wow, i was trying to verify a book ending to see if what i perceived matched up (i read at night, sometimes i'm drowsy) and Gemini completely invented a different ending to the book that doesn't exist.
when i called it out, and literally transcribed the ending of the book from my kindle into the chatbot, it doubled-down. it gaslit me and tried to tell me i misremembered what i just read and just typed into it.
verify your sources, kids. i haven't seen hallucinations like this since college!
ending week 3 of not-working at 104 applications sent, 22 rejections received.
hoping that my revised resume fares better going forward. i had rewritten it to try and differentiate myself _within_ IBM Consulting, but i eventually realized that it doesn't really reflect my strengths and the types of work i want to do outside. i wish i'd realized this sooner.
( side note: hi! i'm on the market. front-end dev, accessibility, kindness, humor. https://mikesusz.dev )
@Ashedryden@darius do you notice a change seasonally? in the winter, my house loves casseroles and homemade chex mix (so much homemade chex mix) but spring hits and we're all craving salad and fruit.
🤔 so far my cautious, measured, pragmatic approach to using AI agents in software development seems to be reviled by both those who are against AI as well as those who are AI zealots.
@mescutia it was especially ironic to see the CEO enjoy small Ford cars at Team O’Neil rally school while thinking … you killed this. you ended all these cars. https://www.instagram.com/p/DSnSlUMgGtI/
@mescutia indeed! on my wife’s side, we have various grandparents and extended fam who worked for Ford. i haven’t bought anything but Fords since 2001. its getting difficult because i want to buy a small to medium sized car soon, and they don’t make cars besides the Mustang anymore.
taken shortly after i got done replacing the APIM in the Escape. we just bought it and in the process of updating Ford Sync from 3.0 to 3.4, someone* bricked the APIM.
update: this was fun for a while, but the long-term plan is to have another corporate-issued laptop on a shelf again, so the additional 27" was donated to a better cause (a driving sim rig in the basement)
a while back i was doing a woodworking project and i needed a nailset (used to hammer finish nails to slightly under the surface of the wood without denting the wood with the hammer). i couldn't find one forever. and i have two of them!
when i finally found them both, i also realized - i only have two boxes of finish nails.
this little “summer preview” allowed us to uncover and test the air conditioning to make sure it’s ready when “summer preview 2” or “real summer” arrives.
now we’re back to having the windows open and tomorrow morning it might be chilly enough to use the pellet stove.
it’s been really wild how much of my “identity” i wrapped up with my employer. but now im realizing what the limitations of that were also. i’m free now.
I've also been crafting an automated workflow to help me in my search, using tools and techniques from all the training I've been doing at work. If you're curious, you can read about that here: https://mikesusz.dev/blog/job-search/
News: my time as an IBMer has ended, after nearly 10 years in Software and Consulting.
I'm looking for new remote opportunities to do UX Architecture, Front-end Dev, Design Systems, or generally bolster teams and contribute to good apps and sites that help people. I have 30 years of experience making things for the web.
i spent way too long and had way too much fun updating my colored design on my website to more closely resemble the album that inspired it. https://mikesusz.dev/
(it redraws a different pattern on every page load or on window resize)
@snugug my kids have tried every brand we have access to, there are some they don't mind but yeah, we went through a lot that feel and taste like you're eating playdough with sand mixed into it
