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  1. Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp

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    Very happy with flow as my daily driver (outside of work), especially since the 0.7 release.

    Very happy with flow as my daily driver (outside of work), especially since the 0.7 release.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Ahaha furry-adjacent cracked me up. This project is awesome! Can you share pictures when you’ve completed it?? Not just of the cool furry part but also of your VR frankenstein components. And I...

    Ahaha furry-adjacent cracked me up.

    This project is awesome! Can you share pictures when you’ve completed it?? Not just of the cool furry part but also of your VR frankenstein components. And I wish you the best of luck trying to use blender for modeling. It sounds harder but I respect/admire your refusal to use proprietary solutions.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy in ~tech

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    Oh lmao that’s a great pseudonym. I agree though I wouldn’t want anyone trying to track me down even as an exercise.

    Oh lmao that’s a great pseudonym. I agree though I wouldn’t want anyone trying to track me down even as an exercise.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy in ~tech

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    Judging from the several comments claiming to have deanonymized you with ease, I’d say @goose is cooked 🥁

    Judging from the several comments claiming to have deanonymized you with ease, I’d say @goose is cooked 🥁

    5 votes

  5. Comment on Netflix ditches deal for Warner Bros. Discovery after Paramount’s offer is deemed superior in ~movies

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    The best thing you can do for your community is educate them on pirating media

    The best thing you can do for your community is educate them on pirating media

    9 votes

  6. Comment on Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft/Xbox in ~games

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    I personally haven’t experienced any cheaters on Arc, so not much to say about that. The last two games I did have problems with cheaters were CSGO (PC) and Halo 4 (Xbox). The latter having an...

    I personally haven’t experienced any cheaters on Arc, so not much to say about that.

    The last two games I did have problems with cheaters were CSGO (PC) and Halo 4 (Xbox). The latter having an aimbot problem was always wild to me.

  7. Comment on Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft/Xbox in ~games

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    Yes, although I view anticheat as more of a problem for the game instead of for the steam machine. Arc Raiders just had the biggest multiplayer launch of the year and runs perfectly fine on linux....

    Yes, although I view anticheat as more of a problem for the game instead of for the steam machine. Arc Raiders just had the biggest multiplayer launch of the year and runs perfectly fine on linux.

    I don’t think anticheat is the future of multiplayer games, except for competitive games. I don’t play competitive multiplayer so it’s not a problem for me.

    6 votes

  8. Comment on Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft/Xbox in ~games

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    It’s long been rumored the next Xbox will be a small form factor PC running windows. I’m wondering if the steam machine announcement hurt Xbox’s plans because they won’t be able to compete with...

    It’s long been rumored the next Xbox will be a small form factor PC running windows.

    I’m wondering if the steam machine announcement hurt Xbox’s plans because they won’t be able to compete with the (expected) price or performance of the steam machine. With the steam deck showing gaming on Linux works, and Windows’ reputation in decline, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re considering scrubbing a (theoretical) windows-xbox console.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft/Xbox in ~games

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    From Sharma’s message: I just don’t believe this message at all. To me this situation reads like Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond getting fired for fumbling game pass, cloud gaming, Xbox in general,...

    From Sharma’s message:

    As monetization and AI evolve and influence this future, we will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop. Games are and always will be art, crafted by humans, and created with the most innovative technology provided by us.

    I just don’t believe this message at all. To me this situation reads like Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond getting fired for fumbling game pass, cloud gaming, Xbox in general, and an AI-pilled CEO taking their place.

    44 votes

  10. Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp

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    I found them on linkedin and messaged a manager directly asking for an interview. I didn’t know it was going to be a great job, I was just desperate for work.

    I found them on linkedin and messaged a manager directly asking for an interview. I didn’t know it was going to be a great job, I was just desperate for work.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp

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    I work at a consulting company right now. Our deal is building high quality replacements for low quality software, and sometimes modernizing existing codebases that aren’t too far gone. The...

    I work at a consulting company right now. Our deal is building high quality replacements for low quality software, and sometimes modernizing existing codebases that aren’t too far gone. The precious thing I love about this job is we’re given time to develop a deep understanding of the domain and design a system that works elegantly.

