tyler
@tyler@programming.dev
- Comment on Tiny pp 1 week ago:
Pretty sure there was a study that actually showed big trucks correlated with big penises. Crazy.
- Comment on Be happy if you woke up today and your throat didn’t hurt. 2 weeks ago:
Weirdly enough, I literally can right now. Usually I cannot. I don’t remember the last time this was the case and I would not have noticed without this post.
- Comment on New largest prime number discovered by former Nvidia software engineer 3 weeks ago:
They literally told you how it’s used for practical applications and you just ignored it. It makes cryptography stronger, hence your password less likely to be broken. National secrets less likely to be leaked. Your identity less likely to be stolen.
- Comment on New largest prime number discovered by former Nvidia software engineer 3 weeks ago:
No first time ever. This isn’t a supercomputer, it’s a distributed cloud network that they’re referring to as a supercomputer because it has a lot of power. It’s not a supercomputer in any other sense of the word, as it’s set up on cloud providers around the globe rather than in one location in the same room.
- Comment on Why do "realistic" AI results for man/woman have non-proportion big heads compared to their bodies? 3 weeks ago:
My guess is focal length. Most facial photos with tons of detail will be close up selfies with a short focal length, thus increasing size of the face proportionally.
- Comment on Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon 4 weeks ago:
You’re just being disingenuous.
- Comment on I don't want to call Twitter X out of spite, but calling the travesty that is X Twitter is an insult to the people that made Twitter what it was. 1 month ago:
That’s not the case at all, though it’s very often believed to be and stated as such on here and Reddit.
- Comment on Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text 1 month ago:
You’re literally using a service there that isn’t the case for.
- Comment on Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate. 1 month ago:
The stats disagree with you, so your anecdotes don’t really mean anything…
- Comment on Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text 1 month ago:
It’s not an either or. It’s _if it’s free, you’re the product _. That’s it. It’s not saying anything about if you pay for it.
- Comment on Had to read it 3 times to make sure 1 month ago:
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 1 month ago:
I use a Logitech mouse and do not have the problems you are talking about.
- Comment on Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy 1 month ago:
You tried three in person places and then went straight to Amazon? Why not trying to buy directly from the manufacturer? You clearly didn’t try at all. Ignoring the fact that there are still plenty of other retail stores, you didn’t even try the online shops of any of your retail stores.
- Comment on After seeing Wi-Fi network named “STINKY,” Navy found hidden Starlink dish on US warship 2 months ago:
Hmm I got Starlink earlier this year and I don’t remember it having a default. I think it asked me to set the ssid immediately.
- Comment on YSK: It's possible to get search results from Google without the annoying 'AI' answers at the top 2 months ago:
I think the price won’t come down until they get more subscribers. I agree that 300 isn’t enough for any sort of software dev, but it’s fine if you’re careful about your searches. I went the first trial month keeping it under 300. When I started paying for 1000 then it was easy to keep it under that. Then they switched it to unlimited which is nice, but I still hardly ever go over 1k. If there was a 1k option I would definitely go with that since you only pay fractions of a cent per search after that so I would save money.
- Comment on Chick-fil-A is reportedly launching a streaming service for some reason 2 months ago:
And plenty of owners of other companies support even worse orgs, I don’t get your point. What the owners do in their free time honestly doesn’t mean jack shit. NASA uses SpaceX whose owner is currently one of the most bigoted people on the planet. Do you still support NASA?
- Comment on Chick-fil-A is reportedly launching a streaming service for some reason 2 months ago:
As do every company? Is this news?
- Comment on Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 2 months ago:
You switched from talking about network settings to now talking about troubleshooting!!! Can’t even have a consistent narrative! I mean at least try dude.
- Comment on Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 2 months ago:
I’m not assuming anything. He’s suggesting it as a solution. If your suggestion of a solution is to switch distros then Linux is not ready to be a desktop env. And I’ve seen multiple people recommend KDE as a “solution” to people’s problems so forgive me if I took them suggesting it as a solution as them suggesting it as a solution.
