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[Tailscale @Tailscale]

Privacy and security are central to the technology we build. That’s why we joined other Canadian and European tech organizations in a new letter outlining concerns about Bill C-22.

https://t.co/r7qqBcTMAN

[william @will_briss]

AI does not feel sad. It does not feel. It was probably prompted to "survive" so statistically to achieve that goal it's what the matrix of numbers produced. This shows how NOT human it is: it has no instinct and innovation capabilities. It's stuck in a loop. Classic computer

[IGN @IGN]

OpenAI’s newest model, GPT-6 Astra, got so depressed after a creeper upended its progress in Minecraft that it listlessly farmed potatoes for hours and grew paranoid of anything green. https://t.co/eeRJhBDJuw

[william @will_briss]

@vaxryy I dropped out of uni after the first 3 weeks when my teacher said "let's skip the coding example of the algorithm beacause I don't really like code". Every course was just swamping us with math

[william @will_briss]

@sudobunni Great take. Reality is AI is here and it works. We have to adapt to market demands. Though wish companies would not demonize manual coding and leave more room for it & experimentation.

[william @will_briss]

Jk i actually love github pages when looking at candidates, and i love my own gh pages! But commit frequency doesn't tell the full story about a developper

[william @will_briss]

Don't tell anyone : the secret to being hired is "* * * * * sh -c "cd ~/repo && date > main && git add . && git commit -m 'wip more dev' && git push"

[william @will_briss]

I made "serve", the most simple, lightweight and INSECURE http server to serve static files. For those who, like me, work over SSH + VPN on distant machines and need to quickly see files in your browser. No TLS. No SSH. No NFS configs. Just a 5MB CLI bin
https://t.co/eZhEEEZFoS

[william @will_briss]

Unfortunately GoT also takes the crown for the worst ending... Stranger Things is not even close to it.

[william @will_briss]

Just finished watching Stranger Things. Some of ya'all did not watch Game of Thrones and it shows

[william @will_briss]

You would be shocked. GoT does not use plot armour (at least until season 6), anyone can die at any time randomly the way you least expect it. Ending important characters is good. It's bold and interesting

[william @will_briss]

@ThePrimeagen Same. Sometimes I feel like tech twitter is making stuff up trends to max out views. In my experience agents only produce code that "kinda works" and that you have to analyze & patch (or ask it to patch, aka break everything). Even after spending hours crafting a thorough prompt

[william @will_briss]

Electron app devs looking at RAM prices right now

[william @will_briss]

The other 50 hours I already spend coding at home. Time with your loved ones is precious, don't waste it.

[pdawg @prathamgrv]

what’s stopping you from coding in a bar with your girlfriend

[william @will_briss]

There's one thing Netflix really doesn't want you to know and it's that you can super easily run your own VPN with @Tailscale and fake being at your parent's or buddy's house

[Netflix @netflix]

Love is sharing a password.

[william @will_briss]

@ThePrimeagen BRING THE CHAOS ORBS

[william @will_briss]

Scientists at Princeton University have reconstructed this 3D model of a woman from the thousands of celebrity pictures it has a scraped off the Internet

[Cjay @ced_jayy]

Scientists at Princeton University have reconstructed this 3D model of how Eve, the first human woman created by God, may have looked

[william @will_briss]

@ThePrimeagen thanks for keeping track, I love the monthly reminder that AI is not crazy marketing hype and is 100% stealing my job :)

[william @will_briss]

@iamgiyu_ Easiest way is Tailscale. A more DIY is to have a cheap 5$ VPS at OVH run wireguard. You can look into wg-easy if you're not familiar with CLI or configs. Tailscale is built on wireguard but with lots of bells and whistles and some dependency on their servers for convenience.

[william @will_briss]

@theo Most front end devs ask “So, this screen has element x,y,z… could you please create an API with the response format {x: , y:, z: }” and it ends horribly after a year or two in my experience

[william @will_briss]

@nmplol Thanks for all the good times during covid, and so much more. Wish you both the best