cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026Anyone interested in taking over chloropleth.com? I guess with LLMs everywhere, it has outlived its ... usefulness. 001 1
Reposted by cartocalypseKarsten Schmidt @toxi.mastodon.thi.ng.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026Single Use Software is a great phrase and way to think about this! Some other alternatives I'd like to offer: It's the NIH Syndrome (Not Invented Here) gone hyperviral & mainstream: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_invented_… It's also the Lisp Curse supercharged (which equally applies to […]mastodon.thi.ngOriginal post on mastodon.thi.ng 021 2
Reposted by cartocalypseLuca Hammer @luca.social.luca.run.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026The term "single use software" currently lives rent free in my head. People use LLMs to create software specific for their needs. But neither can other people use it (hardcoded variables, no rights management, too specific), nor do they use it again (too […] [Original post on social.luca.run] 13783 83
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026@giggls norden.social/@funkylab@mastodon.so…mastodon.social 100 1
Reposted by cartocalypseMatthias Kirschner @kirschner.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026Just learnt from @sofiaritz that #Mozilla #Firefox has a translation tool that works locally on "about:translations". Missed that before. 1310 10
Reposted by cartocalypseGlyph @glyph.im · 10/10/2026this is the perfect metaphor to understand the distinction between AI doomer concerns versus AI skeptic concernsfurry.engineer 0067 67
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026@toxi They make me hate Baden-Württemberg each time i see one. So disrespectful to invade the mind of people who want to enjoy nature with those marketing ads. 100 1
Reposted by cartocalypsedaniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026"The people holding up the internet" A good-looking but somewhat depressing exposé about the people holding up current digital infrastructure as a hobby. sheets.works/data-viz/holding-up-th…sheets.worksThe people holding up the internetFour billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest. 256178 178
Reposted by cartocalypseHess. Inst. Landesgeschichte @hil-mr.hessen.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026In eigener Sache an alle mit einem Herz für die historische Kartographie: die Ausschreibung für die Neubesetzung der Stelle zur Bearbeitung des Hessischen #Städteatlas ist veröffentlicht 😃 Wir freuen uns auf aussagekräftige Bewerbungen #getFediHired #histodons #Geschichte 1118 11
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026@qgis woah nice! And does the room look like a Q from above? 😁 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026TIL #Python pathlib has super convenient methods to write and read text or bytes to/from files: foo.write_text("bar") foo.read_text() 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026#bandcampFriday haul carpenterbrut.bandcamp.com/album/le… EOFcarpenterbrut.bandcamp.comLEATHER TEMPLE, by Carpenter Brut10 track album 101 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026#bandcampFriday haul saafibrothers.bandcamp.com/album/a-…saafibrothers.bandcamp.comA Relaxed Blur, by Saafi Brothers15 track album 100 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026#bandcampFriday haul alpiine.bandcamp.com/album/astraalpiine.bandcamp.comAstra, by Alpiine9 track album 100 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026#bandcampFriday haul altingun.bandcamp.com/album/garip (Thanks to @sgillies I think 🥳 )altingun.bandcamp.comGarip, by Altin Gün10 track album 100 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026#bandcampFriday haul ultimae.bandcamp.com/album/laniakeaultimae.bandcamp.comLaniakea, by MARTIN NONSTATIC11 track album 100 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026#bandcampFriday haul untootherspdx.bandcamp.com/album/ma…untootherspdx.bandcamp.comMana, by Unto Others11 track album 100 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026#bandcampFriday haul miamipalm.bandcamp.com/album/--16 (plus the entire label catalog for tiny moneys <3 )miamipalm.bandcamp.comラフレシア計画, by Opal Vessel5 track album 110 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026#bandcampFriday haul artsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/a… (thanks to @toxi AND @rktic I believe :O )artsrecordings.bandcamp.comAmeth, by Asmar3 track album 100 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026#bandcampfriday haul keygenchurch.bandcamp.com/album/ten…keygenchurch.bandcamp.comTenebre Rosso Sangue, by KEYGEN CHURCH4 track album 001 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026#bandcampfriday haul dubmood.bandcamp.com/track/fighting…dubmood.bandcamp.comFighting Words feat. GOTO80 & MBR, by Bright White Lightning & Dubmoodtrack by Bright White Lightning & Dubmood 110 1
Reposted by cartocalypseFOSSGIS Verein @fossgisev.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026#FOSSGIS2027 findet vom 9.–13. März 2027 im audiMAX der @uniheidelberg in Kooperation mit @heigit statt. Der Call for Participation ist geöffnet: fossgis-konferenz.de/2027/callforpa… Beiträge können bis zum 1. November 2026 eingereicht werden […] [Original post on mastodon.online] 018 8
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026I like using `assert` in Python code around #QGIS and there is nothing you can do to stop me. It's so useful for all the PyQGIS methods that return boolean success flags. 001 1
