You can't scare me by calling someone a terrorist or a socialist or whatever. You used up all the scary words on people we knew were cool

If you’re looking to make your knowledge of the world more well rounded, the Oxford University Press’ Very Short Introduction series is a great place to start. The books are written by experts, usually 120-160 pages long (3-5 hours in audio) and generally at roughly a first year university subject level. They have books on an astounding range of subjects. I’m trying to read as many of them as possible, I’ve finished 25 so far

https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/

#books

The intention of the ultra-wealthy with LLMs is to turn workers as much as possible into identical, replaceable cogs. Crush the masses into a uniform slop.

It doesn’t even matter whether LLMs are as good as a skilled craftsperson: if they’re “good enough,” can produce SOMETHING, then the negotiating power of individual workers is destroyed.

You fear getting left behind if you don’t adopt LLMs, but in reality we’ll all get left behind if we all adopt LLMs. Now is the time to be Luddites.

asking a senior eng to use ai is like asking a professional cyclist to ride a children’s bike with training wheels that also has a reverse steering mechanism for some reason

Words that came out of my mouth just now: "Open Source is not a magic wand that allows you to not spend money on software development."

who wants some tea
i said
WHO WANTS SOME FUCKIN TEA

@Crell @saramg plus it's an easy train ride!

Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:

I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.

I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.

I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.

I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.

I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.

I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.

I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.

LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.

This should be the mainstream #marketing position.

My employer ZiffDavis Shopping is hiring for a Software Engineering I (entry-level) developer position.

#php (we mostly use Laravel)

100% remote position, US and Canada only (Canadians will get paid in snow pesos converted from freedom dollars, not freedom dollars)

Initially working with our “marketing and communications” team but will definitely do work outside of that team

I am happy to answer any questions I can. Salary range is US$80-95k with additional benefits.

https://jobs.jobvite.com/ziffdavis/job/o4vxzfwp

#getfedihired

@skc that's one of my wife's favorites. I guess there was a sequel, maybe that would have more cross-compatibility?

I have exactly one Windows machine, and I hate it. However, I also like being able to play the occasional (mostly older) game without dealing with console hype, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The SAVE act targets people who've changed their name *for any reason*. Ya know who's done that?

- Married women
- Trans & nonbinary folx
- Immigrants

You know which US citizens that leaves?

Mostly white men.

The SAVE act isn't trying to save anything other than patriarchy and fascism.

@amydiehl https://mstdn.social/@amydiehl/116008903793655443

Something to consider. 🤔😅😆

@grueproof Yes, it goes:
The Lost Resolutions of January
The Nihilism of February
The Ides of March
The WTF does Ides Mean of April
The Summer of Love June
The STFU and Go Insides of July
The Fuck, We're Here Already of August
The So This, THIS is Global Warming of September
The We're all Dead of October
The Fuck, It's Almost Over of November
The Really, Another Year and Nothing Got Better, Well There's Always Next Year of December.

This video is titled "You are being misled about renewable energy technology," but as one comment said it could be called "Technology Connections talks about solar then goes nuclear".

TLDR: An hour infodump on the mathematical inevitability of solar power followed by a 30 minute crie de coeur of Hbomberguy-spitting-facts levels of incandescent rage against the fascism machine.

I've watched TC's videos for a couple years and he's always spot-on, but this video is a whole new level of amazing. Instant classic, well worth the watch, will change your life.

Don't get fooled by the fake ending at one hour – stick around for the good part. He made it with a fake ending so you could use the video to open conversations with people who really need a wake-up call, and explains that fully in the video.

https://youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM
#TechnologyConnections #SolarPower #RenewableEnergy #AbolishICE

First up for (Michigan) #BlackHistoryMonth - The Andantes! This trio made up of Louvain Demps, Jackie Hicks, and Marlene Barrow were the in-house vocal group for Motown Records. They only released one single as themselves & rarely (if ever) made concert appearances. However, The Andantes are estimated to have sung on more than 20,000 Motown songs (from motownmuseum.org)! #getsopuzzled #jigsawpuzzles #puzzler #puzzlelife #puzzlefun #michigander #michiganbusiness #michiganhistory

@javi I use @NetNewsWire, but I'm on Apple devices

I may regret this at some point, but I felt the need to put down in writing how I feel about this moment in the tech industry.

It is not kind. You may well be insulted by it. If you are... then you really should question yourself.

https://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/selfish-ai

#AI #LLM #Programming

We all admire Amsterdam for having the vision to replace car infrastructure with bike infrastructure. We see the positive uplift in small business activity, and livability. 🙂👍🏿

Now imagine doing that in reverse. Replace relatively safely walkable and bikeable infrastructure with car infrastructure. In fact, put in freeways. Demolish entire thriving wealthy neighborhoods with freeways that don't serve the neighborhood.🙃

That's what we did to Black folk. That's how we destroyed Black wealth.

Great expression that should be used more.