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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨State of federation in git forges⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This kinda sounds similar to how things worked before GitHub, when people just emailed their git patches. Some OSS projects still work that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok To Be Sold To Trump’s Right Wing Billionaire Buddies And Converted Into A Propaganda Mill⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember when Rupert Murdoch’s company bought Myspace. Maybe US TikTok will see the same fate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's only funny when I do it⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Unpopular opinion: Memes like this just further divide the two sides.

  Obviously both sides have crazy, inhumane people on the fringes. But most normal people, regardless of political leaning, did not laugh about any of those three deaths.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vibe coding has turned senior devs into ‘AI babysitters,’ but they say it’s worth it | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d suggest Cursor. I was somewhat anti-AI-coding until my job encouraged it, and Cursor (using Claude 4 Sonnet) gave me that “ohh, now I get it” moment.

  It’s still plenty capable of generating bad code, so it can take a bit of practice to get a feel for how to use it productively.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a self-hosted project that does base64 url decoding in a privacy respecting fashion?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact: Base64url is not quite the same as base64. Its alphabet is slightly different from base64 so its characters can be used in more places (URLs, filenames, etc.).

  I suppose the tool’s name is more clear for those who are aware of those differences, but very unclear for others.

  datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4648#section-5

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨leading ai company⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To me, that just looks like “move fast and break things” taken to an extreme level. Quantity ≠ quality. Honestly, I think it kinda makes the other companies look better, in terms of software quality.

  (I’m going solely by the chart though; I have not installed any of these apps)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky blocks Mississippi users over age verification law⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but that’s a porn site, not Discord, Reddit, Instagram, X, etc. A porn site is at least understandable. I mean, people have had to show ID to buy physical porn for years, so it’s at least not a new concept. (I would never upload my PII in exchange for porn, but I can at least understand the logic.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans’ junk-filled garages are hurting EV adoption, study says⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah that makes sense. Personally, I tend to avoid urban areas if possible. Too much air pollution, noise pollution, light pollution, people… Maybe it’s a sensory thing. I could see how it’s much easier to build a public transit system when everyone’s so close together though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans’ junk-filled garages are hurting EV adoption, study says⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, it’s just so convenient to be able to get in the car and go (unless the destination’s parking situation is really bad).

  Americans value convenience quite a lot. We even trade our personal data for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky blocks Mississippi users over age verification law⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I kinda wish the big companies would do the same and just block the states that pass these laws. Like, the state just loses access to a big chunk of the internet as soon as the bill passes, prompting an uproar and a learning opportunity for those lawmakers.

  Obviously that’s probably unrealistic, but I can dream 🙂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  By verifying that they’re correct…? 🤔

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Balls Clapped⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is probably a dumb question, but I’m always out of the loop: What exactly did this guy (or kid? He looks like he could be in his teens) do to piss everyone off?

  I try not to ask questions that could easily be Googled, but I’d rather not search for “big balls.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Worst part about living in Europe⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  American here. I have seen plenty of roadkill in my lifetime, but none of it was ever a baguette.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Aren’t smart TVs basically dumb TVs when they’re offline?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton’s Lumo AI chatbot: not end-to-end encrypted, not open source⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Again.

  If you own your own domain name, this process is easier. Your email address can stay the same, even when moving to different email services.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn't the US build a bridge here to connect Alaska to the mainland? Are they stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand that this is just a shitpost, but the scaling here is crazy 😆 Alaska is more than twice the size of Texas

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I don’t think Spotify wants to do it, but it’s probably a better option than abandoning their UK users.

  I assume the other streaming options will do the same in the UK market, so probably better to look at self-hosted alternatives, if you’re into that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  +1 for vinyl. The album art, inserts, etc. really adds something to the experience that I had long forgotten over the years of downloading and streaming music.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Like… In general, or are you referring to a particular situation in which that happened?

  I’d disagree with the “never” part, in general. For example, it’s probably good not to know how it feels to murder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I don’t see any reason why I should, despite the “YSK” part

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  🤔 why should I know this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Many years ago, when I was repairing computers for a living, spyware like this was highly frowned upon.

  I haven’t touched Windows in a few years, but I’m still somewhat saddened to see how normalized this has become. Why did society stop valuing privacy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  reputation laundering against Ukraine

  What does this mean?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks! I edited it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A good craftsman never blames their tools

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women are anonymously spilling tea about men in their cities on viral app⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda wild that app stores allow something like that. I wonder how long it’ll take for someone to build the same up, but with the roles reversed: Men anonymously talking about local women 😬

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh. They don’t sound very neutral on the weapons stuff. TIL 😕

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I meant current times, not in the past. Sorry, I assumed that would be obvious. There are also some things I like about Germany, though they have a pretty terrible past.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the first thing I’ve ever disliked about Switzerland (not that I know a lot about the country).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨:3‎ ‎⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re not wrong about the fun, but every time I buy a car, I eventually miss having an SUV when I can’t move things that are too big for cars 😕