#humanetech — Public Fediverse posts

@970uts1d3 I found my root cause, and it was very unexpected: Broken symlinks. #Obsidian was trying to recreate about 6000 files that it couldn't because two directories were symlinks pointing outside of the vault, and the destinations of those links did not exist. I ran `find . -xtype l -print` on my #Ubuntu #Linux system (because `-xtype` is a #GNU find extension), and I was able to read and remove them. Now sync brings a single core up to about 7%, and the temperature doesn't even go up one degree.

And that comes full circle back to some of my questions: How should the user be informed of this? I don't have a good answer yet. I think what Obsidian chose works (printing log entries), but that requires going to settings -> sync -> view activity log. I'm not sure it should be buried that deep. I'm also not sure that could have been avoided. Overloading the user is *also* very unkind (pretty much the opposite of the #HumaneTech work I'm trying to focus on right now). Tough call all around.

MedTimer is an open-source, ad-free, fully offline medication reminder app designed to help you manage your medications and pills effectively and with full control of your sensitive data.

F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.futsch1.medtimer/
Source: https://github.com/Futsch1/medTimer

Added to the Health section: https://codeberg.org/delightful-commons/delightful-humane-design#health

#HumaneTech #HumaneDesign #Wellness #Health

As I mentioned last week, I'm on a new PC. My room is hot, but the PC has been running hotter than I expected, at around 55C quite a lot of the time. I finally dug into it a bit, and found out that one app was eating up (according to top) 63% of a core every minute or so. I'm going to name the app, simply because this *could* affect other users, but I am *not* blaming the makers of the app for a bunch of reasons. The app is #Obsidian, and the Sync plugin looks like the culprit. With that plugin disabled, the spikes go away. The reasons I'm not blaming them:

* This is a machine running Obsidian on #Ubuntu 26.04 using the official Obsidian AppImage and AppManager to install it. It's easy not to test that specific combination, and it could be very combination specific.

* It could be the size of my Obsidian vault. According to Obsidian, I have 12,098 files in my vault. Depending on how the sync operates, it could cause spikes present only on #Linux that might not be present on other systems.

* They could be doing a manual scan to account for any files that got altered from outside Obsidian, and that might not be feasible to capture in any other way. I would *think* that using the inotify interface should get around that, but I could be very wrong. Something I'll be learning in the next few weeks myself.

* This could also be a case of simply needing to bring something to the user's attention that is neither obvious nor easily explained to non-developers. That's a #HumaneTech type of problem, and it's not an easy one to solve.

I'm not blaming them. It's their code, true, but it's my configuration. And my configuration is not a common one for them. For now, I'm leaving Obsidian shut down until I need to sync to the phone and until my own app has sync functioning.

Anybody got any other fun stories of the tools they use doing something unexpected that took investigation to figure out which tool it even was?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@omkar_foss/117038442821470515

I'm starting to pay better attention to the ideas around #HumaneTech and found this post. I'm really glad to see this, as I had no idea these physical cards existed, never mind a digital version of them. Aucards is the sort of work that deserves real applause.

delightful-humane-design is a curated list of humane design/tech resources for designers, developers, practitioners and researchers.

Humane design principles form the very basis of Fediverse as we know it. The list covers principles, articles, tools, other lists and more.

Source: https://codeberg.org/delightful-commons/delightful-humane-design

Website (thanks to @smallcircles): https://delightful.coding.social/delightful-humane-design/

#Fediverse #HumaneDesign #HumaneTech #Codeberg

Aucards is an open source app to create colorful cards to help communicate with others. It's based on the concept of "autistic cards", which people with special needs use to quickly communicate feelings or requests, or inform others of their conditions.

People with autism/adhd, children with verbal communication difficulties, elderly people needing assistance or anyone in a situation where they can't speak can benefit from this app.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/vadimerenkov.aucards/

#ADHD #Autism #HumaneTech #FOSS

Ethical Design Manifesto by Small Tech Foundation: https://web.archive.org/web/20250328100446/https://ind.ie/ethical-design/

It's more than a decade old, but still resonates.

The authors, Ind.ie is now Small Technology Foundation: https://small-tech.org/

#Ethics #SmallWeb #Fediverse #HumaneTech

In the future, AIs will be trained on AI-generated content that is trained on AI-generated content. What's the point? It seems to me that we should bring back human content. No AI or maybe AI-assisted, but not AI-generated. It is up to our policy; AI can be trained on our data or not. Our choice.

