SpunkWorks_Scientist's recent activity
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
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Comment on What are we in a golden age of? in ~talk
SpunkWorks_Scientist Link ParentInteresting, I may have to look into that more.Interesting, I may have to look into that more.
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Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech
SpunkWorks_Scientist LinkAdobe, always Adobe. Plus windows ltsc iot on world region is actually extremely nice. For an idea of how bare bones it is, it doesn't even come with the snipping tool.Adobe, always Adobe. Plus windows ltsc iot on world region is actually extremely nice. For an idea of how bare bones it is, it doesn't even come with the snipping tool.
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Comment on What are we in a golden age of? in ~talk
SpunkWorks_Scientist Link ParentBut can you trust that? Self hosting looks fun but I always see some post mortem blog post from a guy who learned a lot and thought they did everything right and self hosting was going great! But...But can you trust that? Self hosting looks fun but I always see some post mortem blog post from a guy who learned a lot and thought they did everything right and self hosting was going great! But then they discovered they've also been hosting a cryptojacker for the last 18 months.
Somewhere in here is a modern IT Crowd skit about the resident hacker living on someone's hardware like a nicely mannered squatter in low rent flats, but the owner feels bad for them, so let's them hang around.
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Comment on What are we in a golden age of? in ~talk
SpunkWorks_Scientist Link ParentAs I've been saying for a while now: stupid finds a way, life just clings to its coattails.As I've been saying for a while now: stupid finds a way, life just clings to its coattails.
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Comment on What are we in a golden age of? in ~talk
SpunkWorks_Scientist Link ParentYeh I guess that would make sense, in only climate change is going to have something to say about that and we will look back on this as the golden age for everything. From my understanding it's...Yeh I guess that would make sense, in only climate change is going to have something to say about that and we will look back on this as the golden age for everything.
From my understanding it's going to be much harder. The casualty estimates are pretty eye opening, and the numbers become cataclysmic when one considers the refugee considerations due to regional size weather catastrophes such as fires and such. It's almost hard to wrap my head around it, but it's likely that most people are going to be busy surviving, not delivering or even developing medicines. The infrastructure just won't exist anymore.
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Comment on What are we in a golden age of? in ~talk
SpunkWorks_Scientist Link ParentI see self hosting kind of like packing a parachute, I can't trust anyone even myself! I just keep seeing where people set up these huge self hosted systems that have way more attack vectors than...I see self hosting kind of like packing a parachute, I can't trust anyone even myself!
I just keep seeing where people set up these huge self hosted systems that have way more attack vectors than they can possibly even think of, let alone guard against.
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Comment on What are we in a golden age of? in ~talk
SpunkWorks_Scientist LinkMainly fascism.Mainly fascism.
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Comment on How has inflation changed your quality of life? in ~finance
SpunkWorks_Scientist Link ParentCheck out the history of renting in New York City, these bastards have been fucking us forever.Check out the history of renting in New York City, these bastards have been fucking us forever.
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Comment on How has inflation changed your quality of life? in ~finance
SpunkWorks_Scientist Link ParentNot just our times, they have been a scourge for thousands of years.Not just our times, they have been a scourge for thousands of years.
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Comment on US FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket in ~tech
SpunkWorks_Scientist Link ParentI mean that's pretty much how I feel for all except perhaps the most heinous of crimes, so yeh put those words in my mouth because that is why the rule of law is so important. If people are that...I mean that's pretty much how I feel for all except perhaps the most heinous of crimes, so yeh put those words in my mouth because that is why the rule of law is so important. If people are that worried about their daughters, perhaps they will vote to elect politicians accountable to the rule of law.
If there are two systems of justice, there is no system of justice. Period. It's not rocket science.
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Comment on US FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket in ~tech
SpunkWorks_Scientist Link Parentexactly, until the orangefurhrer has met justice for his many crimes I don't really see why most of us should either.exactly, until the orangefurhrer has met justice for his many crimes I don't really see why most of us should either.
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Comment on ‘It’s shameful’: New York City’s elite lash out at Zohran Mamdani’s second-home tax in ~finance
SpunkWorks_Scientist LinkTIME TO EAT THIS MOTHERFUCKERS, what a bunch of useless twats. The tax rate was actually upwards of 94% on the top income earners back in the late 40's and 50's.TIME TO EAT THIS MOTHERFUCKERS, what a bunch of useless twats. The tax rate was actually upwards of 94% on the top income earners back in the late 40's and 50's.
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Comment on AI software for smart glasses wins £1m prize for technology to help people with dementia in ~health.mental
SpunkWorks_Scientist Link Parentthe idea is sound, it's the realistic practical application of that idea that is lacking, imo.. but I do think this can help some people before they are too far into the disease to learn anything...the idea is sound, it's the realistic practical application of that idea that is lacking, imo.. but I do think this can help some people before they are too far into the disease to learn anything new. Even my MIL has (very slowly) learned to use her new remote control for her cable box, but man, it has been a struggle.
