The Mozilla Foundation, known for their Internet browser, has stopped the possibility of donating cryptocurrency to the foundation. One of the founders strongly criticized this, which in turn caused a whirlwind in the community.
Jamie Zawinski, the creator of Mozilla.org: "Everyone involved in the project should be deeply ashamed of this decision to cooperate with planet-burning Ponzi thugs."
No crypto donations after all
Last week, the development company behind the Firefox browser tweeted a call for donations in cryptocurrency. But yesterday Mozilla announced that it had stopped crypto donations because of the online discussion about the environmental impact of crypto.
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Mozilla said it will continue to explore decentralized web technology, but will resume crypto donations only if it fits with their climate goals. This is reminiscent of how Elon Musk stopped crypto payments under pressure and would only accept bitcoin for Tesla again if certain goals were met. Mozilla further says that in the spirit of open source, it will be transparent in the review process and share constant updates.
Unrealistic business model
On December 31, the organization made a call that they would accept cryptocurrency donations through the BitPay platform. In response, Jamie Zawinski, one of the founders of Mozilla, wrote an anti-crypto blog on January 5. Although he has not been associated with Mozilla since 2000, he keeps a close eye on the organization. He says crypto has an unrealistic business model and only produces pollution and makes money off of it.
'The cryptocurrency industry, whose business model resembles an enemy of Captain Planet: they produce only DESTRUCTION, nothing else, and they turn that into money. They call it a "currency," but all you can do with it is pay ransom after your computer is hacked! You can't even use it to buy porn!'
Many followers referred to a blog by Mitchell Baker, the current CEO of Mozilla. He was quoted about Mozilla's and its commitment to protecting the environment and confronting the climate crisis.
After the Mozilla Foundation suggested crypto donations to its followers on Twitter, the foundation is cashing in on a major setback.
The organization behind the Firefox browser experienced strong headwinds over the past week. As a result, the foundation decided to pause the crypto donation option for the time being.
In a statement on Twitter, Mozilla explains that from now on, the organization is reviewing to what extent crypto donations are compatible with climate goals. As a result, the foundation is suspending crypto donations for the time being.
One contribution in particular seems to have weighed in for the foundation. Because Mozilla's co-founder Jamie Zawinsky himself commented on the organization's tweet, earning over 20,000 likes. In it, he threw around swear words and revealed his disappointment in the Mozilla Foundation for its crypto acceptance. In the same post, he let it be known that "everyone involved in the project should be deeply ashamed of this decision to join forces with planet-burning rip-off artists."
But that's not all. After the Mozilla Foundation responded to criticism from its followers and users by pausing crypto donations, it is now hailing criticism from other corners.
Indeed, Mozilla is not alone in facing headwinds from crypto critics. Recently, Ubisoft experienced a harsh backlash from the gaming community. After announcing weapon, outfit and vehicle skins as NFTs on the Tezos blockchain, the French company came under heavy criticism.
It seems like the Mozilla Foundation can't really please anyone right now. It remains to be seen which argument will ultimately be successful and whether the Mozilla Foundation will soon accept crypto donations again.
source: https://www.btc-echo.de/news/mozilla-legt-krypto-spenden-auf-eis-132536/ DeepL
The software developers out there will be familiar with the original quote, by Jamie Zawinski, about regular expressions (or regex as we know them in the field).
For the uninitiated, a regular expression is a kind of pattern used for searching text. Regex are incredibly powerful and often so tricky that the act of using them can introduce a completely new problem!
Like regex, booze (and all drugs) apparently offer a one-stop-shop for all kinds of problems:
- I'm bored - have a drink
- I'm worried - have a drink
- I'm upset - have a drink
- I'm depressed - have a drink
- I'm greiving - have a drink
- I'm ill - have a drink
- I'm angry - have a drink
- I'm frustrated - have a drink
- I'm exhausted - have a drink
- I'm restless - have a drink
And so on.
Unlike regex, booze doesn't solve any of the problems it sets out to battle. At best it will distract us from the problem for a while. At worst we are soon having a drink to solve the problem alcohol has introduced: how to get more booze because we need it.
She doesn't mention regex (thankfully) but this is what I'm learning in the amazing 'This Naken Mind' by Annie Grace. Alcohol is an addiction and it's sole purpose is to sustain itself - a self fulfilling problem!
(It made me chuckle to compare booze to regex for a while so I thought why not share)
Anyway, this is where I have been for an astonishing number of years now. All my problems solved by the same incidious liquid. Ha!
