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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
chrisamaphone@hci.social ("chris martens") wrote:

the other day a certain Jane Street employee asked me how to find good applicants for this position they have open, “OxCaml educator” (https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/position/6546786002/)

- NYC or London based
- “We want someone who is a skilled, effective, and experienced teacher. .. who has experience teaching CS topics in a university setting [or] who has spent time teaching technical topics in industrial settings.”
- job also involves programming in OxCaml

#getfedihired

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas 🔭🕹️") wrote:

🤔

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thenorfolkcoast@ecoevo.social ("Mr and Mrs Trellis") wrote:

Blood cancer therapy reverses incurable leukaemia in some patients..
#science

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj38ymeyg4mo

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Programmers will debate endlessly the correctness of code implementing a “taser my genitals” button, its ‘accessibility’, and how to place it on the screen to minimise accidental activation, without ever pausing to ask whether frying the end-user’s balls is a good design or not, or why the fuck their bosses think the user’s balls should be fried

“If I get Claude to generate it as JS embedded in HTML, then the genital-zapping function will be more reusable!”

Boosted by denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert"):
jer@hachyderm.io ("jan-erik") wrote:

So ... what if the compiler has a bug and generates valid JSON, but not the one you expect?

Happened to us!

📝 Incident Report: A compiler bug and JSON

https://fnordig.de/2025/12/09/incident-report-a-compiler-bug-and-json/

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Barnum's Law of CEOs - Charlie's Diary”

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/12/barnums-law-of-ceos.html

> LLMs are effectively optimized for bamboozling CEOs into mistaking them for intelligent activity

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

It ties the room together.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/09/just-call-me-the-dude/

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Today’s tech change: giving Qobuz a spin as a streaming service. It does some things Apple Music doesn’t—I have two streaming boxes that support Qobuz Connect, and one *doesn’t* support Airplay—and pays artists a lot better. But does it work with my brain? We'll see.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lazarou ("Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈") wrote:

Europe is now reporting the news about Trump without any filter or Oligarch influence, we fucking hate the nazi Paedo fuck!

A fascist uses fascist talking points, therefore the American President is a (tired and confused) Fascist.

(from The Guardian)
#Trump #USPOL #USPOLITICS #Ukraine #Russia #Journalism #Fascism #FarRight

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lambo@openbiblio.social ("Lambert Heller") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dw%5Finnovation/115683450291101654

So cool, what @dw_innovation is offering here! Feeling grateful for publicly funded, independent journalism...
It's considering not only online surveillance + censorship, but poor connectivity, the potential of peer-to-peer connectivity, avoiding the app store bottleneck etc.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
evs@social.lol ("Evan :nonbinary_heart:") wrote:

Came home to 2 envelopes full of joy!

Thanks @robb & @adam

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

Be careful what you wish for, Joe Lonsdale. You could get what you deserve.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/09/for-the-capitalist-parasites-theyre-asking-for-it/

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

so many typos... should have taken another walk.

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

Advent of Code day 9 status: done ★★

https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-09T13:29Z/

— talking a walk outside for fresh air is helps reset the brain!

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

Message.casa est aussi disponible en français !

https://message.casa/fr est un service gratuit d’email et de messagerie instantanée axé sur la confidentialité, construit sur les principes du smolweb : léger, intentionnel et respectueux de votre espace numérique.

Je publie régulièrement des codes d'invitation (nécessaire à la création de compte), ainsi que les utilisateurs déjà enregistrés.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

RE: https://defcon.social/@fortyseven/115686336586809751

Bluesky Birthdate Required

So, it seems like now you can no longer use #Bluesky unless you provide them with your birthdate.

Others report you can't even delete your account unless you provide your birthdate to them (https://mastodon.social/@JennCutter/115686590793556531)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
excess ("Excessive Minimalism") wrote:

@dgar

“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Heres Tom with the Weather.”
― Bill Hicks

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

Some new invite codes for https://message.casa

• deluge-boondocks-8384
• circus-smirk-5483
• sibling-hatchling-4305

Active users have got some too!

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Mid-winter photos: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/photos/mid-winter-2025/

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115689456979124302

The thing about writing end-of-year reviews and thoughts in these times is that it makes for fucking grim reading.

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

But, I worry, because I can see the cracks in the wall: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/but-i-worry/

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
caitp@mstdn.social wrote:

if you see someone say "radical gender ideology" as though it were something to be afraid of or opposed to, remind them that for your mom or grandma or great grandma, those words meant being able to a bank loan or credit card independently, or get a divorce from an abusive spouse, or to cast a ballot in an election (in government, or even in business)... I mean I'm skimming the surface, you get it. "Radical gender ideology" is just not wishing to lock most of humanity in a cruel prison for life

Mastodon wrote:

If you care about digital sovereignty and want to see your government join the #fediverse, contact them to say that #ItsTimeToAbolishX.

Help us make a list of how to get in touch with a representative in your area under this post, and don’t forget to #hashtag so your neighbours can find it 👇🏽 we’ll start:
#EU: https://commission.europa.eu/about/contact/representations-member-states%5Fen
#USA: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

Mastodon wrote:

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

Mastodon wrote:

Elon Musk and X are once again proving why institutions should never rely on corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms to reach their people.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0589g0dqq7o

Boosted by jwz:
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

look don't worry about the poop, it's optional, you can pick it out if you don't like it

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

An old fashioned office chair.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #rust

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“They’re buying more GPUs than there is data centre capacity or available power! They must be warehousing unused GPUs!”

Or the GPUs have a much shorter service life on average than claimed, so they constantly have to replace failed units, which is both more plausible and worse news for the industry

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

Two new invite codes for https://message.casa

stoop-careless-3962

licking-outfit-6553

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io ("Jenniferplusplus") wrote:

All out of ideas? Buy Time Warner. Buying Time Warner never fails. You definitely won't regret spending 30 or 40 billion on Time Warner