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@mariusor @rysiek I’d contend that Tea are the ones who released the information. The attacker just pointed a sign at the already open door. It seems likely that others were already walking through it.

It’s been a busy week at work. Our coffee maker broke and had to be sent for repairs. Engineering speed suffers when devs are low on caffeine.

I ordered a cheap coffee pot from an online store and had it next-day delivered to the office, then unboxed it and brewed a pot. This was very well received.

My new boss is pretty great. I made a mistake this morning and he mentioned it to me. Before I left for the day, I took a moment to apologize and started to explain what I did wrong and how I’d avoid doing it again. He stopped me, saying he’d rather I keep working autonomously and make the occasional slip than wait for his approval for everything, and told me to keep doing exactly what I’m doing.

Man, that was a relief and a confidence builder.

Car next to me trying to merge into the In-N-Out drive thru lane at the front: you better be packing heat if you want ahead of me. I will run you over and no jury would convict.

@neil If we assume a spherical cat…

Google’s global traffic getting so close to being 50% IPv6.

And yet I still hear from people who proudly claim that they won’t bother supporting it because “no one’s using it”.

Note: don’t read glee into that. I wish that wasn’t the choice. I’m certain that it is, though.

Personal recommendation: find the one box in your house capable of running Ollama and start playing with it, for free, on your own private system. Learn how it works before it comes up in a job interview.

I am coming around decisively on my personal use of AI. Putting preferences, wishes, etc. aside for a moment, I think it boils down to whether I want to ride a wave or let it tumble me against the coral. I’m convinced that this is so, so happening, whether I want it to or not. Like, this is the year where I decide whether my grandkids are corpos or nomads, and not choosing is choosing.

It's happening, and I couldn't stop it if I wanted to.

Well, folks, I hope this isn’t it. If so, just know I loved having most of you around. A few of you suck, but most of ya were awesome. I hope we meet again in a happier plane.

Of all the damned ways I thought the world might end, this wasn’t the one I’d anticipated.

@jdoe Sort of, as long as they’re not counting on stability.

@neko Between severance and getting a better job, it worked out very well. I wouldn’t hit the undo button. It’s a little exasperating, though. Like… really?

After a round of layoffs, Grammarly is literally hiring for my exact role that they dissolved last month.

LOL, what? I ended up with a huge upgrade in all ways, but… seriously, what? This is leadership by coin flip.

@snickerbockers I totally shared your skepticism until fairly recently. I’m now mentally lumping it with self-driving cars. It’s not better than the experts (yet?), but to be useful it only has to be better than the noobs.

@froge @snickerbockers I don’t inherently disagree. This isn’t me arguing so much as talking through it with some friendly voices. But I’ve been playing with some nice stuff and it’s a whole awful lot better than it was even 6 months ago. A year? Leagues apart. It got me through some sticky code today quite efficiently, much more than I could’ve been on my own. Yes, it surely makes goofy mistakes, but also made some excellent targeted suggestions.

I’m currently watching an AI reason its way through fixing some code, and its thought process is eerily human: “Let’s try a thing. Did it work? No, same error. Let’s do this instead. Hmm, different error. This approach isn’t working. Let’s try a new idea.”

It’s beautiful, fascinating, and terrifying.

@Sheep_Overboard Oh, wild. I haven’t knowingly used an AI support agent before, but it cannot possibly be worse than Comcast’s human help center today.

Just snagged some Nitzer Ebb / Front Line Assembly at @dnalounge tickets for the fam, and also a sweet Cyberdelia poster to hang in my home office.

Grammarly secures $1 billion from General Catalyst to build AI productivity platform https://www.reuters.com/business/grammarly-secures-1-billion-general-catalyst-build-ai-productivity-platform-2025-05-29/

I wish the money had landed *before* the layoffs this month.

How California sent residents’ personal health data to LinkedIn – The Markup:

"As visitors filled out forms on the website, trackers on the same pages told LinkedIn their answers to questions about whether they were blind, pregnant, or used a high number of prescription medications."

Do not, ever, use a web browser without an ad-blocker. Even the FBI and NSA officially recommend it. https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/04/28/how-california-sent-residents-personal-health-data-to-linkedin

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/uber-to-introduce-fixed-route-shuttles-in-major-us-cities-other-ways-to-save/

It's called a bus. They've invented a bus.