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“It’s a bit of a surprise – when you enter a competition, you always hope to do well but you never really think you’re going to win it,” he explained.
Hobson, 67, who started taking pictures more than 40 years ago, said it wasn’t an easy shot to capture, requiring patience and a homemade waterproofing technique.
He knew the pond was used by toads for breeding.
To try and capture an image looking up from the bottom of the pond, he built a glass box to put his camera in, setting up the lens and focus beforehand.
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I am sorry… Have you considered travelling? There’s a whole world out there! 💫
You may start from places where more people may know English language, but still more unusual in your case. For instance, to Lithuania, Russia, Germany, Italy, France…
Related:
- www.earthcam.com/world/ireland/dublin/?cam=temple…
- www.earthcam.com/world/ireland/dublin/?cam=dublin…
Dublin Cam
Visit the heart of Dublin, Ireland! Perched on top of the Temple Bar Pharmacy, experience the energy and excitement of this popular city.
Holy smokes! Now this is a pure miracle exposed! An X200 Lenovo ThinkPad! ✨
I have Debian with AwesomeWM on non-tablet awesome ThinkPad X201 i7 620M, chassis 3249CTO, I pre-purhased in 2010, and it works as a charm with KDE Plasma latest even! <3
Magnificent support for every single hardware module… iwlwifi for the Wi-Fi, Gobi 2000 SIM and GPS, too… Everything…
Source: lemmy.world/comment/22463493
On X200, though, I would start with a minimal latest Debian install with AwesomeWM, too, and tried benchmarking.
In March of 2026, systemd, the init system that boots most modern Linux distributions, merged a pull request adding a birthDate field to its user database.
The stated purpose was compliance with California’s AB-1043, Colorado’s SB26-051, and Brazil’s Lei 15.211/2025, a wave of age verification laws requiring operating systems to collect birth dates from users at account setup, then feed that data to app stores via a real-time API…
The lasting damage was knowing it could happen at all: that a single contributor with no stated organizational backing could submit compliance infrastructure for surveillance law directly into the software that boots your computer, get it merged by two Microsoft employees, and have the creator of systemd personally block the removal…
Nobody paid him to do this. He’s a cloud engineer who read the law and decided someone needed to implement it…
The pattern HN picked up immediately… That’s the true believer pattern… Every objection the community raised went nowhere: that this enables surveillance infrastructure, that lying is trivially easy, that the laws themselves are unconstitutional overreach…
The open source community has always relied on the assumption that contributors act in good faith toward user freedom…
The community needs to recognize the pattern before the PR opens, not after.
Source: The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux
The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux
Dylan, useful idiot with commit access, pushed age verification PRs to systemd, Ubuntu & Arch, got 2 Microslop employees to merge it, called it 'hilariously pointless' in the PR itself, then watched Lennart personally block the revert. Unpaid compliance simp.
Awesome! I donated just a single $1 this time at ItchIO, since I have already encountered generated effortless AI slop, and am very careful, and I am very sorry if it’s not…
It’s worth to mention that this project reminded me of Stellar Terminus I am also waiting for, and now, I am looking forward for the developer and artist of this project to express their worldview in their artwork, to leave the artprint in the infinitely magnificent Universe of miracles, imagination, and purpose!
I wish the artist success, prosperity, and peace!
Stellar Terminus on Steam
To stave off the cold, crushing loneliness at the end of time, embrace eternity. Stellar Terminus is a combat-focused, hard sci-fi dungeon crawler set at the heat death of the universe. Scavenge for resources, robots, and knowledge in the procedurally generated ruins of long-gone civilizations.
I believe you are an artist, who uses their own hands, and this is already an incredible miracle… Thank you, for being and artist!
Please don’t worry much, it will be alright… You just keep doing what you do, draw brilliance, and practice!
Something whispers, that you’ll be eventually fine and successful.
