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A criticism of the current state of Internet and the web, against corporations on the web.
Plain HTML and CSS works well
A good rule of thumb is to begin with the absolute basics - to start only with what you need to be safe and to participate.
[...] most of the time, anyone framing them as a barrier to entry is bullshitting you. Ignore them in everything but matters of safety or common sense (I mean, don’t go running without trainers or rock climbing without a harness).
There are simply too much information and the day is too short.
The long-term popularity of any given tool for software development is proportional to how much labour arbitrage it enables.
What do I mean with labour arbitrage?
Les personnes qui prennent le temps pour être interviewé peuvent être rémunéré. Ce n'est pas déconnant.
Juste, éviter de vous offusquer qu’un professionnel demande à être rémunéré quand on sollicite deux heures de son temps pour restituer son expertise.
Reading just feels more personal, internalizable and absorbable.
[...] reading is an active process while watching is a passive process.
I understand this feeling. I get it sometimes.
Everything should be as simple as it can be, but not simpler
"Enshitification" and examples of deteriorating services
I’ve recently decided to stop reading The Conversation, after two consecutive posts were openly accusing Europe’s investors of not doing enough to be more like Silicon Valley. I’m seriously confused: how can anyone really believe, in 2024, that their business model is anything close to being sustainable? The mental slavery that parts of Europe still seems to be having towards the rot economy fuelled by a type of capitalism not integral to the continent is truly bewildering.
Autonomiser tous les monde, que les avantages soient pour tous le monde
It is easy to share content online, but harder to create valuable content. It is easy to curate information instead of creating it. (That's what I'm doing by the way)
Remember: the world doesn't need more “content.” It needs more creativity.
Uchronie à imaginer : un monde où tout outil informatique est conçu, fabriqué et maintenu de manière aussi durable que l'ordinateur de bord de Voyager 1. Le monde serait incomparable à celui qu'on connaît aujourd'hui
« C'était un bon ordinateur. Comme le voulait la coutume, on le lui avait offert pour ses seize ans. Il avait une coque beige, un écran bien net, et depuis le temps qu'iel le trimballait iel n'avait eu besoin de le réparer que cinq fois. Une machine fiable, faite pour servir toute sa vie, comme tous les ordinateurs. »
Des idées de permacomputing
in profit of AI. So will be Tesla rebranded.