Peter Gassner
@peter.gassner.io.ap.brid.gy
Interaction Designer with a passion for functional programming and data visualisation. Either highly enthusiastic or overly critical; always political. Works at […]
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Pilot thought they forgot their phone at home, but then found it in their other pocket.
January 14, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Pilot thought they forgot their phone at home, but then found it in their other pocket.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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I often hear Americans & rich brits justify buying oversized, polluting vehicles by claiming they need them because they live in the "countryside".
I call bullshit, Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15⬇
I call bullshit, Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15⬇
January 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I often hear Americans & rich brits justify buying oversized, polluting vehicles by claiming they need them because they live in the "countryside".
I call bullshit, Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15⬇
I call bullshit, Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15⬇
After a very slippery bike ride home yesterday I‘m taking the bus to work today. Snow over ice is no fun.
It’s not for me anymore, squeezed in like that. Luckily it’s only a couple of days per year.
It’s not for me anymore, squeezed in like that. Luckily it’s only a couple of days per year.
January 8, 2026 at 6:26 AM
After a very slippery bike ride home yesterday I‘m taking the bus to work today. Snow over ice is no fun.
It’s not for me anymore, squeezed in like that. Luckily it’s only a couple of days per year.
It’s not for me anymore, squeezed in like that. Luckily it’s only a couple of days per year.
I’ve always had a reservation about questioning medical professionals, because I am not one.
But honestly, I’m a professional in tech and there are so many «professionals» who I •know• stopped learning decades ago or who never even started to learn about the many facets of their fields.
So […]
But honestly, I’m a professional in tech and there are so many «professionals» who I •know• stopped learning decades ago or who never even started to learn about the many facets of their fields.
So […]
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mastodon.gassner.io
January 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I’ve always had a reservation about questioning medical professionals, because I am not one.
But honestly, I’m a professional in tech and there are so many «professionals» who I •know• stopped learning decades ago or who never even started to learn about the many facets of their fields.
So […]
But honestly, I’m a professional in tech and there are so many «professionals» who I •know• stopped learning decades ago or who never even started to learn about the many facets of their fields.
So […]
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Der Gründer von Palantir sagt diese Firma wurde gegründet um „Kommunisten und ihre Grabsteine in dieser Hemisphere in die Luft zu jagen”.
Schön das dessen Überwachungstechnologie in der gesamten Bundesrepublik Deutschland bald eingesetzt wird :)
Schön das dessen Überwachungstechnologie in der gesamten Bundesrepublik Deutschland bald eingesetzt wird :)
January 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Der Gründer von Palantir sagt diese Firma wurde gegründet um „Kommunisten und ihre Grabsteine in dieser Hemisphere in die Luft zu jagen”.
Schön das dessen Überwachungstechnologie in der gesamten Bundesrepublik Deutschland bald eingesetzt wird :)
Schön das dessen Überwachungstechnologie in der gesamten Bundesrepublik Deutschland bald eingesetzt wird :)
Rolling on the floor over here, they really renamed it to «The Microsoft 365 Copilot app (formerly Office)» 🤣🤣🤣 It’s even worse in German.
https://www.office.com
https://www.office.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Rolling on the floor over here, they really renamed it to «The Microsoft 365 Copilot app (formerly Office)» 🤣🤣🤣 It’s even worse in German.
https://www.office.com
https://www.office.com
Fuck. This is a damn lot of evidence of the absolute incompetence of Apple‘s design team.
https://mastodon.online/@nikitonsky/115842181787810835
https://mastodon.online/@nikitonsky/115842181787810835
Niki Tonsky (@[email protected])
New blog post! A close look at Tahoe menu icons. With 109 illustrations! https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
mastodon.online
January 5, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Fuck. This is a damn lot of evidence of the absolute incompetence of Apple‘s design team.
https://mastodon.online/@nikitonsky/115842181787810835
https://mastodon.online/@nikitonsky/115842181787810835
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New blog post! A close look at Tahoe menu icons https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe
tonsky.me
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
New blog post! A close look at Tahoe menu icons https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
The kid arranged a family photo :)
January 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The kid arranged a family photo :)
„Replicating human perception is hard, and it’s made harder when constrained to the limitations of display technology or printed images. There’s nothing wrong with tweaking the image when the automated algorithms make the wrong call.“
https://maurycyz.com/misc/raw_photo/
https://maurycyz.com/misc/raw_photo/
What an unprocessed photo looks like
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maurycyz.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:09 AM
„Replicating human perception is hard, and it’s made harder when constrained to the limitations of display technology or printed images. There’s nothing wrong with tweaking the image when the automated algorithms make the wrong call.“
https://maurycyz.com/misc/raw_photo/
https://maurycyz.com/misc/raw_photo/
I was just wondering where the Doomsday‘s Clock is at, but it seems to only update at the end of January. They should update more often in the crazy times we live in, I guess …
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/
Doomsday Clock - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
It is 89 seconds to midnight.
thebulletin.org
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I was just wondering where the Doomsday‘s Clock is at, but it seems to only update at the end of January. They should update more often in the crazy times we live in, I guess …
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/
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I made a venn diagram to help you understand Moiré patterns.
January 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I made a venn diagram to help you understand Moiré patterns.
