#digital-independence — Public Fediverse posts

Heute is #DIDay, also liste ich mal ein paar Automationen, die lokal mit #HomeAssistant funktionieren und mir (teilweise großen) Nutzen bringen.

Ich teile sie in die folgenden Kategorien ein:
A. Muss laufen
B. Sehr nützlich
C. Nett, aber nicht essentiell

Inhalte im Thread 🧵

#HomeAutomation #DigitalIndependence #DigitaleUnabhaengigkeit

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Heute is #DIDay, also liste ich mal ein paar Automationen, die lokal mit #HomeAssistant funktionieren und mir (teilweise großen) Nutzen bringen.

Ich teile sie in die folgenden Kategorien ein:
A. Muss laufen
B. Sehr nützlich
C. Nett, aber nicht essentiell

Inhalte im Thread 🧵

#HomeAutomation #DigitalIndependence #DigitaleUnabhaengigkeit

1/7

Heute is #DIDay, also liste ich mal ein paar Automationen, die lokal mit #HomeAssistant funktionieren und mir (teilweise großen) Nutzen bringen.

Ich teile sie in die folgenden Kategorien ein:
A. Muss laufen
B. Sehr nützlich
C. Nett, aber nicht essentiell

Inhalte im Thread 🧵

#HomeAutomation #DigitalIndependence #DigitaleUnabhaengigkeit

1/7

Heute is #DIDay, also liste ich mal ein paar Automationen, die lokal mit #HomeAssistant funktionieren und mir (teilweise großen) Nutzen bringen.

Ich teile sie in die folgenden Kategorien ein:
A. Muss laufen
B. Sehr nützlich
C. Nett, aber nicht essentiell

Inhalte im Thread 🧵

#HomeAutomation #DigitalIndependence #DigitaleUnabhaengigkeit

1/7

Heute is #DIDay, also liste ich mal ein paar Automationen, die lokal mit #HomeAssistant funktionieren und mir (teilweise großen) Nutzen bringen.

Ich teile sie in die folgenden Kategorien ein:
A. Muss laufen
B. Sehr nützlich
C. Nett, aber nicht essentiell

Inhalte im Thread 🧵

#HomeAutomation #DigitalIndependence #DigitaleUnabhaengigkeit

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Sylwia_Czubkowska/117212329956664138

Halo #Warszawa! Z okazji DI.Day możecie pójść na spotkanie z Cory Doctorow 👇

#DigitalIndependence #SuwerennośćCyfrowa

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Sylwia_Czubkowska/117212329956664138

Halo #Warszawa! Z okazji DI.Day możecie pójść na spotkanie z Cory Doctorow 👇

#DigitalIndependence #SuwerennośćCyfrowa

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Sylwia_Czubkowska/117212329956664138

Halo #Warszawa! Z okazji DI.Day możecie pójść na spotkanie z Cory Doctorow 👇

#DigitalIndependence #SuwerennośćCyfrowa

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Sylwia_Czubkowska/117212329956664138

Halo #Warszawa! Z okazji DI.Day możecie pójść na spotkanie z Cory Doctorow 👇

#DigitalIndependence #SuwerennośćCyfrowa

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Sylwia_Czubkowska/117212329956664138

Halo #Warszawa! Z okazji DI.Day możecie pójść na spotkanie z Cory Doctorow 👇

#DigitalIndependence #SuwerennośćCyfrowa

RE: https://chaos.social/@citizen428/117193987232151297

A reminder that email's worth backing up locally and that your cloud provider isn't a backup plan.

#SelfHosting #DataSovereignty #DigitalIndependence #gmail #bigtech #nerdreich

RE: https://chaos.social/@citizen428/117193987232151297

A reminder that email's worth backing up locally and that your cloud provider isn't a backup plan.

#SelfHosting #DataSovereignty #DigitalIndependence #gmail #bigtech #nerdreich

RE: https://chaos.social/@citizen428/117193987232151297

A reminder that email's worth backing up locally and that your cloud provider isn't a backup plan.

