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The behavior of LLMs in hiring decisions: Systemic biases in candidate selection
Hints of discrimination and lack of principled reasoning in frontier AI systems
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Take this on-call rotation and shove it
At some companies, it is expected that certain engineers will serve as part of a formal on-call rotation. On paper, this seems like a reasonable way to ensure the reliability of the product. In practice, it is a miserable burden and you probably won't even get paid for it.
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Trusting clients is probably a security flaw
If your service needs to trust the clients, hold my Big Mac
3484
We got hit by an alarmingly well-prepared phish spammer
You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace , the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately you're using a browser version that my anti-crawler precautions consider suspicious, most often because it's too old (most often this applies to versions…
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Developers can now submit apps to ChatGPT
Developers can now submit apps for review and publication in ChatGPT, with approved apps appearing in a new in-product directory for easy discovery. Updated tools, guidelines, and the Apps SDK help developers build powerful chat-native experiences that bring real-world actions into ChatGPT.
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When you deleted /lib on Linux while still connected via SSH (2022)
Let's first not talk about why this can happen, but deleting /lib, /usr/lib, or some other essential runtime files happens quite a lot (as you can see: here, here, here, and here). In this post, I will only discuss what happens when you delete /lib on Linux and how to recover from that. The easy
3487
My experience creating software with LLM coding agents – Part 2 (Tips)
moved to https://blog.efitz.net/posts/my-experience-creating-software-with-llm-coding-agents-part-2-tips/
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Unifying our mobile and desktop domains
How we achieved 20% faster mobile response times, improved SEO, and reduced infrastructure load.
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The Plot of the Phantom, a text adventure that took 40 years to finish
Gnarled JavaScript warlock, musician, cartoonist, dilettante.
3490
People Keep Inventing Prolly Trees
A novel data structure has been invented four times now, with three different names. We think that's a good sign.
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SIMD within a register: How I doubled hash table lookup performance
It started with a simple thought: four bytes in a hash table bucket look just like an integer. Luckily, this one idea led to a deep dive into bit-twiddling and a 2x performance boost.
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The secret ingredients of word2vec (2016)
Word2vec is a pervasive tool for learning word embeddings. Its success, however, is mostly due to particular architecture choices. Transferring these choices to traditional distributional methods makes them competitive with popular word embedding methods.
3493
Parsing PDFs (and more) in Elixir using Rust
A Love Story Between Two Amazing Languages 🦀💜
3494
Mini-R1: Reproduce DeepSeek R1 "Aha Moment"
Reproduce Deepseek R1 „aha moment“ and train an open model using reinforcement learning trying to teach it self-verification and search abilities all on its own to solve the Countdown Game.
3495
How we tracked down a Go 1.24 memory regression
We rolled out Go 1.24 and saw a memory regression. Here’s how we dug into system metrics, uncovered a bug in the runtime allocator, and worked with the Go team to help fix it.
3496
"AI Will Replace All the Jobs " Is Just Tech Execs Doing Marketing
Over the weekend, I went digging for evidence that AI can, will, or has replaced a large percent of jobs. It doesn't exist. Worse than that, actually,
3497
Why I run FreeBSD for my home servers (2024)
Why FreeBSD instead of Linux for home servers? Exploring ZFS, jails, stability, and the reasons behind choosing FreeBSD for a home infrastructure.
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A lifetime of social ties adds up to healthy aging
Research shows the biological aging process can be slowed by strong social connections and support.
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The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through the Years
At the time of writing, the most recent Adobe Reader 25.x.y.z 64-bit installer for Windows 11 weights 687,230,424 bytes . After installation, the program includes 'AI' (of course), an auto-updater, sprinkled ads for Acrobat online services everywhere, and 2 GUIs: 'new' and 'old'.
3501
Sony PlayStation 2 fixing frenzy
Sony PlayStation 2 fixing frenzy - retrohax.net I once wrote a blog post about Nintendo Wii controllers. That post was already based on ...
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Who Can Understand the Proof? A Window on Formalized Mathematics
Stephen Wolfram discusses understanding proofs discovered using automated theorem proving. Based on Wolfram’s proof of the simplest axioms of logic of Boolean algebra.
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How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? (2020)
Some questions are timeless, innocent yet penetrating in their simplicity. Why is the sky blue? Why do things fall? How hard must one hit a chicken to cook it? It is this last mystery of the universe that we discuss today.
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Read your code
Stop vibe-coding blindly! Why reading AI-generated code is crucial in 2025. Avoid security flaws, architectural decay, and knowledge loss when using Claude Code or any other tool.
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Windows BitLocker – Screwed Without a Screwdriver
Breaking up-to-date Windows 11 BitLocker encryption -- on-device but software-only
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Did Semgrep Just Get a Lot More Interesting?
Documentation and guides from the team at Fly.io.
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AWS S3 SDK breaks its compatible services
Achieving Data Freedom Through Open Source and Rust
3508
The Dawn of Nvidia's Technology
Because Nvidia became one of the most valuable companies in the world, there are now two books explaining its rise and extolling the geniu...
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Proxmox Virtual Environment 9.0 with Debian 13 released
Latest announcements for Proxmox.
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Kerosene did not save the sperm whale (2024)
How we carried on exploiting sperm whales long after the conventional wisdom said we'd stopped. Forgotten Material #1