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Comment on I'm tired of dismissive anti-AI bias in ~tech
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Comment on I'm tired of dismissive anti-AI bias in ~tech
jackson Link ParentI personally found it worse than LSP - regularly in large Java projects it would spit out completions with incorrect argument counts and types, which is table-stakes in the Java world. I do have...I personally found it worse than LSP - regularly in large Java projects it would spit out completions with incorrect argument counts and types, which is table-stakes in the Java world.
I do have relatively limited access to models at work because of security policy, but I have been unimpressed whenever I've played with what we have. I'm not really interested in nannying an LLM when I have other tools that work perfectly fine.
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Comment on Things progressives get wrong in ~society
jackson LinkI think very little of this is relevant to The Democrats' loss in the election. Sure, yes, language-policing is a poor vehicle for change, and trans rights make a great wedge issue for the right,...I think very little of this is relevant to The Democrats' loss in the election. Sure, yes, language-policing is a poor vehicle for change, and trans rights make a great wedge issue for the right, but I don't think The Democrats' actions related to either of those are why Trump won and Harris lost. If anything, Harris distanced herself from "The Left" whenever possible during her campaign.
The only clear and consistent message I got from The Democrats this year was "we're not Republicans," and even that was rather unclear. They chose to run a lukewarm, uninspired campaign rather than propose something bold that people will get excited about, and that shows in the voter turnout.
Say what you will about the substance of his policies, but Trump's "Mass Deportations Now!" got voters excited. Maybe if Harris championed something like "Feed Our Children Now!" she would've fared better.
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Comment on Amid calls for sovereign EU tech stack, Swedish startup Evroc raises $55M in Series A funding to build a hyperscale cloud in Europe in ~tech
jackson Link ParentEvroc looks like it will be present in the UK considering they have a London office.Evroc looks like it will be present in the UK considering they have a London office.
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The Donald Trump US administration accidentally texted me its war plans
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Comment on In email, Microsoft suggests Windows 10 users trade in or recycle their PC in ~tech
jackson Link Parentwas the server 2008 patch provided to people who don’t pay for extended security support?was the server 2008 patch provided to people who don’t pay for extended security support?
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Comment on How do you customize Tildes? in ~tildes
jackson Link Parentyeah I think my style extension does some of that work for me by adding !important to every trait. Might make a merge request to make it a "real" theme at some point, who knows.yeah I think my style extension does some of that work for me by adding
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Comment on How do you customize Tildes? in ~tildes
jackson LinkI've actually written my own theme using the catppuccin color scheme (which matches my terminal, editors, and a couple other sites at work I've written custom themes for). You can drop this block...I've actually written my own theme using the catppuccin color scheme (which matches my terminal, editors, and a couple other sites at work I've written custom themes for). You can drop this block into Stylebot or a userscript to use it:
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body { --stripe-mine-color: #cba6f7; --link-color: #89b4fa; --link-visited-color: #b4befe; --link-hover-color: #89dceb; --success-color: #a6e3a1; --error-color: #f38ba8; --alert-color: #fab387; --warning-color: #f9e2af; --warning-foreground-color: #f9e2af; --button-color: #74c7ec; --button-used-color: #cba6f7; --topic-tag-spoiler-foreground-color: #fab387; --topic-tag-spoiler-border-color: #fab387; --topic-tag-nsfw-foreground-color: #f38ba8; --topic-tag-nsfw-border-color: #f38ba8; --comment-label-exemplary-color: #89dceb; --comment-label-joke-color: #a6e3a1; --comment-label-noise-color: #fab387; --comment-label-offtopic-color: #94e2d5; --comment-label-malice-color: #f38ba8; --foreground-label-exemplary-color: #89dceb; --foreground-label-joke-color: #a6e3a1; --foreground-label-noise-color: #fab387; --foreground-label-offtopic-color: #94e2d5; --foreground-label-malice-color: #f38ba8; --stripe-target-color: #fab387; --foreground-primary-color: #bac2de; --foreground-highlight-color: #bac2de; --foreground-secondary-color: #a6adc8; --foreground-mixed-color: #bac2de; --border-color: #585b70; --background-primary-color: #1e1e2e; --background-secondary-color: #11111d; --background-mixed-color: #181825; --background-input-color: #181825; }There's certainly some things that fall through, my site theme is set to Atom One Dark so there's good defaults under it.
