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   sourcecode jerk (pho4cexa@tiny.tilde.website)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 14:53:43 JST sourcecode jerk

   maybe mozilla should spin firefox off into an independent project to be developed by the community so they can dedicate full focus to greed and bullshit. i'm thinking you could call this innovative new project a "network landscape communicator," maybe a net-scape of some sort. i wonder if netscape.com is available

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     tech? no! man, see... (technomancy@icosahedron.website)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 14:53:41 JST tech? no! man, see...

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     @pho4cexa have you read that interview she did, the part about "AI"?

     https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23598344/mozilla-firefox-ceo-mitchell-baker-microsoft-edge-bing-google-apple-ai

     > Do you think that you have to build generative AI products into Firefox to take advantage of that disruptive moment?
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     > Well, at some level the answer is yes, because that’s the new technology. The question is how much, and what does it need to do?

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     sourcecode jerk (pho4cexa@tiny.tilde.website)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 14:53:42 JST sourcecode jerk

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     i agree with https://nondeterministic.computer/@mjg59/111668900333795840

     i agree with https://hachyderm.io/@leftpaddotpy/111668100875439131

     firefox is still the best browser we have. mozilla just seems like they're mismanaging their funding that so many projects would be lucky to have 1% of

     i do think mitchell's ridiculous salary should be interrogated, but if so, we gotta do so for all the other nonprofit ceos making more too

     do i want mitchell out? nah

     maybe time to abandon the concept of a "web browser" though

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     tech? no! man, see... (technomancy@icosahedron.website)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 02:04:07 JST tech? no! man, see...

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     @pho4cexa yeah, I think you're right that if she got booted, the board would probably replace her with someone just as bad; the "AI" comments in the article are a symptom but the root cause is silicon valley brainworms, and that goes much deeper than any one person

     I just meant to point out there's some middle ground between "I'm signing a petition to have her fired" and "I think she's doing an acceptable job"

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     sourcecode jerk (pho4cexa@tiny.tilde.website)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 02:04:08 JST sourcecode jerk

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     • tech? no! man, see...

     @technomancy thanks, i hadn't seen this

     dunno how i feel about it yet but current temperature is, there's lots wrong here but i usually reserve calls for ejecting someone to abhorrent behavior

     if she were to step down due to public outcry, would the next mozilla corp ceo do anything different? idk

     eich on the other hand was a good ejection, shoulda been out a high window