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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
popcornreel@mas.to ("Omar Moore") wrote:

Pope Francis before he became pope, riding the subways amongst the people.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
hazelweakly@hachyderm.io ("Hazel Weakly") wrote:

The year is 2033. I press my fingerprint to the scanner to verify that I am a human; it pricks the finger, scans the blood, then chirps happily: "human detected".

Relieved, I tell the AI "okay, generate the resume and submit it for me please".

InterviewGPT works for a moment.

"Done" it purrs

I sigh and wonder why did it come to this. I went to a good University, I got a degree. I even verified my LinkedIn and Website with HumanID fingerprints. None of my applications get looked at; I've sent hundreds of hand crafted ones.

They get rejected instantly, seconds after I send them.

It's the same every time: Two paragraphs of bla bla bla, and then oh by the way, they think I'm an AI. Whatever

So I caved. I got the premium subscription to InterviewGPT. "Guaranteed interviews" or your money back

Well, we go on food stamps next week, so fuck it; dignity is for the employed.

The premium subscription is pretty slick. It finds the jobs for you, creates the resume, a profile picture, and even changes your name and gender. Algorithmically detecting who the company is most likely to hire

This company wants a "Fred McCane" who knows C# and GitOps, apparently.

Whatever

"Guess that subscription is worth the ridiculous fee," I mumble, reading the hrGPT acceptance letter. It invites me to take a code exam. Proctored by KnowledgeAI.

Do I consent to the interview?

"Fuck you, of course not" I say to myself.

I hit "yes", and prick my finger.

Curious, I look up who owns KnowledgeAI. After some digging, I find it's owned by the same firm that does InterviewGPT

I'm not sure why I bothered looking that up

Oh, it's because the premium tier of InterviewGPT has advanced detection avoidance *and* signal obfuscation. That seemed odd

heh

I remember an adage: "The only winners of war are mercenaries because they get to play both sides"

I prick my finger. The test starts.

I don't even bother looking into the sensors. They're overridden by InterviewGPT anyway. If a human reviews this (they won't), I'm the perfect Fred

Whatever

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Boosted by jwz:
mttaggart@infosec.exchange ("Taggart :donor:") wrote:

- const tantinople;
+ int stanbul;

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@worik @bzdev There is a mature body of work specifically on obtaining measurable and arbitrarily high confidence in (unreliable) computer-tallied election outcomes in a mathematically rigorous way. Google “Risk Limiting Audits” (see Stark’s work in particular). No need to re-invent this from scratch.

Boosted by jwz:
patricbates ("Patric Bates") wrote:

a little clay sculpture that I made #art

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
b0rk@jvns.ca ("Julia Evans") wrote:

how terminal colours work

[![1. program prints out an escape code ^[31m hello code for "print this text in red" (programs can also specify a hex colour like #a2a9ee, but that's less common, it's called "24 bit color") 2. terminal emulator looks up the colour in its table of 16 colours 3. terminal emulator displays the text in the colour! these are called the "ANSI colours" and you can configure them to be anything you want! It's in your terminal emulator's settings.]4

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
dandylover1@friendica.world ("Georgiana Brummell") wrote:

Anyone who is blind, or who has worked with the blind, knows how expensive our technology can be. This couldn't be more true with relation to braille displays. Even the cheapest costs at least $799, and it's already behind the newest in that line, at $899. This is the Orbit Reader 20 and 20+. Now, a student in India wants to change that by creating a display that is truly affordable (under $50)! Please pass this on, so that we can give him greater recognition within the blind community. Even if it costs a bit more than he initially suspected it would, there is no excuse for the $2,000 to $5,000 average price of such technology when cheaper alternatives can be designed! He is determined to bring this to market, so let's help him do it and show our appreciation for his hard work on this life-changing project!

forbes.com/sites/kevinanderton…

#access #ACB #accessibility #affordability #blind #braille #BrailleDisplays #children #education #employment #independence #India #learning #NFB #ocr #parent #reading #science #school #students #teachers #technology #work #writing

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
jasongorman@mastodon.cloud ("Jason Gorman") wrote:

I counter your "Every software developer should have side projects" with "Every employer should give developers time in the working week to learn proactively and try new stuff". Otherwise we end up with a monoculture.

