#quality — Public Fediverse posts

The decline in people’s ability to judge #quality isn’t just getting #worse in #politics , it’s happening in consumer #markets too. If you had the impression that #goods are much worse than they used to be, you are factually right! In both, politics and goods manufacturing many are exploiting this cognitive #decline. Exploring the reasons would be interesting; I strongly suspect #socialmedia manipulation is a major driver. #CriticalThinking https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/consumed-consumer-goods-quality

The decline in people’s ability to judge #quality isn’t just getting #worse in #politics , it’s happening in consumer #markets too. If you had the impression that #goods are much worse than they used to be, you are factually right! In both, politics and goods manufacturing many are exploiting this cognitive #decline. Exploring the reasons would be interesting; I strongly suspect #socialmedia manipulation is a major driver. #CriticalThinking https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/consumed-consumer-goods-quality

💣The era of microwave music is here. Finding true classics is rare... #Music #Reaction #Classics #Quality #HipHop

https://youtu.be/HU3rb1b31Zk?is=tbfaOVzQc1N4nY3B

💣The era of microwave music is here. Finding true classics is rare... #Music #Reaction #Classics #Quality #HipHop

https://youtu.be/HU3rb1b31Zk?is=tbfaOVzQc1N4nY3B

20+ years of running "alpha quality" browser as my main web browser

https://ludovic.hirlimann.net/2026/08/20-years-of-running-alpha-quality.html

#quality #openweb #webbrowser #mozilla #throwbackthursday

20+ years of running "alpha quality" browser as my main web browser

https://ludovic.hirlimann.net/2026/08/20-years-of-running-alpha-quality.html

#quality #openweb #webbrowser #mozilla #throwbackthursday

Do not disturb – I’m working in the garden – tote bag

This is a Scientist and Philosopher organic cotton bag of our hedgehog design with the wording “Do not disturb”, “I’m working in the garden” printed on it. The design is also available as an adult men’s and women’s styles and child size T-shirt.

Hedgehogs, certainly in the UK, are in decline. They are an integral part of a functioning ecosystem and you should welcome them into your garden as they love munching their way through slugs, snails and other pests. Unfortunately many people who put in modern fencing forget to cut a hole allowing the hedgehogs to move from one garden to the next. So talk to your neighbours about building a super hedgehog highway. (S&P)

Check out how these Teemill products are made using organic cotton. We need to live in not just a sustainable way but one that causes the least environmental loading on the planet. You can even send these items back to be made into new things when you have finished with them.

The links to the bag and other designs including these as well as long sleeve T-shirts, jumpers and hoodies, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/product/hedgehog-do-not-disturb-v1b-shopping-bag/. The design is also available as a women’s T-shirt, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/product/women-s-hedgehog-do-not-disturb-v1b/ and as a unisex T-shirt, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/product/hedgehog-do-not-disturb-v1b/.

Our Teemill organic cotton products are ethically, environmentally and ecologically produced. They are recyclable, sustainable, stylish, high quality fashion items.

Our links

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

Our Etsy shop, https://junagarhmedia.etsy.com/.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

On Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.co.uk/paulpaddington2017/

#ethical #environmental #ecological #recyclable #sustainable #stylish #quality #fashion

Renewables tote bag

This is another organic cotton bag from our Scientist and Philosopher range that we have produced on the Teemill platform.

We live in a very degraded and altered environment that is changing our planet and its processes and life support systems. New green technologies are being developed very rapidly but business as usual economics and hugely powerful and wealthy corporations and individuals are still continuing with their fossil fuel agenda. They must be stopped if we want an equitable future for the generations that follow us. This bag is handy because you won’t have to use a plastic one. (S&P)

Check out how these products are made using organic cotton. We need to live in not just a sustainable way but one that causes the least environmental loading on the planet. You can even send these items back to be made into new things when you have finished with them.

It’s available from our Teemill shop, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/product/renewables-v1b-shopping-bag/. Also available as a unisex T-shirt, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/product/renewables-v1b/.

