Beej Jorgensen
Instructor, author, developer. Creator of Beej’s Guides.
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Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - DexertoEnglish761·9 days agoI’m not worried. The minute the ad blockers stop working I’ll finally be able to do something else with my time.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•What editor or IDE do you use and why?English4·14 days agoVim because it’s ubiquitous, starts up instantly, works when ssh’d into a server, and doesn’t get in my way with lots of busy interface. Also modal editors are the only way to go, IMHO. 🙂
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Google confirms more ads on your paid YouTube Premium Lite soonEnglish2·17 days agoI used to pay Google for things back when they were pretty awesome. Haven’t paid them a dime for years now.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Sundar Pichai is vibe coding. 'It feels so delightful to be a coder.'English5·17 days agoI’ve been messing around with vibe-painting, myself. Damn it feels good to be an artist.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen adsEnglish3·18 days agoI’m trying to think of something more fucked up, but I’m struggling, here.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•My AI Skeptic Friends Are All NutsEnglish16·19 days agoThis guy’s argument is that he’s a 10xer because he’s using AI effectively, i.e. just proofreading its output and deleting the comments. (Also, why hire juniors when you can get the same work for $20/mo?)
I think this is a losing strategy unless all senior devs never retire and are immortal. (Or unless GAI happens in which case the world economy will collapse and who cares about strategy.)
It looks like what’s happening is that way fewer companies are willing to invest in juniors now, leading to falling enrollment in university, leading to a shortage of seniors, leading to very high dev pay, leading to increased enrollment. Eventually.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Meta plans to replace humans with AI to automate up to 90% of its privacy and integrity risk assessments, including in sensitive areas like violent contentEnglish161·22 days agoOr a process to challenge them?
😂😂😂😔
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Companies are using Ribbon AI, an AI interviewer to screen candidates.English81·22 days ago“I see you have extensive database experience. Can you elaborate on the white genocide?”
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American9·23 days agoHypocrisy is considered a strength. So they’re definitely not against it.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on AmericansEnglish6·23 days agoI think you’re right that this leads to increased efficiency. But in the case of the United States, we’re relying on a bit of inefficiency here to maintain freedom. I would suggest that there’s no difference between a dictatorship and an all-seeing government. Restricting the government is important in a free country, and making data on citizens difficult access is one of those restrictions we’ve been using.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•The plan for nationwide fiber internet might be upended for StarlinkEnglish4·24 days agoI think it’s mostly because they’re told to.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Business Insider will lay off 21% of staff amid AI disruption and “extreme traffic drops”English9·24 days agoA grand says that layoff letter was written by AI.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Rubio: US to Impose Visa Bans on Foreign Nationals Who Censor Americans; Calls Arrests Over Social Media Posts “Unacceptable”English4·25 days agoSome internet rando had a hypothesis that certain types of people actually view their own hypocrisy as a strength rather than a failing. It shows how much more powerful they are than others; others have to obey rules that they don’t. Hypocrisy is only viewed as a failing in other people.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•AI model collapse is not what we paid forEnglish24·25 days agoBut could I pay for model collapse? I’d be down for that.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Linux@lemmy.ml•Found a printer and Linux saves the day again9·28 days agoI’ve had no joy getting my Brother printer to share over the network with our macs… It seems like the mac sees it for a moment and then it vanishes. The closest Ive come is having the printer wake up when the Mac sent a job, but it didn’t print anything. Prints fine from Linux USB.
Someday I’ll give it a third attempt.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•US House Passes 10-Year Moratorium on State AI LawsEnglish77·29 days agoThis is how you know “pro-states rights” conservatives are lying to you.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Tesla Full-Self Driving Veers Off Road, Hits Tree, and Flips Car for No Obvious Reason (No Serious Injuries, but Scary)English8·1 month agoAs a motorcyclist… Yeah.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Tesla Full-Self Driving Veers Off Road, Hits Tree, and Flips Car for No Obvious Reason (No Serious Injuries, but Scary)English171·1 month agoI used to dream of watching a movie then falling asleep in bed while my car drove the 8 hours to my folks’ house.
But I’d want that beast to be bristling with sensors of every kind. None of this “cameras only” idiocy.
Someday. Maybe.
Sucks for today’s juniors, but that gap will bring them back into the fold with higher salaries eventually.