Recommended read: GitHub Copilot investigation · Joseph Saveri Law Firm & Matthew Butterick https://githubcopilotinvestigation.com/
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I don't want it to exist at all lmao, it's an ethical clusterfuck
Senior Oops Engineer (@ReinH)Wed, 03 Aug 2022 20:18 +0000
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buried in github's settings (Settings -> Code Pilot) is this opt-out that y'all should probably click
Senior Oops Engineer (@ReinH)Wed, 03 Aug 2022 03:07 +0000
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and there it is. github takes all our free code, puts it in a blender, uses us for free QA on the result, and finally turns around and charges for it
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Looks like GitHub Copilot is going public as a paid product! I have to admit that their "first hit is free" strategy worked perfectly, writing code without it is now somewhat painful and I'll happily pay for it
Brendan Dolan-Gavitt (@moyix)Tue, 21 Jun 2022 18:50 +0000
eevee (@eevee)Tue, 21 Jun 2022 19:50 +0000
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If you’re a developer working on this quit your job.
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a school library system vendor has "begun working on" the ability to automatically notify parents when their kids check a book out of the school library and to allow parents to prevent kids their kids from checking out books on certain topics. this..............sucks twitter.com/yo_bj/status/1…Talya Cooper (@talya_cooper)Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:40 +0000
Sacha Judd (@sachajudd)Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:41 +0000
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Was just asked to apply to be a Google Women Techmakers Ambassador. No way. I am not using the little social reach I have to promote the harmful work of Google. And using inclusivity to draw women (or any marginalised folk) into promoting Google is 🤮Laura Kalbag (@LauraKalbag)Wed, 30 Mar 2022 09:44 +0000
Recommended read: Open source ‘protestware’ harms Open Source https://opensource.org/open-source-protestware-harms-open-source
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People questioning whether testing positive for a potentially deadly or disabling disease, keeping it a secret, and then showing up at an industry social gathering unmasked should be a career-ending offense and, yes. That person is almost certainly unsafe in numerous other ways.
Dana Fried (@leftoblique)Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:37 GMT
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Recommended read: Russian plugin, go fuck yourself – Hi, I’m Heather Burns https://webdevlaw.uk/2022/03/25/russian-plugin-go-fuck-yourself/
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Interesting to find out that during every radicalized election, every genocide, every riot around the world over the last 10 years, huge tech platforms could have swiftly identified disinformation and malicious propaganda and paused their distribution of it, but they didn't.
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Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, we’re blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and Sputnik across Europe, effective immediately. It’ll take time for our systems to fully ramp up. Our teams continue to monitor the situation around the clock to take swift action.
Google Europe (@googleeurope)Tue, 01 Mar 2022 08:15 GMT
Ryan Broderick (@broderick)Tue, 01 Mar 2022 16:29 GMT
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1,248 mile (1,085 NM) flight from AUS to VNY ~ 1,375 gallons (5,206 liters). ~ 9,218 pds (4,181 kg) of jet fuel used. ~ $7,069 cost of fuel. ~ 15 tons of CO2 emissions.Elon Musk's Jet (@ElonJet)Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:30 GMT
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Tech has an ethics issue so deep People sit in rooms enabling harm as a day job, society normalises harm and it becomes woven into schools, work, finance, leisure And we are so unused to challenges to harm that we find them exceptional and more shocking than the harm itselfStella (@RisuToInu)Sun, 13 Feb 2022 11:31 GMT
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Cancelling a subscription in protest is the only way consumers can make their voices heard. It's not "cancel culture". It's called capitalism. The very thing most of these right-wing podcasters advocate for. And guess what, the pressure is working.
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Spotify is more confused about Joe Rogan than ever trib.al/piG3LpkThe Verge (@verge)Tue, 08 Feb 2022 07:11 GMT
Kieran McHugh (@kieranmch)Tue, 08 Feb 2022 19:45 GMT
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I wouldn't go within 100 yards of this guy lest he uses the gumroad user database to creep on you
Tevruden Dawnspear💙 (@tevruden)Sat, 05 Feb 2022 21:12 GMT
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Yikes yikes yikes. A tech CEO looking up users’ PII in their DB, to snipe at them on twitter.