Our Teemill organic cotton products are ethically, environmentally and ecologically produced. They are recyclable, sustainable, stylish, high quality fashion items.

Our links

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

Our Etsy shop, https://junagarhmedia.etsy.com.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

On Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.co.uk/paulpaddington2017/

#ethical #environmental #ecological #recyclable #sustainable #stylish #quality #fashion

I stopped trusting USB-C cable labels and started testing them

https://www.makeuseof.com/i-stopped-trusting-usb-c-cable-labels-started-testing-with-meter-instead/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49152255

#HackerNews #USB-C #Testing #Cable #Quality #Trustworthy #Tech #Consumer #Electronics

I stopped trusting USB-C cable labels and started testing them

https://www.makeuseof.com/i-stopped-trusting-usb-c-cable-labels-started-testing-with-meter-instead/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49152255

#HackerNews #USB-C #Testing #Cable #Quality #Trustworthy #Tech #Consumer #Electronics

Women’s Hedgehog – Do not disturb – I’m working in the garden – long sleeve T-shirt

A women’s version of our Scientist and Philosopher hedgehog design long sleeve T-shirt with the message “Do not disturb – I’m working in the garden”. If you are a keen gardener they can do wonders for you in terms of eating their way through slugs and snails and other creatures that might devour your hard work. With a hedgehog around you won’t need to use chemicals. So what do they need in return? Well first is a way into and out of your garden. They don’t climb so high fences are mountainous obstacles. So consider cutting holes at the bases of the fences you own and tell your neighbours why you are doing this. Secondly, they like wild places so a very neat garden although pleasing to the human eye is not really to the liking of hedgehogs. So sweep up leaves by all means but leave them piled up so hedgehogs can have some fun. It’s a two way street when it comes to hedgehogs, help them and they’ll help you. Remember though that if you create a wild space that you make sure not to use strimmers and other garden power tools as these can be deadly. So the message is support your local hedgehogs. (S&P)

Check out how these products are made using organic cotton. We need to live in not just a sustainable way but one that causes the least environmental loading on the planet. You can even send these items back to be made into new things when you have finished with them.

This is the link to the long sleeve T-shirt, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/product/womens-hedgehog-do-not-disturb-long-sleeve-t-shirt-v1b/.

The design is also available as a short sleeve women’s T-shirt, in men’s sizes, for children and as an organic cotton bag.

Our Teemill organic cotton products are ethically, environmentally and ecologically produced. They are recyclable, sustainable, stylish, high quality fashion items.

Our links

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

Our Etsy shop, https://junagarhmedia.etsy.com.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

On Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.co.uk/paulpaddington2017/

#ethical #environmental #ecological #recyclable #sustainable #stylish #quality #fashion

Women’s Hedgehog – Think of me I like wild gardens – long sleeve T-shirt

A women’s long sleeve version of our Scientist and Philosopher hedgehog design T-shirt with the message “Think of me – I like wild gardens”. If you are a keen gardener they can do wonders for you in terms of eating their way through slugs and snails and other creatures that might devour your hard work. With a hedgehog around you won’t need to use chemicals. So what do they need in return? Well first is a way into and out of your garden. They don’t climb so high fences are mountainous obstacles. So consider cutting holes at the bases of the fences you own and tell your neighbours why you are doing this. Secondly, they like wild places so a very neat garden although pleasing to the human eye is not really to the liking of hedgehogs. So sweep up leaves by all means but leave them piled up so hedgehogs can have some fun. It’s a two way street when it comes to hedgehogs, help them and they’ll help you. Remember though that if you create a wild space that you make sure not to use strimmers and other garden power tools as these can be deadly. So the message is support your local hedgehogs. (S&P)

Check out how these products are made using organic cotton. We need to live in not just a sustainable way but one that causes the least environmental loading on the planet. You can even send these items back to be made into new things when you have finished with them.

This is the link to the long sleeve T-shirt, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/product/womens-hedgehog-and-wild-garden-long-sleeve-t-shirt-v1b/.

