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Comment on How to cook the perfect boiled egg, according to science in ~food
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Comment on Ask Tildes: Job security - does it exist, how to deal with lack of, how to process being fired / unemployment in ~life
tanglisha If they stop doing it entirely, we’re going to start to get some real information about what it’s like to work in companies that have been paying people off to stay quiet.If they stop doing it entirely, we’re going to start to get some real information about what it’s like to work in companies that have been paying people off to stay quiet.
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Comment on Power company finds evidence of unusual flashes around start of Eaton fire in Los Angeles in ~enviro
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Comment on Single most useful program you daily use? in ~tech
tanglisha It’s all about motivation. I started using Talon because I was in a lot of pain. I was already using a custom made keyboard, but typing kept making it worse and worse. Even taking a small part of...It’s all about motivation. I started using Talon because I was in a lot of pain. I was already using a custom made keyboard, but typing kept making it worse and worse. Even taking a small part of the burden off my hands was welcome, which was exactly how I started.
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Comment on Single most useful program you daily use? in ~tech
tanglisha (edited )Link ParentI used to hate it. Then I started using Talon Voice (control your computer using your voice) due to my RSI and I discovered Cursorless. Absolutely nothing about using it changed what I switched...I used to hate it. Then I started using Talon Voice (control your computer using your voice) due to my RSI and I discovered Cursorless. Absolutely nothing about using it changed what I switched from Mac to Linux. Seriously, I can’t say enough good things about Cursorless, it just keeps getting better.
Here’s a talk on Cursorless at StrangeLoop by its creator. (~40 minute video)
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Comment on NBC producers deny using AI in new series ‘Detective Fireman Lawyer Chicago Los Angeles Show’ in ~tv
tanglisha I often like the headlines from the Onion better than the articles, but the article for this one just keeps getting better.I often like the headlines from the Onion better than the articles, but the article for this one just keeps getting better.
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Comment on Let's Encrypt is ending support for expiration notification emails in ~comp
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Comment on US DeepSeek users could face million-dollar fine and prison time under proposed bill in ~society
tanglisha I suppose that includes the source code on GitHub. What a mess.I suppose that includes the source code on GitHub. What a mess.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 3 in ~society
tanglisha They probably think getting rid of a lot of civil servants will solve the issue. I'm guessing they haven't looked at the pay charts.They probably think getting rid of a lot of civil servants will solve the issue. I'm guessing they haven't looked at the pay charts.
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Comment on Donald Trump won’t rule out deploying US troops to support rebuilding Gaza, sees ‘long-term’ US ownership in ~society
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Comment on Book recommendations for regular people living through fascist/authoritarian regimes? in ~books
tanglisha I'm not sure we need a canary at this point.I'm not sure we need a canary at this point.
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Comment on What are everyone’s favourite pens and stationery items? in ~creative
tanglisha Oh, if we're getting into pencils, someone has started making Blackwing pencils. They're expensive for pencils, but reasonably affordable compared to fountain pens. Here's a guide to the types.Oh, if we're getting into pencils, someone has started making Blackwing pencils. They're expensive for pencils, but reasonably affordable compared to fountain pens.
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Comment on A fork in the road: Is US federal employee privacy compromised? in ~society
tanglisha That was so much easier for me to understand, thank youThat was so much easier for me to understand, thank you
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Comment on Snacks that aren't just sugar or crazy salty in ~food
tanglisha This sounds like more than just a shift in what you're eating. If you're new to snacking it probably doesn't come naturally to you. I was the same way, wondering what it was people could possibly...I am new to snacking
This sounds like more than just a shift in what you're eating. If you're new to snacking it probably doesn't come naturally to you. I was the same way, wondering what it was people could possibly be eating between meals and how they decided how much.
I had to shift to eating 5-6 meals a day to manage my blood sugar. Doing this forced me to reevaluate what I considered a meal or snack to be. What I consider a snack now is basically a mini meal, a tapa. I do have to eat a starchy carb every time I eat, you won't have that restriction.
Because I eat so often I'm not going to make a big production every time I eat. I try to roast a lot of veggies once a week. Then I reheat small servings with some olive oil drizzled toast, rice, or some other random grain like barley. Usually I break a soft boiled egg over the top, those are easy to make in batches. I eat a lot of soup, both homemade and the good canned ones. I can't always finish a whole can, it's easy to reheat the rest later and mix in veggies or some cooked grain if there isn't enough.
In the summer I eat a lot of cheese and crackers with fruit. I also make sandwiches with one piece of bread or an English muffin.
If I'm in a hurry, I'll eat a bowl of cereal. I don't actually do this very often, I'm not a fan of cereal.
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Comment on A fork in the road: Is US federal employee privacy compromised? in ~society
tanglisha (edited )LinkI must have read this thing six times trying to figure or what was being said. There’s a podcast player at the top, that’s where the real information is. This is an interview with an offensive...I must have read this thing six times trying to figure or what was being said. There’s a podcast player at the top, that’s where the real information is. This is an interview with an offensive secret expert, and a lot of what’s talked about is how he figured all this out. I’m going to ignore the process and try to summarize his findings.
OPM is the office for personnel management, it’s basically the HR department for the government.
