Pablo Soria-Rojas
@pablo.sr
Co-founder & guy for everything @leafplaza.eu. Political scientist and technologist. Also really into gaming. Andalusian and European. Personal views here. I create content in Spanish here: @pablikopinion.app.leafplaza.eu
Less Google in your stack is definitely a win
Jacob Ringler@vancityjake.com · 2d ago@leafplaza.eu 1.7 moves in-app translation from Google Translate to DeepL. The experience stays simple. Tap Translate and keep reading. Behind the scenes, the stack is more European. 🇪🇺 LeafPlaza in Estonia. DeepL in Germany. @scaleway.com in France. Better UX, cleaner architecture, more control.
Project Zomboid is basically The Sims with zombies.
itsdaytimeagain.bsky.social@itsdaytimeagain.bsky.social · last mo.I'm realizing Project Zomboid would be more than a fully featured game even without zombies.. You know what I'm starting a no zombie (or blind deaf zombie) run and just figuring out all game mechanics because I suck so bad I never get to late game.
Diversification is for peasants. Doom integrates. Doom AI trains on Doom data, hosted on Doom clouds, secured by Doom defence grids, monetized via Doom Capital. Regulators call this a “monopoly.” Doom calls it “a single, coherent vertical.”
In a world full of funky leaders wanting to establish their own banana republics, anybody wants to have access to read even the text in your shower gel. What if Europe could offer "privacy as a service" to the world and make some tech champions on the way?
LeafPlaza • EU-sovereign social platform compatible with the ATP@leafplaza.eu · 2mo agoEurope can use privacy as a competitive advantage in the global tech market.
Yeah, I after the whole Trump red card thing I hope Belgium scores 6 goals against the US. Allez!
Sometimes I feel like coding. Something FOSS would be nice. Give something useful to the world. Then I remember how bad I am at it and how much troubleshoot I do with AI to fix my own bugs (and then the AI bugs). Then, I no longer feel like coding.
@eldiario.es quizás os interesaría revisar este tema sobre conflictos de interés en la Comisión EU. Encantado de haceros llegar más información y documentación.
LeafPlaza • EU-sovereign social platform compatible with the ATP@leafplaza.eu · 2mo ago⚽Paraguay is playing the classic Paraguayan way. Barely scoring, defending with a lot of passion, killing giants. They will struggle eventually with a well balanced team, but for the time being, they stay and Germany is packing🧳. They deserve a hard earned celebration.
The best game of the tournament I missed it because fridge = kaput?!?!?!
Alan Beattie@alanbeattie.bsky.social · 3mo agoGermany-Ecuador the game of the tournament so far for me.
My take here is that everybody should pick a battle and go with it against the Commission on this matter. Only public pressure will force their hand to bring transparency and maybe some sort of correction.
LeafPlaza • EU-sovereign social platform compatible with the ATP@leafplaza.eu · 3mo agoThis is our blog article explaining why @leafplaza.eu filed a complaint against the @ec.europa.eu after their public endorsement of @wsocial.eu and missing transparency in the process. We hope @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu takes this matter seriously. leafplaza.leaflet.pub/3moxlxlfl2s2a
Me: I need to find out more information on this topic. AI: MANDATUM!!!
Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social · 3mo agolook upon my works ye might and despair, for I have constructed a thinking machine using naught but goats and grass from Age of Empires II
Political Sciences degrees are not only useful to serve fast food, they are also useful for these kind of things. (nervously laughs with two political sciences degrees)
LeafPlaza • EU-sovereign social platform compatible with the ATP@leafplaza.eu · 3mo ago@leafplaza.eu just presented an official complain. Also, setup a whole chain of official follow ups on this complain. We know our rights, no other European ATP project has been giving the advantage W Social received and that goes against Commission Decision (EU) 2024/3083 - Art. 4.
@leafplaza.eu was at the #europcom today, but we could not ask any question. So we ask the questions we had for @anna.wsocial.eu and @wsocial.eu here 👇
Our website is getting an overhaul. No disruption is expected, but changes here and there will be visible for the next couple of days. In the meanwhile, why not check our Transparency Page? If something is wrong or off, ping us. That's the whole point of that page! www.leafplaza.eu/transparency/
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It is quite simple to understand If something is somewhat *legally* tied to a US company or individual, it's a subject to the US Cloud Act, hence not sovereign So even if there is a technical barrier, the association of Google to this project makes it non-sovereign www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Thales inks deal with Google for homegrown German cloud provider
French defence group Thales and Alphabet's Google Cloud have signed a deal to launch a new European cloud service in Germany that will be operationally and legally independent from Google, the comp...
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I am not sure how my favorite SNES game will be welcomed by my kid.
Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 4mo agoteaching the children about my culture tonight
Here are some thoughts we have at LeafPlaza about Attie, Bluesky's AI project.
Attie, the Algorithm, the Quiet Consolidation of Bluesky - the European perspective.
There's a conversation happening in the Bluesky community right now. It is not going particularly well. Attie is Bluesky's standalone AI assistant that builds custom feeds for you using natural language. Globally, it was not a warm welcome. From a European perspective, we should think about it very strategically.
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While big tech dreams about technofeudalism, some people are becoming artisans in what they do. Even if what they do is software.
I am divided in between watching @attie.ai (so what I know what they are up to) or block them. So I guess @leafplaza.eu will block them and I will follow them. I stay behind the lines, folks. Wish me luck. I will report back.
Maybe another day I will tell you the fascinating story of releasing an app from scratch in both Google Play and Apple App Store. And why it is so hard. Maybe even @jake.app.leafplaza.eu can chip in too. But today, we serve the main course at lunch time! @leafplaza.eu
LeafPlaza • EU-sovereign social platform compatible with the ATP@leafplaza.eu · 6mo agoLeafPlaza is cooking tonight. Stay tuned for tomorrow! 🍳
Hi Europeans, quick update: We are launching LeafPlaza as a closed beta. Our servers in Lithuania are ready, but we need to ensure nothing breaks before opening the beta. You can still make it to the waiting list in our website for a free account. We will keep you posted! www.leafplaza.eu
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Science is not sure this is something genetic. And even if the genetic odds are confirmed, they are extremely low. So by all estimations, what that person claims is bollocks.
amy brown@amybrown.xyz · last yr.ok but what are the odds both this person’s children were hyperlexic. because I feel like it’s close to zero
#FantasticFour is set in the future we were promised, tech is cool, humanity is united, space exploration is a thing, people love LPs. Instead of that, we got selfies in Auschwitz, Putin, global warming, and Mecha Hitler. 10/10 childhood dream achieved (the movie, real life sort of sucks)
