„BIG NEWS: Germany has just made the standard Open Document Format (ODF) mandatory“

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/20/big-news-germany-has-just-made-odf-mandatory/

»Reduction of lock-in effects. Open interfaces and local data storage. Open-source development as the default. These are not merely talking points, but the stated governance criteria for Germany’s digital infrastructure. In this context, ODF is not listed as a mere preference or fallback solution, but as a standard document format, alongside PDF/UA for accessibility-compliant documents.«

Wenn uns vor 20 Jahren wer gesagt hätte, das dominierende Social Media Format würden eines Tages Kurzvideos mit auf maximale Verweildauer optimierter algorithmischer Vorschlagsfunktion sein – Glaube keine/r hätte gesagt "Yay, Fortschritt! Lass mal besser nicht zu viel regulieren, das "beste" Format setzt sich eben durch!"

DeepL is shifting to AWS for processing

https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1ry1irp/deepl_is_shifting_to_aws_for_processing/

Hocheffiziente Verpenner

„I Analyzed 35,000 GitHub READMEs to See If AI Changed How We Write Code Documentation“

https://medium.com/@srkorwho/i-analyzed-35-000-github-readmes-to-see-if-ai-changed-how-we-write-code-documentation-6e8715a4f43c

Meh. As I said: can't stand those list item icons and checkmark bs.

WOW.

With the news that Bluesky closed a $100M Series B (!!) last April and didn't tell anyone (??) until now, it's just become far more obvious that Bluesky is inching very close to its full enshittification era.

You don't raise that kind of money unless you're ready for *massive* capture of eyeballs and ecosystem control.

I am telling you right now, Bluesky in another year or two will look very, *very* different. (And tbh, it's not that great now.)

RE: https://norden.social/@hart/116257241150478485

Independent of the reference to Friedrich Merz, this is a perfect metaphor for the state of the world and the middle class.

Für Mastodon ist ja nix zu nerdig: Gibt es einen Dienst/eine App, der/die automatisch eine Nachricht per Mail, SMS oder Benachrichtigung an mich schicken kann, wenn ein Tag (weitestgehend) windstill zu werden scheint?

#ausGründen #PleaseRT

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If you've been on the fence about
@piccalilli's JavaScript for Everyone course, first off: be like Nike and just do it.

We've published an excerpt from it about destructuring by none other than
@wil.to to give you just a taste.

https://css-tricks.com/javascript-for-everyone-destructuring/

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered its 20th day, with international connectivity unavailable to the general public for over 456 hours.

The incident is now the longest recorded shutdown in Iran's history, surpassing the blackout imposed during protests in January.

'Free-riding on our work’: Dictionary sues OpenAI for using copyrighted materials to train ChatGPT​
https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/03/19/free-riding-on-our-work-dictionary-sues-openai-for-using-copyrighted-materials-to-train-ch?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Tech News @tech-news-euronews

„Open Source Has a Bot Problem“

https://glama.ai/blog/2026-03-19-open-source-has-a-bot-problem

was könnte man während so einer energiekrise tun?

Excellent article about protesters in Michigan shining a light on the concentration camp ICE is building next to Detroit’s airport. Also discusses what opponents of such places are doing elsewhere. https://www.thefarce.org/they-bought-the-warehouse-in-secret-because-they-know-what-happens-when-you-find-out/

„Twig 3.24.0 released“
https://symfony.com/blog/twig-3-24-0-released

#php #twig

Testing Whether Heated Chambers Help Brittle Filaments

https://hackaday.com/2026/03/17/testing-whether-heated-chambers-help-brittle-filaments/

The Mysterious Redditor Who’s Changing the Way We Do Laundry. “Most of the world uses powdered laundry detergent, which allows for more enzyme flexibility; Americans generally prefer liquid, which doesn’t always contain these precious enzymes.” https://www.vox.com/life/481598/reddit-laundry-kismai-lipase-detergent-list-spa-day

Ferrocene 26.02.0 is out 🦀

Highlights:
👉 ISO 26262 ASIL B certification for part of Rust core
👉 Qualified Rust toolchain for safety-critical systems

If you’re at #ew26, come by booth 4-402 to talk to us about #embeddedRust (and get some stickers).

Read more: 🔗 https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/ferrocene-26-02-0/

Don't forget Cuba. It's a crime of the century what the US government is doing against the people of Cuba.

Piql is a Norwegian company that takes your data, pictures and other digital artefacts, encodes them in an open binary format and puts them on 35mm black and white film. To retrieve the data, you scan the film, use their open source software and there you go. Very long term storage as a combination of analog and digital. I like! Already used by museums and artists.

https://piql.com

#DigitalSovereignty #Archive