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dpweb commented on JPMorgan CEO: "I don't care how many people sign that f—ing [WFH] Petition"   fortune.com/2025/02/13/ja... · Posted by u/Zaheer
dpweb · 7 months ago
Been WFH for many years, but I can understand why some companies prefer (demand) in office. Sorry, but unless its written into employment law, no-one has a "right" to it.

I would think this could be a perk that companies could use to get an advantage in hiring. Although, maybe those who it appeals to on the whole may be lower performers?

Would love to see some real data on this.

dpweb commented on Teen on Musk's DOGE team graduated from 'The Com'   krebsonsecurity.com/2025/... · Posted by u/mmsc
belorn · 7 months ago
It has been a fairly common story, and part rumor, that intelligence agencies like to recruit young people active in the cyber criminal scene, and that the IT security industry also adapted this approach. They basically becomes part informer and part subject expert, especially since IT security expertise seems to be a difficult subject matter to teach in universities. When I studied IT security in university, about 10 years ago, I heard multiple version of this several times, with one student from my university getting employed because they managed to demonstrate a hack on a bank.

I always hope that such recruits had a bit tighter surveillance from their employee, but no one in the industry describes such recruits as "highly susceptible to extortion and coercion from current members of the same gang", and absolutely no one described them as members of violent street gang. It might have been a fair label but at most, such teens were describe as smart but mischievous. Might not be the best people to be responsible for national security, or peoples bank accounts, but it seemed to be the culture of that industry.

Has other people in the IT security industry had the similar experience of this culture?

dpweb · 7 months ago
I’d also distinguish between the hacker to gets access to a forbidden system out of curiosity or for a challenge, from a person who pays a ddos service to attack someone they don’t like (one of the accused actions of this kid).

The latter displays no competency in hacking or cybersecurity, only the attempt to harm another.

My concern in their access to secure government systems is not their hacking competency (which has not been demonstrated), but their sociopathy which has.

dpweb commented on Most iPhone owners see little to no value in Apple Intelligence so far   9to5mac.com/2024/12/16/mo... · Posted by u/mgh2
everdrive · 9 months ago
This is emblematic of the LLM race in general. We’re actively pressured to use co-pilot at work, and it’s crammed into every Microsoft product. I’m thankful that my iPhone is old enough not to use LLMs. Companies are afraid of being left behind in the new arms race, but that doesn’t actually mean that the technology actually present use-cases which most people need. (Worse are the meeting summaries or emails which are written by LLMs. The summaries are just not very good, and any sort of LLM writing is a tacit acknowledgement that people don’t really care what they are writing, an that no one is really reading that writing very carefully.)
dpweb · 9 months ago
Maybe because nobody really asked for these things gemoji and "rewrite my email".

Neural nets are a foundational technology there should be a ecosystem of apps based on it. People pay 1500$ for an iphone because it has apps, not to call and text people. I think its coming and Apple can't just NOT do AI, so I get it, but it will take a little time.

dpweb commented on TinyJS – Shorten JavaScript QuerySelect with $ and $$   github.com/victorqribeiro... · Posted by u/synergy20
dpweb · a year ago
If ya don't want to do includes,

` window.$ = document.querySelector.bind(document) window.$$ = document.querySelectorAll.bind(document) `

dpweb commented on Deep Live Cam: Real-time face swapping and one-click video deepfake tool   deeplive.cam... · Posted by u/blini2077
dpweb · a year ago
Facinating software although I hope the idea "we're gonna rely on people to be good humans and DO THE RIGHT THING" is quickly abandoned and instead there is just as robust development of detection software that goes along with newer and better deep fake tools.
dpweb commented on 40-Year old BASICA utility code for teaching   github.com/norton120/educ... · Posted by u/norton120
dpweb · a year ago
3.5" disks, nice. We were still on 5 1/4" in high school in 87-88.. True floppys! I remember thinking 3.5" hard disk - wow the technology :)
dpweb commented on Report on the role of standardized test scores in undergraduate admissions [pdf]   home.dartmouth.edu/sites/... · Posted by u/msravi
doctorpangloss · 2 years ago
If the universities were sincere about that, they would figure out how to increase enrollment.

Why is every parameter of admissions open to change despite tradition, except that one?

dpweb · 2 years ago
Increasing enrollment means increasing faculty.

Maybe controversial but I really believe this lowers overall standards. You just can't find enough faculty to meet the high standards.

Look what happened when tech blew up - they hired like crazy. I'd argue the overall level of programming skill went down.

dpweb commented on Report on the role of standardized test scores in undergraduate admissions [pdf]   home.dartmouth.edu/sites/... · Posted by u/msravi
ccleve · 2 years ago
Here's the money quote:

>> Importantly, these test scores better position Admissions to identify high-achieving less-advantaged applicants and high-achieving applicants who attend high schools for which Dartmouth has less information to interpret the transcripts.

Precisely. SATs aren't about hurting the poor or disadvantaged. It's about giving them a chance.

dpweb · 2 years ago
Always felt that the ability to think was indicative of academic success.

But also a good SAT for (those not naturally brilliant = most of us) also a positive indication of the student work ethic (to study for the test).

The problem I believe with the disadvantged students argument, which I believe to be a very real problem - is that lowering the standards wrt the test scores - is just a bad solution to a real problem.

Poor students do sit at a disadvantage - but the fix is much more difficult and complicated, and involves that child's entire life experience until they become 17 or 18 y/old. No one has a handle on how to fix it.

I get the feeling smart + hard work will come back into fashion when it comes to academic opportunities.

dpweb commented on You are never taught how to build quality software   florianbellmann.com/blog/... · Posted by u/RunOrVeith
dpweb · 2 years ago
Testing and QA is great and all however there is something to be gained from a CompSci education besides making more money for the company. It can be enjoyed just for the sake of it.

Binary arithmetic doesn't make dollars for your bosses, but its fun. That doesn't make it less significant.

dpweb commented on Life lessons from a 44 year old (2022)   anniemacmanus.com//articl... · Posted by u/petecooper
dpweb · 2 years ago
In 50+ years I've learned one thing.

When you have a kid. Drop EVERYTHING in your life, take off (completely) from work and spend your days with them. For at least a month or two. Make breakfast, watch little kid shows, all that.

Yeah money, but you have decades to earn money. Those couple months you won't get back.

u/dpweb

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