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Comment on AI software for smart glasses wins £1m prize for technology to help people with dementia in ~health.mental
SpunkWorks_Scientist (edited )LinkIf it can only go an hour, this is dead in the water. The most difficult part is going to be getting patients to remember to wear the glasses to begin with, and hook it up to a power bank all of...If it can only go an hour, this is dead in the water. The most difficult part is going to be getting patients to remember to wear the glasses to begin with, and hook it up to a power bank all of the time. It's never going to happen.. I'm struggling with this with my MIL right now. Getting her to remember the things I set up to make it easier for her is next to impossible, though some of it has stuck.
For instance, she couldn't remember her passwords for basically any website, so I set up the password app in iOS for her. The problem is that she can never remember to use the password app when she has to enter her password.. so basically every time a website logs her out, she goes through the reset password flow.
Unless there is someone there to remind them to put the glasses on, this won't stick. It's a good idea though, and perhaps it can help someone in very early stages, but I would think patients will stop remembering to use it after the disease progresses far enough.
Sticky notes don't work either if the person doesn't remember to write anything down, or put them where they would see them, remember to look for them, etc.
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Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp
SpunkWorks_Scientist LinkWell it's 2026 and I'm a fullerest stack developer, so I'm not using any sort of tui type applications on a machine with more than 8gb of ram. I use vscodium. If it's a really really small one...Well it's 2026 and I'm a fullerest stack developer, so I'm not using any sort of tui type applications on a machine with more than 8gb of ram. I use vscodium. If it's a really really small one line change I might use nano or even just notepad.
I still find myself going to ssms for most sql and tsql tasks but at work they want us to start using vscode for that also at some point. The plan is to set up repos/pipelines for the db objects and have the pipeline compile the script and execute it on the server instead of a developer in ssms. vscode has gotten way better, but it's not to ssms level yet.
Pulsar looks pretty cool, I might check that out but I dont have high hopes, atom ran like shit for me before vscode ran away from the pack. Hell it was pretty much the entire reason I switched.
At work I'm pretty much stuck on vscode since we use ms everything (azure, windows, entra, etc)
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Comment on Bethesda X Nintendo Switch 2 | Reveal trailer in ~games
SpunkWorks_Scientist LinkThis could have just been an email. Or even a tweet.This could have just been an email. Or even a tweet.
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Comment on Amazon is closing its Fresh grocery, Go convenience stores in the US in ~finance
SpunkWorks_Scientist LinkOnce I learned there was (by design) some creep watching me the whole time, so I got charged correctly, I stopped going.Once I learned there was (by design) some creep watching me the whole time, so I got charged correctly, I stopped going.
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Comment on Things to do when you've lost your job in ~talk
SpunkWorks_Scientist Link ParentHi, thanks for this, this is uplifting for me as I've been pretty bummed for the last week or so. Ill get my resume updated and hit you up. Part of my problem is that I jokingly call myself...Hi, thanks for this, this is uplifting for me as I've been pretty bummed for the last week or so. Ill get my resume updated and hit you up. Part of my problem is that I jokingly call myself "fullerest stack", as I do basically everything in the stack, I'm even doing some Project Management type work the last few weeks. I might do some PM work on Monday, fix some azure pipelines Tuesday, stand up infra for a new app on Wednesday, update sql queries on Thursday, and write some js on Friday. I just don't even see how it gets more full stack unless I make the browser also..
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Comment on Things to do when you've lost your job in ~talk
SpunkWorks_Scientist LinkSame thing has happened to me, although I think I have about 2 months before being let go. I know the performance thing is bullshit for two reasons: Our stock price has been tanking, and everyone...Same thing has happened to me, although I think I have about 2 months before being let go. I know the performance thing is bullshit for two reasons:
- Our stock price has been tanking, and everyone they have let go thus far has been put on some kind of PIP.
- They literally had been talking about promotion just 6 months before. I'm not doing anything different then I was at that time.
- When I pressed for specifics, they grew quiet and couldn't give anything. They said I didn't have enough visibility, but I'm not the one who put my main project on hold.
- They didn't give us the performance review until 2 months into the new 6 month period, so I don't even have the full time to "improve" (reviews are biannual).
- I've heard them talking about actively trying to reduce our teams responsibilities.
It's fairly obvious what's happening here, so I'm pretty mortified and I feel sort of directionless. A few people have suggested I maybe try project management but I'm not even sure where to get started on that.
Erenshor. It's a single player mmo where all of the other players are simulated. This is perfect because I give not one fuck all about talking to anyone or really even communicating in online games (but online only, I wouldn't be that way in a pickup game of basketball or a board game obviously).