#SelfHosting #DataSovereignty #DigitalIndependence #gmail #bigtech #nerdreich

RE: https://chaos.social/@citizen428/117193987232151297

A reminder that email's worth backing up locally and that your cloud provider isn't a backup plan.

#SelfHosting #DataSovereignty #DigitalIndependence #gmail #bigtech #nerdreich

RE: https://chaos.social/@citizen428/117193987232151297

A reminder that email's worth backing up locally and that your cloud provider isn't a backup plan.

#SelfHosting #DataSovereignty #DigitalIndependence #gmail #bigtech #nerdreich

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@ElaineActivism/117149413643160384

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday !

#DIDay #DigitalIndependence

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@ElaineActivism/117149413643160384

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday !

#DIDay #DigitalIndependence

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@ElaineActivism/117149413643160384

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday !

#DIDay #DigitalIndependence

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@ElaineActivism/117149413643160384

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday !

#DIDay #DigitalIndependence

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@ElaineActivism/117149413643160384

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday !

#DIDay #DigitalIndependence

**Personal Vault #015 — Subtitles**

I wanted to add Polish subtitles to movies and TV series in Personal Vault, but OpenSubtitles doesn't have Polish subtitles for everything in my library.

I could connect another subtitle service, but that would mean relying on yet another external provider.

So what's the alternative?

Transcribe the dialogue myself, translate it, and generate the subtitles locally.

Bingo! Or is it?

I decided to test the idea using **Whisper** for multilingual transcription and timestamps, and **NLLB-200** for translation. I sent Codex a prompt and left it installing components and running tests while I explored Mastodon.

Then I heard a sound coming from my laptop.

I only had Codex and three Firefox tabs open.

What on Earth is making THAT SOUND??

Then I remembered: Codex has a built-in browser.

I opened it.

**Codex was watching Tron.**

NOOOOO.

Of all the movies to let an AI coding agent watch...

Unfortunately, the choice wasn't much better. It was either **Tron** or **Terminator 2**.

Neither seems like responsible viewing material for an AI agent.

Codex was only testing the generated subtitles, but still...

I sincerely hope I haven't accidentally created the Master Control Program or Skynet. 😛

As for the experiment itself: technically, it worked.

The transcription and subtitle generation were surprisingly good. Translation was the weak point.

And that taught me something useful: **context is king**. Translating isolated subtitle lines is very different from understanding a conversation, a joke, a character, or what was said thirty seconds earlier. Without that context, even a very capable translation model can produce perfectly reasonable translations that are completely wrong for the scene.

So I'm calling the experiment a successful failure.

The idea works. The translation isn't good enough yet. I'll probably revisit it later.

Assuming Codex hasn't taken over the world by then.

#PersonalVault #DigitalIndependence #SelfHosting #Whisper #AI

**Personal Vault #015 — Subtitles**

I wanted to add Polish subtitles to movies and TV series in Personal Vault, but OpenSubtitles doesn't have Polish subtitles for everything in my library.

I could connect another subtitle service, but that would mean relying on yet another external provider.

So what's the alternative?

Transcribe the dialogue myself, translate it, and generate the subtitles locally.

Bingo! Or is it?

I decided to test the idea using **Whisper** for multilingual transcription and timestamps, and **NLLB-200** for translation. I sent Codex a prompt and left it installing components and running tests while I explored Mastodon.

Then I heard a sound coming from my laptop.

I only had Codex and three Firefox tabs open.

What on Earth is making THAT SOUND??

Then I remembered: Codex has a built-in browser.

I opened it.

**Codex was watching Tron.**

NOOOOO.

Of all the movies to let an AI coding agent watch...

Unfortunately, the choice wasn't much better. It was either **Tron** or **Terminator 2**.

Neither seems like responsible viewing material for an AI agent.

Codex was only testing the generated subtitles, but still...

I sincerely hope I haven't accidentally created the Master Control Program or Skynet. 😛

As for the experiment itself: technically, it worked.

