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railmeat

@railmeat@fosstodon.org

Software Epistemologist, aspiring star traveler, perpetual beginner. Wallowing in accidental complexity. Stumbling towards recovery. Twitter says I am a midwit.

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berkes, to random
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Lol.
I'm building a tool that summarizes what what a company does based on their website.

Most common type of answer:

"The company specializes in web development and optimization, as suggested by the presence of JavaScript related to rendering the webpage efficiently and measuring performance metrics like render time and cacheability. They also seem to be utilizing tools like ResizeObserver and PerformanceObserver to enhance user experience and optimize page loading."

railmeat,
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@berkes Being unfriendly towards AI might be a feature now that people have recognized the extent of AI's copyright violations.

Unplanned features FTW.

happyborg, to windows
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I just took delivery of a laptop that came with 11.

After going through setup I felt abused and violated.

Then, doing anything on this top of the range machine was slow, and despite my answering 'privacy' to every option, it appears that every click in Edge is being sent back to Microsoft, slowing the fastest machine I've ever used.

Having installed Ubuntu 24 side by side makes this even more apparent. (I still want for testing).

I pity those who have to use it.

Get out!

railmeat,
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@happyborg Windows is still the most used client OS. Or maybe second after Android.

I don't think very many people are aware of alternatives.

argumento, to Israel
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: has murdered more 7 October hostages than Hamas, who by the way hasn't murdered a single one.

Fact: Hamas has already agreed to a ceasefire deal that would free all hostages.

Fact: Israel's reply to Hamas agreement to free all hostages was to invade and murder even more people, while expelling all the refugees (over a million) to inhabitable areas without water, electricity or food.

@palestine @israel

railmeat,
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@argumento @palestine @israel

Hamas kidnapped the hostages. If they had not been hostages they would still be alive.

RL_Dane, to random
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I gave up on using 24-hour time.
I just could never quite get used to it. I was always having to do the math in my head.

railmeat,
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@slembcke @RL_Dane What is the "international phonetic alphabet"? Do you mean the NATO phonetic alphabet?

railmeat,
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@RL_Dane @slembcke

Would it have worked better if they were looking for kilo road?

I have memorized the NATO phonetic alphabet a few times, but I don’t use it enough to keep it front of mind. Usually I look it up after I fail to remember a letter, then forget it again before the next time I need it.

robpike, to random
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So happy I am no longer an Adobe customer.

https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/112379014175497807

railmeat,
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@pervognsen @robpike

What do you use instead of Adobe products?

ben, to random
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I love the trend of journalists starting up their own independent subscription newsletters / websites. I don't love that they're doing it on Substack.

railmeat,
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@ben

I agree this is a great trend. I think it will be hard to make a living that way.

Substack will end up being a problem. I think https://ghost.org is a better option.

mcc, to random
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    railmeat,
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    @TomF

    I talk to people about that, but they often don’t believe me.
    @streganil @mcc

    fahrni, to random
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    I thought I’d sticker up my work MacBook Pro and after adding the centerpiece WillowTree sticker I stopped. It just looks so nice.

    railmeat,
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    @fahrni

    I agree it does look nice. But what does it refer to? Web search is ambiguous.

    evan, (edited ) to random
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    Should unauthorized immigrants to the state of Palestine be given a path to citizenship?

    railmeat,
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    @wilbr @evan

    If you continue you should include the violence perpetrated by Arabs.

    railmeat,
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    @evan There is no state of Palestine. You need to rephrase the question for it to make sense.

    railmeat,
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    @wilbr @evan That is not true. The Zionists did not start fighting and were not well equipped with weapons till after the state was formed.

    jwz, to random
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    Priest jailed after man collapsed from too many erectile drugs at cleric's sex party.

