@tony@hoyle.me.uk
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tony

@tony@hoyle.me.uk

Geek, Linux User, Retro gaming enthusiast.

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julienbarnoin, to programming
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I'd like to suggest that anyone who says Copilot saves them time is an indication that they're not doing their job, ie accepted the code without taking the time to think through each line and its implications.

To properly review code, you have to consider for each variable, each expression, whether it's appropriate, how it interacts with the rest of the program, etc.

Since you didn't author the code I'd say this should take more time than if you wrote it yourself.

tony,
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@julienbarnoin
The only people who say this appear to be paid to do so by ad agencies.

Bad code can cost you hours especially if it looks superficially correct.

tony, to random
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Not happy with apple.. Had to update the macbook (it's just an ios build slave these days) and got 'couldn't personalise' error.

$web suggested it's fubar and try wiping and starting again.. which is annoying enough.

I wiped it and..

Blank screen, and a message which basically says 'Sucks to be you!' (it's a link to a web page that says it's fubar).

Given there's some form of UEFI in there you'd think a rescue was possible but no.. it has to go to the apple store. For a software update..

quixoticgeek, to random
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Why yes. That'll solve it. Impressive move from a state that's barely above sea level and in the frontine for Hurricane season...

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/16/1251769080/florida-desantis-climate-change-law

tony,
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@quixoticgeek Is his middle name ''Cnut'.

(That isn't a spelling error).

KingShawn, to random
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Because many people are often remarkably fucking stupidโ€ฆ ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ

"Raw milk is more dangerous than ever. So why are sales surging?โ€

https://www.vox.com/24158356/raw-milk-pasteurization-h5n1-bird-flu-sales-consumption-government-trust

tony,
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@KingShawn I was raised on raw milk because that's what the local farm produced ('raw unpasteurised milk from a brucelossis accredited herd' was printed on every bottle).

But I don't see it has any advantages over pasteurised.. tastes the same, it's milk, goes in tea.. Seems an odd thing to seek out specially.

syx, to logitech
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why on earth is my mouse control software embedding an AI assistant ffs

tony,
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@syx Mice have software? The mouse USB HID has been standardized for 20 years..

lowqualityfacts, to random
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Asking Isreal to agree to a ceasefire but then sending them a billion dollars worth of weapons is like telling your dog to stay off the couch but then slathering peanut butter on the cushions.

tony,
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@HailSatan
Hamas literally offered to return the hostages and end hostilities but Israel turned them down.

Israel won't stop until every Palestinian is dead.
@lowqualityfacts

tommorris, to Horizon
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Another #Horizon thought: tech teams seemingly didn't know Horizon data may be used for criminal prosecution.

If devs don't know how a system is to be used, they can't exercise good judgment in making it.

People snark about "software craftsmanship" being hipstery, but there's truth to it: good software is far more Savile Row than it is Henry Ford. Business may want interchangeable cogs but good software needs skilled people empowered to think carefully, do good work and give a shit.

tony,
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@tommorris TBF it was an accounting system. That should be implicit.

Even in its original incarnation as a benefits payment system it should have had some consistency guarantees. Although the sudden change of spec mid development does account for some of the chaos.

parismarx, to tesla
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Tesla charging chief Rebecca Tinucci cut 15-20% of her team after Musk demanded it.

She felt that would justify a major Supercharger network expansion, but when she met with Musk he wanted more layoffs. When she pushed back, he fired the whole team.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/inside-story-elon-musk-mass-100216178.html

#tesla #tech #elonmusk #layoffs #ev

tony,
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@parismarx He was then forced to rehire her because even he realized it was a stupid thing to do (eventually).

mttkng, to random
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Polarised sunglasses

AKA, IRL Ad Blockers

Video of the interior of a train station. On the far wall is an LCD advertisement screen showing an ad for Tropicana. I then place my sunglasses in front of the camera lens and the ad screen appears black due to the polarised filter.

tony,
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@mttkng Next time you enter that building you'll be stopped at the door with a sign saying 'please disable your ad blocker'

penguin42, to random
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Who could have predicted?!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-69006674

tony,
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@penguin42 "While we cannot control all of these actions, we are implementing some technical solutions to address this"

Technical solutions to stop people being people? I rather suspect that won't work.

christineburns, to random
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J K Rowling calls trans soccer official a crossdressing straight man for no reason.

Look, even Elon Musk has advised her to get some other interests. Itโ€™s quite the journey sheโ€™s been on but sheโ€™s not alone and one day Iโ€™m sure psychiatrists will write books about this and other phenomena of our time.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/05/cruel-jk-rowling-calls-trans-soccer-official-a-crossdressing-straight-man-for-no-reason/

tony,
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@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @christineburns If as suggested it really is projection she's likely scared of what a shrink would tell her.

penguin42, to random
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wth does AEG want ยฃ51 for a dryer filter that consists of ~3 pieces of plastic held together with a mesh.
(And that's cheaper than 3rd party supplier)

tony,
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@penguin42 I was quoted ยฃ200 for a timer board for a fishtank, 2/3 of the cost of the entire tank.

