If anyone is wondering how well ‘AI’ in hiring is going:
My partner just tried putting her CV through some ATS checkers that use LLMs. Her name can be turned into a male name by deleting one letter. Doing so caused her score to jump 10 points.
Anyone using these tools for hiring is going to have some massive discrimination lawsuits in their future.
"It looks like you're using an unsupported browser"
No, sorry, what you meant to say was:
"It looks like we've written an unsupported website"
Me: That doesn't look right. And before removing the packages, you should've been prompted with a "Yes, do what I say!" prompt to protect you.
Colleague: It did!
Me: So why did you do it?
Colleague: Because Claude said so!
I got >< this close to telling her "If Claude told you to jump off a cliff would you also do it!?", thankfully my self-control is slightly better these days.
Covering topics ranging from technical issues, memory safety issues, dealing with standards bodies and politics, funding, marketing, AI, and more.
The interviewer also does a good job of listening and letting Bjarne actually explain things, which I appreciate a lot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U46fJ2bJ-co
They increasingly look like a project that is really getting their shit together.
Nice work!
https://www.freebsd.org/
TW: video depicting about 95% of white privileged people I've ever met
Original link: https://www.facebook.com/reel/26608103572149891
sensitive media
Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?
Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.
“It’s inevitable” often means “we’re doing this against your will and without requiring consent because we’re in a position of power”