And... well... we don't need to imagine what that might look like.

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Huh. Wonder if they know any good lawyers.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/us/harvard-white-house-funding/index.html

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Wanna see what stupidity has captured the feeble brains of Minnesota Republicans?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/21/they-want-to-claim-vaccines-are-a-bioweapon-now/

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Nice thread summarizing the issues and (complex) current procedural status around the Venezuelan deportations cases.
https://federate.social/@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social/114378038651146278 @heidilifeldman

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

strongly agree

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/david-gail-7bb793110%5Fstanding-up-to-a-bully-activity-7319463556595232768-scqL?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fios&rcm=ACoAAAB7JkEBQCk8SY-mmP6rvpKfocI7TzIpqK4

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

when you are getting sued by Harvard Law, you have a problem:

“Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants”

https://apnews.com/article/harvard-trump-lawsuit-grants-f098f55c6986b37e1227e7bcf8967a46

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
anji@metalhead.club ("Matthijs De Smedt") wrote:

Great BBC documentary from 1981 on the early days of computer graphics, which I'd never seen before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8-54-9J9ns

Boosted by jwz:
JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange ("Jess👾") wrote:

Ahh, it's time for the biannual tradition

Feds: "Everyone needs a RealID to fly by this date. We really mean it this time!"

States: continue to not bother to comply

Feds: "Okay, well we'll accept applications for extensions, but NEXT time we'll really mean it."

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/real-id-deadline-weeks-away-most-states-not-fully-compliant-yet/?intcid=CNR-02-0623

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

the spammers on diaspora are getting super creative! currently, they all post the same message:

Error: You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, read the docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/error-codes/api-errors.

🍿

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

My concern here is about much more than the unfairness to Krebs, though this abuse of presidential power certainly harms him and makes him and his family targets for threats of violence.

My larger concern is that this represents a clear and direct threat to anyone, inside or outside the administration, who dares raise a dissenting voice or who exposes facts that might be contrary to the party line.

It is diametrically opposed to what the first amendment is designed to protect.

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Trump's official denouncement of former CISA director Chris Krebs (in the form of a "Presidential Memorandum") is chilling in substance and utterly Stalinesque in tone. By threatening anyone who hires him, it aims to render Krebs effectively unemployable.

I said it then, and I will repeat it now: There is simply no evidence that the 2020 election was "hacked". Krebs's forthright clarity about this in November, 2020 was a brave and important act of public service.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/addressing-risks-from-chris-krebs-and-government-censorship/

Boosted by jwz:
MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

Imagine the Republican outrage if Tim Walz had killed the Pope.

Boosted by jwz:
MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

Breaking: Pete Hegseth accidentally added journalist to Signal chat discussing JD Vance’s plans to kill the Pope.

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Sorry wrong chat group.

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Operation Neptune is now a go for June 6. Location will be Normandy Beach. This is strictly need to know information, obviously.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
valerie@social.lol ("valerie :prami_pride_ace:") wrote:

Mama shrimp

Boosted by jwz:
timbray@cosocial.ca ("Tim Bray") wrote:

In which I claim that a few annoying #Fediverse problems (and ATproto too) could be solved by using URI schemes the way they’re designed to be used: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/04/16/Decentralized-Schemes

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
silverwizard@convenient.email wrote:

securingeverything.ca/TheAntiU…

I officially have my thoughts on LLMs into a concept. I want to term LLMs the Anti-Union.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

I'll just cap this list off with Muse's "Uprising", which might feel like a shift in theme, but... is it really?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQmps-Sog

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Oh yeah, The Police's "Dead End Job":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8zPHoHDMsg

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Of course, there's this Prince penned classic from The Bangles. "Manic Monday":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsmVgoXDq2w

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Different energy, but similar sentiment. Todd Rundgren's "Bang the Drum All Day":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Tcggo45TQ

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

@NfNitLoop Not this time, but I think it’s a good idea for everyone to become familiar with the people who build the tools and services that they use. Some places actively hide the names of problematic developers and contributors (because they put profit above principles), but with a little digging it’s not hard to get the full picture of who and what you’re supporting.