It is once again time to give thanks to Brian Fox, the Black American programmer that has given us BASH and `echo`! Thank you for your INCREDIBLE contributions to open source software, Unix, and Linux. It literally would not be the same without you […] [Original post on social.smallhack.org]

This is very on-brand for #Shopify: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/shopify-ceo-tobi-lutke-criticizes-canadas-response-to-us-tariffs/ar-AA1yhxJ1

Imagine being so genuinely empty as a human being that you support a regime that conducts mass deportations and runs concentration camps because they support Bitcoin.

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/academics-alberta-covid-report “Talbot said if an undergrad student handed the report in, he’d give it a failing grade. He described it as “amazingly badly put together.”

Today's macOS and iOS updates are important for security, but if you're trying to stay away from the Apple Intelligence beta then know that it automatically opts you in, even if you've previously turned it down. On macOS, go to System Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri > and turn off that toggle.

Hello Friends, my current contract role wraps up at the end of January, so I am looking to get #FediHired FT or PT in the arena of Internet of Things #IoT , Embedded Systems, and Making Friends With The Robot Overlords When They Were Babies. I have an electronics and advanced manufacturing lab […]

Well, this seems as good a time as any to post that I am seeking PhD students to join my research group in Regina, Canada. My current research projects involve: * Gradual dependently typed languages * Improved semantics and ergonomics for dependent pattern matching and termination * Improving […]

I do some consulting and advising. In recent years, businesspeople have repeatedly asked about the state of LLMs and what they should do. The shortest answer: “It’s over-invested.” Expanding a bit: “It will do useful things but not as much as people think and not valuable enough to get people […]

Ah, another tasty Late-Capitalism flavor: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-private-equity-fire-truck-roll

Did a Private Equity Fire Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires?

During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat in the boneyard, waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier.

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"But DEI is good for businesses, diverse teams are more productive, don't you see?" That's not a humane or progressive argument. "Look you can extract more if you do this" is fucking busines advice. That's McKinsey shit and has no place here.

We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer on the @securedrop team at @freedomofpress. SecureDrop is open source whistleblowing software. The project is at a critical inflection point as we get ready to build the next-gen version based on a modern cryptographic protocol. 100% remote, full-time […]

I don't know how much clearer it needs to be for any pro-"AI" academics than the collusion of government and tech giants announcing $500b in funding for "AI to cure cancer" while simultaneously preparing to gut the NIH: you are digging your own grave.

Nice - and also, $12,000 for PHP Coding Standards (PHPCS) and $24,000 for the PHP Foundation #php https://mastodon.social/@therepository/113869635643622877

It's just an amazing coincidence, folks! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/amazon-warehouse-closures-quebec-1.7438078

Every now and again I remember that the Super Brain Genius Number One Special Boy Who Really Wishes Actual Engineers Would Take Him Seriously got shitcanned from PayPal because he thought it was a good idea to ditch UNIX and move to Windows NT

We received a lot of strong applications for our Senior Front-end role at @Mastodon, but @inga_nomads and I would like to see more diverse candidates in our initial pool. Do you know of any communities (forum, Slack, Discord, newsletter…) with a diverse audience and a focus on front-end […]

Can confirm--you have to open a ticket with Google support to disable the new Gemini LLM garbage Google shoved into Gmail, Drive, etc, for Workspace. <sigh> https://www.reddit.com/r/gsuite/comments/1i3lo46/how_to_turn_off_gemini_for_workspace_the_real_deal/

"I'm not really a fascist, I'm just kissing the ring and goimg along because shareholder value" is the "I was just following orders" of our time.

FFS, please stop holding your conferences in places legitimately unsafe for a percentage of your members.

It's the same thing as I keep telling people to do when they see big promises of what Blockchain or AI is gonna do. Ask yourself: Is this actually real? Has the FreeOurFeeds campaign told you how giving them 4 or 30 Million USD frees anyone (including feeds)? Is that realistic given the […]

Given how little support "FreeOurFeeds" is getting (45976 USD raised from 751 people) even with all the support by famous talking heads and media it makes sense that the project now tries to shame people into donating using the term "ideological purity" (which is very close to the right-wing […]

One of the challenges in software engineering is knowing what is and what isn't your problem to solve. This means knowing what you should write, vs. use a library, what you should test vs. mock, what you need to document vs defer, etc. Sadly, I think this mindset really took with the Tech Bros […]