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szakib

@szakib@freeradical.zone

Tech, music, interesting news, life, the universe and everything. All opinions are my own.

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danjac, to random
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Fixing an issue with a React component whose job it is to handle the cookie consent banner. It's 3rd party so I'm looking at the implementation source code.

It's like dozens - I'm not joking - dozens of modules in package after package, including storybooks and test suites and whatnot.

I implemented a cookie consent banner in my side project in about 10 lines of Python code using HTMX, not including the HTML snippet.

This industry has become a joke.

szakib,
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@danjac It's not only . The text I was proofreading the other day was about observability / metrics / alerting. The solution is overly convoluted and has redundant pieces. It uses the non-buggy parts of each piece to do a tiny fraction of the job that the tool would theoretically be able to do. And half the text is about workarounds for actually making the software do some of what it is supposed to. All of the software involved is bleeding edge stuff...

s, to random

I have a Windows 10 partition on my computer to run my music software on. How long do I have before I get force-upgraded to 11? Just curious. It probably won't affect me that much except for more insidious privacy problems, I... hope?

szakib,
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@s https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-home-and-pro

danjac, to random
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When you want to blame developers for some poorly-running site:

Bear in mind we usually have our hands firmly tied. We have to use a stack we don't like, connect to services we know are unreliable, write code for an architecture designed by a committee of astronauts, refrain from fixing bugs and issues that are not in the backlog, track users because the PM wants a bonus, and work to a deadline set by sales rather than reality.

szakib,
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@danjac quietly doing the right thing and perhaps asking for forgiveness later is my main method for dealing with this. And a harsh but 100% true reality check at exit interviews.

bryanhansel, to cycling
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Any downside to replacing my Sram XG-1150 10-42T with e*thirteen’s 9-46T TRS+? And then dropping my chainring to 38 to get a lower low gear (or lower for bikepacking).

It seems like it will work fine with my Rival shifters.

szakib,
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@idropyou @bryanhansel Yeah, +1 for checking the min/max for your derailleur.
And I have never used the cassette you mentioned, but 9t instead of 10t on the smallest will most probably wear out faster than the current one.

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    szakib,
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    @GossiTheDog @prestelpirate "Nvidia, a Silicon Valley tech giant that makes chips for artificial intelligence chatbots" 😂

    szakib, to Finland
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    Not everything in is progressive. Some things are shamefully backwards. https://yle.fi/a/74-20046517

    bryanhansel, to cycling
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    Sometimes I'm a total geek. I'm trying to figure out how much power I'm going to need on a potential bikepacking trip.

    I've added a lot of electronics to my kit since my last bike tour. All I had on that tour was a phone that I kept off, a coin battery powered bike computer, and a couple of batteries for my camera.

    I'm going to carry one or two NB 10,000 battery packs and count on one or two electrical outlets at state park campgrounds.

    szakib,
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    @bryanhansel One of my friends rigged a USB port to the hub dynamo on the bike. Would that be an option?

    zalasur, (edited ) to random
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    Anyone knowledgeable about mushrooms have any information on what this species is? We found it on our neighbor's boulevard grass. We live in a residential urban area in Minnesota.

    szakib,
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    @zalasur Looks kinda like chicken of the woods, but please do not take any "identification" at face value if it is only based on a picture. Smell, texture, taste, changes when cut/squeezed can be important factors to distinguish similar ones.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetiporus

    szakib,
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    @zalasur Touching mushrooms is always safe if you wash your hands afterwards. Smelling is also always safe. No mushroom will poison you in these two ways.

    BBC5Live, to cycling

    🥇 Please enjoy Kieran Reilly's extraordinary gold medal-winning BMX freestyle run.

    https://bbc.in/3KFG1Um

    szakib,
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    @BBC5Live @snowbat It is less total effort for you to put a disclaimer on all of these links than it is for everybody else to waste time clicking on them to find out that they don't work (and use egress badwidth the BBC pays for while loading the page).

    Please consider (automatically) adding a half-sentence about this when you post such links. (You own the instance, so you can raise the word limit if necessary.)

    GrimmReality, to random
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    The Harley Quinn cartoon television program may - MAY - be the finest television program on the television. This may be because of the relentless fusillade of swears - which is a thing that makes any tv show better - but it is probably a bit more than that, like writers, like the absolutely insanely talented Jess Dweck, doing WRITING that makes scripts good and characters arc-y and lovable, but there is also swears involved in that part.

    szakib,
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    @GrimmReality But hey, an LLM could do it cheaper. 😂

    s, to random

    "faster than expected" are words that appear in headlines unsettlingly often

    szakib,
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    @s Humans, on average, have a poor understanding of exponential changes.

    danjac, to random
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    Probably one of those door-to-door Arch evangelists

    https://medium.com/

    szakib,
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    @danjac https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/11heasp/employee_claims_she_cant_use_microsoft_windows/

    HeavenlyPossum, to random

    I was thinking to myself, “when will the effects of climate change get so bad that they provoke revolution” but then it occurred to me: they already did. Just in the wrong direction.

