@sigsegv@hachyderm.io
@sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

sigsegv

@sigsegv@hachyderm.io

Software Engineer. UNIX nerd. Woodworker. Maker. Boardgamer. He/Him.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

TonyStark, to random
@TonyStark@progressivecafe.social avatar

I saw a post yesterday questioning why the U.S. is investing in projects for electric vehicles but not investing in public transportation. That’s just false.

First, we aren’t getting rid of cars. We are too spread out and it’s doubtful that public transportation will be available in entirely where everyone, everywhere, at every time of day will need it. And we will always need vehicles for emergency services like ambulances and fire trucks and mail delivery and farms. 1/4

sigsegv,
@sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

@TonyStark meanwhile my county rep, Jim Desmond, cares more about adding lanes to freeway as an answer to congestion. He opposes many mass transit options, favoring larger roads and more cars. He’s against funding for mass transit. My view, make mass transit free to all. It’s not supposed to be a profit center.

Viss, to sandiego
@Viss@mastodon.social avatar

whoa.
is going OFF right now.
anyone else in north county hearing this?

sigsegv,
@sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

@Viss Felt some major thumpage earlier, seems quiet now.

masukomi, to macos
@masukomi@connectified.com avatar

Well, this is new. I just had an app crash so hard that it DELETED ITSELF. The Shapr3D app that i was just using, and just crashed no longer exists on my mac. I've been using macs since long before OSX and I've NEVER heard of an app doing this before.

🤯

sigsegv,
@sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

@masukomi Maybe it’s the other way around and the app crashed because it had been deleted? Was the app obtained through App Store and maybe got deleted as a result of an “update”?

GottaLaff, to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Via Angry Staffer (in part):

Keep sending him your insulin money, MAGA.

He needs it for his $200,000 a day legal fees.

CNN:

's leadership PAC, Save America, spent more on legal expenses than it took in last month, a new FEC filing shows

The PAC spent nearly $5.6 million on legal bills in February, exceeding it's total receipts

Save America ended February with about $4M remaining in the bank

sigsegv,
@sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

@GottaLaff Save America? Sounding more like Save Attorney’s.

tef, to random
@tef@mastodon.social avatar

people like to say "git is hard" or "the ux is hard to navigate" but the truth is git makes things much easier than other source control systems

for example, stuff like "overwrite my changes" or "delete my commit" are a thousand times easier in git than in anything else

sigsegv,
@sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

@tef When I think about git being hard it’s often related to the flexibility. If there were more constraints on what is possible, it would be easier, but then would it be as useful?

It might be more approachable if some of the terms were less opaque and if there was more consistency but overall, it’s a useful and powerful tool.

sigsegv,
@sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

@c0dec0dec0de @tef I was involved in supporting (as a developer) a product that interacted with clearcase’s virtual file system layer. While it seemed cool to present the managed code that way, requiring kernel code to do source management continues to strike me as a questionable approach from a reliability and maintenance perspective.

GottaLaff, to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Why yes, I am rubbing it in.

Via Klasfeld:

Notable passage:

“Defendants all but concede that Mr. has insufficient liquid assets to satisfy the judgment amount; defendants would need ‘to raise capital’ to do so.”

sigsegv,
@sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

@GottaLaff music to my ears! Asset forfeiture coming soon?

mekkaokereke, to random
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io avatar

My hot take on the Vision Pro is the same as my hot take on every AR/VR/Mixed Reality headset produced in the past checks notes 20 years: "If most women can't use your product for 4 hours straight without throwing up, don't try to tell me that it's the future of anything." I said what I said.

Women can use a smartphone indefinitely without nausea. They can use a laptop indefinitely. A gaming console and TV indefinitely. But XR headsets cause motion sickness in most women in under an hour. 🤷🏿‍♂️

sigsegv,
@sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

@mekkaokereke all VR headsets I’ve tried in the past have made me nauseous well inside an hour. I dont bother messing with them anymore. Similar experience with 3d tvs and other 3d movie experiences. Not fun. 🤢

glynmoody, to random
@glynmoody@mastodon.social avatar

CEO Makes Up A Whole Lot Of Bullshit To Defend Crippling Printers That Use Cheaper - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/29/hp-ceo-makes-up-a-whole-lot-of-bullshit-to-defend-crippling-printers-that-use-cheaper-ink/

sigsegv,
@sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

@glynmoody very happy to have made the switch to a brother laser printer some years back. I avoid HP for any purchases now.

Terra, to random

deleted_by_author

    •
    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @Terra @danhulton my read is this is only a portion of the nest portfolio, maybe a part that was EOLd in 2020. This was announced in April 2023 and it seems some of the support may be moving to ADT. https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-announces-the-end-of-multiple-nest-products-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ this is the danger (and likely future) of any cloud connected device. Nest is not closing down, some older products are being removed.

    Nonilex, to Law
    @Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

    took in ≥$7.8 million from foreign governments / entities while in office most of it from China, provably engaging in exactly the kind of conduct the is grasping to pin on President .


