Hacker News: chobeat

New comment by chobeat in "Wikipedia Workers to Seek Union Recognition"

chobeat — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:46:56 +0000

not sure if AI psychosis or a simple scab

New comment by chobeat in "Wikipedia Workers in Britain set global first by seeking union recognition"

chobeat — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:26:48 +0000

if you joined a non-democratic union to begin with, that's on you. This is a rare anomaly though and most unions have democratic processes you can engage with and bring the change

New comment by chobeat in "Wikipedia Workers in Britain set global first by seeking union recognition"

chobeat — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:25:17 +0000

they are still in talks for recognition

New comment by chobeat in "Wikipedia Workers in Britain set global first by seeking union recognition"

chobeat — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:21:37 +0000

There's a union of wikipedia editors being formed and they are in alliance with the US and UK Wikimedia union. More public statements will follow in the next weeks about this.

New comment by chobeat in "Wikipedia Workers to Seek Union Recognition"

chobeat — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:20:34 +0000

Guess how those labor laws were achieved. Spoiler: unions. Same as weekends, 40-hour work week and so on. Strong unions win laws.

Wikipedia Workers in Britain set global first by seeking union recognition

chobeat — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:02:37 +0000

Article URL: https://utaw.tech/news/wikipedia-recognition

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48669932

Points: 197

# Comments: 3

At Intel – Organising within and against the semiconductor industry

chobeat — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:29:37 +0000

Article URL: https://disjunctionsmag.com/articles/at-intel/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47927563

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by chobeat in "Tech Workers Coalition Onboarding Call – Tue 28"

chobeat — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:56:07 +0000

Tech Oligarchs are burning the world. If you feel your job is useless or harmful to other humans, it's time to become an organizer.

Join Tech Workers Coalition and discover how to go from being a passive slave to your CEO to an active force for change.

Tech Workers Coalition Onboarding Call – Tue 28

chobeat — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:56:07 +0000

Article URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/a-wjpH4OTyaQ_ZKoHz5tmQ#/registration

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47918865

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by chobeat in "LICENSE: _may be_ licensed to use source code; incorrect license grant"

chobeat — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:19:00 +0000

Go on Zulip or Anytype

Why Tech Workers Coalition?

chobeat — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:08:16 +0000

Article URL: https://write.as/conjure-utopia/why-tech-workers-coalition

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46667155

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

WebUSB Unpinner: network analysis for the masses

chobeat — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:45:04 +0000

Article URL: https://reversing.works/posts/2025/12/webusb-unpinner-network-analysis-for-the-masses/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46599785

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Three years of building no-code software for grassroots political organizations

chobeat — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:04:34 +0000

Article URL: https://write.as/conjure-utopia/three-years-of-building-no-code-software-for-political-organizations

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45081958

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

From Tech Lash to Tech Fash – Aug 19th

chobeat — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:39:53 +0000

Article URL: https://tech-organizing-reflections.github.io/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44875481

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by chobeat in "The Case for Sabotage"

chobeat — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:14:18 +0000

The problem with guilds is that they preserve the interests of who is already inside at the detriment of everybody else. They range from cool kids clubs to straight up mafia behavior. There's no solidarity in guilds.

New comment by chobeat in "The Case for Sabotage"

chobeat — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:12:51 +0000

cry about it, scab

The Case for Sabotage

chobeat — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:45:26 +0000

Article URL: https://collectiveactionintech.substack.com/p/the-case-for-sabotage

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44649713

Points: 11

# Comments: 6

The Rise and Fall of the Knowledge Worker

chobeat — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 08:02:14 +0000

Article URL: https://jacobin.com/2025/07/knowledge-workers-ai-globalization-deindustrialization/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44540205

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by chobeat in "Ask HN: I want to leave tech: what do I do?"

chobeat — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 07:09:12 +0000

It's not exclusive to tech workers and it has nothing to do with Maoism. I'm not even leftist. It's just how our present economy works: since needs have long been satisfied, profit goes to who exploits better. Either the workers, nature, or the consumer. The more you exploit, the more you profit. Or do you think it's by chance that every major investment group, tech unicorn and military company does or enables unthinkable dystopic horrors?

New comment by chobeat in "I want to leave tech: what do I do?"

chobeat — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:20:19 +0000

This is like asking how you can keep drinking the blood of babies without the guilt of killing babies. The quality of living attributed to tech workers is on the condition that they participate in the system that extracts value from people and society. If you don't want to participate in that system of exploitation, you don't get the privileges that come with being an exploiter.