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by aix1 5y ago
It's clearly a marketing exercise aimed to sell products to parents and other concerned citizens. It doesn't actually need to be effective to achieve this goal. (I am not saying whether it will or won't be, just that it doe
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by aix1 5y ago
For the purposes of this they only have the hashes, which they receive from third parties. > on-device matching using a database of known CSAM image hashes provided by NCMEC and other child safety organizations https://www.app
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by aix1 5y ago
Would love to learn more about actual algorithms that could be used to do something like this (private set intersection with approximate matching) if they exist.
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by aix1 5y ago
Yes, I agree that this is a significant risk.
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by aix1 5y ago
Thanks for this clarification. This, I think, is an important aspect that seems to often get overlooked. Apple's explanation: <quote> Before an image is stored in iCloud Photos, an on-device matching process is performed for tha
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by aix1 5y ago
I think the media is at least partly to blame for this. I have the greatest respect for the BBC, but look at this headline: Covid third wave: Florida surpasses all-time record for hospital admissions . Totally unsupported by the article.
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by aix1 5y ago
I had to look it up so I thought I'd save future readers a moment or two: <wikipedia> The West African CFA franc (French: franc CFA; Portuguese: franco CFA or simply franc, ISO 4217 code: XOF) is the currency of eight independent
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by aix1 5y ago
> First child killed by a delivery drone and it's over. I am doubtful, given that there are 4000 kids killed annually in the US by cars and a further 3000 by firearms. These are relatively easy to legislate (compared to disease, dr
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by aix1 5y ago
I think it depends on who gets to choose the programming language. If you're interviewing for specific language skills, then what you say is clearly true. If it's a general coding skills interview, I invite the candidate to code i
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by aix1 5y ago
That's an easy one -- p is undefined. :) (/me runs away)
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by aix1 5y ago
One could argue that, when you're interviewing a lot of candidates and your acceptance rate is low, it makes sense to maintain a consistent approach to interviews. For example, asking all candidates the same question would help you de
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by aix1 5y ago
> the hiring bar imposed by recruiters and the companies' HR department That is simply not how things are. The hiring bar is designed and upheld by people on the same software engineering job ladder as a candidate. The role of rec
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by aix1 5y ago
> about 20 files which were tests that were just completely commented out How was this not uncovered during code reviews?
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by aix1 5y ago
> Google has an incentive to go all in on CPU design as that helps their data centers and GCP both, so we might see significant gains over time. It seems that CPU design for phones and for data centres are quite different problems, or do
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by aix1 5y ago
Here is one list of Google search Easter eggs: https://searchengineland.com/the-big-list-of-google-easter-e... (Some might be obsolete.)
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by aix1 5y ago
I didn't mean to imply that this applied to your case. Just a general observation (rather frustrating for someone like me, who wants candidates to do well but not that infrequently sees them being let down by their own choices).
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by aix1 5y ago
That, and inbreeding https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/although-purebred... https://www.instituteofcaninebiology.org/blog/inbreeding-of-...
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by aix1 5y ago
> if someone drops an involved coding question in an interview I'm done and I will walk out and not return future calls With the greatest respect, the vibe I'm getting is "this person is prone to reacting in a volatile man
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by aix1 5y ago
It's quite a common pattern these days: I often see candidates who choose a language because they think it's better suited for interviews, not because they know it well (we leave the choice of programming language to the candidate
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by aix1 5y ago
I think that's a recipe for becoming unemployable.
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by aix1 5y ago
> After extensive research, I've found that almost no companies are paying Bay Area salaries for remote work outside the US. That doesn't seem surprising -- why would they?
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by aix1 5y ago
> at Google you'll likely never see your interviewers once you start working there Can confirm that this is largely true, with an asterisk. The interview panel (for SWE candidates) is indeed drawn at random, but it's becoming m
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by aix1 5y ago
Did you choose Python or were you asked to use Python by the interviewer?
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by aix1 5y ago
I'm curious, how long ago was this? And, if you don't mind, which job ladder were you interviewing for?
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by aix1 5y ago
> There are currently many more licensed UK drivers not working in the industry than there are vacancies. Do you have data to back this up (specifically for HGV-licensed drivers, which is what the post you replied to was talking about)?
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by aix1 5y ago
IPA is an amazing tool, but learning how to pronounce unfamiliar words without consulting a dictionary (to look up IPA transcription) is also a useful skill.
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by aix1 5y ago
Google "askew" :)
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by aix1 5y ago
There are at least two things that could be contributing to this perception: 1. Python is (usually) an interpreted language, and it's probably true to say that interpreted languages tend to have a lower attack surface (at the cost of l
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by aix1 5y ago
> These included real ID’s which we confiscated because they were being used by not-the-owner of the ID. Wait, how does this work? You (as a private, non-government entity) can just confiscate an ID simply because you suspect the bearer
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by aix1 5y ago
Could you give an example of what you mean by a "bad address" in this context?

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