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Comment on Texas measles outbreak could continue for a full year, official says in ~health
jackson Link ParentHaving lived in Texas, "truck with TX plates" is a pretty strong signal in the first place. Driving on the interstate in Dallas was absolute madness, haven't seen anything quite like it up north....Having lived in Texas, "truck with TX plates" is a pretty strong signal in the first place. Driving on the interstate in Dallas was absolute madness, haven't seen anything quite like it up north.
Not to say all Texan truck drivers are bad people, maybe just bad drivers.
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Comment on How do you feel about your PTO? in ~life
jackson LinkI get a fair amount by US standards but want more. Life shouldn’t be all about going to work. Would be especially nice if we banked extra hours after oncall since those are so impactful to my...I get a fair amount by US standards but want more. Life shouldn’t be all about going to work. Would be especially nice if we banked extra hours after oncall since those are so impactful to my off-hours life. I’m salary/exempt so I get paid the same whether I go oncall every 6 weeks or every 16 weeks, some consideration for short rotations would be appreciated.
Currently get 24 days of PTO/yr inclusive of sick leave (some managers are ok with not recording sick time at all, others are very strict). We also have 7 fixed holidays (Christmas, new years, etc). Time off has a “vacation” bucket and a “PTO” bucket but they’re treated effectively the same for me. Officially, “vacation” requests must be planned in advance and are subject to approval while “pto” can be used for things like sick leave and is auto-approved but this is probably more relevant for scheduled positions.
In about 5 years I’ll get another 5 days/yr of vacation.
Overall appreciate the flexibility of this scheme though a lot of that is due to having supportive management.
My main gripe with the scheme is that sick time is metered and is effectively vacation time, encouraging people to show up to work sick. Ideally this would just be unmetered time off.
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Comment on New policy changes for Southwest Airlines in ~travel
jackson Link ParentI don't think that applies here. The stated goal of this move is to increase revenue, so everyone's fare has effectively jumped $70 (assuming they charge $35/bag which is typical of other...I don't think that applies here. The stated goal of this move is to increase revenue, so everyone's fare has effectively jumped $70 (assuming they charge $35/bag which is typical of other airlines).
I don't usually check bags, so my complaints mostly revolve around how policies like this make the boarding process worse by encouraging everyone to bring carry-ons, which usually leads to the gate agents begging people to gate check bags (else the people in Basic Economy will have their bags gate-checked whether they like it or not). It also means they'll adopt stricter bag size standards (plus fees for oversized carry-ons!), and it'll just take more time to get everyone on the plane because people need to stow their bags.
Southwest has been known for their stellar on-time performance, and I have to think that its open seating and checked bag policies have at least partially contributed to this by making boarding faster and smoother than other airlines.
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Comment on Thoughts on naming things in ~comp
jackson LinkFortunately this isn't a major problem anymore, most languages have a very good LSP that allows you to replace all references of a selected name in the codebase, so it only affected related items....If you invoke this name in many places, or the name is chosen such that a find-and-replace operation will return many irrelevant matches, it might be a pain to refactor the logic that depends thereupon.
Fortunately this isn't a major problem anymore, most languages have a very good LSP that allows you to replace all references of a selected name in the codebase, so it only affected related items.
If you have a server that you use to host a database, do not name the server “UserInformationDatabaseServer.”
Agreed given the context- we have a soft "rule" where I work that teams shouldn't be named after a particular component they work on because eventually the team may not actually be working on that component (it could be farmed off to another team, or they could be responsible for something else that wouldn't be intuitively included under that component). Instead, the team should have a name that unifies anything under them, now and into the future.
