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jasonsando

@jasonsando@hachyderm.io

Software developer (Go, Java, C#, JS/TS, other stuff), father of 3, daily lap swimmer. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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molly0xfff, (edited ) to random
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“Crypto researcher Molly White skewered [Chris Dixon’s Read Write Own] with the delight of Pete Wells after downing an Almond Joy cocktail at Guy Fieri’s Flavortown.”

😂

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-05-06/silicon-valley-crypto-investor-chris-dixon-wants-to-overhaul-the-industry (paywall)
https://archive.ph/BDP2I (archive)

jasonsando,
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@molly0xfff "Dixon was never an artist, but he was a middle school programmer"

Well folks his credentials check out 👍🏻

jasonsando, to retrocomputing
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Found this in the bottom of the office closet. Wish my apple //e was booting, would love to see whatever games Romero included on here. I inherited several disks worth of pre-Id Apple 2 code during a brief aborted project to build a hypercard clone for the apple 2 back in 1990.

historyofpunkrock, to punk
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1979 was also a great year for punk rock, post-punk or ska releases.

I put my favorite of the year in the middle.

Which 1979 release stands out for you?

jasonsando,
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@historyofpunkrock "One Step Beyond" was 79?! Holy shit. I was 8. Maybe 7. I found that album in the mid 80's and I still listen to the entire album to this day.

jasonsando,
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@historyofpunkrock also yes I love the ramones

GossiTheDog, to random
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    jasonsando,
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    @GossiTheDog can we make the next fad where we pause for a minute and go back and fix broken shit and optimize stuff to be more efficient on existing hardware

    RickiTarr, to random
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    This is the most true thing I've ever read:

    jasonsando,
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    @RickiTarr @khleedril just want to reply that I find this comment and response entertaining, no corrections from my side.

    18+ thomasfuchs, to random
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    Spoiler alert

    jasonsando,
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    @thomasfuchs 😂

    GottaLaff, to Ukraine
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    Via Christopher Miller:

    US Central Command says Washington has transferred “5,000 AK-47s, machine guns, sniper rifles, RPG-7s and over 500,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces” that it seized from Iran while being transported to Houthi fighters.

    jasonsando,
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    @GottaLaff That is awesome.

    thomasfuchs, to random
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    One for the “she’s so stupid how can you put your car into reverse accidentally!!!1” replyguys:

    Some Teslas don’t have a gear-selector stalk and literally guess what gear you want.

    Yes, you read that right.

    https://www.theverge.com/22348668/tesla-prnd-drive-mode-park-neutral-model-s-x-refresh

    jasonsando,
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    @thomasfuchs holy friggin hell. Very silicon valley.

    blinken, (edited ) to Electronics
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    While it looks like something from @NanoRaptor I promise you that this piece of modern medical equipment does indeed feature a mini-USB to double-USB-A cable for ... reasons that I'm sure made sense to the designers. I would love to meet them I have so many questions?

    ... there's even moulded tabs to make sure it goes in right way around!!!!!

    I can't even

    https://www.medshop.com.au/products/welch-allyn-gs777-diagnostic-set-range

    jasonsando,
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    @blinken @NanoRaptor Would love to hear the backstory on this one.

    "I got us a KILLER deal on surplus USB cables, there's just one problem ... "

    thomasfuchs, to random
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    Wonder what will expire first, my new dishwasher or my new dishwasher’s certificate

    jasonsando,
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    @thomasfuchs No worries, I'm sure whatever version of TLS it's running will be deprecated and removed from web browsers long before the cert expires.

    w7voa, to random
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    The Tropicana, which opened on the Las Vegas Strip in 1957, is to close Apr. 2 ahead of demolition to make way for a baseball stadium that'll be the home of the relocating Oakland A's. https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/date-announced-for-tropicanas-closure-to-make-way-for-new-resort-ballpark/

    jasonsando,
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    @w7voa https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExb2c0NnhyZGRkcXMzM3Azc2RjejhibDR1c3pqMm1uYjh6MTA2ZnM2byZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/qEBlgZpZWHihO/giphy.gif

    carnage4life, to random
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    Study of codebases over a 4 year period show Github Copilot lowers the quality of code over time by increasing the likelihood of bugs being introduced and copy & pasted code.

    This is a healthy counterpoint to studies that show improved productivity.

    Fast. Cheap. Good. Pick Two.

    https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2024/01/25/copilot-research.aspx

    jasonsando,
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    @thomasfuchs @carnage4life Ugh. Even with all of us screaming "don't trust the output from AI!" some company will undoubtedly try to blame their own negligence on it. You just know it's coming at some point.

    robpike, to random
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    Arno Penzias, Nobel Prize winner (discoverer of big bang's residual radiation), my old boss and the reason my CV mentions a silver medal in archery, has died, aged 90. Although he did much more important things, for me his signature achievement was defending me not being fired from Bell Labs after Labscam.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxMKuv0A6z4
    https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/labscam.html

    jasonsando,
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    @robpike RIP Arno.

