Kent Sinclair 

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Sr. Android developer at Milwaukee Tool
Githubhttps://github.com/oneSIX

My ultimate hack for LLMs:

- Using it to resolve merge conflicts.

2016: "You're overreacting!"
2017: "You're overreacting!"
2018: "You're overreacting!"
2019: "You're overreacting!"
2020: "You're overreacting!"
2021: "You're overreacting!"
2024: "You're overreacting!"
2025: "You're overreacting!"
2026: "Well there was no way of knowing it would get this bad..."
@zsmb13 I think that makes the most sense. If I actually need to use this other box to do work i'll either get a second seat _or_ use my license there instead.
@zsmb13 do you know how many Intellij Ultimate licenses I need in order to occasionally compile/build/run my project in more than one context? I use MacOS _normally_ and just found out my fancy new seat license for IJ Ultimate doesn't appreciate being used by a Windows machine (while active on MacOS as well).
@saket @hackbod @zsmb13 expert level trolling 😆
Google doesn't want you to know about this one weird trick to have convenient, global access to Context in your apps!
@lehtimaeki my brother in law has a YT channel that he posts fishing stuff on but it seems mostly aimed at monetizing the hobby than to be social with it. It's @ShowMetheHawgs if you wanted to check it out.

Android’s new security screening feature is bad and I fucking hate it.

They wanted a mechanism for Google’s security team to block malicious developers.

But the same mechanism can be used by the state to control what we can do with our devices.

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html

A new layer of security for certified Android devices

Starting in 2026 and in select countries first, Android apps must be registered to a verified developer in order to be installed.

Android Developers Blog

here's a few settings you may wish to consider for your firefox's about:config page.

browser.ml.chat.enabled = false
browser.ml.chat.shortcuts = false
browser.ml.chat.shortcuts.custom = false
browser.ml.chat.sidebar = false
browser.ml.enable = false
extensions.ml.enabled = false

if your firefox is recent enough, you might want these to disable AI tab groups too (thanks @ilmari!)

browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled = false
browser.tabs.groups.smart.optin = false
browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled = false
@autonomousapps @hugo @donaldball @norootcause Tom DeMarco, author of 'Controlling Software Projects: Management, Measurement, and Estimation', 1982, famously said in the first line of the book: "You can’t control what you can’t measure".
In 2009, nearly forty years later, he admits he was wrong. In an article in the journal IEEE Software entitled "Software engineering: An Idea Whose Time Has Come and Gone?" DeMarco recanted, saying "In
my reflective mood, I’m wondering, was its advice correct at the time, is it still relevant, and do I still believe that metrics are a must for any successful software development effort? My answers are no, no, and no."
https://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/teaching/172/resources/demarco-on-se.pdf