It’s so clear that AI will change the world – Just look at how it’s changed the writing rule of 3¹.
What used to be naturally pleasing is now immediately annoying, irritating and suspicious..
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Haroon Meer
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Public opinion really matters to listed companies.
When new tech trends grab headlines, they often have to show the market how “all-in” they are on the $new-thing
Years later they can admit it never [took off|actually worked|made sense]
Focusing on the product still wins.
@voltagex it’s not as simple as that.
We have to figure if it’s the same as people changing their spark plugs or fixing their car timing.
Almost nobody does that any more.
Very few ppl who work as coders know machine language or compiler design. It’s tough to see what her world will look like.
My 9 year old vibed a Replit app that we now use to track our weekly padel matches. With individual logins, one side submits scores and the other approves it.
So much of this makes my head spin.
She has no idea (or care) about its language/servers/architecture but.. it’s live on the internet, deployed with a domain and usable.
She doesn’t know how we used to provision servers and configure the db and.. but also, I wonder if that will be necessary knowledge for her again..
Claus Cramon HoumannI'd never seen this closing keynote by @haroonmeer and @sawaba from #VB2019 before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHuQC1qLnJ4
Its well worth your time, will probably be relevant forever and its along the lines of Haroon's old 'a market of lemons' blog post.
Keynote address: The security products we deserve
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I’ve avoided saying it for a bit, but in a world where everyone can find/exploit everything easily - what you need more than ever, is knowing when serious attackers are exploring your “internals”.
It’s where @ThinkstCanary shines..
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¹ for values of [everyone|internal]
Pointless Sunday InfoSec hot-take:
One of the biggest, unsolved problems in infosec, is our incarnation of the Dunning–Kruger effect.
This grows worse over time, because:
- years in the industry ≠ skill;
- this take is easily mistaken for gatekeeping.
@buherator yeah. I also worry when it seems like it’s an easy metric to fixate on (while ignoring actual usability).
As someone who has kinda questioned Apples constant push towards thinner laptops, I have to admit: the iPhone Air is the first iPhone in a long time that makes you double-take every time you pick it up..
Just impossibly thin/light/beautiful..