Meanwhile, please consider sharing about it at [email protected]; it must be a misunderstanding. I had a relatively similar case, but still no response, too: lemmy.world/comment/22144335
Small analyze on Deleted Top Commentors on Reddit - Lemmy.World
Sometimes I find old Reddit posts on search engines, and when I look at them the top commenter’s account is deleted. This has happened many times, and I was curious about the general statistics of this. I made a small analysis of Reddit. I searched some random words with top posts: “minecraft, people, help, science, google, amazon, funny, colorful.” I didn’t just choose the top one; I chose 10 old posts and summed up the total users in comments (top posts hierarchically). :::spoiler data * https://reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/jijwhs/i_made_another_cyberpunk_scene_in_minecraft/ [https://reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/jijwhs/i_made_another_cyberpunk_scene_in_minecraft/] 194 users, 34 deleted, 17.5% * https://reddit.com/r/movies/comments/62sjuh/the_senate_upvote_this_so_that_people_see_it_when/ [https://reddit.com/r/movies/comments/62sjuh/the_senate_upvote_this_so_that_people_see_it_when/] 201 users, 50 deleted, 24.8% * https://reddit.com/r/blog/comments/6mtgtp/we_need_your_voice_as_we_continue_the_fight_for/ [https://reddit.com/r/blog/comments/6mtgtp/we_need_your_voice_as_we_continue_the_fight_for/] 205 user 57 deleted, 27.8% * https://reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/16iti27/for_science/ [https://reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/16iti27/for_science/] 154 users, 35 deleted, 22.7% * https://reddit.com/r/memes/comments/ig9u4z/she_did_her_best_ok/ [https://reddit.com/r/memes/comments/ig9u4z/she_did_her_best_ok/] 201 users, 41 deleted, 20.3% * https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/jptqj9/joe_biden_elected_president_of_the_united_states/ [https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/jptqj9/joe_biden_elected_president_of_the_united_states/] 202 users, 48 deleted, 23.7% * https://reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/15emk8z/he_saw_someone_needed_help_and_stepped_in_to_help/ [https://reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/15emk8z/he_saw_someone_needed_help_and_stepped_in_to_help/] 184 users, 41 deleted, 22.2% * https://reddit.com/r/funny/comments/q1a7iu/zuckerberg_right_now/ [https://reddit.com/r/funny/comments/q1a7iu/zuckerberg_right_now/] 202 users, 37 deleted, 18.3% * https://reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/rmqa2a/this_is_an_amazing_idea/ [https://reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/rmqa2a/this_is_an_amazing_idea/] 202 users, 47 deleted, 23.2% * https://reddit.com/r/PraiseTheCameraMan/comments/ekud8e/right_after_ricky_gervais_talks_about_how_the/ [https://reddit.com/r/PraiseTheCameraMan/comments/ekud8e/right_after_ricky_gervais_talks_about_how_the/] 201 users, 61 deleted, 30.3% ::: — Results; total 1,947 users, 451 deleted, 23.1% btw this is for users who deleted their accounts; maybe there are many more abandoned this is just a small research I did; the real stats may be higher or lower - I don’t know So at least in my research, 23% of top commentator Reddit users chose to delete their accounts; some of them also deleted their comments, and some obfuscated their comments (to poison LLMs) But 23% of top commentors is a really big number. These guys made Reddit the Reddit, but they chose to leave
Please accept a warm hug, and a great high-five! I believe you are a true, accountable, and actual developer, who believes in accountability and self-confidence! This is what is important. To develop not only some software but your own mind and yourself as a human individual, with unique and ineffable magnificent mind.
Just like if you want nonsensical articles with invented facts, then article writing is a practical use case. But as I’ve pointed out already no reputable editorial is now using LLMs to write their articles…
Source: lemmy.world/comment/22132775
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The point is, there has always been a trade-off between the speed of development and quality of engineering…
Source: lemmy.world/comment/22351660
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“I’m Feeling Lucky” intelligence is optimized for arrival, not for becoming. You get the answer but nothing else (keep in mind we are assuming that it’s a good answer).
