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Comment on Starter comments on Tildes? in ~tildes
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
Zorind Link ParentI made Mapo Tofu tonight! I mostly follow the recipe I have from “The Wok Book” by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt (or the one posted to SeriousEats as an excerpt, except I use way more pork than it calls for...I made Mapo Tofu tonight!
I mostly follow the recipe I have from “The Wok Book” by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt (or the one posted to SeriousEats as an excerpt, except I use way more pork than it calls for and I have to use mapo tofu sauce instead of the fermented bean paste since I haven’t found it (I think I’ve just been looking for the wrong name for the stuff the Asian groceries near me carry)).
Recipe Link: https://www.seriouseats.com/real-deal-mapo-dofu-tofu-chinese-sichuan-recipe
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Comment on Drinking coffee from a cup made of coffee in ~food
Zorind LinkSeems food-unsafe to me with the honey and agar, but I don’t actually know anything about food safety or material science. Using it as a plant pot seems cool though!Seems food-unsafe to me with the honey and agar, but I don’t actually know anything about food safety or material science.
Using it as a plant pot seems cool though!
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 7 in ~sports.american_football
Zorind Link ParentNever in doubt. Yeah that game was a wild ride, basically had similar reactions while watching. The few long pass plays the Broncos did before the 4th quarter where Bo just slightly overthrew the...7:38 (me to friend): I BOLIEVE
7:39 (me to friend) I need to delete some messages
Never in doubt. Yeah that game was a wild ride, basically had similar reactions while watching.
The few long pass plays the Broncos did before the 4th quarter where Bo just slightly overthrew the ball were rough, because they happened last week too. The opportunities were there, but the ball was just a few yards too far downfield. But it’s also hard for me to tell if that’s a bad pass or if the WR slowed down or didn’t have the burst out of a cut that Bo was expecting. I’d have to find an all 22 cast or something.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 7 in ~sports.american_football
Zorind LinkDid anyone watch the Broncos game? I cannot believe they pulled it off. It’s gotta be a failure on the defense more than it was success on the Broncos side, and I think literally cards fell...Did anyone watch the Broncos game?
I cannot believe they pulled it off. It’s gotta be a failure on the defense more than it was success on the Broncos side, and I think literally cards fell perfectly for them to be able to win.
No way they have a shot without the interception the Broncos defense got (or at least, would’ve required an onside kick). Which…a pass play was a bold call by the Giants.
What a game tho
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 7 in ~sports.american_football
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Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk
Zorind Link ParentWell, you have to differentiate it from non-wizard based cursesWell, you have to differentiate it from non-wizard based curses
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Comment on What code editor / IDE do you use (2025)? in ~comp
Zorind Link ParentI use VSCode with the vim extension on my work computer, but on my home computer for (fairly limited) use, it’s neovim all the way. I have it set up with WSL :) I mainly just use it for...I use VSCode with the vim extension on my work computer, but on my home computer for (fairly limited) use, it’s neovim all the way.
I have it set up with WSL :)
I mainly just use it for plaintextaccounting, not programming though…I’m not sure I could go back to regularly programming without the code hints etc I get from VS code. Though I do have some macros and shortcuts setup with neovim (but I don’t recall the exact plugin) to make repeated blocks easier for the budgeting I do with it, so I’m sure I could track down an extension for code hints.
I just wish Godot supported vim better, it might get me to actually make something.
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Comment on Introducing Beads: A coding agent memory system in ~comp
Zorind LinkI am a Software Engineer, and I’m very much an AI-Luddite. Not necessarily an AI-doomer, and I do believe that AI has some use-cases in coding (I mean it ingested all of Stack Overflow so it’s...I am a Software Engineer, and I’m very much an AI-Luddite. Not necessarily an AI-doomer, and I do believe that AI has some use-cases in coding (I mean it ingested all of Stack Overflow so it’s easier to ask it questions than ask Stack Overflow questions…but also that’s dooming its usefulness to “known” issues and “known” languages with lots of questions already asked on Stack Overflow. On small things or new languages without documentation they’ve ingested, they haven’t been that useful to me.)
I haven’t tried any “agentic” AI workflows, because where I work doesn’t support it, and I don’t have any side-projects I’m trying to code in my free time currently.
It seems to me like these AI agents are basically like junior SWEs or interns, who can write code but don’t necessarily have the depth of system knowledge to do more than simple tasks at a time. And that’s great, this guy has now put together something that can track their tasks so they can work more cohesively. Just like a big project using something like Jira (or ideally something better), that junior SWEs could use when working on larger projects to prioritize and add tasks. Except now, instead of junior SWEs getting experience, there won’t be anything for them to do, and they’ll never get past being junior SWEs.
I do see how agentic workflows could be useful for complex hobby-projects, where the limiting factor for a single dev doing hobby work is time.
But I really hope businesses will keep juniors around and not move to fully agentic workflows, or we’ll end up with no jobs and no senior SWEs. And just system design folks who have the best solution to a problem as “delete it, and restart from scratch with better architecture”, rather than smart software approaches and architecture in the first place.
Please be aware that Claude will refrain from mentioning the fact that it likes to delete the entire fuckin’ database with DROP TABLE. We eventually solved that by switching to git, and but it’ll still happily delete the database file. Or the whole repo.
lmao
Also I am a bit flabbergasted that it took the author 350,000 lines of TypeScript being written by his AI agents to realize that maybe TypeScript was a bad choice.
Though maybe I’m being a bit harsh, I don’t really know anything about Yegge and his software experience, but from a brief google search he does have more of a history/experience in Software than I do lol.
