Tags: web-review, webgpu, science, hr, gpt, machine-learning, security, project-management, ai, writing, kanban, python, tech, 3d, photography, web, communication, mathematics, performance, programming, management, frontend, technical-debt, estimates, ethics, airline, interviews, kde, biology
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2023-03.
Tags: tech, ai, gpt, ethics
Very good piece about that dangerous moment in the creation of the latest large language models. We’re about to drown in misinformation, can we get out of it?
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/ais-jurassic-park-moment
Tags: tech, ethics, ai, machine-learning, gpt
The human labor behind AI training is still on going. This is clearly gruesome and sent over to other countries… ignoring the price for a minute this is also a good way to hide its consequences I guess.
https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/
Tags: tech, airline, security
That’s an “interesting” leak, both for how it happens and what it contains. I shows serious biases in the “no fly list” used by airlines.
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/no-fly-list-us-tsa-unprotected-server-commuteair/
Tags: tech, security
That’s really a massive leak again! The amount of personal data in the wild… will likely help with identity theft too.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/01/new-t-mobile-breach-affects-37-million-accounts/
Tags: tech, kde
Nice to see kind words out there. A couple of issues are pointed out of course but nothing which seems critical I think.
https://jackevansevo.github.io/revisiting-kde.html
Tags: tech, python
Yes… python packaging is a mess. I wonder when it’ll get properly unified and get a proper single tool and workflow.
https://chriswarrick.com/blog/2023/01/15/how-to-improve-python-packaging/#summary
Tags: tech, 3d, performance
Excellent analysis and explanation of the stutter problem people experience with game engines. It’s an artifact of the graphics pipeline becoming more asynchronous with no way to know when something is really displayed. Extra graphics APIs will be needed to solve this for real.
https://medium.com/@alen.ladavac/the-elusive-frame-timing-168f899aec92
Tags: tech, web, webgpu, 3d, frontend
This WebGPU framework is getting interesting. Definitely something to keep an eye on and evaluate for productive uses. Obviously requires WebGPU to be widely available before banking on it.
https://acko.net/blog/use-gpu-goes-trad/
Tags: tech, programming, mathematics
Nice set of problems encountered when using floating point numbers. Definitely to keep in mind.
https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/01/13/examples-of-floating-point-problems/
Tags: tech, programming, mathematics
Problems with integers now. Kind of better known usually, still to keep in mind as well.
https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/01/18/examples-of-problems-with-integers/
Tags: tech, programming, technical-debt
Excellent piece about technical debt. The approach proposed is definitely the good one, it’s the only thing which I know to work to keep technical debt at bay.
https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/tech-debt-day
Tags: tech, project-management, estimates, kanban
Interesting approach regarding estimates. Might especially make sense combined with kanban like project management.
https://medium.com/agileinsider/from-story-points-to-slam-dunks-planning-for-success-c3e067354d9b
Tags: tech, project-management, hr, management, interviews
It’s coming from the job interview domain… but I wonder if it could be more largely useful due to how simple it is (but not easy mind you). I guess I’ll experiment with it for my next project postmortem.
https://www.ed.ac.uk/reflection/reflectors-toolkit/reflecting-on-experience/carl
Tags: tech, communication, writing
A reminder for me, I write quite a bit, but I feel that I don’t write nearly enough. It’s very important for plenty of cases though.
https://brooker.co.za/blog/2022/11/08/writing.html
Tags: photography, science, biology
Really amazing pictures! All this life we usually can’t see with our own eye.
Bye for now!