AlecSadler

@AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"It seems likely Elon Musk has lost over half of the UK twitter daily audience by now"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What does a flat roofed pub mean? (Serious)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a software engineer I’m down to help out on this, free of charge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Par for the course based on Uber’s history. I stopped using them in lieu of a local/community app…which is honestly absolute garbage, but it is essentially completely pass-through and free for my local area restaurants to use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I’m Lovin’ It: Exploiting McDonald’s India APIs to hijack deliveries and order food for a penny⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fantastic read!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JetKVM's Source Code is now public! ✨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For me, they’re also useful because a lot of my jobs don’t allow remote software to be installed on laptops, so I use something like this to be able to remote in still.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump sides with Musk in right-wing row over worker visas⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but in the same vein he can go scorched earth on everything to his own benefit because this is it. And that’s dangerous too.

  I’m still not convinced we’ll see a 2028 election but I’d be happy to be proven wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$1K a month is a good deal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Dang that’s a good deal (I’m joking).

  I would have to pay ~$1800/mo for just my wife and I for mediocre coverage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$1K a month is a good deal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Geographic American here.

  I just left a job with a health plan for my wife and I, to continue coverage would cost me ~$1810/mo OOP. And, yes, I would then still need to pay more to hit my OOP Maximum.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA | Trump threatens to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on first day in office⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You and I both know they’ll blame democrats, liberals, LGBTQ, DEI etc.

  They won’t blame him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sling TV’s streaming TV price goes up by $5.99 next month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy crap when I first subscribed to Sling (like when they first launched) it was like $6.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex redesigns its app to look more like a streaming service⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My friend has a 5gbps fiber line in their home and also hosts some 30TB+ of content for friends & family. It’s easy to use. It is quite nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reading this thread that does appear to be the case, that’s insane. Fuck Elon again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Rear doors have manual overrides too.

  Not simping for Elon, fuck him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capsaicin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This might be the best comment I’ve read all night.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The feds are coming for John Deere over the right to repair: The farm equipment giant has fought against letting farmers repair their own equipment for years⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate myself for buying a John Deere tractor, but it was up to $5000 less than any comparable competitor at the time, included a 5 year service contract, and was 0.9% financing.

  I’m in a better place financially now, so when I can and need to, I’m absolutely getting something different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon tech workers leaving for other jobs in response to return to office mandate⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems right. I have a friend who works for Amazon and lives in Portland, OR. They’re asking them to relocate to Seattle to RTO. Now they’re debating if they even want to stay at the company. Supposedly they have until EOY to decide.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CNN will start locking some articles behind a paywall⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  lol RIP

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree this is amazing and huge, but for my own sanity, what stops someone from engineering cells that do bad?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dollar General warns poorer US consumers are running out of money⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No and most didn’t build up savings during the pandemic…we all went into debt or spent savings just to scrape by.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree.

  I also wish Deloitte would stop winning contracts to build their shitty, cobbled together tech solutions for pennies (to the contractors) on the dollar. Their track record for such activity is actually kinda garbage in the industry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are so many leaders in tech evil?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Any good books or other articles on this? I’d be legitimately interested.

  The more money I make or the better off I am, I actually just end up feeling more guilty and giving more away. Frankly, one only needs so much, after that if you can improve the quality of life of those around you it makes everything better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seriously. I won’t buy Nothing-anything at this point over this move. Carl Pei can fuck right off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the better game...The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Final Fantasy VII?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I found an Android version but the reviews are really hit or miss…I might give it a try.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the better game...The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Final Fantasy VII?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Any reasons why? Seriously asking because I had a hell of a time getting into FF9 for some reason, to the point where I actually never finished it.

  I’m leagues older now and, hey, maybe I can go back and appreciate it differently…who knows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the better game...The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Final Fantasy VII?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn you. Nostalgia just hit me hard and I now need to figure out how to play this again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scoop: Yelp's lack of transparency around API charges angers developers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m trying to think what the API would even be for? I don’t think I’ve ever seen Yelp extensions…or integrations…?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stinky Overflow. Plug it?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just want to say this interaction made me happy and I’m glad to have witnessed it. It’s been a shit day and this cheered me up (a little).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone know what happened to the Surface Duo?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Call me crazy, but I loved mine (near the end). No crease, could still multitask fine. The fact it folded shut kept me from opening and doom scrolling as much. Could throw a video on one screen and “tent” the phone easily.

  But yeah, the software took awhile to get even “okay” out the gate and that really hurt the user experience. I felt I was always wrestling with mine over something for the first 6mos even.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Security Firm Discovers Remote Worker Is Really a North Korean Hacker⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems weird…but I have totally done two different job interviews where nobody has their camera on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticed⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, wow.