A large number of subdomains were published to a public DNS server which should not have been. Something like an admin interface for setting up user accounts or managing pay was available on the public Internet. This kind of thing should only work from official computers in approved places, you shouldn’t be able to change someone’s pay from your phone.
It looks like the official hr email has been split from hr.opm.gov into hr1.opm.gov, hr2.opm.gov, etc. The security expert has concluded that each address goes to a separate container made specifically to manage that one email address, so like having a tiny server that does nothing but send and receive from that one email. This would make it really easy to delete the entire email account. The physical hard drive that manages it would overwrite the memory used for it very quickly, so that the evidence is even harder to recover than it would be if the account was removed from a normal setup. The work for this appears to be from outside the US, but he’s not completely sure about that.
There are rules about how government data is stored, and they’re strict. I’m a little rusty on this, but I believe that sensitive data which is not classified must be hosted on servers within the US and there have to be physical controls to the servers, like locks and possibly security guards. The term “the cloud” is muddying this, the cloud is just a bunch of servers all around the world. The data is still physically stored on a server somewhere. Before all this, the email was managed and stored only inside government buildings.
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Comment on What are everyone’s favourite pens and stationery items? in ~creative
tanglisha I hadn’t come across safety pens when I was looking for a vintage model. Leakage is my biggest worry with the bladder pen I got, I’m going to look into this as an alternative.I hadn’t come across safety pens when I was looking for a vintage model. Leakage is my biggest worry with the bladder pen I got, I’m going to look into this as an alternative.
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Comment on What are everyone’s favourite pens and stationery items? in ~creative
tanglisha I went down the rabbit hole a while back and got into dip pens. They’re really fun, but not soldering you can practically use at the office. My next favorite is an antique fountain pen I found on...I went down the rabbit hole a while back and got into dip pens. They’re really fun, but not soldering you can practically use at the office.
My next favorite is an antique fountain pen I found on eBay. Resisters will sell them for less than some modern fountain pens if you can find a plain, everyday use model rather than a display piece. Old school fountain pens have very soft and springy nibs, modern fountain pens have hard nibs. There’s a whole community around altering Noodler pens with dip pen nibs, this is also fun but the ink never seems to flow correctly in the ones I made.
My next favorite is a Staedtler pigment liner, .5 mm. I had tried the more popular Micron pens first, they all dropped out after 1-2 uses.
Next is a gel pen, I like the Pilot ones. These are click pens and can handle a lot of abuse.
Finally the weird one, Skilcraft (US government) pens, the ones Irene used to steal from the post office. While they aren’t the nicest thing in the world to write with, these pens are kind of amazing. I have driven over them with a forklift, they were pretty much unaffected. I cannot say the same for the Sharpies that basically exploded. (No, this wasn’t some kind of office supply torture session, I worked in a packing warehouse where writing supplies sometimes ended up sliding off boxes and falling out of pockets onto the floor.)
The pen barrels had to withstand temperatures as extreme as a North Pole winter and a Death Valley summer — from negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit to 160 degrees.
The pens had to write for nearly a linear mile — about 5,000 feet of paper — before the ink cartridge needed to be refilled. The ink had to dry within five seconds and be guaranteed not to smear or blot. Printed on paper, the ink had to withstand being submerged underwater for 48 hours and two doses of chemical bleach.
As for paper, everyone seems to have different favorites. You can find a huge variety in any office supply or art store and it isn’t very expensive. For pens that have flowing ink, you’ll want paper with texture, they call it paper with “some tooth to it”.
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Comment on Books written by humans are getting their own certification to distinguish from AI authored books in ~books
tanglisha What a perfect example. There’s some confusion over if grocery store honey is real, diluted with sugar water, or straight up sugar water.What a perfect example. There’s some confusion over if grocery store honey is real, diluted with sugar water, or straight up sugar water.
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Comment on Books written by humans are getting their own certification to distinguish from AI authored books in ~books
tanglisha Right, because you have to be in the guild. To get in the guild, you have to have be employed as a writer. This is like the job postings which require ten years of experience with something that...Right, because you have to be in the guild. To get in the guild, you have to have be employed as a writer.
This is like the job postings which require ten years of experience with something that came out last year.
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Comment on AI is creating a generation of illiterate programmers in ~tech
tanglisha I don't think so. I find it hard to learn a programming language from the documentation, I instead use tutorials. Sometimes those are included with the documentation, sometimes not. Frameworks...I don't think so. I find it hard to learn a programming language from the documentation, I instead use tutorials. Sometimes those are included with the documentation, sometimes not. Frameworks especially can be hard to use until you understand how the pieces fit together, looking at them in isolation means you may not know where to look for the next step.
If there are still people creating programming languages, there will still be people creating tutorials and blog posts. There will still be people asking questions somewhere, and other people answering. LLM's will pick up that information and incorporate it, same as they do now. Before stack overflow there was expertsexchange, before that there were mailing lists and usenet.
Anyway, sometime soon someone is going to have an LLM come up with its own new language if that hasn't already happened.
I am WAY too lazy to do all that. So far my favorite easy method is Kenji’s; I end up breaking fewer of them and they come out cooked just like I like them,
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