The transcription and subtitle generation were surprisingly good. Translation was the weak point.

And that taught me something useful: **context is king**. Translating isolated subtitle lines is very different from understanding a conversation, a joke, a character, or what was said thirty seconds earlier. Without that context, even a very capable translation model can produce perfectly reasonable translations that are completely wrong for the scene.

So I'm calling the experiment a successful failure.

The idea works. The translation isn't good enough yet. I'll probably revisit it later.

Assuming Codex hasn't taken over the world by then.

#PersonalVault #DigitalIndependence #SelfHosting #Whisper #AI

**Personal Vault #015 — Subtitles**

I wanted to add Polish subtitles to movies and TV series in Personal Vault, but OpenSubtitles doesn't have Polish subtitles for everything in my library.

I could connect another subtitle service, but that would mean relying on yet another external provider.

So what's the alternative?

Transcribe the dialogue myself, translate it, and generate the subtitles locally.

Bingo! Or is it?

I decided to test the idea using **Whisper** for multilingual transcription and timestamps, and **NLLB-200** for translation. I sent Codex a prompt and left it installing components and running tests while I explored Mastodon.

Then I heard a sound coming from my laptop.

I only had Codex and three Firefox tabs open.

What on Earth is making THAT SOUND??

Then I remembered: Codex has a built-in browser.

I opened it.

**Codex was watching Tron.**

NOOOOO.

Of all the movies to let an AI coding agent watch...

Unfortunately, the choice wasn't much better. It was either **Tron** or **Terminator 2**.

Neither seems like responsible viewing material for an AI agent.

Codex was only testing the generated subtitles, but still...

I sincerely hope I haven't accidentally created the Master Control Program or Skynet. 😛

As for the experiment itself: technically, it worked.

The transcription and subtitle generation were surprisingly good. Translation was the weak point.

And that taught me something useful: **context is king**. Translating isolated subtitle lines is very different from understanding a conversation, a joke, a character, or what was said thirty seconds earlier. Without that context, even a very capable translation model can produce perfectly reasonable translations that are completely wrong for the scene.

So I'm calling the experiment a successful failure.

The idea works. The translation isn't good enough yet. I'll probably revisit it later.

Assuming Codex hasn't taken over the world by then.

#PersonalVault #DigitalIndependence #SelfHosting #Whisper #AI

**Personal Vault #015 — Subtitles**

I wanted to add Polish subtitles to movies and TV series in Personal Vault, but OpenSubtitles doesn't have Polish subtitles for everything in my library.

I could connect another subtitle service, but that would mean relying on yet another external provider.

So what's the alternative?

Transcribe the dialogue myself, translate it, and generate the subtitles locally.

Bingo! Or is it?

I decided to test the idea using **Whisper** for multilingual transcription and timestamps, and **NLLB-200** for translation. I sent Codex a prompt and left it installing components and running tests while I explored Mastodon.

Then I heard a sound coming from my laptop.

I only had Codex and three Firefox tabs open.

What on Earth is making THAT SOUND??

Then I remembered: Codex has a built-in browser.

I opened it.

**Codex was watching Tron.**

NOOOOO.

Of all the movies to let an AI coding agent watch...

Unfortunately, the choice wasn't much better. It was either **Tron** or **Terminator 2**.

Neither seems like responsible viewing material for an AI agent.

Codex was only testing the generated subtitles, but still...

I sincerely hope I haven't accidentally created the Master Control Program or Skynet. 😛

As for the experiment itself: technically, it worked.

The transcription and subtitle generation were surprisingly good. Translation was the weak point.

And that taught me something useful: **context is king**. Translating isolated subtitle lines is very different from understanding a conversation, a joke, a character, or what was said thirty seconds earlier. Without that context, even a very capable translation model can produce perfectly reasonable translations that are completely wrong for the scene.

So I'm calling the experiment a successful failure.

The idea works. The translation isn't good enough yet. I'll probably revisit it later.

Assuming Codex hasn't taken over the world by then.

