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josef Jul 26, 2025

i think the best way to use LLMs is this: don't type into the AI chatbot's input field. instead, write a description of the problem in a text file. work through the specifics of what you want to accomplish, and how you'd go about doing it. once you've got a few hundred words of ideas and planning, you can go back to the empty, unused AI tab and close it. then begin doing the work yourself. consider sending your notes to friends or experts. when you're done, remember to thank them for their help!

Dan Wing 4h ago

javi 8h ago

I didn't realize the facebook execs Mozilla acqui-hired last year have been promoted! I was assuming they were still just heading the ads division of Mozilla, but oh boy, I fucking wish.

Now the former Senior VP of Marketing of facebook (2008-2022, the finest years of facebook) is the CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER of the entire Mozilla.

And the former VP of Ads in Facebook (2012-2022), is now the Senior VP of Product of Mozilla.

Let me repeat this:

The guy who used to lead the facebook team that was literally "advertising to teenagers based on their emotional state" is now the guy who decides the direction of Firefox as a product. But hey, let's keep giving Mozilla the benefit of the doubt uh? I'm sure these people-who-should-be-on-trial-in-the-hague are going to do great things for the community!

Mozilla Leadership

Mozilla

Dan Wing 4h ago

jwz 6h ago

DNA Lounge Update, Wherein our long SVOG audit nightmare is finally over
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/03/25.html?utm_source=sp_ma

Dan Wing 4h ago

Mr.Mark "The Sharpie King"11h ago

🤪

Dan Wing 6h ago

Ars Technica 10h ago

Google bumps up Q Day estimate to 2029, far sooner than previously thought
Company warns entire industry to move off RSA and EC more quickly.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/google-bumps-up-q-day-estimate-to-2029-far-sooner-than-previously-thought/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Dan Wing 8h ago

Rob Landley 9h ago

This is a shakedown. You bribe him to get on the approved list.

https://mastodon.social/@tiffanycli/116290215015902127

Next up is raspberry pi class devices.

They're eliminating general purpose computing devices so next ice deployment the resistance can't anonymously coordinate on signal because your government ID is tied to your device and it's legally required to dox you in all communications.

Dan Wing 19h ago

Dmitry O.

2d ago

AI rapidly increases speed of the first 90% of software development. But still, you’ll have to do the remaining 90% yourself.

Dan Wing 19h ago

gclef Mar 17

5.5 tonnes per hour is the amount of methane emitted by a single oil and gas site in the United States — equivalent to running about a million SUVs — according to an analysis that names and shames the worst methane leakers in the world.

The super-polluting plumes from oil and gas facilities have a colossal heating impact on the climate but often result from poor maintenance and can be simple to fix.

It is "maddening" that such easy action to fight the climate crisis is not being taken. People should be angry.

Stopping the leaks can even be free, given that captured gas can be sold – methane is the "natural gas" that fires power stations.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/17/revealed-world-worst-methane-leaks-global-heating

#Methane #Emissions #Climate #FossilFuels #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Science #Nature

Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating

Exclusive: Fixing a leak can be simple and equivalent to closing a coal power station, making lack of action maddening, say analysts

The Guardian

Dan Wing 21h ago

DocAtCDI Mar 17

What do you call a bunch of crows inside a tent?

Murder within tent.

Dan Wing 23h ago

AkaSci 🛰️1d ago

Paul Krugman:

"When officers of a company or people close to them exploit confidential information for personal financial gain, that’s (illegal) insider trading. But we have another word for situations in which people with access to confidential info regarding national security exploit that info for profit. That word is “treason.”

There’s a broader lesson here: You can’t trust a corrupt govt to protect national security. And our govt is now utterly corrupt."

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/treason-in-the-futures-markets?r=4bv4c
#UsPol

Treason in the Futures Markets

People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets

Paul Krugman