The design is also available as a woman’s T-shirt, men’s sizes, for children and as an organic cotton bag.

Our Teemill organic cotton products are ethically, environmentally and ecologically produced. They are recyclable, sustainable, stylish, high quality fashion items.

Our links

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

Our Etsy shop, https://junagarhmedia.etsy.com.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

On Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.co.uk/paulpaddington2017/

#ethical #environmental #ecological #recyclable #sustainable #stylish #quality #fashion

An example of the dominating strategy by a consulting firm run by a newly minted MD with a marketing background.

“An upstart #consulting firm is using #ArtificialIntelligence to disrupt Australia’s IT advisory market by delivering #LegacySoftware #upgrades faster and at a lower cost.

Publicis Sapient country managing director Angela Robinson said the approach meant # projects could come in at a third of traditional costs and in a fraction of standard delivery times.

Angela Robinson, the country managing director of #PublicisSapient says the firm can deliver projects faster using AI.

“I have nothing to lose by unashamedly shrinking the pie and taking a larger share,” Robinson said. “If people want to move their #work to us, which they are starting to do, they see that we can do it #faster and #cheaper at a better #quality.”

Legacy software delivered fast, below cost and accurate? If it sounds too good to be true it’s probably marketing.

#ZeroHourWork / econimics / #work / #software <https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/consulting-upstart-bets-on-code-automation-to-shrink-market-20260805-p60lrc> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/PJXX4>

An example of the dominating strategy by a consulting firm run by a newly minted MD with a marketing background.

“An upstart #consulting firm is using #ArtificialIntelligence to disrupt Australia’s IT advisory market by delivering #LegacySoftware #upgrades faster and at a lower cost.

Publicis Sapient country managing director Angela Robinson said the approach meant # projects could come in at a third of traditional costs and in a fraction of standard delivery times.

Angela Robinson, the country managing director of #PublicisSapient says the firm can deliver projects faster using AI.

“I have nothing to lose by unashamedly shrinking the pie and taking a larger share,” Robinson said. “If people want to move their #work to us, which they are starting to do, they see that we can do it #faster and #cheaper at a better #quality.”

Legacy software delivered fast, below cost and accurate? If it sounds too good to be true it’s probably marketing.

#ZeroHourWork / econimics / #work / #software <https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/consulting-upstart-bets-on-code-automation-to-shrink-market-20260805-p60lrc> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/PJXX4>

When they hand out samples in shops, you expect to be served decent #quality, as they are trying to get you to #buy their #product. We saw this in #software too. You got great features, bought the product, and got even better features. Not so with #AI. We get a shit product, told it gets better once paid for. But it's still shit. Making matters worse, one then spends more time with it, 'cause everyone raves on how great it is. This works because the bots constantly tell us how clever we are 🤷‍♂️

Microsoft says Windows 11 is getting less annoying. Its progress report leaves out the numbers

Share if you found this interesting.

https://1ban.news/microsoft-windows-11-quality-progress-report-2026/

#1ban #microsoft #windows #quality #progress #tech

Women’s CO2caine fossil fuels addiction T-shirt

A T-shirt from our Scientist and Philosopher range. The first in our CO2caine series.

The human race is addicted to burning fossil fuels to the detriment to life on Earth. Carbon dioxide emissions have been released in large quantities since the start of the industrial revolution. The level now seen in the atmosphere has not been at such a level since before the start of this current series of ice ages around 2.58 million years ago. The implications are that parts of the planet will become uninhabitable and there will be mass extinctions of different forms of life which may include Homo sapiens. (S&P)

Check out how these products are made using organic cotton. We need to live in not just a sustainable way but one that causes the least environmental loading on the planet. You can even send these items back to be made into new things when you have finished with them.

This is the link to the T-shirt itself, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/product/women-s-co2caine-fossil-fuels-addiction-v1b-adult-t-shirt/. Also available as a unisex T-shirt.

Our Teemill organic cotton products are ethically, environmentally and ecologically produced. They are recyclable, sustainable, stylish, high quality fashion items.

