ShittyBeatlesFCPres

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 2 days ago to Technology in UN adopts Chinese resolution with US support on closing the gap in access to artificial intelligence

The future of humanity rests on everyone, regardless of nationality, being able to ask Midjourney to generate an image of an Ewok with big naturals.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 5 days ago to Technology in Quora’s Chatbot Platform Poe Allows Users to Download Paywalled Articles on Demand

Maybe they asked Quora if it was legal.

In all seriousness, though, I don’t get that site’s popularity. I only ever visit Quora by accident (because Google ranks it highly) and it’s basically always garbage answers. And speaking as a developer, the UI/UX causes my eyes to roll back in my head and say, “REDRUM” in a demonic voice. It’s hard to even tell where the answer is because there’s so much superfluous shit on the page.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 6 days ago to Technology in Redbox’s owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll

Yet another example of leveraged buyouts being bad and dumb. The “risk” may be technically on the company you’re buying’s books but it’s really on the employees who actually face the real consequences of the bet failing.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 7 days ago to Technology in Researchers upend AI status quo by eliminating matrix multiplication in LLMs

I obviously got it. But not everyone appreciates high culture.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 8 days ago to Technology in Mac users served info-stealer malware through Google ads | Full-service Poseidon info stealer pushed by "advertiser identity verified by Google."

Are there shared whitelists? It seems like something that isn’t really practical without them. I’m a web developer who has never served one ad but the front-end tools now basically export all JavaScript. You’d probably just get a blank page on any site made recently that’s more complex than a portfolio/resume page.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 10 days ago to Technology in China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report

GitHub owner Microsoft would never engage in IP theft of source code. They leave that to OpenAI and then rebrand it as GitHub Copilot.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 10 days ago to Technology in Researchers upend AI status quo by eliminating matrix multiplication in LLMs

Someday, we’ll have the technology to generate an image of a centaur with 4 boobs without using more energy than a small hospital. Very exciting stuff.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 10 days ago to Technology in Chinese hackers deploy SpiceRAT and SugarGh0st in global espionage campaign primarily targeting government entities across Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa

Spice Rat and Sugar Ghost was one of my favorite Hannah-Barbera cartoons.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 11 days ago to Technology in California says AT&T can't shut down copper DSL network

This isn’t about internet. This is about landline telephone service and being able to call 911. For those that don’t remember, landline phones work even when the power is out. No big deal if you have a cell phone and service. Very big deal if you live in a mountainous region where you rely on WiFi at home due to bad phone signal and would have to get in a car to drive somewhere with service to get emergency help or, say, report a forest fire caused by power lines snapping.

In the landline era, AT&T agreed to be the provider of last resort and they didn’t do it out of the goodness of their hearts. They got something in return. And even if “superior” technology exists, it’s not superior for “last resort” situations. One day, maybe we’ll all have satellite internet as a fallback on our mobile devices and landlines really will be obsolete. But that day isn’t today.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 18 days ago to Technology in Russia continues work on homegrown game console despite technology and scale issues

On non-complex stuff, I wish some of our shit was still built to last like shortage economy stuff was. It seems like planned obsolescence creeped from a handful of products to basically everything.

A lot of it is market forces and globalization — people just get the cheapest version off Amazon if they don’t know the brands — but even relatively expensive clothes, tools, charging cables, etc. break all the fucking time.

This isn’t a communist vs. capitalist rant so much as an old man one. Simple products were generally better quality in the past. The cars broke down more but the tools you needed to fix them lasted fucking generations. Jeans didn’t just rip like they do now. Even things like pocket knives lasted forever if you took basic care of them. You can still find quality products but it’s increasingly impossible in some product categories.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 22 days ago to Technology in Former head of NSA joins OpenAI board

They already have Larry Summers, the laziest has-been “economist” on Earth. Sam Altman is similarly a charismatic fraud who continuously fails up. I don’t know anything about Paul Nakasone but given his NSA connections, this might be the worst board in history.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 24 days ago to Technology in X is about to start hiding all likes

Elon Musk trying to be “edgy” and just coming off like the most divorced man on Earth is pretty funny. I’m still not using Vichy Twitter but it is funny watching a grown ass, 52 year-old man try to be an edgelord.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 27 days ago to Technology in Petition | Meta has announced it will be abandoning CrowdTangle, its industry leading transparency tool, this August - in the middle of the biggest election year on record

It’s not just America having an election this year. India just had theirs and it’s the biggest election on Earth.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 29 days ago to Technology in Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects

I did twice a week when I was management: once at the start of a sprint, once on the first Friday where we only identified blockers, and once the following Wednesday where we talked about what can ship and be ready for QA.

The goal was to have a release fully ready on Thursday so Friday could be for emergency bug fixes but most releases are fine. If everything is perfect, great! Everyone go have a three day weekend. If QA catches a bug or two, we fix it and then ship.

If a deadline is gonna slip, just tell me when you know. It’s not usually a big deal.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 29 days ago to Technology in Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects

Personally, I was never great with agile projects. I get that it’s good for most and sort of used it when I was a CTO but as a solo developer, there are days when I’d rather eat a bowl of hair than write code and then some days, I’ll work all night because I got inspired to finish a whole feature.

I realize I’m probably an exception that maybe proves the rule but I loathed daily stand-ups. Most people probably need the structure. I was more of a “Give me a goal and a deadline and leave me alone, especially at 9am.” person. (Relatedly, I was also a terrible high school student and amazing at college. Give me a book and a paper to write and you’ll have your paper. If you have daily bullshit and participation points, I’ll do enough to pass but no more.)