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  1. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

    teaearlgraycold
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    Update: They gave me a surprise IP address change. The new IP is 142.248.45.194 and the DNS should update soon.

    Update: They gave me a surprise IP address change. The new IP is 142.248.45.194 and the DNS should update soon.

    5 votes

  2. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

    teaearlgraycold
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    I rebooted it and can't SSH in. I've opened a ticket.

    I rebooted it and can't SSH in. I've opened a ticket.

    8 votes

  3. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

    teaearlgraycold
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    I can’t check at the moment

    I can’t check at the moment

    4 votes

  4. Tildes Minecraft Weekly

    ~games Text 268 words
    Server host: tildes.nore.gg (Running Java 1.21.11) Verification site: https://tildes.nore.gg BlueMap: https://tildes.nore.gg/map/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TildesMC Plugins and Data Packs...

    Server host: tildes.nore.gg (Running Java 1.21.11)
    Verification site: https://tildes.nore.gg
    BlueMap: https://tildes.nore.gg/map/
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TildesMC

    Plugins and Data Packs Data Packs:
    • Terralith - Overworld terrain upgrade
    • Nullscape - End terrain upgrade
    • Age Lock [Vanilla Tweaks]
    • Armor Statues [Vanilla Tweaks]
    • Bat Membranes [Vanilla Tweaks]
    • Cauldron Concrete [Vanilla Tweaks]
    • Cauldron Mud [Vanilla Tweaks]
    • Custom Nether Portals [Vanilla Tweaks]
    • Husks Drop Sand [Vanilla Tweaks]
    • Mini Blocks [Vanilla Tweaks]
    • More Mob Heads [Vanilla Tweaks]
    • Player Head Drops [Vanilla Tweaks]
    • Silence Mobs [Vanilla Tweaks]
    • Wandering Trades [Vanilla Tweaks]

    Plugins:

    • BlueMap - Provides a live 3D rendering of the game world
    • Clickable Links - Makes http URLs in chat clickable (only for registered players)
    • CoreProtect - Records all block/container/mob changes (Anyone can look up changes with /co inspect)
    • DebugStick - Gives the ability to craft debug sticks in survival
    • DistantHorizons - Provides distant LOD map data to players running the client mod
    • EasyArmorStands - GUI for editing armor stands
    • Hexnicks - Enables Tildes usernames to be displayed
    • hsrails - Allows for 4x speed rail travel
    • LuckPerms - Locks down unregistered users
    • Otherside - Fix for mob farms involving Nether portals
    • Rapid Leaf Decay - Increases the speed of leaf decay by 10x
    • WorldEdit - Used for occasional admin stuff
    • WorldGuard - Prevents unregistered users from changing anything in the world

    The server operates on a soft whitelist. Anyone can log in and walk around, but you need a Tildes account to gain build access.

    We recommend you install our mod web-chat so that you can chat while in your web browser. It turns the server into an old-school chat room.

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    15 votes

  5. Comment on Vibe coding is just the return of Excel/Access, with more danger in ~comp

    teaearlgraycold
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    We live in different worlds. Never have I had such a document, working for local government, startups, or FAANG.

    so I don't have to pull out the 100 page word document that was specced out for the initial creation

    We live in different worlds. Never have I had such a document, working for local government, startups, or FAANG.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Vibe coding is just the return of Excel/Access, with more danger in ~comp

    teaearlgraycold
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    Not joking. The need to explain "why" is, in my experience, rare. Maybe a few things per file should have comments. Generally when I find myself commenting something it's because the code is...

    Not joking. The need to explain "why" is, in my experience, rare. Maybe a few things per file should have comments. Generally when I find myself commenting something it's because the code is inherently confusing and should be rewritten.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Vibe coding is just the return of Excel/Access, with more danger in ~comp

    teaearlgraycold
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    People are also trained to write comments when getting their degrees. It makes more sense then when you just learned what a for loop is last week and might need reminding on how every little bit...

    People are also trained to write comments when getting their degrees. It makes more sense then when you just learned what a for loop is last week and might need reminding on how every little bit works as you iterate on an assignment over the course of a week. It might also be pretty helpful to the TAs when grading, although I’ve never done that kind of work before.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on An insight into looksmaxxxing/blackpill "ideology" in ~life

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    Pretty much all of these intense and problematic internet trends make me realize how many people need better things to do with their time. Sure if someone’s having a difficult time dating that...

    Pretty much all of these intense and problematic internet trends make me realize how many people need better things to do with their time. Sure if someone’s having a difficult time dating that will be a drag. But if they had enough good things going on in their lives they wouldn’t end up consumed by that worry.

    8 votes

  9. Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech

    teaearlgraycold
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    What GPU are you using? Presumably AMD?

    What GPU are you using? Presumably AMD?

