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Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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@hzulla@infosec.exchange · 2d ago

RE: @ahnlak@kavlak.uk

Their decision to now use generative AI instead of actual illustrators or (stock) photography is why I unsubscribed from c't Magazin after being a subscriber for over 30 years. / @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

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Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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@hzulla@infosec.exchange

Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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@hzulla@infosec.exchange · 2d ago

Die fossile Dunkelflaute betrifft auch den Strompreis. Man sieht, wie die Frühlingssonne jeden Tag den Strompreis nach unten drückt, aber die trotz mehr Solarertrag plötzlichen Preisausschläge nach oben durch das Zuschalten fossiler Kraftwerke erklären sich dann wohl mit dem Angriff auf Iran...

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Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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@hzulla@infosec.exchange · 2d ago

Hey there, some personal news: I've decided to move on and am therefore looking for a new job starting July.

I loved serving as a program manager with open source projects involving some of the most brilliant software developers out there.

In a future job, I'd like to continue working near the intersection of open source, funding, business, policy and the societal impact of digital technology. But that's a small niche and so I hope that this post might open some doors through my contacts here. Are there OSS foundations or (non-) government orgs looking for staff?

Being a software developer at heart, I have been excited about tech all my life and later found myself involved in various software projects and business ventures big and small. I speak both fluent Nerd and fluent Business and frequently helped translating between the two during my career.

I'm aware that my requirements are a strong filter: Part-time and remote, German timezone. I'm also fairly unenthusiastic about the current generative AI / LLM hype and would prefer to work outside of that bubble.

If you have possible leads, I'd be grateful to hear about it. Thanks in advance and thanks for sharing.

#jobsearch #fedijobs #getfedihired #noAI

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Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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@hzulla@infosec.exchange · 4d ago

TIL that torture in the middle ages was well known to be a unreliable method to extract the truth and that one alternative proposed was to send a court clerk to the suspect so that both of them would get absolutely hammered together in order to gain a confession.

https://www.geo.de/wissen/weltgeschichte/foltermethoden-im-mittelalter--wahrheit---mythos-34318332.html

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Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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@hzulla@infosec.exchange · 4d ago

RE: @cwebber@social.coop

Gotta admit that "rent seeking on thought" is a brilliant elevator pitch.

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Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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@hzulla@infosec.exchange · Feb 24, 2026

Lobbyists are using generative AI slop as fake grassroots opposition to policy changes.

"[The] website boasts several tools including 'state of the art technology and artificial intelligence message assistance' that can be used to create custom advocacy letters, as opposed to repetitive form letters or petitions often used in similar campaigns. When staffers at the air district reached out to a small sample of people to verify their comments, at least three said they had not written to the agency and were not aware of any such messages."

“What we’re seeing with AI is absolutely the next step in digital astroturfing."

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-02-17/ai-powered-campaign-may-have-killed-key-vote-on-air-quality

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Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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@hzulla@infosec.exchange · Feb 24, 2026

"The Cybertruck may be the deadliest road car, for the occupants, ever sold."

https://fuelarc.com/evs/its-official-the-cybertruck-is-more-explosive-than-the-ford-pinto/

"This machine kills fascists." (@toca325.bsky.social)

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Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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@hzulla@infosec.exchange

Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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@hzulla@infosec.exchange · Feb 22, 2026

OpenAI announced its new hardware product: A Smartspeaker.

"It's an Alexa, but sometimes it tells you to kill yourself." (@kozufox.bsky.social)

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Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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@hzulla@infosec.exchange · Feb 20, 2026

https://aftermath.site/ram-prices-hdd-prices-ai-bubble-computer-expensive/

"Despite the world I live in, I love the computer, and I am tired of these useless AI dipshits making the computers expensive."

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Nerd, dad, Lego aficionado, software developer, occasional business guy, regretful sysadmin of an escalating smart home setup. I sometimes post about my work, but views are my own. Technical Program Manager at Sovereign Tech Agency Germany. https://www. sovereign.tech/programs/fund Previously with the crew at https:// epublica.de

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@hzulla@infosec.exchange · Feb 15, 2026

Would like to propose "Fractal Moral Hazard" as a descriptor of generative AI:

No matter which part and at what detail level you choose to look at the technology, you will discover a morally questionable or repulsive aspect of it.

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