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@teleclimber Definitely jealous that your model means you can "just add ARM" in a monthly update!
@meidastouch I think it's pretty funny he keeps having to explain his own jokes.
@danie10 Fuel efficiency was the reason I had picked the economy instead of the "whatever you have" option in the first place. Although in fairness, I'd have to get a pretty big car to rent a car less efficient than my personal beast which is at the shop.
kentonvarda.com That is a fair point. It is also not very cohesive in a "I don't know what you want, but I'm required to say something" way. It managed to cover your grammar, the source of food insecurity, telling you "just eat something" (which is how I respond to family members who say they're hungry), and tops it off with a funny video.
kentonvarda.com I really hate to defend an AI model, or Google, but you did *not* give it much to go on here. I would've assumed you were telling the machine you were hungry and wanted it to suggest food near you.
Rental car company absolutely tried scamming me. Obviously they didn't have the car I reserved, so they wanted to upcharge me like 40% for a nicer car they had... I was able to edit the reservation online while standing there to "whatever you have" for the same cost as my original reservation.
I walked out with the same car they wanted more money for at the same price I had booked for.
@RichardBrockie They break your device, and they give you the privilege of buying another one from them.
@Viss There's no way someone didn't notice this when putting it up.
@StillIRise1963 When it happens, the world's problems won't go away, but it will look a little brighter.
@jordan @vkc Yeah, I'm Insteon for the same reason, but Z-Wave would be my next best choice. It doesn't clutter up network bandwidth and in Insteon's case is too dumb to compromise, the devices don't even have firmware updates.
@FaithinBones @georgetakei Biden is so powerful he managed to both sleep through his entire presidency and still be responsible for every ill the Republicans feel is wrong with the world.
@retech @jeffzugale Unfortunately yeah there is a *lot* of these random things that indicate belonging to certain groups or having certain views, it is probably impossible to know all of them.
I remember as a young kid in school being tricked into saying embarrassing things or references I didn't understand. A lot of the Internet is not much more mature than that.
@retech @jeffzugale Mind you, I do sort of suspect Home Depot did not intentionally price white spray paint cans so that after local sales tax in the OP's area it came out to that amount specifically if you buy two. This was probably totally coincidental. (For one, I think paint tends to be sold at the same price in any color.)
@retech @jeffzugale Yeah, so 1488 is a Nazi thing. This is why the parent post specifically mentioned a "dogwhistle". It's something Nazis put in profiles and such that a lot of people don't notice, but helps them identify themselves to other likeminded people.
@rmogull @Viss They probably should've spent a bit more time double checking things. :|
Probably really sucks to be THAT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN.
@kims We will see all of the stages of grief this week. All the ones Erika skipped, as it happens.
@gtconway3 At this point the hardest question a Democratic Senate would face is *which charge do we get him on because there are so many options?**
@whitequark Yeah, I agree it does seem redundant that those URLs are in multiple files in a program. Anyone who actually wants to use two libraries with identical names in their code anyways deserves all of the natural consequences of doing so. :D
@whitequark Though the default behavior of GOPROXY is also a whole additional layer to this deep well. I find GOPROXY extremely uncomfortable but also it's the only reason some code I use can be built.
@whitequark I mean, I sorta always felt like the old Java package convention com.java, com.android, etc. was more or less indicating "this is the website", but without actually... pointing to anything? So it sort of feels like it makes sense to just put the code there.
I assume though you can do closed source Go development... so not all the code has to be publicly reachable, right?
I feel like if I ever understand it, I'll like Go's packaging system.
@whitequark The idea that you just point at a Git repo for a dependency feels super modern and cool. That you can point at subpackages within it... also cool. That you can have a vanity URL so people can use their own domain even if the code is on GitHub... neat.
...I have not gotten any of this to work for me reliably yet.
@retech @jeffzugale I think the point of this post probably whizzed right past your head at white speed.
@mhoye A single octogenarian bully is the only individual holding the entire movement together, and he's been the only thing holding it together for a decade. And he's not exactly a picture of health.
When it happens, it's over. And they know it.
@QasimRashid It's almost impressive that Donald Trump manages to find the most racist and offensive possible take in any given conversation. Almost.
@weirdestate Is there a single practical space in any picture?
@aeva Alright, you win with your positivity and stuff.
@aeva As a lifelong and professional computer toucher, I actually do not really like computer.
