amooiman

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   by amooiman 9y ago

   Mozilla Foundation employee here! You probably donated through https://donate.mozilla.org , so I thank you earnestly for that! With that donation you're supporting our work to protect the health of the internet, fueling the
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   by amooiman 10y ago

   The general idea is that 90% of people I tell "I work for Mozilla" respond with "Oh, you work on Firefox?" but we're about so much more than that. My understanding of the motives behind this change is that having be
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   by amooiman 10y ago

   This is how my Subaru behaves, and it feels right. The only false positive stopping I've encountered is someone coming from the opposite direction turning left across my path. And even then, it only happens when they're close enou
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   by amooiman 11y ago

   I only started working here a few months ago so I'm still forming my thoughts, but I definitely agree with the general notion that there needs to be some better external visibility/clarity of what we're doing. I can tell you
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   by amooiman 11y ago

   This is exactly right. I'm an engineer at the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, and these donations keep us working towards our mission (found at https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/details/ )
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   by amooiman 11y ago

   As @FooBarWidget says, this is about donating to the Mozilla Foundation, not the Corporation (which builds Firefox products). I'm an employee at the Foundation, and these donations help us keep running and working towards our mission,