Omar Badr

[pash @pashmerepat]

Absolutely beautiful rant about AI in Linux Kernel from Linus yesterday:

I realize that some people really dislike AI, but this is an area
where I'm willing to absolutely put my foot down as the top-level
maintainer.

Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues
with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it.

Or just walk away.

AI is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it's clearly a useful one.

It may not have been that "clearly" even just a year ago, but it's no
longer in question today.

There are other questions around AI (like what the economy of it will
actually look like in the end), but "is it useful" is no longer one of
those questions. Anybody who doubts that clearly hasn't actually used
it.

Yes, it can also be a somewhat painful tool, both for maintainer
workloads and just from a "it keeps finding embarrassing bugs"
standpoint.

But the solution is not to put your head in the sand and sing "La La
La, I can't hear you" at the top of your voice like some people seem
to do.

The solution is to make sure those LLM tools _help_ maintainers
instead of just causing them pain. There's no question on that side.

We're not forcing anybody to use it, but I will very loudly ignore
people who try to argue against other people from using it.

And no, AI isn't perfect. But Christ, anybody who points to the
problems at AI had better be looking in the mirror and pointing at
themselves at the same time.

Because it's not like natural intelligence is always all that great either.

The kernel project has been and will continue to be about the technology.

Sure, the social angle of working on open source is important and
often a very motivating part of the project, but in the end that's a
side benefit, not the _point_ of the project.

This is *NOT* some kind of "social warrior" project, never has been,
and never will be.

In the kernel community we do open source because it results in better
technology, not because of religious reasons.

And so we make decisions primarily based on technical merit. Not fear
of new tools.

Linus

[Omar Badr @OmarBadr001]

@Bashmohandes Some people just have a problem for every solution

[Omar Badr @OmarBadr001]

@Bashmohandes @KShedeeed مش حابب تطلع تتكلم عن فترة VMware؟

[Mohamed Elsherif @Bashmohandes]

الكثير من الهري و الهري المضاد في موضوع الشغل ال FAANG، و كل ما نتمناه ان ربنا يتوب علينا من الخدمة في البيوت.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

The fragility from a single point of failure.

[Omar Badr @OmarBadr001]

I can't believe that all these people didn't take a snapshot before applying the update #Crowdstrike

[Omar Badr @OmarBadr001]

علي العموم الف مبروك للشباب النجحت ان شاء الله تستفيدوا وتنبسطوا
والشباب المانجحتش لسة فيه فرص جاية وشركات كتير بتنزل تدريب مش اقل من instabug فربنا يوفقك فيهم ان شاء الله

[Omar Badr @OmarBadr001]

عن ترند instabug
الكنت بشوفه فالشركات والمنح انك لو عايز تعين/تختار شخص واحد فأنت بتستهدف توصل لعدد متقدمين بين ١٠ و عشرين واحد الهو نسبة النجاح بتكون بين عشرة وخمسة فالمئة من المتقدمين
فلو عايز ٤٥ شخص فأنت محتاج بين ٤٥٠ ل ٩٠٠ متقدم بالكتير 🧵

[Omar Badr @OmarBadr001]

عن نفسي كنت هنصح ان لو معندكش موارد انك تقيم كل العدد ده بشكل اكثر موضوعية يبقي كنت تعلم العدد ألانت مستهدفه وتكتفي باول ٥٠٠ متقدم وتختار منهم حتي لو هتقفل الapplications بعد ساعات من فتحها

[Omar Badr @OmarBadr001]

This

[Amjad Masad @amasad]

Someone asked me if HBO’s Silicon Valley was accurate and I said “no it is much weirder”—he thought I was joking until I told him about a talented VC friend who believes in Flat Earth yet still invests in space tech because “the government has to make it look like it works.”

[Dr. Mads Gilbert @DrMadsGilbert]

Yesterday, my good friend and dear colleague, Dr. Hani Al-Haitham, head of Shifa emergency department, was brutally murdered by Israel, along with his beloved wife, Dr. Sameera Ghifari and their five children Shireen, Tia, Sameer, Wafa & Sara. In cold blood, coward Israeli soldiers killed seven more unarmed civilians.
Another attack on all of us, on all humankind. You will never be forgotten, we pledge: we will rebuild Shifa, Gaza, Palestine!
🖤🇵🇸❤️‍🩹Dr. Mads
Shifa 2019, Dr. Hani to the right

[andrewdudum @AndrewDudum]

All leaders & CEOs should use their platform today to call for an immediate cease fire.

I ask us to find nuance, and share our voice to help save innocent lives.

https://t.co/GeOQSq9enS

[Joe Damato @joedamato]

New blog post: They say Palestine doesn't exist https://t.co/kcUd97xb2Z

#FreePalestine
#CeasefireNOW

[Omar Badr @OmarBadr001]

https://t.co/nHUImhjZdd

[Omar Badr @OmarBadr001]

John Mearsheimer answering hard questions on Hamas and Israel https://t.co/YuSAQR2AND

[Omar Badr @OmarBadr001]

Death and Destruction in Gaza (JOHN MEARSHEIMER) https://t.co/F43zyPp8Dp

[Paul Biggar 🇵🇸🇮🇪 @paulbiggar]

I wrote about the genocide in Palestine, and how tech has been silent and complicit.

https://t.co/XjZHKMJqiX

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Extremists on both sides share one tactic: to treat Israel and Jews as identical. This is where we must draw the line. We can't allow disagreement with Israeli policy to devolve into attacks on Jews. And we can't allow those who criticize Israeli policy to be called antisemitic.