mxuribe

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I'm a technology professional, digital philosopher, enthusiast of silliness... I design, build, and manage digital products and platforms, and help people and organizations tap into emerging technologies. MarsUribe.net is my place on the web.

For founders, employers, and recruiters: I am actively seeking new opportunities! Feel free to reach out at [email protected].

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Comment · 6 hours ago
I didn't review it, but i for one appreciate that at least there is an attempt to help small business owners in this area.
Comment · 6 hours ago
No, no, you're missing the point! Today its only "super" intelligence, then soon enough as it improves it will go to ludicrous intelligence, at which point its intelligence will have reached plaid!
Comment · 9 hours ago
Yeah, I think that's a great description for it! And, i think it not only applies to big tech, since i can see it applying to other areas of the economy and society at large...but yeah, certainly and more especially that perfectly describes big tech and its leaders. Thanks for sharing!
Comment · 3 days ago
I know there must be a better phrase for it, but i'll just say that we're in the Age of Extreme Capitalism. I know folks tend to reply "Because capitalism" for many ills and awful behavior (I've done it my self!)...But i think its more than that. Its like an extreme, excessive, bonkers form of capitalism (and all things under and adjacent to capitalism)...Again, maybe there's a better label for it. But nowadays (and as others have cited that its felt like its been going on for what like a decade or so)...lots of folks in leadership positions seem like they're out only for themselves, and damned be everyone, and sell your grandma for that sweet money from her data...It feels so much worse than that Gordon Gecko character as portrayed in the old 80s WallStreet movie - like, so much worse, everywhere.
Comment · 7 days ago
Then again, if/when they do lay off so many employees, then Microsoft is putting themselves in the position that eventually they will "have no choice" but to depend more and more on agents to do as much of the work as possible...which i predict means that their products will dip in quality even further, at least until models, agents, etc. can markedly improve...so, a continuation or worsening of the quality. The future looks bleak in a few different ways; oof!
Comment · 7 days ago
I remember leveraging xml and xslt for doing the exact thing for my resume! This was quite some time ago, when xml was king. So, as a way to both unify my generation for my resume but more importantly learn more about xml, xslt, i created what sounds like a similar pipeline to yours. It felt really cool, and i learned about xslt - which to this day i'm impressed by. But, over the years as xml, xslt seem to have waned, plus i never got to use such skills at any of my jobs, and finally employers just wanted a Word doc, not a PDF...then i just stopped using my setup. Nowadays i simply keep a local copy of an .ODT file, and export to word or PDF, or whatever format an employer or recruiter asks for...and like 99.999% of the time its a Word doc. But, back then, it certainly as fun learning that stuff!
Comment · 7 days ago
I recall decades ago when i had first learned what "mail merge" meant, and was amazed by it. But even more so, I began to truly understand the immense value that computing could bring to people. Wow, thanks for this nice trip down nostalgia lane! :-)
Comment · 13 days ago
I saw this the other day, and seemed pretty cool! I kinda moved away from using Monica CRM, not because it failed me...but more so because i simply no longer needed a CRM per se. Still, the fact that self-hosting Contrack seems that slim is a really great attraction! Also, props to the dev for crafting some comparisons to other popular, known CRMs; well done!
Comment · 15 days ago
I'm not Brazilian but i grew up in a world where EVERYONE knew who Pele is (maybe i'm a little old?)...So, i also thought the same, that this was named after him! :-)
Comment · 20 days ago
100% agreed, that this is a great idea for Mozilla! Maybe its not exciting like some new tech....but to those who like firefox and/or support open source offerings, digital sovereignty, etc....and also want to have that as an option at their enterprise, i think this is really good! Now, the hope is that orgs tap into it (so it can keep growing), plus i sure hope Mozilla manages this right...but overall, i think this is very encouraging, and I for one am very happy to see it being offered!
Comment · 26 days ago
Sheesh! I mean, after reading this I'm surprized they didn't also add something like the following...

* Correlated to some of these findings, crime is estimated to rise extremely sharply in the coming years, especially bank robberies and ramraid-style theft from retail stores.

* The only industries expected to grow during this and upcoming periods include manufacturers of police batons and other riot gear, bricks, and gas masks....the latter two often used by protesters.

/s

Comment · 27 days ago
All good!

And, maybe what would have been better/cuter would be if i had said that TLS is necessary for bare minimum of secure environments...but by itself does not help reach enlightenment lol :-D

Comment · 27 days ago
Yes, of course...Hence my adding "/s" at the end of my comment: to denote sarcasm. ;-)
Comment · 28 days ago
You have learned another lesson: that a TLS/SSL cert is not necessary to achieve enlightenment! /s
Comment · 1 month ago
I'm not a kagi subscriber (yet), but am more and more becoming a fan of them and their approaches. I count myself as one of the folks who was thrilled about this web browser, because as much as i love firefox, we need diversity. Ok, ok, not too too much fragmentation...but still we need offerings to help people. So, while i was hopeful for kagi folks to keep working on orion i'm happy that at least they'll open source it and have a community continue it forward. My future hope now is that community members indeed take this browser and grow it further.

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