Article on Polish tech news site on how Streamyard screwed over our tiny not-for-profit (and, no doubt others) by automatically upgrading us to a plan at twice the price.

https://kontrabanda.net/r/aral-balkan-streamyard-kontrowersje/

A wave of startups are stepping in to offer potential solutions for the semiconductor sector's dirty secret: the "forever chemicals" linked to cancer and other health problems that it spews. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/14/tech/chip-race-forever-chemicals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #health #chipmakers #pfas #startups #ai

Hey #fedihire universe , like to work with a freelancer passionate about:

- #Django, doing it since 2007
- #JavaScript (preferably vanilla) since 1999
- and I love to speed up and optimize #databases, for speed, space, etc.
- fast, speedy, slim and very usable #websites (MPA but with SPA feel)

So I am backend and frontend experienced and love to help.
#Impact #startups preferred.

#FediHire #hire #freelance #work #searching

things I write about: https://picostitch.com

One city in Fukushima Prefecture is at the heart of a critical strategy to economically reboot the region by attracting startups 14 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/11/fukushima-startup-hub/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #fukushima #startups #astrox #311

Just cancelled our Streamyard subscription and deleted our account.

The asshats automatically switched us to a plan that was 2× the price (from ~$44 to ~$88) with a single email’s notice and no authorisation on our part and when there was a new plan that almost exactly matched our current one with almost exactly the same features.

By the time I clocked on, they’d already charged us for several months so I wrote to them explaining that what they did was wrong and asking them to refund us the difference in the plan costs and place us on the plan that was almost the carbon copy of the one we were originally on.

They refused. And admitted no wrongdoing.

Finally, they offered a one month refund.

So I accepted. And now that it’s safely in our account, I just cancelled our subscription and deleted the account. I have a very fucking short fuse for asshole unethical American startups thinking they’re so bloody smart for fucking you over.

Anyway, beware of Streamyard. Not sure if they’ll pull the same shit again but I’m sure they’ll pull some other shit some other time.

Complaining about enshittification does belie a certain lack of awareness of always having been swimming in shit.

The Camera Panopticon

How did we end up in technofascism? Watch this talk I gave over a decade ago warning of the dangers of Silicon Valley and Big Tech and urging us to embrace alternatives.

https://small-tech.org/videos/the-camera-panopticon/

(Transcript available in English, Español, and Nederlands, thanks to the community.)

"This is where the concept of minimum viable operations comes in. It’s about finding the right balance: creating systems and practices that are just enough to support the team." #Startups https://werd.io/2025/minimum-viable-startup-operations

Investigators have determined that eFishery is in far worse shape than they previously thought, and that investors such as SoftBank are likely to get back less than 10 cents for every dollar they invested. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/24/companies/efishery-investor-wipeout/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #efishery #indonesia #startups #investments

Perovskite solar treatment boosts PV efficiency 16%, cuts cost of solar power 10%

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/23/new-new-perovskite-solar-treatment-cuts-the-cost-of-solar-power-by-10/

Dear #mankind please back my #startup #startups #project #EternalFlame (for #EternalFame)

like #videogames with friends?

Humans vs AI Skeletons?

Imagine #Zelda or #DarkAlliance 2 #Baldursgate in online multiplayer: team up with friends to epic #rpg #lovestory + #jokes to kill Skeletons with friends?

Plus: it will be 100% #opensource so u could even start private #server!!! :)
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dark-alliance-style-browser-based-mmorpg-game/

#EternalLame? Nah its gonna be #EPIC #fun #games #game #crowd #crowdfunding #indiegame

Sat down with @rootschange to talk through Musk trying to run the federal government like a tech company: https://knurdology.com/podcast/big-tech-brother-government/

We go deep on a bunch of things, including Dr. Timnit Gebru and Émile Torres on the #TESCREAL roots of tech, as well as how organizers & comms folks can respond

Public-private partnerships are gaining attention in Japan as a way for financially strained local governments to revitalize aging port green areas by utilizing private-sector funding and expertise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/20/japan/port-green-ppp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #localgovernment #greens #startups #ports

Wave energy is (finally) ready for its breakthrough moment.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/13/trump-fritters-massive-wave-energy-opportunity-away/

Got a Python-based SaaS idea brewing? Let’s team up. I’m forming a small mastermind to talk tech, marketing, and everything in between. We’ll meet twice a month, hang in a private Discord, and it’s all 100% free. Interested? #Python #Startups Join here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6gloRKGPkEVu4_g2pwnj6T66vpl17Ede7TpLy-w6Rg7Y8Zw/viewform?usp=dialog

#introduction

#developer from #germany - #westerwald

I have fun with #diy, #electronics, #programming, #cnc-machining, #3dprinting, #cocktail-robots, #reverse-engineering, ... - check my website.

Special love for #angola and #equatorial-guinea - interested in #startups and #entrepreneurship - enjoy watching #birds and going on walks - probably old.

Want to have a pluralistic, diverse and open-minded society.

I'll try to focus on the positive and not rant too much.

The biggest worry for bosses at artificial intelligence companies is a mundane one: finding enough electricity to keep servers running at data centers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/31/tech/ai-energy-deliver-tech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #energy #startups #deepseek

It’s unfortunate that security and misinformation issues are threatening to detract from DeepSeek’s genuine breakthrough in AI efficiency
#DeepSeek #AI #ChatGPT #OpenAI #GenAI #Startups #Cybersecurity #Security
https://thecyberexpress.com/deepseek-security-data-leaks-jailbreaks/