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Is a technical coding test fair? Should candidates be paid? Is it now pointless since AI can produce wonderful solutions in seconds?

The following is an “exam”. To my knowledge, nobody has ever passed it, as it is an extremely difficult challenge. But I am firmly convinced it is possible, and it makes for an interesting discussion.

7801/20742For the last two months, every single day, I've had literally thousands of emails and letters and carrier pigeons arriving with messages asking when the next stone clear is. It's a mark of how busy …

The 2009 post Getting Attention was an interesting description of how the Internet was then changing from people visiting sites to receiving a stream of content. Most people using the web, especially in younger age-​groups, …

Cameron and Colin Cairnes’ retro horror jaunt LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL has an irresistible cult-baiting premise. The year is 1977, Satanic panic is brewing and late night talk show host Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian, …

Michael Kerr joins me on the podcast to chat about the transformation of travel media from storytelling to a more utilitarian approach driven by the internet and market forces, the current trends in travel books …

The latest addition to the AAUGH.com reference library is a TV Guide from February, 1980, which features an article about Peanuts, written by Schulz himself. In it, he discusses why some things work in the …

I’ve started this post at least a dozen times this year alone, and every time I delete it and tell myself things will get better, I will feel better, and I will find the space …

To my knowledge, Kudo was never credited in any Telenet production. The source for this information is this interview (Japanese only) where he states that he had worked there between leaving Konami and joining Square. …

A superb poster for a brilliant gig last night at Future Yard.

What we want to believe and what is true are seldom the same thing. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th April 2024 We draw our moral lines in arbitrary places. We might believe …

There’s been a lot of discussion around what is means to be “open” recently. I think this has largely been driven by issues and concerns around the development and deployment of Large Language Models and …

In 2011 I visited R+E Cycles and ordered a custom Rodriguez bicycle. Since 2013 this had been my only vehicle. For the past decade or so I’ve been thinking about what a second bike may …

Disclaimer, just in case… 🔗 I work for Google on the Chrome Developer Relations team. But for this post, I want to make it super duper clear that I'm speaking not on behalf of my …