Mastodawn

James Crake-Merani Sep 19, 2024

Steve Teixeira Jul 13, 2024

I was unfortunately compelled to file a lawsuit against my current employer, Mozilla Corporation, for discrimination due to my cancer diagnosis. If you'd like to understand the details, you can read this write-up in GeekWire, which includes the full text of my legal complaint.
https://www.geekwire.com/2024/mozillas-product-chief-sues-the-firefox-maker-alleging-discrimination-after-cancer-diagnosis/

Mozilla’s product chief sues the Firefox maker, alleging discrimination after cancer diagnosis

Steve Teixeira, Mozilla chief product officer. (Photo by Dan DeLong for Mozilla.) Steve Teixeira, a former Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter executive in

GeekWire

James Crake-Merani Jul 16, 2024

mcc Jul 15, 2024

Unicode consortium anticipating user needs for 2025 https://mastodon.world/@emojipedia/112792287882844419

Emojipedia (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Draft Emoji 16.0 Design: Face with Bags Under Eyes #WorldEmojiDay https://emojipedia.org/face-with-bags-under-eyes

Mastodon

James Crake-Merani Jun 27, 2024

Terence Eden Jun 27, 2024

TicketMaster have sent out an email about their recent breach.

In it, they warn users to be wary of emails with suspicious links.

All the links in the TicketMaster email go via… BitLy!

#CyberSecurity #TicketMaster #Irony

James Crake-Merani Jun 25, 2024

Terence Eden Jun 25, 2024

I received this stunningly good job advert from LinkedIn.

Sadly, I can't take it up.

Perhaps one of you would like to work for "absolute monarchy U.K"?

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3905148508/

absolute monarchy U.K hiring Government Affairs Specialist in England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn

Posted 9:06:38 AM. Tips: Provide a summary of the role, what success in the position looks like, and how this role…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

James Crake-Merani Jun 16, 2024

Egon Willigh☮gen 🟥Jun 11, 2024

we should have an international "switching software" day, https://switching.software/

switching.software

Ethical, easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives to well-known software

switching.software

James Crake-Merani Sep 3, 2023

Tom Walker Sep 1, 2023

Do not trust AI to tell you which mushrooms to pick.

By extension, you can no longer trust Amazon results for that, or Google results either.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/01/mushroom-pickers-urged-to-avoid-foraging-books-on-amazon-that-appear-to-be-written-by-ai

Mushroom pickers urged to avoid foraging books on Amazon that appear to be written by AI

Sample of books scored 100% on AI detection test as experts warn they contain dangerous advice

The Guardian

James Crake-Merani Jul 30, 2023

Terence Eden Jul 30, 2023

Finally found a good way to show off all my old conference lanyards & random badges.

James Crake-Merani Jul 25, 2023

Terence Eden Jul 25, 2023

For the avoidance of doubt, this is how *not* to design a dialling code selection dialogue.

#UI #UX

James Crake-Merani Apr 9, 2023

sjvn Apr 8, 2023

All languages have an intrinsic problem. All.

James Crake-Merani Feb 15, 2023

This article (currently at the top of Hacker News) is absolute gold, and is great if you need a good laugh!

https://simonwillison.net/2023/Feb/15/bing/

Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first”

Last week, Microsoft announced the new AI-powered Bing: a search interface that incorporates a language model powered chatbot that can run searches for you and summarize the results, plus do …

Simon Willison’s Weblog