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tuckerm

@tuckerm@saltylike.us

Software developer from Salt Lake City, USA.

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ahfrom, to random
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Streamer is mad about a programming exam and I'm realising how much some exams are about guessing what people mean (and how I've done well because I'm very good at that).

tuckerm,
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@ahfrom On the one hand, understanding what someone meant to say, instead of just taking what they literally said, is a valuable skill. But it's not the one you should be getting tested on in an exam.

I also wonder if many programmers are uniquely bad at that. I definitely felt like that was the case when I was in college.

tuckerm, to random
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Shatner has not had a full shat crazy scene yet, but I can tell it's coming.

rwg, to random
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the spiders are in the plane, aren't they?

tuckerm,
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@rwg Nailed it!

And Chekhov's airplane just fired!

jonny, to random
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Posting from one account to reply from another account to be on the feed without polluting the local feed. others who wish to do the same but don't have an alt can reply to this as well (but untag me)

tuckerm,
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@jonny He's being way less of a ham than usual so far, he's practically unrecognizable!

thelinuxcast, to random
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People who are obsessed with taking notes spend more time looking for a note-taking solution (or creating one) than actually taking notes.

tuckerm,
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@thelinuxcast Sir, you have the KDE logo in your name, you cannot judge anyone for fussing around with their setup too much.

wjrii, to mechanicalkeyboards
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My KMK hand-wire builds.

  1. "Plank+3" 50 key ortholinear.
  2. Macropad from Thingiverse.
  3. "Staggerwing" 56 key fixed-wire split ortho.
  4. "RetroH" retro-inspired TKL-like, build 1/3.
  5. RetroH build 2/3.
  6. "N3 v1", No stabilizers, navigation arrows, Numpad.
  7. RetroH build 3/3
  8. "N3 v2" revised with adjusted layout and 3D-printed side case.
  9. Laser-cut no-stabilizers numpad.

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tuckerm,
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@wjrii Those look fantastic! Is one of them a daily driver?

buru5, to random
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my family invented the drunken sailor meme you faker

tuckerm,
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@buru5 @GamingWolf Plan A was the giant lizard. Plan B was the hedgehog. Which seems like a weird pivot, really.

nixCraft, to random
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Please ignore her https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5o9U3pP0Ks/

This hilarious video shows women telling you to ditch that box of random wires. The man insists you ignore them – after all, you never know when you'll need that one obscure cable!

tuckerm,
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@nixCraft I used a wire from the box of random wires about six months ago, so I am definitely keeping it forever now.

j9t, to web
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When I launched @frontenddogma, I deliberately limited article coverage to 2020 and later.

I’ve just started to feature material from the 90s as well. Please tell me how you like it—and if you have useful (and reliably dated) references to add!

https://frontenddogma.com/topics/1990s/

#web #webdev #history

tuckerm,
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@j9t @frontenddogma That's a great archive. Seeing all of the references to "new" things like XML and Javascript reminded me of this podcast episode with Douglas Crockford, where he talks about the earliest days of Javascript and JSON adoption: https://corecursive.com/json-vs-xml-douglas-crockford

Daojoan, to random
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Techradar is either using undisclosed AI generated content with little editorial oversight, or their team is somehow unaware that mobile phones can in fact already run games with 3D graphics

tuckerm,
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@Daojoan Also... could we have more sidescrollers with sprites, please?

danilo, to random
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This ad looks like shit.

So a funny thing happens with the web:

Whatever becomes abundant loses impact for conveying value. High res photography was once a way to make a site look valuable. But Unsplash made it abundant and free, so premium sites move on from photos to illustrations.

“Premium” is a moving target.

AI-generated images will become synonymous with low-quality, low value. A smell of junk no (reputable) brand will want on them.

tuckerm,
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@danilo Yes! I saw a similar point made when an AI startup launched a service for writing cease and desist letters for you.

Someone pointed out that the legalese language in a C&D letter doesn't mean anything by itself; what it means is "I have hired a lawyer to stop you from doing this thing."

AI-generated C&D letters do not have that meaning. It only means "I have sent you an email."

Things don't convey ideas on their own. They convey ideas because a person did it and gave it meaning.

verge, to random
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Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations

tuckerm,
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@verge At this rate, Linux is going to hit 10% of the desktop market share way sooner than I ever expected.

tuckerm, to random
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Oh nice, the eclipse came back.

mms, to random
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My new dap has landed. Hiby RBII

tuckerm,
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@mms Ah, too bad about the volume problem. I got one recently but haven't run into that -- at least, not yet.