- Comment on Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 2 months ago:
However, there are companies selling direct support, and communities focused on specific topics, and wikis run by some of the most popular linux distributions, and classes, and books, and various other good information sources.
You literally said that.
I use Linux all the time. I have an unraid server in my basement with about 50 docker containers. I run Debian to run a lemmy instance. I use windows for gaming, and I use Mac for software dev. Linux works fantastic for servers. As a desktop os it’s shit.
As for “what we did that led to Linux breaking”, that’s just a hilarious question. Go to your Linux wikis and forums and read there. It will literally just break plugging in the wrong device. This isn’t a “my friend and I”. This is every software dev I’ve ever talked to that has used Linux, including ones that currently use it.
Your last comment there is the exact point I’m trying to make. If you have to learn anything in order to literally make the OS function (e.g. even set up a monitor) then Linux will never go mainstream. That’s just a fact.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
None of that started to happen until Altman overthrew the board (effectively) and now those board members that cared about that stuff are gone. Turns out the board was right about him.
- Comment on YSK: It's possible to get search results from Google without the annoying 'AI' answers at the top 2 months ago:
Firefox supports custom search on iOS mobile.
- Comment on YSK: It's possible to get search results from Google without the annoying 'AI' answers at the top 2 months ago:
Kagi is better than all of them besides your own SearXNG setup. I’ve always thought DDG was bad, but man Kagi is like going back to the good ole days of Google in the 2000s.
- Comment on The Exciting Return of Backyard Sports: A Nostalgic Revival | Retro Gaming News 24/7 2 months ago:
Man I fucking loved backyard sports. There wasn’t a a bad game in the series.
- Comment on Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 2 months ago:
You do not need to use PS to manage network settings. And no normal user has any clue that exchange even exists much less needing to modify it. And saying that PS doesn’t have good documentation is laughable comparing it to bash. Listen, I hate windows just as much as you all do, but it is most definitely more user friendly than any Linux distribution out there. No windows user ever needs to even touch PS much less program network settings with it. Literally the fact that you need to even open the app at all is a massive fucking downside to Linux. Users don’t want to type out “weird incantations”. They want to click a button, select from a dropdown, or in the case of many many many drivers, do absolutely nothing at all.
The fact that you had to call out a specific nonstandard desktop environment to support your case for Linux being easy to use is exactly the point that several other people in this thread are trying to make.
- Comment on Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 2 months ago:
I’ve run Linux on custom built gaming computers. You still get all the same problems that dude is talking about. And no, forums and wikis are not a replacement for the os just working. A good analogy for Linux that a friend came up with. “Linux is a tank, it can blast through anything, you can do tons with it. But it doesn’t come with a cup holder. You decide to install one. But when you do so the shift lever doesn’t work anymore. So you move the shift knob over, now the AC doesn’t work. You fix that and now the tank won’t turn right, unless the AC is off.” You get the point.
- Comment on Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 2 months ago:
Whoosh. This happens literally every time anyone comments about how difficult Linux is, someone just recommends some other distro or obscure fix (this time a new desktop). You’re literally missing the actual problem here because you’re always trying to solve strange problems on Linux. The fact that you know a solution to this and the solution isn’t continue using your current system but instead install a new graphical interface is the exact problem that the person you’re responding to is complaining about.
- Comment on Happy Birthday 2 months ago:
Might not be a native English speaker.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I know others are saying otherwise, and they probably know more than me, but I find it incredibly weird for a pressure drain fitting to be on the supply side. Why would that be there? The pressure should never be getting that low there and even if it does, you don’t need a drain because the supply side should be buried deep enough that it doesn’t need draining for the winter anyway.
- Comment on Cords 2 months ago:
The power can go through the female end just fine, that’s not the problem. The problem is people plug this “suicide cable” into the wall first, thus creating a 120v taser of sorts. Like someone else in this thread said, the only problem from cables like that is people tend to try to backfeed energy into the system with a generator or solar panels. Boom.
