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akosma

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Computer historian • Author of https://mas.to/@deprogrammaticaipsum • Fedora & FreeBSD user • Searchable profile at https://tootfinder.ch

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akosma, to random
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Among the various reasons why I think 1989 was an annus mirabilis for music, is this album. https://open.spotify.com/album/4RZbMW9C2xsnuwad8rKOrl?si=XEvsg5BISMu1iejxWDG5CQ

akosma,
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Speaking about annus mirabilis, 1905 was the biggest of them all. Also, if you feel like you're underachieving, Einstein was 26 when he published those four papers. You're welcome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annus_mirabilis_papers

akosma, to random
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I'm always amazed by the lengths people will go to avoid writing a single SQL query, instead using hilariously complex ORMs that will, eventually, have performance issues of their own, not to mention the horrendous APIs (and documentations thereof) they have to put up with.

BUT BUT BUT PORTABILITY

Portability? In 27 years, I've seldom seen apps switching databases. Actually, I've seen more apps being rewritten from scratch, which might or might not include a change in the underlying RDBMS.

akosma,
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OK, I'll give you the help against SQL injection attacks. That's useful. But couldn't that problem be solved separately? Spoiler alert: it can.

akosma,
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Just to be clear, I'm positive ORMs are fantastic in many scenarios; I'm just sad to see them generate more work during maintenance, either because they are inefficient, badly documented, discontinued, or whatever else.

It's a big tradeoff to consider; either taking longer for your version 1.0 or your MVP, either being able to optimize perf more easily later on (or avoid issues with discontinued or deprecated libraries in the future).

Decisions, decisions.

akosma, to random
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My AI-generated text detector consists of a simple, efficient, cross-platform, extremely fast filter, and here's a version in curly-bracket-pseudocode so you can adapt it to your own infrastructure, no matter which tech stack you use:

if (text.startsWith("In the ever-evolving landscape of…")) {  
 print("AI-regurgitated crap");  
 exit(1);  
}

You're welcome.

akosma, to random
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I understand where acronyms like "BENELUX" and "EMEA" come from, but following that line of reasoning, shouldn't "DACH" be "DÖCH" or even "DÖS" or "GAS" instead?

akosma,
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Particularly because DACH literally means "roof" in German, which I think it's a sad analogy.

akosma,
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Of course, "DÖCH" sounds terrible. I get that. And "GAS" is even worse.

OK OK, "DACH" it is.

akosma,
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@sdarlington thanks, I have a few more of these useless conundrums to debate in front of a mirror, stay tuned.

(maybe I should open a TikTok with those interactions)

akosma,
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@sdarlington damn, then better not to try

akosma,
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@iuveaene the combinations are endless, they all disappoint in one way or another

akosma, to random
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Next month will be the 25th anniversary of a classic. I still think Noah Wyle portrayed Jobs much better than Ashton Kutcher or Michael Fassbender ever did.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122/

Patricia, to random
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Every time I hear this I just love it. And it shows a thing I’m sure has a name in linguistics, it’s easier to understand the accented foreign speech if the accent is of your own language. Also once you hear it it’s hard to unhear (maybe you need to know a little bit of Spanish)
https://youtu.be/KywKPORy7BQ?si=qmWsFY0SqhYADYJm

akosma, (edited )
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@elitalon gracias a Juan de Merlo acá tenemos una interpretación bien argentina del Rey León, es épica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOJR_Kf_aBk

akosma, (edited )
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@elitalon Andy Kusnetzoff (el locutor principal y el que aparece en la foto del video de YouTube) es un tesoro nacional.

akosma,
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@elitalon da ganas de estar ahí es terrible

akosma,
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@elitalon este Andy Kusnetzoff, allá por los '90, era croniquero de "Caiga quien Caiga" en Buenos Aires, y se metía de polizón (de manera inexplicable) en la ceremonia de los Óscares, con tal asiduidad que al cabo de unos años Sigourney Weaver lo llamaba por su nombre y lo invitaban a la fiesta después de la entrega. Cabe aclarar que NUNCA tuvo invitación oficial y lo sacaron con la seguridad más de una vez. Un personaje profundo.

akosma,
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@elitalon que lo tiró las patas, YouTube recuerda todo #lrpmqlrmp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXgZr0R_P1w

akosma,
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@elitalon no te pierdas esta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB4Qj7SbNkU

akosma,
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@elitalon pobre la OP le copamos el thread, espero que no se chive

akosma,
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@elitalon es maravishoso

akosma, to random
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I have questions

akosma, to random
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Oh look it’s @chregu on stage! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

anderseknert, to random
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Working on a language extension for the #zed editor, and it's a long time since I've been this underwhelmed by documentation. Like how each language extension is required to have a 'languages' directory, and this is literally the only documentation on that requirement.

akosma,
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@anderseknert you should try reading documentation made by Apple, that’ll underwhelm you for sure.

akosma, to random
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current status

akosma,
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@mpospese ahhhh I guess it’s time :)

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