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pluralistic, to random
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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: The specific process by which Google enshittified its search; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/

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berensn,
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@FantasticalEconomics @pluralistic
Too big to care is the perfect phrase for all the mega corporations we have now.

thisismissem, to random
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ngl, have a bit of FOMO about this year, but it just wasn't possible for me to make the trip. Maybe next year.

berensn,
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@thisismissem
Moving to the EU is something I would love to do but the legal overhead is daunting.
Plus it's hard to get an EU org to hire an overseas worker.

berensn,
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@thisismissem
I've been trying to get hired over there while still in the US, which makes it very hard.
I just took a role as a security engineer, after eight months of looking, just so i could transition into that specialty from my generic cybersecurity operations role.
My future strategy is going to be get hired at an international org and transition overseas internally. It might be easier that way.

thisismissem, to random
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So I wrote a thing last night, that's very personal, and pretty scary to publish, but I'm publishing it for me, if you like it, great, if you hate it, so what.

Becoming the ‘sober friend’

https://medium.com/@thisismissem/becoming-the-sober-friend-26080b773aac

berensn,
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@thisismissem
Becoming sober is a hard path. Social pressure to drink is intense, people questioning why you don't drink is tough to deal with, its none of their business but somehow they still feel they're entitled to a justification. Those are the external pressures to drink while you're trying to eliminate the internal physical and psychological habit of drinking.
Its not easy, some days its all you can do hang on, taking it a second at a time.

berensn,
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@thisismissem
While AA does exist, my personal opinion is that therapy, especially therapy focused on addiction is best. If you want an alternative to AA, smartrecovery.org is a very popular, secular, group therapy format that can be in person or online.

AAKL, to ai
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    berensn,
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    @AAKL @Cbsnews
    The AI that is replacing people either doesn't even work right a lot of the time or isn't even the right technology to replace people in the first place.

    Its like companies are afraid of being left behind in the AI race or that their competition is going to suddenly gain 1000x the profit when they shoehorn AI into their workflow

    berensn,
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    @AAKL @Cbsnews
    True, which is why it baffling to watch since companies are typically more conservative when it comes to adopting new technology.

    patrickcmiller, to random

    HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers https://www.wired.com/story/hp-ceo-ink-cartridge-hackers-dynamic-security/

    berensn,
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    @patrickcmiller
    So he's saying HP printers are insecure, and then this week they reveal they got popped. I think HP is just insecure in general and should be avoided.

    AAKL, to privacy
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    berensn,
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    @AAKL @theregister @jessicahardcastle
    I've been meaning to try out Emby as an alternative to using Plex.

    r000t, to random
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    Free software is ready for you.

    Are you ready to put in a little effort to learn it?

    Nah, a new UX is super duper hard. Better keep giving Adobe money.

    berensn,
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    @dusnm @r000t
    I'd rather set myself on fire than use gimp. It's UI is so terrible it was if it was actively fighting me.

    Free_Press, to news
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    Pardon my language - WHAT THE HELL!

    What good is the 14th Amendment if noone is brave enough to use it 🤬

    A Colorado judge on Friday allowed Donald Trump to remain on the ballot in the state's election next year, but found that he "engaged in insurrection" by sparking the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.

    https://www.reuters.com/legal/colorado-judges-allows-trump-primary-ballot-delays-decision-general-election-2023-11-18/

    berensn,
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    @Joe_Hill @Free_Press @Teri_Kanefield
    What's the point of the 14th amendment if it lets the people it should most apply to off the hook?
    The judge carved out a specific exception for the person who committed an insurrection.

    hacks4pancakes, (edited ) to random

    Polling y'all IT and security people for my own amusement and frustration -

    The very worst tech sales pitch you got this week:

    berensn,
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    @hacks4pancakes
    Volume? Duration? Pitch? Rage level?

    reginagrogan, to privacy
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    berensn,
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    @reginagrogan
    That kind of attitude is so infuriating. I bet his attitude would change if he were affected by a breach.

    reginagrogan, to Bulgaria
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    berensn,
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    @reginagrogan
    At least you're getting to the interview stage. I've yet to hit that.
    Thanks for the insight though, I'll keep it in mind when I do get an interview.
    Good luck in your search!

    mhoye, to random
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    People go to Stack Overflow because the docs and error messages are garbage. TLDR exists because the docs and error messages are garbage. People ask ChatGPT for help because the docs and error messages are garbage. We are going to lose a generation of competence and turn programming into call-and-response glyph-engine supplicancy because we let a personality cult that formed around the PDP-11 in the 1970s convince us that it was pure and good that docs and error messages are garbage.

    berensn,
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    @Itty53 @benlindsay @hyc @mhoye
    The majority of technical documentation I've come across is uber high level and so abstract it loses meaning.
    Documentation is getting better, especially when it includes examples so you get an idea of what the high level abstraction actually means.

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    @Itty53 @benlindsay @hyc @mhoye

    I don't need arcanely abstract function documentation, nor do I have the time to pry apart what the documentation authors mean when they write documentation like that. Functional documentation is more useful to a majority of users than high level abstract documentation that is useful only to a minority of users.

    berensn,
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    @Itty53 @benlindsay @hyc @mhoye

    Calling people not wanting to parse high density abstract documentation isn't lazy, it's using their time on what they deem important. Calling someone lazy for wanting a functional example of how to use a library or function instead of delving into the docs to decode their deep secrets and understand all their aspects reeks of intellectual snobbery.

    Viss, to infosec
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    ok, internet.

    I've done something with https://snakeoil.lol

    it now has a fun/dumb html5 countdown spinner, and redirects you to a random snakeoil bullshit site. for now, a joke etsy listing and some google queries for norse and crown sterling.

    what other complete horseshit snakeoil security vendors/products are out there that I can add?

    berensn,
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    @Viss
    https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org
    https://gop.com
    https://www.essentialoil.com
    https://sovereignsilver.com/

    Lockdownyourlife, to random

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    berensn,
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    @Lockdownyourlife
    And run by the Heritage Foundation

    https://youtu.be/9k3UvaC5m7o?si=oB9LWoHDTjGPoh4p

    https://youtu.be/tty4ituwQcU?si=3XtxDo0IlmnerpWr

    AAKL, to Futurology
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    berensn,
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    @AAKL meta mishandling data and ignoring privacy? I can't believe it!

    hacks4pancakes, to random

    I AM WEARING THE COAT, GUYS

    berensn,
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    @hacks4pancakes
    Just watched Nightmare Before Christmas again and got a Jack Skellington vibe from how this pic is composed.

    patrickcmiller, to random

    Twitter/X strips headlines out of news links: “It’s something Elon wants” https://arstechnica.com/?p=1973524

    berensn,
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    @patrickcmiller

    I like how the example tweet is about Musk ripping off Twitter employees and them sueing.

    AAKL, to Cybersecurity
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    berensn,
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    @AAKL @BleepingComputer @axsharma
    There should be exemptions that can be applied for if you're a person who does this sort of work, or if you handle classified docs.

    Otherwise if you want to avoid searches, overnight ship your laptop and other stuff across the border and pick it up on the other side.

    AAKL, to random
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    berensn,
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    @AAKL @businessinsider
    Kind of a crap article. It talks about how weird LinkedIn is, and then spends most of the article about a meme account and a guy the account posted about.
    nothing really about why its weird or how it happened. The closest you get to it is a quote where someone says "Its all gen-zs fault"

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    @AAKL @businessinsider
    they need to work on their messaging then b/c thats not what I got out of it.

    Maybe its just too subtle for me

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