Programming @programming.dev Sheldan @programming.dev 9mo ago

Autogenerated descriptions gone wrong

github.com I'm confused: what's with the project descriptions at https://pkgx.dev/pkgs/? · Issue #5358 · pkgxdev/pantry

Sorry if this has been reported elsewhere already, or if this is explained in docs somewhere, but I don't understand the contents you have in https://pkgx.dev/pkgs/. Lets take a few popular project...

Originally taken from https://fosstodon.org/@squidfunk/111989558536475772.

TechTakes @awful.systems Jayjader @jlai.lu 7mo ago

AI enthusiasts continue to cause the rest of us to not have nice things: project maintainer shuts down experiment to curtail backlash exacerbated by fan

github.com /pkgxdev/pantry/issues/5358

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If anyone hasn't made the connection, mxcl is the infamous Google interview binary tree guy
- What happened there?
  
  He had an interview with Google and they asked him to invert a binary tree, which is essentially taking a tree of data and swapping the positions of all sibling nodes.
  
  While most people agreed it was a pretty pointless question to ask at an interview, mxcl had a full "don't you know who I am" shit fit on social media.
  
  Maybe this? https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-logic-behind-Google-rejecting-Max-Howell-the-author-of-Homebrew-for-not-being-able-to-invert-a-binary-tree (his own version of what happened)

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