I think reproducible proof of vulnerability should be a basic requirement for vulnerability reports. Wherever possible, require an executable proof along with descriptive proof. #security

Schrodinger's sandwich, a real world phenomenon and not a thought experiment 😜 🤦 Can we please get back to things that matter?

If Hollywood ever spoofs the #movie "A Few Good Men", these closing remarks (see the next post in the thread) should be in it 🤣🤣

This evening was fun 🎉🥳 Missed it a year ago 😐 Looking forward to it again in 26, 28, 30, .... 😃

A story about how social media played a critical role in the recent revolution in Nepal. Also, a story about old guard vs new ways. Social media enabled transparency and anonymity, which is useful and tricky. Great presentation 👏👏 @wired.com www.wired.com/story/nepal-...

How will #AI coding agent companies improve their agents if/when 1) every relevant #oss project switches to some form of closed source (e.g., authorized access to source) and 2) companies heavily rely on "AI" coding agents to write code? darmstadt.social/@claudius/11... #coding #agents #software

I miss speakers who would speak fluently (albeit slowly) without heavily leaning on fillers like "you know", "and stuff", "okay", etc. Using pauses while speaking seems to be a lost art (as is waiting one's turn to respond).

arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review. This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month. Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.

"We would expect people who are AI literate to not only be a bit better at interacting with AI systems, but also at judging their performance with those systems,” Welsch added, “but this was not the case.” 🤦🤦🤦 futurism.com/artificial-i...

Is such a business model legal when we consider how ownership and IP laws apply to in-house processes and practices? techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/h... #business #laws

Great write-up about cloud vs bare metal. Detailed and balanced with hard numbers. The way it should be 👏👏👏 #cloud #software #computing oneuptime.com/blog/post/20...

Frou Frou's "Details" has a unique sound. The album seems to borrow and blend different musical styles/influences with electronic music. #music #musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvdz...

I am not a fan of the #Python language. Even so, I love the recent action of PSF. It takes spine to stick by one's values and PSF sure has both 👏🙌👏🙌 pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...

Interesting point-of-view that the bursting of the AI bubble may serve a rich ground for nerds (: www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...

'AI has all the hallmarks of a bubble. “There’s no question,” he says. “It hits all the right notes.” Uncertainty? Check. Pure plays? Check. Novice investors? Check. A great narrative? Check. On that 0-to-8 scale, Goldfarb says, it’s an 8.' www.wired.com/story/ai-bub...

Yesterday, I stumbled on clojure.land 😃 #clojure #programming

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

Out of curiosity, can unused data centers be repurposed? If not, what happens to these data centers? And, who will foot the bill for these data centers when they are not needed, e.g., the AI bubble bursts? #tech #investments #ai

Tron:Ares is a fun movie to watch in theatre. Visually and aurally rich. Great soundtrack by NIN. The plot is meh. The best part is the movie has no slow bits. #movie #music

At times, instead of thinking in terms of support/love and opposition/hate which involve engagement, we need to step back and think if we should engage. Indifference may be more apt and necessary.

Tame Impala's latest album, Deadbeat, has its moments. Unlike its predecessors, it did not immediately grab my attention; maybe, it will slowly grow on me. We will see. #music #musicsky

This is the kind of email we academics live for. #academicChatter #academia #soundStudies #commsky

Systems like AWS will fail. A way around "AWS is too big to fail" is to reduce the coupling between the #reliability of systems/services and the reliability of AWS, e.g., use multi-cloud or on-prem or some mix, consider system's availability independent of AWS' availability. #systems #aws #cloud

Happy Diwali to all 🪔 May the festival of light foster brotherhood and bring love and joy all over the world!

An interesting analysis about the current AI investments. It discusses how the current bubble compares to the 2008 financial crash. #AI #bubble #economics #financial www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/the-ai-bub...

