gentooer

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[–] gentooer@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really don't get how Heineken became such a big brand. It's the shittiest pils I've ever drunk, and I've drunk Cara Pils.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

These large companies really need to learn that AI isn't a good tool for black and white decisions.

Right now I'm working on a system with drones and image recognition for farmers to prioritise where to use pesticides, in order to decrease the use of pesticides in the EU. For these things AI systems work really well, since it's just prioritising regions.

It's a bad idea to use it to make discrete decisions.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

The price of bread has always been a good indicator for unrest, and it's rising quickly.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

No, Mexican food isn't very prevalent here. I've only ever had genuine tacos in a Mexican restaurant on holiday in Dublin.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I understand your concerns. With our machines the QR codes can be forged, but manual recounts are done using the human readable votes on the receipts, which you have to check before leaving the voting booth and dropping the receipt in the ballot box.

Also, we have opkomstplicht (compulsory attendance), although research shows that our votes wouldn't change a lot if voting were voluntary. We also always vote on Sundays.

EDIT: Also, about 1 million people (around 10%) didn't show up to vote, despite the possibility of getting a heavy fine. Not sure how this influenced the result.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Are hard tacos actually nice to eat? Whenever I see them in movies and such, it seems like the tortilla would just shatter the moment you bite into it.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why I prefer low-fat sour cream for burritos and tacos, it's a little runnier. I just throw some finely diced shallots in there and leave it for some time in the fridge.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That sounds like a really bad idea to me. Over here the voting machines are completely offline and don't have a hard drive. It prints out a small receipt with your vote in human readable form and as a QR code, which you drop in an electronic ballot box. As a software engineer, this feels like the only safe voting machine.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 19 points 1 year ago

Ain't nobody got time for that.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

That's hardcore.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 35 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I like to spice up things with gnuplot every now and then.

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