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Darren Burns

What is this? An API client for ants??

With the right config you can get super compact!

Compact mode is working nicely with different themes, horizontal mode, and jump mode.

I also added a subtle background colour to indicate which tab has focus-within - something that I lost by hiding the tab underlines.

#python#OpenSource#programming
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Micr0byte

📣 Announcing Altbot 2.0: The Privacy & Green Update 🔒💚

Exciting news! After months of development, Altbot 2.0 is officially launching with major improvements to privacy, efficiency, and description quality.

What's new in Altbot 2.0:

  • 100% local AI processing for true privacy - unlike Google Gemini which saves data for training, Altbot 2.0 retains ZERO information about you or your images using the powerful Ovis2:8B model running on my custom AltTron server equipped with an A5500 GPU and expansion capacity for two additional GPUs
  • Full GDPR compliance with clear informed consent - I've implemented comprehensive privacy measures including transparent data handling policies, user rights protection, and minimal data collection practices that exceed GDPR requirements
  • Better quality descriptions across all 11 supported languages thanks to a newly developed translation layer specifically optimized for local LLM models
  • Significantly more energy efficient with a new feature that shows you exactly how much energy was used for each request! This efficiency comes from using a server-grade GPU optimized for lower power consumption, and 36% of the energy consumed is from clean sources mainly nuclear power (thanks to being based in Georgia)

The only data Altbot 2.0 records:

  • That a request happened
  • How long it took to complete
  • What type of media it was (image, video, or audio)
  • What language was used

No images, no content, no personal data saved - ever.

For those who don't know, Altbot has been helping make the Fediverse more accessible by automatically generating alt-text descriptions for images. The project has grown beyond anything I imagined, now serving thousands of users across the network.

Support Altbot's Future 💝

To bring these privacy and efficiency improvements to life, I had to invest in a more powerful server than initially planned. The server costs exceeded my budget by around $900, which I've covered out of pocket. Who woulda thought that competing with a $1.98 trillion dystopian mega corporation would be expensive? Shocking, I know.

I've set up a Ko-fi fundraising goal to help recover these costs and support ongoing development: Ko-fi.com/micr0byte

Your contributions will help ensure Altbot remains:

  • Free for everyone
  • Continuously improved
  • Sustainably maintained

Even small donations make a huge difference and motivate me to keep enhancing accessibility across the Fediverse!

This milestone represents a commitment to ensuring accessibility doesn't come at the cost of privacy or environmental impact. I'm incredibly proud of what we've built together.

As Altbot continues to grow, I'm open to sharing more about this journey with anyone interested in accessibility, ethical AI, or Fediverse projects.

For press inquiries: inquiries@micr0.dev

Feel free to boost or reach out!

Ko-fiBuy Micr0byte a Coffee. ko-fi.com/micr0byteBecome a supporter of Micr0byte today! ❤️ Ko-fi lets you support the creators you love with no fees on donations.
#Accessibility#Fediverse#AltText
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✨🇪🇺 Mia’s Simulacrum 🏳️‍⚧️✨

The mozilla fans are going around telling you that mozilla is not selling your data although mozilla can not legally say that.

> Since we strive for transparency, and the LEGAL definition of “sale of data“ is extremely broad in some places, we’ve had to step back from making the definitive statements

The statement of which Mozilla had to step back was "Unlike other companies, we don’t sell access to your data.".

mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/faq/

MozillaMozilla’s Data Privacy FAQAt Mozilla, we respect and protect your personal information.
#opensource#privacy
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Claire Giordano ✨

New episode of #TalkingPostgres #podcast 🎙️ (we're up to Ep25!)

Dawn Wages @BajoranEngineer: #Django dev, Python Software Foundation board chair, & author of upcoming book "Domain-driven Django"—joined the pod to chat about why so many Python developers Just Use Postgres

Give it a listen wherever you get your podcasts. And give it a boost 🚀!

Dawn is a gem & this conversation was FUN. #PostgreSQL #OpenSource #Python #Postgres

🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/w

📺 youtu.be/leir3xJ4Klo?feature=s

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Volla

Volla OS tip

✅ Create notes via the springboard

Simply start typing in the text field and write your notes. The “Create note” menu appears and when you select it, the note is saved immediately. You can then retrieve your notes by swiping left.

#volla#vollaOS#vollaOSTipp
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Volla

Volla OS Tipp

✅ Über das Sprungbrett Notizen anlegen

Fangen Sie im Textfeld einfach an zu tippen und schreiben Sie Ihre Notizen.

Das Menü "Notiz erstellen" erscheint und wenn Sie auswählen, dann wird die Notiz ohne Umwege gespeichert.

Abrufen können Sie Ihre Notizen dann durch links wischen.

#volla#vollaOS#vollaOSTipp
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Keila

Version 0.17.0 of the Open Source email newsletter platform Keila is out now!

github.com/pentacent/keila/rel

This release adds support managing contacts with external IDs … keila.io/updates/external-ids

… and finally lets you send preview emails when editing a campaign. keila.io/updates/improved-prev

If you’re using Keila Cloud, all of these features have already been live for a little while. If you’re running your own instance, you can update now 🚀

Version 0.17.0 👁️ Previews: Seeing is Believing Breaking Changes Keila now uses Lexbor instead of Mochiweb for parsing HTML. Lexbor is faster and behaves much more like real-world browsers. Make s...
GitHubRelease Keila v0.17.0 · pentacent/keilaVersion 0.17.0 👁️ Previews: Seeing is Believing Breaking Changes Keila now uses Lexbor instead of Mochiweb for parsing HTML. Lexbor is faster and behaves much more like real-world browsers. Make s...
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