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djohnston··on Cost of AGI Delusion:Chasing Superintelligence US Falling Behind in Real AI Race
What language? LLMs make a lot of mistakes but syntax is rarely one of them.
djohnston··on Gunman Who Attacked Midtown Office Building Had CTE
I feel like my generation’s lead paint is contact sports, particularly American football. Obviously concussions cause issues, that is no surprise. What is surprising is that virtually every play, even in the absence of any major contact, is causing asymptomatic sub-concussive trauma that accumulates into a degenerative taupathy decades later.
djohnston··on Qwen3-Omni: Native Omni AI model for text, image and video
Does anyone have good resources for learning about multimodal models? I'm not sure where to begin.
djohnston··on Choose Your Own Adventure
Perhaps we'll break the curse of the iPad babies yet
djohnston··on Economists agree that the nightmare of hiring Generation Z is real
Perhaps it's always intragenerational bad luck that bites us. There must always be some unluckliest subgroup.
djohnston··on Federal judge lifts administration halt of offshore wind farm in New England
That sort of instability is so damaging beyond the boundaries of his term. Hopefully this restores a bit of confidence.
djohnston··on In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs
lol indeed anyone can vibecode right?
djohnston··on In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs
That's not entirely fair - there are all walks of life in those prisons. Some are undoubtedly beyond help, but the ones we can actually rehabilitate, or at least give meaningful work to, are not an opportunity worth overlooking.
djohnston··on App for outing Charlie Kirk's critics leaked its users' personal data
This app is as gross as that one for anonymously discussing men - inevitably rife with abuse and negatively impacting innocents. Good riddance.
djohnston··on Hey, Let's Undermine America's Technology, Education and Research
Lol nice. Talks about the potential for abuse of the new fee-based system. Doesn't mention the endemic abuse of the existing system once. Never change Paul.
djohnston··on UK Millionaire exodus did not occur, study reveals
> and cancel left wing ones.

"Left ones" being, celebrating murder? Assuming you weren't living under a rock for the past decade, do you think celebrating murder is less severe than right-wing views (critical of BLM, critical of feminism, critical of pro-choice) that were routinely cancelled by left-wing institutions (social media, university) over this time frame?

djohnston··on UK Millionaire exodus did not occur, study reveals
Nan is selling her home and moving to Barcelona - another mover and shaker gone!
djohnston··on UK Millionaire exodus did not occur, study reveals
Can we get this reproduced by someone not as obviously biased as the "Tax Justice Network"? It's absurd that this organisation's findings would be taken at face value.
djohnston··on UK Millionaire exodus did not occur, study reveals
Shooting someone through the throat with a high-powered rifle during a university debate certainly seems like an attack on free speech, but maybe I don't have your nuanced understanding of the issue.
djohnston··on Dan Brown: The human species has never created a technology it hasn't weaponized
To something that isn’t actually warfare? I don’t understand the exercise.
djohnston··on Dan Brown: The human species has never created a technology it hasn't weaponized
Antibiotics
djohnston··on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
Stop using British colonialism as an excuse for shitty behaviour, no one is buying that lazy argument anymore.

So many places were under the yolk of the same historical forces and managed to pull themselves together - India is rather unique in its inability to do so.

djohnston··on Microsoft has urged its employees on H-1B and H-4 visas to return immediately
Indians would rather import more Indians than hire anybody else (including Indian Americans) domestically. This is well understood by looking at lawsuits against WITCH companies, and by speaking with anyone who has seen what happens when an Indian attains a leadership role in a tech company. That’s why you get downvoted and suspect it’s controversial. It’s not controversial to anyone but Indians.
djohnston··on Microsoft has urged its employees on H-1B and H-4 visas to return immediately
Interesting… would you say the election was, erm, rigged?
djohnston··on Microsoft has urged its employees on H-1B and H-4 visas to return immediately
Of course he only thinks it’s seditious when it’s the wrong team. Of course democracy is broken because his team lost the election.
djohnston··on Microsoft memo advises H1B employees to return immediately if currently abroad
If you think H1B brings “the best minds of the world” I have a bridge to sell you.
djohnston··on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
This dialogue suggests to me you are incapable of conceiving of a high trust society. So much like the people we’re discussing, yes we need to harden the system because of people with your mentality. It might sound crazy but there was a time when we didn’t, and that’s when these immigration systems were designed. Hence the easiest thing to do is simply unplug such low trust societies from access. They are detrimental to the well being of the host.
djohnston··on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
The fact that it’s the same spectrum of talent (in your experience) is a glaring indicator that the system has been systematically abused by Indian WITCH to the point it’s no longer fit for purpose. Unfortunately systems constructed in high trust societies (1950s USA) must adapt with the arrival of low trust societies. Much like the European refugee conventions established in the echoes of WW2 and now gleefully exploited by these same low trust societies.
djohnston··on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
How is the problem solved? You have an entire industry dedicated to scamming immigration systems around the world and your solution is to simply avoid getting scammed? It’s a lot easier to cut them off as per the article. The problem IS the scammers.
djohnston··on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
Also to your original question here, I am involved with hiring :). I can differentiate with very little effort.
djohnston··on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
That’s a cute ad-hominem but ultimately off base because that’s not how the diploma mills scam works. I really encourage you to research those topics a bit - it is genuinely fascinating how complex the scams get. There’s also a bit of self-reflection that arises when you learn that these people don’t understand why scamming and cheating is wrong - they’re genuinely incapable of comprehending this. It makes you appreciate people who aren’t like that, including yourself! (hopefully)
djohnston··on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
Yes, scam. Scam. India. Scam. India. You’ve never heard of these two together? Google is your friend. Diploma mills, good old fashioned racial discrimination, hiding job listings in obscure outlets to avoid domestic applicants, man they are truly talented in this endeavour. Maybe if they put so much muscle into improving the home country everyone would be better off.
djohnston··on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
Why are you using quotes around steal as though I used that word somewhere? Read what I wrote, repeat it to yourself when you fall asleep, come back tomorrow.
djohnston··on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
I didn’t include China. I also don’t think there’s any reason to close the borders to Indians. Rather, simply close off access to their Frankenstein cottage industry of scammers.
djohnston··on Trumpcard (Official US Government Website)
Yyyyyuck. I don’t even care about the program specifics but the aesthetic is so tacky.
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