#PersonalVault #DigitalIndependence #SelfHosting #Whisper #AI

**Personal Vault #015 — Subtitles**

I wanted to add Polish subtitles to movies and TV series in Personal Vault, but OpenSubtitles doesn't have Polish subtitles for everything in my library.

I could connect another subtitle service, but that would mean relying on yet another external provider.

So what's the alternative?

Transcribe the dialogue myself, translate it, and generate the subtitles locally.

Bingo! Or is it?

I decided to test the idea using **Whisper** for multilingual transcription and timestamps, and **NLLB-200** for translation. I sent Codex a prompt and left it installing components and running tests while I explored Mastodon.

Then I heard a sound coming from my laptop.

I only had Codex and three Firefox tabs open.

What on Earth is making THAT SOUND??

Then I remembered: Codex has a built-in browser.

I opened it.

**Codex was watching Tron.**

NOOOOO.

Of all the movies to let an AI coding agent watch...

Unfortunately, the choice wasn't much better. It was either **Tron** or **Terminator 2**.

Neither seems like responsible viewing material for an AI agent.

Codex was only testing the generated subtitles, but still...

I sincerely hope I haven't accidentally created the Master Control Program or Skynet. 😛

As for the experiment itself: technically, it worked.

The transcription and subtitle generation were surprisingly good. Translation was the weak point.

And that taught me something useful: **context is king**. Translating isolated subtitle lines is very different from understanding a conversation, a joke, a character, or what was said thirty seconds earlier. Without that context, even a very capable translation model can produce perfectly reasonable translations that are completely wrong for the scene.

So I'm calling the experiment a successful failure.

The idea works. The translation isn't good enough yet. I'll probably revisit it later.

Assuming Codex hasn't taken over the world by then.

#PersonalVault #DigitalIndependence #SelfHosting #Whisper #AI

Guys, I am beside myself. Not only do those phones come with an operating system that's independent of Google, you can also buy spare parts for your phone. Swap the battery. Replace the camera.

:blobcheer:

https://murena.com

#technology #boycottAmerica #boycottUS #digitalindependence #reduce_reuse_recycle #environment #finiteressources #european #eu

Guys, I am beside myself. Not only do those phones come with an operating system that's independent of Google, you can also buy spare parts for your phone. Swap the battery. Replace the camera.

:blobcheer:

https://murena.com

#technology #boycottAmerica #boycottUS #digitalindependence #reduce_reuse_recycle #environment #finiteressources #european #eu

Guys, I am beside myself. Not only do those phones come with an operating system that's independent of Google, you can also buy spare parts for your phone. Swap the battery. Replace the camera.

:blobcheer:

https://murena.com

#technology #boycottAmerica #boycottUS #digitalindependence #reduce_reuse_recycle #environment #finiteressources #european #eu

Guys, I am beside myself. Not only do those phones come with an operating system that's independent of Google, you can also buy spare parts for your phone. Swap the battery. Replace the camera.

:blobcheer:

https://murena.com

#technology #boycottAmerica #boycottUS #digitalindependence #reduce_reuse_recycle #environment #finiteressources #european #eu

Guys, I am beside myself. Not only do those phones come with an operating system that's independent of Google, you can also buy spare parts for your phone. Swap the battery. Replace the camera.

:blobcheer:

https://murena.com

#technology #boycottAmerica #boycottUS #digitalindependence #reduce_reuse_recycle #environment #finiteressources #european #eu

**Personal Vault #014 — Security**

Who likes passwords? Raise your hand!

Nobody?? Well, I dislike them too.

The main way of unlocking Personal Vault will eventually be **Vault Key** — my own system where your key identifies you and unlocks the Vault. But that's still an idea, and building it properly will take time.

In the meantime I need something secure. And preferably something that doesn't involve passwords.

The solution? **Passkeys!**

They're easier to use, resistant to phishing, and there's no password sitting somewhere waiting to be guessed or stolen.

So why aren't they everywhere already?

Mostly because passwords have about 60 years of inertia behind them. Every website understands them, every device supports them, and everyone knows what happens when they forget one.

