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janvite6

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janvite6··on Can academics build software? Should they?
This is a talk I gave at virtual conference (SPLASH) about the incentive system in academia and how it is designed to prevent us from building any non-trivial software. I would love comments (yes, the talk was recorded while with covid)
janvite6··on An ex-FBer's take on the tech apocalypse
Most things we can do seem irrelevant, the only thing that would hurt is regulation. Will that happen? Unlikely in the US. Perhaps in Europe...
janvite6··on An ex-FBer's take on the tech apocalypse
What was that?
janvite6··on An ex-FBer's take on the tech apocalypse
Hmm, but what if it acts unethically? What if Grimm's right and it has a hand in the death of quite a few people. Is that censorship? Or asking to take responsibility for flaws in the machine?
janvite6··on An ex-FBer's take on the tech apocalypse
But I wonder if people even bother to justify themselves. What are the means to push back on a corporation like FB, from within and without?
janvite6··on Reflex: a new programming language for reactive programming by Facebook
I don't think you'll find more about Reflex. The language is still in the late design stages, it has not yet been released. That video is probably the only public information about Reflex, straight from its creator's lips.
janvite6··on Curry On Prague 2015: Academia and industry need to have a talk
How many times does one get to see the creators of C++ and JS in the same place?