Basically “does this JSON object contain at least these two properties, and is the value of one particular properties a string of digits followed by the letter ‘Z’”, for example.
Beej Jorgensen
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I tried and failed to get an LLM to write jq code to do a regex based matcher for finding if one json object was a subset of another.
Gave up and learned it enough to get it going. jq is nutso powerful.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•The Trump Administration is Building a National Citizenship Data System; State and county election officials can now check the citizenship status of their entire voter lists.English61·1 month agoI don’t trust the people making the national citizenship list to be honest about it.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•The End of Publishing as We Know ItEnglish5·1 month agoLol… I wanted “DRM”. But it’s been a long day.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•A Tech-Backed Influencer Wants to Replace Teachers With AIEnglish35·1 month agoNo way rich people are using this shit on their own kids.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•The End of Publishing as We Know ItEnglish510·1 month agoI often wonder about the stuff I write, what becomes of it. It’s a little disheartening since I love crafting it for best effect… But especially with computer books for beginners, people prefer to ask AI for the answers instead of studying.
I also just bought 6 sci-fi books from an author I’d never heard of for cheap. I love supporting indy authors, the price was right, and they sold their books directly from the website, no middlemen and no DRM. Perfect.
But was the author real? I actually did a bunch of research to find out their history and all that before pulling the trigger. I really don’t want to read AI stories. But I can see a future where the vast majority don’t care. Imagine an endless episode of Survivor or a soap opera, completely generated 24x7 forever. You know that shit would be massive.
And there might only be a fringe that seeks human-generated content for the humanity of it.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Trump may launch Trump-branded mobile phone and a wireless service that could compete with the likes of Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile.English451·2 months agoBut Carter had honor.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - DexertoEnglish731·2 months agoI’m not worried. The minute the ad blockers stop working I’ll finally be able to do something else with my time.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.ml•AI Is Destroying a Generation of Students2·2 months agoI certainly can’t speak for all educators and grade levels, but in my junior and senior CS courses, I don’t have them memorize anything and they gotta solve problems.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•What editor or IDE do you use and why?English4·2 months agoVim because it’s ubiquitous, starts up instantly, works when ssh’d into a server, and doesn’t get in my way with lots of busy interface. Also modal editors are the only way to go, IMHO. 🙂
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.ml•AI Is Destroying a Generation of Students3·2 months agoWhat is that core issue, in your opinion?
This is pretty much the only way to verify knowledge. And it’s kind of what interviewers do when they’re thinking about hiring someone for a job, right? Same goal.
One potential avenue that schools have, especially in college, is to let the students know that. You’re not up against the school; you’re up against the interviewer.
This academic year I’m going to try to set up a thing where we do mock interviews with students, hopefully with real interviewers from real companies. I want to show the students where they’re going, and what they really have to get ready for.
In my dream world, we wouldn’t even have grades or diplomas. After all, when we’re learning things on our own we don’t have those and yet somehow we manage to get the job done. But not having grades comes with its own set of problems in this academic structure we’ve set up.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Google confirms more ads on your paid YouTube Premium Lite soonEnglish2·2 months agoI used to pay Google for things back when they were pretty awesome. Haven’t paid them a dime for years now.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Sundar Pichai is vibe coding. 'It feels so delightful to be a coder.'English5·2 months agoI’ve been messing around with vibe-painting, myself. Damn it feels good to be an artist.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen adsEnglish3·2 months agoI’m trying to think of something more fucked up, but I’m struggling, here.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•My AI Skeptic Friends Are All NutsEnglish17·2 months agoThis guy’s argument is that he’s a 10xer because he’s using AI effectively, i.e. just proofreading its output and deleting the comments. (Also, why hire juniors when you can get the same work for $20/mo?)
I think this is a losing strategy unless all senior devs never retire and are immortal. (Or unless GAI happens in which case the world economy will collapse and who cares about strategy.)
It looks like what’s happening is that way fewer companies are willing to invest in juniors now, leading to falling enrollment in university, leading to a shortage of seniors, leading to very high dev pay, leading to increased enrollment. Eventually.
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Meta plans to replace humans with AI to automate up to 90% of its privacy and integrity risk assessments, including in sensitive areas like violent contentEnglish161·2 months agoOr a process to challenge them?
😂😂😂😔
Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Companies are using Ribbon AI, an AI interviewer to screen candidates.English81·2 months ago“I see you have extensive database experience. Can you elaborate on the white genocide?”
On the simple side, Ghostwriter is a markdown editor with no frills.
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