nullPointer
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Been writing code for a good while. Will probably continue writing code for a while longer.
- Comment on Students’ Leaf Blower Suppressor To Hit Retail 1 month ago:
seems like snake oil. whe using my electric leaf blower all the noise sounds to be coming from the big fan at the top of the device and not the nozzle
- Comment on Did the premise of an entity approaching you only when it's not being viewed originate with Doctor Who's Weeping Angels? 1 month ago:
this is how cats have operated since the beginning of time.
- Comment on When did the show "Suits" suddenly get popular? 1 month ago:
the “Donna box” was super cringe.
- Comment on After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year 1 month ago:
I cancelled too. they were resetting my password and forcing me to create a new one once or twice a week. all because i would use spotify on my desktop and my phone.
they only help they would offer was “you password is not secure”. yes, my 16character random generated password is not secure. fuck em.
- Comment on “Dumb phones” offer an escape from the endless scroll 1 month ago:
or you can practice what is ‘big people’ call: “self control”
- Comment on SpaceX is reportedly building a $1.8 billion network of spy satellites for US intelligence 3 months ago:
root password: “putin6969”
- Comment on Boeing: Last Week Tonight 3 months ago:
no one escapes enshitification
- Comment on What is your preferred method for backing up several TB of data? 4 months ago:
taranap makes use of S3. does a decent deduplication job as well
- Comment on AI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txt 4 months ago:
a bad-bot .htaccess trap.
- Comment on Spotify paid users hit 236M, but losing money, amid Apple battle 4 months ago:
YoutubeDL or spotdl for actually acquiring music. you tube for some discovery, but really have not found a good one for discovery. Spotify was good for that, but getting locked out of my account on a weekly basis(even free tier) is a hard NO for me. Spotify is a bait and switch scam now; they advertise/tout you can use your account on multiple devices, but that is definitely not true.
- Comment on Spotify paid users hit 236M, but losing money, amid Apple battle 4 months ago:
I got caught in a crazy loop of Spotify resetting my password once a week. They offered no help except telling me my 40 char generated password was “not secure enough”. So, I cancelled and deleted the account.
Back to the high seas I guess.
- Comment on Music Piracy Is Back, Baby 4 months ago:
I got caught in a crazy loop of Spotify resetting my password once a week. they offered no help except telling me my 40 char generated password was not secure enough. so I cancelled and deleted the account. the seas are a much more friendly place.
- Comment on Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not 4 months ago:
not really a lead forward, valve index does that.
- Comment on Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen 5 months ago:
“commercial display” is the search term you want.
- Comment on Dissing car brands is console wars for boomers 5 months ago:
Fucked Over Rebuilt Dodge
- Comment on Algorithms instead of source code !! 5 months ago:
“algorithm” is a little too fine grained for what you describe. “software design patterns” is probably what you are looking for.
unfortunately, not all projects call out the patterns they employ.
- Comment on New Star Trek Movie Director Is A Fan And Directed The ‘Black Mirror’ Trek Episode “USS Callister” 5 months ago:
nick named “meth damon”
- Comment on You know when something's on the tip of your tongue and — as frustrating as it is — you'd rather try and think of it rather than look it up? There should be a word for that. 5 months ago:
“stubborn”
- Comment on Apple CEO Tim Cook's total pay drops to $63 million for 2023. 5 months ago:
never you mind sir!
- Comment on Apple CEO Tim Cook's total pay drops to $63 million for 2023. 5 months ago:
I got a picture of his ass in my wallet, if you just wanna kiss that.
- Comment on If Trump and Biden both died today, what would happen? 5 months ago:
some people are happy, some are sad. then we all get on with our miserable lives
- Comment on Honda announces a new line of electric cars, the Honda 0 5 months ago:
I’ve known some people that get really car-sick riding backwards.
- Comment on Honda announces a new line of electric cars, the Honda 0 5 months ago:
the name puts images of “E. Honda” from the street fighter games in my brain.
- Comment on A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks 6 months ago:
even in that world, humans still had to take things to the brink.
- Comment on Reddit now blocks signed out VPN connections. 6 months ago:
change your user agent yo “fuck reddit and fuck you spez v. 1.2.45”
- Comment on IBM releases first-ever 1,000-qubit quantum chip 6 months ago:
will it run crysis tho?
- Comment on Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police 6 months ago:
just tell them there is a black man at the moment of theft, they will get on it lickety split!
- Comment on NASA Plus Streaming: "our new ad-free, no cost, family-friendly streaming service unlocks our Emmy award-winning live coverage, embeds you into our missions through new original video series" 7 months ago:
flying toasters screensaver for life!
- Comment on Apple will honor California's 'right to repair' rules nationwide 8 months ago:
yeah. not because it’s right, but because it’s cheaper.
- Comment on Reddit’s new Contributor Program will let you cash out gold given to your posts by other users in real money. 8 months ago:
schrute-bucks would have a higher exchange rate.