    A Polish priest has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for sex and drug crimes after a man collapsed during an orgy at his home:

    According to Polish media, the...
    https://jwz.org/b/ykO0

    railmeat,
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    @jwz

    Holy fuck! The Catholic Church never changes.

    mathowie, to random
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    The smartest line from Ted Lasso was when Ted says something like every man should be able to get up and get out the door and into the world smelling clean and fresh in as long as it takes to listen to Easy Lover by Philip Bailey & Phil Collins once (song is 5:07 long)

    Today I crushed it with a 3min shower, about a minute spent on grooming and throwing clothes on and I still got to enjoy the end of the song as I drove away from my house.

    railmeat,
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    @mathowie

    Why what’s the rush.

    xahteiwi, to random
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    Tapping the sign:

    You don't take meeting notes for the people in the meeting. You take them for people who aren't in the meeting.

    That includes three-months-from-now-you, who also isn't in the meeting.

    railmeat,
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    @xahteiwi

    That is great. I am impressed that you teach that. You might have magical skills.

    I noticed a long time ago that my memory was often flawed. I decided to start taking notes to deal with that. I don’t do a very good job of note taking, but it is still a big help.

    @jason

    railmeat,
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    @xahteiwi

    That is unusual, I have never experienced that.

    @jason

    inthehands, to random
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    Free software, eh, fine, whatever.

    What does •sustainable• software look like?

    From @jenniferplusplus:
    https://hachyderm.io/@jenniferplusplus/112186616713940876

    railmeat,
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    @jenniferplusplus @inthehands That sounds like a good path. I can get behind that.

    emaste, to random
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    "Disclosed backdoor in xz releases - FreeBSD not affected"

    https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-security/2024-March/000248.html

    railmeat,
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    @emaste We are living in interesting times.

    I guess FreeBSD is more resistant than Linuxes because it uses its' own build chain. I don't really know very much about FreeBSD. Maybe I should learn more.

    unruhe, to books Italian
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    @pluralistic I purchased your 18 books on Humble Bundle 🙂 I'll starting reading them in the next weeks. I also read your Information Doesn't Want To Be Free and I liked it so much, and one of my friend is your fan 🙂 I've known of you from him. Thanks a lot.

    railmeat,
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    @unruhe @pluralistic That's a lot of @pluralistic I have already read a few of those, but I bought the bundle anyway. I have always enjoyed his work.

    inquiline, to random
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    Do I have this straight... the US is air-dropping aid bc a country won't stop bombing long enough to let the US in to offer humanitarian aid on the ground, but the US supplied the weapons to the country that won't stop bombing

    railmeat,
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    @ravenonthill @inquiline Israel purchases a lot of weapons from other countries. Their Air Force from the US and Navy from a few European countries. All expensive stuff. Also a lot of ammunition comes from the US.

    malwaretech, to random

    We haven't done any layoffs, we just happened to relocate our office to the worst state in the US, resulting in many of our employees leaving.

    railmeat,
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    @Hiker_Scott @malwaretech
    Canada is better than the US in some ways.

    scy, to random
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    So is now partnering with , i.e. the company of Brendan Eich, who has been CEO at Mozilla for eleven days before he had to leave due to massive criticism of his homophobic views. Brave's most well-known product is a browser with its own cryptocurrency, co-designed by Eich.

    A feedback post asking Kagi to reconsider has been closed by Kagi's founder Vladimir Prelovac because "Considering company x founder political views is not a factor in [their] evaluation".

    https://kagifeedback.org/d/2808-reconsider-your-partnership-with-brave

    railmeat,
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    @scy
    Considering the company founder’s political views may not be a factor for Pelovac,s evaluation but it will be for his users.

    railmeat, to random
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    You're Supposed To Be Glad Your Tesla Is A Brittle Heap Of Junk | Defector https://defector.com/youre-supposed-to-be-glad-your-tesla-is-a-brittle-heap-of-junk

    sundogplanets, (edited ) to random
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    I just had to update my numbers for a lecture, so here's your periodic reminder: Starlink is now 55% of ALL active satellites in orbit.

    And given the recent news about that awful billionaire unilaterally deciding to cut of Starlink internet access to parts of the world whenever he wants to, this is extra important to share. Why did our governments effectively gift Low Earth Orbit to one awful dude? This is so bad.

    railmeat,
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    @sundogplanets I don't think governments gave him low earth orbit, I think he just took it. That is usually what these guys do.

    railmeat, to random
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    This site might be helpful f you are looking for alternatives to reddit:
    https://redditmigration.com/

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