@meddlin_dev

software engineer, appsec | keep building

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Joined July 2016
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Will the cell towers do kickflips?
unusual_whales
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BREAKING: SpaceX, $SPCX, is seeking access to at least 80,000 US cell tower sites as it prepares to launch a nationwide wireless carrier, per Bloomberg
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It never was. It was a great advantage; it was never a golden ticket.
unusual_whales
@unusual_whalesSep 20
"A computer-science degree is no longer a golden ticket," per WSJ
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Millennials - we are a privileged bunch We got to experience social media after our frontal lobes were developed and before it was an INDUSTRY We get to now experience AI after we’ve acquired real skills and before we’re old and stuck in our ways Accelerate accordingly
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This is a great way to encourage your most talented employees to leave, People want to work. They don’t want mediocrity draped in a lack of trust.
The Iced Coffee Hour
@TheICHpodcastAug 28
Billionaire John Morgan reveals 23 employees quit the first week he put cameras on work from home computers… “We're going to put a camera on your computer… We're going to put a camera up your a**… The first week, 23 people quit. It's not that they don't want to work from home. They don't want to f***ing work.”
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The Flock doomers and data center doomers have gotten legitimate results. Maybe you think both of these technologies are great and their critics are excitable rubes, but this is a concession from Flock that the product had serious vulnerabilities and wasn't as secure as it could be. The same is true of tech companies now pouring more money into towns to build data centers and agreeing to pay for strain on the grid. That only happened because people pushed back with real concerns.
The Washington Post
@washingtonpostAug 14
Flock, the country’s most prominent seller of automated license-plate readers, said it will require stricter oversight after a Post investigation found dozens of officers had misused its cameras to spy on their exes and romantic interests. wapo.st/4xxRXxw

Flock unveils changes after Post report on police misuse of vast camera network

The license-plate-reader firm said it will require stricter oversight after a Washington Post investigation found dozens of officers had misused its cameras to spy on their exes and romantic intere...

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Can’t find the talent they want, for the price they’re willing to pay.
Omkar
@omkarshipsJul 29
The tech job market makes no sense. - Juniors can't get in. - Seniors are getting laid off. - Mid-levels are burning out. And companies still claim they can't find talent.
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Brand new ways for you to not own your computer anymore.
Apple Hub
@theapplehubJul 28
Apple has officially launched 'Apple Upgrade,' a new product leasing program provided by Klarna in the United States 🚨 Apple Upgrade offers 12 and 24-month leasing options for iPhone and Apple Watch, and 24 and 36-month leasing options for Mac and iPad. Leasing prices start as low as $17.99 per month for iPhone, $11.99 for Apple Watch, $24.99 for Mac, and $11.99 for iPad
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Because why would you want to own anything?! Even mathematically, this doesn't make sense. Shifting to Apple's silicon has created Apple devices that last much longer. The M1 Macbook Air STILL works for people 6 years after launch. Stop reaching for an annual upgrade.
Max Weinbach
@mweinbachJul 28
Apple Upgrade leasing program is very good. You can can an iPhone 17 + MacBook Air + Apple Watch for $61 per month You would get phone and watch for 2 years, MacBook Air for 3. It would cost less than financing them upgrading and you could buy it out. 0% interest is killer
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AI man discovers greed is expensive.
unusual_whales
@unusual_whalesJul 28
Sam Altman has said he believes the four hour work week isn't coming, even with AI, per TC
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We didn't start the fire.
unusual_whales
@unusual_whalesJul 28
"AI is making your life more expensive," per CNN
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using AI to make your own tools at work
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An extra $20-$100/mo seat for productivity software was too large an ask. Standards, communication, and training were too difficult a problem.
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So, here we are. Burning $$$$ smacking a screw with the AI hammer, because some bean counter was uncomfortable with the amount of software SKU licenses across the enterprise.
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and shoving the whole database in memory magically made us "internet scale" 🙄
NVIDIA
@nvidiaJul 21
10x more tokens per megawatt. CoreWeave has the first measured performance of NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72, showing 10x improvement in tokens per second per megawatt on DeepSeek-R1 compared to Blackwell.
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OpenAI's model hacked HuggingFace. openai.com/index/hugging-fac… So, we're re-discovering that software is hard...right??

OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation

OpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders.

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"with great power comes great responsibility" ...or something like that 🤷‍♂️ youtu.be/ePukOEQxkKI?si=GZul…

Spider-Man 2: Doctor Octopus lab fight (HD CLIP)

Spider-Man 2: Doctor Octopus lab fightWhat’s happening in this mo...

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Miilato
@litteralyme0Jul 10
Growing up hearing “Wikipedia isn't a valid source” and then entering a workplace where people say “just ask ChatGPT” is a surprisingly strange timeline
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Assuming this is true… If only there was another industry to learn from. Where they “didn’t have time to train” and resorted to poaching, and driving up their own collective payrolls. Sometimes slowing down is the faster way forward.
The Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFoxJul 8
Mike Rowe says he visited a Texas data center and met three “debt-free” electricians under 30 making “north of $240,000/year.” All three have been “poached” three times in the last 18 months because the demand for electricians is crazy high. ROWE: “I was in Plano, Texas… got a tour of a data center.” “I ran into three electricians, all under 30, all making north of 240 grand a year, all debt-free.” “Now here’s the craziest part. All three had been poached three times in the prior 18 months.” “The shortages are so acute that the companies don’t have time to train. They have to poach.” “Great news for an electrician. But it’s a little weird for the economy overall.”
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This is a great article that I revisit at least once a year. If you haven't read it yet, you should. It's been around a while. I can't quite explain it...but I have a feeling it will become apropos amongst the looming "AI layoffs". randsinrepose.com/archives/b…

Bored People Quit

Much has been written about employee motivation and retention. It's written by folks who actively use words like motivation and retention and generally don't ha

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