Notices by Mitch Wagner (mitchw@mastodon.social)

@nixCraft Just one?

Of course we can tax billionaires:

"Taxing the ultra-rich isn’t like the secret of embalming Pharaohs – it’s not a lost art from a fallen civilization. The US top rate of tax in 1944 was 97%. The postwar top rate from 1945-63 was 94%, and it was 70% from 1965-80. This was the period of the largest expansion of the US economy in the nation’s history. These are the “good old days” Republicans say they want to return to."

— Cory Doctorow ... https://mitchw.blog/2024/10/16/of-course-we.html

Exxon CEO Darren Woods says the quiet part out loud: The problem with renewable energy sources is that they “don't generate above-average returns for Exxon's shareholders.” — @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/06/exxonknew/

The sun generates virtually limitless and free energy, with much of it available in the form of wind and tides. And we’re already well underway to harnessing that energy.

@Gargron What's great about container tabs?

I'm trying out Firefox the past couple of days. Looks good, but as a Mac user, I find Safari to be a good choice too.

Google’s chatbot panic

Cory Doctorow @pluralistic:

"The really remarkable thing isn’t just that Microsoft has decided that the future of search isn’t links to relevant materials, but instead lengthy, florid paragraphs written by a chatbot who happens to be a habitual liar – even more remarkable is that Google agrees."

Also:

"Every successful Google product except search and gmail is an acquisition: mobile, ad-tech, videos, server management, ... https://mitchw.blog/2023/02/16/googles-chatbot-panic.html