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Comment on America's longest small town, Route 66 in ~travel
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Comment on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson finally explains his decision to bid $3.2B for parking meters before walking away in ~transport
DeaconBlue Link ParentHard disagree. To the extreme, if I made a bot that responded to every post as soon as it was created with an AI summary of the post, it would probably be (and should be) considered useless spam....Hard disagree.
To the extreme, if I made a bot that responded to every post as soon as it was created with an AI summary of the post, it would probably be (and should be) considered useless spam.
If you can't be bothered writing the text, don't post the text.
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Comment on Rewriting Bun in Rust in ~comp
DeaconBlue Link ParentThey'll never do that, this whole thing is functionally a marketing stunt by Anthropic to sell Claude.I wish they had gone more into the amount of human code review they employed. Just a ballpark idea of how much of the code has had a human look at it.
They'll never do that, this whole thing is functionally a marketing stunt by Anthropic to sell Claude.
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Comment on REO Runabout, gas truck starting at $21,500 in ~transport
DeaconBlue Link ParentThey also don't use megameters as a way to describe thousands of kilometers despite that sounding so much better.They also don't use megameters as a way to describe thousands of kilometers despite that sounding so much better.
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Comment on Thoughts on graphene OS? in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkMy wife and I have been using it for two and a half years on Pixel 8 or 8a, not sure which we have. No issues to speak of. It connects to the car for music, it does the internet stuff just fine, I...My wife and I have been using it for two and a half years on Pixel 8 or 8a, not sure which we have.
No issues to speak of. It connects to the car for music, it does the internet stuff just fine, I am honestly surprised at how little fiddling it actually requires. I put it up there with the pihole in terms of "spend an hour setting it up and never have to touch it again" which is about the highest praise I can give a piece of software.
I think that she has to disable the safer memory thing for one of her apps. I have not had the need to do that at all, and would probably just not choose to use the app with that requirement.
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Comment on Gerrymandle: Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral district lines to rig results in ~games
DeaconBlue Link ParentWow that would have been neat to see before.Wow that would have been neat to see before.
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Comment on Reddit will require you to be logged in to use old.reddit.com in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentYeah I try to get this sentiment through to my friends. Reddit does not care if the loud minority leave. The quiet scrollers that just consume the front page on their lunch breaks will continue...Yeah I try to get this sentiment through to my friends.
Reddit does not care if the loud minority leave. The quiet scrollers that just consume the front page on their lunch breaks will continue scrolling.
I left years ago. I think others should leave. They won't, and I can't stop it. I can't make them care about my concerns for their privacy any more than they can make me care about their concerns over topics that I don't engage with.
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Comment on Gerrymandle: Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral district lines to rig results in ~games
DeaconBlue LinkI played this for a couple of weeks. It is a really good concept for a daily puzzle and I highly recommend checking it out. Unfortunately the "submit" and "reset" buttons are next to each other...I played this for a couple of weeks. It is a really good concept for a daily puzzle and I highly recommend checking it out.
Unfortunately the "submit" and "reset" buttons are next to each other and there is no confirmation on submitting a failing set. I fat fingered it and now there is a permanent mark on the history that annoys me, so I stopped playing.
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Comment on Climate.us is a new website created by former NOAA employees who worked on Climate.gov until they were laid off last year as part of the heinous DOGE cutbacks in ~enviro
DeaconBlue (edited )Link ParentI don't get any real value out of them at my job so I don't use them. They make wrong assumptions about the logic often enough that I have to spend more time and effort explaining every assumption...I don't get any real value out of them at my job so I don't use them. They make wrong assumptions about the logic often enough that I have to spend more time and effort explaining every assumption than it takes me to just codify the odd rules of our data.
It would make a front end for me way faster than I could, but I don't make front ends. It definitely makes pipelines faster than me but we just have them all templated already.
As for any side projects, I absolutely do not use them as a matter of principle. Any side projects are for my own enjoyment and I am not interested in offloading the fun programming.
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Comment on ‘Supergirl’ fall to earth with $68m worldwide opening in ~movies
DeaconBlue LinkI went to the theater with my kid this weekend because she wanted to see Toy Story (not that we expected it to be good, but the kid wanted to see it so whatever) and this was the first that either...I went to the theater with my kid this weekend because she wanted to see Toy Story (not that we expected it to be good, but the kid wanted to see it so whatever) and this was the first that either my wife or I had heard of the Supergirl movie.
