Mastodawn

Linus Tech Tips: There was a recent thing from a major tech company where developers were asked to say how many lines of code they wrote, and if it wasn’t enough, they were terminated. And there was someone here who was extremely upset about that approach to measuring productivity because it means nothing.

Linus Torvalds: Oh yeah, no, you shouldn’t even be upset at that point. That’s just incompetence. Anybody who thinks that’s a valid metric is too stupid to work at a tech company.

LTT: You do know who you just said that about, right?

Linus Torvalds: No.

LTT: Oh. Uh… he was a prominent figure in the improved efficiency of the U.S. Government recently.

Linus Torvalds: Oh, apparently I was spot-on.

https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-creator-torvalds-thinks-elon-musk-is-too-stupid-to-be-working-at-a-tech-company/

Linux creator Torvalds thinks Elon Musk is 'too stupid' to be working at a tech company

In a candid exchange in a YouTube video, Linus Torvalds has noted that he thinks that Elon Musk is too stupid to be working at a tech company.

Neowin

al3xsh Dec 6

iodé 🇬🇧Nov 28

The next time someone says "Privacy doesn't matter to me, I've got nothing to hide", show them this video.

al3xsh Dec 3

Short, ginger. She/her Dec 3

He was only a simple robot. Pick up a seed, put seed in pot, sprinkle with water. And then the seeds grew.
The humans only saw work they no longer had to do themselves, never noticing the spark of life and joy in his small camera lenses, probably because they didn't know that you get a soul when you bring life.
#MicroFiction #tootfic

al3xsh Dec 3

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES Dec 2

Me, an average #GuillermodelToro admirer

Guillermo del Toro: "Fuck #AI"

Me, a Guillermo del Toro rabid hyper-stan

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/guillermo-del-toro-ai-frankenstein-gotham-award-1236596868/

"I’d like to tell the rest of our extraordinary cast and our crew that the artistry of all of them shines on every single frame of this film that was willfully made by humans, for humans. The designers, builders, make-up, wardrobe team, cinematographers, composers, editors… I would like to extend our gratitude and say: Fuck AI"

#GothamAwards #Frankenstein

al3xsh Dec 2

Micro SF/F by O. Westin Oct 26

The witch took her hands off the patient's body.

"First of all," she said with absolute conviction, "there's nothing wrong with you."

"The doctor-"

"Said you must be either man or woman?"

"That it's black or white, no grey."

"Nonsense. Every colour in the rainbow is between black and white."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

al3xsh Nov 24

Nic Nov 24

Black Friday has failed me.
I ordered four Kindles from Amazon and they sent me a Two Ronnies DVD

#jokeoftheday #ukspecific

Okay, this made me genuinely laugh. 😂 #meme #AI

al3xsh Oct 5

I hate my fucking brain. I've been spiralling and not sleeping well this week and was really looking forward to getting out in the peak district today now the weather is better. Only to find all the buses where I wanted to go are cancelled 😭😭😭.

Now not only can I not do what I wanted I have to try and get my head round A Change In Plan 😭😭😭

al3xsh Oct 5

Zack Whittaker Oct 4

My latest: Discord said late on Friday that hackers stole users' government-issued IDs (passports and driver's licenses) from one of its customer support databases.

I wrote a few words about the risks of age verification laws, and why collecting people's government IDs is bad for security and privacy.

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/discord-says-users-government-ids-used-for-age-checks-stolen-by-hackers/

Discord says users' government IDs used for age checks stolen by hackers

Thanks to age verification laws, expect more data breaches of users' government-issued passports and driver's licenses.

~this week in security~