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LinkedIn’s notification preferences is the most user hostile shit I’ve ever seen. Dozens of communication types to uncheck, all spreaded...

LinkedIn’s notification preferences is the most user hostile shit I’ve ever seen. Dozens of communication types to uncheck, all spreaded into sections you have to enter and then go back from one by one 😠

#darkpatterns

Finally got around to delete my Twitter*, Facebook, and Instagram accounts. Feels good and was long overdue.* Fuck that moron’s obsession...

Finally got around to delete my Twitter*, Facebook, and Instagram accounts. Feels good and was long overdue.

* Fuck that moron’s obsession with « X »

What a beautiful day for a fascist to die ☀️

What a beautiful day for a fascist to die ☀️

What the fuck USA.

What the fuck USA.

WYSIPWYGBIDMTIHWhat You See Is Probably What You’ll Get But I Dunno Man, Text Is Hard

WYSIPWYGBIDMTIH

What You See Is Probably What You’ll Get But I Dunno Man, Text Is Hard

Really great step-by-step intro to Swift Concurrency if (like me) you’re coming from GDC.Thanks @mattiem...

Really great step-by-step intro to Swift Concurrency if (like me) you’re coming from GDC.
Thanks @mattiem !
https://mastodon.social/@mattiem/112960443757305197

Fundamental understanding of Swift Concurrency in a few words:https://mastodon.social/@mattiem/112942568739199244

Fundamental understanding of Swift Concurrency in a few words:
https://mastodon.social/@mattiem/112942568739199244

“There may be real, productive uses for these kinds of tools. There may be ways to build and deploy them ethically and sustainably. But...

“There may be real, productive uses for these kinds of tools. There may be ways to build and deploy them ethically and sustainably. But that's not the situation with the instances we have. AI, as it's been built today, is a tool to sell out our collective futures in order to enrich already wealthy people. They like to frame it as being akin to nuclear science. But we should really see it as being more like fossil fuels.”

https://jenniferplusplus.com/losing-the-imitation-game/

#ai #generativeAI #genAI #turing #turingtest

« When these actions were ranked by their actual impact on emissions, recycling was third-from-bottom and low-energy light bulbs were last....

« When these actions were ranked by their actual impact on emissions, recycling was third-from-bottom and low-energy light bulbs were last. None of the top-three options selected by people appeared in the “real” top three when ranked by greenhouse gas reductions […] »

#ecology #recycling #climatechange #vegan #vegetarian

https://www.wired.com/story/eco-friendly-myth/

I just realized that using mastofeed to subscribe to a RSS feed on mastodon makes the toots visible to all my followers 😬 So, sorry for...

I just realized that using mastofeed to subscribe to a RSS feed on mastodon makes the toots visible to all my followers 😬
So, sorry for the spam with the freegamesfinders toots during the last few weeks! I've disabled it.

See also this reddit thread : https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/178dkpn/mac_safari_freezes/

See also this reddit thread : https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/178dkpn/mac_safari_freezes/

Since updating Safari to 17.0, the Duckduckgo result page sometime kind of "freezes". I filled FB13288171 if some Apple folks want...

Since updating Safari to 17.0, the Duckduckgo result page sometime kind of "freezes". I filled FB13288171 if some Apple folks want to take a look.

Did I stumble on an easter egg in @panic Nova's about dialog ? 😄

Did I stumble on an easter egg in @panic Nova's about dialog ? 😄

"But oh my god, people won’t stop writing or creating or performing, and they won’t stop coding, either, not the ones who love it...

"But oh my god, people won’t stop writing or creating or performing, and they won’t stop coding, either, not the ones who love it and are passionate about it, certainly not because AOL Instant Essayist can, too. That shit is compulsive."
https://catvalente.substack.com/p/the-great-replacement-not-that-one

Wait, why did I watch this? 😅https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcJSW7Rprio (via @kornel)

Wait, why did I watch this? 😅

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcJSW7Rprio (via @kornel)

"For most of the past decade, I have spent a considerable fraction of my professional life consulting with teams building on the web.It...

"For most of the past decade, I have spent a considerable fraction of my professional life consulting with teams building on the web.

It is not going well."

https://infrequently.org/2023/02/the-market-for-lemons

"Knowing that the hype for generative AI will get desperate is helpful even if you do think it’s the greatest invention of the...

"Knowing that the hype for generative AI will get desperate is helpful even if you do think it’s the greatest invention of the millennium because criticism and discourse is essential to improve it." https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/ai-is-a-hail-mary-pass/

« Worry less about elegance and perfection; instead strive for continuous improvement and creating a livable system that your team enjoys...

« Worry less about elegance and perfection; instead strive for continuous improvement and creating a livable system that your team enjoys working in and sustainably delivers value. »

https://www.simplethread.com/20-things-ive-learned-in-my-20-years-as-a-software-engineer/

TIL about /usr/bin/json_pp, a program that reformats JSON passed on stdin. It’s here by default on macOS!

TIL about /usr/bin/json_pp, a program that reformats JSON passed on stdin. It’s here by default on macOS!

« Your stack is unlikely to ever be the “main character” your customers rave about it »...

« Your stack is unlikely to ever be the “main character” your customers rave about it » https://hoho.com/posts/your-stack-is-not-the-product/