Web Review, Week 2026-39

Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-39. The Test Tags: tech, culture, business, politics Yes, the preposterous statements from the tech moguls have a use. They allow them to gauge how obedient you are. This is thus a political function and a way to check their power. Maybe it’s time we collectively start to say the Emperor has no clothes? https://tante.cc/2026/09/24/the-test/ I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead. Tags: tech, data, law, privacy Don’t be like those companies! I wish there’d be more responsible handling of such requests. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/i-asked-100-companies-for-my-data-some-deleted-it-instead/ Why I Love AI Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, copilot, science, research Since I’ve got my PhD in AI almost twenty years ago now, this piece strikes hard. This fellow kept doing research while I didn’t (the reasons to be told another time but it’s linked to this article). Clearly AI researchers who started around that time or before have a very different vision to what “AI” means as a field (although I’ve a few difference I’m fairly aligned with this article)… Clearly we’ve been robbed of the term by the industrial complex. https://www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/i-love-ai/ Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, copilot, hype, ethics, ecology The hype is very high right now indeed. This can lead only to misguided decisions. But really it’s mostly distraction from the massive ethical concerns this industry carries. It would require for policymakers to step up but I’m afraid it unfortunately won’t happen or they’ll come up with misguided attempts if they don’t first consult with field experts. https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1144867/dont-be-fooled-summer-ai-hype/ No Sloptober Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, copilot Interesting initiative. I wish it’ll be popular and many people will follow it. Maybe it’ll cure some of them of their AI psychosis… https://no-sloptober.com/ How to talk about “AI” without adding to the anthropomorphization Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, linguistics Goes maybe a tad too far in the opposite direction at times leading to clunky phrases. That said this effort of naming things properly is badly needed. I hope the media will seize it and report about those tools properly. https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/how-to-talk-about-ai-without-adding-to-the/ America is getting its AI race with China wrong Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, trust, business, law So apparently the low adoption is due to the lack of trust in the systems and regulations could help? Who knew… https://restofworld.org/2026/america-china-ai-race-trust/ ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector Tags: tech, gpt, attention-economy, surveillance It was only a matter of time I guess. Another vehicle of the attention economy. They’re trying to monetise through advertisements. https://www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-knows-what-you-do-on-other-websites-via-ad-collector/ Laya — 33ms Multilingual System 1 Decision Engine with Calibrated Probabilities Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, decision-making Now this look like a very interesting and useful model you can run locally. Definitely helps for classification tasks or assisting in decision making. https://laya.convaiinnovations.com/ kev: tiny Jev-like family of decision models built on top of Qwen3.5 you can train and run on your own Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, decision-making Looks like yet another interesting model to build decision assistance systems and classifiers. https://github.com/jaredpalmer/kev Linux programs look at things in /proc more than you’d expect Tags: tech, linux, system And most times as developers we don’t even realize it happens! It’s so conveniently hidden deep in most libraries or runtimes. https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/ProcGetsUsedByPrograms About alignment, struct layout and the cache… Tags: tech, c++, memory, caching, performance Need to mind the memory layout of your structs to get good performance. Often overlooked but that also includes the padding. https://meetingcpp.com/blog/items/About-alignment–struct-layout-and-the-cache—.html How did AMD Ryzen get 50% faster in two years? Tags: tech, hardware, cpu, amd, performance There’s really something brewing at AMD. They’re on a roll performance wise. https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/18/how-did-amd-ryzen-get-50-faster-in-two-years/ How many strings can you create per second? Tags: tech, memory, performance, c++, rust, go, python, javascript Probably more than you think in this setup. And even more in C++ with the STL having years of smart tricks behind it. https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/25/how-many-strings-can-you-create-per-second/ Why CAFEBABE? Tags: tech, java, funny So many weird magic numbers to consider… Funny conversation around the one of Java class files. https://www.artima.com/insidejvm/whyCAFEBABE.html Union vs sum types Tags: tech, type-systems Wondering about the differences between union types and sum types? This gives a good idea about what they are. https://viralinstruction.com/posts/uniontypes/ The Engineering Manager’s Guide to Emotional Tolerance Tags: tech, management, emotions This mostly fine advice. Managing requires acknowledging emotions otherwise you can’t lead effectively. Don’t get dragged too far into it though, you’re not a therapist. https://thrivinginengineering.substack.com/p/the-engineering-managers-guide-to-emotional-tolerance Bye for now!

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