@PhoenixSerenity Can you consider sensitive flagging this in the future? This is *definitely* not what I want to pop on my feed! (And I'm sorry it appeared on yours.)
@jalefkowit The mask is probably sold separately. Gotta get that money.
As it is, I am stunned to discover Halloween costumes kids wear once are now clocking $50-60!
@stoneymonster @ExplodingLemur I am guessing they have to lay people off by email when no humans actually reviewed who they laid off. At this scale it's probably all algorithmic.
@mark I mean, obviously stuff happens, right? But starting from the position that your product killing someone is okay is insane. Can you imagine if Boeing, bad as it is now, was to state "it's okay if a plane crashes now and then"?
@simon @ThePSF Let's see how HN is handling this topic today!
Random commenter who's been on the site three years: "Men are inherently smarter and more talented."
...Stay classy, HN.
@qbe @JohnDal @erkhyan A lot of things in Linux feel downright primitive compared to the options I have on a Windows system. There's totally reasonable reasons for that, mind you.
A finely-tuned Windows 10 install can be *a thing of elegance*, and it can run on a potato from a decade ago. But you had to have an enterprise license agreement to get rid of half the junk. I hope 11 gets back there, but there is some real jank with rough perf costs.
@JohnDal @erkhyan iOS has very minimal advertising *currently* (though rumors are Apple is looking at adding ads to Maps, which is gross).
What's really frustrating in Windows case, is that it is probably the *best engineered* operating system, that then has so much garbage lopped on top it performs close to second-worst.
Windows 10 Mobile ran *smooth as glass* on incredibly modest hardware, the problem is *entirely* garbage on top.
@box464 They made the perfect cookie like a hundred years ago, now all they have to do is go home.
Watched #Thunderbolts and I understand the reason for the chosen "alternate title", but I also think "Therapy: The Movie" would've been a decent choice. ;) The movie's villain speaks basically in gaslighting everyone, and the threat is conquered through developing a healthy support network of human relations.
@cmconseils I don't have any brilliant fortune cookie insights, but time heals and it's worth seeing what comes next. From a random person half a world away, wishing you well.
jaredwhite.com By the end of this Canada will lose one thing: Their reputation for being the ones always apologizing.
@mos_8502 Heh over in the IT world we've always been well aware we are basically technology janitors. Network admins are like plumbers, making sure all your pipes flow well.
@ojensen I would make sure to have a suitably convincing-sounding definition of that acronym too. I absolutely ask people for details about things they claim to know about.
@Karlitschek I've always found it amazing how the industry accepts obviously insane directions as "the right way" because everyone else is doing it. It's clear a big part of that is suppressing people discussing the reasonable but less profitable ways.
@mos_8502 That doesn't address the environmental concerns, the intellectual property concerns, or the fact corporations are trying to replace real engineers with it right now. But I can see an area it could fill.
@mos_8502 I think AI programming may fill an Excel-style niche in letting nontechnical users do automated tasks. Not to the skill or degree of an actual engineer but it may enable people who otherwise would have no solution.
@heidilifeldman I bet these guys feel *real cool* with all their *cool guy gear*. If like five of them work together they can take down one landscaper, but they still gotta call for backup if they need to deal with a roofing crew.
What a shame. One of the radio stations I listened to broadcast ICE propaganda ads encouraging people to contact the DHS with tips. Guess I won't be listening to them anymore. Absolutely surreal, it sounded exactly like I would've expected the Nazis to ask us to call in if we see any Jews in our neighborhood.
So I have @Kotaku in my RSS reader and whoever runs their deals thing now is annoying as heck. I keep getting posts with headlines about things being "Almost Free" (20% off), "For Pennies" (well over $100), etc.
@iMeddles Yep, that's it! Microsoft hates me way too much to actually make it possible to just domain join on setup, so I'm confident this way to fail out to local account setup will never go away.
@OtterMatic @notjustbikes As a driver I really love diverging diamond interchanges, but I think they probably give most other "pedestrian unfriendly" patterns a run for their money.
One of the things I find really funny about articles about installing Windows 11 with a local account is that they'll focus on two or three "exploits" and whether or not Microsoft has broken them, and not a single article ever mentions the Pro edition still has a path right in the official UI to do it still today. #windows #windows11
@jbcrawford It doesn't feel to me like a 22-year-old ship should look that dated!
