At $work, this is already having a chilling effect on Canada to USA work travel. No one wants to risk getting detained even if they have the right visas and had done it many times before.
September 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
At $work, this is already having a chilling effect on Canada to USA work travel. No one wants to risk getting detained even if they have the right visas and had done it many times before.
I think it is supposed to be cornbread dressing, which is cornbread, but wetter, with sage.
September 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I think it is supposed to be cornbread dressing, which is cornbread, but wetter, with sage.
Every time I see this story posted, I ask myself why "munch" was used as the verb here. Was this necessary in the prompt to keep the responsible AI from kicking in and saying, "no, canceling contracts on the basis of a language model is idiotic, besides being unethical, so no I will not help."
August 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Every time I see this story posted, I ask myself why "munch" was used as the verb here. Was this necessary in the prompt to keep the responsible AI from kicking in and saying, "no, canceling contracts on the basis of a language model is idiotic, besides being unethical, so no I will not help."
"...and after that I told the great joke"
August 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
"...and after that I told the great joke"
"hotels... once a last resort" 😎
June 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"hotels... once a last resort" 😎
Just hard to imagine those things being a priority for this government
June 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Just hard to imagine those things being a priority for this government
Yes. Our professional society has as its first principle: "Contribute to society and to human well-being, acknowledging that all people are stakeholders in computing." www.acm.org/code-of-ethics
The Code affirms an obligation of computing professionals to use their skills for the benefit of society.
Ethical and social computing are embodied in the ACM Code of Ethics. The core values expressed in the ACM Code inspire and guide computing professionals. The actions of computing professionals change ...
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April 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Yes. Our professional society has as its first principle: "Contribute to society and to human well-being, acknowledging that all people are stakeholders in computing." www.acm.org/code-of-ethics
Car analogies are the engine that drives understanding
March 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Car analogies are the engine that drives understanding
Please stop manifesting
March 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Please stop manifesting
Same, 100%. I worked on US Gov systems (not treasury) for several years and making any beneficial changes in prod isn't happening in that time frame. If they are just commenting out the audit logs and stealing the data, I could see that.
February 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Same, 100%. I worked on US Gov systems (not treasury) for several years and making any beneficial changes in prod isn't happening in that time frame. If they are just commenting out the audit logs and stealing the data, I could see that.
Ctrl-u is so ingrained here that I recall some years ago a GUI version of a gpg pinentry-type program didn't support it and I'm still angry about it. I also once tripped over gnome input sources which broke ctrl-u and wrote this bobcopeland.com/blog/2019/04...
New Directions in Commandline Editing – Insignificant Bits
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December 13, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Ctrl-u is so ingrained here that I recall some years ago a GUI version of a gpg pinentry-type program didn't support it and I'm still angry about it. I also once tripped over gnome input sources which broke ctrl-u and wrote this bobcopeland.com/blog/2019/04...