Our links

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

Our Etsy shop, https://junagarhmedia.etsy.com.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

On Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.co.uk/paulpaddington2017/

#ethical #environmental #ecological #recyclable #sustainable #stylish #quality #fashion

https://www.evshift.com/503247/in-your-next-chapter-show-up-with-star-quality-shorts/ In your next chapter, show up with star quality. | #shorts #benz #CHAPTER #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #mercedes #MercedesBenz #quality #shorts #Show #Star

Presenting my Weller Soldering Iron ❤️‍🩹
* 25 Watt
* 120V
* Life cycle 40++ years

# INDESTRUCTIBLE

#Electrónica #electronics #soldering #iron #quality #Weller #Older #Than #You #fourty #Plus #years #rosin #core #solder

Presenting my Weller Soldering Iron ❤️‍🩹
* 25 Watt
* 120V
* Life cycle 40++ years

# INDESTRUCTIBLE

#Electrónica #electronics #soldering #iron #quality #Weller #Older #Than #You #fourty #Plus #years #rosin #core #solder

CONGRUENCE
A Love for Quality y for Its Own Sake

Sometimes what we wear isn't about status—it's about authenticity. This essay explores how childhood, quality, and congruence shaped my relationship with clothing and identity.

Article link below

https://medium.com/@dianabasieseme_60028/congruence-18ce110298db?sk=a514de7b8acbb7d106755158d57c057f

Visual created with AI.

#Writing #Minimalism #Authenticity #Quality #Medium

CONGRUENCE
A Love for Quality y for Its Own Sake

Sometimes what we wear isn't about status—it's about authenticity. This essay explores how childhood, quality, and congruence shaped my relationship with clothing and identity.

Article link below

https://medium.com/@dianabasieseme_60028/congruence-18ce110298db?sk=a514de7b8acbb7d106755158d57c057f

Visual created with AI.

#Writing #Minimalism #Authenticity #Quality #Medium

https://engineering.salesforce.com/maintaining-code-quality-at-agent-speed-7-patterns-for-agentic-engineering/ - Maintaining #code #quality in the age of #AI. "The central question shifted from how quickly we could generate code to how quickly we could trust it."

https://engineering.salesforce.com/maintaining-code-quality-at-agent-speed-7-patterns-for-agentic-engineering/ - Maintaining #code #quality in the age of #AI. "The central question shifted from how quickly we could generate code to how quickly we could trust it."

🚀 Ah, the "Speed #is God" sermon! Because who needs #quality or thoughtfulness when you can just 🚂 barreling through tasks like a #caffeinated #squirrel on #roller skates? 🙄 Forget thoroughness, folks, #velocity is the new virtue! 🏎️💨
https://graybeard.ing/the-religion-of-speed/ #Speed #God #over #skates #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Ah, the "Speed #is God" sermon! Because who needs #quality or thoughtfulness when you can just 🚂 barreling through tasks like a #caffeinated #squirrel on #roller skates? 🙄 Forget thoroughness, folks, #velocity is the new virtue! 🏎️💨
https://graybeard.ing/the-religion-of-speed/ #Speed #God #over #skates #HackerNews #ngated

Former UK water company #CEO charged over alleged water test #fraud

Under UK law, intentionally altering wastewater flows during regulatory sampling is a #criminal offence. If convicted, Wright faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

The former chief executive of #UK water company #SouthernWater has been charged with conspiring to “manipulate” #water #quality tests, #British authorities said on Wednesday.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/22/former-uk-water-company-ceo-charged-over-alleged-water-test-fraud

#sewage #CorporateCrime #Nationalise #PeopleNotProfits

Former UK water company #CEO charged over alleged water test #fraud

Under UK law, intentionally altering wastewater flows during regulatory sampling is a #criminal offence. If convicted, Wright faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

The former chief executive of #UK water company #SouthernWater has been charged with conspiring to “manipulate” #water #quality tests, #British authorities said on Wednesday.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/22/former-uk-water-company-ceo-charged-over-alleged-water-test-fraud

