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Comment Re:I call BS (Score 2, Interesting) 70

I am absolutely certain many of those kids are great at writing code; what I have found in the last ~3y of hiring candidates out of undergrad and/or masters programs is that they DO NOT interview well.

They can answer esoteric technical questions about software dev (I *assume* this is because they study for coding interview questions) but they cannot possibly answer more general questions about themselves, how they would operate in a real-world business setting, and/or how they might build something from soup to nuts.

I'm not asking them to give me real-world experience; but, I expect a college graduate to be able to think about questions asked critically and provide a coherent and thoughtful reply to that question. Even if it's technically 'wrong', the conversational nature is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT for any work I have done in my 25+ year career.

Anyone can have AI solve most esoteric technical coding problems now; interfacing ability w/others on the dev teams and the rest of the business is what is important in getting shit done.

Colleges need to start investing HEAVILY in leveling up their students in how to interview well.

Comment Your argument is invalid (Score 1) 127

If this is legitimate but making use of deceased actors and musicians isn't, your argument is invalid. Oh, wait, the estates of those deceased individuals want to keep control of the legacy i.e. be able to keep making money off of it. The penny drops. This has nothing to do with journalism and everything to do with making money.

Comment Re:Straight out of a tv show (Score 1) 54

Just started watching this show last week. The best screen writers research the subject matter instead of pulling stupid stuff out of their ass because it would look cool on screen. My guess is that they spent a lot of time at DEFCON and other hacker events so the idea likely has been around for a while. The implementation details are new information.

Comment Two different technologies (Score 3, Interesting) 82

One has nothing to do with the other. Don't believe me? Try asking your Amazon Echo to set a timer for some cooking task. How much time do you have left? No idea? Yeah, that's what a headless device is going to look like (no pun intended) and an AI version of that will be worse. AI will take the place of an ordinary search engine just as search engines did to brick and mortar libraries. AI won't replace a screen-based map because it can't give you context nor will it allow you to discover something that's nearby. AI gets things wrong just as often as it does something correctly let alone what you really wanted. The difference is that you are able to make a judgement call. Blind trust in AI is as risky as trusting what wikipedia says on some controversial topic. Sure, AI today has all the flash (no pun intended) that websites had in the early 2000s. But it needs a lot more utility than it has now. Humans still need to be able to make decisions. To quote The Moody Blues "Cold-hearted orb that rules the night, Removes the colours from our sight, Red is grey and yellow, white, But we decide which is right, And which is an illusion"

That's not to say that the iPhone in its current form will stay that way. When Apple played "Fire, ready, aim", they blew it. When Apple has knocked it out of the park, they waited for the gold rush dust to settle and built something that worked better than you dreamed.

Comment It's going to be garbage (Score 1) 25

Here's how this is going to go.
"Hey, Meta, I need you to research applications for this compound I've come up with to fight cancer."
"Sure, but first, let me show you a bunch of shit you don't give a rat's ass about. Then, I'll show you one result that might be relevant but I'll bury it quickly and show you more crap you don't care about."
"Ugh, please sort this chronologically."
"F*ck you. I'll decide what you get to see."
"Dammit, I'm installing a third-party browser plugin to filter out your garbage."
"F*ck you, again."

Comment Re:What value added? (Score 4, Interesting) 89

I watch dogs (primarily overnight--most for 3-7 days but some 1 day and some >7d) via Rover. I make around $1500/month (pre-1099) and after their ~20% cut (of which most people give back to me in tips).

I WFH so the largely passive income is nice. I wouldn't have found as many people w/o a platform to do the heavy lifting for me in finding new dogs.

I am not advocating that we need to have these sorts of things in the market, but it does make for nice extra cash. YMMV.

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