You don’t learn how ideas fight, mutate, or die. You don’t develop a sense for epistemic smell or the ability to feel when something is off before you can formally prove it…
Source: lemmy.world/comment/22522382
It’s a freaking mess, indeed. I am in a web and network security developer myself, since ~2000. And I do have some slight panic feel myself, trying to learn about it when time is available, with just a very little use of AI at work to almost nothing. And I do eliminate anything AI from personal life, including art and hobby - I will always do so.
Here, even if someone pushes you for to it, please do keep standing your point respectfully prioritizing confidence and self-awareness. Since, in the end, we must always stay human, I believe. Please don’t lose yourself in the trends and unstable technology. In the end, what is important is a human to stay a responsible, neat, respectful, and love-felt human, for the sake of magnificent future, your family, and your love for people, purpose, and art.
I believe it’ll be alright, but we must always be careful, as developers, and people.
And, sure, I wish you peace, stability, organization, and success!
Related: youtu.be/dbMXi9q78Tk (I almost quit YouTube… In this video, you’ll hear my honest take on AI burnout, the viral Matt Schumer article, OpenClaw, tech layoffs in 2026, and why the anxiety is the real problem… )
A senior developers thoughts on Vibe Coding. - Lemmy.World
Original Reddit post [https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1r48r4j/a_senior_developers_thoughts_on_vibe_coding/] I have been using Claude Code within my personal projects and at my day job for roughly a year. At first, I was skeptical. I have been coding since the ripe age of 12 (learning out of textbooks on my family road trips down to Florida), made my first dime at 14, took on projects at 16, and have had a development position since 18. I have more than 14 years of experience in development, and countless hours writing, reviewing, and maintaining large codebases. When I first used Claude Code, my first impression was, “this is game-changing.” But I have been vocally concerned about “vibe coding.” Heck, I do it myself. I come up with prompts and watch as the AI magically pieces together bug fixes and feature requests. But the point is — I watch. I review. Today at work, I was writing a feature with regard to CSV imports. While I can’t release the code due to PI, I can detail an example below. When I asked to fix a unit test, I was thrown away. What came up next was something that surprised even me upon review. // Import CSV $userId = Auth::id(); foreach ($rows as $row) { // My modification function $userId = $row[‘user_id’] ?? Auth::id(); $row = $this->modifyFunction($row); // other stuff } This was an immediate red flag. Based on this code, $userId would be setting which user this row belonged to. In this environment, the user would be charged. If you’ve developed for even a short amount of time, you’d realize that allowing users to specify which user they are could probably lead to some security issues. And Claude Code wrote it. Claude Code relies heavily on training and past context. I can only presume that because CSV imports are very much an “admin feature,” Claude assumed. It wasn’t. Or, it was simply trying to “pass” my unit tests. Because of my own due diligence, I was able to catch this and change it prior to it even being submitted for review. But what if it hadn’t? What if I had vibe coded this application and just assumed the AI knew what it was doing? What if I never took a split second to actually look at the code it was writing? What if I trusted the AI? We’ve been inundated with companies marketing AI development as “anybody can do it.” And while that quite literally is true — ANYBODY can learn to become a developer. Heck, the opportunities have never been better. That does not mean ANYBODY can be a developer without learning. Don’t be fooled by the large AI companies selling you this dream. I would bet my last dollar that deep within their Terms of Service, their liability and warranty end the minute you press enter. The reality is, every senior developer got to being a senior developer - through mistakes, and time. Through lessons hard taught, and code that - 5 years later - you cringe reading (I still keep my old github repos alive & private for this reason). The problem is - vibe coding, without review, removes this. It removes the teaching of your brain to “think like a developer”. To think of every possible outcome, every edge case. It removes your ability to learn - IF you chose for it to. My