#sewage #CorporateCrime #Nationalise #PeopleNotProfits

4 “Every man bears within him the germs of every #human #quality, and now manifests one, now another, and frequently is quite unlike himself, while still remaining the same man.” - Leo #Tolstoy, Resurrection

‘Nightborne’: Neill #Blomkamp Shares Sci-Fi #Horror Short Made Entirely With #AI

It is an emotionless and soulless collection of short AI clips that couldn't be less interesting. It's a #mystery to me how anyone could push something like this forward with today's still-immature #technology. #Failure is inevitable.

watch: youtube.com/watch?v=8Wbtt2JxP7…

#scifi #entertainment #movie #cinema #fail #problem #emotions #voices #filmmaker #omg #wtf #quality #nightborne #military #monster

The AI-authorship debate is bollox.

https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/human-factors-in-authorship

The LLM-versus-human debate has been raging for several years now, and there seem to be two principal camps: human exceptionalists and agnostics. I suppose there may also be a small, misanthropic faction, but its members are remarkably quiet.

#philosophy #blog #substack #podcast #pangram #authenticity #quality #facticity #dashboard #authorship #writing #publishing #media #language #llms #artificialintelligence #debate #exceptionalism

The AI-authorship debate is bollox.

https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/human-factors-in-authorship

The LLM-versus-human debate has been raging for several years now, and there seem to be two principal camps: human exceptionalists and agnostics. I suppose there may also be a small, misanthropic faction, but its members are remarkably quiet.

#philosophy #blog #substack #podcast #pangram #authenticity #quality #facticity #dashboard #authorship #writing #publishing #media #language #llms #artificialintelligence #debate #exceptionalism

安かれ悪かれ　不管是好是坏
品質が悪くとも、安かれば良い。
即使质量不好，如果能便宜点就更好了。

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/nccc0dd19942f

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#reality #world #evil #bad #services #better #only #products #quality #greed #mentality #worse #arrogance #cheaper

The State of AI Impact in Engineering: Q2 2026, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/the-state-of-ai-impact-in-engineering?ref=frontenddogma.com

#ai #metrics #quality #dx #economics #engineeringmanagement

The State of AI Impact in Engineering: Q2 2026, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/the-state-of-ai-impact-in-engineering?ref=frontenddogma.com

#ai #metrics #quality #dx #economics #engineeringmanagement

RT by @EU_EESC: Two debates from our July #EESCPlenary shaping the months ahead. First: @ThomasByrneTD on the priorities of @Ireland2026EU: housing, poverty, democratic participation. Second: EVP @RoxanaMinzatu on #Quality Jobs. Every worker deserves to come home safely from a hard day's work.

Two debates from our July #EESCPlenary shaping the months ahead.

First: @ThomasByrneTD on the priorities of @Ireland2026EU: housing, poverty, democratic participation.

Second: EVP @RoxanaMinzatu on #Quality Jobs. Every worker deserves to come home safely from a hard day's work.

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This is what we needed, great stuff.

https://www.worseonpurpose.com/

#stuff #tech #technology #money #branding #marketing #blog #economy #quality #enshittification

This is what we needed, great stuff.

https://www.worseonpurpose.com/

#stuff #tech #technology #money #branding #marketing #blog #economy #quality #enshittification

@samreciter #bigoil schmiert gut und leider glauben viele #dieseldieter die #propaganda und ja #vw hat beim thema #ev #innivation und #quality versagt #korrupt weil #bigoil schmiert gut

Canada Issues Air Quality Warnings Over US Wildfire Smoke After Trump Tariff Threat

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Canada Issues Air Quality Warnings Over US Wildfire Smoke After Trump Tariff Threat

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Regarding #wildfire #smoke and #air quality levels, Sunday has been an improving day for the #Northland following a resurgence Saturday.

An Air #Quality Alert continues through Monday morning for some level of #unhealthy air.

Unfortunately, #fire #weather conditions remain very high.

#wxtooter #wx #MNwx #WIwx #UPwx