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There was a lot of repetition in that document. Kind of like a Catholic service. It would be nice to see the IRS do something good for once. Seems like they have an opportunity here.

IIRC, the mouse pointer turning into a hand when you mouse over something clickable was original to HyperCard. And I think Brendan Eich was under a heavy influence of HyperTalk when created JavaScript.

Hanford.

No. I speak out, and I don't feel safe. It takes courage.

good to know

> It's very rare to see any kind of sensible research when it comes to the science part of CS.

Have you discovered the work of Victor Basili?

Jason Kottke is a well-known developer, and I find his sentiment of being ashamed to be an american resonating.

Ketamine.

Thank you, dang. I think you've done the right thing here, and I'm sure you're also under a lot of stress right now. Thanks for having faith in the community to discuss this amicably.

honestly, having my head in the sand has been keeping me sane… but I acknowledge the coup. Just not sure what I can do, beyond that. Our country has been genocidal since its founding. So, not to be too cynical here, but, same shit, different day, I guess.

Musk Apparently Gutting America

seconded

would you participate in a general strike?

This is a coup. Shit, Fan. Fan, Shit.

i feel like Musk’s trajectory (and his companies, by extension) in the next few months is going to inform us about just how fascist the united states have become. my guess is that it’s actually pretty bad already, and Tesla stock won’t drop by more than 10%. hope I’m wrong

Swap your smartphone for a flip phone. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/what-happened-when-4-teens-swa...

“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.” -- John Stuart Mill

Well, you know, we're having to deal a lot with our own superiority complexes, suffering the disparaging attitudes of our peers, the need to re-invent wheels in the browser without ever having learned much in the way of UI fundamentals, and a constantly shifting baseline of browser APIs, bells, and whistles. And if that weren't enough, we also have an unending supply of amazingly clever developers releasing new frameworks that compete for mind- and market-share every season. Which is to say, yes, we do think of boiling it all down to something sensible, and some part of ourselves have, but many others of us are too busy in our unspecialized part-jobs, maintaining the health of our now-teams, to piece it all together in a way that makes enough grammatical sense for the LLMs to understand. It certainly could be a bubble, sure, but it looks more like an ocean to us.

highly recommend “Coders at Work”

1984

then you're on the right website! ...though maybe not in the right thread...

Have you checked out Backdrop CMS? https://backdropcms.org/

the term "open source" was a concession to business interests (closed, proprietary) from the beginning[0]. We don't need open AI; we need free AI.

0. https://opensource.com/article/18/2/coining-term-open-source...

These things take time to sort out. Anyone moving platforms now, due to the drama, isn't going to show up in surveys/polls until after they've migrated. And depending on the size of their site, a migration could take the better part of a year. I expect we'll see how the sands are shifting by next July.

uncanny silicon valley

I like the state sensor idea, more than the airtag bracelet. But ultimately I think this is a regulatory disaster. Let the new parents put their babies in the front passenger seat again, and you stop the problem at the source. Humans are creatures of habit, and these stories of parents losing their children because of a stupid law is too tragic to bear.

hmm.. no, I don't think it is all on your side, sad to say. I was with you until I read this message you sent to Heather Brunner:

>> If you decline, on Monday morning, I tell Greg Mondres: * Lee's refusal to negotiate terms to resolve our conflict. * Your interviewing with Automattic over the past year. * I will possibly tell the press all of the above.

That's just so obviously threatening and uncalled for. Even if Brunner were considering jumping ship, you shouldn't threaten someone into accepting an offer.

Now, you don't know me from Adam, but I want you to strongly, strongly consider that this thing that you've been afraid of happening, has actually already happened. And that is, that you have become Evil Matt -- with the little horns on your head and everything. And to get back to being Good Matt, you're going to have to let some things go.

"No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it." -- Charles Schulz

I'll second that.

You might find this site useful: https://alife.org/

Hi Pablo, I agree w/ thetopher that this needs more transparency. If you're happy to show your receipts to date, you should do so on the website. Also, offer a way to contact you (email, phone, something) that isn't twitter.