@tillshadeisgone II guess you are trying to say that if this guy doesn't quit Google then he is supporting genocide? He gets a pass because he says the right stuff online even though he continues providing material support to and drawing a paycheck from the company you think is directly supporting genocide while I draw your condemnation because I dare to question whether the term "genocide" applies here even though I have no direct connection to this or any other genocidal acts. Princlples.
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Richard (richard_merren@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Apr-2024 01:28:59 JST Richard
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Richard (richard_merren@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Apr-2024 00:10:13 JST Richard
@tillshadeisgone To be clear, it was the people who run the office who complained about the disruption, not me. And they gave these protesters multiple chances to disperse without being arrested and the protesters refused because they preferred to make a big show. And without even arguing the offensive misuse of the word genocide here, this company is not accused of participation in genocide--this group has complained about the relationship with Israel since long before this war began.
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Richard (richard_merren@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Apr-2024 00:10:12 JST Richard
@tillshadeisgone But I do not work for Googlr and have always chosen to work for ethical tech companies and avoided working for the FAANG companies for MANY ethical reasons despite lower salaries. if you really believe that Google is involved in genocide, then you should urge this OP to quit his job. If not, what is wrong with him? If you believe the company is this tainted, then criticize him for working there, not me who has nothing to do with any company involved in the things you despise.
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Richard (richard_merren@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Apr-2024 18:44:53 JST Richard
@zachklipp This protest group has been around for three years and nobody was fired until they disrupted the office and refused repeated offers to disperse with no consequences. I understand that you and others feel strongly about not wanting your company to do business with Israel (though it is not an opinion I share), but it is hard to fathom why someone would stay for years at a company they find morally objectionable, or assume they could keep their job after this type of office conduct.
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Richard (richard_merren@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 23:05:32 JST Richard
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Richard (richard_merren@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Dec-2023 00:53:49 JST Richard
@dansup @pixelfed It would be cool to feed this data into the interface while I am typing a hashtag to help me choose which of the several variations is the best one to choose. (And I realize that this might not be realistic given the wide array of hashtags out there.)
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Richard (richard_merren@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 18:41:56 JST Richard
@aral That is a good "gotcha" question, and Israeli government ministers should be facing these types of questions and should have to defend their actions. But there should be similar pressure on Hamas leaders and their government supporters in other countries and we all know that's just not going to happen.
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Richard (richard_merren@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 01:36:31 JST Richard
@dansup Terminator 7 plot: Skynet was not an AI. It was a cat placed in charge of a single website that took over the entire net and started exterminating humans and dogs with killer robots. But a brave dog is sent back in time to stop her...
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Richard (richard_merren@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 00:33:34 JST Richard
@dansup They might even have multiple algorithms you can choose from, or allow api access to provide your own algorithm, or join up with some sort of federated sites algorithm, or whatever. The key differences with current platforms should be 1) they will offer users options with transparency, and 2) algorithms will be to the user's benefit and not be built around the goal of offering users up to advertisers.
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Richard (richard_merren@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 04:21:33 JST Richard
@dangillmor Multiple stupid things are beginning to converge and are creating superstupid.
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Richard (richard_merren@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 23:40:23 JST Richard
@victor @miaq This is nuts. Flip has many years experience providing links to websites and they know better than to do this.
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Richard (richard_merren@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 21:16:59 JST Richard
@dansup @Gargron I was curious about this and so I looked at the code. The scoring for trending tags is not based directly on raw numbers of nentions but on the level of recent increase in mentions compared to historical norms. So to get a high trending score and make the boards, you need to see a big jump in tag usages over the previous day and not just have more tag usages than somebody on the board. Probably no conspiracy.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/models/trends/tags.rb
P.S. open source software is awesome
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Richard (richard_merren@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Mar-2023 00:08:32 JST Richard