I’ve found myself reluctantly pulled into threads and abandoned mastodon a bit. :( yes I know it’s terrible and yes I know I’m a terrible person.
| website | https://www.mikedesjardins.net |
| pronouns | he/him |
| location | portland, maine, usa |
careful w/that axe eugene debs
@mdesjardins
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he/him. grumpy technologist in portland, maine, usa. stuck forever in the 1990s. i think i'm funnier than i am. almost always follow back because rn I have no idea what i’m doing.
Isaac FreemanThe worst thing that ever happened in software engineering was when Kirk asked Scotty how long something would take and Scotty said thirty minutes and Kirk said you’ve got five and Scotty got it done in five and impressionable children watched this and grew up to become managers.
Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
Google announced that starting in June 2024, ad blockers such as uBlock Origin #uBO will be disabled in Chrome 127 and later with the rollout of Manifest V3 (#Mv3).
The new #Chrome manifest will prevent using custom filters and stops on demand updates of blocklist. Only #Google authorized updates to browser extension will be allowed in the future, which mean an automatic win for Google in their battle to stop YouTube #AdBlockers .
#ManifestV3 is deceitful and threatening to your privacy, and now is a good time to switch to #Firefox (@mozilla) and/or #TorBrowser (@torproject) if you haven't done so already!
EFF (@eff) on Google’s Manifest V3:
⚠️https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening
⚠️https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation
Chrome Manifest V3 Transition Timeline (2023-11-16)
🚩https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3/
EDIT for clarification: MV3 in Chrome will still allow some ad blocking extensions, but will severely limit their blocking ability and even restricts pre-set filters to 50 MAX.
Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening
Like FLoC and Privacy Sandbox before it, Google Chrome’s Manifest V3 is another example of the inherent conflict of interest that comes from Google controlling both the dominant web browser and one of the largest internet advertising networks.
What the fuck’s up, Denny’s?
Dare ObasanjoThe WGA settlement allows the studios to train AI on scripts written by WGA writers as long as writers are paid. Writers will also be credited and paid on scripts that were generated by AI tools.
Looks like generative AI isn’t going away in Hollywood and instead a model for paying writers whose work is trained on generative AI is where they landed. I expect this will repeat across almost every industry.
Hypolite PetovanTwice in the past three days, I stumbled on a piece of printed media younger than a decade old mentioning a URL to an online video game that doesn't exist anymore.
Once in a Spirit Animals book by Brandon Mull that my 9 year-old daughter picked at the book barn specifically for it. She was disappointed but read the book anyway. The link now redirects to the series presentation on the publisher website.
Second in LEGO instructions for a 2014 set, there's an full-page advertisement for the PC/Android/iOS game LEGO City My City doesn't exist anymore anywhere I looked.
The difference in longevity between the two mediums is striking.
Opalescent8675309 (as in, Jenny's number from the Tommy Tutone song) is a prime number. What's more, it's the bottom half of a twin prime pair: add 2, and you get 8675311, which is ALSO prime.
If you're writing software that implements number-theoretic algorithms, it can be problematic to test it using small primes like 7 or 11, because small primes tend to have a lot of weird properties tend to trigger exceptions and edge cases. Having a pair of easy-to-remember, "big enough" prime numbers like the Jenny primes is really useful.
I’ve been cheating on masto with threads. :(
Uncle Duke
She's my curly fries
Dipped in ketchup, such a sweet surprise
Tasty hot make a grown man cry
Sweet curly fries, yeah
Dipped in ketchup, such a sweet surprise
Tasty hot make a grown man cry
Sweet curly fries, yeah