JackbyDev

@JackbyDev@programming.dev

Professional developer and amateur gardener located near Atlanta, GA in the USA.

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They're called direct messages, not private messages. They're not tricking anyone into thinking anything lmao

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They're called servers in the UI though. Also, confusingly, there is a new feature coming called guilds.

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Natural selection led to our intelligence to be able to made medicine in the first place.

Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads ( www.techradar.com )

Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....

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They cover over 99% of my city with fiber and I can walk to city hall from my house. Still doesn't cover my street.

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iphoen

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I think generally the order implies who is in the middle. I think. So FFM would imply a male and female servicing a female while FMF is two females servicing a male.

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top-ology

Yes

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To make Bing the default search engine lol

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I put gasoline in my diesel motor, wtf is wrong, it won't work

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Thanks for letting me know, 8 didn't actually know that. I don't think I'll ever own a Diesel vehicle but I'll keep it in mind that it's not so simple as emptying the tank lol

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Twitter is to Mastodon as Reddit is to Lemmy.

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There's something about using the same sort of lenses that allow tilt shift. You just shift the lense to the side. Idk how to explain because I only sort of understand it and am not a photographer.

Coming to terms with no longer having privacy and control over my technology

I miss the days of VHS and DVD shelfs in homes, for example. If you bought the tapes and had them in your home, no corporate entity could alter those tapes without your consent, monitor how many times you watch them, sell your data to whomever they please without your knowledge, roll out new mandatory conditions to a 'user...

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DEFCON - Linux: Game contacts a key verification server as described here. Win and Mac have offline executables that skip the verification. But under Linux there is no DRM-free offline executable.

I find this sort of funny.

What is a good eli5 analogy for GenAI not "knowing" what they say?

I have many conversations with people about Large Language Models like ChatGPT and Copilot. The idea that "it makes convincing sentences, but it doesn't know what it's talking about" is a difficult concept to convey or wrap your head around. Because the sentences are so convincing....

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I think a good example would be finding similar prompts that reliably give contradictory information.

It's sort of like auto pilot. It just believes everything and follows everything as if they're instructions. Prompt injection and jail breaking are examples of this. It's almost exactly like the trope where you trick an AI into realizing it's had a contradiction and it explodes.

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I love Mr. Cabbage! Thank you CharGPT, very cool!

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Joel Haver has a sketch in which one person in a group laughs at an inside joke from a trip they didn't go on. When pressed I think they say something like they laughed because everyone else was. As someone who has been in this situation, it's true. Even though I don't understand the specific reference being made, it's usually being done in a funny manner such that the story telling is enjoyable and humorous. Or I'm able to use context clues to guess what they might be joking about and it's funny, even if my understanding is off.

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I'm much more strict about not seeing people if I feel unwell even when it is likely something minor like a cold.

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It pisses me off that Java's class library documentation is at a totally different URL for every version. You can't just change 11 to 21 in the URL.

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For what it's worth, DDG isn't perfect either. There are plenty of times I have to use Google instead. I don't keep track of how often it anything but it's definitely not perfect.

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Are you trying to imply that all distributions are actually the same because of that? Because Debian's repositories and philosophies are definitely extremely different than something like Arch.

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I think what pisses me off about this is that I have zero idea what this NEWS file is or where to read it.

It's disgusting to see the Debian dev just flagrantly ignore this. Did they even warn the KeePsssXC devs they were doing this?

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Fair, I retract my sass!

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I believe in this context unicorn refers to start-ups that are valued at at least a billion dollars (or some number, I forget). So basically AI start-ups.

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We tamed them once, we can do it again!

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I know I can't take on a gorilla. I might be able to take on a wolf lol.

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GOD DAMNIT MOON MOON

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60 million CLOPS? No way!

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Fahrenheit 451

‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services ( www.theguardian.com )

*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...

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I need to look into capturing. Feels like a nice middle ground.

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That is so slay

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It's hilarious! As dumb as it sounds, the series is a good example of show don't tell world building.

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So long as this is only about the pre release and not about the game at all stages. Review embargoes are somewhat normal prior to launch.

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Vitamin kill

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The Mac version is such a joke too. It's almost as good but just not quite there.

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Didn't know about the 4 option, only 5. That will help a lot. The only problem now is getting it on the clipboard. I press cmd c but sometimes the snip tool isn't active for whatever weird reason so I have to click the bar first.

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My cat's name is Olive. My wife and I adopted her the Christmas after we moved In together and got married 9 years ago. I woke up a little early this morning with insomnia to her walking around our bodies and cuddling between us. Most nights she will sleep on my wife's pillow nestled around her.head. Before bed she will sit beside my wife and wait for her to roll over a specific way and spoon with her.

Olive gets along great with our dog Ruby. We have a back yard and will let her roam for a bit while she uses the bathroom. Ruby then comes to the door and waits to be let in. Olive will meow at the door when Ruby is back. Even more, Olive has moved from the window and trotted to the door when she saw Ruby coming back to the porch.

Ruby needs to hype herself up to eat. She will play with Olive to, we assume, engage her prey drive. Olive has a lot of trust for Ruby and lets her nibble on her and slow blinks as she does. I think Olive is aware on some level that Ruby does this before she eats.

Sometimes in the morning when she is in our lap on the couch she'll "talk" to us. If we make specific noises like clearing our throat or coughing or meowing she will make little noises back. This can go on for a bit until she's done.

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Only instance admins can do that though lol

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I see nothing indicating that but it's not like there's an "INSTANCE ADMIN" flag lol.

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Down votes ≠ triggered

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Tiny computer about the size of an Altoids tin targeted at hobbyists and students.

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You don't type questions into search engines? I've been doing that for well over a decade and it helps find others asking the same thing.

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Jerboa has some weird problems very early on, but I don't really have any now. I'd suggest trying it again.

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Even just cutting out beef in favor of chicken is massive.

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As someone who isn't vegan, it's such an unfair reputation. Wanna know how someone is a meat eater? They can't keep their mouth shut the moment vegetarianism/veganism come up.

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CSS is so premium lol

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Believe me, I'm not saying Discord is the bastion of hope for data protection or anything like that lol.

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Re edit: That combined with double touch screens made me think this was all a shit post lol

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Oh shut the fuck up. Can we please not devolve every online argument into circular "well you cared enough to post this" bullshit? It's exhausting.

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