maybewhenthesun

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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
Please mention/link it even more . All security nerds _need_ to see this comic once a month.
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
I don't know PBTR, but in other raytracers the trick is to create a single surface between the two materials and set the ior of that surface's material to the quotient of the iors of the materials o both sides. That way the light
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
> Dwelling on the past isn't going to move us forward. Forgetting the past will make PC's as closed as phones.
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
> -2020-2022 mandatory COVID vaccine ID, to be able travel and enter establishments Imo this one was slightly different, because it was (at least where I live) a temporary emergency measure with an end date as a response to an active cri
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
Maintainer nightmare checklist: - Web framework : inherently hard to maintain due to communication over evolving standards. Check. - AI written code where nobody knows howwhatwhenwhy!? Check. - Written in C. Check. bwahahahaha! edit: sem
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
ah, great ;-)
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
You are right that 2.8 was another major improvement. But imo the process started with 2.5, when the conscious decision was made to fix the UI.
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
I actually really liked the gaussian elimination part. It's a term you hear often and 'demystifying' it is good imho. Only nitpick I have is that it's a pity you use only 1 and 2 in the example with the carbs. Because o
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
I think it's a good idea to make the distinction. But I don't think 'vibe engineering' is the term I'd go for. To me `vibe engineering` sounds like shoddily AI-designed suspension bridges. But then maybe I'm ju
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
You word quite well how I feel about it. On top of not really liking babysitting an AI , I'm also very afraid of the way this whole AI coding business normalizes needing an account with some nebulous evil empire to even be able to do
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
Since blender has Geometry Nodes (and especially the more recent versions of those) I make all my parametrized models in blender. True, it's a bit more hassle to setup and way less standardized. And it's not really the right tool
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
Imo it's not a win for kids either. Lot's of kid-related websites that want age verification and I'd much prefer my kids to be anonymous online, especially in the context of large software companies. These schemes are one imp
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
At a certain point you need to identify yourself somewhere. If I need to identify myself using a governmental certificate, that still means there's a database somewhere (which can be leaked/abused) coupling my cert to me personall
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
I have used QB64 successfully in the past, to recompile old hobby projects from my teens. Good times... However, the current QB64.org page looks like AI generated domain parking. It still has a few screenshots where you can maybe see the
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
because there is no way to verify someone's age without removing their privacy protections. No matter what politicians seem to believe it's just not possible. I've always taught my children never to use their real names onl
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
> So lie? Any 'visualisation' is a 'lie'. If you look at google maps you'd think the distance between New York and Los Angeles is about 3 inch (depending on your zoom factor). If you manage to grasp that abstract
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
well... Out sky is full of satellites. Granted, there's a lot of empty space in between. But ask any (hobby) astronomer and they'll start a rant about starlink :-P
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
meh. 'Java' script was a ridiculous choice which has lead to much confusion. For all I care it could be called mozillascript (would be historically more 'correct') otoh anything Oracle wants is bad by default so...
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
ecmascript?
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
I agree. The opponents (I am one for sure) are often saying 'This is not about catching criminals'. And they are correct in the sense that it goes much further than catching criminals alone. But there are a lot of people who are
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by maybewhenthesun 1y ago
2052? I hope the last 2 digits aren't swapped...