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Comment Re:I did it for 6 months (Score 1) 117

Made the same mistake on two freelance contracts. Both burned and I got nothing.

ChatGPT might be a danger to slogging paperwork jobs and silicon valley fake it till you make it companies, but it can't make a working 24 bit mode DMA i2s driver to communicate with a poorly documented 32 bit mode non-DMA i2s DAC, while also making a professional electronics-embedded cosplay for an upcoming convention.

Trust me, I tried.

Comment It does make good CVs (Score 1) 117

I am skeptical of most of this, but the CV thing is definitely legitimate.

I used the publicly hosted ChatGPT3 to make a CV based on my skills, which it did a good job at.

Where it is most useful is taking your CV and making a version of it tailored for the role you are applying at. That is an insanely useful application that makes job applications much easier.

"But what if people steal your information?"
To me, that is the tradeoff. I choose to use OpenAI's massive database with some non-named personal information, and in return, they have access to information that is completely useless to them and might sell it to some silicon valley money shredding company to display personal ads that will be ultimately murdered by my adblocker.

Comment FaceID is counter-productive here. (Score 1) 84

I used to jokingly take my brother's phone and attempt to guess his pin, always getting it right in a moment or two before quickly looking up silly search queries to ruin his search suggestions and targeted ads (e.g 'pullups' and 'homeopathic resurrection'), creating some fun shenanigans.

Recently, he handed me his Iphone, with a newly setup touch ID. He offered me $50 if I could crack it. While holding the phone up, I walked away while pretending to look at it, thus capturing his face with the phone over my shoulder, turning it on. I continued ruining his search recommendations while pretending to guess the password.

Thieves like this would *love* if they had face ID, as it simplifies the job greatly from trying to memorize a password over someone's shoulder, to briefly flashing the screen at them, only for a second, while using clever social engineering to make the action elusive.

Touch ID is technically the most secure against this kind of attack, as it requires the user to press their finger on the phone for a moment. A good grifter could still manage to pull off the classic 'I need to call my mom but my phone is dead', of course.

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