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Comment on Sleeping Giant – Mobilizer Of Evil (2025) in ~music
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Comment on How well can you predict the state of the world in 2041? in ~life
cutmetal Link ParentA haiku by chocobeanOh, it's you! Ping me
In sixteen years, and also
CongratulationsA haiku by chocobean
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 19 in ~society
cutmetal Linkhttps://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-weapon-maduro-drug-strikes-c052fd24a350a04a458f501b4b536e62 Sounds like the Maduro kidnapping was a disaster in yet another way - now the US has revealed...Sounds like the Maduro kidnapping was a disaster in yet another way - now the US has revealed the existence of these secret weapons systems and shown their use in combat. Hopefully the legit adversaries don't get the full picture of what these can do and how to counter them due to their use in Caracas.
Also if anyone comes across good links going into detail or speculation about these weapons systems please post them :)
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Comment on The Dark Tower Wizard in Glass, is the second half better? in ~books
cutmetal LinkWhen I first got into the Dark Tower books, I was an angsty teenager and it was the first half of the aughts. At that point it was still a few years away from Wolves of the Calla being published....When I first got into the Dark Tower books, I was an angsty teenager and it was the first half of the aughts. At that point it was still a few years away from Wolves of the Calla being published. Wizard and Glass was my favorite of the first four, but I was deeply in love with my first girlfriend, so that plus my teenage angst may have made the doomed romance plot resonate with me. Don't know how I'd feel about it today.
As others have said and iirc, the story of Wizard and Glass is basically unconnected to the rest of it, if it's making you so mad you should definitely skip past that part and read a synopsis elsewhere.
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Comment on Razzie Awards nominations: ‘Snow White,’ Ice Cube-starring ‘War of the Worlds’ lead with six nods each in ~movies
cutmetal Link ParentIf you aren't already familiar, Honest Trailers is usually excellent for a deep draught of snark, and they really went to town on War of the Worlds: https://youtu.be/SLahR0K8Fss?si=3LGDuK3LQigNpc7cIf you aren't already familiar, Honest Trailers is usually excellent for a deep draught of snark, and they really went to town on War of the Worlds: https://youtu.be/SLahR0K8Fss?si=3LGDuK3LQigNpc7c
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Comment on The assistant axis: situating and stabilizing the character of large language models in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentMaybe I'm not jacked in enough to know what you're referring to, but the linked article seemed like a scholarly presentation of empirical research to me, not FUD. They used a bunch of open-weight...They use FOMO, FUD, and dubious claims
Maybe I'm not jacked in enough to know what you're referring to, but the linked article seemed like a scholarly presentation of empirical research to me, not FUD.
all they do is post more "research" that always proves how amazing their LLMs are.
They used a bunch of open-weight models to draw conclusions about LLMs in general.
These things exist in the world. Like them or not, we should try to understand them. I was fascinated by the piece.
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Comment on Doppi, the nicest player for your music files in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentThat's actually sort of a neat idea. Imagine something to that effect baked into the license itself: "In the event of $maintainer's death, incapacitation, or dereliction of duty, this source code...has said they will open source foobar2000 if it gets to the point that they can no longer maintain it
That's actually sort of a neat idea. Imagine something to that effect baked into the license itself: "In the event of $maintainer's death, incapacitation, or dereliction of duty, this source code is to be relicensed and made available under a [MIT|BSD|GPL] license, fulling replacing the terms of this license in perpetuity."
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Comment on AI friends too cheap to meter in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentThat first line in particular jumped out at me too. The piece on the whole was thoughtful and well-written, but that line didn't really seem to fit with the rest of the argument to me. To me it...That first line in particular jumped out at me too. The piece on the whole was thoughtful and well-written, but that line didn't really seem to fit with the rest of the argument to me. To me it felt like that line resonated with the writer, and they couldn't resist including it. In creative writing, writers are encouraged to "kill their darlings," meaning if something feels really clever it may just be too clever. Guessing this line was a darling that the writer couldn't kill.
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Comment on What video games would you say have the best stories? Feel free to suggest more than one. in ~games
cutmetal LinkPerhaps my favorite game on the Gamecube is called Eternal Darkness. I'm not sure how it would hold up today, don't think I've played it since it was current gen, but the story absolutely sunk its...Perhaps my favorite game on the Gamecube is called Eternal Darkness. I'm not sure how it would hold up today, don't think I've played it since it was current gen, but the story absolutely sunk its hooks into teenage me.
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Comment on Backing up Spotify in ~music
cutmetal Link ParentThe sort of people who are most involved with music piracy are the kind of people who are likely giving the most money to musicians. Generally they're huge fans. The barrier to entry is high...The sort of people who are most involved with music piracy are the kind of people who are likely giving the most money to musicians. Generally they're huge fans. The barrier to entry is high enough to get into music piracy these days that normie music consumers will likely just pay for Spotify or Prime or iTunes or whatever the kids use these days to not own music. The guy deeply involved in private trackers, with a hundred terabytes of storage filled with flacs, also has hundreds of records, t-shirts, and goes to shows monthly.
