If ever there was an argument against Intelligent Design it's the annual year release process. I mean, zero QA, no pre-release checks. They just YOLO whatever random crap got merged into the next year and don't care.
It's all very simple, you see. You're just confusing the entity named Mozilla with one of the four other entities it set up, all of which are also named Mozilla
The cognitive dissonance of people eschewing Mozilla cos of AI and big salaries and a problematic CEO
And suggesting people move to Brave
The crypto browser that also does AI
The browser who is available through Epic Games Store
Taking some share of ad revenue for itself instead of giving it to who it’s supposed to
Suggesting affiliate links in the address bar
The browser that’s installing pay to use software on Windows machines without asking for consent
Helmed by Brendan Eich
You know, the JavaScript creator
Oh but he’s also the guy ousted as Mozilla’s CEO for donating to anti lgtbq propositions
the same guy who seems to hold Covid conspiracy theories in his head
Please use a fucking search engine some time
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If you are unhappy with using Firefox OR Chrome, there is a perfectly also-problematic-as-hell browser owned by a homophobe, crypto-twat, and Covid denier right there waiting. You're welcome.
2023 was a decent year for me. With the kids now 1 and 3 I think I finally started to realize I’m a dad (!!) with all the responsibilities that come with that, and I started to adapt (way less travel, etc). Professionally, I’m really happy with what me and @charlieegan3 have accomplished during quite a turbulent year. And of course #Regal, the linter for #Rego that I started work on in January, and which now has a small community of users and contributors. Happy new year everyone! 🥂❤️
As someone coming off a decade of working there, I can tell you with some confidence that “you should use Firefox despite Mozilla’s leadership” is far more true and has been true far longer than you realize.
But you should also understand that original market-share vs ceo salary meme is a creation of Brendan Eich, presumably born of a grudge, and notably elided his tenure as CTO, during which the worst of that decline happened.
You should still use Firefox though.
Can’t believe they’re going to roll 2024 out to Production late on a Sunday, right before a public holiday, without testing it in Staging, and without fixing any of the bugs in 2023.
In this episode of the Mechanical Ink podcast, Schalk Neethling interviews Brian (bdougie) Douglas, the founder of Open Sauced. They delve into the significance of open-source contributions and the impact of tools like Open Sauced in providing comprehensive insights and analytics for open-source projects.
With 2023 quickly ending, I wanted to share five life lessons I learnt over the last 12 months. This is the eighth year I have written a “lessons learnt” post. If you want to return in ti…
@jwz@mastodon.social @foxhkron@cybre.club while the conclusions are correct, I do ponder whether we should be driving traffic to Bryan Lunduke, who is basically an alt-right tech personality.
@ariadne@treehouse.systems @jwz@mastodon.social @foxhkron@cybre.club also, If Lunduke writes something, it's probably a carefully curated set of facts garnished with bias
Tool to achieve policy driven vetting of open source dependencies - GitHub - safedep/vet: Tool to achieve policy driven vetting of open source dependencies
Own your own website. Own your mailing list. Own your newsletter. Own your blog and prioritise your RSS feed.
This is the stuff that works in the long term.
Chasing virality on every new shiny platform is a waste of time.
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I don't think we'll ever get private offices again because tech workers are uniquely stupid when it comes to recognizing their own lack of individual power and too proud and full of hubris to admit that they would benefit from the power of collective bargaining
Mozilla 2023 Annual Report: CEO pay skyrockets, while Firefox Marketshare nosedives: Earlier this year, Mozilla laid out their vision for the future of their organization -- and it did not include Firefox. The focus for the future of Mozilla -- according to Mozilla -- is primarily based around Artificial Intelligence services. In fact, Mozilla leadership stated, quite plainly, that they ...
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#Mozilla asks for donations to reach half of their CEO's yearly salary, while people are getting laid off. Seems to me that the solution is simple.
“I just had this weird feeling that my money wasn’t safe here anymore.” — Sneakers
Some people wondered about my vague microblog post last week. I didn’t post the details because I didn’t know …
Nitpick with some modern web services: I don’t like the trend of expiring URLs, like temp S3 resources for profile photos. It makes caching more difficult. In everything I design, I assume that a …
In the 14+ years we’ve been making The Changelog podcast, it has never gone viral. I’m not here to complain about that! We’ve had tons of success with our shows and I’m super grateful that we get to make awesome developer pods for a living. I do think the fact is interesting, though, and worth exploring. Hopefully this...
I work at a standing desk, which has done great things for my back and neck.
But it leads me to say things like "I can't write any more today because my legs are tired," which is a funny sentence.
This is in no way a brag, but in reference to my earlier thread on take Covid seriously: I just paid 200 quid to move my trip to Berlin (that’s supposed to start tomorrow) back five days in the hope that Esther will not be testing negative after her Covid then rebound Covid.
And if she is still, then I am unable to get a refund.
We haven’t seen each other since October, we’ve both spent the holidays alone, and live alone. My mental health is affected and surely hers is too. But going there whilst she’s sick just gets me sick and then people on the plane sick.
This is not a post about how good I am, this a post to say hey yeah I get it it’s fucking frustrating that this debilitating virus is still fucking our lives up four years later. But by taking care, I can stop myself and others from getting sick.
Obviously I can afford it, but I’m afraid that even if you can’t afford to reschedule, going would cost you in other ways.
Jamie Tanna
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