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I wouldn't go within 100 yards of this guy lest he uses the gumroad user database to creep on you
Tevruden Dawnspear💙 (@tevruden)Sat, 05 Feb 2022 21:12 GMT
Kelly Ellis 💉💉💉 (@justkelly_ok)Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:04 GMT
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Also, props to the developers working with Team17 who came out immediately to say they disapproved of this scheme.
Charkie (@charkie)Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:11 GMT
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The road to hell begins with the statement “hey, we’ve got all this data…”
Surveillance Killjoy (@hypervisible)Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:42 GMT
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The @spotify call on Rogan is the same decision that all social and content platforms make daily: Disinformation & conspiracies are more profitable than facts. Terrible opinions are more profitable than art. Amplifying the loudest is more profitable than promoting the smartest.Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants)Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:29 GMT
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“I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify," Joni Mitchell wrote. "Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.” bit.ly/3ub1DkkVariety (@Variety)Sat, 29 Jan 2022 03:30 GMT
Very excited for this Thursday's PHPMiNDS about How to make digital technology more sustainable from @hanopcon
With the ongoing decline of the climate emergency, as well as the increased usage of cryptocurrencies, there's definitely something to think about in terms of how we improve our impact on this dying world
More details can be found on their website or via Meetup
Recommended read: The right to delete: how faker.js exposed the fragile nature of open source culture, again https://www.thegingerviking.com/the-right-to-delete-fakerjs-fragile-nature-open-source/
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Last week, we tweeted a reminder that Mozilla accepts cryptocurrency donations. This led to an important discussion about cryptocurrency’s environmental impact. We’re listening, and taking action. 1/4
Mozilla (@mozilla)Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:30 GMT
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I would say "Did a diamond pay you to write this" but it looks like they did.
filmed on location in sunny Arrakis (@BrasTheSpaz)Tue, 04 Jan 2022 13:29 GMT
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👍🏻 For folks looking for concrete and impactful steps they can take that aren’t personal: divest from using Facebook tech in your projects. Vote with your tech stack. twitter.com/quinnypig/stat…Post details
Let me be clear: I think the company is molten garbage, but that's a very different thing than dunking on the humans who work there. I don't want to be remembered for a lack of empathy towards other people.Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig)Thu, 30 Dec 2021 02:17 GMT
Zach Leatherman (@zachleat)Thu, 30 Dec 2021 17:55 GMT
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Reminder: Zuckerberg actually formed a fake business designed to trick Hawaiians into selling their land to him by making them think they were selling it to a Hawaiian owned farm, when in reality there was no farm and they were selling the land to a fucking haole.
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.@Facebook founder buys more #Kauai land, including Ka Loko Reservoir 808ne.ws/3eq7mtfStar-Advertiser (@StarAdvertiser)Sun, 26 Dec 2021 19:30 GMT
Keggoat (@bawleon)Mon, 27 Dec 2021 15:33 GMT
Recommended read: The Uncanny Valley of Consent - when advertising gets creepy https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2016/12/the-uncanny-valley-of-consent-when-advertising-gets-creepy/
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This was my opinion of Elf On A Shelf in 2017. If anything my view has strengthened. It is immoral, on many levels.
𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿 ᶦˢ ˢᵗᶦˡˡ ᵘⁿᶜᵒⁿᵛᶦⁿᶜᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ᵇˡᵒᶜᵏᶜʰᵃᶦⁿ (@alexbloor)Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:45 GMT
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As Kelloggs moves to redesign their products with their signature name on it, here are a list of their products that you can boycott. Support @BCTGM!Post details
Our data show that consumers routinely focus on the visual of the Pop-Tarts brand name, so we simplified the package design by removing "Kellogg's".
Kellogg's (@KelloggsUS)Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:28 GMT
Cory Provost (@coryprovost)Sat, 18 Dec 2021 16:31 GMT
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PSA: Do not use EAP therapy resources. This is some of the legislation we are working on in Washington... hopefully federally. @chelseyglasson brought it to light that Google is using her EAP therapy notes against her... and the fact that they had access at all is alarming.Post details
Apple VP Deirdre O'Brien sent a video to retail staff acknowledging that this has been a uniquely challenging time but that store NPS is the highest it’s been. She also said the company has a “wide range of mental health resources” on the People Site. She announced…1/
Zoë Schiffer (@ZoeSchiffer)Sat, 11 Dec 2021 22:12 GMT
Cher Scarlett (@cherthedev)Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:51 GMT
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Yikes. TL;DR: Employee talks to HR about discrimination. Google suggests (on-campus) counseling. Google has access to notes from those sessions (!!) and used them against her in court (!!!). So much for that employer-provided "perk". Story here: nytimes.com/2021/07/28/us/…Post details
PSA: Do not use EAP therapy resources. This is some of the legislation we are working on in Washington... hopefully federally. @chelseyglasson brought it to light that Google is using her EAP therapy notes against her... and the fact that they had access at all is alarming.twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer/st…Cher Scarlett (@cherthedev)Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:51 GMT
Cody C. #BLM (@NfNitLoop)Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:41 GMT
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🌍 Sign this petition to ban "proof of work" and crypto mining in the UK. In a climate crisis the last thing we need is nerds setting up pyramid schemes, destroying the planet for the profit of a small few.
