DeaconBlue's recent activity
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Comment on What is your go-to project for learning a new language? in ~comp
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Comment on PBR and Grillo's Pickles are releasing a limited-edition pickle beer in ~food
DeaconBlue LinkMy favorite local brewery has been trying for years to make a good pickle beer and have not been successful. I might have to try this one, even if it does involve me spending real actual money on...My favorite local brewery has been trying for years to make a good pickle beer and have not been successful. I might have to try this one, even if it does involve me spending real actual money on a PBR.
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Comment on No one can force me to have a secure website!!! in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentWhich is hosted on his insecurely-secured website. So, y'know, be careful of those hooded hackers finding out that you visited Tom7.orgWhich is hosted on his insecurely-secured website. So, y'know, be careful of those hooded hackers finding out that you visited Tom7.org
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Comment on Nvidia's DLSS 5 video taken down due to copyright issue after news site uses the footage in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkIs there any chance that Nvidia changes their video hosting and social media strategy because of this? I doubt it. Why would YouTube make an improvement to their AI system? You put Nvidia on a...Is there any chance that Nvidia changes their video hosting and social media strategy because of this? I doubt it.
Why would YouTube make an improvement to their AI system? You put Nvidia on a special exclusion list and move on with your functional monopoly.
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Comment on I miss technology that was meant to be used as a tool in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentThey are busy caring about paying bills, and figuring out how to continue to put food on the table, and trying to figure out what they will do if they are part of the next round of layoffs, and...why people do no not care about something that has large direct and indirect effects on their life
They are busy caring about paying bills, and figuring out how to continue to put food on the table, and trying to figure out what they will do if they are part of the next round of layoffs, and driving their kids to school and extracurriculars, and everything else that they have to do.
Caring about your tools is a luxury. It requires time, if nothing else.
what would society look like if they did care
No idea.
should they care
Sure, but I don't really know of any examples where population-wide anyone has turned around and tried removing the abstraction that a tool provides to see an example of how we might make that happen.
would it materially improve they life if they did care, now or a decade from now
Now? No.
A decade from now? Maybe? But I will pose that getting people to step back and look at their technology in a different way would be a terrible use of the one wish that you got to make this happen. You would get much higher societal impacts by getting people to dedicate that time to other causes that protect workers and support communities and trying to give people the time that they need.
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Comment on Improving my focus by giving up my big monitor in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkThat sounds awful. I don't want or need to have my email and messaging clients up at all times, but on the occasions that I am doing something novel at work and reading through documentation at...That sounds awful.
I don't want or need to have my email and messaging clients up at all times, but on the occasions that I am doing something novel at work and reading through documentation at the same time as writing the code to do the thing, I do not want to be toggling between windows on one screen or workspaces.
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Comment on Boomer hate in ~society
DeaconBlue Link ParentYou are the one that framed it as "looking forward to" not me. I only pointed it out as to the current state of the dismal outlook that people have. There is no way up in society without a...You are the one that framed it as "looking forward to" not me.
I only pointed it out as to the current state of the dismal outlook that people have. There is no way up in society without a springboard. The older generation is removing springboards as a collective.
Would I be better in their shoes? Probably not.
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Comment on Boomer hate in ~society
DeaconBlue LinkI don't know what discussion is to be had here. For all of history, the choices collectively made by the older generation has been seen to be the cause of the ills affecting the younger...I don't know what discussion is to be had here.
For all of history, the choices collectively made by the older generation has been seen to be the cause of the ills affecting the younger generation, true or not.
This might be one of the first times in history that waiting for parents to die and claiming an inheritance is the only reasonable route to home ownership for a large percentage of the population, though. I guess that probably makes it louder.
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Comment on What’s something you’re putting up with? in ~talk
DeaconBlue Link ParentMy coworker has long nails and got a keyboard with circle keycaps so that her nails don't hit anything. I have no idea how to bring that up with them, but it is an option.My coworker has long nails and got a keyboard with circle keycaps so that her nails don't hit anything.
I have no idea how to bring that up with them, but it is an option.
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Comment on US Army ups maximum enlistment age to 42, relaxes rules on marijuana in ~society
DeaconBlue LinkTwo typos in one sentence? What is going on over at the hill?The document also outlines that prospective recrutis do no need to secure a waiver
Two typos in one sentence? What is going on over at the hill?
