Ethan Marcotte

But seriously, that line about “friction as a gift” is one I’ll be thinking about for a long time. It’s perfect.

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it’s you and me against the tide, pal

(the tide is rampant automation) (probably)

Why I Don’t Vibe Code A “brief” accounting of various reasons why vibe coding has just never clicked for me personally as a developer.

Hey all, I decided to write up some of my thoughts in more detail about why I don't vibe code, in case it's interesting to any of you

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Jacob this is tremendous

You Deserve a Tech Union — ethanmarcotte.com Read this page on ethanmarcotte.com

I think the most pragmatic thing people can do, if they're being mandated to use LLMs, is to unionise.

If by some miracle the bubble doesn't burst, there will still likely be lots of layoffs so get protecting yourself and your colleagues.

@ethanmarcotte.com has got the blueprint for you here.

mentally appended “Tridentarius” to this so

hm

So this post broke containment and lost a little of the context when it did but Bikini Kill are the ones donating to TCP, not Bandcamp. We generally choose a different org or mutual aid fund to support on Bandcamp Fridays and this is what we chose this month.

Propellant. — ethanmarcotte.com We cannot separate the everyday use of “AI” platforms from their use in death and war.

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We cannot meaningfully separate everyday usage of “AI” from the machine of death and war. If you’re upset by the military-industrial complex? These tools feed it; they *are* it.

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Propellant. — ethanmarcotte.com We cannot separate the everyday use of “AI” platforms from their use in death and war.

I’ve made my, let’s call it *extreme disinterest* in AI very clear, but I’m just a non-technical crank. In my opinion, however, you *should* be listening to @ethanmarcotte.com and he has some clear and decisive thoughts on the price of this “intelligence.”

ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/propel...

That’s incredibly kind of you, SJ. Thanks so much, and thanks for reading 💜

I’m so sorry for your loss, Gilly. Thanks for sharing a little bit of her with us 💜

Thanks so much for reading, Thorsten.

Propellant. — ethanmarcotte.com We cannot separate the everyday use of “AI” platforms from their use in death and war.

“These tools, and the companies that manufacture them, have tremendous costs — to our labor, to our environment, to our futures. And as we’ve been seeing, those costs also include actual human lives.”

Good and important read by @ethanmarcotte.com.

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oh this just rules

mike,

(1/9,285)

you and me both, pal 💜

this 100% checks out, let me just take a big sip of water before i check your math

just started a new blog entry and set the year to 2024

so i’ve got that going for me

American Library Association employees forming union with AFSCME Joining the wave of union organizing among cultural workers, employees of the primarily Chicago-based American Library Association (ALA) announced they are forming their union with AFSCME Council 31.T...

Good for them.

"Joining the wave of union organizing among cultural workers, employees of the American Library Association (ALA) announced they are forming their union with AFSCME Council 31."

afscme31.org/news/america...

Absolutely. To all of this 💜

holy shit dan, i did not know that

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these sad, broken, hurtful men, and the terrible things they do

rt

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wow, just learned that Robert Moses died 10 years before the release of the song "Life is a Highway" RIP Robert Moses you would have loved that song

oh yeah no mina run

save yourself

also: still really REALLY wants to be a defense contractor

the word “warfighters” is included too many times in that blog entry for any kind of redemption arc

that being said, here's my latest. stacialbrown.substack.com/p/chromebooks

sprintin through these walls cause i’m truly intersectional i’m so sorry