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aburka

@aburka@hachyderm.io

Engineer (robotics, embedded), contra dancer, nerd

Black lives matter | Trans rights are human rights | VOTE

I toot/boost stuff about robots, space, science{, fiction}, programming, US pol, etc. Also puns/memes. (Most deleted after 2 years.)

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Toots w/o boosts: https://justmytoots.com/@aburka?public_only=true

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simon, to random
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Writing quick one-off scrapers is one of my favourite applications of ChatGPT et al - here's a transcript from this morning where I wrote a quick script to turn an HTML table into newline-delimited JSON https://gist.github.com/simonw/ac671a9bdbda9f29dc5256511497bc1d

aburka,
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@simon @teleclimber All is as @ZachWeinersmith foretold: https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2362

Programs may have side effects, so running them is a bad way to tell if they work. And the Underhanded C Contest would like a word about "scan to see if it looks OK".

That aside, do you like being reduced to a code reviewer and error message copy-paster instead of writing code? Clearly you do, and I'm trying not to be a naysayer, but... it's not for me. But it seems like the industry will head that way anyway :(

aburka,
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@simon I suppose you are constantly writing so much code that using the plagiarize-o-matic for some fiddly bits isn't a huge sacrifice, sure. I just hope we don't end up where it sure looks like we're going.

itsjustdj, to random

I got a new phone and after setting it up, I wiped the old one. Like you do.

Then I discovered that the Google Authenticator app loses all your codes when you move to a new device. Apparently I was supposed to have exported them.

Today's project: track down all the sites where I use Authenticator and create new codes.

Then export them for the future.

aburka,
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@u0421793 @itsjustdj What's wrong with Authy? Is it doing something insecure to be able to back up the codes? In my case, the old phone died without warning so the auto restore feature was quite useful

funkula, to random
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Did that guy just exclaim "gott in himmel"

aburka,
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@jonny @funkula that was a different guy

trixter, to random
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Almost let's gooooooooo

aburka,
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@jonny @trixter "Join the network!" "You're network's history. I'm joining Bluesky"

aburka, to php
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Not exactly a hot take but wow what a cursed language is

From the comments:
It seems intval is interpreting valid numeric strings differently between PHP 5.6 and 7.0 on one hand, and PHP 7.1 on the other hand.
<?php
echo intval('1e5');
?>
will return 1 on PHP 5.6 and PHP 7.0,
but it will return 100000 on PHP 7.1.

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.intval.php#120543

aburka,
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@syntaxseed Fixed or broke? That's up to interpretation, but the documentation suggests the old behavior was intended :revblobfoxupsidedown:

evan, (edited ) to random
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"Specification is not documentation."

aburka,
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@evan I want to disagree, but then I'm thinking that if specification is documentation... and code is specification, then code is documentation -- and so I've got myself a bit of a contradiction

aburka, to random
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My employer is a . We're a series B making fully survey .
Looking for 2+ yr exp in hardware, software, and/or mechanical engineering, Linux familiarity, comfortable in customer-facing roles. You'll be a product ambassador to customers, writing training materials, testing new products, and more.
$75k + equity/benefits. US employment eligibility req'd; role is in-person in with up to 40% travel.
DM for details!

jonny, to random
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whatever atragon is, it is easily confused with a small fish

aburka,
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@jonny I thought it was a submarine but now it flies?!

also, what's this bot following you around

aburka,
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@jonny just in your replies I think

jonny, to random
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alright coming in late with no context to , muting the hashtag is advised if it annoys u

aburka,
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@jonny I'm still on 1.5x for a few more minutes to catch up

CactuarJoe, to random
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Almost time for ! As always, feel free to mute this thread as I will be mocking a bad monster movie from the 1960s, style :D

Or you could follow along, we're watching Atragon this week! https://archive.org/details/atragon1963exportenglishdub

aburka,
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@jonny @CactuarJoe inside you are two monsters

Viss, to random
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neat!
now you can use this locally instead of chatgpt to write code for you, if you're into that sort of thing

https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/04/hugging-face-and-servicenow-release-a-free-code-generating-model/

aburka,
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@Viss Am I the only one who liked writing code?

bigzaphod, to random
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Plumber had to call another plumber and ask him stuff. Guess these guys don’t use Slack.

aburka,
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@bigzaphod Plumbers don't rely on the internet, they know it's just a series of tubes which could be clogged

dell, to random
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BREAKING: The pediatrics group suing to ban the abortion drug mifepristone has suffered a major breach. WIRED is reviewing 10K leaked files. The group promotes junk science & anti-trans views and has been labeled a hate group.

https://www.wired.com/story/american-college-pediatricians-google-drive-leak/

aburka,
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@dell Dystopian science fiction did not prepare us for just how stupid and frustrating the decline of civilization would be.

Skepticat, to random
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Instead of going to confession, I am whispering my sins into this empty Pringles can.

aburka,
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@Skepticat canfession

aburka, to random
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Things are getting pretty weird on . The person who started the instance decided to quit out of the blue (???) and I've seen some fediblocking going around due to server rules.

I have lots of sympathy for burnout of course, but I assume the stability/continuation of the instance is in question now.

Where are some good places to migrate?

aburka,
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@jamigibbs To be honest, Nova has a pattern of making sudden announcements with no context (or heavily implied "if you need context read the threads which you have no way of finding")

aburka,
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@jamigibbs And also yeah this isn't the first time there's been a wave of instances talking about blocking us for various reasons

aburka,
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@j3j5 @drmorr I'm open to not leaving, but it seems like a good time to make backups at least. Migrations can also be undone (as we saw when Nova abruptly moved to a test instance and back during the Basement Era).

aburka,
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@maegul @jamigibbs Last time I vaguely remember was when someone was talking about making a bot to index toots or profiles and hachyderm didn't immediately ban them?

liztai, to mastodon
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I've placed the code necessary to verify my website, but it's taking a while to appear. Maybe it's slower on #hachyderm ?

#mastodonhelp #mastodontips #mastodon #newbie

aburka,
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@liztai did you try removing and re-adding the link to your Mastodon profile? I believe it only checks right when you add it

aburka, to robotics
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Hello :blobfoxwave:! My overdue .

My name is Alex and I'm a in . I work at a startup making underground mapping . I'm a big fan of :rust: but my day job is in .

In my free time I (mainly ) as much as possible, play , read/watch and tinker with projects.

Looking for an instance, I saw @molly0xfff migrate here, and it seems @nova runs a tight ship so here I am!

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