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Comment on Updated 2025 fall vaccine guide in ~health
Zorind LinkIn Ohio, I got my flu and covid shots ~2 weeks ago. The pharmacist just asked if I qualified by having any of the “high-risk conditions”, and immediately followed that question with “if you say...In Ohio, I got my flu and covid shots ~2 weeks ago.
The pharmacist just asked if I qualified by having any of the “high-risk conditions”, and immediately followed that question with “if you say no, I cannot give you the vaccine, but we do no checking if you say yes”.
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Comment on The Oatmeal: A cartoonist's review of AI art in ~comics
Zorind LinkI saw this today (from a post on Mastodon) and almost shared it here!I saw this today (from a post on Mastodon) and almost shared it here!
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Comment on AI slop is killing our channel in ~tech
Zorind LinkA new kurzgesagt video, about how AI slop is "poisoning" the "library of human knowledge", and how it is affecting Kurzgesagt. Includes a bit at the end of how they'll be use AI (LLMs) going...A new kurzgesagt video, about how AI slop is "poisoning" the "library of human knowledge", and how it is affecting Kurzgesagt.
Includes a bit at the end of how they'll be use AI (LLMs) going forward (and how they won't trust it for doing the research phase or for fact checking).
Sources link from their description: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-aislop
Sidebar: I used the title I saw, but anyone with edit privileges feel free to de-sensationalize it if you can think of a better one.
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AI slop is killing our channel
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 5 in ~sports.american_football
Zorind LinkFor sure some crazy/unexpected games this week IMO. I wasn’t expecting the Broncos to beat the Eagles, and I don’t think really anyone else was. A crazy 4th quarter in that game. The Patriots...For sure some crazy/unexpected games this week IMO.
I wasn’t expecting the Broncos to beat the Eagles, and I don’t think really anyone else was. A crazy 4th quarter in that game.
The Patriots Bills game on Sunday night was wild and close, and then same thing last night with the Jaguars Chiefs game.
Absolutely hilarious game-winning touchdown by the Jaguars.
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Comment on Travel essentials: eight items to pack for your next trip – and what to leave at home in ~travel
Zorind Link ParentOk that sounds super interesting to me, but also not sure what you mean by tailnet? I’d love to be pointed at something if you’ve got docs. I’m a techy guy but I’m also very lazy and so haven’t...Ok that sounds super interesting to me, but also not sure what you mean by tailnet?
I’d love to be pointed at something if you’ve got docs. I’m a techy guy but I’m also very lazy and so haven’t gotten around to ever setting up a pihole even though I’ve wanted to
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Comment on Swedish startup Saveggy launches pilot scheme for edible, plastic-free packaging for cucumbers – innovative solution made from just two ingredients: rapeseed oil and gluten-free oat oil in ~food
Zorind Link ParentI think it might depend on the type of cucumber. My local grocery store (in Ohio, USA) sells “normal” cucumbers unwrapped, but sells English Cucumbers wrapped in plastic (sometimes in a two-pack,...I think it might depend on the type of cucumber. My local grocery store (in Ohio, USA) sells “normal” cucumbers unwrapped, but sells English Cucumbers wrapped in plastic (sometimes in a two-pack, where each individual cucumber is wrapped in plastic and then the two pack is also wrapped in plastic).
The “normal” cucumbers are ‘American Garden Cucumbers’ from a cursory google search that are a little shorter and thicker, and apparently have a thicker skin.
Whereas the “English” cucumbers are longer are skinner, and apparently are usually wrapped in plastic for protection and longevity because their skin is thinner.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Zorind Link ParentWait, so on a cable car, the “brakes” grip the cable and then cause the car to move? So basically the opposite of how a cars brakes work, where the brake applies pressure to stop? That’s neat!Wait, so on a cable car, the “brakes” grip the cable and then cause the car to move?
So basically the opposite of how a cars brakes work, where the brake applies pressure to stop?
That’s neat!
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Zorind Link ParentYeah, but Joe’s an asshole (/s). I do think that, as a programmer, when I see someone refer to “the devs” I often do initially think of the programmers themselves first, even if the comment is...Yeah, but Joe’s an asshole (/s).
I do think that, as a programmer, when I see someone refer to “the devs” I often do initially think of the programmers themselves first, even if the comment is much more likely refer to the game development company as a whole.
I’m sure there are people who mean it both ways, and sometimes, for smaller companies at least, there isn’t necessarily a huge difference between the devs (read: programmers/software developers) and the devs (read: everything else that has to get done). And even then, the fault of why the bug is still in the game could be on either side.
Programming is hard, but prioritizing is harder.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 4 in ~sports.american_football
Zorind Link ParentI’m a pretty big fan of Baker, at least from when I’ve caught him playing last season and this season. I think the first 3 games this year all had him leading the Bucs to win in a 2 minute drill,...I’m a pretty big fan of Baker, at least from when I’ve caught him playing last season and this season.
I think the first 3 games this year all had him leading the Bucs to win in a 2 minute drill, which, while not great, were absolutely a treat to watch as a mostly-neutral.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 4 in ~sports.american_football
Zorind Link ParentI am also not a Rodgers fan, but him standing back during the rush-push, and then later throwing a block, were very funny to me.I am also not a Rodgers fan, but him standing back during the rush-push, and then later throwing a block, were very funny to me.
Don’t let tagging hold you back from making posts! Posting entirely without tags is perfectly fine, but I think usually a source tag is probably the most important, followed by maybe a general topic tag if it’s a more specific topic than the group itself you’re posting the topic to.
The only tag I’d definitely try to make sure to include is “politics” if the post is political in nature, just so those that filter politics out don’t have to see it before it gets tagged by the helpful tag fairies.