Our collective response to the poster was "oh, another superhero movie" and that was pretty much the end of it. If someone invited us out to watch it as a group I'm sure we'd check it out, but I can't imagine us going out of our way to check it out on our own.
I think we've explored the superhero shtick from every angle now. The director and actors/actresses have nothing to do with the burnout of the genre. The idea that people aren't seeing this movie because it has a female lead seems like a bit of a stretch.
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Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages
DeaconBlue Link ParentCorrect. Any time anything novel happens, there is an obligatory question of whether it was novel enough.Correct. Any time anything novel happens, there is an obligatory question of whether it was novel enough.
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Comment on Bot web traffic has overtaken human web traffic in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentIt absolutely does not have to be running WordPress. My site isn't running WordPress and bots sure do try hitting all of the standard WordPress endpoints.It absolutely does not have to be running WordPress. My site isn't running WordPress and bots sure do try hitting all of the standard WordPress endpoints.
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Comment on Bot web traffic has overtaken human web traffic in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkJust as anecdata, my little blog running on a raspberry pi on my desk gets between 8000 and 20,000 hits a day from bots. I get maybe half a dozen hits from actual people. Depending how you want to...Just as anecdata, my little blog running on a raspberry pi on my desk gets between 8000 and 20,000 hits a day from bots.
I get maybe half a dozen hits from actual people.
Depending how you want to count "bot" traffic, I would be alarmed if the scales didn't tip over a decade ago.
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Comment on The global fertility crisis is worse than you think in ~society
DeaconBlue LinkBefore I spend any time on this, can someone tell me if this is about an actual fertility crisis, in that people are unable to have children, or is this a birth rate crisis, where fewer children...Before I spend any time on this, can someone tell me if this is about an actual fertility crisis, in that people are unable to have children, or is this a birth rate crisis, where fewer children are being born because people are choosing not to do so?
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Comment on Sweden may oppose Tesla's supervised self-driving tech in Europe over speeding concerns in ~transport
DeaconBlue Link ParentUntil the last week of the month, when they get to ticket everyone that they encouraged to break the law the rest of the time. Protecting public safety isn't their job.Until the last week of the month, when they get to ticket everyone that they encouraged to break the law the rest of the time. Protecting public safety isn't their job.
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Comment on US battery industry cuts losses, shifts to new ventures amid electric vehicle bust in ~transport
DeaconBlue Link ParentI do a lot of small construction projects out of my VW Golf. It does most everything I need, with the exception of 12 foot boards. In the event that I need something that my Golf can't handle, I...I do a lot of small construction projects out of my VW Golf. It does most everything I need, with the exception of 12 foot boards. In the event that I need something that my Golf can't handle, I rent a truck for $20 for an hour and drive whatever thing to my house and back.
I regularly get family members trying to justify their trucks saying that I can just borrow theirs so that I can avoid the hassle of renting one from the store. Borrowing theirs would cost me significantly more time in addition to multiple gallons of fuel, likely surpassing the cost of just renting it from the hardware.
Just spend the few bucks on renting it once in a while as needed instead of owning a $75k vehicle to move bags of mulch once a year.
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Comment on Google Chrome to fully remove legacy support for manifest v2 in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentHere is a blog post that goes over some of the issues https://drewdevault.com/blog/Cloudflare-and-fascists/Here is a blog post that goes over some of the issues
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Comment on Google Chrome to fully remove legacy support for manifest v2 in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentThat has its own ball of ethical problems with the leadership.That has its own ball of ethical problems with the leadership.
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Comment on Winners of the 2025 International Obfuscated C Code Contest in ~comp
DeaconBlue Link ParentI don't think most C linters would be cool with this.I don't think most C linters would be cool with this.
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Comment on Clanker: A word for the machine in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentIt was the name for the big rusty robot shark in Banjo Kazooie in the late 90sIt was the name for the big rusty robot shark in Banjo Kazooie in the late 90s
I see things like this image sometimes and this is not "small town America". This is what was once small town America cosplaying as the idea of what small town America could have looked like. It is a tourist destination, not a small community.
They are playing on nostalgia for a set of people that are rapidly disappearing and it just makes me sad.