Craig Stuntz

On my walk this afternoon I spotted a Turkey Vulture, and as I recorded this observation in Merlin Bird ID I noticed that they are hiring a Python machine learning engineer https://jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WDR-00051454 Could be a fun job for the right person!

@TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space Not only will they see their mentions in a "followers-only" post, but they'll also see their mentions in a "private" (using heavy scare quotes here) message to someone else.

Amateur with ChatGPT successfully "vibe-maths" a 60 year old unsolved Erdős problem https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/amateur-armed-with-chatgpt-vibe-maths-a-60-year-old-problem/

Astronauts: "I have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one of those are working"
CAPCOM: "Switch to Mac, lol"
Astronauts: "Always has been"

@jasonkarns@indieweb.social The old joke was "I don't need a backup service; I just use the NSA," but this idea is a bit lacking in the "DR test plan" area.

RE: @arstechnica@mastodon.social

This is particularly galling because iOS, unlike Android, has no notification history feature. So past notifications were available to the cops, but not to end users

"AI is often incorrect!" is not a useful framing. A useful framing is a confusion matrix, plus the ability to exclude false positives (e.g., with constraints). The same as any linter. Then you can judge the usefulness.

I'm indebted to Aaron Stump for pointing out this paper on his podcast, which I'm enjoying quite a lot: "The Calculated Typer (Functional Pearl)"
https://al.radbox.org/doi/10.1145/3759164.3759346

Nice video on making math in LaTEX documents converted to PDF accessible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cRYxldSIh8

My work sends out phishing test emails, so I am reporting all work email as phishing, so I will get a perfect "score."

"If you want a picture of the future of programming, imagine reinventing package managers, for ever."
-George Orwell (probably)
https://nesbitt.io/2026/03/08/if-it-quacks-like-a-package-manager.html

Um, wow. Man accidentally gains access to cameras and microphones inside 7000 people's houses while trying to vibe code a controller. DJI, this is not a good look. https://www.popsci.com/technology/robot-vacuum-army/

@mattblaze@federate.social Good thing SMS messages are always delivered immediately! (/s)

@annierau Chuck Shepherd, who published News of the Weird for decades, and a recurring list called “No longer weird” of old stories he had run before which he had now been able to determine happened with such frequency that they could not be fairly called “weird.”