Uber and Lyft uses algorithmic wage discrimination which means some drivers get paid less for the same work. It is unknown what exactly their algorithm is doing, but for instance, female drivers are paid less. And consumers in general are screwed too, because companies like Amazon have […]

I used to post this kind of stuff when I first moved from Twitter to Mastodon, so it's only fair I point this out now: On Mastodon I have 21x the followers I do on Threads, but my posts over there (even when they're copies of posts here) get 7x the engagement compared with Mastodon.

pet peeve: saying “democratize” when you mean “commoditize and mass-market”

Tonight I heard some American tourists pronouncing "Cannes" as Kanes

So companies don't have enough money to recruit talent but have enough money to burn throw away on generative-ai which provides little to no return?

🆕 blog! “Yet another AI Racism example” Here's a good pub-quiz trivia question - which Oscar-winning Actors have appeared in Doctor Who? It's the sort of thing that you can either wrack your brains for, or construct a SPARQL Query for WikiData0. I was bored and asked ChatGPT. The new Omni […]

would love ideas for solutions to these issues with folders in the terminal if folks have them! (just reply in this thread) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hcTV-xFFKvMdEjUpSiKcVd0g6pnfa1b3GEwimoM7qlo/edit?usp=sharing (please don't try to explain to me *why* the problem happens, I'm […]

The common perception of a software architect is someone who designs systems. But I think a good architect is someone who can actually get designs off the whiteboard and into production. Decision making, delivery management, organisational change, and facilitation skills are all crucial. I […]

Who decided "answer" was the chosen verb for interacting with doors? "Can you answer the door?"

Greedy CEOs cost far more than people having a cup of coffee. And besides, a lot of creative thinking happens when you get away from your desk and go out of the building to grab a coffee. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdey4zzl529o