recommendations for any junior developer, or someone seeking to go into development would be the follows. Learn off the vibe code. Don’t just read it, understand it. The code AI writes, 95% of the time, is impressive. Learn from it. Try to understand the algorithmic logic behind. Try to understand what it’s trying to accomplish, how it could be done differently (if you wanted to). Try to think “Why did Claude write it, the way it did”. Don’t launch a vibe coded app, that handles vital information - without checking it. I have seen far too many apps launched, and dismantled within hours. Heck, I’ve argued with folks on LinkedIn who claimed their “AI powered support SaaS” is 100% secure because, “AI is much better and will always be better at security, than humans are”. Don’t be that guy or gal. I like to think of the AI as a junior developer, who is just really crazy fast at typing. They are very intelligent, but their prone to mistakes. Get rid of the ego: If you just installed Claude Code, and have never touched a line of code in your life. You are NOT a developer – yet. That is perfectly OK. We all start somewhere, and that does not mean you have to “wait” to become a developer. AI is one of the most powerful advancements in development we’ve seen to date. It personally has made me 10x more productive (and other senior developers alike). Probably 95% of the code I write has been AI generated. But the other 5% written by the AI, was abysmal. The point is not to assume the AI knows everything. Don’t assume you do either. Learn, and treat every line of code as if it’s trying to take away your newborn. You can trust, but verify. Understand that with time, you’ll understand more. And you’ll be a hell of a lot better at watching the AI do it’s thing. Half the time when I’m vibe coding, I have my hand on the Shift-Tab and Esc button like my life depends on it. It doesn’t take me long before I stop, say “Try this approach instead” and the AI continues on it’s merry way like they didn’t just try to destroy the app I built. I like to use this comparison when it comes to using AI. Just because I pick up a guitar, doesn’t mean I can hop on stage in front of a 1000 person concert. People who have been playing guitar for 10+ years (or professional), can hear a song, probably identify the chords, the key it’s played in, and probably serve an amazing rendition of it right on the spot (or drums -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMBRjo33cUE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMBRjo33cUE] ) People who have played guitar for a year or so, will probably look up the chords, and still do a pretty damn good job. People who have never played guitar a day in their life, will pickup the guitar, strum loosely to the music, and somewhat get the jist. But you can’t take the person who just picked up the guitar, and put him or her in front of a large audience. It wouldn’t work. Think the same, of the apps you are building. You are effectively, doing the same thing. With a caveat, You can be that rockstar. You can launch that app that serves thousands, if not millions of people. Heck you can make a damn lot of money. But learn. Learn in the process. Understand the code. Understand the risks. Always, Trust but Verify. Just my $0.02, hope it helps :) ( Here for backup ) submitted by /u/matt_pg Originally posted by u/matt_pg on r/ClaudeCode
…is the tradeoff worth it?
This question is impossible to answer, I believe, considering the utterly subjective origin of the question.
I am sorry, but it feels more like you are trying to outsource the responsibility for a decision only you should make. If so, that may not end well, since in the end, everyone has their own priorities in their own environments and requirements.
Wonderful day! Do you mean the Lemmy.World server returns the response? Perhaps more details, appropriate for public, will help.
Just in case, is it related to Perchance, the AI/LLM service? If so, is the following related?: redd.it/1ixanfl (Anti-bot verification failed. VPNs may cause this…)
Just in case, is it related to Perchance, the AI/LLM service? If so, is the following related?: redd.it/1ixanfl (Anti-bot verification failed. VPNs may cause this…)
I haven’t dug deeper due to time availability, but there’s:
There’s ‘/parties/lobby/main/telemetry’ in a minified JavaScript chunk asset;
There’s VitalLens mentioned, and there’s an error string: “A valid API key or proxy URL is required to use VitalLens. If you signed up recently, please try again in a minute to allow your API key to become active. Otherwise, head to www.rouast.com/api to get a free API key.”