Also, if Prigozhin wins, Putin will probably end up being “killed by traitors”, but Prigozhin will vow to avenge him and bring all traitors to justice.

Probably not quite yet - they’ll want to give Russian units time to retreat from the frontline and intervene in Russia.

Two TTRPG sessions (Dungeons & Dragons in person, Call of Cthulhu online), going swimming at the public pool, working some more on my translations of German folk tales.

A media company, to influence the world according to my political agenda.

Hey, every bilionaire’s doing it!

Auf der Ebene mit der ich zu tun habe (Stromnetze und Stromnetzbetreiber) ist das eine weitere Datenquelle - wie viel Strom wird erzeugt, und wieviel eingespeist? Das muss natürlich in den Prognosen berücksichtigt werden, aber solange die Datenerhebung gut ist, ist das kein allzu großes Problem.

Bei Redispatch 2.0 geht es hauptsächlich um die Kommunikation und Koordination zwischen den Verteilnetzbetreibern (regionale und lokale Stromnetze) und Übertragungsnetzbetreiber (überregionale Stromnetze - in Deutschland gibt es genau 4 ÜNBs).

Bubble: IT-Infrastruktur der Energieversorgung.

Ein großes Thema der ganzen Branche ist Redispatch 2.0. Da immer mehr erneuerbare Energien Teil des Strommixes sind, werden mehr und bessere Prognosen für Stromverbrauch und -bedarf gebraucht, damit die Übertragungsnetzbetreiber rechtzeitig entweder Erzeuger oder Verbraucher ein- oder abschalten können.

(Wenn Ihr in der letzten Zeit in der Rechtsaußenpresse was über “Deutschland wird der Strom abgestellt!!!” gelesen habt: Es ist absolut nichts neues, daß bei Großverbrauchern bei Unterkapazitäten mal der Stromverbrauch reduziert wird, und das wird schon seit Jahren so praktiziert.)

Dieses Thema erfordert einiges an Hausaufgaben bei Stromnetzbetreibern auf allen Ebenen. Es müssen die ganzen Daten besser erfasst, verarbeitet, und weitegeleitet werden, die Prognosen erstellt, und sinnvolle Fahrpläne zum Steuern der einzelnen Elemente generiert werden - und das ganze muss auch noch kaufmännisch abgerechnet werden.

I can see non-profits, but I do not want governments running social media platforms. Regulating them, yes - but not running them. They do not have any competence in moderating online conversation, and it would be bad to give them the sole authority to do so.

The government of Russia is still committed to this war, and as long as this is the case the sanctions against Russia and the military support for Ukraine just continue.

The fascists should not win this fight.

I am tired of all these two-bit villains running tech companies.

That’s an excellent idea! EU regulations on the digital rights of users are not to be trifled with, and “the right to be forgotten” is a big one.

I haven’t watched the show since it was dropped by Netflix, but I, too, wish it could have lasted longer.

Well, a dedicated Wacom tablet with in-built screen is always going to be superior for serious artwork.

But when you are traveling, the ability to do quick digital color sketches in broad daylight could be very useful indeed.

Mass-blocking fascists with the Likers Blocker Chrome Extension was the only thing making Twitter even remotely bearable since the takeover, and even that became tricky due to the API changes.

All that I still use Twitter for is messaging a few people who still haven’t moved elsewhere.

Imperialism is bad even when it’s not the USA doing it.

Ukraine absolutely deserves our support in this war.

“Snack pirate” is a perfectly valid way of playing this, and I, for one, am looking forward to the YouTube channel.

Since Ernest doesn’t mention it himself, I would like to point out that he has a BuyMeACoffee account where you can donate to him to support him for all his hard work.

“Could you please repeat that statement? While under oath and in court?”

I can understand these arguments, and yet…

I invested lots of time into Google+ and built up a following of 26,000 there. Then it closed down days before I started my Patreon campaign. Yes, I am still bitter about that.

Then I shifted my attention to Twitter. And then, last year, Elon Musk took it over.

I am done investing effort in corporate-owned social media sites that must inevitably follow the #Enshittification principle. No, Mastodon (and the Fediverse in general) did not absorb as many Twitter users as we hoped. Still, I think in the long run the Fediverse will grow, as corporate social media proves again and again that they cannot be trusted.