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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Talents leave AI companies: "They are putting profits over sanity and safety"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Not in my experience. Once their clients budgets get cut by funding cuts due to reality and they notice it doesn’t do anything of benefit (on the clients side), they will be all “client first”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Surely you meant someone like John Stuart.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What else should I selfhost?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Check those in to source control and it kind of takes care of that (except passwords/secrets or configs which have them).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You are more optimistic than the maintainers of those older projects that have started to ban LLM generated bug reports. They tend to be a waste of time for the maintainers (e.g.: cURL project).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Macroslop*

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t. Why would I bother at this point. Their commitment is to making money, not customers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting worn out with all these docker images and CLI hosted apps⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I found a git repo with dicker compose and the config files works well enough as long as you are willing to maintain a backup of the volumes and an .env file on KeePass (also backed up) for anything that might not be OK on a repo (even if private) like passwords and keys.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production, converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s going to be plenty of idiots that will see the never proven mostly unusable robot as a good thing for the company. Another trillion dollar bonus package approved!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DuckDuckGo poll says 90% responders don't want AI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I still get a hunch of AI bullshit unless I go out of my way. Also I swear they keep reactivating it as much as google when you opt out (or select ddg no ai as your search engine in Firefox and still see that garbage).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just the Browser: tools to remove AI and other bloatware from Chrome, Edge and Firefox⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You didn’t sneak anything in, they just don’t care enough. Even the most useless IT admin has a GUI to see any and all executables that any user runs. They even know if you use bat or sh scripts that you add an argument with a plain text password (which is considered amateurish since it leaves the credentials directly on the history).

  Also fair warning, most endpoint security software that companies are forced to use nowadays (if they want consideration to work with certain clients like state and federal) do SSL man in the middle with certificates they push to their hardware. Accessing personal data and websites using company resources is like handing out your password to them, and at least in the US, could open you up for litigation of you get on their bad side for how you use company resources.

  Above might not apply to startups, but as mentioned, if they want to work with certain clients, they have to run that kind of software to be considered for contracts. This means actions could have delayed consequences if a client has some audit request for any reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just the Browser: tools to remove AI and other bloatware from Chrome, Edge and Firefox⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Librewolf by default clears cookies on close, which is kind of annoying for anything with a 2fa login. It can be changed on the settings, but you have to know that’s an option and the root of the behavior, which most regular people won’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Read about that boot issue and how it starts as a “full storage” message. Also how it was outside the warranty period for most cases, so you end up with a literal brick. I’d be pissed if my TV died just a few years in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the Best way to migrate Google-Photos to Immich?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Right, sorry that’s what I meant to type which got corrected to “exit”. When I tried it it would be exported as a separate set of json files instead of being part of the images. Glad to hear that’s not the vase any longer or that this tool can automatically handle it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the Best way to migrate Google-Photos to Immich?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Right, the problem only happened on google checkout for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the Best way to migrate Google-Photos to Immich?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Does that properly keep metadata like location and other exit entries? I recall google takeout used to suck at that. I had to export using their web UI 1000 at a time or so back in the day to keep that info.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stack Overflow in freefall: 78 percent drop in number of questions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If we go by personal experience, we recently had the time of several people wasted troubleshooting an issue for a very well known commercial Java app server. The AI overview hallucinated a fake system property for addressing an issue we had.

  The person that proposed the change neglected to mention they got it from AI until someone noticed the setting did not appear anywhere in the official system properties documented by the vendor. Now their personal reputation is that they should not be trusted and they seem lazy on top of it because they could not use their eyes to read a one page document.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stack Overflow in freefall: 78 percent drop in number of questions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Technical specs don’t capture the bugs, edge cases and workarounds needed for technical subjects like software.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The proliferation of 3D printers probably had a negative impact on the sales of Altoids⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a little self made amp as well. That thing could go loud, you had to be careful (I messed up the resistor or knob that controlled the volume and instead used the computer settings because $ to order another part). 30% was very loud 😀

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly all of Spotify has been scraped and is available via torrents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They more often than torrents do have the wrong tags when its not English music. Took me way too many emails to google music and Spotify before they stopped screaming at me with ALL CAPS on one album and before removing the dots after album track names (1. Track Name), not to mention the ones named TRACK 1, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. 404 Media Tracked Themselves.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Or insider trading.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  People seriously over estimate the effort required to install an android auto/car play stereo and backup camera. One adapter later and green wire connects to green, red to red, etc. most of the work goes to watching videos on how to do it to get a clearer picture. Not to mention that even for something on the fancier side you pay perhaps one car payment and you are done vs signing up for another 5 years of monthly misery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple, Google tell workers on visas to avoid leaving the U.S. amid Trump immigration crackdown⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  E.g. see people from Venezuela here legally who got put into illegal status anyway due to orange man policies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨iPhone Autocorrect is seriously broken and it's pissing me off.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure if you’ve seen this video: youtu.be/hksVvXONrIo

  But it explains what I saw when typing on the later updates for my old phone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From the Latin roots medi: middle terra: earth ain’t: nah bruh

  Its in the middle of that earth thingy, and ain’t, clear as night.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Data centers need electricity, utilities need years to build – who should pay?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you leave it up to them, they’ll start burning that toxic cheap marine diesel to power the generators. Its not like its hard to get some states to give you exceptions for pollution with some key donations.

  Noise pollution around data centers is very bad already based on some news reports, they’ll push the limits to save a dollar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Refried beans is just Latino hummus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I grew up eating them and cook them often to this day. I just would not personally call that frying in the same way I would not call vegetables, meat, etc. cooked with a similar ratio of oil to veggie fried. Or at least where I’m from frying implies submerging in hot oil, but it could be a regional thing. And true, we still call them fried or refried beans.

  Interestingly some variations of the recipe with higher oil ratios for special occasions like birthdays we call “frijoles chinitos” which kind of translates to “shivering/goosebumps beans” since their texture changes to mimic skin when shivering with little dots after cooking. Not sure how the chino (curly when referring to hair) part comes in since hair is more straight than curly on those conditions…)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Refried beans is just Latino hummus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Neither are refried beans, but I see your point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good NAS solution for dummies / apple users?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I only had an older iPhone (which I liked for the most part), but it was announced to not be getting security and related updates soon (what apple calls vintage at this point) so there wasn’t much of an ecosystem once I got a different phone and exporting my pictures to my NAS, new phone, desktop and laptop made more sense.

  I supposed I could lose everything if all of those burn in a house fire, but since I always have my phone on me, I’d imagine there would be more pressing matters like not burning to death myself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good NAS solution for dummies / apple users?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Forgot about that yes, heard of horror stories of people being locked out of gmail and losing so much time and money migrating accounts manually by having to visit banks and the like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The ability to be massively efficient with todays computers would have probably made you $250k/yr 25-30 years ago.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, I was thinking how finicky and slow computers were back then (when compared to your now average PC) requiring restarts and the occasional BSoD showing up.

  My guess is that with my current knowledge of computers now, I could have been more effective, but would be limited by the hardware more than anything.

  Nowadays I freak out if my personal computer even gets a hint of slowness on day to day tasks (as i recently found out using unrar on Linux…)