Hot take:
Everybody who works on any desktop software application, but especially web browsers, should be required to regularly use the application they develop on a computer with an HDD instead of SSD.
Because boy howdy, let me tell you, it sure is something when Firefox takes five minutes to launch to the point where you can actually load a page.
#tech
Let's talk about why Elon Musk wants high unemployment, despite conventional economic theory.
The theory says that businesses succeed when customers have the money to buy their products. Therefore, the theory says, it's good for unemployment to remain low, because when it is high there are too many people who can't afford to buy stuff, and businesses fail.
Makes sense, right?
No, not for Elon Musk, it doesn't.
Let's dive in. First, Tesla.
#economics #unemployment #politics #USPol
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Honest to God, anybody who was telling people before the election not to vote for Harris because of Gaza or whatever and who is still defending that can fuck right off into the sun and then fuck off some more.
I can't even.
What we are experiencing now is the most stark possible illustration of the idea that when you believe you are being forced to choose between two evils, you vote for the lesser one, because less evil is better than more evil, actually.
#politics #USPol
BREAKING: A bunch of U.S. Digital Service employees (including me) were fired tonight. It's still unclear exactly how many. There is no visibility whatsoever into what determined who was let go. Legacy USDS (i.e., pre-DOGE) leadership was not involved in the decision about whom to let go and was not notified in advance that people were going to be fired.
#politics #USPol #DOGE #coup #USDS
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Happy Monday, Thunderbird family! Our entire team is currently descending on Montreal for nostr:npub100cvdyxn56frnz0p3hx5e2vnl82fphfy5ytw8qs3jpeh64zhwa6qsngkwp All Hands 2023.
For the vast majority of us, it'll be the first time we're all meeting in person. This is ridiculously exciting!
In addition to networking with the broader Mozilla family, we're going to be busy planning out the roadmap for 2024 + 2025, brainstorming new features, and figuring out how to keep growing this amazing community.
Stay tuned!
#Thunderbird #Montreallhands
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