#MakersHour#Q2 the concept dates to meeting an amazing person in Siwa Oasis who ran a "mystery school" called Ancient Orgasmic Being, did retreats that they called initiations. They were schmoozing wealthy women to invest in building them a temple to dance in. What i learned of the movement practise (for free!) was a kind of flowing qi gong / pilates
Thought about starting a version for hacker camps, Harmonic Ancient Cosmic Kinetics, aiming for #why2025 was too soon... https://mastodon.scot/@ultrazool/113384772703696422
One completed #WHY2025 tetrapod. This might be comforting in a similar way to a weighted blanket (it weighs >2kg). Or it might be useful for managing extremely localised soil erosion
Kathy Reid
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The slides of my talk at #WHY2025 "Safeguarding Research & Culture: Save public data from the digital bookburnings!" are now online:
https://hu.berlin/SRC-WHY2025
Recording should be available in the coming days.
More context: https://program.why2025.org/why2025/talk/B8DANE/
Tommi 🤯
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Last week I participated in the quadrennial large Dutch hacker camp, #WHY2025. It was a blast.
It's interesting how many ways there are to experience it: I helped organize in the Info team, hung out at the #NixOS Village, gave a talk about the IT infrastructure at Museum @EICAS , went into a rabbithole debugging the Linux kernel (more on that in a separate toot), joined jamsessions, caught some talks, met many interesting folks, and much more. Serious topics (like voting systems, global politics and security) mix with more lighthearted fun (Flamethrowers, Faxe Kondi and heaps of colorful LEDs). From the 40th anniversary of @phrack to teenagers finding their own way.
I think what unites us all is the sense of curiosity and creativity.
Last week I participated in the quadrennial large Dutch hacker camp, #WHY2025. It was a blast.
It's interesting how many ways there are to experience it: I helped organize in the Info team, hung out at the #NixOS Village, gave a talk about the IT infrastructure at Museum @EICAS , went into a rabbithole debugging the Linux kernel (more on that in a separate toot), joined jamsessions, caught some talks, met many interesting folks, and much more. Serious topics (like voting systems, global politics and security) mix with more lighthearted fun (Flamethrowers, Faxe Kondi and heaps of colorful LEDs). From the 40th anniversary of @phrack to teenagers finding their own way.
I think what unites us all is the sense of curiosity and creativity.
Tim Chambers
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My talk from #why2025 about the need for fundamental freedoms similar to those we have for free software but for social media is online. youtu.be/DIsNPMHWKSI
My talk from #why2025 about the need for fundamental freedoms similar to those we have for free software but for social media is online. youtu.be/DIsNPMHWKSI
some #why2025 wallpapers from a silent rave
(you can right click the image and open in new tab for a full 50MP image)
bright blue lasers above a silent rave where dark silhouettes of people are dancing with red and blue LED headphones
bright purple lasers above a silent rave where dark silhouettes of people are dancing with red and blue LED headphones
bright purple lasers above a silent rave where dark silhouettes of people are dancing with red and blue LED headphones
bright purple waves above a silent rave where dark silhouettes of people are dancing with red and blue LED headphones
some #why2025 wallpapers from a silent rave
(you can right click the image and open in new tab for a full 50MP image)
bright blue lasers above a silent rave where dark silhouettes of people are dancing with red and blue LED headphones
bright purple lasers above a silent rave where dark silhouettes of people are dancing with red and blue LED headphones
bright purple lasers above a silent rave where dark silhouettes of people are dancing with red and blue LED headphones
bright purple waves above a silent rave where dark silhouettes of people are dancing with red and blue LED headphones
Eindelijk wat serieuze aandacht voor de idiote #chatcontrole-plannen bij Eenvandaag.
De @EUCommission wil al onze chatberichten scannen nog voor verzonden zijn. '
China verbleekt erbij en het is bovendien in strijd met ons grondwettelijk briefgeheim
Mylene Tabernal van @voltnederland en #DefenceForChildren is voor deze plannen.
Bert Hubert @bert_hubert is tegen, net als de @Piratenpartij, die aandacht kreeg in het #nosjournaal.
Tommi 🤯
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If you can't do that or you have no good idea: don't do it. There is no pressure on anyone to deliver a "badge" at a hacker event. It is a non-tradition.
Also: where is the creativity here? Hacker scenes find themselves to be super-creative (and they are) but often they fail to think from the user to the device not vice versa.
If you start with technology you will end up with technology. but there is no value in it itself.
Instead start with a problem and then solve it.
Morgen op TV, straks om 16:30 op de radio, nu al artikel EN filmpje online (onderaan), vol met #why2025 beelden inclusief de vuilniswagen van @synq! Verder wel een heel serieus onderwerp natuurlijk: https://eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/artikelen/toenemende-steun-voor-eu-wetsvoorstel-chat-control-tegen-online-kindermisbruik-maar-ook-zorgen-controleren-van-prive-appjes-is-ernstige-privacyschending-161053
alcinnz
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Technology for the sake of technology is unexciting. We have enough technology around. Nobody wakes from sleep because of yet another wireless device, some blinking LEDs or quirky retro-beep-beep-sounds.
If hackers want to make an impact on society they have to think like real people. Have a look at human behaviour, at social dynamics. Then understand what drives people, then look at problems, then solve them.
But please please please no more useless plain retro computer devices.
I returned from #WHY2025, quite happy but also exhausted, yesterday afternoon.
I was greeted by a happy family - and a broken dishwasher.
Still high on Hacker Spirit, I decided to take it apart just in case I found something obvious I could fix. Who cares that I know nothing of electronics? I'm a software dev with a screwdriver!
Two zip-ties later - leftovers from the dome we constructed at camp - the dishwasher is working again.
Tiny leftovers from WHY, making life that little bit better...
Tommi 🤯
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I keep wondering why there seems to be so much infighting with the dutch hacker community (the warehouse team responsible for dealing with collecting all the stuff at takedown after the event also rage-quitted on the last day of the event) instead of working together.
While there is not a lack of conflict in CCC-events the scene usually finds solutions not creating any bad blood.
However, the new badge team was apparently picking up the pieces trying to finish in time.
Wouter Tebbens
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Vandaag gaat het echt beginnen!
Ik stel me op 29 oktober verkiesbaar als lid van de #TweedeKamer. Want de digitale laag van onze samenleving verdient meer aandacht! https://video.erikkemp.eu/w/hNyjPKkjvN5yfbUShzULsB.
Via @erik (#PeerTube natuurlijk!) zal ik video's publiceren over de campagne.
Ik ben dankbaar dat steeds meer mensen me helpen bij de campagne <3. En ik kijk uit naar de komende tijd, vooral om veel mensen te ontmoeten! :D
Morgen begin ik bij #WHY2025 en vertegenwoordig ik #Volt bij #HetGroteCyberDebat!
Technology for the sake of technology is unexciting. We have enough technology around. Nobody wakes from sleep because of yet another wireless device, some blinking LEDs or quirky retro-beep-beep-sounds.
If hackers want to make an impact on society they have to think like real people. Have a look at human behaviour, at social dynamics. Then understand what drives people, then look at problems, then solve them.
But please please please no more useless plain retro computer devices.