Students: "I thought this class was about cloud computing and how useful and cheap it is, why do you keep telling us that it is terrible and expensive?"

Me: "Experience"

#cloud #aws #gcp #azure #computing #serverless

I love open source, and I want young people to know there’s a career path outside of #FAANG. Open source can be financially sustainable—it just gets super hard if one of your key goals is making your investors even richer. #Conversations_im is about the same age as #Matrix. I never took VC funding, and I’m doing fine.

#OpenSource

I knew #AI would come for all our jobs eventually, but I really thought that Holocaust denial would be safe for a little while longer.

futurism.com/the-byte/ai-anne-…

Schools Using AI Emulation of Anne Frank That Urges Kids Not to Blame Anyone for Holocaust

A Utah-based startup has graced us with an AI-powered Anne Frank chatbot, and it's very eager to forgive and forget.

^{Joe Wilkins (Futurism)}

@protonprivacy you appear to have removed your posts from Mastodon after everyone pointing out how unhinged it was yesterday, but the Reddit post is alive and well, and is yet to be orphaned after it was updated to double down on your position in the face of all of the criticism.

What I want to know is 1:

Do your social media accounts reflect the position of the Proton Foundation, or have they been hijacked for Andy Yen’s personal political soapboxing?

2:

Due to how toxic he’s become for the brand and how much damage he’s done and continues to do, in such a short space of time - given how much good will you’ve garnered over the years - will he be stepping down?

3:

Will the Proton Foundation be issuing a formal apology and clarification that statements made were objectively misleading and inaccurate, and actually parroted talking points initiated by far-right groups and nation states hostile towards the west and US specifically?

4:

Will the Proton Foundation clarify its overall position and strategy regarding non-profit status in light of this week’s events, and how do you intend to protect vulnerable and at-risk users from the effects of stated policies of the incoming administration?

I feel like either the Foundation (Andy himself) have entirely misread who their user base is, particularly paying customers - and there is a total misunderstanding that the majority of them will be at increased risk with the incoming administration, which is why cosying up to them is the *worst possible* look for you.

Your response matters to a lot of people. We have been passionate users and advocates for your products for many years and your recent public statements have decimated public trust in your organisation, particularly for those who need your services most.

Yesterday you failed them.