    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/us/politics/trump-hotels-foreign-business-report.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @Nonilex They are confident that Biden did these things because Trump did them. And they would (and do) do them given the opportunity. The idea that anyone might behave ethically is unthinkable.

    annika, to vim
    @annika@xoxo.zone avatar

    There's always something new for me to learn in . Today, it's even more registers, and how to insert them into weird places (like inserting the current filename into a command using <C-r> %) https://www.brianstorti.com/vim-registers/

    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @annika there’s a great plugin for , which-key, that helps expose registers and key bindings. Maybe there’s something similar for ? I recently started using it in my config and it’s been awesome. FYI, you can directly use % register in a command and it will get interpreted. <c-r> not needed in that context.

    kellogh, to random
    @kellogh@hachyderm.io avatar

    creating useful non-leaky abstractions is a form of quality control that we don't usually think of as being a quality control. Generally, simplifying code will remove the opportunity for bugs

    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @kellogh I’m working with the opposite, which is also not great. QA engineers with no skill set in automation.

    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @kellogh It amazes me daily that the company has been in business as long as it has.

    jerry, to random

    I am working on migrating books.infosec.exchange - it'll likely be down for a few hours while I sort it out. Apologies. Like pixelfed, it's not going well, but unlikey pixelfed, bookwyrm is native docker. A big part of my challenge, I think, it moving from a bare metal install of these apps to the container version - likely much easier if starting fresh.

    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @jerry Have you looked at podman? For most of my uses cases it’s working well. Still haven’t figured out how to get systemd in a podman container inside a WSL environment, but otherwise I’ve been happy with how it works.

    b0rk, (edited ) to random
    @b0rk@jvns.ca avatar

    i have this long term project I've been slowly thinking about for years to figure out how to help folks get more comfortable on the unix command line.

    I have this sense that there are a lot of people who have been using the command line for 5-20 years but still don't really feel at home there

    (not looking for advice, it's just something I'm thinking about)

    some related posts:
    https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/08/08/what-helps-people-get-comfortable-on-the-command-line-/
    https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/04/12/a-list-of-new-ish--command-line-tools/

    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @b0rk It’s great to see continued interest in learning CLI. Frankly wish some people I work with would take more time to learn these tools. When I started, command line was all we had. It continues to be my preferred interface. There is great power in the CLI, it will serve you well.

    VinceAggrippino, to mastodon
    @VinceAggrippino@techhub.social avatar

    If someone on loads their post up with a bunch of unrelated hashtags, I'm going to block them.

    Doesn't everyone do this?

    If people's most common reaction to your post is to block your account, how can that be good for engagement?

    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @VinceAggrippino I literally just blocked an account for this in the last minute. Keep my hashtags relevant!

    glennf, (edited ) to random
    @glennf@twit.social avatar

    Eric Trump, saint (2017, still under investigation)

    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @glennf what benefit did that more than $1m in expenses provide? Someone is making a big profit.

    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @glennf Perhaps he did donate all expenses. But kept a cut unrelated to the expenses.

    design_law, to random
    @design_law@mastodon.social avatar

    deleted_by_author

    •
    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @design_law not a lawyer, but it sounds like you are talking about whether the case would provide the appropriate context for the discussion.

    BlackAzizAnansi, to random
    @BlackAzizAnansi@mas.to avatar

    Do any of y'all own a fully electric car? What has your experience been like?

    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @BlackAzizAnansi 3 years EV, would not go readily go back to ICE. So nice avoiding the gas stations completely. Two negatives: 1) increased tire wear due to heavier vehicle + greater torque. 2) Digital based controls for nearly everything are difficult to operate while driving. Poking a finger at a spot on the screen reliably while in motion is challenging. I miss tactile feedback.

    grumpygamer, to gamedev
    @grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar

    I've decided to make crippling self-doubt a state like being poisoned rather that a stat. It doesn't make any sense as a stat.

    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @grumpygamer Rename the stat to “confidence”. The bottom of the range is crippling self-doubt.

    GossiTheDog, to random
    @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social avatar

    deleted_by_author

    •
    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @GossiTheDog Freed up to go on unemployment.

    georgetakei, to random

    Looks like Gym Jordan went to the mat but came up many bodies shy. We need a bipartisan solution, not a MAGA extremist insurrectionist.

    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @georgetakei i suspect he’s not done. The threats to the holdouts are probably increasing. How many will continue to hold out in face of likely death threats they are receiving from MAGAts? If he becomes speaker, it’s fear driven. He’s no leader.

    kellogh, (edited ) to random
    @kellogh@hachyderm.io avatar

    do you type with your pinky fingers? (the little ones, whatever you call them)

    sigsegv,
    @sigsegv@hachyderm.io avatar

    @kellogh Just last night I started considering building a custom keyboard and started to consider placing shift/control/alt keys under the space bar for the thumb to reach. This idea came after thinking about crafting a wood cased keyboard and starting to look at what people are doing. Not an electronics geek though so it’s an uphill project.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • JUstTest
  • kavyap
  • DreamBathrooms
  • tacticalgear
  • mdbf
  • InstantRegret
  • magazineikmin
  • Youngstown
  • thenastyranch
  • rosin
  • slotface
  • Durango
  • cubers
  • ngwrru68w68
  • anitta
  • cisconetworking
  • GTA5RPClips
  • modclub
  • tester
  • khanakhh
  • everett
  • provamag3
  • osvaldo12
  • Leos
  • normalnudes
  • ethstaker
  • megavids
  • lostlight
  • All magazines
    •