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Post #4085970

2026-07-25 10:15 UTC

"Don't Take the Black Pill" by @andrewrk@mastodon.social https://youtu.be/zLZwpH5lCD4 One of the best talks I have ever seen. Please watch it. An antidote to all the despair about the world of computing I'm sure we all feel.

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  • @seth@pdx.social 2026-07-25 19:16

    @cwebber@social.coop @andrewrk@mastodon.social Fact

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  • @dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-07-26 05:20

    @cwebber@social.coop @andrewrk@mastodon.social "To me this is completely missing the point, which is to pool effort in order to ensure that in general users of software remain in control of that software. To this end it doesn't really matter if your code gets picked up by AI companies. It primarily matters whether high quality free software is available to users providing competition that limits the degree to which proprietary software can get away with being coercive....

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  • @cwebber@social.coop 2026-07-25 17:16

    One of the things I found nice from @andrewrk@mastodon.social's talk was, finally, someone else hates A/B testing and says it! But this really congealed for me in a way upon reflection of the talk: the reason I don't like A/B testing is it's like focus groups but for software

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  • @dbat@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-07-25 11:17

    @cwebber@social.coop @andrewrk@mastodon.social wow. You're right. That was amazing. Compassion and hope! Thanks.

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  • @sanityinc@hachyderm.io 2026-07-25 17:31

    @cwebber@social.coop I always enjoy @andrewrk@mastodon.social's talks: he is an engineer's engineer. Keep being awesome! (Both of you.)

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  • @theraspb@aus.social 2026-07-25 18:04

    @cwebber@social.coop @andrewrk@mastodon.social Thanks for sharing this brilliant talk, feel like i have to watch this video every month to re-focus myself.

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