Great taste in music, by the way! :D

ancient_catbus, to random
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i saw a cybertruck irl yesterday and I YELPED bc it is so much uglier and stupider looking in person- the proportions are fucked, the shape makes no goddamn sense and it looked like a foil wrapped turd on wheels

tuckerm,
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@ancient_catbus I still haven't seen one in real life. But I met a soon-to-be Cybertruck owner yesterday.

At a coffee shop, barista asked the guy, "How's your day going?" The guy replied, "Going great, just bought a Cybertruck." Then IMMEDIATELY turned to me and asked if I owned any crypto.

I wish I was making this up.

scalzi, to random
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I really dig my still-new Mac Book Pro, but if I had to purchase it all over again, I think I would go for the 14-inch version rather than the 16-inch. The chonkiness of the 16-inch version is considerable.

tuckerm,
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@scalzi I used a 13 inch laptop for a long time, which was pretty cramped, so when I finally upgraded recently I bought a 16 inch laptop. That might have been too far. I think my next laptop after this one might finally be the goldilocks laptop.

MissingThePt, to random
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Owner's Manual: "Warning: Vehicle warranty is voided if cybertruck faraday car cover is removed."

tuckerm,
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@MissingThePt We've moved on from car bras, and embraced the car tinfoil hat.

futurebird, to random
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Last political post. I'm getting US politics poisoned. I'm gonna nag some old HS friends about voting & go back to talking about ants for like A WEEK.

One last funny fact:
I have nearly 10x as many followers on too-obscure-mention fediverse as Jesse Waters has on Truth Social.

Waters has TV shows & 'books' (?) Says the billion-dollar social media company (that totally isn't laundering money) can't possibly be over-valued.

Uses it all the time!
I say? You'd do better with Pica's many scams.

tuckerm,
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@futurebird To be fair, ants outnumber Republicans by like a billion-to-one, so you're at an advantage there.

dangillmor, to random
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I was looking around to see if anyone is making a decent small (7"-8") tablet running Linux when I realized that no one is even making a good small tablet running Android. (Amazon and Samsung small tablets are not good...)

It's a reminder that Google once sold a GREAT small Android tablet, the Nexus 7 -- and like so many things the company has produced, killed it off in a fit of boredom or stupidity.

tuckerm,
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@dangillmor Apparently, a bunch of ebook readers (with e-ink screens) have come out in the last few years that run Android. I'm thinking about getting one of those -- all I want to do on it is type notes on a bluetooth keyboard outside.

Heck, if it can't play Youtube videos, that's probably a good thing for me.

AskHelenBrown, to random
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Weekend baking adventure: Raisin scones and homemade lemon and lime curd for topping.

tuckerm,
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@AskHelenBrown Those look amazing! I had always thought that any kind of bread needed to rise for several hours -- I only just learned what a quick bread is recently. Now I'm kind of obsessed. Going to try making some almond flour scones this weekend myself.

tuckerm, (edited ) to random
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Better double-check those baseball levels...

tuckerm,
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@Orygin @TropicalDingdong Also, if you're looking to get away from AI in your browser, Opera is absolutely not the way to go. The company is run by techbros that will jump on any hype train to gain users. Good summary here: https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-opera-browser/

joel, to random
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I had a free day today, and a bunch of things caught my interest, from actually watching an at last, to and then a bunch of random rabbit holes, quite the day...

This is day 22 of

https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/what-interested-me-today-3/

tuckerm,
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@joel Nice! I've been wondering if I should start reading Dune. I saw someone reading it at a coffee shop yesterday and it made me want to bump it up above other books in my backlog.

ricci, to random
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Kinda tempted to do this and see what happens

tuckerm,
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@ricci Well technically that would still be a float; should be a combination of sweet, creamy, and effervescent flavors.

openculture, to random
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The Armored-Knight “Robot” Designed by Leonardo da Vinci (circa 1495)

https://www.openculture.com/2024/02/the-armored-knight-robot-designed-by-leonardo-da-vinci-circa-1495.html

tuckerm,
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@openculture This guy was clearly trying to be Iron Man and we just remember him for painting some lady with an ambiguous facial expression.

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