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@DerrialBook

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I use multiple computers for some reason.
I like reading.
I wish I had more time to use computers and read.

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Jason Lefkowitz 6d ago

It's funny to hear managers saying that coders need to embrace AI to survive, because in my experience every actually useful new technology has gotten into the organization either by coders smuggling it in under managers' noses, or forcing it in over managers' loud and direct opposition

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@3janeTA @nicksherman

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daniel:// stenberg://Jul 10

The story of how I first got into Open Source in the early 1990s is now up here: https://maintaine.rs/bagder

(but yeah, it wasn't actually named "Open Source" until 1998 so before that we just shipped freely available code)

bagder

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Kilian Evang Jun 19

'On November 28th, 2012, Randall Munroe published an xkcd comic that was a calendar in which the size of each date was proportional to how often each date is referenced by its ordinal name (…) "In months other than September, the 11th is mentioned substantially less often than any other date. It's been that way since long before 9/11 and I have no idea why." After digging into the raw data, I believe I have figured out why.'

https://drhagen.com/blog/the-missing-11th-of-the-month/

The Missing 11th of the Month - David R Hagen

Personal website of David R Hagen, scientific software engineer

Derrial Book Jun 20

CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch)

@cR0w @malwareminigun @crow This shirt, but with cR0w

Derrial Book Jun 18

I dislike services where I do not really need to log in, but most providers insist that I do.

Prime example is podcasts. I used to simply download the .mp3 files, but when some podcasts limited that option, I found AntennaPod on F-droid. I cannot compare it to any other app, since I have never used any other app, but it is great. Most importantly, no need to have an account in order to listen.

The only downside is that I cannot give good ratings to some very worthy projects.

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Found in my archive:

Em & future cats 🇺🇦🐈🏳️‍🌈Jun 5

@spaf
This is my aunt in a nutshell 🤣
What little I know bothers me
But when I ask her about it she basically says “you don’t wanna know” 🤣
So… I’m just gonna try to be careful and simple with my technology as best as I can 😹

intersexprogresspride

@spaf basically the plot of the weird Indiana Jones (Crystal Skull ofc)

🐦‍⬛Jun 5

@grob @spaf aka Indiana Jones and the millions of monkeys, aka Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Ants, aka Indiana Jones and the Tacky Cultural Insensitivity etc etc

Democracy Dies in Dumbass Jun 5

@spaf And people wonder why I won't get into a car that has any of the controls "By-Wire"

I've worked with computers for 30+ years, I know better than to get into anything controlled by one.

@ShredderFeeder
A friend working in energy trading and with some knowledge about the grid and physics once said to me that there's no good reason to expect the lights turning on when you press the switch. (Yet they always do turn on in the area where we live.)

@ShredderFeeder @spaf one of my criteria for my next car will be that it has a manual transmission because I continue to have no trust in throttle by wire

if that shit goes stupid on a vehicle with a manual, quick left foot stomp, and safely exit the road. it's a non-issue

Democracy Dies in Dumbass Jun 8

@vxo my next car will be a pre computer controlled manual transmission mustang GT.. so pre 2015. @spaf

@ShredderFeeder @spaf when you say computer controlled manual, does it still have a manual clutch? as long as you have that, you can still quell uncommanded acceleration immediately. I know there are transmissions that are a dual-shaft automatic that works mechanically more like a true manual with automated wet plate clutch, but I don't think those have a clutch pedal, just a bunch of Mystery Software

Democracy Dies in Dumbass Jun 8

@vxo i wont drive anything with bybwire throttle, steering, braking.

Not specifically referring to the manual transmission, i just drive thouse because their fun. ;-) @spaf

@ShredderFeeder @spaf so I REALLY don't trust brake by wire because I've driven two different crappy GM products that had electric power brake boosters, and an electrical fault somewhere caused either sudden loss of braking or simultaneous engine stalling and sudden loss of braking, just as an added bonus. at least in both cases, a VERY HARD stomp still gave me enough brake action to get out of trouble because I had a lot of space ahead of me

Democracy Dies in Dumbass Jun 8

@vxo Yeah, I drive a 2010 Mustang right now. Throttle is by wire, but brakes and steering are not. I still don't like it, the responsiveness of the throttle sucks compared to a good old-fashioned throttle-cable..

That being said, even my car is too computer controlled for me. I had to replace the ECU last summer, and it was a GIANT pain in the ass to get done.

(computer-free) cars are easy to work on, and a car has a life-span of about 20-25 years... A computer has a lifespan of about 5. When the computer fails, the car becomes a fucking brick.

@ShredderFeeder @spaf gaaahhh!!! it used to be the ECUs lasted at least a decade and a half before exhibiting any drama

Democracy Dies in Dumbass Jun 9

@vxo Well, the morons at Ford put this one right next to the hot water return to the radiator..

And to be fair, it failed at 14 years... But it failed so spectacularly and was a giant pain to diagnose because it presented as a dozen different symptoms... AC malfunctions, misfires, random check-engines that were completely unrelated to each other...

And of course nobody makes this ECU anymore, so I had to find a refurb (for $1300) and pray the same thing wasn't wrong with it...

Wouldn't have happened if the car had a carburetor. :)

bdf2121cc3334b35b6ecda66e471 Jun 5

@spaf banks