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  1. Comment on Falling demand for cardboard boxes — long a proxy for consumer spending — is raising concerns about the US economy in ~finance

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    I've noticed this too, and that Amazon has an opt-in now for packaging. I dislike them sending stuff in original packaging for so many reasons not least of which is that a lot of original...

    I've noticed this too, and that Amazon has an opt-in now for packaging. I dislike them sending stuff in original packaging for so many reasons not least of which is that a lot of original packaging isn't made to handle rain.

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  2. Comment on You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago in ~tech

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    Yikes, but yeah that's generally why catch-alls are not recommended. It's also just a much larger surface area for spam. Better to let the server reject the message so it isn't flagged as a...

    Yikes, but yeah that's generally why catch-alls are not recommended. It's also just a much larger surface area for spam. Better to let the server reject the message so it isn't flagged as a possible vector for more mail.

  3. Comment on You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago in ~tech

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    Dunno about you, but this is actually a curse for me. A few technically un-savvy folks have FirstnameMLastname of my account where I use Firstname.Lastname. I get so much mail for these people. I...

    Dunno about you, but this is actually a curse for me. A few technically un-savvy folks have FirstnameMLastname of my account where I use Firstname.Lastname.

    I get so much mail for these people. I know details of their life that they would tell nobody. I know how much they pay for car insurance, when their apartments are getting work done, the new job relocation they've done. I know one of them is really bad with money and is desperately seeking predatory loans.

    There isn't much to do about it. I have contacted one individual to kindly remind them to be careful giving an incorrect address, but you can't really stop information in the wild once it's done. I half-worry that telling these folks that they've messed up will be taken incorrectly as "hacking" or some such nonsense, so I have stopped trying at all.

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  4. Comment on Releasing CORE One CAD files under the new Open Community License (OCL) in ~tech

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    Hard same. I run Prusa machines at home and at work in education. Sure, I started at home with an Ender because of price, but I've been able to make the case to plenty of folks that Prusa is worth it.

    Hard same. I run Prusa machines at home and at work in education. Sure, I started at home with an Ender because of price, but I've been able to make the case to plenty of folks that Prusa is worth it.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on The dangers of vibe coding in ~tech

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    Nope. You're 100% on the money.

    Nope. You're 100% on the money.

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  6. Comment on The dangers of vibe coding in ~tech

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    Nope. If what AI gives me is bullshit code, I get nothing useful. I can write code all day. If AI somehow becomes a software engineer capable of reasoning about tradeoffs in architecture, then we...

    Nope. If what AI gives me is bullshit code, I get nothing useful. I can write code all day. If AI somehow becomes a software engineer capable of reasoning about tradeoffs in architecture, then we can talk. It's not doing that for the time being. (And that's the GP's point)

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  7. Comment on The dangers of vibe coding in ~tech

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    My usual retort to AI coding is this: writing code was never the hard part to begin with.

    My usual retort to AI coding is this: writing code was never the hard part to begin with.

    13 votes

  8. Comment on What's the best counter argument to "Well, if I don't do it somebody else will" in ~talk

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    I lecture comp-sci. This is not a counter argument, but a situation I've been in where me not doing the thing is a threat:

    I lecture comp-sci. This is not a counter argument, but a situation I've been in where me not doing the thing is a threat:

    If I don't design course X for my department, somebody else [I know is incompetent] will.

    23 votes