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  1. Comment on Any male victims from female abuse? in ~life.men

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    Not me, but a friend of mine was heavily physically and emotionally abused by his mother and it eventually drove him to attempt suicide. He was without oxygen for a significant period of time and...

    Not me, but a friend of mine was heavily physically and emotionally abused by his mother and it eventually drove him to attempt suicide. He was without oxygen for a significant period of time and he is permanently affected by it. His mother was eventually, several years later, involuntarily committed for a couple decades.

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  2. Comment on Vibe coding is just the return of Excel/Access, with more danger in ~comp

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    I imagine the capabilities of agents in 5 years will be able to detangle most of these vibe coded rats nests. So in a sense, yes another y2k — not a big deal? Relevant story: I recently used...

    I imagine the capabilities of agents in 5 years will be able to detangle most of these vibe coded rats nests. So in a sense, yes another y2k — not a big deal?

    Relevant story: I recently used Claude to convert an ancient spreadsheet provided by a regulatory agency into commented and tested python.

    3 votes
  3. Comment on Street Fighter | Official trailer in ~movies

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    I love that they’re smashing the car. I will actually see this in a theatre.

    I love that they’re smashing the car. I will actually see this in a theatre.

    2 votes
  4. Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech

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    All servers run Debian, except firewalls which run OpeBSD, and desktops run Ubuntu which is of course Debian on the inside. I guess I do a lot of embedded stuff on Raspberry Pi OS, which is based...

    All servers run Debian, except firewalls which run OpeBSD, and desktops run Ubuntu which is of course Debian on the inside. I guess I do a lot of embedded stuff on Raspberry Pi OS, which is based on Debian again.

    I used to on Slackware back in the day but I’m not about that life anymore.

    3 votes
  5. Comment on Income tax will be dead within five years as AI jobs crisis grows, says Monzo founder in ~tech

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    I gotta say, as a pretty big proponent of AI tools and an optimist when it comes to how advanced things will get, this is rather out of touch with reality.

    I gotta say, as a pretty big proponent of AI tools and an optimist when it comes to how advanced things will get, this is rather out of touch with reality.

    24 votes
  6. Comment on Medium term cold storage options? in ~comp

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    A terabyte for 20 years would be $1680 at that rate. Backblaze would be better for that first gig but not for all their photo content, unless they also have archival tier pricing.

    A terabyte for 20 years would be $1680 at that rate. Backblaze would be better for that first gig but not for all their photo content, unless they also have archival tier pricing.

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  7. Comment on Medium term cold storage options? in ~comp

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    That’s probably overkill. You can easily have enough entropy to defeat brute force and still be memorable. But, I feel like remembering a password isn’t such a giant obstacle, is it? Probably less...

    That’s probably overkill. You can easily have enough entropy to defeat brute force and still be memorable. But, I feel like remembering a password isn’t such a giant obstacle, is it? Probably less difficulty than dealing with losing your safety deposit box key and identification in the hypothetical house fire.

    7 votes
  8. Comment on Medium term cold storage options? in ~comp

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    I assume you remember your email password? That’s all you’d really need to get in.

    I assume you remember your email password? That’s all you’d really need to get in.

    2 votes
  9. Comment on Medium term cold storage options? in ~comp

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    S3. 2.3 cents per gig per month. 20 years is $5.50 per gig. My safety deposit box is $60/year for comparison. I should also mention that deep archive tier storage is way cheaper at $0.00099 per...

    S3. 2.3 cents per gig per month. 20 years is $5.50 per gig. My safety deposit box is $60/year for comparison.

    I should also mention that deep archive tier storage is way cheaper at $0.00099 per GB. You could store a terabyte for 20 years for $237.60.

    6 votes
  10. Comment on Static analysis, dynamic analysis, and stochastic analysis in ~comp

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    I generally do them as git issues, so once it’s done I will ask it to propose duplicate candidates which lets me have the code review along with accelerated one click sweeping out of dupes.

    I generally do them as git issues, so once it’s done I will ask it to propose duplicate candidates which lets me have the code review along with accelerated one click sweeping out of dupes.

