#phoning — Public Fediverse posts

@GuyNamedBrian

I happened to take a snap of Library of Congress's Annotated Constitution in January (for some other reason).
https://static.awadwatt.com/U.S.%20Constitution%20%EF%BD%9C%20Constitution%20Annotated%20%EF%BD%9C%20Congress.gov%20%EF%BD%9C%20Library%20of%20Congress%20(1_21_2025%203%EF%BC%9A23%EF%BC%9A07%20PM).html

and here it is today:
https://static.awadwatt.com/U.S.%20Constitution%20%EF%BD%9C%20Constitution%20Annotated%20%EF%BD%9C%20Congress.gov%20%EF%BD%9C%20Library%20of%20Congress%20(8_6_2025%2010%EF%BC%9A48%EF%BC%9A58%20AM).html

here is the DIFF:
https://static.awadwatt.com/Holy%20fucking%20shit%20-%20Congress%20just%20REDACTED%20the%20Constitution.html

If I were #american I'd be #phoning my #Congress #congressperson and/or #senator right _now_.

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As a #software #engineer, try to go your whole #career without building anything which will cause millions of #users to spend frustrated hours searching for a way to turn the damn thing off.

Notable #failures to adhere to this principle: #Google's "#AI" #search summaries, #Microsoft's conversion of #Windows into an #advertising billboard that happens to sometimes show an #application window, "#smart" appliances/devices that can't perform their basic function without #phoning the #mothership.