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  1. Comment on The rise of build-to-rent housing in ~finance

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    Who exactly do you think pays those property taxes? I might have a bridge or two to sell you.

    Who exactly do you think pays those property taxes? I might have a bridge or two to sell you.

    3 votes

  2. Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv

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    I disagree as I've done both. This is 100% a blocker for family/friends. Just not having a client called something recognizable on every platform is enough of a blocker. There isn't a chance in...

    I disagree as I've done both. This is 100% a blocker for family/friends.

    Just not having a client called something recognizable on every platform is enough of a blocker. There isn't a chance in hell that I can get my mother to connect to Tailscale when it disconnects. Too many moving parts with exotic names and functions. It might be everyday for me, but it's wizard magic to them.

    OTOH, Plex lifetime means I don't have to help them at all. They log into Plex and it's just there. The app is called exactly one thing, and it's available in whatever App Store they're using. I don't need to be there to help them on, and I've never once had to hand hold them about it. I'd love to not use Plex, but it's still a better experience for both the clients and the person supporting those users.

    5 votes

  3. 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.

    3 votes

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

    8 votes

  6. 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

  7. 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.

    2 votes

  8. 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)

    2 votes

  9. 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

  10. 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