@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

AI coding tools are currently good at the first 80% of software development, which is putting bugs in. Not so great at the second 80%, which is taking them out again.

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

"Your call is so important to us, we have fired all the humans and replaced them with a terrible automated system that cannot understand you.

Please hold while we pay our executives another bonus for some reason.

Did you know you can use the Internet to discover our website can't answer your question?"

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

I remain convinced that most ball sports would be improved if, under certain circumstances, the ref had to shout MULTIBALL and at least 2 additional balls were sent into play for 5 minutes.

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

Why would I want to wait until it's safe to turn off my computer? I want it to suffer.

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

"I'm a full stack engineer"
❌ boring
❌ corporate
❌ cliched

"I can make computers suffer in myriad ways"
✅ distinctive
✅ mysterious
✅ they deserve it

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

This is the approach to software engineering that I learned at uni. I miss this level of attention to detail and patience. https://hachyderm.io/@ayke/115021950503132713

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

Lizard. https://lizard.click/

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

techpol

NIST has done some fairly rigorous testing of facial age estimation tech with results here: https://pages.nist.gov/frvt/html/frvt_age_estimation.html

tljr the best performing algorithm is right only 60% of the time at guessing if someone is aged 13-16. The false negative and false positive rates are huge, 25% or more.

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

Subscribers to #TheCrux are unusually perceptive and well-informed. I have developed a fast and effective test that proves it.
https://pivotnine.com/newsletter/
https://mastodon.au/@Heliograph/115014425769921605

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

The whole GenAI industry is people trying to convince you to paint your house with a hammer.

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

Testing a new lightweight anti-AI-scraper thing on a couple of my websites. This is the stupidest arms race.

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

It occurs to me that commands with a '--dry-run' option have the safety interlock backwards. The dangerous or destructive operation should default to a dry run unless you specifically crank the "yes I'm sure" lever.

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

"NSW is establishing a centralised database of compromised identification documents"

haveibeenpwnd.gov.au?

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

AI coding tools are currently good at the first 80% of software development, which is putting bugs in. Not so great at the second 80%, which is taking them out again.

JP
@daedalus@eigenmagic.net

"Your call is so important to us, we have fired all the humans and replaced them with a terrible automated system that cannot understand you.

Please hold while we pay our executives another bonus for some reason.

Did you know you can use the Internet to discover our website can't answer your question?"