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data.gv.at @data.gv.at · 13/05/2026

Neue #opendata Anwendung: Parlametrics von @ralphmayr.bsky.social - sammelt die parlamentarischen Anfragen des Nationalrats/@parlament.gv.at. Bietet eine umfassende Suche und statistische Auswertungen sowie eine Benachrichtigungsfunktion www.data.gv.at/applications...

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data.gv.at @data.gv.at · 13/05/2026

Neue #opendata Anwendung: das Python-Modul atparlpy von @ralphmayr.bsky.social stellt eine einfache Schnittstelle für das REST-API des österreichischen Parlaments / @parlament.gv.at bereit www.data.gv.at/applications...

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Business Class on China Rail. That's how we roll.

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

A month’s wages for a full tank of gas? Spotted in Vientiane, Laos: These days, a liter of diesel costs about 44,000 kip, or €1.70. The monthly minimum wage here is 2,500,000 kip, or €97. Fill up a 60-liter tank once, and your monthly income is gone. (1/5)

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Chengdu Metro. My new favorite public transport system! Service started in 2010. 16 years later, there's 16 lines. 700+ km of track. 400+ stations. Everything is clean, fast, safe, reliable. And a single journey costs 0.38 € – payable by AliPay, Weixin, and even Visa / Master "tap to ride."

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

When I built parlametrics, I found the Austrian Parliament's API a bit clumsy. Wanting to "be a good camper," I built a handy Python wrapper around the API with a nice, fluent interface. It's open source'd (github.com/ralphmayr/at...) and version 0.1.0 is already published on PyPI! #OpenData

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Uhm, yeah, that makes... 3gb per emoji, I guess? 🤷

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Für alle Politikjunkies und Datenfans: 🏛️ parlametrics ist jetzt live! Die App analysiert ~80.000 parlamentarische Anfragen des 🇦🇹 Nationalrats seit 1996. Wer stellt die meisten Fragen? Welche Ministerien antworten am schnellsten? Welche Themen trenden? 👉 parlametrics.ralphmayr.com #OpenData

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Yes, it can be done! #Alipay, the omnipresent #QR payment system in #China, can be set up to work with European (N26) debit cards! Looks like I won't need much cash on my upcoming trip 😊

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Thank you, #deepseek, that's kinda... helpful 😅

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

#Bookreview time! If you're interested in #history, #China, #politics, or #strategy, check out Victorious in Defeat. It's a great biography of Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo, president, and long-term authoritarian ruler of the Republic of China. More details: ralphmayr.com/library/vict...

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

#Learning is great, but #sharing is even better! So, finally, I've compiled the "Things I Learned Building @poketto-me.bsky.social" on a little blog: build.ralphmayr.com I polished some the old content and removed a few entries. However, I have many new ones in mind! 🚀

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

#Software is changing fast—but the biggest lesson? #Basics still matter. #Details matter. #Fundamentals matter. Don’t chase hype. Go where it hurts. Understand how things actually work. ralphmayr.com/posts/2026-0... FY: This is the first in a series of posts on this topic—stay tuned for more!

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ralphmayr.com :: On Brilliant Basics

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

If you're only going to read one #book about #AI this year, make it this one! Why? Find out here: ralphmayr.com/library/empi...

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

This is, of course, completely useless and entirely unnecessary. But it's exactly the kind of thing I love building on a rainy Thursday morning! 😃

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Despite my incessant reading, it's been too long since I wrote a proper book review. But here's one I couldn't resist: Chris Horton's account of Taiwanese history, culture, and politics, "Ghost Nation" is well worth highlighting. Why? Find out here! ralphmayr.com/library/ghos... #bookreview #taiwan

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ralphmayr.com :: Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and Its Struggle for Survival

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

🎄 Christmas surprise for poketto.me users! Save podcasts to get clean transcripts, concise summaries, and key facts. ✅ Skip the fluff: Read the summary before you listen ✅ Searchable: Find that one specific quote instantly ✅ Remember more: No note-taking required! Demo: app.poketto.me/s/ru2L4JK

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

🎁 Coming before Christmas: Multi-select for power users! Select multiple saves to delete or archive at once, select/deselect entire categories or filtered results—and the action bar follows you as you scroll. 🚀

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

@nzz.ch: An sich schätze ich eure Asienberichterstattung sehr. Aber Sumatra als „Provinz nördlich der Hauptstadt Jakarta” zu bezeichnen ist dann doch etwas unpräzise 🥲 Sumatra ist keine Provinz, sondern eine Insel, 10x so groß wie die Schweiz, besteht aus 10 Provinzen und liegt nordöstlich von Java.

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

✨ Feature update: poketto.me now has first-class support for Wikipedia articles. No more "edit" buttons or broken layouts! Get perfectly clean, beautifully formatted content every time. Same easy save, way better read! 📚🚀 #Wikipedia #ReadItLater PS: Works for Wikivoyage and Wiktionary as well!

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Our immersive content reader just got smarter! Now, it can also render embedded tables. Check it out, even if you're not exactly planning to swim in Vienna's public pools these days 😅

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

This is interesting: According to @edzitron.com, OpenAI's costs are rising much faster than its revenues. In Q3/2025, they spent nearly double what they earned on inference on MS Azure alone. Feels like a taxi company spending twice what it earns in fares–only on petrol... app.poketto.me/s/CvcoYuG

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Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft | Shared via poketto.me

As with my Anthropic exclusive from a few weeks ago, though this feels like a natural premium piece, I decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. Before publishing...

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Have you noticed anything different lately? The metadata section of our Immersive Reader has just been given a bit of a facelift! 🎨

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Android app update: Upload scans from anywhere! 📸 Snap a picture, tap "Share," and select poketto.me ⬆️ The content is then translated and the key insights extracted automatically In poketto.me you can check the auto-generated summary, read the full article, or send it to your personal podcast.

