Alessio S.

@BullStern @Gregorein And?

@bertlef_ @Gregorein Quite ironic...aren't you on a sabbatical?

so... I audited Garry's website after he bragged about 37K LOC/day and a 72-day shipping streak. here's what 78,400 lines of AI slop code actually looks like in production. a single homepage load of garryslist.org downloads 6.42 MB across 169 requests. for a newsletter-blog-thingy. 1/9🧵

guys, i honestly do not like clowning on Gary. I don't find being the butt of a joke funny, so I imagine he does not either. But, this is what worries me about where we are going. We are actively encouraging an entire generation that the tech is there when its not, and a couple of silly mistakes made on a website isn't the end of the world, but people's data and breaches are serious. We are entering a very VERY hackable world, and I do not like it one bit.

@BullStern @Gregorein Omfg, you really don't get it

@Gregorein Fair, but come back with a better solution. Man in the arena.

for context: the Hacker News homepage, run by Y Combinator, Garry's own org, makes 7 requests and transfers 12kb Garry's page makes 169 requests and transfers 6.42mb 562x heavier even discounting images, 73% of the bandwidth is waste. one could say it's a HAR truth. 8/9🧵

BREAKING: Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved ​in attacks on Iran, per Reuters. The closure of the airspace forces military ​planes to bypass Spain's airspace when en route to their targets in the Middle East.

I missili tra il caffettino e le unghiette non potevano essere pensati neanche dagli autori di Black Mirror. Dubai è un esperimento sociale.

@KobeissiLetter as a european investor is it time to go short?

This is absolutely insane: The world is quite literally facing what appears to be the largest energy crisis in history. US crude oil futures are now trading at a $20+/barrel DISCOUNT to Brent, also one of the largest on record. As the US increases production and taps into reserves, the EU is facing a full out energy crisis. European natural gas prices are up another +30% today and physical crude oil prices in Oman and elsewhere are trading at $150+/barrel. In other words, the gap between Oman and US prices now stands at ~70%, or ~$70+ per barrel. It has become so bad for Europe that the market is now pricing-in 2 interest rate HIKES in 2026, even as the US removes sanctions on Russian oil. US rate cuts in 2026 are almost entirely priced-out as a result with Core PPI inflation on PRE-WAR data rising to its highest since February 2023. The entire global economy just took a complete 180 degree turn in 3 weeks. The next few months are going to be historic.

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.

This indie dev is making a game where you can literally play as Ancient Egyptian wall art. - Switch between a 3D archaeologist and living 2D art - Survive puzzles that fight back - Progress by mastering both worlds It’s called Fresco. This mechanic is genius.

Strait of hormuz right now

Wow...LMAO.

Europeans watching the man who called NATO obsolete, then threatened a member’s territory, now ask for help for the war he already ‘won’

A clip that left the world in disbelief and horror. Israel did this.

@radic3_eth @Dexerto youtu.be/CPXCq9pSdVM?is… Visione obbligatoria. Mi ha fatto salire un odio. Poveri alunni. Cosa mai potrà andare storto a crescere un esercito di ritardo?

Italian here. Schettini (the teacher in question) basically admitted it himself during one of the most popular podcasts in Italy (BSMT). He openly said that he used to push/force his students to boost his online engagement liking, commenting, reacting, participating in lives, etc. in order to grow his channels. The strategy worked perfectly: he quickly became the most famous “physics teacher” in Italy, appearing on TV, podcasts, live streams, major events… basically everywhere. Needless to say, he treated the classroom more like a personal content studio than a proper learning environment. His students didn’t receive the education they deserved. He had very clear (and questionable) rules: reactions, comments, and active participation online would directly increase their grades. When he was invited to speak at other schools, he would even ask for 150–200 copies of his book to be bought (again, just to inflate his sales numbers). His book was published by Mondadori, Italy’s biggest publisher, which often rides the wave of influencers and trends rather than focusing on real quality content. It’s basically a well-oiled machine we already seed multiple times… 😮‍💨

A teacher with 900k+ YouTube subscribers has been accused of making students watch and comment under his videos for better grades One former student claimed “The grade was a maximum of 8 if you didn’t comment, but if you did, you could get two higher grades”

@Tzaidecar @Dexerto @CrazyItalianPol True, they're kept for professors and gods. Tbh, math was the only subject in which they gave us 10 (just to the person who went to Normale, actually ahah)

@bertlef_ @Dexerto @CrazyItalianPol Further context: when I was in high school 40 years ago, nobody, and I mean nobody, not even some folks who ended up graduating from Normale, got a 10, ever.

@_martays @Dexerto @CrazyItalianPol yes, that's what i meant by "words", i giudizi. Hahaha erano divertenti.

@bertlef_ @Dexerto @CrazyItalianPol When I went to elementary school the grades were bravissimo, bravo, bene, benino, male 😁

@radic3_eth @Dexerto Nell'ultimo punto intendo che anche copiare dandosi una mano è una forma di cooperazione sociale rispetto a "chatgpt fammi questo" Comunque fascista mi pare esagerato lol, i fascisti non sono né acculturati né hanno senso civico.

Davvero eh… strane coincidenze 😂 Sarà che sono figlio di insegnanti, ma spacciare il metodo per “arrivare ai più giovani” facendo il pagliaccio online non è qualcosa che personalmente approvi. Poi per carità, c’è di peggio… solo che è difficile rendere ciò che dovrebbe essere l’insegnamento, la formazione della cultura della nuova e delle nuove generazioni… una gamification con obbligo di partecipazione. Oltretutto, di giorno paladino anti-social con massima attenzione alla psiche dei propri ragazzi… di notte virtual-teacher in live sui social a raccogliere reaction in cambio di voti maggiorati. Sarò antico, e tanti già hanno criticato questa visione, ma la scuola per me è un luogo di apprendimento dove si condivide il sapere per formarsi idee, competenze, cultura e carattere. Non è imparare la formulina, né apprendere un mestiere. Ma dovrebbe essere (ripeto: dal mio punto personale di vista) un luogo in cui si formano i cittadini a essere civili, acculturati e responsabili. Solo che vengo definito fascista a pensarla così 😅

@radic3_eth @Dexerto Quando il gioco finisce e l'unico rinforzo che hai costruito era mettere like al video... male male. E sì, la classe è un concetto molto importante. Costruisci pazienza, pensiero critico, resilienza a cose che non ti piacciono e anche le capacità sociali per aiutarsi

@radic3_eth @Dexerto 100% agree. Sembrano le mie parole. Infatti mi ricordo di averlo sentito criticare l'uso del cellulare e il problema dell'attenzione con cui sono d'accordo. Non mi aspettavo il plot twist un po' patetico. Gamification è sempre interessante ma può essere un'arma a doppio taglio