Nah, just the feedback period has ended; the “public consultation” is still open (11 July 2025 - 17 October 2025).

The link of this post however doesn’t link directly, so here’s the direct link to the consultation-questionnaire.

ENTs hate Q-tips?!

That doesn’t make sense to me. But, then again, you are very small.

What CEOs never seem to grasp in that context is that they wouldn’t just replace their workers with AI but also their customers… AI doesn’t earn a wage and therefore can’t spend it on (unnecessary) goods… No customer, no revenue. No revenue, no profits. No profit, no dividends.

Probably why they’re working so hard on commoditizing basic necessities like food, water and housing into subscription based systems… 🤔

Yes, I’m afraid so too. The first episode was visually stunning, but the second episode was no longer at the same level. We’ll have to wait and see.

«Existenzsichernder Dividendensichernde Lohn Produktivität ist nicht unsere Aufgabe»: Arbeitgeber-Boss Mindestlohnarbeiter empört mit Aussage reflektiertem Verständnis von Ausbeutung

You don’t need SteamOS to play games via Steam on linux. Just use any linux distro (preferably one that supports newer gaming hardware), install Steam, go to Settings > Compatibility and “Enable Steam Play for all other titles”. There’s a drop-down that let’s you choose different Proton Versions (some work better than others, hence the config-reviews on ProtonDB to see what works).

For gaming you can just use steam. You can see which game works and the corresponding distributions/configurations on ProtonDB; Helldivers 2 get’s a GOLD status (https://www.protondb.com/app/553850).

To add to that, they are very open about inquiries from legal authorities, see their yearly Transparency Reports:

Not all the enquiries we receive are legal, and our data protection officer will critically assess every single request in order to make sure it is in line with the requirements of the law. If there are any doubts about the legality of a request, our specialised lawyers will be consulted. If a request is formally and legally correct, we will service it, otherwise it will be rejected.

…BUT E-Mail is an insecure form of communication by default, so you should definitely look into PGP encryption, see Privacy Guides - Email Security.

Taiga (https://taiga.io/) could be what you’re seeking.

Yes! I held off buying it on Steam because I saw that it will be available on GOG soon; “soon” came sooner than expected!

Sorry, I’m not the creator of the app, but they have a way to contribute via Github: https://github.com/K-Robin/GoEuropean/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md

Yeah… we’ll get there eventually, babysteps! If you want to give the dev (u/KRobinDev) a nudge in the right direction, try your luck; I don’t have an account.

CCC stabil antifaschistisch unterwegs! Ü

Yep, Germany in general has a pretty active open source community, so there are already a lot of alternatives out there. Unfortunately, most IT people are bad at marketing, which is why hardly anyone knows about these alternatives.

Their official server in the fediverse (https://social.bund.de/public/local) with currently 99 active government agencies and institutions.

I bought a Portable Power Station (e.g. Anker SOLIX C300) to use as an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for my homeserver (~ 40 Watt) to buy me - or better my utility company - a few hours in case the power fails.

[…] you can find the data here: https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/kiwix/zim/wikipedia/

The latest (January 2024) total dump for Wikipedia (English) is: wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2024-01.zim

…but there’s other languages and sizes available as well.

Repost of: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/12154129

If you want to use Kiwix as posted by @ChogChog@lemmy.world above, you can find the data here: https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/kiwix/zim/wikipedia/

The latest (January 2024) total dump for Wikipedia (English) is: wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2024-01.zim

…but there’s other languages and sizes available as well.

:)

Important addition: You’ll have to set browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh to true in about:config to see the option to add search engines via URL. Otherwise you’ll just see the option to remove them and a link to the add-ons page.