After my post regarding the size of the codebase of multiple CMS’s, I’ve gotten some comments about the flaws of this approach. As much as I agree that its too simplistic to make substantial conclusions from, I still believe it’s a great indicator. However, I’ve been interested in diving a bit further into the...

On the 11th of October, Dutch parliament organized a hearing on the EU “Chatcontrol” proposal, with a focus on client side scanning. Dutch parliament had earlier passed two motions calling on the Dutch government not to support this proposal, but our government has declared it will ignore those motions. This hearing...

I used to write weeknotes—weekly recaps of Stuff—several years ago, with some regularity. Then I stopped. And now I’m trying again. My reasons for doing this are: Consolidating interesting links, things I find. I tend to yeet everything into the abyss of various ‘knowledge management systems’ (notion, raindrop,...

Meta doesn't hate news, just anything that moves us off the app Meta's vision for social media is a billion lobotomized users engaging with The Hamburglar's new value meal. To realize that vision, the conglomerate is downgrading "news" on its platforms. Link to post here. Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri has taken a...

The idea of a personal wiki has always appealed to me. I tried a few times to incorporate one into my "workflow" if I even have one. I tried all sorts of different tools but the latest one that's been keeping me occupied is Obsidian. I really want to like and use Obsidian, but I'm unable to. Let me explain. I've...

The last time I played Cyberpunk 2077 was shortly after release in late 2020 on the PS4 version, which was a rough experience, to say the least. I had been excited for the game since the announcement almost ten years ago now, so the disappointment was quite painful. As a result, I left the game alone for the past...