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jon ellis
@jon_ellis@chaos.social
mastodon 4.6.9Software Engineer (Sun Microsystems alumn), photographer, dark green cynic.
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Joined March 22, 2025
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@jwz@mastodon.social how mysterious that they neglected to include an "other" option only in the AI question... fucking weasels!
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@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu just leave... what is this some sort of abusive relationship?
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@ReggieHere@mastodon.social @Colman@mastodon.ie @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us @riggbeck@mastodon.social i took a different approach and left that sceptic isle as soon as i was able. not that i dont respect those with the will to fight the good fight.
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@RickiTarr@beige.party somerset maugham's 'of human bondage' forever changed that name for me. hopefully the transitionee had other role models in mind.
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@ReggieHere@mastodon.social @Colman@mastodon.ie @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us @riggbeck@mastodon.social we were so close...
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the "narrower" version of this is Ken Thompson's Reflections on Trusting Trust.
even then the byline spells out the limits of trust, and hones in on the people involved:
"To what extent should one trust a statement that a program is free of Trojan horses? Perhaps it is more important to trust the people who wrote the software."
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@jwz@mastodon.social best to stick to the old ways - red peppers and milk. bowie knew what he was doing!
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