@nolan Glad to hear from you again. Sorry about the family, that is always rough.
I was today years old when I realized the name of WhatsApp is a play on "what's up".
@ill_logic The only way to then actually make the ransom payments go away is to make it illegal to pay them. But right now in a lot of cases our economy would be significantly more damaged if we couldn't.
@ill_logic Security and backup management needs to get drastically better industry-wide, to limit the scope and impact of a breach, and companies not doing enough need to be fundamentally uninsurable.
@ill_logic Cyber insurance is usually what pays the ransom! The issue is the frequency is too high and the losses are too great for any meaningful insurance provider to have a business model if they have to cover the whole impact. There's a limit to liability/maximum payout but it's way less than just paying the ransom.
@Lana Regardless of the source or mechanism I think it's fair to question the likelihood he didn't know it was right behind him. Everyone looks at how they appear on video calls.
@Lana I certainly don't discount the possibility! I just think it's an intriguing claim especially if they're saying other offices received and discarded it. I'm wondering if it could even like a simple lenticular thing. It doesn't look shiny enough in the picture, but I could imagine someone *making* a lenticular to do this effect.
@clacke I kinda buy into the theory that the change of the millennium disrupted our societal dialogue around decades and keep us from meaningfully understanding what was part of the 00s, 10s, and 20s in our culture.
@clacke I am very uncomfortable with how many mid-2000s movies I think of as "recent", which is apparently twenty years ago now.
@WarnerCrocker I just hope Trump's current goons are looking at this and realizing they're next.
@Lana I know some things appear distorted on camera, could someone have made something that looks like different sections are colored differently on camera then when viewed directly? Seems like a very specific thing to randomly ship to a bunch of Congressional offices though.
@hipsterelectron Google fundamentally does not understand how security works at an organizational level.
@Wolf @jalefkowit Heh, I was about to say a department at work included that in their voice attendant on our new phone system. We are not, in fact, experiencing unusually high call volume.
@mathowie @jalefkowit Car dealership partnership shows like this are a whole fun thing unto themselves. When I was a kid, the series I was quite fond of catching after school was Viper. Which of course, was entirely sponsored by Dodge, and included various impractical things like a hardtop retractable convertible. (Grappling hooks, missiles, etc. aside...)
@mathowie @jalefkowit My brief Knight Rider fascination was that the pilot for the 2008 reboot was cool. Then the actual 2008 reboot was not cool. :|
Which is to say, the pilot seemed like it wanted to make an at least plausible KITT. And then the series KITT became a transformer that could turn into any Ford-branded vehicle.
@jalefkowit You gotta know your radon reduction system guy around here!
@JessTheUnstill I think there are really cool uses for prototyping, very sandboxed code, simple quick tools, etc. I've been playing with Perplexity personally for this and it's decent-in-some-scenarios.
I think it's important to realize that it will never "replace engineers", but it could, like Excel "enable nontechnical people to create useful functionality". In much the same way AI image generation tools let people with no artistic talent make images. It doesn't surpass skill.
@GossiTheDog Are there any exciting vulnerabilities for ASAs that do not have any VPN enabled?
@jalefkowit We are not a sensible people, if the last decade proves anything.
@jalefkowit I was so confused when I found out what a duvet cover is. Like... they sell you the big fluffy blanket on the picture... but there isn't anything included to actually keep you warm.
Also shouldn't what a duvet cover covers be called a duvet?
@drmakimber @mcc You have to use a Microsoft Account to enroll in ESU but it doesn't have to actually be your login method for your PC and you can remove it after the ESU is activated.
@HerraBRE It's hard to get more metal than tapping volcanoes for heat.
@HerraBRE Plumbing is the scariest trade, screwing up means damage to everything nearby, and they do gas pipes too. Screwing up electrical just means you die.
@jalefkowit I've been fighting a cough for a month. Welcome!
@w7voa He was gonna do it anyways. Zero reason to give this claim credibility.
@teleclimber Any code between PHP 4 and PHP 5.6 barely needed to be touched.
Also, it's important to understand why the TTRSS dev isn't fulfilled by the project: He's a jerk who scares off contributors.
@teleclimber PHP is actually historically great at this, the apps I maintain are from 2010, and have required some minor adjustments in the past fifteen years. Most of them were to handle security issues: Requiring variables be initialized before used, stuff like that. They've only recently started to get a bit more aggressive on breaking changes for security reasons.