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freediverx··on Ask HN: Is Threads dead?
All the reasons why I’m happy on mastodon and have zero interest in threads.
freediverx··on Texas power emergency heat wave
Enjoying the schadenfreude for all the conservatives who gleefully fled the horrors of California to move to Texas.
freediverx··on Scrum is a cancer
Don’t blame scrum/agile for bad decisions made to appease business executives. A product owner’s role is to seek input from stakeholders and then make decisions to satisfy those stakeholders and the company’s business directives.

Companies were making poor technical decisions for short term business reasons long before agile became popular.

The cancer you seek is actually called capitalism.

freediverx··on Scrum is a cancer
Stop posting Twitter links.
freediverx··on Human basal metabolic rate has declined over the past 30 years
This post should have started with a link to the Nature article, instead of yet another useless link to the dead bird site.
freediverx··on How do we pay for parking?
“Soap”
freediverx··on How do we pay for parking?
Every tax dollar you pay finances one human crime or another.
freediverx··on Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college
The main problem with American higher education is the profit motive. As is often the case, capitalism eventually ruins everything, especially when it’s treated as the state religion.
freediverx··on Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users
How has this broken any privacy policy? To me this seems like general information that can’t possibly be traced back to any individual users or groups of users.
freediverx··on Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users
You’re conflating capitalism with commerce.
freediverx··on Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users
I don’t think the term enshittification applies when a product is fully enshittified from its inception.
freediverx··on Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users
No, the main reason why companies turn to shit is because they’re publicly traded and accept VC money so sooner or later, they’re beholden to shareholders demanding infinite growth and profits.
freediverx··on Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users
That’s exactly my fear.
freediverx··on X sues hate speech researchers whose “scare campaign” spooked advertisers
Since when is the British Labor Party “left wing”?
freediverx··on CBT is the ‘gold standard’, but is that just for white people?
Thank you for this much-needed clarification.
freediverx··on Web Environment Integrity API Proposal
Doesn't Apple have some leverage here? They may not control the overall browser market but they mostly control the smartphone market (or at least the profitable segment of that market) and lots of those users prefer to use Safari.

I'm aware Apple implemented similar tech a while ago, but I have infinitely less confidence that Google would use it responsibly.

freediverx··on After Raising $235K, Abode Remains Committed to Taking on Adobe
While I love the idea of sticking it to Adobe, that’s not remotely enough time or money. That would barely cover the cost of a single skilled developer working for one year.
freediverx··on Block the Rich
How much of that is attributed to the value of his worthless brand? Also Forbes is a rag that idolizes the wealthy.
freediverx··on Block the Rich
It’s not about “having” money, but what you did to acquire it and what you’re doing with it.
freediverx··on Block the Rich
Fuck the rich and their bootlicking admirers.
freediverx··on History vs. Hollywood: Oppenheimer
There’s a big difference between digital video editing and compositing vs creating completely artificial scenes with computer-generated 3D models and effects.
freediverx··on In 1961 a Gallup poll showed only 33% of Americans in favor of moon landing
Whitey On the Moon

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4

freediverx··on Android is now better than iOS, says head of Instagram
Android is now better than iOS… if you’re an ad-based company that profits from undermining user privacy and monetizing personal data without consent.
freediverx··on “Go Woke Go Broke Act”
The only people who believe conservatives have good economic policies are the billionaires and grifters who benefit from them.
freediverx··on Don't Take VC Funding – It Will Destroy Your Company
VC is a cancer on society. No exceptions.
freediverx··on Instagram Threads passes 10M users in seven hours
We should treat this as the pandemic it is.
freediverx··on Injunction issued in case about social media pressure from US Government
“Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump nominee…”
freediverx··on G/O Media Incorporating AI-Generated Content
Try finding anything good on the internet when 99% of search results are dominated by AI-generated garbage alongside the SEO-generated garbage we already have.
freediverx··on Threads hits 5M signups in the first four hours
Free ice cream is the wrong metaphor. Think more in terms of cheese and mouse trap.
freediverx··on Threads hits 5M signups in the first four hours
Fuck Facebook.
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