Simulating and Visualising the Central Limit Theorem (blog.foletta.net)

"Yes that's the right level of creepy that I want children to interact with. And you know what? Let's make it clear that black people are dumber than white people."

Must be a great place to work.

noobermin · 1h ago

They have a lot of money left over from all the layoffs to pay the remaining ones well enough, and the coming crash has yet to materialise, some would think.

iforgotpassword · 30m ago

I mean I consider all the big tech companies evil, but somehow meta consistently manages to raise the bar in that discipline. I don't understand how any dev left at that company doesn't feel like a spineless POS. And I don't say that for trolling or pure provocation. I seriously don't understand how you can ignore all the shit they pull and just go "but the technical challenges are really interesting". I really want to know.

okasaki · 10m ago

If you consider chatbots to be more evil than Microsoft helping Israel kill Palestinians then maybe you need some extended unconscious bias training.

GauntletWizard · 12m ago

Don't expect they'll follow these new guidelines they're promising. The previous rules were an accurate reflection of the business and "Trust and Safety" culture at Meta.

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