Do Users Write More Insecure Code with AI Assistants? Spoiler: yes arxiv.org/abs/2211.03622

I realize I'm one of only three people using the @netflix DVD service, but I'm going to miss being able to get movies, tv shows, and instructional videos that the streaming services don't have.

Visa says this type of skimming isn’t feasible and consumers can’t be harmed because of Visa’s Zero Liability Policy. Source: usa.visa.com/pay-with-visa/c…

Looking forward to receiving my 16 cents from the Apple class action settlement. And in case you're wondering, the attorneys walked away with $3.7 million and another $2.4 million was set aside to pay for the cost of sending me 16 cents.

I live next to a park. I guess Google has my address as the park because they now want me to advertise my “business”. I’m tempted to lean into it…

Safety by design: Early refrigerants for "ice boxes" were highly toxic and/or flammable, and caused the deaths of many. Thomas Midgley Jr. was tasked with finding a safer alternative. He invented Freon. The entire NYT piece is an interesting read: nytimes.com/2023/03/15/magaz…

Good catch, that's part of "treating them well". Here's the paragraph that directly proceeds the one I shared above. The author was asked by a bank to figure out why their tellers were stealing money.

@PlayVALORANT How does your comp matching work? I'm wondering why a mostly silver 1 team would be stacked against a mostly bronze 1 team. Common sense informs us that it won't be a fair match, so why is your matching algorithm so bad at it?

It's funny how old calendar reminders live on. This one comes from my middle school calendar (which was paper-based), and in college was copied into an electronic calendar that was further copied to the calendar I use today. That's how scared I was of getting pinched!