technology

new krazam just dropped

Most interesting section to me was https://sls.eff.org/technologies/police-access-to-iot-devices

Well, my entire phone stopped responding until I closed literally everything, so explain that, liberals.

I admittedly have very little professional experience with SQL (just single table databases with SFW queries and inserts) but I've been learning more lately, and I find I strongly prefer writing it with lowercase keywords. It's easier to type since I don't have to keep pressing caps lock or holding down shift, and I don't find uppercase keywords to be any more readable (but like I said, I don't have much professional experience, and maybe it's different at that level) largely due to the syntax highlighting that pretty much every editor of the last 20 years provides. The only reason I can think of for using uppercase keywords is if you're working with a legacy codebase with existing SQL code that uses uppercase keywords.

It's not really an argument per se, but one other point I'd make is that so many programming languages have been invented over the years and afaik pretty much none of them use (all) uppercase keywords, in fact the only mainstream language I can think of off the top of my head that does that is COBOL, which is older than SQL. Did the creators of all those languages make a mistake by using lowercase keywords?

What is the best way to do it and what apps do you recommend?

I might post this in some other spots if tech is the wrong place, but I was wondering what people use for a note taking app. I still have evernote, cuz I thought it was a good idea to have access to all my notes on all my devices, but they keep blowing me up with ads for their premium version and limit my number of notes. I want something that I can backup my notes, is free, and secure. I really only use my phone for notes nowadays, pls help

Better do some walnut side projects for your portfolio folx

No more web dev jobs

While this article is a form of advertisement, it does a decent job at explaining why Google results are so bad when you search for product recommendations.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1878156

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1878146

I heard the last update for the 3DS fucked peoples homebrew consoles, so I haven't even connected to the internet since then.

But now I want to transfer a bunch of my old Pokemon to Pokemon Bank so I can get them onto Home and then my Switch, but Pokemon Bank needs an update...

Whats the safest way to do this? Can I just update it or will that fuck my homebrew?

Sure do love to have 50MB of bullshit poorly optimized Javascript visual effects crammed into my browser on every page. The cute little animations definitely make up for the fact that it takes like 5 seconds every time I load my private messages.

In 1979, Casio made a calculator that doubled as a cigarette lighter, a.k.a. the "calculighter' : pics

From another site...

The Casio QL10 is a standard refillable lighter 4″ tall, with 4-function calculator, multi-alarm clock, two time zones and stopwatch. It lasted all of one season in Casio’s 1980 line and retailed for around $90 at the time and was dubbed a Calcu-Lighter by the press. Calculator makers pushed the envelope after perfecting miniaturization and the LCD display system, so it was only logical to package a lighter within a calculator during the pro-tobacco days of the 80's.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/air-canada-must-honor-refund-policy-invented-by-airlines-chatbot/