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borisv

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Software geek and amateur photographer. Senior Software Engineer #typescript #nodejs #java #software #ci #cd #obsidian #kafka

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arstechnica, to random
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A crushing backlash to Apple’s new iPad ad

Hydraulic press destroying "symbols of creativity" has folks hopping mad.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/a-crushing-backlash-to-apples-new-ipad-ad/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

borisv,
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@arstechnica
This ad is a remake of an LG ad from 2008.

https://youtu.be/shIdNfoNQSk

borisv, to infosec
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https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/three-million-malware-infected-smart-toothbrushes-used-in-swiss-ddos-attacks-botnet-causes-millions-of-euros-in-damages

Take a moment to have it sink in: a botnet comprised from internet connected toothbrushes.

Who the hell connects a toothbrush to the internet?!

As we all know, the ‘S’ in IoT is for ‘Security’.

kev, (edited ) to random
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After nearly 6 weeks, I've decided to end my extended trial of Kagi search, it gives little value over DuckDuckGo and is a waste of money.
https://kevquirk.com/ending-my-kagi-search-subscription

borisv,
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@mike @kev subscription fatigue is real.
Waiting for the pendulum to swing in the opposite direction, to see more of buy once products.

borisv, to webdev
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An interesting resource especially for indie developers:
https://whatpwacando.today

Techaltar, to random
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There is so much AI generated content farm crap flooding YouTube & other platforms that I am genuinely starting to doubt videos I get recommended. YouTube clearly can't spot what's real and what isn't and increasingly, neither can I. I've now found myself multiple times watching a video and needing minutes to realize I'm watching stolen footage & scripts, AI voices, etc. The scams are getting better and flooding the platform, at terrifying rates:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMfk-zP4xr0

borisv,
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@Techaltar
Some subscribe to Nebula 😄

borisv, to programmerhumor
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On pair programming 😆
(credit: Vincent Déniel)


GossiTheDog, to random
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A reminder - Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 went fully end of life earlier this year. If you present it to the internet for Outlook Web App, you are presently on fire.

It is not getting security patches. New vulnerabilities in it aren’t issued CVEs if vulnerable as Microsoft doesn’t test EOL products.

Your Qualys/Tenable/etc install will show no new vulnerabilities. It is wrong.

25k organisations are in this situation (with full OWA) and it is a tinder box. Highest percentage in US.

borisv,
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@GossiTheDog
I cannot grasp it. Why not upgrade or replace with a compatible supported solution?

kytta, to random
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New blog post! In this one, I am over the moon about the full-time job I’ve picked up a month ago.

https://www.kytta.dev/blog/one-month-full-time/

This is post 009 of .

(don’t mind the date — I’ve finished this post earlier, but have only now got to publish it)

borisv,
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@kytta congratulations!

wfaler, to voyager
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  • borisv,
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    @wfaler please share your thoughts after using it for a while, in a couple of months or so.

    borisv,
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    @wfaler
    A couple more questions if I may.
    Why would one prefer Voyager over Moonlander or the other way around?
    Are you familiar with X-Bows keyboards? If yes, would love to hear your opinion.

    borisv,
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    @wfaler Thank you! I appreciate you remembering my request 😀

    Techaltar, to random
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    My studio mates built a custom all-in-one filming rig for my birthday, with 3D printed components, flexibly adjustable arms for camera, mic and phone stand and all. How nice 😍

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    borisv,
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    @Techaltar Happy birthday!

    Techaltar, to random
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    The most insanely impressive AI performance I've seen yet just came from my GF. She is NOT a developer and asked ChatGPT4 how to analyze data from a massive CSV file. In 30 mins GPT coached her through:

    • setting up VS Code
    • installing python & a bunch of libraries
    • troubleshooting issues with permissions on Windows
    • turning her questions into a python script
    • visualizing the output in the type of graphs she wanted

    🤯🤯🤯

    borisv,
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    @Techaltar ChatGPT is super useful. I often use for in my professional needs as a software developer.
    The users have to make sure not to share confidential information and take every response they get with a sack of salt.
    Just as using web search has become a must have skill in my industry, so will be the use of LLMs.

    borisv,
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    @Techaltar This is a very impressive feat. Taking a new tool, in a new subject and getting results is extremely impressive.
    Kudos to your GF!

    skwee357, to typescript
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    Honest question, why the hate on ?

    Are you just following famous developers, or do you actually have solid arguments against type safety?

    borisv,
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    @skwee357 the most common sensible argument that I’ve encountered was that people were content with the benefits they got from JSDocs without having the extra difficulty of dealing with Typescript when things get hard.

    borisv,
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    @skwee357 Mainly around generics and complex type assertions. You must have seen cryptic error messages wondering why your typescript code doesn’t compile.

    Techaltar, to random
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    Samsung made a Flip 5 bus stop with Flip chairs in Budapest 😂

    borisv,
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    @Techaltar I hope these chairs don't take pictures 😂

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    borisv,
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    @Techaltar
    "That's Google for you in a nutshell" 😂 😂 😂

    matthewskelton, to random
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    borisv,
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    @matthewskelton so good 😂

    borisv, to random
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    @mike @kev
    Are you familiar with this crap?
    https://denise.dreamwidth.org/91757.html

    borisv,
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    @kev @mike I don’t know how copyright laws work in UK, but you probably need to think about how to safeguard yourself from legal troubles, since you host quite a large mastodon server.

    borisv,
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    @kev @mike TLDR: the author talk how Mastodon instances operators are at risk of lawsuits and what are the steps to mitigate them, like registering with office handling DMCA takedown notices and buying an insurance 🤯 to cover against lawsuits.

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    borisv,
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    @manu Ironically it's the same thing at Zoom.

    pixelherodev, to random

    Random thought: it would be great if I could tell the scheduler, "Hi, I'm not an important process; only wake me up when you have a bunch of processes like me and can run us all at once in a batch"

    borisv,
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    @pixelherodev the OS is doing that behind the scenes. I remember seeing an Android demonstration how they do task batching to save battery. I assume that Windows and MacOS do the same.
    Not only that, low priority tasks are also scheduled to power efficient cores, if present.

    AbandonedAmerica, to random
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    The second floor of an abandoned theater

    Photos/info: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-theaters

    borisv,
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    @AbandonedAmerica Amazing photo!

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