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10 months. 342 commits. Dearest people of the Fediverse, may I present: Hyper 8 Video System _ 1.0 _ – A static site generator for video publishing For screenshots, videos and written notes on everything that happened in these last releases, check out the rich release pages for 1.0 () and its equally feature-packed predecessors at These major developments in 2025 were made possible through a project grant from , an open source funding programme by the austrian – thank you so much for supporting this work and enabling tools that benefit independent artists, communities and organisations worldwide! I would also like to say a huge thank you to all of you out there already running your own Hyper 8 sites, testing, reporting, contributing, donating, giving feedback and being just all-out positive and supportive on this journey, it really means a lot to me and makes a big difference! For this latest release, special shout-out to @npub148c7...dk8r, @npub1ma73...j9n3, @npub1fz2s...85s6, @npub1eehj...x5ye & @npub1sa5a...kqgw for helping out on these last meters! 1.0 is now out for all platforms and is accompanied by a new, video-augmented tutorial, completely overhauled documentation and more available packages than ever – Enjoy! #hyper8
Hey Vienna! In exactly two weeks our 4th meetup is taking place - and notably "on the eve of the end of Windows 10". Our plan for the evening: - Crisis counseling for Windows 10 users: Bring your questions (and if you want, computer) if you are affected by Microsoft's declared end of the support of Windows 10. Together we can talk about our options in this situation (Do I need a new computer? Are there alternative ways out? etc.) and you can also try out free alternatives to Windows, if you like! - Afterwards we'll watch a recording of the talk "Permacomputing 101" by Devine from Hundred Rabbits, recently presented at Critical Signals 2025, and have a bit of talk and discussion around it. You are warmly invited to also bring other topics to the meeting of course - lighting talks, announcements, ad-hoc discussions ... just come by and join in! Note that the meetup is also very much open to newcomers - interest for the general topic is all that is required! We'll see each other on October 14th from 19:00 to 22:00 at the beautiful, cozy - See you soon! #vienna #permacomputing
Ever watched a video on YouTube just for the music? Ever wished you could stream _just the audio_ when you do? The Hyper 8 Video System - your friendly, independent alternative to YouTube - now allows you to! With this, I proudly present Hyper 8 v0.23: Audio-only streaming, Customizable ordering for playlists and subcollections, Site design and layout refined, Deployment from CLI, and much more! Hyper 8 is a hybrid (GUI+CLI) static site generator for video publishing. To learn more and discover some sites running Hyper 8, check out ! Thank you so much to this release's contributors - @npub1ma73...j9n3, @npub160jr...7ewk, DURAD, ecogex and @npub1jlxt...tlw0 - and especially to for funding these extensive developments throughout 2025 (with more still to come)! And that's all for today. Thanks for your attention! \ʕ◕ᴥ◕\ʔ #hyper8 image
Results in a search engine always require scrutiny (whether provided by an AI or not), so I was pondering the difference in how search engine results fail us when they are, or aren't, provided by an AI. After all, somebody might (and probably does) argue that AI search results are no more untrustworthy than their predecessor! But, I think the stark difference is that there is actually something very predictable and comprehensible in the way that search results have historically been wrong: They are completely submerged in their source context (and as far as mainstream AI goes, erasing this context in the name of convenience is the very nature of what's going on). Each site that offers me results in a "traditional" search as we know it conveys intent: A technical article from a startup is going to serve recruitment ads, but they have an incentive to serve me quality. A wikipedia article might be target of history revisionists, so this is where my attention could be. A fresh stack overflow post will be swarming with gamification-reward-addicted posters that will serve low quality advice, I will be wary. There is a skill in navigating this, it can be learned! AI results however? It's me against a black box - likely operated by profit motives - now. How am I supposed to reason, to retain my grip on reality in this?
Faircamp 1.5 is out! To learn what's new, check out the release page: Thank you so much jcx, @npub1akgw...8c0s and @npub1elew...hxjm for helping with the new feature and critical fixes, @npub18swm...4yjt for the new finnish translations, and @npub14lxs...6fd2, @npub1ldva...9hsy, @npub1j9ey...kyrp and [@vac]( ) for the updates to the existing translations! <3 To learn more about #faircamp visit the website: And there's more: 1. Tomorrow (July 31st) I'm excited to join @Fireside Fedi to talk about my projects, including faircamp! If you have questions you'd like to see asked you can send them beforehand or join the livestream! See this post for all show details: 2. In recent weeks I put in a lot of effort to apply for funding for bigger developments next year, as well as to plan and prepare smaller, directly crowdfunded feature work over the coming months. As soon as there are updates on either of the two I'll send word of it - this is just to keep you up to date with some of the not so visible work that is happening behind the scenes as well. :) 3. This release again uses (and improves) tooling for release communication that I'm currently developing and will eventually release as free software. \o/ Poster image background for this release: Alexandre Debiève/Cildo Meireles – thank you! image