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Vibe coding is just the return of Excel/Access, with more danger in ~comp

    teaearlgraycold
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    I'd be wary of this. Much better to have code with almost no comments and then have an LLM explain bits as needed. Generally I am anti-commenting as it's an attempt to add specs to the code that...

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    I'd be wary of this. Much better to have code with almost no comments and then have an LLM explain bits as needed. Generally I am anti-commenting as it's an attempt to add specs to the code that aren't statically (or dynamically) validated in any way. Comment only as a last resort.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech

    teaearlgraycold
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    You can use Debian testing to improve that matter. It’s probably not very different than a recent Ubuntu. I use stable but I don’t do anything too fancy and will reach for a backport if there’s...

    You can use Debian testing to improve that matter. It’s probably not very different than a recent Ubuntu. I use stable but I don’t do anything too fancy and will reach for a backport if there’s ever any issues.

    7 votes

  12. Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech

    teaearlgraycold
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    The computer is running Cosmic. No complaints. I don’t really fuss about with my DE or WM anymore.

    The computer is running Cosmic. No complaints. I don’t really fuss about with my DE or WM anymore.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech

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    Debian. That’s it for everything (servers, Pis, desktops, laptops) with the one exception of Pop OS on my computer with a new Nvidia card that’s not well supported even by Debian testing. It feels...

    Debian. That’s it for everything (servers, Pis, desktops, laptops) with the one exception of Pop OS on my computer with a new Nvidia card that’s not well supported even by Debian testing. It feels like the least hassle possible. Great support from 3rd parties, very stable, no enshittification (like Ubuntu).

    As far as I’m concerned the natural state of any computer is to run Debian. Anything else is an aberration.

    36 votes

  14. Comment on Hungary’s new leader reveals Viktor Orbán diverted Hungarian taxpayer funds toward bankrolling CPAC in ~society

    teaearlgraycold
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    You have to admire their sense of unity.

    You have to admire their sense of unity.

    8 votes

  15. Comment on No one can force me to have a secure website!!! in ~tech

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    Why can't it be automated? IMO certificates should be perhaps as short as 24 hours in lifespan.

    Why can't it be automated? IMO certificates should be perhaps as short as 24 hours in lifespan.

    1 vote

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  17. Comment on Static analysis, dynamic analysis, and stochastic analysis in ~comp

    teaearlgraycold
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    I want it to be completely fresh on each run. I would rather re-read the same complaint 3 times than have different runs poison each others' context.

    Tip: have the model write to a file with notes about skipped/dismissed items so it doesn't re-surface them on the next run.

    I want it to be completely fresh on each run. I would rather re-read the same complaint 3 times than have different runs poison each others' context.

    2 votes

  18. Static analysis, dynamic analysis, and stochastic analysis

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    For a long time programmers have had two types of program verification tools, static analysis (like a compiler's checks) and dynamic analysis (running a test suite). I find myself using LLMs to...

    For a long time programmers have had two types of program verification tools, static analysis (like a compiler's checks) and dynamic analysis (running a test suite). I find myself using LLMs to analyze newly written code more and more. Even when they spit out a lot of false positives, I still find them to be a massive help. My workflow is something like this:

    1. Commit my changes
    2. Ask Claude Opus "Find problems with my latest commit"
    3. Look though its list and skip over false positives.
    4. Fix the true positives.
    5. git add -A && git commit --amend --no-edit
    6. Clear Claude's context
    7. Back to step 2.

    I repeat this loop until all of the issues Claude raises are dismissable. I know there are a lot of startups building a SaaS for things like this (CodeRabbit is one I've seen before, I didn't like it too much) but I feel just doing the above procedure is plenty good enough and catches a lot of issues that could take more time to uncover if raised by manual testing.

    It's also been productive to ask for any problems in an entire repo. It will of course never be able to perform a completely thorough review of even a modestly sized application, but highlighting any problem at all is still useful.

    Someone recently mentioned to me that they use vision-capable LLMs to perform "aesthetic tests" in their CI. The model takes screenshots of each page before and after a code change and throws an error if it thinks something is wrong.

    9 votes

  19. Comment on No one can force me to have a secure website!!! in ~tech

    teaearlgraycold
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    He makes a great point though that the HTTP mechanism used by LetsEncrypt to verify ownership is itself vulnerable to MITM attacks. I wonder if the other challenge techniques are as similarly...

    He makes a great point though that the HTTP mechanism used by LetsEncrypt to verify ownership is itself vulnerable to MITM attacks. I wonder if the other challenge techniques are as similarly insecure.

    8 votes

  20. Comment on No one can force me to have a secure website!!! in ~tech

    teaearlgraycold
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    "You are securely connected to this site" says Firefox. Oh how naive you are, Firefox.

    "You are securely connected to this site" says Firefox. Oh how naive you are, Firefox.

    2 votes