Reposted by cartocalypseQGIS @qgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026Sold out, but a few tickets just came back. 3 for the QGIS User Conference in Laax (5–6 October) and 6 for the workshop day (7 October). First come, first served, and they won't last long. conference.qgis.org/tickets #QGIS #QGISUC2026conference.qgis.orgQGIS User Conference 2026 · QGIS UC Website 004 4
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026Never gets old www.youtube.com/watch?v=haW_ruZ_Be8 100 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026LOL if you typo in a script in the Mermaid live editor, it will show the parsing error and replace the editor with an unescapable link to "AI repair" which requires an account. 001 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026+++ Eilmeldung: Der Spiegel ist doch noch ganz der Alte +++ #Qualitätsjournalismus 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026Text processors that turn "->" into nice "→" arrow characters still make me unreasonably happy after all those years. 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026This is a meme about GitLab.org issues 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026Ewwwwwwwwww! Source: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Landesbetrieb Geoinformation und Vermessung (LGV) [Datenlizenz Deutschland Namensnennung 2.0 Namensnennung] 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026Sadly in the input data suche.transparenz.hamburg.de/datase… was resampled pretty badly, I mean just look at that mo/|//\/\||re here. This also means that JPEG compression is really unhappy. Source: Freie und […] [Original post on norden.social] 100 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026#GDAL is such a joy to use for big rasters nowadays, much easier and faster than 10 years ago. Enjoy some tidal creeks with a skid mark of a mispiloted ship. Source: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Landesbetrieb Geoinformation und Vermessung (LGV) [Datenlizenz […] [Original post on norden.social] 101 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026Suche Investoren, um eine Luftballons-an-denen-Bomben-hängen-Fabrik zu bauen und Bomben an Luftballons zu hängen und sie einfach mal losfliegen zu lassen und wenn sie dann ein paar Leute getötet haben, zu sagen, dass das super gefährlich ist und man nicht so tragfähige Luftballons bauen dürfen […]norden.socialOriginal post on norden.social 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026@hikingdude I think the trailer has seen something quite terrifying 101 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026Writing GIS docs without a strict terminology is exhausting. Is it "Column"? "Attribute"? "Column value"? "Attribute value"? Or maybe even "Property"? "Key"? Hrmpf! 222 2
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026Wow @NDR, was ist denn bitte bei euch kaputt, dass in einem Artikel, wo richtigerweise explizit vor dem "Löschen" von Fettbränden mit Wasser gewarnt wird, dann so ein Bild hinzugefügt wird? […] [Original post on norden.social] 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BChne_%2… 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026Chapeau an den NDR, der es im Gegensatz zu Spiegel, Tagesschau und Co nicht versäumt, auf die Nazi-Vergangenheit des Geldes von Klaus-Michael Kühne hinzuweisen: "[...] das Familienunternehmen Kühne+Nagel hatte im Zweiten Weltkrieg mit dem NS-Regime zusammengearbeitet und geraubte Güter aus […]norden.socialOriginal post on norden.social 148 8
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026Uhm, since custom CRS support was not included in the official GeoJSON standard, what standard is there for custom CRS in GeoJSON nowadays? 121 2
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZMWKqbcwzo is so much fun too 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026I have been asked about my Xteink X4 by total strangers two times now, is this really happening? Will we maybe even get useful smartphones that can be held and controlled with a single hand again? Great device, I am super glad I bought it. 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026TIL: If your QGIS 3D view keeps loading tiles and loading and loading, try increasing the 3D memory in the options. 011 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026github.com/scubbx/qgis-qkies QGIS Qkiesgithub.comGitHub - scubbx/qgis-qkies: The perfect snack: QGIS Qkies - spoken: "[qgis qgies]"The perfect snack: QGIS Qkies - spoken: "[qgis qgies]" - scubbx/qgis-qkies 122 2
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026@toxi And you have to ***publicly*** request the removal at github.com/bigcode-project/opt-out-…. What a bunch of *****.github.comIssues · bigcode-project/opt-out-v2Repository for opt-out requests. Contribute to bigcode-project/opt-out-v2 development by creating an account on GitHub. 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd_HmLEhVqA 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026I can't believe that I did not listen to Gojira for months! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WCOjiKI8vU 000 0
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026You should know that Google gives you a new AI text each time you search the same phrase. Here is a sample from <10 retries. AI is sentient! 100 1
cartocalypse @cartocalypse.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026Wenn man im Kontaktformular von Medion www.medion.com/de/service/contact-f… einfache oder doppelte Anführungszeichen in den Text schreibt, kann man die Nachricht wegen "unerlaubter Sonderzeichen" nicht abschicken. Wow.medion.comMEDION Service 000 0