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I don’t know what is Apple’s endgame for the Fn/Globe key, and I’m not sure Apple knows either
aresluna.org · 28 people Worth reading
The origin and the evolution of the most confusing modifier key
Do we need yet another person crashing out about Apple’s design decisions? Am I doing it only because it’s fashionable to be on Apple Design Hate Train these days? I’ll be honest: I don’t know. But I have been bothered by Apple’s approach to some of its keyboard design for a while.
Even if you don’t care about any of this, it might be a fun visual history of the most tricky of modern modifier keys: the [Fn] key. Hope you like it!
— @mwichary · Mar 09
How to Talk to Someone Experiencing 'AI Psychosis'
404media.co · 37 people
Mental health experts say identifying when someone is in need of help is the first step — and approaching them with careful compassion is the hardest, most essential part that follows.
Mental health experts say identifying when someone is in need of help is the first step — and approaching them with careful compassion is the hardest, most essential part that follows.
— @404mediaco · Mar 09
Zen fascists will control you...
ianbetteridge.com · 14 people Worth reading
In 1979, a punk band from San Francisco recorded a song about the Governor of California. It was a joke, mostly. Jerry Brown was a Democrat, a Buddhist, a man who dated Linda Ronstadt and discussed limits and simplicity at a moment when America was in no mood for either.
Zen fascists will control you:
In 1979, a punk band from San Francisco recorded a song about the Governor of California. It was a joke, mostly. Jerry Brown was a Democrat, a Buddhist, a man who dated Linda Ronstadt and discussed limits and simplicity at a moment when America was in no mood for either.
— @ianbetteridge · Mar 10
The bombing of Iranian children is an unforgivable crime
publicnotice.co · 21 people
America has blood on its hands.
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insists that 'we, of course, never target civilian targets,' but large-scale bombing raids often hit and kill civilians, including children. This is one reason that it is immoral, as well as illegal, to launch wars of aggression."
— @aaron.rupar · Mar 09
The Privacy ‘Zealots’ Were Right: Ad Tech’s Infrastructure Was Always A Risk
adexchanger.com · 24 people
The US government wants to use digital ad infrastructure for the exact type of surveillance critics have long warned about. We should have seen this coming.
More belated introspection from the adtech industry.
— @mnot · Mar 09
How Standards Are Made
writings.thisismissem.social · 13 people
Recently I received a large grant from Bluesky Social PBC to fund my work on FedCM for decentralized web. So whilst the response has been overwhelmingly positive, there's currently a tiny tiny percentage of people in my mentions on the fediverse right now that are accusing me of horrible things
I wrote up a piece on how standards are made, because of some folks being very negative about the grant on other social networks:
— @thisismissem.social · Mar 10
Coming Off the Bench for Bluesky - Bluesky
bsky.social · 8 people
I'm excited to tell you that I will serve as interim CEO at Bluesky, a company whose mission I believe in deeply.
Good luck to Toni Schneider, new CEO at Bluesky.
— @evan · Mar 09
The Reviewer Isn't the Bottleneck
rishi.baldawa.com · 18 people
AI tools are flooding PR queues and the instinct everywhere is to call review the bottleneck. I think that’s the wrong question. The reviewer is the last sync point before production changes. The goal shouldn’t be how to remove the gate, but how to make it cheaper to operate.
Seems painfully obvious that, whatever you think about #genai code, anyone using it is heading for a code-review logjam. Assuming that the org requires code review; if yours doesn’t, nothing I can say will help you. Anyhow, Rishi Baldawa writes smart stuff about the problem and possible ways forward, in ˚The Reviewer Isn't the Bottleneck”:
[My prediction: A lot of orgs will *not* do smart things about this and will suffer disastrous consequences in the near future.]
— @timbray · Mar 09
Canada Is at War ... With the United States
charlieangus.substack.com · 13 people
Pete Hegseth took time out from the chaos of the Iran war to make an announcement that Donald Trump has renamed the region from Mexico to Greenland as “Greater North America.”
A Woman Who Left Society to Live With Bears Weighs in on “Man or Bear”
bikepacking.com · 7 people Worth reading
In this piece, long-term bicycle traveler Laura Killingbeck reflects on the "Man or Bear" debate and adds her unique perspective...
🔁 @afewbugs:@Mab_813 this is the best explanation of this I've ever read.
"I need to get away from the man. But I need to do it in a way that doesn’t anger him. This is the tricky bit. Men who lack social awareness or empathy often also lack other skills in emotional management. And usually, what men in these situations actually want is closeness. They’re trying to get closer to me, physically or emotionally, in the only way they know how. That combination of poor emotional skillsets and a desire to get closer is exactly what puts me in danger.
If I deny his attempts at closeness by leaving or setting a boundary, he could feel frustrated, rejected, or ashamed. If he doesn’t know how to recognize or manage those feelings, he’s likely to experience them as anger. And then I’m a solo woman stuck in a forest with an angry man, which is exactly what women are most afraid of.
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— @vfrmedia · Mar 10
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