I'm getting closer and closer to passing the entrance exam for this job. I also learned a little tidbit about why they're always hiring: apparently, "AI-generated" transcripts are inadmissible in US courts.* As much as they might like to, they legally can't replace this job with AI.

Combine that with the very small overlap between people capable of passing this exam and people actually willing to jump through those hurdles, and you have glut of available work.

* At least for now. Give the techbro billionaire class time to keep eroding the US legal system, and who knows?

So, there was a post on the fedi about a project Johnny Harris was working on. Some people in that thread seemed to think that he was untrustworthy, even going so far as to posit that he might be a CIA asset. I had no idea why they believed this, but it was echoed by more than one person.

I am familiar with Johnny's work. He always seems to do a good job of citing his sources (at least to my casual inspection). I asked about this distrust but received no response. Perhaps they thought I was sealioning?

So, I'm asking here: Is there an actual valid reason to distrust him that I'm simply not aware of, or is just stemming from the fact that he likes to shine light on things that some would rather not have light shined on?

#Today I added a take-out menu to my virtual sushi bar in #LambdaMOO. It took me longer to retrofit the code to make this happen than I care to admit.

Did I have more important things to do today? Probably. I just needed a break from reality for a while.

I just saw a Wal-Mart greeter shrink wrapped to a chair, holding a jar, trying to raise $50 for... something I couldn't read.

Dear Wal-Mart,

You're a billion dollar multinational corporation paying your employees the least you can possibly get away with. Why is this necessary?

Hey Fedi,

For those who don't know, my mother had a major #stroke a little over a month ago. We're very fortunate to live in a country (Canada) where we have free #healthcare, but as her discharge from the #hospital looms closer, we're having to raise funds to make #accessibility modifications to my parents' home so that she can return. Boosts are welcome (and appreciated).

gofund.me/a69e0cdc4

#a11y #MutualAid

Are there any #Lisp programmers out there who use a #ScreenReader? Given how messy Lisp can be to read without proper indentation (which I imagne wouldn't translate well on a screen reader) I can't see it is being an easy language to work in without being able to see it.

I've been thinking about a way to make an editor that lets you explore a Lisp program by walking through the forms in the program in a manner similar to the way one might navigate in a MUD. Is this a crazy idea, or one with some merit?

Can anyone recmmend a FOSS solution for converting an .azw file to .epub on Debian that isn't Calibre?

I thought maybe pandoc could do it, but apparently not.

Oh, this bottle of coconut water has "no added sugar"; I wonder if it's okay for my diabetes?

*checks the macros*

(It's roughly equivalent to a can of coke.)

*drinks it anyway*

A question for the #lisp folx:
What, if anything, is the difference between #'(lambda ...) and just plain (lambda ...)?

They seem functionally equivalent to me.

I've been taking a bunch of tests to qualify for a transcription job. They're not easy and I need a perfect score to pass. I finally failed one of the tests but managed to pass it on the retry.

They're really picky about their style guide. Fortunately, it basically amounts to syntax rules and I've been dealing with compilers that are equally picky about syntax for decades.

It also helps that all throughout my schooling my mother worked at the local university proofreading research scientists' papers and she insisted on proofreafing all my essays too.

I never thought I'd end up being happy about that.

Got my hands on a #shortwave radio, but the fact that I live in a giant concrete box doesn't seem to be helping my reception. Seeing what I can do about that.

Are there any broadcasts that are worth catching that I'd be able to get in Southern Ontario?