edgesmash

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I prompt injected my CONTRIBUTING.md – 50% of PRs are bots⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In other words, its to generate stupid metrics for stupid employers.

  I’d like to emphasize the “stupid” bit when it applies to “employers” more than “metrics”. As an interviewer, I have used, among other things, an applicant’s public Github as part of my process. But I’d like to think I do it right because of two reasons: I look deeper than just the history graph, and I only use this (among other metrics) for ranking resumes.

  I’ll look at their history, sure, but I’ll also look more in depth at repos, PRs, comments, issues, etc. I’ll clone their repos and try running their code. I’ll review their public PRs and read their comments and discussions, if any. I try to get an idea of if I’d like working with this person. If I saw someone with a constant feed of PRs to seemingly random open source projects, that would cause me concern for this exact reason.

  And all that is one of the things I do to rank resumes in order of interview preference and to give me questions to ask in the interview. I’ll look for things that suggest the candidate has already been vetted successfully by others (e.g., Ivy League school, FAANG, awards, etc.). I’ll look for public content that suggests the candidate knows what they are doing. But all this does is sort the resumes for me. My entire decision-making process is fed by the interview.

  Granted, AI assistants are getting good enough that they can potentially coach candidates through remote interviews (and eventually in person interviews, with glasses or earpieces or something.). Eventually we’ll have to put candidates in Faraday cages with metal detectors for interviews (that is unless AI takes over all development). I’m hoping to be retired by then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok uninstalls are up 150% following U.S. joint venture⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  4 -> 6 would be a 50% increase, or 150% of the previous number. 4 -> 10 would be a 150% increase, or 250% of the previous number.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stupid recipe ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d recommend someone check it out :)

  OK, I’ll be your someone!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I second the Kobo. Bought one when my old kindle died, no regrets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Teachers like this exist. One of my kids had an elementary school teacher like this. Two examples:

  1. The math assignment was about currency denominations; what coins and bills you need to make up $7.42, for example. My kid answered using $2 bills (uncommon in the US but still printed), as we have them at home. Teacher marked the answer wrong because teacher didn’t mention $2 bills in class.
  2. The writing assignment was to rewrite the Snow White story from the perspective of another character. My kid, having read a bunch of those “twisted tales” and recently fallen in love with “Wicked”, wrote from the evil queen’s perspective and made her a sympathetic character. Teacher marked her down for “changing the story” without acknowledging my kid’s creativity. Teacher did not back down when we confronted her on this during our parent teacher conference.

  (FWIW, in both cases we reassured our kid that they did great in both cases, and that we were proud of them.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Federal Appeals Court⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Some more than others. Some much more than others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just a little guy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, I got punched in the face by a fish while I was down there.

  Please elaborate.