Douglas King

@douglascodes
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Cis/bi, sober alcoholic, with seasonal depression and ADD. Data Engineer. Former research programmer at Wharton.
He/Him #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ImmigrantRights.
#programming
LocationPhiladelphia
Did you see the documentary about the final descendant of a pretzel empire? It's called 'The Last of Utz'
#dadjokes

Cancel culture has gone too far.

I just needed to switch my cat's food and chewy got all dramatic.

$10K bounty for something figuring out how to disable Ring Video Doorbells from sending data to Amazon. (while still allowing them to be used locally)

https://bounties.fulu.org/bounties/ring-video-doorbells

#ring #privacy

Ring Video Doorbells

The ProductRing, owned by Amazon, makes Video Doorbells, which are widely used doorstep-monitoring cameras. Ring doorbells released in 2021 or newer are eligibl…

FULU Bounties

The Ballad of Phil and Phyllis - Oliver Richman, Joy Woods, Grant Steller (Official Video)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7MHKV3tEL4U&si=aCljoMP55b4Jo4jy

> The Ballad of Phil and PhyllisStream now: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/oliverrichmanjoywoodsgrantsteller/the-ballad-of-phil-and-phyllisPhil - Oliver Ric...

Slack just notified me:
"Time to wrap up your week. You have 5 now AI search previews. Let's summarize what you accomplished this week."
- It's Thursday
- Is this search or summary?
- Everyone in our stand-up got the alert at the same time and it caused a distraction
- It won't let you click "Don't ask again"

sometimes when i feel my code has too many confusing states, i like to stop, take a deep breath, and open the MSDN page for the MsoTrioState enum.

MsoTrioState is "a tri-state Boolean value". it has five possible values. only two of them are supported.

the only supported values are true and false.

Adding to the list of "things I didn't expect to ever happen, but make sense in these tumultuous times": A job listing for a senior C++ engineer who will "Build and maintain GOG GALAXY on #Linux"
https://www.gog.com/en/work/senior-software-engineer-c-gog-galaxy

Edit: For anybody less-familiar with me, I remain critical of a number of GOG's policies and practices, and I find the requirement to not just use "AI" but to participate in encouraging its adoption to be an unacceptable thing to ask of prospective employees.

Work with us - Senior Software Engineer (C++ GOG GALAXY)

Join us

GOG.com
I'm not saying the Trump administration is turning the US into a dystopian hellscape, but when the local newspaper needs to help you identify what toxic gas Federal agents are unleashing on citizens, I think it speaks for itself.

The green line is how much $ farmers make from selling crops & livestock. Goes up in D administrations, down in R ones.

The blue line is free money farmers get from the gov't. Goes down in D administrations, up in R ones.

It ain't rocket science.

Source article btw: https://www.agweb.com/news/policy/ag-economy/government-payments-drive-u-s-2025-farm-income-surge

Government Payments Drive U.S. Farm Income Surge in 2025

A staggering 345% increase in government payments — from $9.3 billion in 2024 to $42.4 billion in 2025 — is the key factor behind the income boost.

AgWeb
So nobody internationally is going to do anything about waltzing into a sovereign country and removing its leader? Like France could just swing by Washington DC and scoop up Trump? DO IT MACRON YOU COWARD