Reposts from 27 January 2024

Oof, just heard about a massive dick move scenario for corporations that somehow hadn't occurred to me before: 1) Mandatory Return to Office 2) Employee moves to be near office 3) Employee is laid off Like, seriously, fuck these companies into the sun

It *really* grosses me out when I see/hear YouTubers and Podcasters promoting BetterHelp. They should have gone out of business when this happened. https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/2023169-betterhelp-inc-matter https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/03/ftc-ban-betterhelp-revealing-consumers-data-including-sensitive-mental-health-information-facebook

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Talking to people about your big rewrite/re-architecture project feels a bit like talking to people about your imaginary friend — people are really polite about it but keeping giving you that “are you serious?” look

Please, don't force me to log in. One aspect of software enshittification that really grinds my gears is that more and more apps require you to create accounts and login. https://hamatti.org/posts/please-dont-force-me-to-log-in/

gaze not into the abyss, for they shall make you the editor of the international standard of abyssal management

If you've ever wondered why some Wi-Fi is free (like in hotels), it's because typically data about your browsing is sold to countless ad companies that will happily buy it. Had to use the hotel WiFi recently on a trip, and after clicking "agree" to their terms of service, the Little Snitch firewall on my Mac went bonkers. I must have denied 20-30 outbound requests to advertising networks. It still worked, though, so I'm guessing I didn't manage to block all of it.