scubbo

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by scubbo 6d ago
In this sense, it's a synonym for "language". Usually used as "mother tongue" (meaning, the language one grew up speaking).
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by scubbo 8d ago
> expecting compassionate or empathetic behaviour from companies, and [another thing, which is not the same thing as the first thing but merely similar or related]
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by scubbo 10d ago
> your naive and self-centered definition of "trust" I never gave one? For what it's worth, I agree with your second paragraph, despite your first being needlessly aggressive.
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by scubbo 10d ago
> The only reason to keep repeating that kind of worldview is to absolve companies behaving in shitty, toxic or downright evil ways. Or...to warn people away from ever expecting compassionate or empathetic behaviour from companies, and r
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by scubbo 17d ago
Ah - I use Usenet, not Torrents, that'd explain it. Thanks!
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by scubbo 18d ago
> bypassing Cloudflare CAPTCHAs Can you say more about this? I've never encountered this problem in nearly a decade of running the same stack.
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by scubbo 20d ago
Not the person you're replying to, but I assume they're referring to the ability to see something like: ``` src ├── app │ └── page.tsx └── components └── header.tsx ``` EDIT: Lol. I'm not even going to edit it. Hacker N
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by scubbo 21d ago
I read it as "a button for re-enabling JavaScript"
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by scubbo 1mo ago
He is (inaccurately) known for his engineering _because of_ his marketing.
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by scubbo 1mo ago
https://imgur.com/a/p6p5WlR https://www.alzinfo.org/donate/donation_form/ , in memory of Terry Pratchett.
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by scubbo 1mo ago
I also hate Twitter and cancelled my account. I'm able to read it while logged out - and if I wasn't, there's xcancel.com, and others. You're not doing yourself any favours.
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by scubbo 1mo ago
> Discovering they weren't didn't change the quality of the writing - it only changed the implied relationship with the author. > But that's a parasocial experience, not a feature of the words on the page. So? Consumpti
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by scubbo 1mo ago
> I see nothing wrong with readers gobbling up AI-written books for the rest of their lives. > Because to me, authenticity makes for a better reading experience. This pair of sentences gave me pause, until I realised that they're
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by scubbo 1mo ago
I'm surprised to hear that that was your perspective! I felt that it dealt with otherwise-opaque topics in a very approachable way.
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by scubbo 2mo ago
> “Ever eaten scubbo? No? Nothing like a bowl of scubbo when you’re hungry. You can put anything in scubbo. Pork, beef, mutton, rabbit, chicken, duck… anything. Even rats, if you’ve got ’em. It’s food for the marching man, scubbo. Got so
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by scubbo 2mo ago
Fair perspective, though I actually prefer this for two reasons: * When it's proposing responses for me to choose between, a description like "I close the PR and you make a followup" is ambiguous - is "I" there &quo
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by scubbo 2mo ago
> I am a big YC fan in general Genuine question - why?
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by scubbo 2mo ago
Yeah - by comparison with this, "a computer takes over some digital work, thus permitting me to get things done in the real world" is positively benign!
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by scubbo 2mo ago
I salute your dedication to understanding and fixing a problem that bothers you - but I must add my voice to those who think that this is not a good design for general use. The viewport is the region within which content should be positione
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by scubbo 2mo ago
> People understand that reverse hacking can happen when connecting to random ssh server, right? No, actually, I've never heard of such a vector. How would that work?
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by scubbo 2mo ago
Yep, exactly.
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by scubbo 2mo ago
I was amused and irritated in equal measure when a senior manager at $LAST_JOB demanded that documents include "no jargon", then went on to use many terms like those you've listed here with no indication of awareness of the c
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by scubbo 2mo ago
TIL the word (ROT13 for spoilers) "fgbcvat" :)
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by scubbo 2mo ago
I'd seen the articles making claims about LLM-idiom being unconsciously imitated by humans, and reassured myself that _I_ couldn't possible be so impressionable. Then during a presentation I was making today, a coworker wrote in c
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by scubbo 2mo ago
TIL the term "streetlifting"
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by scubbo 2mo ago
In such a situation, I'd really hope that I have my handy copy of https://www.howtoinventeverything.com/ available!
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by scubbo 2mo ago
I guess I'll check back later and try to remember that I can't have the tab open in the background? :) EDIT: OK, I found the previous puzzles link. Cute! Though I got a bug on the second one - (ROT13 for spoilers) apparently the a
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by scubbo 3mo ago
> Yes. We only need one AI company. Max two. Good idea. Nothing in the original comment suggested that fewer AI companies was inherently a good thing - just that this _particular_ AI company is a bad one. > Deciding who is more moral
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by scubbo 3mo ago
I was always under the impression that that was referencing the notion from spycraft.
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by scubbo 3mo ago
Even if they're saying something bad about it?

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