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krnl386, 6 days ago

If it is indeed a boneheaded mistake, then it’s probably because of over reliance on RPC-type calls from the front-end that displays the data, to the back-end that actually handles the data. User deletes photo, and the front-end, instead of actually deleting it, tells the backend to do it… and then hides the photo from view, maybe updates its index of photos marking them as “deleted” regardless of whether the backend actually deleted the photo.

Then an OS update comes along, and rescans the filesystem, and report a bunch of new photos to the front-end, that then happily add them to the GUI to the user’s surprise.

Modern APIs and software architectures are a bloated, unnecessarily complex mess, and this is the result.

krnl386, 6 days ago

I wonder if this has anything to do with Apple’s CSAM scanning. You know, hang on to the photos as evidence, and, for an added bonus, sell more iCloud storage because the “System Data” now exceeds the free iCloud data storage quota. Win-win!

krnl386, 6 days ago

I’d take “works perfectly” with a grain of salt. “Doesn’t die and continues to grow after thawing” is more accurate, IMHO.

krnl386, 19 days ago

From that article they say they will issue refunds if there is a technical issue with the game. Thus, if you live in a country where PSN is not available, you could go that route. “I’m trying to sign up for multiplayer but I can’t because my country is not listed. Therefore multiplayer is broken and I want a refund, because this is a technical issue; a part of the game isn’t working.”

May be worth a shot…

krnl386, 23 days ago

Whoah, isn’t FUTO the non-profit that Louis Rossmann works for? This is great news!!

krnl386, 25 days ago

Actually the ad matches the article. To me the ad is “fringe” and it has infested the “mainstream” (CNN).

krnl386, 1 month ago

The ability to walk at 40km/h speeds.

krnl386, 1 month ago

His analysis and analogies are actually pretty good, except he ruins it all with his cringy intro and outro. That’s disappointing.

krnl386, 1 month ago

Wasn’t Google Plus used to be called Circles? Man, I feel old!

krnl386, 1 month ago

If this is their attitude to a clear self-inflicted fuckup, then that’s plenty reason for me to avoid them and their services. It’s not like their services were distinct in any way… just a dime in a dozen cloud provider.

krnl386, 2 months ago

TL;DR: the reason is that men are horndogs, and those that for some weird reason want to say “no” are pressured by the Patriarchy and/or Toxic Masculinity to say “yes.”

Did I get the gist of the article right? 🤔

krnl386, 2 months ago

Yeah, Psych today is about as credible these days as The View when it comes to psychology research.

krnl386, 2 months ago

Yeah, maybe not the horndog part, but the rest checks out if you read between the lines.

krnl386, 2 months ago

And what will run the AI that replaces your GPU? GPUs of course (rebranded as “AI accelerators”). So yeah, win-win for team green.

krnl386, 2 months ago

At work, if you have the option, consider using KeePassXC or similar software. That will give you a properly encrypted file with secrets and also password-manager features.

krnl386, 2 months ago

Google reminds me more and more of Microsoft of the 90s. That’s exactly the kind of compatibility breaking asinine move MS would do 30 years ago. Sigh…

krnl386, 2 months ago

What happens if you redirect all traffic to a sinkhole, rather than to 127.0.0.1? Do the devices still freak out when they talk to a web server which returns a 404? Just morbidly curious…

krnl386, 2 months ago

Good old git blame lol! Not only can you determine when the change was made and where, it’s trivial to look up the author of the commit: github.com/…/562e0d570d93cfcfdebab1215a2f04efa64a…

To be fair, the author’s first language may not be English…

Is anyone interested in submitting a pull request? Looks like Github contributions are accepted.

krnl386, 2 months ago

I think descriptive and useful error messages are OK to report as enhancements. They don’t have to be functional bugs.

krnl386, 3 months ago

Grievance-based identity… Interesting that it is attributed by the author to straight white males; on the right “oppression olympics”, i.e., grievance-based identity, is attributed predominantly to the left.

krnl386, 3 months ago

Are you assuming that most straight white males are religious and Christian? There’s probably some truth to this, at least in the US, but I doubt that most straight white males are religious enough to have a persecution complex. Moreover, from my understanding and experience, the persecution complex is mainly attributable to Catholics, which further reduces the sample size. On the other hand, I think some flavour of a persecution complex could be attributed to any religion, not just Christianity. After all, religions control through shaming inappropriate behaviours and rewarding desired behaviours.

krnl386, 3 months ago

My original point was mainly about both sides (left and right) attributing grievance-based identity to each other. There’s probably more to it than that. The truth is out there, but I feel like neither side is doing enough to understand the nuances of what’s going on in society and oversimplifies the dynamics at hand.

krnl386, 3 months ago

I think this article may shed some interesting context and complement OP’s linked article nicely: theconversation.com/gen-z-boys-attitudes-to-femin…

krnl386, 2 months ago

Hear hear! Meaningful discourse can be very powerful.

krnl386, 3 months ago

Ohh, this headline aged like milk, LOL. 😂

It is powerful, as long as you don’t ask it to generate anything involving white people. 🤣😂🤣