Oh! Ancient-ass Slashdot memes are still alive in new social networks!
I still haven't seen the film, though, so I have no idea what it's like. Heard it was weird though.
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Scrivener is still the absolute best word processor for ginormous writing projects. There are FOSS projects that do some parts of it right, but fall far behind in the others. It's particularly frustrating because my usual FOSS approach would be to use other tools that make up for the inadequacies, but Scrivener pretty much nails the "what to include and what to leave out" equation. It's a great combo of a word processor, project management tool and a research/notes tool, all rolled into one.
::Aerith's Theme rendered in a terrible soundfont intensifies::
/serious Well, yes, most APIs are meant for system-to-system interaction, that's kind of a given. But since this particular API is clearly meant for human-to-system interaction, returning a human-readable response is adequate. Yes, a better design would probably allow the client to specify additional parameters about the desired response.
/back-to-jokes Yeah, well this kind of sums up most of my job applications. I send an application and the recruiting people are all like "OK".
Elon: "I'm going to delete this thing."
Everyone else: "NO! Why would you do that kind of thing?"
Elon: "O-o-okay! B-b-but I'm going to delete something today! That other thing, then!"
(Elon continues to read the hypothetical The Best Of Dilbert's Pointy-Haired Boss book and gets so many ideas, folks)
Yet another thing that was done by the army of volunteer mods for over a decade, and now Reddit higher-ups are going "well that was cute and all, why don't you go home and let us show how it's really done."
Elon: "That's not fair! There's no gambling or porn on X!"
Indonesia: "But there will be, right? X is supposed to be an app for everything, is it not?"
Elon: 😯 "But... But..." 😡
Unsaid part of that adage was "...in the public".
People forget about nefarious corporations keeping privately shared stuff indefinitely even if you explicitly tell them not to. Or if they swear it's getting deleted.
Also, another part of the adage that is incorrect is a corollary to Murphy's Law. "If you put something online publicly and you expect it to stay online forever, it's not going to, usually due to corporate bullshit."
Omia suosikkeja:
- Well There's Your Problem, podcasti insinööritaidon katastrofeista, joka on jo itsessään katastrofi, ja YouTube-versiossa on jopa dioja katseltavaksi.
- Skeptoid
- The Dollop (Amerikan historian huvittavia käänteitä)
- Behind the Bastards (Kaiken maailman paskiaisia)
- Swindled (Ilmiselviä pässejä)
- Citations Needed
- Some More News
- A White Vault (Lovecraft-tyylistä kauhia)
- Darkest Night (Lisää kauhutarinoita)
- Welcome to the Night Vale (Erään sorttista kauhua)
Jännittävää, että Haikubot mainittiin artikkelissa.
Koska koko blackoutin aikana tuntui siltä, että kukaan ei missään vaiheessa maininnut Redditin kommenttibotteja, jotka ovat olleet osa Redditin keskustelukulttuuria vuosikymmenien ajan. Ja ilmiselvästi tulituslinjalla koko ajan. ...Ja Redditin adminien oli pitänyt olla aivan ultimatöörisiä pässejä, jos he unohtivat niiden olemassaolon, ja olisi aivan hirvittävä vahinko, jos he eivät kysyisi bottien ylläpitäjiltä, miltä heistä nyt tuntuu.
"Hei spez, ootko ikinä kuullu Haikubotista?" "Häh? Mikä se o?"
Haist' ny', Spez.
It's been [UMPTEEN YEARS] since I registered a Steam account, and when I registered my CD key for original Half-Life, I got the Blue Shift and Opposing Force for free. (As is the case with of most Steam library items, I've yet to complete them!) Now. Please let me transfer my shit from Battlenet to Steam. I can't wait to get my Starcraft installed! I could finally be a proper PC gamer! /very mild sarcasm
Brave as a whole? Brendan Eich is the next Elon Musk. Not in wealth, mind you, but dude's got the antics, is all I'm saying. (Not a good look. Look just what's going on with Reddit.) Also, a dipshit of EPIC proportions.
Brave Browser? Hell no. The whole marketing point is "oh, it's a web browser, but with ad blocker". ...installing uBlock Origin is a 2 minute job on Firefox and even on Edge. Have literally walked elderly people through the process. (It got even weirder when they talked about replacing ads with approved ones. I don't know if they still do that.)
I do draw the line on the whole BAT nonsense. "Oh, you can use cryptocurrencies to support your fave content creators? Even if they didn't opt in to the program in the first place, and you still make it seem like the donations go to them? And then say 'oh yeah the donations will eventually go to them IF they sign up for the program' oh FUCK YOU you're just deceiving fans aren't you."