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What do coders do after AI? - Anil Dash
anildash.com · 18 people Worth reading
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
There are (sort of) two kinds of coders: those who see it as just a well-paying, stable job, and those who do it on nights and weekends because they love it, and it’s part of their identity. Today’s LLM tools now enable an individual to essentially be an entire software _factory_, and this is going to impact those 2 kinds of coders very differently — especially in how they respond to *both* of their bosses trying to put them out of work.
— @anildash · Mar 13
Do we want to keep fixing the same issue? Unlearned lessons from the first big oil crisis
theguardian.com · 16 people Worth reading
As energy prices tripled in the 1970s due to Middle Eastern wars, Scandinavia, France and the Netherlands sped up green transition
There is a simple answer. Fossil Fuel companies are determined to maintain their profits and having worked hard to deny any impact on climate are finding this a little more difficult to avoid - although many governments are trying their best to ignore it.
— @Wen · Mar 13
Everything's Casino
joanwestenberg.com · 17 people Worth reading
On the evening of February 28, 2026, American B-2 bombers lifted off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. By the time they reached Iranian airspace, Tomahawk missiles were already in flight from submarines in the Persian Gulf. Operation Epic Fury hit over a thousand targets in its opening ho...
Between the gamblers and the disappeared, there is almost no space left for the old model: the person who plants a tree knowing they'll never sit in its shade.
— @Daojoan · Mar 13
UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot
theguardian.com · 23 people
The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Monbiot nails it again.
> If it is sometimes hard to tell the difference between fossil-fuel lobbyists and the billionaire press, this is because there isn’t one. For the sake of the ultra-rich, we are all being gaslit.
— @jbond · Mar 13
The Wyden Siren Goes Off Again: We’ll Be “Stunned” By What the NSA Is Doing Under Section 702
techdirt.com · 39 people
Senator Ron Wyden says that when a secret interpretation of Section 702 is eventually declassified, the American public “will be stunned” to learn what the NSA has been doing. If you…
The #Wyden Siren Goes Off Again: We’ll Be “Stunned” By What the #NSA Is Doing Under Section 702 - "If you’ve followed Wyden’s career, you know this is not a man prone to hyperbole — and you know his track record on these warnings is perfect."
— @glynmoody · Mar 13
D'oh, the new digg didn't last too long. :sadness:
"Building on the internet in 2026 is different. We learned that the hard way. Today we're sharing difficult news: we've made the decision to significantly downsize the Digg team."
— @lmorchard · Mar 13
Even taking Trump’s confused reasons for the Iran war at face value, it’s still a total disaster | Jonathan Freedland
theguardian.com · 13 people
Two weeks in, it’s increasingly clear that the US-led war has taken every problem it aimed to solve – and made it worse, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Jonathan Freedland:
'To confront the Iranian regime was to walk, with a lit match, towards a tinderbox soaked in gasoline. If it were to be done at all, whether by military or other means, it had to be done with the greatest care. But Trump has blundered in, crushing & trampling all before him, making a bad situation worse. He does not deserve the benefit of the doubt. He does not deserve his war to be assessed charitably. He deserves our contempt'!
Exactly!
— @ChrisMayLA6 · Mar 13
Pete Hegseth's manly act is backfiring
salon.com · 23 people
MAGA bros hoped the defense secretary would make them feel butch — with Iran war, he embarrasses them
Pete Hegseth's manly act is backfiring - Salon.com
— @servelan · Mar 13
He fled Iran, survived Bondi, and now he faces deportation
abc.net.au · 10 people Worth reading
AB ran into danger during Bondi's terrorist attacks to save lives. Four months on, he faces deportation after failing Australia's refugee character test. His family is urging the Albanese government to reconsider.
“…I'm a human. I'm living in Australia. I want this country always safe, for my kids, for myself too, for my missus, for everyone. I try to help people. That's it."
Fuck Tony Burke and his ilk
— @franksting · Mar 14
PC makers are not ready for the MacBook Neo
theverge.com · 7 people
One executive has already stepped in it.
PC makers are not ready for the MacBook Neo
— @verge · Mar 13
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