aral, (edited ) to random
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I remember folks in the web community shunning me when I first started speaking out against Big Tech – because I was criticising their friends who worked at Google, Facebook, etc. – saying I was exaggerating things.

I wonder what the same folks think now given what we know about these very same corporations; given a number of them are actively enabling a genocide.

Am I still an alarmist?

(I understand if some of you are too busy working at one or debating the minutiae of CSS syntax to reply.)

oldguycrusty,
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@aral

You are not wrong. You may be an alarmist, but that may be a good thing in this case.

is

and are that use business models to extract your and then resell it to other parasites in an ever expanding of cloaked in the of .

JMacfie, to random
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pluralistic, to random
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amgine,
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@pluralistic

If ICANN workers shut down the service for a few seconds, we would want their ended. Because for us, the is .

In the same way, is essential for the of the .

And are not.

cazabon, to tech

There are many large and in the world. Many people are victimized by the in a thousand different ways. This is not their story; it is not about their problems, but this should not be seen as minimizing them.

I'd like to talk about something a little closer to home: in the field. I've been in this field for <mumble> years and worked for tiny companies, medium consulting companies, large orgs, and as a one-man independent contractor.

[...]
1/x

cazabon,

Why do I hate it? After all, it's just stealing a little bit of personal time from the staff.

, including lunch, are for the well-being of employees. All employees. They need time to decompress, to take their mind off work, to eat, to go for a walk and some fresh air, to woolgather and relax -- and have deep insights that actually help them in their work later, too.

Saying "take this training on your lunch break, you weren't doing anything anyway" is evil.

9/x

Laurel_of_the_Columbines, to KindActions
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