This is a great start into the new year. It comes with a big spoonful of melancholy, too, though … On the one hand, part of what Aaron Swartz has been fighting for now came to be. On the other he is no longer with us, and it saddens me still that he was treated so badly […]
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January 1, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is a great start into the new year. It comes with a big spoonful of melancholy, too, though … On the one hand, part of what Aaron Swartz has been fighting for now came to be. On the other he is no longer with us, and it saddens me still that he was treated so badly […]
Ein Baby auf einem Werbeplakat hat mich total an Michael von Burg erinnert und deshalb haben wir jetzt heute Abend mit unserer 11-jährigen «Güsel» gebinged. Und es war so schön!
Vor 10 Jahren war die Welt echt noch in Ordnung: Gabriel noch auf Twitter, Olifr noch unter uns und Michael so schön […]
Vor 10 Jahren war die Welt echt noch in Ordnung: Gabriel noch auf Twitter, Olifr noch unter uns und Michael so schön […]
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January 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Ein Baby auf einem Werbeplakat hat mich total an Michael von Burg erinnert und deshalb haben wir jetzt heute Abend mit unserer 11-jährigen «Güsel» gebinged. Und es war so schön!
Vor 10 Jahren war die Welt echt noch in Ordnung: Gabriel noch auf Twitter, Olifr noch unter uns und Michael so schön […]
Vor 10 Jahren war die Welt echt noch in Ordnung: Gabriel noch auf Twitter, Olifr noch unter uns und Michael so schön […]
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I suggest you support Standard Ebooks 📚
“Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of … copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” ⚖️
See what’s free to read […]
[Original post on fosstodon.org]
“Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of … copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” ⚖️
See what’s free to read […]
[Original post on fosstodon.org]
January 1, 2026 at 9:11 AM
I suggest you support Standard Ebooks 📚
“Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of … copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” ⚖️
See what’s free to read […]
[Original post on fosstodon.org]
“Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of … copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” ⚖️
See what’s free to read […]
[Original post on fosstodon.org]
Die SBB hat echt gute Deals! 🤪
December 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Die SBB hat echt gute Deals! 🤪
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If you were born again, on a random location, how would your life change? Via @hayify
https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/birth-lottery
https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/birth-lottery
Birth Lottery
If you were reborn today, where would you land? And how would that change your life?
www.givingwhatwecan.org
December 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If you were born again, on a random location, how would your life change? Via @hayify
https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/birth-lottery
https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/birth-lottery
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Being aesthetically impaired I rarely post photos or art, but this…
A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek
A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek
December 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Being aesthetically impaired I rarely post photos or art, but this…
A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek
A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek
I dug up some of my old cassettes from the cellar. I think I got them in 1993 or something …
As you can tell, I was in the cool AC/DC faction and NOT the loser Guns‘n‘Roses faction! 😂
As you can tell, I was in the cool AC/DC faction and NOT the loser Guns‘n‘Roses faction! 😂
December 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I dug up some of my old cassettes from the cellar. I think I got them in 1993 or something …
As you can tell, I was in the cool AC/DC faction and NOT the loser Guns‘n‘Roses faction! 😂
As you can tell, I was in the cool AC/DC faction and NOT the loser Guns‘n‘Roses faction! 😂
A few months back I was trying to find an iPod like device for my kid because she’s easily overloaded by infinite streams.
However, getting all the DRMd music onto these devices sucks hard. Many work by providing a full OS that can run the vendors’ apps […]
[Original post on mastodon.gassner.io]
However, getting all the DRMd music onto these devices sucks hard. Many work by providing a full OS that can run the vendors’ apps […]
[Original post on mastodon.gassner.io]
December 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A few months back I was trying to find an iPod like device for my kid because she’s easily overloaded by infinite streams.
However, getting all the DRMd music onto these devices sucks hard. Many work by providing a full OS that can run the vendors’ apps […]
[Original post on mastodon.gassner.io]
However, getting all the DRMd music onto these devices sucks hard. Many work by providing a full OS that can run the vendors’ apps […]
[Original post on mastodon.gassner.io]
«In dieser Weltsicht wird Politik zu einem Nullsummenspiel. Es geht nicht mehr darum, den Kuchen für alle größer zu machen. Es geht darum, mit aller Macht zu verhindern, dass die „Falschen“ ein Stück davon abbekommen. Und wenn der Preis dafür ist, dass der eigene Anteil auch schrumpft oder das […]
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December 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
«In dieser Weltsicht wird Politik zu einem Nullsummenspiel. Es geht nicht mehr darum, den Kuchen für alle größer zu machen. Es geht darum, mit aller Macht zu verhindern, dass die „Falschen“ ein Stück davon abbekommen. Und wenn der Preis dafür ist, dass der eigene Anteil auch schrumpft oder das […]
I often think about the people in the floating chairs. Way too often.
https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/115757694374814685
https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/115757694374814685
nixCraft 🐧 (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Lmao. This is funny.
mastodon.social
December 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I often think about the people in the floating chairs. Way too often.
https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/115757694374814685
https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/115757694374814685
This definitely works for me! 🙈
https://xkcd.com/3113/
https://xkcd.com/3113/
December 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
This definitely works for me! 🙈
https://xkcd.com/3113/
https://xkcd.com/3113/