Notices by Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)

Looks like X / twitter is the new 4chan

I don't need a new book to tell me Facebook has always been an amoral company. That was obvious to me the moment they transitioned from "fancypants colleges only" to "everyone" in September 2006. It's also why I have zero "meta" accounts and never will.

If you are in or near Oakland, CA please join us in donating to the Urban Compassion Project. They are doing incredible work 💛 https://urbancompassionproject.org/donate

@Daojoan I got you

Who could have possibly seen this coming? The lord truly does work in mysterious ways!

If you have ever considered leaving Facebook, I urge you to consider again. (Courtesy Ryan Broderick’s excellent Garbage Day analytics report)

A completely unprecedented level of Rubber Duck Problem Solving 🦆 https://blog.codinghorror.com/rubber-duck-problem-solving/

I want my... I want my... I want my Ennn Peeeee Rrrrrrrrr https://www.npr.org/donations/support

"Two prominent American scholars on fascism & authoritarianism ... have recently moved from Yale to the University of Toronto" that's how you can tell the scholars from the activists, I suppose

gotta love C. elegans https://www.wired.com/story/openworm-worm-simulator-biology-code/

Please read the first 20%, at least, of this essential book by Natalie Foster. It describes how we arrived at this place in the USA in a way that really opened my eyes. I will also gift you -- yes, you, anyone reading this -- a copy of the book in any (legal!) format or delivery method you prefer. Just ask. https://www.amazon.com/Guarantee-Inside-Fight-Americas-Economy/dp/1620978466

also! if anyone wants to purchase it themselves, send me screenshot of receipt and I'll donate that amount (or more) to https://www.codetoinspire.org/

"Let's Encrypt is a golden example of how creating inalienable good is possible with the right approach and the right values. And while I'm excited about the work Let's Encrypt has done, I am eager to see their work continue to keep up with the growing Web; to sustain encryption for everybody at Internet scale. To do so is going to take more than me—it's going to take a community of people committed to this work. I am confident Let's Encrypt is a project that deserves all of our support, in ways both large and small." https://letsencrypt.org/2025/03/18/community-of-funders/

https://blog.codinghorror.com/what-if-we-could-weaponize-empathy/

the path forward, as experienced at the (incredible and HIGHLY recommended) Sensorio https://sensoriopaso.com/

@Gargron I see your 🐈⬛ and raise you one Blake

I love how ActBlue is like "oh, sure, flat 20 percent tip on all integer amounts entered, that makes sense".

... and now we continue working on the hard problems together🤝

"Sometimes it could take employees more time to correct the AI errors than if they’d done everything by hand in the first place, she said." Yes. Make more people aware of this. It's like having a super unreliable coworker, and EVERYONE LOVES THAT SO MUCH

@Tarnport If those words don't work, come up with a more palatable, easier to defend term and switch to that instead. Doublespeak works both ways.