As a software developer, if a new tool comes along that makes solving certain problems easier then I will use it. How incredible then that all of the above "problems" already have a better solution. Alcohol came along and became the new tool! WTF!? It's a barefaced liar.
So, I want to be that person that, when faced with a problem, thinks "I know, I'll face it". I will have to anyway and the longer I ignore it or dull it with booze the harder it is going to bite.
I've read it many times in this forum and I understand it now: "Being sober won't solve my problems, but it will make my problems solvable." Beautiful!
IWNDWYT!
After a wave of criticism from the open-source community this week, Mozilla, the company behind the popular Firefox browser, announced on Thursday it has paused accepting donations in cryptocurrency, citing an "important discussion" about the environmental impact of digital assets.
"Last week, we tweeted a reminder that Mozilla accepts cryptocurrency donations," Mozilla tweeted. "This led to an important discussion about cryptocurrency's environmental impact. We're listening, and taking action."
Now the organization says it is reviewing if and how its current policy on crypto donations fits with its broader climate goals, and is pausing the ability to donate cryptocurrency for its 211 million active users.
The uproar started on December 31, when Mozilla posted a short tweet reminding followers they can use crypto to make donations to the Mozilla Foundation. Mozilla's tweet cited Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin specifically.
Many Firefox users on Twitter were not happy to learn that Mozilla accepts Bitcoin, and were clearly unaware it has done so since 2014.
The chorus of dissent included Mozilla co-founder Jamie Zawinski, who didn't mince words when voicing his disapproval.
"Hi, I'm sure that whoever runs this account has no idea who I am, but I founded u/mozilla and I'm here to say fuck you and fuck this," Zawinski tweeted. "Everyone involved in the project should be witheringly ashamed of this decision to partner with planet-incinerating Ponzi grifters."
Blockstream CEO Adam Back was one of many Bitcoiners who pushed back against Zawinski, tweeting, “Turns out some early coders having been living under a rock about #bitcoin. Someone brain-dump u/jwz , he blocked me already and all I suggested was some ex-mozilla people to talk to for a brain dump. That's weak sauce for the famed u/jwz hacker dude.”
But Zawinski was hardly alone in his complaint. Peter Linss, who designed the Gecko browser engine used in the Firefox browser and Thunderbird email client, joined in.
"Hey u/mozilla, I expect you don't know me either, but I designed Gecko, the engine your browser is built on," Lines tweeted. "And I'm 100% with u/jwz on this. What. The. Actual. Fuck. You were meant to be better than this."
Mozilla says that while decentralized web technologies continue to be an important area to explore, they say a lot has changed since they started accepting crypto donations in 2014.
"In the spirit of open-source, this will be a
... keep reading on reddit ➡Alright, I'll be careful here in terms of producing overly direct links because of dangers around brigading and what not, but many of you are probably already aware of the DNA Lounge, whose owner Jamie Zawinski, has come out strongly in favor of permanent vaccine passports and permanent masking policies for the Bay. His blog, which used to be about running a nightclub in the years before 2020, is now a Covid rant platform, where he rails against how "anti-vaxxers" (translation: anyone not supportive of oppressive authoritarianism and forced vaccination) are public enemy number one and should be culled from public life (and literally culled too if it were up to him). Supporting material: [1] [2] [3] [4]. On his posts he actively censors all content that's even somewhat skeptical of his authoritarian push to make it seem like these extreme measures are universally supported.
In addition to that, the club's also become an important symbol to Covid-forever supporters in the San Francisco institution — see for example the SF Chronicle publishing about these heroic restrictions here [5], and how they should be a roadmap for every business in the area.
Zawinski puts his money where his mouth is, and entry to DNA Lounge requires a fully verified vaccine QR code because he's so afraid that alternative vaccination proofs like a photo of a vaccine card could be faked. Many out-of-state / out-of-country visitors are for all intents and purposes banned because they won't have vaccination records which are verifiable under this new regime. Once inside, attendees will have the pleasure of suffering through strictly enforced masking policies all evening because like everyone knows, although vaccines are a direct gift from The Almighty Himself, they don't work well enough to ease back on masking requirements, or any other restrictions. Zawinski's regularly rants about other establishments in the city who aren't being strict enough in their policing (presumably including the Black Cat, which let London Breed go maskless all night).
Which leads us to today, where a thread came to light on /r/sanfrancisco about how upon experiencing sexual assault at the club, the victim and her boyfriend were actually kicked out upon pointing it out to management, who actively protected the predator even after multiple complaints. It's hard to say the exact reason for this, but my guess is that he was a known insider. The thread [6] quickly accumulated ~600 upvotes and 60+ comments (that'
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