Passkeys have to deal with the messy real world: old systems, older devices, different platforms, account recovery, moving between devices and explaining to users where their "key" actually lives.

The technology isn't really the difficult part.

**Replacing decades of password infrastructure is.**

Personal Vault doesn't have decades of legacy infrastructure.

So I'm not building any. 😄

Passkeys will become the primary login method while Vault Key continues its journey from slightly mad idea to something real.

#PersonalVault #DigitalIndependence #Passkeys #CyberSecurity #SelfHosting

I've had a bunch of updates to my list of Canadian Alternatives to US big tech lately (thanks everyone!), and have just added a bit about Digital Independence Day (thanks @ui3o!) as well:

🇨🇦 https://worktree.ca/taffer/canadian-alternatives

🇪🇺 mirror: https://codeberg.org/taffer/canadian-alternatives

#Canada #BuyCanadian #ElbowsUp #DigitalIndependence #DID #Canadian #CanadianAlternatives #CIRA

I've had a bunch of updates to my list of Canadian Alternatives to US big tech lately (thanks everyone!), and have just added a bit about Digital Independence Day (thanks @ui3o!) as well:

🇨🇦 https://worktree.ca/taffer/canadian-alternatives

🇪🇺 mirror: https://codeberg.org/taffer/canadian-alternatives

#Canada #BuyCanadian #ElbowsUp #DigitalIndependence #DID #Canadian #CanadianAlternatives #CIRA

I've had a bunch of updates to my list of Canadian Alternatives to US big tech lately (thanks everyone!), and have just added a bit about Digital Independence Day (thanks @ui3o!) as well:

🇨🇦 https://worktree.ca/taffer/canadian-alternatives

🇪🇺 mirror: https://codeberg.org/taffer/canadian-alternatives

#Canada #BuyCanadian #ElbowsUp #DigitalIndependence #DID #Canadian #CanadianAlternatives #CIRA

I've had a bunch of updates to my list of Canadian Alternatives to US big tech lately (thanks everyone!), and have just added a bit about Digital Independence Day (thanks @ui3o!) as well:

🇨🇦 https://worktree.ca/taffer/canadian-alternatives

🇪🇺 mirror: https://codeberg.org/taffer/canadian-alternatives

#Canada #BuyCanadian #ElbowsUp #DigitalIndependence #DID #Canadian #CanadianAlternatives #CIRA

I've had a bunch of updates to my list of Canadian Alternatives to US big tech lately (thanks everyone!), and have just added a bit about Digital Independence Day (thanks @ui3o!) as well:

🇨🇦 https://worktree.ca/taffer/canadian-alternatives

🇪🇺 mirror: https://codeberg.org/taffer/canadian-alternatives

#Canada #BuyCanadian #ElbowsUp #DigitalIndependence #DID #Canadian #CanadianAlternatives #CIRA

Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence

https://gultsch.de/posts/25-years-of-digital-independence/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49421536

#HackerNews #Jabber #XMPP #DigitalIndependence #25Years #OpenSource #Communication

Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence

https://gultsch.de/posts/25-years-of-digital-independence/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49421536

#HackerNews #Jabber #XMPP #DigitalIndependence #25Years #OpenSource #Communication

Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence

https://gultsch.de/posts/25-years-of-digital-independence/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49421536

#HackerNews #Jabber #XMPP #DigitalIndependence #25Years #OpenSource #Communication

Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence

https://gultsch.de/posts/25-years-of-digital-independence/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49421536

#HackerNews #Jabber #XMPP #DigitalIndependence #25Years #OpenSource #Communication

Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence

https://gultsch.de/posts/25-years-of-digital-independence/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49421536

#HackerNews #Jabber #XMPP #DigitalIndependence #25Years #OpenSource #Communication

So uniquely creative!!
And yet overshadowed by Big Tech algorithms? Let’s head to the Fediverse
Creatives, musicians, artists
Join loops.video
It’s your turn today!
https://loops.video/v/hHWjG_j6_X
https://joinloops.org/
#Fediverse #loopsvideo #opensource #digitalindependence #diday #didit #bigtech

