dj_mc_merlin

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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
> They would call us stupid for not being able to remember the smell of more than a few dozen objects. Dogs obviously have incredibly more advanced olfactory systems but I feel like you're downplaying humans here. I'm pretty su
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Practice some empathy.
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Some parts of the programming community has always embraced counterculture/things the public sees as bizzare. Surprise surprise, it's also the part that spends a lot more on the computer than even the already addicted average prog
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
It's probably experience in this case. Correlating clue texts and finding a common word that has an alternate meaning is not a new challenge in online riddles. And the author seems very aware of the usual tricks. Also not pictured: all
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
I've heard people refer to OSS devs as "a random guy in Alaska" before, altough that joke is probably older than the comic.
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Disco Elysium is amazing because it's a story that is told in a way possible only in videogames. Your "skills" just create voices in your head that let you know things, giving you more information or dialogue choices. You: Wh
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
You misunderstand me. I meant Faircamp could just set up the wordpress site for them instead of their solution that doesn't have payment integration.
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
They could just set up their site as a wordpress install with one of the many mature payment/web shop plugins. Can be customized as needed as well.
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
It's too bad this is always one of the most upvoted comments on every FF thread when it just doesn't reflect reality.. been using Firefox for basically it's entire existence and it just works. It's always worked. Never b
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
If there's enough people interested in the game, someone will figure out how to run a private server. People are so persistent it happens even without the source code. For many online games the source code is either stolen or dedicated
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
This is similar to DMT: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2218949120 > Consistent with previous DMT study findings (32, 39), static analyses revealed widespread decreases in alpha power under DMT (P < 0.
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Did tavis sell his soul for infinite exploits? Also the amount of stuff he finds alone makes you think about how much stuff gov agencies find.. they get a lot of smart people as well.
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
What about jc 'aws sts get-caller-identity' | jq [..] That way the aws process can be a subprocess of jc, which can read where the binary is and get its version automatically.
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Both things are true: Caesar was a narcissistic genocidal man who destroyed what was left of the Roman republic (characterizing the Roman state as "one of the oldest democracies" is correct in a sense, but it was really so corrupt
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Same here. The sound's always been there and it's the only thing I can control my attention towards perfectly. Kind of like how you can't not think about pink elephants but through a lifetime of practice I can do it with this
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
> They just provided a formal argument for it which proves it by induction, as we call it. This is contradiction, I think. Assume n (exists and) is the largest number representable in 64 bits is statement 1. The numbers in the n+x system
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Yeah, this is actually a really good example of its weaknesses.. it's the equivalent of a bullshit essay in math form. Completely tautological, with just a bit of the correct definitions thrown it to seem like it understands.
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
I'd liken it to feeling tired of feeling bad. After so many cycles of negative emotions at some point the brain gives up and embraces the thing it "knows" but hasn't internalized because it's the only way to escape
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
> It’s only awkward if you make it awkward. Not completely true.. recognition of awkwardness also signals people that you're socially conscious to understand an action was not appropriate/good. The right thing to do in an awkwa
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
I think there's a good ethical argument for releasing the knowledge, not so much the tool. I think the open secret is that most people who go into cybersecurity do so because they enjoy breaking security through clever methods rather t
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Yes, obviously. They're doctors, they understand that.
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Here in Germany doctors only give them for bad infections that have the potential to turn worse. Cat scratches (actually quite dangerous!), bad throat or stomach infections. I've only taken them 2-3 times this decade I guess but I&#x27
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Seems like possibly bad timing giving advances in AI. ChatGPT/GitHub Copilot can already be used to interface with a computer (there's some git repos floating about if one looks), I think it's only a matter of time before som
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Why do a lot of developers, especially the more "chronically online" ones, exhibit ADHD symptoms? I'm not saying they are necessarily, but there are striking similarities.. do the screens make people mad or are mad people att
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
I'm personally quite interested in propaganda and TikTok let's you see both American leftist/rightist propaganda, European leftist/rightist propaganda and pro-Russian/pro-Chinese propaganda. Now there's a lot m
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Another similar bug/feature of the brain is how we can immediately know if we like a movie or a book, but if asked what movies or books we like, we often blank or name like 3 pieces. Some information is only designed to be retrieved in
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
Early on in the company I work we had a practice of collaborating across teams, sharing members etc. so a lot of us knew a lot of the code base from "different angles". If you implemented a backend feature you might write also wri
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
I don't think it's purely inflation. A degree shows you can show up to a place for 3-4 years and do something. That's all you need for a lot of jobs so preferring those who have a piece of paper saying they can do that makes
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
> However, then he said, "We overemphasise the parts of the system we've personally worked on, particularly those we've most recently worked on. We downplay other parts of the system, including the impact of dependencies (
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by dj_mc_merlin 3y ago
How do you identify if log4j was one of your dependencies then? You'd just have a hash of the pom.xml or whatever and you'd still need a tool to check it. edit: or do you mean that your hypothetical tool would generate the reposit

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