    I guess I live under a rock because I'd never heard of labscam. This is amazing. The connections of all the people involved is just blowing my mind this morning.

    Also TIL you can heckle P&T by shouting "I know Rob Pike!" at them during their show.

    jasonsando, to tesla
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    DO NOT BUY A

    (In case anyone in the fediverse still needs to hear that)

    10 years ago when I got my Model S, service rolled out the red carpet. I can opine for hours on how many ways they've let me down in the last 6+ years.

    Latest: hood won't latch, and they want me to drive it across town, on a future date TBD.

    Almost traded straight up for a new base model Kia Soul a year ago, kicking myself now.

    jasonsando,
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    service update ... had to wait 9 days for mobile service to get parts, estimate was just under $500.

    The tech that came out fixed it, lowered the bill to $120, and also fixed an issue with the passenger door at no charge.

    Getting service scheduled has been the pain point the last few years ... once I get an actual tech, they are awesome.

    thomasfuchs, to retrocomputing
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    It's hard to explain this nowadays, but there used to be computer flight simulators with... no graphics

    jasonsando,
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    @thomasfuchs Wow! The scenery is so breathtaking I feel like I'm right there in Seattle. Er .. Salt Lake City? San Diego?

    thomasfuchs, (edited ) to random
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    Just learned what the user interfaces in the SpaceX capsules run.

    The capsules that provide life support for people traveling into space and have to be absolutely reliable.

    The user interface that controls an explosion.

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    .

    .

    It runs some home-compiled version of Chromium and the UI is written in JavaScript.

    jasonsando,
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    @thomasfuchs YIKES

    I've built embedded apps that run 24/7 on Chromium and would say it works great 95% of the time. And the 5% it doesn't you will have no chance to figure out where in the 35 MILLION LINES OF EXTRA CODE YOU DIDN"T NEED is the problem.

    w7voa, to random
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    “After 20-straight hours of negotiations, Culinary Union is pleased to announce a Tentative Agreement towards a new 5-year contract has been reached with Caesars Entertainment for approximately 10,000 hospitality workers at 9 Vegas properties.” — Culinary Workers Union Local 226

    jasonsando,
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    @w7voa Meanwhile, I hear MGM is asking non-union corporate IT employees to get their TAM card (so they can serve alcohol).

    GeePawHill, to random
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    I've spent days and days tryna get the CD rig I wanted, java/gradle/github.

    What i wanted: 1) A version embedded in and accessible to my app, that 2) has major/minor/build numbers in it, 3) that recognizes when your build is a dev build and when it's a release build, and 4) automagically increases the build number (monotonically, sequence isn't important) on all pushes.

    I got it.

    But boy, what a ludicrous amount of effort for such an obvious thing.

    jasonsando,
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    @GeePawHill I spent almost 20 years doing mostly Java, then a few years away doing Go, .Net, and JS, and now doing some Java work again and it's SHOCKING that there is no JEP or discussion going into fixing the abysmal state of the Java build tools, it's the biggest issue with Java IMHO. A modern platform should have a cli that lets you manage dependencies and build and run tests, without having to use a 3rd party build system.

    jasonsando,
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    @kellogh @GeePawHill

    Maybe it depends how you install them but on my Mac (via Homebrew) my python install came with pip, rust came with cargo, node came with npm. Gem is pre-installed with Ruby, cpan with Perl. 🤷🏼‍♂️

    And C++ comes with a foot cannon 🤣

    preslavrachev, to goodnews
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    What if an algorithmic timeline can actually be used for good, rather than for targeting people with ads, or changing their political stance? Will this even work?

    We don't know, which is why we are giving it a try. We have taught an algo to pick and from our growing selection of blogs and podcasts on @feedle.

    It is far from perfect, but we want to share it with everybody we know and make your day a little brighter.

    https://feedle.world/good-news

    (P.S. Boost for visibility)

    jasonsando,
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    @thisismissem @preslavrachev @feedle So good news ... for people who like good news?

    codinghorror, to random

    Ministry and Gary Numan? I'm so down. @jwz I wish this was at DNA Lounge!

    jasonsando,
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    @codinghorror @jwz Holy shit I gotta see Gary Numan play live, I still listen to Replicas and Telekon.

    sjvn, to random
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    On second thought, I'll just buy a new computer.

    jasonsando,
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    @bananabob @sjvn I second the vote for Linux Mint! Besides, if you get a new Windows computer you'll just be starting the update process all over again 🐌

    arstechnica, to random
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    California suspends Cruise’s robotaxis after pedestrian was critically injured

    Horrifying hit-and-run triggers California suspension of Cruise robotaxis.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/california-suspends-cruises-robotaxis-after-pedestrian-was-critically-injured/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    jasonsando,
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    @brennansv @arstechnica

    It's far worse than the headline implies, IMO.

    "According to Cruise, its autonomous vehicle (AV) detected the collision and stopped on top of the pedestrian, then veered off the road, dragging the pedestrian about 20 feet. When the AV finally stopped, it appeared to pin the pedestrian's leg beneath a tire while videos showed the pedestrian was screaming for help."

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