notabot

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[–] notabot@piefed.social 11 points 2 weeks ago

I once had the "pleasure" of having to deal with a hosted mailing list manager for a client. The client was using it sensibly, requiring double opt-in and such, and we'd been asked to integrate it into their backend systems.

I poked the supplier's API and realised there was a glaring DoS flaw in the fundamental design of it. We had a meeting with them where I asked them about fixing that, and their guy memorably said "Security? No one's ever asked about that before...", and then suggested we phone them whenever their system wasn't working and they'd restart it.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 40 points 2 weeks ago

LLM seeks a match for the phrase "take care of" and lands on a mafia connection. The backups now "sleep with the fishes".

[–] notabot@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Without a production DB we don't need to pay software engineers anymore! It's brilliant, the LLM has managed to reduce the company's outgoings to zero. That's bound to delight the shareholders!

[–] notabot@piefed.social 80 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

Assuming this is actually real, because I want to believe noone is stupid enough to give an LLM access to a production system, the outcome is embarasing, but they can surely just roll back the changes to the last backup, or the checkpoint before this operation. Then I remember that the sort of people who let an LLM loose on their system probably haven't thought about things like disaster recovery planning, access controls or backups.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'd say buy from them as well. They're a business owner, so showing that pedestrianising the area helps their business thrive is just about the surest way to change their mind.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

I read the title and expected this to be about some new, bawdy, sport.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

You would be too if your day consisted of trying to hit a tiny ball into a hole with a stick, then spending ages trying to find it, again, and again, and again.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

They can succeed, their modifiers might push them over the line. The title suggests a 21 DC, so even a +1 modifier to wisdom would do it. The ominous face is just because a DC that high means it's really tough.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 44 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

RAW in dnd, criticals only affect attack and death save rolls, there's no such thing as a crit save, so they should apply the modifier. Rules vary from table to table though, so if your group prefers crits to apply to saves, go for it.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It might not be windowless; consider midwinter, when a real window will just be a dark rectangle for most of the important parts of the morning and evening. Having a fake window showing somewhere bright and warm could help lift one's spirits if you didn't think about it too much.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

"...ok"

I'd love to think that his next words involved acknowledging that he didn't know what he's talking about, but they didn't, did they?

[–] notabot@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I can't work out if he's trying to be ironic, because that would genuinely delight me.

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