ben

ben, 7 hours ago to journalism

"British newspaper groups have warned Apple that any move to impose a so-called "web eraser" tool to block advertisements would put the financial sustainability of journalism at risk, the Financial Times reported on Sunday." Counterpoint: block the ads. #Media https://werd.io/view/6640fbf0ac0a7b80eb0d7a02

ben, 7 hours ago to business

"The youngest generation of American workers is prepared to move away from states that pass abortion bans and to turn down job offers in states where bans are already in place, a new survey from CNBC/Generation Lab finds." #Business https://werd.io/view/6640fa8909bd622f960a64e2

ben, 1 day ago to random

I love seeing ShareOpenly in the wild! https://www.duncanmackenzie.net/blog/share-openly/

ben, 1 day ago to random

Following on from a great post by Hunter Walk that discussed a slightly flippant argument I made about stock options, I decided to go into more detail about how I feel about them. I still maintain: the great majority of startup employees should think very, very carefully before exercising their options. https://werd.io/2024/think-twice-before-exercising-your-stock-options

fractals, 1 day ago to random

Trotting through my threads this morning and stumbled across this. You are being noticed @ben

ben, 2 days ago to random

I'm really excited about these updates to ShareOpenly, my tool that lets you add a "share to social media" button to your website that understands the fediverse, Bluesky, and more: https://werd.io/2024/some-shareopenly-updates

ben, 2 days ago to DoctorWho

Happy New #DoctorWho Day to everyone who celebrates! (It’s me. I celebrate.)

ben, 3 days ago to random

I'm not sure a deeply regressive libertarian magazine funded by millionaires counts as "pirate" or "wires".

ben, 3 days ago to technology

This interview is as interesting for what it doesn't mention - fediverse, for example - as for what it does. The interviewer is a Partner at Founders Fund who once blocked me for being too left-wing, so there's also that. #Technology https://werd.io/view/663d6b9f038ac0b2af03f682

ben, 3 days ago to random

People can talk all they want about "freedom technology", but nobody is free until everybody is free.

ben, 3 days ago to ai

"I’m happy to use LLMs for all sorts of purposes, but I’m not going to use them to produce slop. I attach my name and stake my credibility on the things that I publish." #AI https://werd.io/view/663d04995988d73dfc051f32

ben, 3 days ago to DoctorWho

On the eve of the broadcast of the new season of #DoctorWho, here's what I would say to Russell T Davies if I could. https://werd.io/2024/a-letter-to-russell-t-davies

ben, 4 days ago to random

The rhetoric expressed by Palantir's CEO during its earnings call is incredibly regressive - it's really surprising to see these words expressed during a public company meeting. https://werd.io/2024/palantirs-earnings-call-rhetoric-is-terrifying

ben, 4 days ago to ai

"Stack Overflow, a legendary internet forum for programmers and developers, is coming under heavy fire from its users after it announced it was partnering with OpenAI to scrub the site's forum posts to train ChatGPT." #AI https://werd.io/view/663bf07cbcbd1162740fa872

ben, 4 days ago to random

I could use some unfiltered advice about what I should be doing to make my blog and newsletter more useful or interesting. They’re both relative small scale. If I approach it from a public service perspective, what’s the most useful thing I could be doing? https://werd.io

ben, 4 days ago to random

“The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.” Oh no https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-office-spinoff-peacock-plot-details-1235996108/

ben, 4 days ago to ai

"We found the company's [AI] authors and their work everywhere from celebrity gossip outlets like Hollywood Life and Us Weekly to venerable newspapers like the Los Angeles Times." #AI https://werd.io/view/663bad4209e56d91c308b8c2

ben, 4 days ago to productivity

"Here’s a small trick that worked for me over the dozen years I led remote teams: at the end of your working day, shut down every app on your machine. Yes, all of them. Stash your tabs somewhere if you must, but close them all down." I do this, including closing my tabs. #Productivity https://werd.io/view/663ba79d0ef49a2c9a0abba2

ben, 4 days ago to random

ShareOpenly now has a beautiful icon, designed by @jonhicks. The story behind it and an easy way to embed it on your own website to come. https://shareopenly.org/

mnot, 5 days ago to random

And this is their earnings call.

"I think the central risk to Palantir, America and the world is a regressive way of thinking that is corrupting and corroding our institutions that calls itself progressive, but actually — and is called woke — but is actually a form of a thin pagan religion,"