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@richburroughs

@richburroughs
11 posts
2023-01-16
I absolutely knew this would happen. If you know Twitter history the early popularity was built largely on third party apps and services. Then Twitter locked things down years ago. They had ironically just started to court third party devs again more before the sale. https://twitter.com/...
2023-01-16 View on X
furbo.org

Twitterrific developer Craig Hockenberry calls Twitter's decision to ax APIs for third-party apps without notice a “shit show”, leaving customers in the lurch

Well, it happened.  —  We knew it was coming.  —  A prick pulled the plug.  And what bothers me most about it is how Space Karen did it.

2022-06-16
All of this shit makes a lot more sense when you understand that cryptocurrencies are a concept deeply rooted in libertarianism. I was on the Cypherpunks email list in the 90s when the initial round of digital currencies were being used (DigiCash, CyberCash, etc.). https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-16 View on X
New York Times

Internal Kraken comms and interviews with five workers: some staff accuse CEO Jesse Powell of fostering a hateful workplace and dozens are considering quitting

Jesse Powell, who leads the crypto exchange Kraken, has challenged the use of preferred pronouns, debated who can use racial slurs and called American women “brainwashed.”

All of this shit makes a lot more sense when you understand that cryptocurrencies are a concept deeply rooted in libertarianism. I was on the Cypherpunks email list in the 90s when the initial round of digital currencies were being used (DigiCash, CyberCash, etc.). https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-16 View on X
@molly0xfff

[Thread] A look at Kraken's announcement of a culture overhaul, eschewing “stereotypical team diversity measurements”, as the crypto exchange touts hiring plans

for the simple reason that no one (including the owner) would be permitted to make political statements or gestures of any kind on the job. It would be a place to work, and not an ...

2022-06-09
This is good but I think the thing about NDAs is less exciting than it sounds. A lot of companies do NDAs and non-disparagement agreements which are separate, I don't know what MS does. But it sounds like this only applies to some specific situations. https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-09 View on X
GeekWire

Microsoft plans to stop adding noncompete clauses to US employment agreements, drop NDAs from US worker settlements, add salary ranges to US job posts, and more

Bending to employee sentiment and legislative mandate, Microsoft announced a series of reforms Wednesday that will curtail …

2022-01-21
Wow that sounds super rough. SRE is such a demanding job even when there's good psychological safety. https://twitter.com/...
2022-01-21 View on X
Bloomberg

Current and former members of Google's site reliability group Borg SRE say managers, including the team's leader Pierre Aubert, fostered a toxic environment

2021-03-04
Wouldn't it be cool to be under visual surveillance most of the time you're working? Seems very chill and fun, and nothing like an anxiety fueling hellscape. https://twitter.com/...
2021-03-04 View on X
CNBC

Five senators, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, ask Amazon about its use of AI-equipped cameras to monitor delivery drivers, after a Feb. report

Annie Palmer / CNBC : Tweets: @iotconsortium and @richburroughs Tweets: @iotconsortium : Facial recognition tech & video monitoring will become a hotly debated issue for years to ...

2021-01-08
This is a computer security nightmare. https://twitter.com/...
2021-01-08 View on X
Washington Post

The quick evacuation of the Capitol left computers and devices unattended while the mob ransacked offices, a nightmare scenario for cybersecurity professionals

'Consider Them All Compromised' Samantha Masunaga / Los Angeles Times : The attack on the Capitol may pose a cybersecurity risk. Here's how Tweets: Senator Jeff Merkley / @senjeff...

This is a computer security nightmare. https://twitter.com/...
2021-01-08 View on X
Facebook

Zuckerberg says Facebook is extending the block it has placed on Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts “indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks”

The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining …

2020-04-30
After having been laid off so many times I have a fascination with the way companies handle it poorly. I've not heard about the Jetty meeting before. https://twitter.com/...
2020-04-30 View on X
CNBC

Filing: Lyft is laying off 17% of its workforce, or 982 staff, and will furlough 288 employees alongside salary cuts ranging from 10% to 30% for all staff

Lyft email to employees Dan Primack / @danprimack : Off-demand https://twitter.com/... Rat King / @mikeisaac : from 8K LYFT layoffs: 17 percent of workforce, or 982 employees furlo...

2019-10-08
TIL that DJs use XML files. https://twitter.com/...
2019-10-08 View on X
The Verge

macOS Catalina review: Sidecar is great, Arcade is solid but has fewer games than on iOS, iPad apps via Catalyst are lacking, security prompts are overbearing

iTunes is gone, but what comes next?  —  It's been a messy fall for Apple software releases. iOS and iPadOS have already …

TIL that DJs use XML files. https://twitter.com/...
2019-10-08 View on X
The Verge

Apple recommends that users such as DJs avoid Catalina until developers update their apps, as the option to export music libraries as XML files has been removed

and it's breaking some apps Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet : macOS Catalina — Should you upgrade now? Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac : macOS Catalina breaks compatibility with DJ apps t...