FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

@mhoye @gvwilson Yep. This learning hit me particularly hard:

“Tim is all about time management for achievement and winning. But there are not trophies or measurements for relationships. There is only that feeling that someone is kind. And good. And truly connected.

And Tim is not.”

Lots of "how to be 10X more productive" lists flying around. None I've seen make any mention of things like looking after children, elder care, needing to manage long-term disability, etc. "Take control of your time" feels pretty privileged to people who have to spend hours in line at a government office sorting out botched immigration paperwork or a weekend fixing leaky pipes because the landlord knows it'll take years for any complaint you make to reach a tribunal.

extraction completed agent, we're all in the clear now.

wait, before you go. show me the files. i need to know.

i know it sounds self-evident when i put it like that, but, so many people just Don't give feedback, or give only one half of the feedback, and as a result their friends may end up guessing whether they're appreciated or just get further reinforced in the belief they're hated when nothing is further from truth

you could go a long way towards building a lasting friendship by telling your friends that you like something whenever you like what they do, and that you don't like something whenever you don't like what they do

(-- sun tzu)

Okay, listen up:

Mozilla is two different entities. The Mozilla Corporation and the Mozilla Foundation. The second one? That's the social good one you really want focused on important things.

The Mozilla Foundation, like all non-profits, publishes their Form 990 annually to disclose compensation. Here it is.

You'll see that the top earner there, Mitchell Baker, who is very handsomely rewarded, is actually paid by the Mozilla Corporation, not the Foundation. Put another way, the non-profit is not blowing its funding on a CEO.

And the corp, by the way, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Foundation. It exists to generate additional revenue for the Foundation. That's a good thing too, because donations alone won't cover operating expenses.

The annual report of the Foundation shows a pretty healthy financial situation, and increased investment in public good projects year-over-year.

I don't like everything they do either (e.g. that risible website generator), but I don't actually think they are suffering from a lack of focus. They're suffering from a mature market.

See the difference in framing.

"Today is the 50th anniversary of the Skylab strike, the first labor strike to occur in space. Astronauts protested micromanagement, employer spying, and long hours. They demanded a day off, regular breaks, and greater workplace autonomy, but NASA refused. So they shut off the radio and took the day off, floating around, enjoying space, and taking photos of Earth. NASA gave in to their demands after one day."

Are you serious? https://visakanv.substack.com/p/are-you-serious

BREAKING: they're gay and love each other very much #fox

some old DOS utilities had a graphical mouse cursor in text mode! i’ve investigated how they did it. https://mastodon.social/@tubetime/111123817309591559

Tube Time: a 2023 retrospective! 🧵

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I’m George Takei and I support this message.

"I'm upset about abortions"
"Let's fund sex ed, contraceptives and health care for pregnant women, it will cause the number of abortions to decline dramatically."
"NO. Send the women & doctors to jail."

"I'm upset people jump the turnstyle"
"Let's properly fund the subway and make it free and faster while reducing overhead."
"NO. I want those bad teens ARRESTED."

"This dreary area under the bridge is DISGUSTING."
"Let's clean it up & install a public restroom."
"NO. Arrest people for pooping"

This is a frankly infurating framing of the natural end of a copyright literally a human century later