    Right now we have more businesses requesting our services than we have man power to actually do the work. I can only imagine this market will grow as the effects of LLM code ripple throughout the industry.

    6 votes

  12. Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp

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    I’ve had a coworker try to generate unit tests and pass it off to me in PR review. The tests were exactly as you described, they validated nothing. It’s as if the training data contained the empty...

    I’ve had a coworker try to generate unit tests and pass it off to me in PR review. The tests were exactly as you described, they validated nothing. It’s as if the training data contained the empty tests generated by project init tooling.

    8 votes

  13. Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp

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    No way. If anything I’m doubling down. I’m not gonna let some MBAs and upjumped chatbots force me out of anything. And just imagine the consulting opportunities that’ll pop up as companies with...

    No way. If anything I’m doubling down. I’m not gonna let some MBAs and upjumped chatbots force me out of anything.

    And just imagine the consulting opportunities that’ll pop up as companies with vibecoded products need real engineers to come clean up their mess.

    However, I have to acknowledge I’m in a privileged position. My company isn’t mandating LLM usage at all. And if they did I’d just lie to their faces.

    26 votes

  14. Comment on List animals until failure in ~games

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    I’m obligated to hide this information from my wife

    I’m obligated to hide this information from my wife

    1 vote

  15. Comment on List animals until failure in ~games

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    My heart goes out to everyone who can name plenty of animals but is spelling-challenged. It’s the game’s fault, not yours.

    My heart goes out to everyone who can name plenty of animals but is spelling-challenged. It’s the game’s fault, not yours.

    15 votes

  16. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Hah, small world, I tried to answer one of your questions in the zig IRC but quickly hit the limits of my experience with the language. This made me check your codeberg, you’ve got quite a few...

    Hah, small world, I tried to answer one of your questions in the zig IRC but quickly hit the limits of my experience with the language.

    The harder part to start was probably just remembering how to work with the Wayland, to be honest

    This made me check your codeberg, you’ve got quite a few Wayland programs, that’s sick. There’s a whole bean ecosystem lol.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Alternative to Spotify? in ~music

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    Qobuz has been fantastic for music discovery. Their editors have great taste. Apple Music has a shockingly comprehensive catalog. I prefer Qobuz and fallback to Apple Music when needed, which is...

    Qobuz has been fantastic for music discovery. Their editors have great taste. Apple Music has a shockingly comprehensive catalog. I prefer Qobuz and fallback to Apple Music when needed, which is like two albums max.

    7 votes

  18. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    This is awesome! Was it easy to get started with the river protocol or did it take some work to navigate because it’s still pretty new? Kdl is a good choice for config. I would’ve gone down a...

    This is awesome! Was it easy to get started with the river protocol or did it take some work to navigate because it’s still pretty new?

    Kdl is a good choice for config. I would’ve gone down a custom config DSL rabbit hole and never get to the actual window manager part :P

    Thanks for pinging me to keep me updated! I’m glad you’re able to work on passion projects outside of work. And using zig. Because it is the best language.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Blocking Claude in ~comp

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    This was a bit fun while it lasted. Seems like word has spread enough so this will be fixed :(

    This was a bit fun while it lasted. Seems like word has spread enough so this will be fixed :(

    6 votes

  20. Comment on Why there's no European Google? in ~tech

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    Maybe it's my own naivety, however I don't see this as a negative. There are plenty of cloud hosts in Europe; they're just not massive monopolies. I'm assuming based off my own experience that...

    I think we are lagging behind in some important ways. E.g. for cloud hosting there are no alternatives inside eu that are even close to aws or gcp when it comes to features and maturity.

    Maybe it's my own naivety, however I don't see this as a negative. There are plenty of cloud hosts in Europe; they're just not massive monopolies. I'm assuming based off my own experience that most companies don't need hyperscaling, they need a beefy server and someone to manage it.

    I'm of the mindset that every business and their kitchen sink moving to "the cloud" was a mistake because it's tightened the grip of a few massive tech monopolies that will never be displaced.

    7 votes