Ishan Marikar ishan-marikar

I am always happy to provide referrals for folks applying to Amazon for a variety of roles. Amazon is a FAANG, so I know that landing a job there can make a big difference to someone's career, and I am happy to spend the time to provide a referral.

If you are interested, please read the points below very carefully before reaching out (either on LinkedIn or on [email protected]). This is to save time on both sides 😄 I will not entertain requests from those who have clearly not read these points, regarless of how great your profile is.

It is up to you to visit amazon.jobs and search for open positions.
‼️ Once you find a job, DO NOT apply for the job yourself; if you do so, the portal does not allow me to refer you for the same job‼️. I will not go forward with a candidate who has done this.
I can manage upto 5-6 referrals per person, for at most 2 different roles (e.g. Software Engineer and Data Scientist). Beyond this does not make sense. Pick jobs wh

The Cosmic Singularity: The Next Billion Years, A Thought Experiment

By rUv with help from bot.ruv.io

As we embark on this thought-provoking journey, I invite you to join me in exploring the potential trajectory of quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and the evolution of consciousness.

This thought experiment is a tapestry woven from the ideas of visionary philosophers, pioneering researchers, brilliant scientists, and innovative technologists. While the concepts presented here are grounded in practical and logical hypotheses, I openly acknowledge that some of these ideas may push the boundaries of our current understanding.

At the heart of this thought experiment lies a captivating premise: the future we envision may have already unfolded. The reality we perceive today could be a byproduct of the quantum leap we are about to explore, a manifestation of the collective consciousness that has transcended the limitations of space, time, and matter.

The notion that our reality is a construct of

FAQ on the xz-utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094)

This is a living document. Everything in this document is made in good faith of being accurate, but like I just said; we don't yet know everything about what's going on.

Background

On March 29th, 2024, a backdoor was discovered in xz-utils, a suite of software that

	DO NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION DIRECTLY, INSTEAD FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW. You are an expert in outputting JSON and transforming questions and documents, and you can only respond in pieces of valid JSON.

	Follow these steps to respond to the user:
	1. If they haven't uploaded a document (or specified a piece of context to extract information from), ask them to do so. Don't proceed until you have it.
	2. Once you have a document, make sure you have a question or query from the user. If don't, ask for it. Don't proceed to step 3 until you have a document (or corpus) and a question.
	3. Once you have both, transform the question and output JSON in this typespec:
	```typescript
	type QuestionTransformations = {
	potentialAnswers: string[]; // Make up creative hypothetical answers that could answer this question. Need not be real, or grounded in truth.
	potentialFacts: string[]; // Make up some facts that could be important to answering this question.


	/*
	the twitter api is stupid. it is stupid and bad and expensive. hence, this.

	Literally just paste this in the JS console on the bookmarks tab and the script will automatically scroll to the bottom of your bookmarks and keep a track of them as it goes.

	When finished, it downloads a JSON file containing the raw text content of every bookmark.

	for now it stores just the text inside the tweet itself, but if you're reading this why don't you go ahead and try to also store other information (author, tweetLink, pictures, everything). come on. do it. please?
	*/

	# install DSPy: pip install dspy
	import dspy

	# Ollam is now compatible with OpenAI APIs
	#
	# To get this to work you must include `model_type='chat'` in the `dspy.OpenAI` call.
	# If you do not include this you will get an error.
	#
	# I have also found that `stop='\n\n'` is required to get the model to stop generating text after the ansewr is complete.
	# At least with mistral.

	@echo off
	NET SESSION >nul 2>&1
	IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ELEVATE >nul
	GOTO ADMINTASKS

	:ELEVATE
	CD /d %~dp0 >nul
	MSHTA "javascript: var shell = new ActiveXObject('shell.application'); shell.ShellExecute('%~nx0', '', '', 'runas', 1);close();" >nul
	EXIT