Hey, folks. Big layoffs at DigitalOcean today, and my team and I were hit. In fact, so was my adjacent team, and a good chunk of my department. I don't have much reach here on Mastodon yet, but if anybody wants to discuss opportunities for a technical editor / writer / manager of same, I'm up for it.
“Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it's beauty.”
~ Albert Einstein
The Changing Online Language of Hearts - How to show a heart — the universal symbol of love — has shifted on the internet over the... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/technology/hearts-emojis-gen-z.html #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #computersandtheinternet #emojisandemoticons #tiktok(bytedance) #unicodeconsortium #love(emotion) #socialmedia #generationz #googleinc #aolinc
Is ChatGP just a lossy text compression algorithm? Interesting perspective from The New Yorker:
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-is-a-blurry-jpeg-of-the-web
@alaric @pluralistic As an illustration of this point -- I originally created this account int 2018 (I forget the impetus...maybe some scandal with Facebook). At the time, I didn't find much content that interested me, and I wasn't really into micro-blogging anyway, so my account sat idle for a few years. When Musk took over Twitter and drove off many people, I came back to Mastodon and found a lot more activity and have stayed active myself. I've also heard that some big institutions are exploring adding more support for Mastodon- they move slowly by nature, but I am looking forward to when they come fully on board.
ok as long as we get Tom Cruise to service all these ocean recycling plants.
QT: https://schleuss.online/@itnewsbot/109853482916367726
I love 'enshittification' as a word. It could be applied to so many aspects of life in the UK. We're in a terminal decline, watched by laughing toffs from the private boxes of our very own 'Theatre of Nightmares'.
Unless, of course, we begin deshittifying. Starting with the toffs-in-charge.
The #tory 'government'
Pure rock gold. From old friends Lies Damned Lies.
https://youtu.be/otSzXsH-13Q
So, since JoinMastodon.org has decided to change the way servers are listed on their website — showing preference for large servers who do not have a manual review process to join —>
May I ask that you help us spread the word that people can join us at https://mstdn.games ?
We’re an all-inclusive #gaming community and our Local feed is amazing — absolutely the go-to place for all things #Games. Our Mods are top tier.
Tech helps. 🙏
QT: https://schleuss.online/@itnewsbot/109830361549263037
For those #developer types interested, I went for a completely no-code solution for where content is king and the client can do their own updates.
Saved by compliance 😂
QT: https://infosec.exchange/@Nick_Craver/109819708761171613
If you've noticed Mastodon.social being offline a few evenings this week, it was actually under DDOS those nights. When I asked, I was told the best way to help with Mastosoc's scaling and resiliency-under-pressure issues would be to help them fill this open job posting for a devops position with Mastodon gGMBH:
https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mastodon/290fd40f-125e-41fc-942d-f4ce59e6bda2
If you know anyone who might be qualified for this position, pass it on!
This is so distressing. Why was this obviously very ill man not transferred to a mental hospital? Disgraceful and wrong that he was kept in prison and took his own life https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41062820.html
Java & Web Development Trainer, London & virtual. Author: The Frontend Cookbook. https://FrontendCookbook.com 25+ years’ prior in photography, filmmaking, web development & design for print. Someday would like to do something humanitarian with codeforireland.org and codefortheuk.com. 🌐