Cis “allies”: stop using “biological” when you mean “cis”.

#trans #transphobia #allies #transphobia

Security "experts" don't want to hear this: But forcing people to log in more often does, in fact, increase the likelihood that:

- Someone will shouldersurf your password
- People will find shortcuts to make logging in more convenient
- People will chose passwords that are least annoying to them irrespective to how secure it is
- Phishing attacks are more successful

Wages for the average American worker are actually lower than they were 50 years ago after adjusting for inflation

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/12/bernie-sanders-support-united-auto-workers-strike
#wealthinequality
#Newstodon

The backlash to Unity's new pricing model is very closely related to the WGA/SAG strikes. One of the main points of contention in the strike is that streaming platforms get to do their own reporting on stream counts, with no obligation to disclose them. Then they make compensation decisions based on those numbers. Unity is just trying to get a piece of the "we make up a number, then we send you a bill for that number" pie.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/game-developers-unite-against-unitys-new-per-install-pricing-structure/

Some people will tell you it's "too radical" or "too extreme" to say capitalism relies on hurting workers.

But what about when a millionaire CEO says it?

That's exactly what Tim Gurner said when he advocated for more unemployment and more economic pain.

https://www.jphilll.com/p/when-the-rich-tell-you-who-they-are

#chatgpt and #LLMs would be nothing without #Wikipedia

Source: https://xkcd.com/2347/ (CC BY-NC 2.5)