purplemonkeymad

@purplemonkeymad@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotifies come and Spotifies go, but that folder of badly-sorted MP3s will still be there in the 2050s.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I have that too! I also have that one folder of random shit that I’ve avoided sorting for the last 20 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨number box o number box⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But a grid can just be a number with a list of numbers. A tensor is just two numbers with a list of numbers. A n-tensor is just two lists of numbers. Two lists can be combined with a number to indicate when they split. If we put that number at the start of the list, then we just have a list.

  Everything is just a list of numbers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Frances Ryan: Young people want to ‘go private’ – I’m a lifelong supporter of the NHS, but I can see why⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t help that the Tories were “stressing” the NHS for years, which makes it harder for things to get back on track.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This website is for humans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Images might be even less, it looks like a fair amount of the site is inline SVG.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You would kinda notice the disk usage. Last I saw it was quite image heavy and could use a fair amount if you had a lot of activity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Water Snek⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah sorry, I was slightly off, they used their own embedded browser in the app. So your external browser does not save the history as it was not used.

  krausefx.com/…/ios-privacy-instagram-and-facebook…

  Yea didn’t realise it was just an image, I was responding to the “doesn’t show in history” comment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Water Snek⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In case you are interested, facebook now opens links in a site of thier’s, but it contains an embedded window of the site you were linked to. This means that facebook can follow any other links you follow while on that site. It has the site effect of you not visiting that site but instead facebook’s “hidden window” shows in the history.

  It has no practical reason to exist other than allowing them to gather more data.

  Some mobile browsers might have an add-in to auto-break you out of the window.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG’s Freedom To Buy Campaign Gives Away Controversial Games For Free To Protest Censorship⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They no longer require authy for time based codes, so I would update to use an authenticator app when you next get in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Iirc there was a previous attempt to patch this, it would appear a slight variation was not fixed in the patch. Might be why people are saying zero day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users - Press Gazette⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Something simple that people would ask why you want it. Also needs to be non-aggressive. Like non-content traffic. Why would you want something that is not the content?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp Deploys AI, for Those Incapable of Comprehending Straightforward Messages From Their Friends and Family⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So is this the reason that I see massive full page ads saying that WhatsApp is secure? They are worried that introducing ai will make everyone worried it can read all the messages? Or is it that just that they now have a way to read your messages?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Summer Sale is on! Discuss deals in the comments and recommend some great games!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s probably all still in litigation. A big defensive for legal challenges such as this is to prespone as much as possible to run out funds for the claiment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to "Reformat" a Hardrive the American way⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on the drive. Glass or other ceramics were used at some point, but anything that is not magnetic should work. As long as it can be made completely flat and will withstand the spin speed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reminder that you do not own digital games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll give them props that they are going to refund owners for the bit they can, I would have expected most stores so to go “oh well! we have been ordered to remove it, sucks to be you.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A man attempted to transfer files from his Commodore 64 to his Apple computer. 1984⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The printed sheets on the wall looks a bit too good as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are most people who avoid turn signals do it to feel more normal? (Imitating their parents, avoiding perceived stupidity of using turn signals when it seems useless, etc)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Saving it for what? If they are not using it anyway it’s not going to get used later either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who did this 😂😂😂⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I see people be like “can we use b: for the backup drive” and it just feels wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨public services of an entire german state switches from Microsoft to open source (Libreoffice, Linux, Nextcloud, Thunderbird)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey it’s getting better! They recently worked hard for months to add the very niche and almost never used feature of adding a shared mailbox’s folder to your favourites! I mean, with features like that you should expect the dev time to be long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WHERE ARE MY PRECISION SCREWDRIVERS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually looks like an anti removal screw. The inner edges of the plus are sloped, but only in the direction to unscrew.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can now use authenticator apps to keep your GOG account secure!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, and added.

  Although it would have been nice if I could “upgrade” from email based 2step instead of having to disable it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sure thing, website, my name is Gabe Newell⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I always use info@ and then whatever domain I’m visiting. If they want to send emails to it, then they best be putting up with it themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'End of 10' to Windows 10 Users: The Environment Wants You to Use Linux⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that many people want to buy Windows Enterprise, which they typically want you to also buy a support contract for.

  Unless you pirated it, but I don’t think telling people to “just run this pirate code” is that good of an idea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps she only used an extra core, GB or so on her friends’ servers?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company's code was written by AI | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Was the auto complete in visual studio not a “trained” set before the llm craze kicked off? Would not surprise me if they decided to include that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla's "Predictive" Odometers Had 9+ Drivers Complaining of Inaccuracy Before Lawsuit. We Even Found Video!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ui team probably not connected to milage cheating team. This is the kind of thing you can’t do test cases for, so unexpected “bugs” will get out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky may soon add blue check verification⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Coming from a technical side, I don’t think that would be difficult. It’s not like you would have to hand control of the subdomain over to them, DNS verification codes can just be given to those who’s control the domain, they are public information. But that’s just my opinion.

  Thanks for the info.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky may soon add blue check verification⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought that was the point of the domain verification for your handle? That way you can be verified as you have the same handle as your official website or business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft starts final Windows Recall testing before rollout⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, no ,no. You roll out a wildly overreaching implementation so everyone one is upset, that way you can release a just mostly overreaching version and everyone thinks it’s better than what you tried last time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Satisfactory now has controller support, so there’s no excuse for your bad lines⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  PC for the Game, Laptop for Satisfactory Modeller, tablet for wiki, and a paper notepad and pen for writing down numbers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Power is not energy: why the difference matters [Technology Connections]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The one that I think more people misunderstand is temperature Vs heat Vs something feeling hot/cold. One is a property, one is energy, and the other is the transfer of energy.