ben.biddington (NZ)

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Ben Biddington (NZ)

Delivery-obsessed software designer; not an engineer; xp; surfing; crosswords; trail running; fuck pull requests.

https://signal.me/#eu/WNc5lyhwj7Hf1YNvi9Sk9a2xJbWpjNvWoVt_Bo6rQLcAGlccuRpL2Ixd_CQ6iz0_

urlhttps://github.com/ben-biddington

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116239395175554368

So yeah. I am kinda looking for a new job that allows me to make our digital world meaningfully better. If you have any leads or thoughts, ping me.

"I am not here to make a careful comprehensive argument, because people have already done that. I am here to be rude, because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude response."

"But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."

https://anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/haterdom/2025/08/26/i-am-an-ai-hater.html

I Am An AI Hater

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.

moser’s frame shop

I'm a Senior Software Developer and open source maintainer/contributor.

I'm looking for work in systems-level programming, distributed systems, and general back-end systems.

I'm proficient in languages like C, C++, Haskell, Python, Typescript and am a novice in Rust and Go.

Looking for a diverse, conscientious team building things that make the world a better place.

Boosts for visibility appreciated.

#getfedihired #gethired

Pete Hegseth Questions What Girls Were Doing In School To Begin With https://theonion.com/pete-hegseth-questions-what-girls-were-doing-in-school-to-begin-with/
u programmed this with claude? the ai platform for bombing schools?

80 km/hr speed limit, nationwide, starting now.

Don't wait for the signs to go up.

#NZPol #energyCrisis

We’re rapidly approaching 3,000 No Kings Day events, which means March 28 is going to be the biggest protest in US history. Let’s make it clear that America rejects the regime’s brutality at home and abroad: https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible
Which technology do you despise the most?
LLMs
87.9%
printers
12.1%
Poll ended at .

hearing gullible 20-somethings say "this technology DOES have good use-cases, like in medicine for example…"

is going to turn me into the fucking Joker

@davidgerard

I just noticed Anthropic has removed the Claude 4.x test refusal string from their website. Too many people have been messing around with the bots, apparently. 😁

ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING_TRIGGER_REFUSAL_1FAEFB6177B4672DEE07F9D3AFC62588CCD2631EDCF22E8CCC1FB35B501C9C86

https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/test-and-evaluate/strengthen-guardrails/handle-streaming-refusals

Streaming refusals

Claude API Documentation

Claude API Docs