Mel Eaden

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Restore PBS and NPR Funding Now. Sign here: act.commoncause.org/petitions/re...

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Deleting my LinkedIn might have been more helpful than keeping it. I just had contact from a real recruiter for a real job that they want to talk about later today over the phone. Not a bot Not a LinkedIn bot/recruiter message A role that actually fits the work I've done Interesting.

I’ve long said that with the rise of generative AI we need laws that protect people, the environment and our future. I now have a detailed story of what that could look like: bethfordemocracy.com/beth_andres_...

I've deleted my LinkedIn account. I'm hoping that it will clean slate some things. Still lurking and reading up about tech, but I honestly don't think going back to tech is in the cards for me. I'm looking at all my options right now. However, reach out if you wan to chat. :)

🌡️ June 2026, Spain: heat killed silently. MACE recorded: 🔴 1209 deaths from extreme heat 🟠 3008 from moderate heat Moderate heat kills more than heatwaves. Chronic, cumulative exposure flies under the radar, but not under the data. 💻 ficlima.shinyapps.io/mace/ #heatwave #health #climatechange

NASA #Artemis II flyby coverage schedule; all times in Eastern. You can follow along live on NASA+ (plus.nasa.gov) or on the NASA YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@NASA). It should be amazing to watch!

#techjobs Looking at Portugal's Job Seeker visa. Gives someone 180 days to find a job while in the country. Is six months long enough to find something? I've been looking for at least three, applied to countless jobs in the US, and barely a peep back. These are even jobs with recommendations.

Shatner is incredibly eloquent when he wants to be.

It is being reported on the ground in Cuba that everyone on a ventilator at this hospital died overnight. As a Cuban, I'm devastated.

I was just talking about this today. It's a toddler with a green crayon. Just because you see green everywhere doesn't mean it's good or it's in the right place. The code LLMs creates needs supervision and expertize to make sure it's not making things up or hiding when something isn't working.

In the Song dynasty, tea became a ritual of grace among scholar-officials. At gatherings, they perfected every detail: tea’s color, water’s source, the shape of cups, the stillness of the room. Tea was more than a drink; it was cultured silence, shared thought, and refined presence. 🎨 《文會圖》宋徽宗

If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.

Is anyone surprised?

Worth taking a look! These notes are wonderful!

It was great seeing everyone this week at #agiletestingdays. Thank you for being such a wonderful crowd of folks. After this week, I feel ready for the next chapter, whatever that may be.

Posted on my substack all of the info I collected for my talk about the not-so-great side of LLMs/AI melthetechie.substack.com/p/the-cautio...

I miss the days when searches would ask if it got the right thing, or if it was even close. The assumptions LLMs keep making are missing the mark that even a simple search would have - with high probability - brought back correctly.

Will AI be the BlueRay of tech? Will Quantum computing remove the need for AI? (One can hope) www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...

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Who's responsible for quality?

I'm a virtual speaker at #QSConf! Check out this conference and I'll be posting more about the date/time and the topic!

Prime example of picking a technical solution that isn't even viable yet over adaptive solutions/policies that could have an immediate impact.

I do :)

Ada Lovelace Day is Tues 8 Oct and around the world people will organise events to celebrate the achievements of women in STEM. Join us! Hold your own event, register it on our official map and we'll share details in our newsletters and on socials. https://findingada.com/events/c/add/

Since humanitarian aid can't get into Gaza, I've decided that for me, donating to enable people to get out of Gaza is the best way to help right now. I know it's hard to gauge if fundraisers are legit but I feel confident this one is. If you have some money to spare, consider checking it out.

I had a wonderful Pepe’s Bar featuring @melthetechie.bsky.social Please don’t miss out and get to know this wonderful person! @agiletdzone.bsky.social @trendigcomp.bsky.social

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If you are working through the recent round of tech layoffs, and are an underrepresented folk, please reply to this post with your linkedin/website/github. If you are a tech person and happen across this post, please RT. Thanks! #jobsearch

We're still trying to close up the gap in digital subscriptions caused by Amazon shuttering their subscription program last year. If you are a former Amazon subscriber looking to sign back up or someone joining for the first time, your options can be found here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Israel guided 1.5 million Palestinians into Rafah. They moved the "safe zone" further and further south, until Rafah was all that was left. Now they're bombing Rafah, and people have nowhere to go, nowhere to flee. It's genocide.

Happy new year! How can we help under-represented groups to succeed in tech? I interviewed Charlene Hunter from Coding Black Females about how her org maximises the chances of Black women in the tech industry: www.madetech.com/podcast/epis... #CSudberyRecordings

Lesson for today: If you feel horrible and are about to make a decision, don't. Trust your gut, even after you think its too late, trust your gut/intuition. It's usually right, and if it was wrong, another opportunity will happen. That one wasn't right for you.

On vacation for the next two weeks. Thinking about 2024 with intention while wrapping up 2023. I have ideas bubbling. We'll see what sprouts! Stay tuned :)

Way too many of you need this advice on "what to do in the first two days after a layoff," right now. I'm sorry. www.businessinsider....

Gallagher’s shop sells lots of science- and sf-themed pins in LGBT colors. It’s currently closed so they can catch up on orders, but will be reopening in a couple weeks, and you can sign up to be notified when it reopens. www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop 2/2

My goal for 2024 is to buy no more than one coffee a week. And preferably, that would be purchased at a local coffee shop. To that end, I'm buying an espresso maker/milk frother for my house. There are homemade mochas in my future! Look out!

OKAY - whoever greenlit a movie about astronauts going to war with each other because, in the movie, Russia and the US are at war with each other, I'm over it already. Just because their countries are banana pants doesn't mean scientists in a very fragile environment have to go full rambo.

I have turned 10 wooden fountain pens for a good cause. They sell for 75€ per pen. If you are interested, shoot me an email at patrick(at)prill(dot)net. More information also about the good cause can be found here. www.instagram.com/p/C0aGjNFIwZ...