Tech folks building tools around social media/social networks: how do you keep up to date with work on abuse mitigation and work to incorporate in your work?
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Merkle trees are pretty interesting.Merkle trees are pretty interesting.
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The little-known racist origins of the 'pro-life' abortion movement by @wagatwe https://wagatwe.com/blog/racist-origins-pro-life-anti-abortion-political-movementThe little-known racist origins of the 'pro-life' abortion movement by @wagatwe https://wagatwe.com/blog/racist-origins-pro-life-anti-abortion-political-movement
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Patriotism is a form of societal cancer.Patriotism is a form of societal cancer. Nothing is more important than people. No state, no constitution, no religion, no ideal, nothing is more important than people.
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What happens when the court's expanded and it's packed with the same ratio? We need more explicit levers on how they've appointed (why don't people want democracy?!)What happens when the court's expanded and it's packed with the same ratio? We need more explicit levers on how they've appointed (why don't people want democracy?!)
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Hire @jalcine.@zachleat 🥺🥺🥺 tyyy
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*climbs onto the podium of the standards bodies*@bamfic ?
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*climbs onto the podium of the standards bodies*Lol I'm half-serious here but maybe having a Web not focused or solely centered on Web browsers could have led to more experimental ideas for sending things around the Web
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*climbs onto the podium of the standards bodies**climbs onto the podium of the standards bodies*
WHATWG fucked up the Internet and is why we can't get past the browser duopoly*
*runs as RFCs and company logos are flung in my direction*
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@fastmail's management fired most of their US-based union bargaining unit in the middle of contract negotiations.@cferdinandi I got called back (on a contract basis).
The rest of this is risky for me to say, but I'll do it anyway:
Layoffs are still the heaviest hammer that can be deployed, strongly recommended by boards, and conventionally the sole option that leadership take. It's rare to see furloughs in SV tech (more in the NGO + civic tech space, but even then, it's usually closer to federal roles).
Other options like job sharing, pay cuts, four-day work week at four-day pay, cutting fringe benefits, voluntary layoffs (I remember one person doing this, my manager's manager IIRC), furloughs, etc weren't discussed (folks were concerned about stability). Staff tends to be the most expensive part of a business (but again, hard to tell without numbers and what part of staffing contributes to burn).A tight reminder that our severance was contingent on a partial gag (Section 11–13 of our agreements held that, with the "reopener" of Section 14).
What's done now is done, and it's left the mark it had. I still wish the board showed their face in these conversations. And I'm looking to see how executives aim to lean into other options, versus running to the one that looks like a quick fix.
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All praise for the self transcription goes to @molly0xfff! https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112705868242184505All praise for the self transcription goes to @molly0xfff! https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112705868242184505
It was refreshing to hear that (and boy, does it help with editing lol)
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"No one is born with consciousness (political knowledge) within them."No one is born with consciousness (political knowledge) within them. It is born through struggle. " - Kwame Ture
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This has come up a few times recently, so I should address it.@JoBlakely @mekkaokereke yup. Pessimistic behaviors swell up and take up space, just like misery. Both come, imo, from pain and a lack of hope.
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The next time I end up working somewhere they strongly have conviction that AI and ChatGPT-adjacent tools are worthwhile, I'm going to keep bringing this up during the meetings: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5The next time I end up working somewhere they strongly have conviction that AI and ChatGPT-adjacent tools are worthwhile, I'm going to keep bringing this up during the meetings: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5
(This happened at the last role and it was ... definitely part of the reason why someone left before me for another job)
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Using #Discord as a forum is a weird experience.Using #Discord as a forum is a weird experience. Even trying to view this feels overly .. crowded? And search seems overloaded with searching in channels, people - like a "omni-search" that's more likely to give something _I don't need_ versus actionable info.
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Woy!Woy! is a good outlet for news on #Haiti that doesn't succumb to Western ideas of Haiti as a blight on the Western hemisphere. This recent title hits with a proverb that easily explains Western propaganda: in order to have you justify their violence, they'll (centrist news, politicans and everyone in-between) tell you what they need to have you cheer on their violence.
https://open.substack.com/pub/woymag/p/le-yo-vle-touye-chen-yo-di-l-fou
The Haitian people and the Haitian state are two completely different beings and the rarest time they aligned was when the only elected president in its 200-year history, Aristide, was elected (and then deposed by the United States two decades ago: https://www.democracynow.org/2004/3/17/exclusive_aristide_talks_with_democracy_now)
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Curious about starting a #union at your place of work?Curious about starting a #union at your place of work? Join @organizeworkers on July 11th to learn how! https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ld-GgpjwvG9HlRFVGaVX7EmY7kpw-tXNs#/registration
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For the #Copilot advocacy and defenders, I give you https://sourcegraph.com/blog/the-death-of-the-junior-developerFor the #Copilot advocacy and defenders, I give you https://sourcegraph.com/blog/the-death-of-the-junior-developer
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Truly worth it. I'm actually about to sell my Switch and its games (and I already gave away my Xbox after deleting my account - considering selling them but after playing with the discs 🦜).Truly worth it. I'm actually about to sell my Switch and its games (and I already gave away my Xbox after deleting my account - considering selling them but after playing with the discs 🦜).
Being able to play games from anywhere is one of the very very few ways to fight off platform enclosure and allows me to directly support independent game makers (by getting their work on Itch, GoG, Humble Bumble or Steam itself).
It's not praise for Valve. It's an acknowledgement of options and being more optimistic, we need concrete ones.
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I love Google!I love Google! They're the most ideal company to have in Africa! With all of their knowledge, they're no way they'd play into caricatures of the contine-