Mastodawn

After 11 years, today is my last day at Square/CashApp/Block. Easily the best job I've had, but all things change over time and given recent events now felt right. Time to actually enjoy some of my hobbies.

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brianpartridge Mar 9

@aliceaponasko thanks, I wasn’t impacted, but still reeling. Hope you’re well!

brianpartridge Feb 27

Some bad choices were made, so to address that a new bad choice was made. Now a bunch of people that I care about are suffering. What a block head!

brianpartridge Feb 21

OH
Mom: Oh they have bingo, do you want to go play bingo tonight?
7yo: Yes I love bingo.
3yo: I love Bluey so much.

brianpartridge Feb 12

Gordon Fontenot Feb 12

When you hear leadership say things like “AI is going to exponentially increase your ability to have impact, which is going to mean the product improves faster and the company does better” you should make note of how that is literally never followed by “and so therefore your compensation will also be increasing exponentially to take this increased impact into account”

brianpartridge Jan 12

Playing the chorus from APT. as Judd Apatow’s entrance music at the Golden Globes was just perfect.

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brianpartridge Jan 9

@molly0xfff Angus must be in the difficult position of trying to avoid folks reusing signs from the No Kings protests.

brianpartridge Nov 21

Stefan Bohacek Nov 20

EDIT: The Malwarebytes article has been updated:

"After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case."

This confusion could've been easily avoided if Google was more clear in how they communicate with their users.

ORIGINAL:

PSA to anyone who uses Gmail!

"Reportedly, Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. This means your emails could be analyzed to improve Google’s AI assistants, like Smart Compose or AI-generated replies. Unless you decide to take action."

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/11/gmail-is-reading-your-emails-and-attachments-to-train-its-ai-unless-you-turn-it-off

#gmail #AI

[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"

Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.

Malwarebytes

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brianpartridge Nov 4

@tvaziri hey, that’s My Girl

brianpartridge Oct 22

So are there 9 nails that are each 1 inch long or an undisclosed number of nails that are 9 inches long?