verification are not specified in this proposal. There are absolutely ways of verifying someone's age anonymously (Privacy Pass comes to mind). It's totally possible that it'll be a far worse system, but that's just not as set in stone as Patrick suggests.

    It's definitely necessary to keep an eye on the further development of this legislature. But Patrick's Reality Check unfortunately stretches the meaning of the word Reality a bit too much.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    I have to disagree with the statement that there is no voluntary law. For example, GDPR certifications (Art. 42) have been a thing for years, are encouraged by the EU, but have remained completely voluntary for organizations.

    I totally agree with you that it's important to stay vigilant and keep an eye on the further development of this specific regulation, especially as it still has a long way to go before actually becoming law. But I think seeing the compromise as some sort of trickery is purely speculative right now and doesn't really do justice to the activists inside and outside EU organizations who have spent the last few years successfully preventing a mandatory chat control. A lot of the comments here seem very doom-and-gloomy, sometimes almost resigned, as if nothing has been accomplished by protesting these initial proposals. And I think, while there are definitely further battles ahead, it's also a good idea to celebrate and remind ourselves of the accomplishments we've made here.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (8 children)

    As this version of the law is completely voluntary, I don‘t think it will change anything. Secure chats won‘t implement it, because it‘s practically impossible, and insecure chats won‘t implement it, because there‘s absolutely no profit in it.

    It‘s still completely unnecessary to have a law like this, as it won‘t help with anything. But at least it doesn‘t force any messaging applications to either break their encryption or leave the EU.

    Also, as this is proposal is finally put into law, there‘s one less battle to be fought by privacy activists (for now).

    So all in all: The worst has been successfully averted, I think we can celebrate that. But the next privacy invading proposal will come soon enough.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago*

    Bei einem reinen Featurevergleich hast du Recht. Aber hier geht es ja primär um die momentan bestehenden Abhängigkeiten. Und wenn man sich die aktuelle Verbreitung von Alternativen beispielsweise anhand des öffentlichen Sektors in der EU* anschaut, spielt Open Source bisher leider kaum eine Rolle.

    * Es sollte erwähnt sein, dass die Open Cloud Coalition eine Lobbyorganisation mit Beteiligung von Google ist, das Framing in dieser Quelle also verzerrt sein könnte. Die Zahlen wirken aber zumindest plausibel.

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  • [–] 25 points 8 months ago

    In 2023, it was €5.000/month (source).

    That‘s about as much as a full stack software developer makes in Germany working a 40h week (source).

    Seeing that he was a CEO, definitely worked more than 40 hours per week and was the driving force behind Mastodon, I, as someone who supports them financially, am totally okay with him getting a big payout now.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    This article leaves out that the same proposal would completely undermine the GDPR, massively reducing data protection and selling out EU citizen’s data to big tech.

    I‘d love to have a browser based cookie solution. They should have implemented it like that in the first place. But not at the cost of my privacy and the ownership over my data.

    For now this is just a proposal by the commission, so it has a long way to go before becoming law. But it‘s really exhausting having to fight those ridiculous ideas time and time again.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago*

    Das ist zwar immer noch nicht sinnvoller, als eine verpflichtende Chatkontrolle, aber immerhin so weit abgeschwächt, dass es vermutlich gar keinen Einfluss haben dürfte.

    Die meisten Chats können ja technisch gar nicht sinnvoll kontrolliert werden, weil sie starke Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung nutzen. Und bei Anbietern unverschlüsselter Chats wird wohl kaum jemand extra in so eine Kontrolle investieren wollen, ohne davon zu profitieren.

    Man muss aber natürlich trotzdem achtsam bleiben und schauen, dass sich so eine Kontrolle nicht doch noch normalisiert und der nächste Anlauf für eine verpflichtende Überwachung dadurch seine Erfolgschancen vergrößert.

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    Auf Basis eines Welt-Artikels (im Papier verlinkt) stellen Friedrich Merz, Alexander Dobrindt und Fraktion infrage, warum Vereine und Organisationen gefördert oder als gemeinnützig anerkannt werden, die ihrer menschenverachtenden politischen Ausrichtung widersprechen.

    Anstatt zu realisieren, dass ihre inzwischen teils klimaleugnernahen, teils rechtsextremen und teils faschistischen Positionen der Grund für diesen Widerspruch sind, stellt sich die Union selbst als Opfer parteipolitischer Motivationen dar.

    Ich kann nur hoffen, dass jeder SPDler sich gut überlegt, ob man mit solchen Menschen koalieren möchte, die immer mehr Methoden aus Trumps und Orbans Repertoire übernehmen.

    Zu den infrage gestellten Organisationen gehören unter anderem:

    • Omas gegen Rechts Deutschland e.V.
    • CORRECTIV gGmbH
    • Campact e.V.
    • Die Amadeu Antonio Stiftung
    • Peta Deutschland e. V.
    • Foodwatch e. V.
    • Deutsche Umwelthilfe e. V.
    • Greenpeace e. V.

    und viele mehr (32 Seiten mit insgesamt 551 Fragen).

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    About two years ago, I've created a controller layout for the game, with around 84.000 hours of playtime across Steam's player base, alongside a video guide on how to get it all running.

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