I wouldn't apply this principle to variables, and for physical systems like servers you can usually find a balance between something descriptive and prescriptive to name them. For example, a name that incorporates the server's placement and role without saying "this one runs the database."
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Comment on To those who have been trying out Kagi: what do you think of it? in ~tech
jackson Link ParentI use the raise feature for more technical things. I’m a software engineer, so I have github.com raised, some documentation sources like MDN pinned, and sites like w3schools blocked. I don’t...I use the raise feature for more technical things. I’m a software engineer, so I have github.com raised, some documentation sources like MDN pinned, and sites like w3schools blocked.
I don’t really use it with regard to “social” things like news, though I do block/lower some news sources I don’t care to see at all (think Breitbart).
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Comment on US President Donald Trump prepares order dismantling the Education Department in ~society
jackson Link Parentpretty sure he's doing this because he wants to do itpretty sure he's doing this because he wants to do it
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Comment on Microsoft moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams in ~tech
jackson Link Parentyeah it's standard across all apps on macOS, we use something else for most of our meetings at work so a lot of people I try to huddle with just don't have the permissions set up yet haven't...yeah it's standard across all apps on macOS, we use something else for most of our meetings at work so a lot of people I try to huddle with just don't have the permissions set up yet
haven't actually used it with a large group, so definitely missing some information there on my end
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Comment on Microsoft moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams in ~tech
jackson Link ParentI've been really happy with Slack's Huddle feature, the only thing it's missing for me is the ability to schedule meetings like you can with Zoom, etc. It supports video and screenshare like all...I've been really happy with Slack's Huddle feature, the only thing it's missing for me is the ability to schedule meetings like you can with Zoom, etc.
It supports video and screenshare like all the other meeting apps, the main hiccup I've seen is people who haven't used it before needing to grant screen recording permissions (which requires an app relaunch on mac).
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Comment on a/s/l? Tildes user survey question. in ~tildes
jackson Link ParentI'm the one throwing together the graphs and stuff and life kinda threw a truck at me these past few weeks 🙃 Fortunately I've got some free days coming up to hack on the visualizations, so...I'm the one throwing together the graphs and stuff and life kinda threw a truck at me these past few weeks 🙃
Fortunately I've got some free days coming up to hack on the visualizations, so something should be available soontm
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Comment on Why is AI slop so easy to spot but hard to detect? in ~tech
jackson Link ParentThat’s by design, if The Algorithm thinks you’re a bot it wastes your time with the fade-in version (plus it can go on indefinitely). I assume there’s something on the server checking that you’re...That’s by design, if The Algorithm thinks you’re a bot it wastes your time with the fade-in version (plus it can go on indefinitely).
I assume there’s something on the server checking that you’re respecting the fade-in animation timing since a bot could just load the image from the URL immediately.
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Comment on Should I self-host my blog? in ~tech
jackson Link ParentThis has recently changed, the Free plan will now deactivate your site until the next billing period if you exceed a quota. I believe the Starter plan will auto-bill for exceeding a quota though....This has recently changed, the Free plan will now deactivate your site until the next billing period if you exceed a quota. I believe the Starter plan will auto-bill for exceeding a quota though.
From /pricing FAQ:
What happens when a Free site reaches its limits?
When a site reaches its monthly usage limits, it enters a suspended state until the first of the next month. We’ll notify you by email as you approach your limits at 50%, 75%, 90%, and 100% of usage. Please note that if one site exceeds its limits, all sites on your Free account will be suspended.
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Comment on Texas sues Allstate Insurance over its collection of driver data in ~transport
jackson Link Parentfwiw my State Farm agent told me the discount was almost entirely based on miles driven and that I could uninstall the app and still get the 10% discount (which I did). I only used them for a year...fwiw my State Farm agent told me the discount was almost entirely based on miles driven and that I could uninstall the app and still get the 10% discount (which I did). I only used them for a year before selling my car, but they never kicked me off.
I think there's a pretty big gulf between "piracy for personal use" and "piracy for profit." It's generally a bannable offense on private trackers to use content from their collections for profit.