Since the breach went unnoticed for a long time (according to #security researchers, think "for years"), I hope F5's customers will immediately conduct audits to check if (and for how long were) their systems compromised. Let's hope there is no domino effect. arstechnica.com/security/202...

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In tech companies, launching a project/product is appreciated but landing the project/product impact is what counts for rewards and recognition. In other words, an actor is rewarded/recognized only after the promised effects of the actor's action has materialized. #accountability

With limits of training data, RL seems like a sensible next step; more so, when many situations can benefit from small custom models. So, it is nice to see Prime Intellect exploring this space 👀 www.wired.com/story/prime-... #machinelearning #software

Hilarious but true state of front-end, heck, modern-day software development 🤣 www.bananacurvingmachine.com/articles/you... #software #development

"it started every single Ray Ban Meta AI in the building"🤦

@pragprog.com Is "JavaScript Brain Teasers" book (which was released in 2024) is really out of print (specifically, the ebook version)? Or is it a glitch in the web site? CC @pragdave.bsky.social pragprog.com/titles/fkjsb...

I love the following utility-centric definition of "real time response"; arxiv.org/abs/2402.04380. "A response is ‘real time’ if its consumer would not behave meaningfully differently, were the response time reduced." (paraphrased). #engineering #performance #utility #software

"Clarity First" is an informative and easy-to-read book about the need for clarity at both organizational level and personal level that is packed with nuggets about how to improve clarity. Highly recommended!! #books www.goodreads.com/book/show/31458184-clarity-first

Using #codeassistants without understanding the "created" code is bad because bad code can increase cognitive cost of understand the system, testing cost, reviewer workload, and # of prod failures. Engineers are responsible for their code and its effects on the (eco)system. #software #engineering

Recently, I was asked the following questions. Q1: How do I grow as a junior engineer? Q2: How can I improve my language skills: speaking, listening, and writing? While my answers are rooted in my experience in SW engineering, I believe it applies to other engineering disciplines. 🧵

Today, I stumbled on this quote. “Whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." -- John Adams (U.S. founding father)

Today, I stumbled on a new book titled "Build a reasoning model" FFS 🤦

IIRC international grad students are an integral part to research activities in US universities. So, will this drop affect the research activities at US universities? Can domestic students interested grad study and research fill the gap? If not, then what happens to ongoing research activities?

An interesting and appropriate read for the current world. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

@pragprog.com When you release new beta titles, can you please provide limited time discount coupons like the coupons that are provided when a title goes to print? 😃 CC @pragdave.bsky.social

Almost all tech related posts on #Medium eerily have textual architecture diagram even when it is not needed. Also, almost all of them are composed of many bulleted lists and very short paragraphs. #WTF is happening? #blog #platform

Reminder that all three books I've co-authored are freely available online for non-commercial use (and the fourth will be, too)

TIL about database.news #database #software

The guy who said "Either you embrace AI, or get out of this career" decides to quit a week later 🤣 So, did he not want to embrace AI? Or was he serving a boat load of 💩?

Awesome #HumbleBundle of Linux books and videos about performance and scripting from Pearson publication. Via @humblebundle.com. www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-... #linux #books #performance

My terminal-based git workflow that is almost solely based on git aliases. rvprasad.medium.com/my-git-flow-... #git #workflow #coding #practice #software

As a language, #JavaScript could definitely be better but I think it is fine if one shows restrain while using it. Its painful/sucky tooling and ecosystem is a great example of folks not showing restrain (in the name of being opinionated?) and shooting themselves in the foot 🤦 #web #programming

Bayesians will be very busy for the next four years revising their subjective probability every day. Frequentists will also be very busy confirming their theory as "in the long run" has been compressed into the next four years 🤣 #statistics #probability

Unlike the past inspiring stories about silicon valley, this article about a silicon valley company reads like a cautionary tale, which may still be unraveling. It is rather sad to see the recent trends in silicon valley. I hope the valley makes a u-turn. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...