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Comment on Upon this rock in ~music
cutmetal Linkhttps://archive.is/9fgn5 A very long piece from 2004 that I found linked from an AP article about the recent rise of Christian music - the AP quoted this piece, where the author says that...A very long piece from 2004 that I found linked from an AP article about the recent rise of Christian music - the AP quoted this piece, where the author says that Christian music is "excellence-proof," which is pithy and funny and hooked me.
The author's experience of being around Christians at the concert is maybe what resonated most for me. In my experience, evangelicals are usually very nice, but very dull.
A lot has changed in the 20 years since this was written, but one thing has not - Christian music still sucks.
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Upon this rock
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Comment on Reversing the technical interview in ~comp
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Comment on Reversing the technical interview in ~comp
cutmetal LinkSomebody in the comments wrote the William Gibson version:Somebody in the comments wrote the William Gibson version:
It was hot, the night I burned the Seeker. Moths batted themselves to death against the humming neon signs just outside the single window in the cramped room. There were ancient electronics piled to the ceiling in here, hot new chipsets from Taiwan still unwrapped distributed unevenly amongst them. The Seeker put his hands on his hips, brushing aside the corners of his Sukajan jacket bomber jacket replica. "I heard you and Bobby were hotshots, once. Real.. artístes", he said, the last word paired with a smug grin. "Heard you could do things." "Things like what?" It's been 20 seconds and you've already wasted too many cycles with this guy. "Things like making lists, just, fold up inside themselves. Come out the other way around. Crazy things." You grit your teeth. The dex has left your system and you're starting to feel a massive drug deficiency coming on. "Crazy things cost money", you manage. The lists already unfurling in your head, you start typing as quickly as you can to hide the microtremors.
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Comment on Tildes login session management? in ~tildes
cutmetal LinkThis is maybe not helpful, but based on talklittle's answer in the child comments here it sounds like there is a session invalidation endpoint in the tildes rest api. If you can figure out what...This is maybe not helpful, but based on talklittle's answer in the child comments here it sounds like there is a session invalidation endpoint in the tildes rest api. If you can figure out what that is via docs or reading the code (which I think is open source?) then you should be able to craft a curl command to invalidate a session, if you have an active session open and available to you. If you don't have the session available in a browser tab then you'll have to additionally look for an endpoint to list sessions for your account.
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Comment on Tildes login session management? in ~tildes
cutmetal Link ParentThanks for the work you do! I'm not the OP here but I use the awesome Three Cheers app. On the user page/tab there's a Log Out button at the top, given your answer here I suppose this just logs...Thanks for the work you do! I'm not the OP here but I use the awesome Three Cheers app. On the user page/tab there's a Log Out button at the top, given your answer here I suppose this just logs you out of the app but doesn't invalidate the session to the server?
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Comment on How to get found by recruiters on LinkedIn in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentThanks for taking the time to reply, so interesting. I've peeked at modern versions of cobol and fortran and agree that with modern extensions they don't seem like they'd be too bad to work with.Thanks for taking the time to reply, so interesting. I've peeked at modern versions of cobol and fortran and agree that with modern extensions they don't seem like they'd be too bad to work with.
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Comment on You're not crazy. The bugs are disappearing. in ~enviro
cutmetal Link ParentIn 2018 I ordered a small bottle off Amazon, it's been used to treat three different houses each year since then and I still have half. Unfortunately the product page is gone, the bottle says...In 2018 I ordered a small bottle off Amazon, it's been used to treat three different houses each year since then and I still have half. Unfortunately the product page is gone, the bottle says something like "for professional use only" so it's possible that it's no longer easy to get in the US any more either. And you're right about UV breaking stuff like this down, when you spray on the sunny side of the building you really should dig a little trench and bury it. I don't though, my theory is it gets into the soil which protects it from the sun. My kitchen is on the south side where the sun shines and it does the trick.
Good luck finding Termidor or something else that works in New Zealand!
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Comment on How to get found by recruiters on LinkedIn in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentWhat I hate most about linkedin is how fake it is. On real social media there's tons of people using it for fake to get paid, but there's also tons of people using it for real to be entertained or...What I hate most about linkedin is how fake it is.
On real social media there's tons of people using it for fake to get paid, but there's also tons of people using it for real to be entertained or informed.
On linkedin, the whole social media aspect of the platform is fake. Very few people are putting things into or consuming that feed for fun, but it's presented in the same way as other social media sites that are supposed to be fun. It makes me feel the same way that it would feel to go to an HR seminar and watch someone pretend to enjoy themselves. And I say this as someone with a very low bar for what counts as fun.
Also, I feel like I shouldn't be trying to convince you to hate linkedin - using it is good for you professionally, so if it's not emotionally damaging for you like it is for me then that's probably a good thing :)
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Comment on How to get found by recruiters on LinkedIn in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentFascinating, I've never actually met a COBOL programmer! At my first internship I wrote perl, java EE, and I think it was asp pre-dotnet. Do you really write COBOL professionally?Fascinating, I've never actually met a COBOL programmer! At my first internship I wrote perl, java EE, and I think it was asp pre-dotnet. Do you really write COBOL professionally?
I scrolled deep into tildes and was shocked to see that a tiny band I love had released new music and I wasn't aware!
But, wrong Sleeping Giant 🙃
https://sleepinggiantband.bandcamp.com/album/sleeping-giant