Here’s this week’s Better Offline. I’m joined by Cal Newport to talk about Anthropic’s Mythos marketing scam, the lies around AI job loss, and why we need to stop building anthropomorphized LLMs.
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Here we go again... 🎉🎉🎉
News about our Northern Irish cousins @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social!
Their call for papers is open. 15 minute lightning talks, 35 minute talks, and 90 minute workshops.
Get you ideas in to this great event in an amazing city!
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To accommodate some reviewers availability, we're extending the #CallForProposals for #BSidesBelfast26 that was due to end tomorrow until NEXT SUNDAY THE 14TH!
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In the last act of #BSidesBelfast25; we've published our "Financial Transparency Report", where we lay out what it costs to run the conference.
#BSidesBelfast26 will return on the 10th of September!
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Podcast Episode · Better Offline · April 22 · 59m
With both Early Birds tickets all gone, the next and last opportunity to get tickets to @bsidesbelfast.bsky.social will be the GA on the 14th of July....
<hint>Sponsors can purchase additional tickets BEFORE THE GA</hint>
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3 days until Early Bird Tickets open at 11am on Tues!
Expect a welcoming atmosphere, real-world insights, and plenty of hallway-track conversations that make #BSidesBelfast special.
Join the community that keeps cybersecurity human.
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The countdown is on! Just 7 days until #BSidesBelfast26 Early Bird Tickets go live at Next Tues 11am!
A conference built by and for the NI cybersecurity community, #BSidesBelfast is where ideas, collaboration, and innovation thrive. bsidesbelfast.org/register/
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Same as it ever was, @edzitron.com , IMO LLMs are "mediocre software engineering firehouses" which is going to be "fun" to safely engineer over the next few years... open.spotify.com/episode/6NLB...
Another quotable from @edzitron.com (well, technically, @author-calnewport.bsky.social ).
> Claude Code is like model trains for engineering-minded people
#chefkiss #yoink
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ALT: a woman wearing a neck brace and glasses is giving a thumbs up .