Vouch – A community trust management system based on explicit vouches to participate.
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls.
The OECD—the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development—tracks outcomes across thirty-one wealthy democracies. These are our peers. On metric after metric, the United States stands apart from them. American exceptionalism is real, but not in ways worth celebrating. (…) America’s problems are solved problems. Universal healthcare is not some utopian fantasy. It is Tuesday in Toronto. Affordable higher education is not an impossible dream. It is Wednesday in Berlin. Sensible gun regulation is not a violation of natural law. It is Thursday in London. Paid parental leave is not radical. It is Friday in Tallinn, and Monday in Tokyo, and every day in between.
Danke für den Tipp, H.!
Fahrrad und Hummer: Funkelnder Baumschmuck aus Gablonz.
Eine beeindruckende Auswahl von Hunderten Objekten aus der Sammlung Waltraud Neuwirth aus der Blütezeit des Gablonzer Christbaumschmucks zwischen den 1920er und 1980er Jahren verwandelt den Kunstblättersaal in einer Gestaltung der Designerin Johanna Pichlbauer in einen glitzernden Kosmos.
Relevant: Jablonec nad Nisou.
TIL: Docker log rotation.
It turns out, Docker doesn't automatically rotate log files! As long as a container exists, the logs will keep growing for it. This means even if you stop a container and start it again, the logs are still there and getting bigger.
(…) making the brain available: that is to say, to entertain it, to relax it, to prepare it between two messages.
The Numbness Economy.
Here’s what dies in that exchange. Boredom. The condition that used to force you to pick up a book, call a friend, make something. Now it’s an error state. A problem to fix. Scroll until it stops.
The Rise of Sanityware.
A cursory look at the past and it becomes clear that the original architectural promise was that the software acted on your behalf. It was an "I ask, you give" relationship which has turned into a "I ask, you interpret the meaning, you nudge, you optimize retention, you sprinkle adverts and you incentivize me to interact before giving me something back." (…) Sanityware strips away the hostile architecture of the modern software to reveal the utility buried underneath.
Relevant: Alternative front-ends.
artpoint.eu
I am delighted that art point still exists! I came across the store in Vienna’s seventh district by chance (I am still living under a stone) and immediately recognized Lena Kvadrat’s signature style; fondly remembered the fashion show I was proudly wearing one of her designs as a non-model entity. ’Twas the best of the times, no InstaMetagram, not sure there are any photographs, just these memories that can’t wait.
“I Started Identifying Corporate Devices in My Software.”
On the whole, this has been a very pleasant experience for me as a maintainer.
Why there’s no European Google? – And why it is a good thing!
Via lobste.rs:
You are not even trying. When you try alternative such as Comaps, you discover that there are many many ways in which Google Maps sucks: ever tried planning bikepacking trips or walking treks with Google Maps? Ever used Google Maps in a forest? It sucks. Every solutions shines in a given context. Saying "but Google Maps is superior" is simply false. The fact that most people, including those in tech, cannot see it is a huge problem.
How to Think About Asia in 2026.
Asia is no longer primarily an arena – it is an actor (or a set of actors) capable to effect change not just in Asia, but around the world.