beejjorgensen

@beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My buddy graduated and took a gap year. That year happened to be the dot com crash. So he kept backpacking for another year then started looking for work. 😁

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This isn’t the first time this has happened, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Tech Rule That Will ‘Future-Proof’ Your Kids⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I wanted to raise superhumans, I’d simply not give them smartphones until they turned 18.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Additionally, I’m not paying that evil company a dime. All the people I follow on YT get way more money from me on Patreon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “He is an halibut.” --Monty Python 😁

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg writes a manifesto on bringing "personal superintelligence" to everyone to improve humanity, but doesn't even define what superintelligence means.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Will AI finally replace CEOs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The story of Rogue - Spillhistorie.no (2024)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just installed the original about a month ago to try it again. I hadn’t played it since the early 90s on a VT220 attached to a MicroVAX II.

  Didn’t make it past the first level. 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Trump Administration is Building a National Citizenship Data System; State and county election officials can now check the citizenship status of their entire voter lists.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t trust the people making the national citizenship list to be honest about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The End of Publishing as We Know It⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol… I wanted “DRM”. But it’s been a long day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Tech-Backed Influencer Wants to Replace Teachers With AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No way rich people are using this shit on their own kids.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The End of Publishing as We Know It⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I often wonder about the stuff I write, what becomes of it. It’s a little disheartening since I love crafting it for best effect… But especially with computer books for beginners, people prefer to ask AI for the answers instead of studying.

  I also just bought 6 sci-fi books from an author I’d never heard of for cheap. I love supporting indy authors, the price was right, and they sold their books directly from the website, no middlemen and no DEI. Perfect.

  But was the author real? I actually did a bunch of research to find out their history and all that before pulling the trigger. I really don’t want to read AI stories. But I can see a future where the vast majority don’t care. Imagine an endless episode of Survivor or a soap opera, completely generated 24x7 forever. You know that shit would be massive.

  And there might only be a fringe that seeks human-generated content for the humanity of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t play that one, but I did play the c64 game… www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecHVCk_jKdM

  Not quite as spectacular. 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not worried. The minute the ad blockers stop working I’ll finally be able to do something else with my time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What editor or IDE do you use and why?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Vim because it’s ubiquitous, starts up instantly, works when ssh’d into a server, and doesn’t get in my way with lots of busy interface. Also modal editors are the only way to go, IMHO. 🙂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google confirms more ads on your paid YouTube Premium Lite soon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to pay Google for things back when they were pretty awesome. Haven’t paid them a dime for years now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sundar Pichai is vibe coding. 'It feels so delightful to be a coder.'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been messing around with vibe-painting, myself. Damn it feels good to be an artist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m trying to think of something more fucked up, but I’m struggling, here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This guy’s argument is that he’s a 10xer because he’s using AI effectively, i.e. just proofreading its output and deleting the comments. (Also, why hire juniors when you can get the same work for $20/mo?)

  I think this is a losing strategy unless all senior devs never retire and are immortal. (Or unless GAI happens in which case the world economy will collapse and who cares about strategy.)

  It looks like what’s happening is that way fewer companies are willing to invest in juniors now, leading to falling enrollment in university, leading to a shortage of seniors, leading to very high dev pay, leading to increased enrollment. Eventually.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta plans to use AI to automate up to 90% of its privacy and integrity risk assessments, including in sensitive areas like violent content⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or a process to challenge them?

  😂😂😂😔

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Companies are using Ribbon AI, an AI interviewer to screen candidates.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “I see you have extensive database experience. Can you elaborate on the white genocide?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you’re right that this leads to increased efficiency. But in the case of the United States, we’re relying on a bit of inefficiency here to maintain freedom. I would suggest that there’s no difference between a dictatorship and an all-seeing government. Restricting the government is important in a free country, and making data on citizens difficult access is one of those restrictions we’ve been using.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Business Insider will lay off 21% of staff amid AI disruption and “extreme traffic drops”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A grand says that layoff letter was written by AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI model collapse is not what we paid for⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But could I pay for model collapse? I’d be down for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US House Passes 10-Year Moratorium on State AI Laws⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is how you know “pro-states rights” conservatives are lying to you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Full-Self Driving Veers Off Road, Hits Tree, and Flips Car for No Obvious Reason (No Serious Injuries, but Scary)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a motorcyclist… Yeah.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Full-Self Driving Veers Off Road, Hits Tree, and Flips Car for No Obvious Reason (No Serious Injuries, but Scary)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to dream of watching a movie then falling asleep in bed while my car drove the 8 hours to my folks’ house.

  But I’d want that beast to be bristling with sensors of every kind. None of this “cameras only” idiocy.

  Someday. Maybe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Declares Biden’s Digital Equity Act ‘Racist’ and ‘Unconstitutional’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do it. They’re your constituents. But I reckon the guy who plays 4D chess in his sleep knows this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Palantir workers condemn company's work with Trump administration⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Early Palantirians were naive of they thought this wasn’t the outcome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Any old slashdotters remember tcwww, The Cursed www? Just me?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Free open source video editor Kdenlive announces a major release⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s been great watching it turn into a real powerhouse over the years.