Remember: somewhere out there, there is a student DJ at a college radio station who is, at this very moment, describing "Hey Ya!" by Outkast as a "really old song from, like, before I was even born".
@zalasur I was at a Big Boi concert and they started “Rosa Parks”. 2 girls beside me screamed and one yelled to the other “I forgot they did this, I loved this song in kindergarten!”
The whole point of code was to provide an interface that human beings could use to give instructions to computers so that we wouldn't have to write everything in machine code.
But now we have AI that "writes code for us"
I mean, isn't that sort of missing the point? If software wants to write software, why not make it cut to the chase and generate the machine-executable binaries?
Why do we have to have this inefficient middleman thing going on?
I ordered a AQI monitor, which should be arriving tomorrow. We were not hit by the massive smoky haze covering the Eastern coast of the US right now, but I suspect we will probably get nailed sometime this summer given the long warm and dry weather patterns we're expected to experience over the next few months.
Due to my love of all things about giant robots, I've been trying to get back into watching the Evangelion series.
I'm liking it so far, but good god I absolutely cannot stand Shinji. I keep wanting to shake him around and yell into his face to get his head out of his ass.
I understand he was written this way (the "reluctant warrior") but still. The urge to smack him in the face every time he's on screen is strong.
I hooked up two of these things to my wall outlets so i can have internet on the second floor of my house. Prior to this, I had 70 ft of cat 6e Ethernet cable running along the wall up stairs and across the room where my computer was set up. It worked, until one day the cable started dropping packets.
I looked at getting a repeater until I ran across these things online. I had heard of them but I want aware they were available for home use. According to the reviews, they worked great.
After testing it, I can confirm they do, in fact, work great. It's not quite as fast as a cat 6e cable, but I consistently get 40 Mbps d/l and 20 Mbps u/l which is more than enough for my purposes.
A couple of notes:
The reason Ethernet is so awesome is because it is somewhat resilient to EM interference. The wiring in your house was not designed to shield your packets like cat 6 was designed to do, so it is more sensitive to, say, the neighbors microwave going off.
Second, the ease of setting this up was phenomenal. I literally just plugged both units in, and it just works. There was a little additional setup to encrypt the network, but otherwise it was a no-brainer to set up
This is much better than using a WiFi repeater because of my outbound streaming activities (dropped frames are problematic). I absolutely would recommend. The price for this model was $70. There are cheaper ones that offer less bandwidth, and also more expensive ones. I like this one
I would stream today but the ongoing issues with my network connection from my gaming PC forces me to hold off until tomorrow. Hopefully not only will this resolve my immediate issues but I can finally get rid of this ethernet cord I have to drape all over the place just to connect the upstairs to my cable modem. I'm crossing my fingers!
When I do start streaming again I'll be heading back to Twitch. Not sure if this will be permanent but it will be at least a temporary shelter.
I don't drive too much, but I do own a car, a 2012 Hyundai. It's getting old enough now where I have to wait to order parts when they are needed (like replacement brake pads). So now today I'm waiting for them to call me to let me know I can pick up my car at the dealership.
I have a loaner in the meantime. It's strange that all the new cars are getting Tesla-fied. Keys in ignitions are a thing of the past. A computer display on the dash. Mystery buttons that aren't well-labeled everywhere. 😅
I know that weather forecasting is more of an art form than science at times, but I sort of have to believe the models are broken when they continuously forecast a 50% chance of rain three days out that consistently fails to materialize.
We were forecast to have thunderstorms all week this week, or at least a better-than-even chance of them each day this week. So far? One slight drizzle. That was it. The rest of the week doesn't look too good, either.
@gdinwiddie I know how probabilities work. Two summers worth of flipping coins and having it come up as tails every time indicates the stated odds aren't really that accurate.
@zalasur I remember reading once, quite some time ago, that weather forecasters will always err on the side of “it’s gonna rain” because people are much more likely to complain if they say it won’t rain and it does, versus the opposite. So the percentage they show will always be higher than the actual chance.
So, sad news today. #Glimesh, my favored streaming platform over the past couple of years during the pandemic, will be shutting down July 1st. That means that my streaming activities will be moving back to #Twitch while I formalize my long-term plans for my online presence.
In the meantime, I'll be doing a few more streams playing games and talking about more serious subject matters. Today I will be resuming my #Factorio base. Come visit me here while supplies last!