masto

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by masto 2y ago
I've been in big tech and out of touch with the real world for a while, and I started a project only a couple of weeks ago to get a feel for what the cool kids are doing in web dev in 2024. So I can't claim any deep authority or e
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by masto 2y ago
Sorry to hear that. My school experience was a long while ago now, but very similar to what you described. I feel like I'm supposed to impart some wisdom, so I guess I'd add.. once I got out of high school, none of it mattered. Do
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by masto 2y ago
Maybe you already know or could try to find other peers who like math, and see if you can get something started? I think there's a good chance that if you approached a supportive teacher with "my four friends and I want to start a
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by masto 2y ago
Many moons ago, I was in the small ISP business, and I discovered the aftermath of an attempted script kiddie hack on one of our servers. When I examined the logs I realized we were extremely vulnerable to the remote code execution exploit
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by masto 2y ago
I feel like APL is worth the experience, because it's such a different paradigm. I've got a soft spot for it as well because I actually used it. At work. On a PC. In the 90s. My assignment was to figure out how to get data into it
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by masto 2y ago
The Little Schemer is one of my top two favorite programming books. But it's not something I'd recommend as a way to learn how to do the programmer job. It's fun and useful in the way that dropping acid is fun and useful, at
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by masto 2y ago
I'm with you on this. My learning style is to read the reference manual cover to cover (metaphorically now). I can recall numerous instances of wanting to get into a new thing and finding the vast majority of recommended introductions
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by masto 2y ago
It is good to have different people in the world. The article starts with "Have you ever wondered whether expensive clothes are worth their price?" I have never wondered that, no. I'm 49 years old and I'm not sure I have
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by masto 2y ago
If e-mail were invented today, you wouldn't be able to communicate with people who weren't on the same service provider.
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by masto 2y ago
Maybe, but I doubt I could make them at a price that would earn me any profit. I'm hoping at some point someone will comment or message me to say they've built one. I just added the parts list and CAD models to https://
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by masto 2y ago
I have been making YouTube videos about a project I built a couple of years ago. It took a while to find the time and the right approach to documenting it, but I'm finally happy with the results. The first video is here: https:/&
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by masto 2y ago
At least one more. My OP-1 battery also needed replacement after sitting unused for a long time. Fortunately (not for my wallet) I was still able to get one at the time.
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by masto 2y ago
Drones, indeed. Now your government's murderbots can be powered by Google Gemini.
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by masto 2y ago
That’s the one I had. What a beast. I gave it away around 2009 when I got my first LCD.
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by masto 2y ago
I don't know if a computer can ever match the perfection of "shreds" videos. (The drum example came close) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQvwVDViTLXu4usHto8PH...
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by masto 2y ago
EU: "Don't threaten us with a good time."
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by masto 2y ago
"Low-tech Magazine questions the belief in technological progress" I wonder what reversal of technological progress made it possible to run a web server on a tiny computer that only uses 2.5 watts of power, and how that "smal
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by masto 2y ago
Now I have this. https://looptube.io/?videoId=W5Z-d1Zx02o&start=77.1286764705...
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by masto 2y ago
You think you feel stupid, I don't even know what a Honeykrisp Compliant Vulkan is. Sometimes Hacker News makes me wonder if I've had a stroke.
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by masto 2y ago
To your point, I happened across this video recently and it was a nice break from animated circles-within-circles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmgJmh2I3Fw
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by masto 2y ago
For a video recording app, it's an interesting marketing decision that there's only one video on the page. And at least on my computer, it doesn't play, I only hear the audio. These folks have a stellar reputation, and I&#x27
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by masto 2y ago
Ehh. I really dislike this paragraph: > Sure, you could push your glasses up your nose and say, “Well actually, no file is ever really deleted until it’s overwritten...” And while that is true, a reasonable customer would expect that whe
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by masto 2y ago
I thought I knew the basics of tape, but as always I learned a lot from that video. The one that went through my head is mastic tape. I used some on actual ducts and I don't know if it's just an extra thick layer of goo or if ther
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by masto 2y ago
When I'm on a company video call, the people I'm meeting with are logged into their company accounts, through the fancy company authentication system. Large warnings are displayed if there are any external participants, and I woul
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by masto 2y ago
I have a theory that you are a board game family or you are not. We were not a board game family, apart from the occasional attempt to get through Monopoly without my little sister flinging it onto the floor. My partner, however is from boa
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by masto 2y ago
It's been over 10 years since I last used Jira, but I still miss a lot of it. Where I saw it become a problem was that over time it accumulated layers and layers of people messing with it, especially as the company went through a phase
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by masto 2y ago
I don't want to get sucked into defending Google-style design docs (I have.. opinions), but on this particular point a couple of things come to mind: 1. Presumably you've written the doc to be read by other people. What's obv
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by masto 2y ago
This would be a major concern for me. The one time I used AI meeting notes, some important details were wrong. And beyond that, the notes were just terrible. A literal transcription can be useful. A summary of the substance of the meeting c
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by masto 2y ago
I've made a couple of (admittedly trivial) Chrome extensions to tweak things on sites I use. I didn't really spend any time configuring the compilation config (not sure what that is) or frameworks. I'm guessing the reason for
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by masto 2y ago
I spent a past life in a world where it was deemed necessary to perform this kind of interactive database surgery, and I used two techniques to try to mitigate the risk: I had my psql client set to disable autocommit (some people fear this

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