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UK peoples, especially those like our planet not being on fire; please share and sign this petition to ban proof of work based cryptocurrencies. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6016… Non-UK peoples, please share this with any UK peoples you know.Carnage (@giveupalready)Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:27 GMT
Tree Sturgeon 🔥🚴♂️🌳 (@philsturgeon)Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:06 GMT
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Nah, because their whole thing was always about minimal profits and reinvesting in growth. It’s a culture society needs more of, but it’s definitely vulnerable in the short-term. Hoping they come back with a vengeance.Stephen Punwasi 🌋 🚀 (@StephenPunwasi)Thu, 25 Nov 2021 05:11 GMT
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Their parent company @mozilla turned out to be the only responsible company of the internet giants. They still do work to keep the internet open and safe.Stephen Punwasi 🌋 🚀 (@StephenPunwasi)Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:29 GMT
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What the sign said
Caroline Park (박지영) MD, MPH (@CPark_MD)Sat, 20 Nov 2021 16:48 GMT
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I am hugely Facebook critical but don't think it's appropriate to post about how everyone who works there is evil/should leave/etc. Just because you personally wouldn't take a job there everyone has their own reasons. Direct your anger at the leaders and company level.Emily Kager (@EmilyKager)Thu, 28 Oct 2021 20:45 +0000
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“We expect the press to hold us accountable…but” 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
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We expect the press to hold us accountable, given our scale and role in the world. But when reporting misrepresents our actions and motivations, we believe we should correct the record.
Facebook Newsroom (@fbnewsroom)Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:37 +0000
Kevin Roose (@kevinroose)Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:53 +0000
Does this include breaking down unethical uses of software by organisations like ICE?
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all the cool tech in the world is still unethical if the profits from it are used to subsidize providing free service to neo-Nazis and transphobes because of the founder's strange ideological bent.
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One final point: Now let’s remember that the internet is 1-to-many. If 1 million people download that 1GB this month, my cost with @cloudflare R2 this way rounds up to 13¢. With @awscloud S3 it’s $59,247.52. THAT is why people are losing their minds over this.Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig)Wed, 29 Sep 2021 04:52 +0000
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) (@lizthegrey)Wed, 29 Sep 2021 05:05 +0000
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still not giving Cloudflare a cent of my money if I can help it given their steadfast support for the people who doxx me and my loved ones :(
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) (@lizthegrey)Wed, 29 Sep 2021 05:04 +0000
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FB knew human traffickers used its sites to sell people. It took limited action against them until Apple Inc. threatened to remove FB and IG from its app store w/ @newley @JeffHorwitz wsj.com/articles/faceb… via @WSJJustin Scheck (@ScheckWSJ)Thu, 16 Sep 2021 18:18 +0000
Recommended read: Creating a climate resilient web — Unclouded https://www.uncloudedproject.org/articles/creating-a-climate-resilient-web
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Everyone who posts articles from The Guardian: please use dumptheguardian.com instead. All you gotta do is add “dump” to the URL and it’ll link to the Internet Archive version of the story, denying ad revenue and clicks. 😉Charlie Don't Surf (@sonniesedge)Mon, 07 Jun 2021 08:24 +0000
100% - I've only used it when I haven't had any alternatives
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caption is “POV you interview with silicon valley’s hot new tech startup” and wow if i don’t feel this in my bones
jess (@jessfromonline)Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:00 GMT
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are facebook evil? well, they've been instrumental in the rise of fascism across the world and they profit off right-wing violence, but also they made graphql, so who's to say
Kat Maddox (@ctrlshifti)Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:13 GMT
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