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Michael Vilain

@mvilain@sfba.social

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recovering sysadmin
Certified Advanced Rolfer™

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Michael Vilain 10h ago

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DemonHouser 1d ago

@beyondmachines1 a temporary fix will become a permanent solution.

Michael Vilain 10h ago

BeyondMachines

1d ago

True definition of critical infrastructure

Michael Vilain 1d ago

Well We’re All Going To Hat 1d ago

E: So the deal is a horse for your wife S: Is the horse fresh E: What S: Is the horse freshly dead E: No it’s . . . Why would you ask that? Why would I offer you a dead horse for your wife? S: The dead are beautiful K: Would you PLEASE stop talking about the dead E: you know what I’m actually good

Michael Vilain 1d ago

The Funny Pages 1d ago

New Comic Found: Frazz by Jef Mallett for Thu, 29 May 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2025/05/29

#comicstrip #frazzstrip

Michael Vilain 1d ago

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gary 1d ago

@fictionable @bookstodon

Michael Vilain 1d ago

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Craig Hockenberry 1d ago

If you're thinking that going from “19" to “26" is just a search and replace, have a look at TargetConditionals.h - it's at the very foundation of the platforms and does a good job at showing how some identifiers _just can't change_.

Like TARGET_OS_OSX being a sibling of TARGET_OS_IPHONE and both of them being children of TARGET_OS_MAC:

https://github.com/xybp888/iOS-SDKs/blob/master/iPhoneOS18.4.sdk/usr/include/TargetConditionals.h

iOS-SDKs/iPhoneOS18.4.sdk/usr/include/TargetConditionals.h at master · xybp888/iOS-SDKs

iOS 9 - iOS 18 SDK including symbols for private frameworks. - xybp888/iOS-SDKs

GitHub

Michael Vilain 1d ago

Andy Piper 1d ago

Another word for this is “entropy”. https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/opinion_column_ai_model_collapse/

Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves

Opinion: Prediction: General-purpose AI could start getting worse

The Register

Michael Vilain 1d ago

Sheldon 1d ago

The year is 2025.

AI Tech Bros: Our AI is sentient. Prepare to meet your robot masters.

Reality: We still have no technology to stop people from replying-all to an email list... or inviting a reporter to a Signal chat.

#sysadmin

Michael Vilain 1d ago

The Funny Pages 1d ago

New comic strip found:
Adult Children by Stephen Beals for Thu, 29 May 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/adult-children/2025/05/29

#comicstrip #adultchildren #retail

Michael Vilain 1d ago

The Funny Pages 1d ago

The Buckets by Greg Cravens for Thu, 29 May 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/thebuckets/2025/05/29

#comicstrips #thebuckets

Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀3d ago

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Green Roc Thoughts 3d ago

@SmudgeTheInsultCat @hellomiakoda

I'm curious, do you know?
(I didnt get far in coding, only dabbles in html)
<table> 🐈 </table>

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minus 3d ago

@GreenRoc @SmudgeTheInsultCat @hellomiakoda

It tells you to order the drink of your preference and add „secret word: encryption“ at the end.

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Princeoflonelymt 3d ago

@minus @GreenRoc @SmudgeTheInsultCat @hellomiakoda

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Alexander Heimbuch 3d ago

@GreenRoc @SmudgeTheInsultCat @hellomiakoda „undefinedSecret Word:encryption“

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Raven Luni 3d ago

@GreenRoc @SmudgeTheInsultCat @hellomiakoda That is some really shitty code but it sets the variable your_drink to your_drink with "secret word: encryption" appended to it

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Miakoda 3d ago

@GreenRoc @SmudgeTheInsultCat I have no idea

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Mitri Dat 🦉3d ago

@SmudgeTheInsultCat Level barister, not programmer, indeed! 😂

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Wh4tever 2d ago

@nuche @SmudgeTheInsultCat but I wouldn't complain and grab my free coffee

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Michael Vilain 3d ago

@SmudgeTheInsultCat Having started in FORTRAN back in the 70s, PDP+VAX assembly in the 80s, and BASH/PYTHON in to 202x, I can actually read this. Don't ask me what the language is but I know it's not C or APL.

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PitWD 3d ago

@mvilain @SmudgeTheInsultCat

Javascript...

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Mr. Bruno

3d ago

@SmudgeTheInsultCat SSBkb24ndCBkcmluayB0aGF0IHN0dWZmLgo=

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🟢🐰Hase Caesar🐇🟢3d ago

@mrbruno @SmudgeTheInsultCat 😅

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Matt 3d ago

@SmudgeTheInsultCat
Funny, obviously a joke about the crappy JS of the 90's back when people still used Matt's CGI scripts, and lousy "encryption" was employed.

since 'your_drink' is never defined:

'undefined Secret word: encryption'

would be returned, but would not be shown since the return value is not being added to the DOM nor an console.log or window.alert call.

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