So uniquely creative!!
And yet overshadowed by Big Tech algorithms? Let’s head to the Fediverse
Creatives, musicians, artists
Join loops.video
It’s your turn today!
https://loops.video/v/hHWjG_j6_X
https://joinloops.org/
#Fediverse #loopsvideo #opensource #digitalindependence #diday #didit #bigtech

So uniquely creative!!
And yet overshadowed by Big Tech algorithms? Let’s head to the Fediverse
Creatives, musicians, artists
Join loops.video
It’s your turn today!
https://loops.video/v/hHWjG_j6_X
https://joinloops.org/
#Fediverse #loopsvideo #opensource #digitalindependence #diday #didit #bigtech

So uniquely creative!!
And yet overshadowed by Big Tech algorithms? Let’s head to the Fediverse
Creatives, musicians, artists
Join loops.video
It’s your turn today!
https://loops.video/v/hHWjG_j6_X
https://joinloops.org/
#Fediverse #loopsvideo #opensource #digitalindependence #diday #didit #bigtech

So uniquely creative!!
And yet overshadowed by Big Tech algorithms? Let’s head to the Fediverse
Creatives, musicians, artists
Join loops.video
It’s your turn today!
https://loops.video/v/hHWjG_j6_X
https://joinloops.org/
#Fediverse #loopsvideo #opensource #digitalindependence #diday #didit #bigtech

Die Freude wenn ich auf Mastodon ein Profil finde, dem ich früher auf Instagram gerne gefolgt bin, die Enttäuschung wenn das Profil dann leer ist oder seit 2022 nicht bespielt wurde 🥲 #digitalindependence #diday #insta

Die Freude wenn ich auf Mastodon ein Profil finde, dem ich früher auf Instagram gerne gefolgt bin, die Enttäuschung wenn das Profil dann leer ist oder seit 2022 nicht bespielt wurde 🥲 #digitalindependence #diday #insta

Degoogled smartphones

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-116a-895c-242e-d53123920841

Degoogled smartphones

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-116a-895c-242e-d53123920841

Degoogled smartphones

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-116a-895c-242e-d53123920841

Degoogled smartphones

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-116a-895c-242e-d53123920841

Centralized platforms will never be the solution, it's crazy but all that multi-million-dollar backed apps can't bring you as far in terms of #autonomy, #resilience and #freedom as #ArcaneChat does

#decentralization #digitalindependence #european #europe #openSource #privacy

Centralized platforms will never be the solution, it's crazy but all that multi-million-dollar backed apps can't bring you as far in terms of #autonomy, #resilience and #freedom as #ArcaneChat does

#decentralization #digitalindependence #european #europe #openSource #privacy

Centralized platforms will never be the solution, it's crazy but all that multi-million-dollar backed apps can't bring you as far in terms of #autonomy, #resilience and #freedom as #ArcaneChat does

#decentralization #digitalindependence #european #europe #openSource #privacy

Centralized platforms will never be the solution, it's crazy but all that multi-million-dollar backed apps can't bring you as far in terms of #autonomy, #resilience and #freedom as #ArcaneChat does

#decentralization #digitalindependence #european #europe #openSource #privacy

lil #French flyer promoting #DeltaChat

#eu #europeanUnion #europe #european #france #Français #privacy #android #linux #ios #macos #windows #autonomy #digitalindependence

lil #French flyer promoting #DeltaChat

#eu #europeanUnion #europe #european #france #Français #privacy #android #linux #ios #macos #windows #autonomy #digitalindependence

lil #French flyer promoting #DeltaChat

#eu #europeanUnion #europe #european #france #Français #privacy #android #linux #ios #macos #windows #autonomy #digitalindependence

lil #French flyer promoting #DeltaChat

#eu #europeanUnion #europe #european #france #Français #privacy #android #linux #ios #macos #windows #autonomy #digitalindependence