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Software Engineer. Musician. Lifelong Learner.

“If you come across a bear, never push a slower friend down, even if you feel the friendship has run its course.”

National Park Service, 2023

@vertigo @djsundog @DoctorDeathray Let me know when this airs… I’ll be sure to record it 💀🥁🎸🎤🎧☕️ 🍑

The success of a search engine depends on two interrelated things—accuracy and trust.

I’m flabbergasted that Google and Bing are perfectly willing to squander their reserves of both.

🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/19914

@Alexandros2112 the Eagles D did their job… too bad the refs decided to get involved in determining the outcome.
@paco_jones congrats!
@geoffreylitt great post... thanks for sharing and thanks for embedding a mastodon link!

Some reflections on my experience building the Twemex browser extension, and why tweaking existing software can be nice:

https://www.geoffreylitt.com/2023/01/08/for-your-next-side-project-make-a-browser-extension.html

For your next side project, make a browser extension

Reflections on the benefits of tweaking an existing app, instead of starting from scratch.

“Mansplaining as a service.” Spot on.

Quoting @andrewfeeney: https://phpc.social/@andrewfeeney/109466122845775778

Andrew Feeney (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Christine Lemmer-Webber (@[email protected]) described ChatGPT as Mansplaining As A Service, and honestly I can’t think of a better description. A service that instantly generates vaguely plausible sounding yet totally fabricated and baseless lectures in an instant with unflagging confidence in its own correctness on any topic, without concern, regard or even awareness of the level of expertise of its audience.

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The Neocolonial Game Behind Musk-Bolsonaro Rendezvous

There was more to South African billionaire Elon Musk’s already bizarre meeting with Brazilian neofascist president Jair Bolsonaro than met the eye.

Progressive International

Asking for help from the #OSINT community here on #Mastodon!

We in #Brazil need urgently to gather all the #tweets being posted by the #terrorists attacking our #democracy, particularly those containing #geotag.

Relevant coordinates: -15.8005489,-47.8618812