    2 votes
  11. Comment on How are we all feeling about piracy these days? in ~movies

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    It’s the only way for some retro experiences though. If that’s the only way I can play a game, I’ll VM it.

    For video games, there's just no question. I would never trust a blackbox binary from an untrusted vendor.

    It’s the only way for some retro experiences though. If that’s the only way I can play a game, I’ll VM it.

    6 votes
  12. Comment on Rat Park in ~tech

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    Took me a little longer than it should have to realize what was going on here. TLDR: someone is having a little AI psychosis event, and this is some output from their LLM.

    Took me a little longer than it should have to realize what was going on here.

    TLDR: someone is having a little AI psychosis event, and this is some output from their LLM.

    7 votes
  13. Comment on US begins blockade in Strait of Hormuz in ~society

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    https://apnews.com/article/iran-hormuz-shipping-tolls-china-de5159966cde7de7b964b3c2c67eec07

    https://apnews.com/article/iran-hormuz-shipping-tolls-china-de5159966cde7de7b964b3c2c67eec07

    Iranian communications to the United Nations maritime authority and the experience of ships transiting the strait suggest the creation of something akin to a “toll booth.” Ships must enter Iranian waters and be vetted by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. At least two vessels have paid for passage.

    5 votes
  14. Comment on US begins blockade in Strait of Hormuz in ~society

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    Because they buy 85% of Iran’s oil and they want that oil very much?

    Because they buy 85% of Iran’s oil and they want that oil very much?

    7 votes
  15. Comment on US begins blockade in Strait of Hormuz in ~society

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    Except it isn’t really doing much to neuter Iran. Even if they sweep all the mines, Iran still has the threat of drones and ballistic missiles. The strait will open when Iran says so. The world...

    Except it isn’t really doing much to neuter Iran. Even if they sweep all the mines, Iran still has the threat of drones and ballistic missiles. The strait will open when Iran says so. The world economy continues to suffer while the negotiations proceed. At most it removes oil revenues from Iran.

    11 votes
  16. Comment on US begins blockade in Strait of Hormuz in ~society

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    Takes I have seen so far:

    Takes I have seen so far:

    You’re not blockading me, I’m blockading you.

    No u

    Yo dawg, i heard you like blockades so I put a blockade in your blockade so you can blockade while you blockade

    Nice blockade. Be a shame if someone blockaded it.

    uno reverse blockade.

    Look at me. I’m the blockade now.

    29 votes
  17. Comment on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungary election in ~society

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    This is still Hungary. https://www.equaldex.com/surveys/justifiability-of-homosexuality Only 17.51% of Hungarians think that homosexuality can be justified. 54.25% say it can’t be justified. Even...

    This is still Hungary.

    https://www.equaldex.com/surveys/justifiability-of-homosexuality

    Only 17.51% of Hungarians think that homosexuality can be justified. 54.25% say it can’t be justified. Even a lot of their more progressive people are still socially conservative compared to America.

    17 votes
  18. Comment on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home targeted with molotov cocktail in ~tech

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    Paper Mario I guess, which I haven’t played. The last Mario game I played was probably super Mario 3. I didn’t know it was a thing.

    Paper Mario I guess, which I haven’t played. The last Mario game I played was probably super Mario 3. I didn’t know it was a thing.

    1 vote
  19. Comment on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home targeted with molotov cocktail in ~tech

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    I don’t get it? Like I get Mario and Luigi are both video game characters from the same game but beyond that… do I need to play the game to get it?

    Paper Mario

    I don’t get it? Like I get Mario and Luigi are both video game characters from the same game but beyond that… do I need to play the game to get it?

    6 votes
  20. Comment on Am I German or autistic? in ~health.mental

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    It’s interesting that there is no option for “I don’t have an inner monologue”. I have one, a loud one, which is saying the things I’m typing right now, but I know this is not universal and some...

    It’s interesting that there is no option for “I don’t have an inner monologue”. I have one, a loud one, which is saying the things I’m typing right now, but I know this is not universal and some people are completely without.

    15 votes