Semi-Hemi-Demigod

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Relevant song

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Of course, I’m in support of neutering all companion animals to ease the stray population and the strain on shelters, regardless of breed or species. Breed specific laws are only one step towards fixing the larger problem.

Bob Barker is smiling down on you from heaven for this

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

At least it's not Windows vs. Apple anymore

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

A lot of open source software is written by people working for corporations. Red Hat may have started out as a plucky co-op but it's now part of IBM. MySQL is written primarily by Oracle. The fact that the source is open doesn't mean it's all volunteer work.

That doesn't mean it wasn't a massive transfer of wealth, just that for a lot of it people were paid a fraction of the wealth they created rather than none at all.

Sidenote: Here's a good article about how software developers can wage class warfare. Some tips are: Don't help other people learn things, never write documentation, and make your code as opaque as possible so your boss doesn't get anything from you for free.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Look at Mr. "I can pay all my bills with one paycheck" over here. Must be nice.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

“Never trust a machine you can’t throw out a window.” - Steve Wozniak

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Cubicles break things up. To maximize synergy we need an open floor plan so everyone can hear and see everyone else.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

I think it’s because they can’t pull people into their office and give them illegal or unethical tasks off the record. Slack and email all leave a paper trail.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

At best the studies show there’s not much difference between WFH and in an office. Some show an increase for one or the other but on average it’s the same.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

If you’re doing something you love for a company you’re gonna have a bad time.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Yours is a sane and reasonable approach. Sometimes you need to drive down to the datacenter and push a button, or there's special equipment you need that is cheaper to have in one place. These jobs should be in person when necessary.

Pushing people to commute outside of this framework puts unnecessary strain on transportation networks and useless emissions in the environment.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Elon Musk: speedruns enshittification on Xitter

Unity: "Hold my beer"

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

A long, long time ago in an internship far, far away, I encountered a user who did not need management. He remembered his passwords without writing them down, even as they changed. He could be trusted to apply software patches himself and return the media the same day. He needed nothing more from us than a friendly hello.

It has been over six hundred million seconds since then and I have yet to encounter another user such as this.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Got mine earlier this year and it was totally worth it. Best ten minute surgery followed by a weekend on the couch ever. 10/10 would recommend.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

If you’ve got an experienced doc it’s basically just wearing baggy pants and avoiding ball taps for a couple weeks. Mine did ten or fifteen a week and I barely felt a thing. If the pain is keeping anyone from doing it they should reconsider.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

I had the same experience but the worst part was the month I had to still use condoms before they verified I was shooting blanks.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

I don't know enough about Voyager to know if this actually happened, but I know enough about Voyager to know it probably happened.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Didn't you hear? The master race has such powerful gums they don't need teeth.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

I hope it was a plucky group of teens who were sticking it to the man and they're gonna use that money to save a rec center or something

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

But what if Will Smith ended up slapping Zelenskiy? How crazy would that have been? I don't think Mr. Penn understands the forces he's dealing with here.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

All of Johnny's covers are fantastic. His cover of Tom Petty's Won't Back Down with Tom singing backup vocals, for example.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Am I really weird in that all this coverage of cables and wired headphones seems irrelevant? Bluetooth headphones are cheap, wireless chargers are cheap, and other than a slight change in behavior they work the same with some extra conveniences.

Is it really that weird that I never plug my phone into anything?

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

I’m having the same experience and I was worried at first that breaking news wouldn’t get to me quickly, but that hasn’t been the case.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Lightning connectors are definitely worse than USB-C, but when they were introduced the alternative was micro USB which is objectively worse than Lightning cables.

Of course, with wireless charging I haven't used an actual cable in five years so it doesn't matter that much to me.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Touch grass.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Green ones are only used for decorative reasons, so the suppliers may make fewer green cords thus driving up the price.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Hunger is the feeling of fat leaving the body.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Thanks! Simple things like this are what helped me a lot. Another was the fact that humans use most of their calories maintaining body temperature. So while you do burn more calories while exercising in warm weather, staying cold will cause higher continuous calorie burn.

So the secret to weight loss is to be cold and hungry, and to supplement this with forced labor. Using these methods I was able to get into the best shape of my life.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

“Possible microbial life hundreds of light years away” isn’t nearly as fun as “They’re here and they have infinite energy devices.”

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

"Out of my league" also removes the other person's agency. Maybe they really like people who look like you, despite what popular culture implies. By approaching someone with that attitude you've already made their decision for them, which isn't fair.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Someone should make noncredibledaystrom. Then we could have Florks at Quark's.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

For what?!

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

I prefer Roku because it's pretty trivial to block their ads and tracking, and I can add and remove channels and features pretty easily. Now if they started forcing me to have certain channels that would change. Plus you can use it as a dumb TV without connecting it to the Internet, and even set it to use an HDMI in by default so you never see the OS.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

There's lots of places like sports bars that send TV signals from a central location and need the TVs to stay on the selected input, so I don't think we'll see it go away entirely. It may move to displays that cater specifically to that use case, however.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Whoever made Jira's markup syntax: Straight to jail.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Thankfully these days I spend most of my time in Confluence, which supports Markdown

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

If I didn't have to work, I'd probably end up doing the same job I am now but for schools and local government, rather than for large companies. And I'd also be doing things like building and maintaining community gardens, or teaching anyone who wanted to learn what I know, because then there's more people to help me out and I can relax more.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

4K UHD needs a bandwidth of at least 10.2 Gbps, so this could drive eleven 4K displays

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

What’s possible for web apps today is insane considering where it started. I remember when AJAX was a brand new technology, and now you can do videoconferences with screenshare right in a web browser.

I think the push toward apps is because of influence from mobile. Everyone wants their own app, just like everyone wanted a dot com in the 90s. Hopefully we’ll stabilize around browsers and open standards.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Not just privacy reform, but also mandated interoperability between services

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

I love how I can have an idea for a meme and then it just shows up

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

The most important person in Starfleet history

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Elon lacks the style of Zorg, and indeed the Robber Barons of our previous Gilded Age. All of the buildings they make are ugly glass squares. All of their initiatives are self-serving. Carnegie was an asshole, but at least he could commission something beautiful.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Touch screen computers also don’t make sense ergonomically. There’s a lot more arm and hand movement on a touchscreen compared to even a mouse, so you’ll get tired quicker.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Anyone who's read any fantasy knows not to mess around with the faye. I'll wait for the next version unless that one's named Cthulhu.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Why are you actively trying to avoid learning how to write the loop? Are you planning to have ChatGPT fill in your loop templates for the rest of your life?

First, how is this different from having your IDE fill in your loop templates?

Second, no, of course I learn how to do it and then copy/paste from my existing code like a normal person.

Third, this is much more customizable. The example I gave is pretty simple, but you can explain algorithms to ChatGPT and have it figure it out.

Finally, I'm usually doing this for a customer in a language I'll never use again. Last week it was LabView. My role has me writing proofs-of-concept for customers frequently so I'm not going to learn something I'll never use again.

It’s going to be slower overall than just using the reference and learning how to do it.

Not when you're not familiar with the syntax and don't have an IDE set up for it.

other than people who are just impressed when you can do anything with a computer.

This happens in my job a lot more than I'm comfortable with.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Sounds like a skill issue. The company I was working for at the time had been fully remote since its founding and we were totally used to zoom meetings. We barely skipped a beat when COVID hit.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 9 months ago

Ah, yeah, that sort of thing kinda needs to be in person. I was selling software so the demo was on a screen anyway so it didn't matter if the screen was in the same room.

Too bad the metaverse sucks so much because that would be perfect for your use case.