#AI #technology #humanrights #creativity #copyright #data #policy #truth #awareness #digitalrights #culture #authenticity #future #control #humanetech #ethics #accountability

RE: https://mastodon.social/@readbeanicecream/116592879670428748

An insightful series of posts offering equal amounts of encouragement & directional arrows for getting started. #humanetech

#humanetech #security [PODCAST]🎙️

"Anthropic’s Mythos Has Changed Cybersecurity Forever. What Now?" —

https://podcasts.wesfryer.com/episode/AEfVmBfmmdAfUMDDNNV2

#podcommons #edtechSR #MediaLit

Privacy isn't just about not being spied on.

Your mind is a private sovereign space. Having it invaded and manipulated by things you didn't ask for is an invasion of that privacy, and arguably much more serious than what people typically consider privacy-invasion.

Being able to completely control what goes into your mind through your eyes and ears should be the basic standard for any software you choose to use or any media you view.

#humanetech #privacy #distraction #digitalminimalism

Indieweb Social states its "a home for those who build, study, promote - or are just fascinated by - #openweb, #indieweb, #federated & #humanetech practices & tech"

I'll add to that. It's also a place for 80s style nerds like @tchambers
#PledgeDrive 13/ to sit in the back of the class and giggle until you stare at them

Donate: patreon.com/c/indiewebsocial

#PledgeDrive
13/

A detailed documentation of harassment, discriminatory conduct, and the breakdown of moderation standards. This report serves as a formal record for accountability when peaceful dialogue is refused.

https://blog.kalvin.my/cyberbullying-incident-report/

#cyberbullying #accountability #incidentreport #humanetech #digitalethics #safety #transparency #justice #communitystandards #fediverse #activism #documentation #mentalhealth #integrity #onlineabuse #socialmedia #awareness #support #protection #civilrights

"You're on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe, in the cosmos."
— Victor Glover, Artemis II Pilot (April 2026)

#earth #space #perspective #nature #architecture #malaysia #vicotorglover #artemis #environment #sustainability #cosmos #morning #sky #urban #philosophy #itstudent #humanetech #grounded #journey #life

having fun. gemini://iced-coffee.my

#GeminiProtocol #SmallWeb #Kopisanangan #Sabah #ITStudent #Minimalism #DigitalFreedom #HumaneTech #Internet #Publishing #WAP #Privacy #Technology #SelfHosted #Writing #Simplicity #Malaysia #Cyberdeck #WebDesign #Identity #Lagrange #Networking #Accessibility #HumanCentred #Content #Gemini

So, a Linux distro community recommended that I go to Reddit to get support for that Linux distro. I just want to go to a Reddit-like platform again because it hurts me and I have trauma. It is not person-centred. This means the users are anonymous, and they take advantage of what they find—other users being trolls—to justify their trolling behaviour.

#mentalhealth #community #tech #privacy #personcentred #reddit #alternatives #safety #humanetech #linux #support #digitalwellbeing #fediverse

#TIL about the #IntegrityInstitute;

"We’re a community-powered think tank transforming how social platforms impact society through public interest research, cross-sector collaboration, and community engagement."

https://www.integrityinstitute.org/about-us

Seems to be a cross between @iftas and the Center for Humane Technology. In that their focus is improving trust & safety on the "social Internet", and like #HumaneTech, many of them are former (or current) platform workers.

#SocialMedia #TrustAndSaftety #IFTAS

Very disappointed to see the Center for Humane Technology taking the "rogue AI" nonsense seriously;

https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/rogue-ai-used-to-be-a-science-fiction-trope-not-anymore

Reality check; existing #MOLE Training tech is not dangerous because it's intelligent. It's harmful because it isn't, and never will be, but is being sold as-a-service on the promise that it is. It's harmful primarily because its deployment helps to further concentrate techno-political power.

#podcasts #HumaneTech #YourUndividedAttention #AI

As we move deeper into the 2nd quarter of the 21st century, it does not remotely look like the tech utopia we were once promised.

The blueprint for humane and sustainable societies is still theoretical, still waiting for aspirational words to translate into actions, inventions, realizations...

The US and China have claimed their respective niches, the question is what the rest of the world (and in particular Europe) will do (if anything).

#sustainability
#humanetech
#surveillancecapitalism

@EUCommission @nlnet @NGIZero @PrototypeFund @sovtechfund

#HumaneTech community posted a more elaborate infocard on the need for #FOSS projects to 🪙 pay more attention to their #FSDL in ways that'll easily get their #ROI in terms of 💎 #commons value.

