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- Comment on George R. R. Martin's New Announcement Has Finally Made Me Accept He's Never Finishing The Winds Of Winter 2 days ago:
At this point he should just feed the old books to an AI and have it write the next ones. Nobody will be able to tell the difference.
- Comment on Cheers lads an lassies 3 days ago:
Anthony Daniels cosplaying every Halloween.
- Comment on Gave him an offer, then took it away. Thanks PayPal. 1 week ago:
This was actually pretty normal for the last couple of tech jobs. Screening call with recruiter, phone screen with hiring manager, then a full-day on-site or zoom with 3-6 rounds. Sometimes, they would ask for a presentation about past work before the on-site. The number of rounds isn’t indicative of anything in big tech. Smaller companies do fewer and can’t afford to be as picky.
The problem is that after you’ve signed the offer and given your notice, you’re going on faith that the new company offer isn’t going to fall off. I’ve heard it happen a few times, usually when new company puts on a full hiring freeze.
It sucks, and the only way to mitigate it is to be talking to multiple companies when you decide to make a move.
- Comment on Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected for 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet 1 week ago:
Article not clear. Not following how his inability to find a job has any connection to AI?
- Comment on Volvo EX90’s Lidar Sensor Will Fry Your Phone’s Camera 1 week ago:
L.I.D.A.R.: Laser iPhone Death & Android Ruin
- Comment on Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model 2 weeks ago:
Google is in an interesting predicament. Their ad service brings in so much revenue, but it’s based on search sending traffic to places where those ads are consumed.
Boost search through Overviews and you’re limiting the effectiveness and reach of your ad service. And to top it off, your search needs content to ingest and remain relevant. But if the ad revenue drops off to websites, they go out of business, so search has less stuff to ingest.
It’s like a reverse flywheel, where each part is working to harm the other part. People have been pointing this out for the last couple of years, but Google search just keeps adding more to Overviews and choking off the flow.
And before you say “good, I hate ads,” most of the internet today and its services are paid by ad revenue changing hands. That includes ISPs that host the Fediverse, networking and storage gear makers, pretty much everything to do with open source, and so many jobs that exist to keep the whole thing humming so we can enjoy cat memes.
If Google (or someone like Cloudflare) doesn’t figure out a way to keep the money flowing, we may be watching a sea shift in how the internet has worked in the last 30 years.
- Comment on Wyze gets $255K tariff bill for $167K worth of floodlights 3 weeks ago:
Wyze devices are known for being lower cost than most other IoT/home security devices, but have a name brand, and decent app/assistant support. They’re way above no-name low-end ones, but cheaper than brands like Arlo, Ring, or Nest.
Having low manufacturing costs is how they pull it off. If they get forced to add tariffs to their cost, their only hope is if everyone else ends up increasing their prices, otherwise their big advantage goes away. It’s too bad. They make pretty decent gear.
- Comment on Netflix's CEO says movie theaters are old news. Director Rian Johnson says his next movie belongs there anyway. 3 weeks ago:
Someone linked to this clip by Ryan Coogler, director of Sinners (and so many more) talking about film formats.
We stopped going to theaters since the pandemic, but his explanation is getting me amped about going to see this film, even though horror’s not my thing.
Netflix has its place but it doesn’t replace the theater experience.
- Comment on Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ Gets 70mm IMAX Re-Release 3 weeks ago:
Great to see someone nerding over film formats, like designers over fonts, artists over oils, or techies over just about everything.
- Comment on What is this for? (Wrong answers only) 3 weeks ago:
Taco forming mold.
- Comment on ‘Resident Alien’ Season 4 Casts Stephen Root as Harry’s Father 3 weeks ago:
Outstanding! One of my favorite shows.
- Comment on You can only use one for the rest of your life, which you choosing? 3 weeks ago:
All bow before the mighty impact driver.
- Comment on Counting our debt 4 weeks ago:
Alternative way of counting it: findingmoneyfilm.com
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads 4 weeks ago:
To be fair, they’re targeting people who WANT to be tracked, in return for personalized ads. If that’s not you (or me), just ignore their entire platform.
Bold move. Let’s see how it pans out.
- Comment on Try this yummy Easter dessert! 4 weeks ago:
How many borad-feet per yar?
- Comment on My name is death (to plants) 5 weeks ago:
I feel understood.
- Comment on Jennifer Lawrence was quoted implying that The Hunger Games was the first female-led action movie ... today I want to introduce you to one of my favorite exceptions: The Long Kiss Goodnight. 5 weeks ago:
La Femme Nikita (original French), Alien, and Terminator 2 all had seriously kick-ass female leads.
- Comment on Beachfront property 5 weeks ago:
Correlation with mass and surface area.
- Comment on Beachfront property 5 weeks ago:
8 seconds in freefall from 1000ft. Longer if you hit solid things on the way rolling down.
Also, if you bring air resistance into it, nationality will affect outcome.
- Comment on CVE Board members launch the CVE Foundation, a dedicated, non-profit to continue identifying vulnerabilities, after the US ended its contract with Mitre 5 weeks ago:
Looks like the negative publicity worked. CVEs are back on the menu: bleepingcomputer.com/…/cisa-extends-funding-to-en…
- Comment on SSL/TLS certificates will last 47 days max by 2029 5 weeks ago:
We could be heading into daily (or hourly) cert auto-renewals. Clients will have to catch up. But one day, can see it all being hands-free.
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 1 month ago:
I use it everywhere because it signals intent. You never know when someone might pull up fast or walk into your blind spot. This is the only indicator they have that you’re about to pull into traffic, or change lanes.
- Comment on Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine, when he hears breathing under the latrine he's using [Day 116] 1 month ago:
For those looking for the backstory, recommend searching for Godfrey the Hunchback, not his father Godfrey the Bearded, both being Dukes of Lower Lorraine.
And for true aficionados of privy horror, don’t forget the Erfurt latrine disaster.
- Comment on Murderbot | Official Trailer | Apple TV+ | May 16th 1 month ago:
Friend of mine recommended the book series. Went in the queue. I may have to pick up the pace and try to read them before the show drops.
He got pretty excited about the TV show after reading this: www.vanityfair.com/…/murderbot-first-look
- Comment on Actually I will be happy to do it for you once a day 1 month ago:
Good advice, in general.
- Comment on Does anyone have ideas for cable management here? 1 month ago:
I tried this with velcro ties. Looked good for a while. Then I had to replace one and add another cable. It was a royal pain unwrapping everything and rewrapping it.
Haven’t used them, but look interesting:
- Comment on For the First Time, Artificial Intelligence is Being Used at a Nuclear Power Plant: California’s Diablo Canyon. 1 month ago:
Relax.
It’s just to help lookup information in their document archives. It needs beefy hardware since it’s all running on-prem, so the data doesn’t leak out.
- Comment on ain't your buddy, pal! 1 month ago:
My buddy in Atlanta would like a word.
- Comment on How's them tariffs going 1 month ago:
It’s working as planned. Those with cash get to pick up stock at deep discounts. What’s the problem?
😔
- Comment on Motorcycle knowledge 1 month ago:
It cuts down on bathroom stops during long rides.
