Based on my experience with external #software #development companies, if I ever do a #job #interview again where the company asks whether I have any #questions, I will ask them to do a #coding #test:

Please bring in a developer from your team, I will assign a simple task, e.g. for embedded dev: Write down the C or assembly code of a sorting algorithm for a linked list. No standard library, no AI assist. Just write it down.

I guess the majority of development companies would #fail.

Based on my experience with external #software #development companies, if I ever do a #job #interview again where the company asks whether I have any #questions, I will ask them to do a #coding #test:

Please bring in a developer from your team, I will assign a simple task, e.g. for embedded dev: Write down the C or assembly code of a sorting algorithm for a linked list. No standard library, no AI assist. Just write it down.

I guess the majority of development companies would #fail.

> The WWE Says It’ll Use AI to Write Storylines, in the Latest Case of Forcing AI Into Everybody’s Lives https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/wwe-ai-storyline-wrestling

Oh, FFS, is there anything where #assholes are not trying to shove in #AISlop?

#WWE #wrestling #tech #fail

Made something of an expensive mistake last night dropping a big pot on the induction hob. The cost of repair is about the same as a new unit so I’ve ordered one on AO with measurements from the old and new data sheets and I just hope that it can be swapped like-for-like by the AO installer without involving a kitchen fitter.

#Personal #fail (https://brainsteam.co.uk/notes/2025/10/25/1761377975/)

@neil I tripped up the stairs and spilt my drink, and *still* had more success than #jeep updating it's car's firmware

#fail

Fedi, can you help me find real world examples of Bad (meaningless, misleading) AI generated Alt text!

#alt #accessibility #fail

What the fuck. Stop finding ways, nature. At least not into the living room.

#Nature #OldHouse #WTF #Fail #Homestead

Oh, and they don't accept "name+icelandair@example.com" e-mail addresses. Their check-in system auto-corrupts them to "name plus icelandair@example.com". 🤦‍♀️

Yes, they have autocorrect enabled on an e-mail field, somehow. Yes, it's the website, nothing on my end is doing any of that.

Absolute nincompoops.

#IcelandAir#Fail

... the funny thing is, I know enough about how the search core is built to make an educated guess at how this happened.

Search core farms the query out to (possibly dozens of) completely independent software engines to answer the query. Those engines have their own backing datastores and they don't synchronize to each other; it's necessary they don't to make search fast. So it's entirely possible that the Top Stories core is pulling data that is more recent while the AI Overview core has built its information off of an older search result cache (and possibly hot-cached this answer before the NYT confirmed the death when the news broke locally / on social media). Google, as an institution, leans on the tradeoff "eventual consistency is good enough," so this kind of bug is seen as a predictable side-effect of the chosen tradeoffs.

Does that make us feel better?

No, nor should it. Get your shit together, Google.

#Google #search#AI #fail

#google #ai #fail

East Berlin, 1990 or 1991

#communism #fail

East Berlin, 1990 or 1991

#communism #fail

Mais, résoudre les problèmes concrets n'ai pas le rôle du gouverneur... Son rôle c'est de se faire prendre en photos, où il fait semblent de résoudre des problèmes, et de les publier sur les réseaux sociaux...

“Pas une polémique, mais un appel” : le message Facebook du doyen de la Faculté des Sciences de Sfax fait réagir !

https://realites.com.tn/fr/pas-une-polemique-mais-un-appel-le-message-facebook-du-doyen-de-la-faculte-des-sciences-de-sfax-fait-reagir/

#Tunisie#Fail

> Google is using AI age checks to lock down user accounts https://www.theverge.com/news/716154/google-ai-age-estimation-under-18

FTA: "The company says it will use the information a user has searched for or the types of YouTube videos they watch to determine their age. "

I may need to stop watching #SesameStreet and cartoons clips on YouTube

#tech #fuckery #Google #fail#CivilRights #privacy #censorship

> Google is using AI age checks to lock down user accounts https://www.theverge.com/news/716154/google-ai-age-estimation-under-18

FTA: "The company says it will use the information a user has searched for or the types of YouTube videos they watch to determine their age. "

I may need to stop watching #SesameStreet and cartoons clips on YouTube

#tech #fuckery #Google #fail#CivilRights #privacy #censorship

Now Docker wants me to sign in to use their AI. They don't even try to make it attractive with a list of things it can help with, it's just the first thing you see when you open the desktop app now. #fail

Le réseau national universitaire tunisien, qui héberge les sites web de tous les établissements universitaires, a subit des attaques ces dernières semaines... Pour la contrer la décision vient de tomber "Les sites web hébergés au CCK ne sont accessibles actuellement qu’à partir du territoire Tunisien."

#Tunisie#CCK#CyberSécurité#Fail

Judging by Trump’s past few months in office it’s easy to see why he went bankrupt 7 times and was seen as the biggest laughingstock in the business community.

#fail #trump #bankruptcy #MAGA #republicans
#gop #america

Judging by Trump’s past few months in office it’s easy to see why he went bankrupt 7 times and was seen as the biggest laughingstock in the business community.

#fail #trump #bankruptcy #MAGA #republicans
#gop #america

I took a survey today for Masterclass.com, a product I generally like and support. They appeared to be leaning into AI, which I detest. I thought about it after, so emailed them that if they started offering classes on how to use AI, I was probably going to cancel my membership, because I find it morally reprehensible.

I got an auto-respond email from an AI Bot offering to help me cancel my subscription. There you go.

#Fail#MasterClass#GenAI#AI