    Syrians fled a civil war driven by the worst drought in a thousand years and Europe responded with a wave of reactionary fascism.

    Central Americans fled rising temperatures that are killing agricultural workers and the U.S. responded with a wave of reactionary fascism.

    Russia just happens to be in a war for control of some of the world’s best farmland.

    Sudan is in the middle of a civil war and Niger just had its umpteenth coup.

    Reactionaries are already at war with us over climate change. It’s only going to get worse as the world gets hotter.

    szakib,
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    @HeavenlyPossum https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/08/10/protests-erupt-in-dagestan-after-heat-wave-triggers-rolling-blackouts-governor-warns-such-forms-of-dialogue-will-be-stemmed-in-future

    warandpeas, (edited ) to random
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    szakib,
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    @warandpeas Is that a new book in the making?

    danjac, to random
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    One thing I don't do any more at work is try to push better approaches, architecture etc. Unless you are in an early-stage startup you will never have the leeway or clout to make it happen.

    Instead I'll try and make little changes and suggestions here and there. Hey, maybe I can document this build process? How about a <button> instead of a <div> here?

    szakib,
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    @danjac @hengymrohebwlad I'm old and cynical too, but... You guys might want to read up on the concept of psychological safety. A good workplace has it and it enables this class of problems not to be swept under the rug to create ever-increasing pain.
    The least that should happen is convincing everybody to assume the "leave things in a slightly better state than you found them" attitude mentioned above. One step better is getting permission for a "refactoring task force" or something similar.

    szakib,
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    @hengymrohebwlad @danjac That's approximately my attitude too. There is always something else, almost always soemthing better when it's time to go. My tolerance for office BS is getting less and less over the years. Seen the same stupid stuff too many times.

    szakib,
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    @danjac @hengymrohebwlad I've been to places that are "good" in the present, but were not in the past, so there is legacy code and legacy attitudes, but there is a willingness to do something about it. Maybe my favourite kind of place. (Making existing things better is kinda my mission in life.)

    s, to random

    Headache is a migraine. Hard to open eyes. Just had an 11h sleep and not much has changed. Anyone with any tips?

    szakib,
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    @s Any form of cannabis, if available.

    emilymbender, to random
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    This essay is an utterly brilliant take on . I'll put a few excerpts here, but you should definitely go read the whole thing:

    https://karawynn.substack.com/p/language-is-a-poor-heuristic-for

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    szakib,
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    @rysiek ^ [RE: our conversation a while ago] this has a brilliant explanation for why people think that LLMs are "intelligent"

    szakib, to random
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    Most important news of the day. https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/giant-phallus-shaped-iceberg-floating-in-conception-bay-surprises-residents-of-dildo-canada

    s, to random

    What is it with recipes and tiny amounts of garlic? Does anyone actually put one clove in anything?

    szakib,
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    @s LOL, no.

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    szakib,
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    @Urban_Hermit @Thumptastic @Autistrain @actuallyautistic
    I had a similar one lately. A few days before the end of my trial period, the boss collected feedback about me and it included some negative things.
    Two bosses were supposed to decide whether I get to keep the job or not and get back to me in 2 days. I said something like "Look, if you do keep me, you will want me to have slept OK tonight and tomorrow, so please rearrange your schedules and talk today." They did that.

    augieray, to random
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    It should go without saying, but things like pandemics, masks, and vaccines should not be politicized. These should not be “wedge” issues to be exploited by craven politicians but decisions guided by science, empathy, and care.

    The COVID pandemic hit blue states hard because we were unprepared and first thrived in cities with more international travel and public transportation. But since the rollout of the vaccines, COVID is killing substantially more Republicans than Democrats.

    szakib,
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    @augieray Well, same should be true about the and everything else that is scientific fact, yet here we are.

    derekvanvliet, to cycling
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    riding bikes every day until i can’t for some reason, day 1073

    a photo of a red BMC Roadmachine standing in front of a beautiful mural in an alley. featured prominently in the mural is an owl, a lamp and the side of a woman’s face who has blue hair.
    photo of a red BMC Roadmachine road bike standing in front of a beautiful mural. the mural features a high top sneaker that has a mouth with sharp teeth and eyes like an alligator
    photo of a deer in tall grass. the deer is looking straight at the camera

    szakib,
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    @derekvanvliet Nice! Most of my deer photos are blurry rear ends of deer. 😂

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