[–] 82 points 1 week ago (6 children)

This was caught during review, so nothing was "introduced" quite yet. And there's no indication that Linus wouldn't have produced a race condition (a notoriously more easy to miss kind of bug) without the use of AI tools.

It's only being exaggerated so much because he used AI.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago

    https://nltimes.nl/2026/10/23/dutch-cybersecurity-center-investigating-first-signs-hackers-abused-php-issues

    Official source this is based on is https://www.ncsc.nl/en/alerts/update-php-vulnerabilities-remain-a-reason-for-immediate-patching, which mentions they're investigating signs of exploits and that they have at least one confirmed exploit that happened abroad.

    It's still a complex exploit, mind, but not an unusable one.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    At the architectural level, there's definitely a difference yes. But at the smaller scoped implementation level the latest models are pretty good compared to humans. Not perfect by any means, sure, but it's not all drivel anymore. It was 2 years ago, but today's definitely different.

    Race conditions are generally harder to catch, even for human devs. And you're saying it as if Linus wouldn't have introduced it had he coded everything by hand, which I don't think is remotely guaranteed (like he never makes mistakes). And the review system clearly works just fine still.

    Good developers can accelerate their work with agents, and you're right that you can generate tons of LLM-powered slop with it too. But that's why dismissing anything an agent wrote immediately is also wrong. The review determines if it's good enough, whether a human or an agent wrote it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    It sounds like you're doing quite a bit of stuff already! You can only do so much you know. Don't beat yourself up over what you aren't doing, cheer because you managed to do so much already. Four languages, successful diet, studying tons of subjects, that's well above average compared to what most people are doing (sitting on the couch eating crisps and watching tv after a boring work day).

    Sports has always been boring to me too. I get my exercise in by incorporating it into my daily life, e.g. by cycling to work or the supermarket. If you get an electric bike it suddenly becomes much easier to just hop on and go somewhere, since it's not as exhausting, yet you do actually still get most of the benefits from moving. Put on some music or a good podcast and it's not as boring anymore as it used to be. Might I recommend Lateral? It's a quiz show hosted by Tom Scott with rotating guests, lots of YouTubers but also more famous people like Adam Savage have been on.

    Excessive YouTube can also be a bit dulling, you could consider switching to podcasts or something to get away from the constant dopamine-machine that social media provides. It'll help your attention span too.

    Still, it doesn't sound like you're a loser. Any changes you make should be made because you want to, not because you feel like you'd be a loser otherwise.

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