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🇺🇦Software developer, entrepreneur, former government regulator, current government advisor, amateur scientist. https://berthub.eu/ - Nederlands account bert_hubert@mastodon.nl
bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦People, with #Greenland raising awareness of our massive 24/7 dependence on US clouds for vital services, I made a list of what (government) stuff would break here under US sanctions. It is EXTREMELY depressing. Can I suggest that people also make a list like this one for their own countries? It is getting quite some traction here: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/dashboard-amerikaanse-afhankelijkheden/
bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Rule of thumb, whenever you are about to type in that people should "just" do something, step away from the keyboard and read up on the situation. If it were a "just" thing it would've happened by now. I know I'm a broken record on this subject, but you can really improve your thinking by just (lol) treating "just" as a signal word you are likely not seeing the whole picture.
bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Yesterday Europe launched an advanced new weather/climate/atmosphere satellite. The third ever Ariane 6 rocket launch. None of these have exploded, and even the first flight was mostly successful. https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/MetOp_Second_Generation/First_MetOp-SG_and_Sentinel-5_launched
bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦I had a great time at the most excellent #why2025 camp! Here a write-up of my own #DNA talks (with links to video & annotated slides), some observations on the tremendously terrible state of security & regulation, and what we could do about it, plus some nice photos!
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/dna-talks-and-why2025/
bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Me, raving about https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1190719 to the #why2025 audience. Full video: https://media.ccc.de/v/why2025-33-dna-molecular-biology-a-2025-digital-view
bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦I have returned to the normal world again. And it is painful. Thank you #why2025 angels, orga, visitors, everyone! Here a photo from the DNA Afterparty from yesterday (https://media.ccc.de/v/why2025-318-reverse-engineering-life-afterparty).
bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦If you miss World'O'Techno from #why2025 already, here is 19 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHMFon5k02s /cc @jarkman@chaos.social
bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Just #why2025 things. Should be on Dutch EenVandaag this Saturday. About EU #Chatcontrol. /cc @echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social
bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Not much beats coffee on a quiet campsite (while the hackers slowly become awake). #why2025
bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦My #why2025 talk at 20:00 Dutch time/18:00 UTC https://program.why2025.org/why2025/talk/LUXFSP/ is streamed live on https://streaming.media.ccc.de/why2025/andromeda AND you can also ask questions online! Will share the interactive URL just before the talk.