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aeveltstra

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Hi, this is Andre. I'll be writing about software architecture and development, cyber security, UX/UI topics, politics, and queer experiences. I'm a classically trained musician and music composer, band director, and music instructor. I'm handfasted, have kids, and play and create (video) games. Sometimes I don't recognize social cues.

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aeveltstra, to webdev
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fits every screen size out of the box. gets abused to stop it from doing that; to constrain the display by web browsers to specific widths. That’s counterproductive. The solution therefore is to remove such constraining CSS. Don’t apply a minimum width rule, and allow on-screen components to flow underneath each other as screen size dictates. Stop trying to make computer screens behave like hard-copy magazine paper.

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Finding out that Windows uses the same powershell function to check for the existence of either a) files on disk or b) paths within the Windows registry is breaking my brain. They're not... the same thing?? Right???

aeveltstra,
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@misty Nope. The same is also used to locate scheduled tasks and Active Directory objects… almost anything with a path.

aeveltstra, to typescript
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Hey, devs: is there any way to compile typescript without needing NPM and Node?

Microsoft’s documentation says the easiest way to install tcl is by using NPM. That means they aren’t saying it’s the only way. But it also lacks mention of other ways.

I’m not adverse to building tcl myself if needed, or use different methods for different operating systems.

Please advise!

aeveltstra,
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@lukem Thank you, I’ll check it out.

aeveltstra,
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@castarco Thank you!

aeveltstra, to random
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If faced with a new API there’s a learning curve. If faced with an API SDK there’s 3 learning curves. I’ll stick with plain API thankyouverymuch.

aeveltstra, to Java
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Hey, software devs: how do you prevent the from dumping memory into the application folder if the application or system causes it to malfunction? I still want the memory dump, just somewhere else. Can that be done? Please show me the way!

aeveltstra,
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@PHolder yes it does! Thank you!

docpop, to random
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I'm sick of justifying ethical behavior in terms of profit. We use phrases like "adding alt-text brings more customers to your site" or "protected bike lanes increase revenue for local businesses."

You should add alt-text descriptions to images because it helps people.

We need to build bike lanes because it makes cities safer and more accessible.

Reduce carbon emissions because it's the right thing to do! Discussing these things in purely economic terms misses the point.

aeveltstra,
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@docpop Fair, but money seems to be the only language shareholders speak.

aeveltstra, to UX
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You really shouldn’t call your product “enterprise level” when:

  1. Your product forces us to store cache on the system hard drive rather than letting us choose where to store it.
  2. Your product forces us to install a system module that is 10 years old, no longer supported by its vendor, and refuses to work with any newer, supported version.
  3. Your product is single-threaded when its purpose is to provide gigabytes of data transfer, simultaneously.

Do better.

aeveltstra,
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@SQLAllFather OK… What other vendors sold networking systems at that time? I remember Novell Networks, IBM thin clients, terminals and terminal emulators for IBM Mainframes, AppleTalk… Some were better and others worse. Microsoft doesn’t sell NT4 anymore, does it? Are we going to resign to mediocrity? Or are we going to pave the way for improvements?

aeveltstra,
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@SQLAllFather And I apologize for taking your comment as a critique of my stance. I hadn’t even considered it could have been written to commiserate!

aeveltstra, to random
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My train just ran over something pretty intense. Now we’re stopped a short distance away from a railway station. The power went out. I smell burnt brakes. Let’s hope whatever we ran over wasn’t alive before we hit it…

aeveltstra,
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Crew is checking for damage now.

aeveltstra,
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We got word: the train is dead. We’ll get a new train.

aeveltstra,
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We have control on-site, inspecting the situation.

aeveltstra,
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We should be on the move shortly, was just announced.

aeveltstra,
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We’re on the move to the railway station. No clue yet what to do from there.

aeveltstra,
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If you’re driving or in NJ, now is a good time to head for railway stations on the NECL between Newark Penn Station and Princeton. East-bound railway traffic is on full stop due to electrical wire problems.

aeveltstra,
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Thank you, powers that be, for imparting wisdom on the train engineer who stopped us safely, and the passengers who chose to stay on instead of endangering their life. Stepping on live tracks will earn you a Darwin Award.

aeveltstra, to cisco
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Who do you trust? MFA got compromised using a attack:

https://app.securitymsp.cisco.com/e/es?e=2785&eid=opguvrs&elq=bd1c1886a59e40c09915b029a74be94e

aeveltstra,
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Here’s ’s take on the matter:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-duo-warns-third-party-data-breach-exposed-sms-mfa-logs/

aeveltstra, to random
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What I hate about dealing with integrated systems, is that sometimes things will just fail without an easily discernable cause, and then they'll just start running normally again. I'm sure there is a cause, but it's going to take too much time to figure out. So if it happens rarely, just let it be: it'll catch up.

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WHERE THE WEB IS GOING: The convergence of LLMs and web advertising will lead to "ads" consisting of several hundred gigabytes of javascript containing a (weighted) neural network designed to generate unique per-user video advertisements—generated on your computer at your expense to ensure the imagery is unique and evades AI-based ad-blockers.

"AI spam" is an entire AI, squatting on your CPU and making it glow dull red as it works out how to capture your attention.

Welcome to the spamularity.

aeveltstra,
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@cstross And people still wonder why I call JavaScript dangerous.

nyquildotorg, to random
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Scoop: after the M4 MacBooks come out, Apple will be working on M5 MacBooks, an unnamed source with an excellent track record suggests.

aeveltstra,
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@nyquildotorg I bet it’ll be M6 after that…

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