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Comment on Thinking of getting Proton and using it as my day-to-day email, but I have concerns in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentThis is incredibly straightforward to sanitize and won't actually do anything.But see, I already do that by adding a '+' to my gmail addresses I use to sign up for things, like this for example: "example+tildesnet@gmail.com"
This is incredibly straightforward to sanitize and won't actually do anything.
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Comment on Russian soldier secretly guides Ukrainian strikes on own unit, leaving up to 150 dead in ~society
DeaconBlue LinkSpite is an incredible motivator. I am not sure how much loyalty you can expect when you promise someone training and then go "just kidding, hop in the meat grinder and maybe your corpse will help...According to the outlet, the individual was a 19-year-old conscript from Novosibirsk who had been drafted despite being enrolled in higher education.
He later signed a contract, reportedly expecting to undergo warrant officer training, but was instead deployed to a combat zone.
Spite is an incredible motivator. I am not sure how much loyalty you can expect when you promise someone training and then go "just kidding, hop in the meat grinder and maybe your corpse will help jam it up".
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Comment on US tariffs refunds: pick your poison in ~society
DeaconBlue LinkI hear this kind of thing now and then and it is the weakest possible reason for not doing something that isn't a "laws of physics" kind of problem. You solve this by defining the problem and...and (3) technology for processing refunds doesn’t currently exist.
I hear this kind of thing now and then and it is the weakest possible reason for not doing something that isn't a "laws of physics" kind of problem.
You solve this by defining the problem and writing a program to shove in those old machines. Yeah, it is going to be expensive and confusing and it is going to suck. That is part of the game you play when you just do random shit without a plan.
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Comment on Wordle on first guess? in ~games
DeaconBlue Link ParentNYT recycles words so you don't have to change your default.NYT recycles words so you don't have to change your default.
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Comment on Ageless Linux emerges to protest OS-level age verification laws in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkI feel like I am missing the core problem here. Having the age thing be at the OS level seems WAY safer than any kind of "send us your ID" crap, and on linux it should be as easy as just setting a...I feel like I am missing the core problem here.
Having the age thing be at the OS level seems WAY safer than any kind of "send us your ID" crap, and on linux it should be as easy as just setting a birthday to 1/1/1970 in the installer if you aren't concerned about parental controls or whatever.
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Comment on Hisense TVs show ads during normal operation in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentThey would rely on your network to stream video and just use the SIM for telemetry.They would rely on your network to stream video and just use the SIM for telemetry.
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Comment on What radicalized you? in ~talk
DeaconBlue Link ParentA lot of prints of the bible put Jesus's words in red text. Actually reading what the book says can be jarring for some people.A lot of prints of the bible put Jesus's words in red text. Actually reading what the book says can be jarring for some people.
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Comment on Hisense TVs show ads during normal operation in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentI am of the same opinion on the "searching for unsecured WiFi" bit but I disagree on the sim card thing. Companies can pick up bulk sim cards with low data limits for next to nothing. Any display...I am of the same opinion on the "searching for unsecured WiFi" bit but I disagree on the sim card thing.
Companies can pick up bulk sim cards with low data limits for next to nothing. Any display you see in convenience stores or grocery stores that can change has a sim in it somewhere.
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Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp
DeaconBlue Link ParentBe aware that with VSCodium that any of the Microsoft extensions will not work. It took me a few minutes to realize that they were gatekeeping the C/C++ extensions.Be aware that with VSCodium that any of the Microsoft extensions will not work. It took me a few minutes to realize that they were gatekeeping the C/C++ extensions.
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Comment on D&D Beyond will label the 2024 rules as "5.5e" to match the community's naming in ~games.tabletop
DeaconBlue Link ParentPF2E I would guess at least for a quick run to see how it feelsPF2E I would guess at least for a quick run to see how it feels
https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/33172/american-gothic-in-the-palette-of-mona-lisa-rearrange-the-pixels
Take pixels from picture A and try to use them to create picture B.
It deals with file IO, arrays, heavy math comparisons, I have a local server set up to animate my output so it involves web calls, and I try new ways to solve the problem each time because there is no "correct" solution.