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New ask Hacker News story: Debatable but likely not insane: there MAY be an issue with SpaceX' hiring

Debatable but likely not insane: there MAY be an issue with SpaceX' hiring 2 by adinhitlore | 0 comments on Hacker News. OK, this is just social science but note this: Musk posted today for people to give 3 proofs of exceptional ability if they want to join the most expensive and "most innovative" company ever - Spacex. But how can you innovate when you follow the rules? what if you send 1, 2 or 4 reasons? and why would anyone work for someone with very questionable and controversial views? It doesn't seem possible for Spacex to revolutionize the world, change it: sure they do...for 20+ years but they fail to revolutionize for 20+ years. And the reasons are obvious.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 21)

Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 21) 3 by Armonsrer | 10 comments on Hacker News. Comment below :]

New ask Hacker News story: Do you enjoy reading any type of AI written text?

Do you enjoy reading any type of AI written text? 4 by reed1234 | 8 comments on Hacker News.

New ask Hacker News story: Valgrind-3.27.1 Is Available

Valgrind-3.27.1 Is Available 3 by paulf38 | 0 comments on Hacker News. Just a minor point release, mainly for a regression that I introduced :-( The following bugs have been fixed or resolved in this point release. 519574 valgrind 3.27 "--fair-sched=yes" does not work 519613 Valgrind incorrectly unpacks the result of sys_port (port_getn) on error, leading to a ~60s wallclock time delay on every call n-i-bz Update vg-lifespan (copyright) years n-i-bz Use SSizeT for VG_(readlink) result in VG_(realpath)

New ask Hacker News story: Can one run AI on source code with the prompt "Find below-avg swear rate files"?

Can one run AI on source code with the prompt "Find below-avg swear rate files"? 2 by pcwir | 1 comments on Hacker News. Because “code with more swear words is higher quality”, meaning lots of humans looked at that code and the more humans look at that code, the more swear words could be found on average. If this is true, then why not put it to the test by running an A.I. on open source code and giving it the prompt of “Find below-avg swear rate files” (This prompt was shortened to save on tokens.) Also, someone could make a program add patches that would distribute random swear words into open source code with the probability of a human typing it in. Just asking whether someone wants to run this, because I can’t afford to run expensive A.I. or add these randomized swear word comments to all open source code projects and then wait as many might refuse my patches. I’d like for someone else to do this if they want to, because if you want to, then cool. Yes, this is “security...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How do word docs, slides, excel, and PDFs generate value?

Ask HN: How do word docs, slides, excel, and PDFs generate value? 3 by FailMore | 3 comments on Hacker News. This is a bit vague, but as an engineer, it’s possible to walk past the other functions in an office and see people creating word docs, presentations, etc. and be a bit shocked that creating static artifacts is valuable enough to drive employment. I’m wondering if anyone has any ideas on where the value lies in this work. I know this is all very industry specific, so if you want to share you can talk from your own perspective. Vague and wild answers accepted too. I’m looking to have a wide ranging discussion about this.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Is grpcurl home page compromised?

Ask HN: Is grpcurl home page compromised? 3 by jicea | 0 comments on Hacker News. Clicking on some FAQs (like "Does grpcurl Does grpcurl require a .proto file?a .proto file?") redirects me to https://ift.tt/HFztoOZ a really suspicious web site). Am I crazy or over-paranoid? Update: nevermind that's been discussed here https://ift.tt/6puZkSV Sad to see an Open source project targeted like that