I got laid off today. Eek!

Looking to hire a senior/staff engineer? I might be exactly what you need.

Some more details on what I offer here: https://denisdefreyne.com/notes/get-me-a-job-2025/

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#GetFediHired #Ruby

@denis wow TIL

@halcy I recently heard some random news about some billionaire having many children around the world but didn't look into details. I guess this was it?

@janl meanwhile I’m out here hanging out with the shoegaze kids

we have got to stop talking about open source software this way man. someone who published work with an explicit label on it saying "this comes with absolutely no warranty" and is not being compensated is not part of a "supply chain" https://abyssdomain.expert/@filippo/114723318068853623

@powl @halcy I legit had a friend who lived there

How it started / how it’s going

#dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon

@janl well that seems to be from Feb 22 and he's still been hyping it up like hell since then

https://github.com/ubuntu/authd/security/advisories/GHSA-g8qw-mgjx-rwjr

When a user who hasn't logged in to the system before (i.e. doesn't exist in the authd user database) logs in via SSH, the user is considered a member of the root group in the context of the SSH session. That leads to a local privilege escalation if the user should not have root privileges.

if AI is so brilliant why hasn't it fixed macOS window management

LLMs turn your job into mostly code review, a task everyone famously loves to do and is good at

@halcy Ah yes another lalafell enjoyer!

@janl Holy lack of awareness batman!

AHHH I'M SO EXCITED my second Detective Beans book, Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town comes out in AU/NZ TODAY!!!!!!! I hope you enjoy it!! 📖💖😻

I’m a big Neal Stephenson fan. He posted his remarks on AI from a recent conference. You should read the whole thing, but this was particularly concerning. It aligns with what I hear from the students I speak to. https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/remarks-on-ai-from-nz

@bradbarrish And this coming from the guy that wrote The Diamond Age

@katiefenn yeeeep *nervous laughter*

ive been forced to forward this to you, the unsuspecting victim, by circumstances beyond my control

with deepest apologies