DonTheDeveloper

Helping Junior Developers Grow | ReactJS Survivor | Anti-AI Slop

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

@TheMG3D I think it's time for me to call it a night.

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

@ThePrimeagen You just don't get it. Software engineering has been solved already. It's beyond our comprehension.

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

Oh this is cool. I really like how this was broken down in a thread.

[Simon @iced_coffee_dev]

Grass is one of the best examples of how hashing and noise work together.

Hashing gives you variation, making every blade different. While noise can give you animation, making the whole thing feel alive.

#threejs #shaders

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

If your CEO has AI psychosis and thinks generative AI slop can replace their employees, it may be time for an intervention.

Remember, it's crucial that you do this with empathy and understanding. CEOs are people too and it's important that they get the help they need.

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

‼️🚨 BREAKING: Meta's AI feature let attackers hijack Instagram accounts for days with nothing but a username. It was being A/B tested on a slice of users, and if you were in the test, you couldn't turn it off. Among the casualties: the official Obama White House account.

The method: get on a VPN near the target's region, ask the Meta AI support agent to send a verification code to any email you control, relay that code back to the agent, and it hands over a password reset link. Without ID or human review. From there, the account is yours.

The flaw lived in the AI's logic layer, which acted on recovery requests with no real identity checks. One researcher compared it to the Roblox AI assistant exploit from days earlier, where you needed a target's billing info. Instagram was easier: the username and a regional VPN were enough and victims reported sessions revoked and passwords changed with no email, text, or push alert at all.

By the time it went public, the method was common knowledge in blackhat Telegram circles and had been used to allegedly hijack 100+ high-value accounts.

Accounts hit:
- obamawhitehouse (the archived official Obama White House account, ~2.4M followers. Hackers posted an AI-generated image captioned "The White House is under Shiites' control," plus cryptic anti-Trump and pro-Iranian Stories. Meta confirmed the hack and scrubbed it.
- Premium short handles like hey and jowo, worth over $1M combined, stolen and flipped on Telegram.
- albert (owned by Albert Renshaw), whose owner publicly reported being locked out and unable to reach Meta support.

Meta has since patched it. There was no public acknowledgment.

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

If you are ever feeling imposter syndrome while learning to code, always remember that the U.S. government made this beauty.

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

@dep @WhiteHouse It's so cringe😂

I think I made a geocities site like this once when I was 10

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

I love this.

[Mo @atmoio]

I'm done. I'm f***ing done.

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

"Sam Altman offers $2 Million in OpenAI AI Tokens for Entire YC Cohort"

Imagine selling equity in your company for OpenAI tokens...

Y-combinator used to be a respectable incubator. I feel like the psychosis of the current CEO is going to screw over so many founders.

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

@Polymarket You don't say...

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

While watching an episode of The Boys, it'll cut to a commercial sharing lies about how data centers are good for the community around them and offer an abundance of jobs.

Sometimes I can't tell if it's a commercial or part of the episode.

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

@pcgamer Good.

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

I think the only gripe I have is the EULA. It's way too extreme.

I think you guys did a great job invoking thalassophobia in this game. Part of that is due to how powerless I feel among some creatures.

"that design only works if creature encounters feel fair, readable, and engaging"

I'm worried that you're going to ruin this experience trying to cater to people who don't appreciate the experience you were trying to create.

The more you try to rectify this concern, the more you're likely to take away from that thalassophobia feeling.

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

A great video that covers major points in the EULA:
https://t.co/rx7bsH8GZ8

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

Woah, Krafton's EULA for playing Subnautica 2 is REALLY bad. What a shady company.

Just tweeting this puts me at risk (based on the EULA).

No wonder so many people hate this company.

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

I think I actually like that you can't kill the creatures. I don't really care about the devs reason tbh. I think their reasoning is silly given that you're on a hostile planet.

But for me, it increases the thalassophobia feeling. I remember in Subnautica Below Zero, towards the end, the leviathans were easily countered. It was such a disappointment and invoked little to no fear.

Fearing many of the creatures because I have little choice but to be very careful in certain areas made this game so much more fun.

[DonTheDeveloper @thedonofcode]

Great job invoking thalassophobia in @Subnautica again. This is a vast improvement from Below Zero. Well done.