Just spending a little extra #FSDL time 🪙🪙 investment may often yield a great Return on Involvement. In other words they are no-brainers, really low-hanging fruits in common terminology.

https://pixelfed.social/p/humanetech/912634951570206846

#SX #Socialcoding @sustainability

Is AI just a "slot machine" for random content, or is it a digital prosthetic for the neurodivergent mind? My latest essay explores how I use AI as a shield to protect my dignity and survive in a world not built for me.

https://kalvin.my/the-slot-machine-and-the-shield-a-reflection-on-tools-survival-and-autonomy

#AI #Neurodiversity #Autism #Schizophrenia #DigitalProsthetic #HumaneTech #SocialSovereignty #Autonomy #TechEthics #InformationLiteracy #DisabilityRights #DigitalShield #SelfHosting #Sabah #Malaysia #Activism #DigitalSovereignty #ActivityPub

AI is a vital tool for disabled individuals like me, not a threat to authenticity. It eases the burden of masking, letting my true ideas shine. It defends my dignity in a system that values only 'human capital'—my digital paintbrush, still wielded by me.

https://kalvin.my/the-digital-shield-a-manifesto-on-ai-disability-and-the-fight-for-authenticity

#AI #DisabilityRights #Neurodiversity #Authenticity #HumaneTech #DigitalShield #Autism #Schizophrenia #Activism #Sabah #Malaysia #TechEthics #Sovereignty #SelfHosting #MentalHealth #Masking #Empowerment

[Opinion] Sovereignty was once exclusive to the powerful—governments, billionaires, and elites controlling the rules. Add "Social" and everything shifts.

https://kalvin.my/the-manifesto-of-social-sovereignty-beyond-the-elites

#SocialSovereignty #Fediverse #ActivityPub #DigitalRights #HumaneTech #Decentralisation #Web3 #InternetFreedom #DataSovereignty #Activism #SovereignRightToExit #DigitalColonialism #CommunityDefense #SelfHosting #Privacy #kalvin0x58c

[Summary] Why Mastodon and the Fediverse are essential for "Social Sovereignty." We must reclaim our digital identities from centralised corporate control.

https://1312blogs.org/kalvin0x58c/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty-mastodon-blog

#SocialSovereignty #Mastodon #Fediverse #DigitalRights #HumaneTech #Decentralisation #InternetFreedom #DataSovereignty #Activism #OpenSource #TechEthics #CorporateControl #DigitalIdentity #SelfHosting #Privacy #Community #Web3 #Foss #kalvin0x58c #1312blogs

For two years, the system misdiagnosed my Akathisia as "panic." The truth? A chatbot identified the drug overdose, forcing me to become my own advocate.

https://kalvin.my/the-silent-torture-how-the-system-watched-me-suffer-from-akathisia-for-two-years-and-why-an-ai-had-to-assess-me/

#Akathisia #MentalHealth #MedicalGaslighting #Psychiatry #SystemicFailure #HumaneTech #AIinHealthcare #Advocacy #Neurodiversity #Olanzapine #SideEffects #PatientRights #Malaysia #HealthEquity #Truth #SilentTorture #Diagnosis #HealthcareSystem

My manifesto challenges the capitalist pursuit of extrinsic value, which feels like a maze. True freedom lies in defining our worth through connection and authenticity, not money or continuous exponential growth.

https://the-kalvin-weblog.pikapod.net/the-mirror-and-the-maze-a-manifesto-for-intrinsic-value-in-an-extrinsic-world/

#IntrinsicValue #Capitalism #HumaneTech #DigitalSovereignty #Neurodiversity #Activism #Economics #Crypto #Decentralisation #Finance #Philosophy #SelfHosting #Survival #Value #Resistance #Genuineness #Malaysia #MYR #OpenSource #Technology #Weblog

Media → social media
Web → social web
Internet → social internet (next?) 😂

#SocialMedia #SocialWeb #SocialInternet #Technology #HumaneTech #DigitalEvolution #FutureofTech #Internet #Web #Media #DigitalLife #Social #Community #Innovation

This report challenges digital algorithms that label BPD as a 'villain' narrative. We demand compassion, viewing erratic behaviour not as calculated abuse, but as a desperate fight against internal pain and fear of abandonment.

https://kalvin.my/reframing-the-narrative-from-malice-to-survival/

#BPD #MentalHealth #Neurodiversity #HumaneTech #Activism #Stigma #Survival #Psychology #EmotionalDysregulation #Neurodivergent #DisabilityRights #DigitalWellbeing #MentalHealthMatters