Caution: AI Slop with some interesting ideas.
How Japanese Code Reviews Differ from Silicon Valley — And Why It Matters.
- return !!(flags & 0x2);
+ return isEligibleFlagEnabled(flags);
// Comment:
"Bitwise operations are a bit obscure for newcomers.
This helper function makes the code easier to read and test.
Let's also document what 0x2 represents."
Why Some People See Collapse Earlier Than Others.
Much neurotypical cognition is geared toward maintaining social cohesion, even at the cost of internal dissonance. Dominant cultural narratives like progress, technological salvation, and political optimism persist because they are socially stabilising, even though they are empirically implausible.
Autistic cognition, by contrast, is less influenced by conformity pressures. Yafai et al. (2014) found that autistic children were significantly less likely to conform when asked to give obviously incorrect answers. This is epistemic independence rather than a social deficit.
Measuring Usability with the System Usability Scale (SUS).
We posted a job. Then came the AI slop, impersonator and recruiter scam.
Sounds on Screen: Béla Tarr & Mihály Víg.
Víg's compositions mirror the emotional landscapes of Tarr's films – black and white, meditative pieces with patiently lengthy shots, that plumb the unacknowledged psychological depths of everyday life.
Der Jodlklub.
- Treffen sich drei Österreicherinnen in Frankfurt am Main \
- Jodeln \
- … \
- Profit.
There. Is. No. Alternative.
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage.
The AI can’t do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can’t do your job. This is key because it helps us build the kinds of coalitions that will be successful in the fight against the AI bubble.
Distracted from distraction by distraction.
The Discourse is a Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack.
It might look like a society that can generate infinite commentary but rarely produces wisdom. It might look like millions of people who can instantly articulate a position on any topic but who struggle to change their minds when confronted with new evidence. It might look like a discourse that has strong opinions about everything and deep understanding of almost nothing. It might look like a world where the most engaged and informed citizens are, paradoxically, the least capable of careful reasoning, because they've spent so much cognitive energy responding to controversies that they have none left for contemplation.
I think that's more or less where we've wound up.
Viewing. The. Source.
Vouch – A community trust management system based on explicit vouches to participate.