"The jobs that can be replaced with AI are the jobs that companies already gave up on doing well. If you've already outsourced your customer service to an overseas call-center whose workers are not empowered to solve any of your customers' problems, why not fire those workers and replace them with chatbots? The chatbots also can't solve anyone's problems, and they're even cheaper than overseas call-center workers"

Eccellent analysis by @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/29/worker-frightening-machines/#robots-stole-your-jerb-kinda

omg, THIS

I was bordering on apoplectic when I first heard about K-12 teachers forbidding students from using Wikipedia but then teaching them to use LLMs.

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https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-its-me-wikipedia-and-i-am-ready-for-your-apology

Scientists have been studying remote work for 4 years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us thrive”

"The four-year lens shows a real shift: flexible schedules raise well-being, protect focus, and support steady results. People sleep longer, commute less, eat better, and give more time to family. Because managers reward outcomes, trust grows and meetings get sharper. That is how remote work changes daily life without lowering standards."

Source: https://archive.li/URhbv

I gave a talk recently and touched on the topic of PWAs and was sad when most of the questions were about 'how did you convince the stakeholders to actually do a PWA'? This makes me think that web developers collectively do have the knowledge and desire to build better things with web technology, but the Grifter Circle has convinced them that no, you need an app for everything.

I'm not really sure what the solution is, perhaps we staple @slightlyoff's blog posts to the stakeholders foreheads?

Thinking of this classic* @smbccomics during 'Cybersecurity Awareness Month'

*From 2012 (!?)

https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2526

#cybersecurity