HackyScientress, to random
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For all the video nerds out there who watched the and wondered how die video encoders of the TV stations handled the demoshow level visuals of the Swedish act at the beginning of the , here a comparison:

  1. Picture EBU feed from Malmรถ to the TV-Stations via DVB-S2 (1080i50 422 35mbit/s h264)
  2. Picture ARD received via DVB-T2 (1080p50 6mbit/s h265)
  3. Picture ORF1 HD received via DVB-S2 (720p50 10mbit/s h264)
  4. Picture FM4 via ORF TV-Thek (720p25 2.8mbit/s h264)

Screengrab of the Swedish performance from ARD transmitted via DVB-T2 Same frame as 1. Picture. You can see significant banding and blocking in some areas.
Screengrab of the Swedish performance from ORF1 HD transmitted via DVB-S2 Same frame as 1. Picture. You can see significant banding and blocking in some areas, not as bad as ARD.
Screengrab of the Swedish performance from ORF TV-Thek Same frame as 1. Picture. You can see really bad banding and blocking in some areas. The letters are unreadable in segments.

tony,
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@KeyJ @HackyScientress On another post someone claimed it was filmed at 1080p25

It is surprising it's not HD in 2025 though.

tony,
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@KeyJ @HackyScientress Seems people saying different things.. https://www.simonhardwick.com/posts/why-did-the-eurovision-song-contest-look-odd-this-year/

I'm inclined to believe it was 1080i as that's been the broadcast standard for years.

estherschindler, to random
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A woman was found living in the rooftop sign of a Family Fare grocery store in Michigan and had been there for about a year, police said.

"The woman had flooring, a computer, a desk, a printer, a Keurig and a pantry of food in the space, which was 10 to 15 feet long, five feet wide and approximately 8 feet tall at its highest point." So... like your basic NYC apartment?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-found-living-michigan-grocery-store-sign-complete-computer-keuri-rcna151750

tony,
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@estherschindler In further news, a new 'spacious' apartment just opened up in michigan.

NAB, to Eurovision
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Last thoughts of the season.
should have won - a better song and better sung.
deserved more points.
tried to make up for a so-so ditty with incredible staging, but I'm not sure the sweaty-sexy side of it worked well (but it could just be that it wasn't aimed at me).
were missed (the song, anyway, we'll see what has to be said about the singer)
was still my favourite and for bonus points the singer seems to be a nice person too.

tony,
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was robbed
got more points than I expected given their 'lets have a video about gay sex in a toilet.. that'll win them over' idea.
No idea how got points.. generic song, poor set on the night.
won the public vote, and I feel it was the more interesting song.. but the judges disagreed.

The abba thing was absolute cringe. What I thought was impersonators was apparently some kind of AI thing.. but what was that even about? They didn't even sing..

eribosot, to Eurovision
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Why did Israel get very few points from the countries' juries, and a huge amount of votes from the public voting?

My theory: the people at the top saying "let's not make this political" made it more political than the public, who just liked the song.

tony,
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@eribosot
There were rumours of an effort to get interested parties to vote for them. Comparatively few people would normally vote compared to the population so it's easy to skew the results.

It was an OK song for Eurovision but not a 12 pointer by any means.

danhon, to random
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NYT: we can't voice our opinions without being shamed!

Everyone: which opinions?

NYT: ...

Everyone: WHICH OPINIONS?

tony,
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@danhon Surely the fundamental right of citizens in a free country is to speak your mind without being arrested. Not say anything without consequences.

btw. There are a bunch of students on campuses that would like to have that right given back to them. I presume the NYT will be fighting on their behalf?

tony, to Eurovision
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Is she being paid by the minute or something?

tony, to Eurovision
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If switzerland win I wouldn't hate that..

tony, to Eurovision
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First someone TPd the stage, then the artist was glued to a chair..

simon, to random
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There was quite a heated debate online tonight about why the Eurovision Song Contest didn't look quite right. And the answer is complex, it's not actually technical reason, it's down to how our brains interpret the world! So I wrote a post about it:

https://www.simonhardwick.com/posts/why-did-the-eurovision-song-contest-look-odd-this-year/

tony,
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@simon That's interesting.. I didn't notice anything at all.. but then the last time I went ot a cinema was about 10 years ago so maybe I've been un-trained.

tony, to Eurovision
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Singing entirely from a chair. That's a new one.

aleksana, to random zh-CN
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If you haven't seen it: On the left is Progynova (a drug that provides Estrogen) sold in mainland China, and on the right is "Debian installation media box".

Design files are public on GitHub: https://github.com/moesoha/debian-media-box

tony,
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@aleksana
Estrogen stable - boring, predictable
Estrogen testing - Warning, some bits might fall off
Estrogen sid - You turn into crazy cat woman

jmeosbn, to random
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A great article on the GOPโ€™s Phoney War on antisemitism, and its enlistment in a very real and wider campaign against democracy.

โ€” โ€˜Foer and Bash are right that American democracy is imperiled. But as the draconian crackdown on non-violent student protests makes clear, accusations of antisemitism are not themselves evidence of liberal decline, but rather the tip of the spear in a frightening illiberal project serving the agenda of an emboldened, autocratic right wing.โ€™

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/11/us-university-protests-antisemitism-free-speech

tony,
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@jmeosbn @KimSJ This is what makes it different for me.

From time to time we hear of wars and atrocities, and normally our governments say the same things we do, threaten sanctions, etc.

This time our governments are 100% behind what's going on.. even encouraging it by selling weapons. They no longer represent us.

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