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Launching today: Get more insights from your saves! ⚡️ poketto.me now automatically summarizes your saved articles. 📊 For data-heavy content, poketto.me also extracts the key facts and figures. Here's an example: app.poketto.me/s/x3kfLTw PS: 👍👎 Rate the quality of the insights to help us improve!

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

🎉 Full-Text Search is here! Use the search bar to instantly find that saved article you’ve been looking for! 🔎 Search terms are matched against title, publication, author and content 💬 Results are ranked by relevance 🎯 “double quotes” match exact phrases 📦 Search works across new and archived saves

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

New in poketto.me: Two powerful ways to save articles! 📸 Upload photos – Snap or scan printed content, we’ll turn it into readable, shareable text 📄 Upload PDFs – Bring your own PDFs & read them in our immersive reader Plus: Premium users can upload multiple scans at once!

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🤨 8,000 saves in a single day? Turns out, we've launched the Pocket data import 😊

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🎉 Here it is! The long-awaited Pocket data import just launched! 💾 Export your saved content from Pocket today, @mozilla.org will take this option offline by October 8. ⬆️ Upload your CSV to poketto.me. 📂 Import all your saved content quickly and easily!

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Big news: poketto.me is officially launched! 🚀 From beta → launch with new features: ✨ Highlights that stick ▶️ YouTube transcripts 🎧 Personal podcasts 📱 Android app (coming very soon) 🧩 Firefox + Edge extensions Still free for all users → poketto.me Thanks for all your support 💙

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

🎉 Surprise feature update 😊 The latest version of the poketto.me Firefox extension now supports @mozilla.org #Firefox on #Android! 🤖🦊

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

LLM+China Fun! According to #DeepSeek, there's a Metro Line 10 in #Wuhan. But it's on no map (e.g., www.travelchinaguide.com/images/map/h...). According to a handful of Chinese websites, Line 10 is under construction. According to #ChatGPT it's "planned." I guess, I'll find out when I get there 🤷😅

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Big news for beta testers of the poketto.me #Android app! 🪲 Bug fix: The status bar no longer overlays the app's content 🎨 In read mode, the status bar reflects the current color theme ⬅️ The system 'back' button now works consistently and everywhere 🔵 The app icon has a slightly more 3D-ish look 😊

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

🎉 New in poketto.me: Starting today, you can generate shareable links to your saved content. With these links, anyone can read it in the poketto.me distraction-free reader — even if they’re not a user (yet). Bonus: You can share these links directly to social media! youtu.be/8iJepcHD3SY

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Living on the edge — @microsoft.com Edge, to be precise. 🎉 After Chrome and Firefox, here's the official poketto.me browser extension for MS Edge. Works on Windows as well, or so we have been told 😏 microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detai...

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

As it turns out, Grok 4 is still having trouble figuring out how many hands a "cute mascot for a read-later app" should have. (I'm considering hiring a full-time mascot for @poketto-me.bsky.social , but the candidates don't quite meet my standards.) #Grok #AI

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🦊 New feature announcement: The official poketto.me browser extension for @mozilla.org's #Firefox is now publicly available! Here's how you install and use it! #SaveForLater #PocketAlternatives #BetterBrowsing

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Three enhancements based on great feedback from the weekend 😊 1️⃣ Started reading before processing is done? Now you can refresh on the read page as soon as processing / translation is complete ♻️ 2️⃣ Font size & theme are now saved per device 📱 3️⃣ Links are a lighter color in dark and midnight theme 🌘

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Small weekend feature update 😊 👜 Saves & 🏷️ Tags pages now show item counts 🪣 When filtering, the page header shows filtered vs. total counts 🏷️ Tags can be sorted by color, save count, or alphabetically (default) 🪄 Bonus nerdy magic: multi-window changes sync instantly—no reload needed! ♽

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Im neuen @ct.de Magazin (17/2025): "Sieben Alternativen zu Mozillas Pocket im Überblick" Spoiler… @poketto-me.bsky.social kommt dabei sehr gut weg 😊

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Was haben die #Opiumkriege mit #Trumps #Zöllen zu tun? Und was sagt uns das über den #Welthandel im Digitalzeitalter? In „Digitales Opium“ geht es um einen Brief an Queen Victoria, um #Drogen und #SocialMedia und um eine Seeschlacht im Nebel vor #Hongkong. bit.ly/3J1ntQG

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Mein Beitrag zu „Teilzeit vs. Vollzeit“ ist schon etwas älter und passt nicht ganz in das Schema „mehr arbeiten“ / „mehr Kindergärten“ / „mehr Vollzeitstellen“. Wie wir unseren gesteigerten Wohlstand nutzen, um besser zu leben, ist aber auch keine einfache Frage ... 🤔 ralphmayr.com/posts/2024-0...

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ralphmayr.com :: On the Curse of Efficiency

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

🚀 Great news! heise online has compared seven alternatives to Mozilla's Pocket, and poketto.me was included in their extensive selection 😊 Read the full piece here with heise+: www.heise.de/tests/Pocket...

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poketto.me @poketto-me.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Feature Update: Colored Tags Are Here! 🌈 You can now assign colors to tags—making it easier to visually recognize your saved items. Plus: The tagging dialog just got a usability refresh! ➡️ Assign tags with a single click ➡️ Create new tags with via button click

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ralphmayr.bsky.social @ralphmayr.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

(1/6) Here's an unpopular opinion: Not everything that can be built should be built. Or at least, not without considering the consequences. Take Google's Veo3 AI video generator — a technical marvel that's already being used to flood TikTok with deepfakes about the Israel-Iran war.

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