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I just finished several months of interviewing and think that you must be projecting a bit. Every one of them included a coding interview with no AI use allowed.
This is why Free Software is important. It is about a lot more than just being open source.
Re:It's still OK to enjoy programming on Monday October 19, 2026 @11:36PM (#50161045)
Re:It's still OK to enjoy programming on Monday October 19, 2026 @11:36PM (#50161040)
Peer to peer networking.
Re:It's still OK to enjoy programming on Monday October 19, 2026 @04:53PM (#50157904)
For whatever a single anecdote is worth, there do still seem to be at least some jobs that require a decent amount hand-coding still. I just landed a new role and when I asked about AI usage policies, etc. they told me you can use whatever you want but don't count on it working well as the AIs are not that good at writing the code we work on. They suggested using it more as a explainer and for targeted tasks vs. agentic development.
Re:Linus Torvalds's first LLM-assisted patch series on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @02:41PM (#50092800)
While I'm not surprised by Linus using AI, I am a bit surprised Linus used Claude and not one of the open weights models. I know he's always been much more pragmatic than Richard but using a fully closed, proprietary system that is actively attempting to lock out the (more) open competition seems to go against his general history and preferences for free software.
Sounds similar to Salad (salad.com), except for the differing hardware.
Re:Passkeys are a trap. Do not use them on Sunday October 11, 2026 @09:00PM (#50049968)
What if they meant a real safe? The big metal kind.
But aren't you developing bad habits and learning patterns that won't work long term? Or do you think things will get cheap enough that you will be able to keep going with your current patterns post-subsidies?
That is a story about nature bouncing back. Just not the way the people doing it thought it would as it turned out other 'stuff' was a lot bouncier than the Cod were.
True.. but aren't they the only gov that can force a breakup?
It's only illegal if the law is enforced and the US federal government gave up on anti-trust enforcement a long time ago and any attempts to re-awaken it get nerfed quick.
> I think enough of these improperly constrained agent events have occurred that we can safely say this is misconduct of a level necessitating serious and concerted regulation of AI labs.

Why jump to regulation when just simple law enforcement would suffice. All of these OpenAI "rogue agent" events have been illegal, but no DA is enforcing them.

Re:One month coding with GLM 5.3 Flash on Friday October 02, 2026 @02:59PM (#49937204)
What would you use if you wanted to stay (at least) open weight?
I stopped smoking 15-20 years back and still remember it fondly. It is definitely a pleasant, if smelly, experience.
Re:Go Concurrency Distilled on Sunday September 27, 2026 @04:13PM (#49870382)
Try writing CSP style code and see how channels slot in. That is the design they had in mind.
Re:Btrfs/ZFS/bcachefs under workloads classic benchmarks skip on Saturday September 19, 2026 @03:37PM (#49769516)
Sabotage might not be the best word, but it hurt trust and adoption.
Re:I don't like passkeys on Friday September 18, 2026 @05:29PM (#49760506)
Right. That's the flaw I was pointing out.
Re:I don't like passkeys on Friday September 18, 2026 @12:33PM (#49756782)
Keys can be copied very easily. It’s one of their primary features. Can you easily copy your USB key?
Re:Small Programming Tricks on Friday September 18, 2026 @02:25AM (#49750775)
Early returns is one method.
Re:Global Shortage Has Led to Motor Oil Rationing at Costco on Sunday September 13, 2026 @05:54PM (#49689106)
Wouldn't the most important thing be the nitrate fertilizers? Do we have anything to replace them?
Re:Claude is no longer available for minors on Friday September 11, 2026 @04:47PM (#49665132)
And 2 is lucky it is the sum of 1+1.
Re:Claude is no longer available for minors on Friday September 11, 2026 @03:39PM (#49664198)
> * In a just society, your opportunity in life should not depend on being lucky with who your parents are.

The vast majority of people are raised by their birth parents which means 0 luck was involved. You are here due to their actions and are who you are due to their combined genes and situation.

Re:Show HN: Toast, a beautiful by default in terminal IDE on Friday September 11, 2026 @03:14PM (#49663804)
But this is not what that site tracks. It lists any project with any LLM usage or potential usage (eg. permissive AI usage policy, but no evidence of AI use) without any caveats. It is an extreme, absolutely no AI usage, stance.
Re:No Man's Sky Cosmos on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @07:40PM (#49636200)
Any word on if they will be fixing the flight model? Didn't see it in there but could have missed it.
Re:Function Arguments Are Not Function Colors on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @01:22PM (#49630000)
Maybe.. something like how Zig works where it passes the I/O object around that encapsulates the required concurrency around the bottlenecks?
Re:Function Arguments Are Not Function Colors on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @08:06PM (#49618940)
IMO it is a syntax thing. If you need to use a special keyword (eg. func vs async func) then it is colored. If it is a semantics thing (eg. parameters) is is not colored.
Re:Babylonian Lamb Stew with Beets (1750–1730 BCE) on Sunday September 06, 2026 @03:38PM (#49590050)
Close to a recipe on Tasting History... https://www.tastinghistory.com/recipes/babylonianlambstew Our current favorite dinner watching along with Alton Brown.

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