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  1. Comment on Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover in ~comp

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    Well... The pessimist in me says: look how the community handled the WordPress power play...

    Well... The pessimist in me says: look how the community handled the WordPress power play...

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Dark patterns killed my wife's Windows 11 installation in ~tech

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    Yeah, that's because windows just can't do updates without screwing with your work. In the background for example. Without reboots. Situations like these happened to thousands of poor souls, even...

    Yeah, that's because windows just can't do updates without screwing with your work. In the background for example. Without reboots. Situations like these happened to thousands of poor souls, even the people in finance you mention, even to people presenting at conferences right on the stage and so on. Microsoft even had a page listing several stories like this and then finishing that its all worth it, the updates are the best.

    9 votes

  3. Comment on Dark patterns killed my wife's Windows 11 installation in ~tech

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    And if you are not using it... well, now you are.

    And if you are not using it... well, now you are.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on What words do you recommend? in ~talk

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    But don't conflate soldering with welding, lest you are ready for the consequences!

    But don't conflate soldering with welding, lest you are ready for the consequences!

    5 votes

  5. Comment on Survey results on books that people identify as shaping their life/personality after reading them in high school in ~books

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    Brutal. I feel It's like admitting guilt with no other interpretation possible.

    Brutal. I feel It's like admitting guilt with no other interpretation possible.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store in ~tech

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    This is not one of them.

    This is not one of them.

    20 votes

  7. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~life.home_improvement

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    This is so intimate :) Thanks for sharing with us. I like the combination of old and new. Trying to guess from the interiors a bit of a view we get - is this central Europe? Prague perhaps?

    This is so intimate :) Thanks for sharing with us. I like the combination of old and new.
    Trying to guess from the interiors a bit of a view we get - is this central Europe?
    Prague perhaps?

  8. Comment on GPT 5 released in ~comp

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    Yes! And I was amazed at how good it was. But with one caveat: I used it exclusively as a "coder" - code generating model, always paired with some stronger model - such as Sonnet 4 or sometimes...

    Did you manage to have success with that?

    Yes! And I was amazed at how good it was. But with one caveat: I used it exclusively as a "coder" - code generating model, always paired with some stronger model - such as Sonnet 4 or sometimes GPT4.1 - to actually come up with the implementation plan. Once the plan was solid, 4.1 was able to take it and implement any needed changes, quickly and precisely.

    Additional details: This was in Roo Code, stronger model was "Architect" while 4.1 was used in "Code" mode. Mostly Python, but also some Typescript and bash.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on GPT 5 released in ~comp

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    Would you mind sharing some combination of tools you've used? I guess everyone knows about VS code + cline or forks, but for example, how did you leverage agentic coding together with Godot? It...

    Would you mind sharing some combination of tools you've used?
    I guess everyone knows about VS code + cline or forks, but for example, how did you leverage agentic coding together with Godot? It has its own IDE, doesn't it? What goes with it? Command line agents?

    1 vote

  10. Comment on GPT 5 released in ~comp

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    Minor, but: GPT4.1 was already a quite competent coding model. It was used as the default for Github Copilot, for example.

    Minor, but: GPT4.1 was already a quite competent coding model. It was used as the default for Github Copilot, for example.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on I have been using a neo-dumbphone for a week, here are my thoughts in ~tech

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    Yea, I should have probably mentioned this is in the EU. EU pushes (quite foolishly in my opinion) for every banking operation to be confirmed via 2FA using exclusively android or apple devices...

    Yea, I should have probably mentioned this is in the EU. EU pushes (quite foolishly in my opinion) for every banking operation to be confirmed via 2FA using exclusively android or apple devices with respective apps, which are often quite picky about the phones they support.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on I have been using a neo-dumbphone for a week, here are my thoughts in ~tech

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    Well phone without banking apps is useless and I don't expect anyone's selection of essential apps to contain banking apps from our tiny country.

    Well phone without banking apps is useless and I don't expect anyone's selection of essential apps to contain banking apps from our tiny country.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Is AI actually useful for anyone here? in ~tech

  14. Comment on New Android phones, stock or flash? in ~tech

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    I always had unlocked bootloaders on all my computers for decades. For portable computers, it can be a bigger risk, but I'm sure proper encryption protects against most risks. Still any would-be...

    I always had unlocked bootloaders on all my computers for decades. For portable computers, it can be a bigger risk, but I'm sure proper encryption protects against most risks. Still any would-be hypothetical scenario in case of the theft or similar does not outweigh the alternative - giving full access to my computer, every day, to every big tech company with power.

    5 votes

  15. Comment on New Android phones, stock or flash? in ~tech

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    Many of those apps don't work reliably, while having simple administrative account on the phone instead of handling it to Google solves the issue.

    Many of those apps don't work reliably, while having simple administrative account on the phone instead of handling it to Google solves the issue.

  16. Comment on New Android phones, stock or flash? in ~tech

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    How are you decreasing security? I know I'm increasing my security by limiting tracking and not seeing advertisements.

    How are you decreasing security?

    I know I'm increasing my security by limiting tracking and not seeing advertisements.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Recommendation Request: New Mouse in ~comp

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    Thanks for insistently trying to be helpful :) Will try that tomorrow.

    Thanks for insistently trying to be helpful :)
    Will try that tomorrow.

  18. Comment on Recommendation Request: New Mouse in ~comp

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    I felt happy and dumb after reading your comment ;) But after reading the manual again - no, I don't think my mouse has that option... (MX Master 3S)

    I felt happy and dumb after reading your comment ;)
    But after reading the manual again - no, I don't think my mouse has that option...
    (MX Master 3S)

  19. Comment on If you're forced to use Windows 11, here's how to steal some of your time back in ~comp

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    That's for files, but you realistically need a search bar in every application, to find the menu items and settings by their name. Same with the operating system. Having to remember navigation...

    That's for files, but you realistically need a search bar in every application, to find the menu items and settings by their name. Same with the operating system. Having to remember navigation paths to various functions and settings (especially when they change over time) is impractical.
    That said, you don't need to have said search bar right in your face.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on After Steam, indie videogame store itch.io has also delisted erotic content in ~games

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    "partners", right.

    we must prioritize our relationship with our payment partners and take immediate steps towards compliance

    "partners", right.