GetOffMyLan
@GetOffMyLan@programming.dev
- Comment on Your Bluesky Posts Are Probably In A Bunch of AI Datasets Now [404 Media] 2 weeks ago:
Well yeah they are public? Lemmy is indexed by Google. I imagine everything on here is as well.
- Comment on i hate hate hate stuart little 2 weeks ago:
“I hate this debate” like it comes up all the time for them.
- Comment on Why do we use the term Ban when it's temporary? Why not the more accurate, Suspension? 3 weeks ago:
Breakfast
- Comment on MPs vote in favour of historic bill to allow assisted dying after emotional debate 3 weeks ago:
Brains dead take.
- Comment on MPs vote in favour of historic bill to allow assisted dying after emotional debate 3 weeks ago:
I mean mental illness can cause plenty of suffering so I don’t see why it should be excluded. As long as that person can give fully informed consent the same as other conditions.
- Comment on Why do we use the term Ban when it's temporary? Why not the more accurate, Suspension? 3 weeks ago:
Yeah okay, but you don’t say I’m temporarily hungry the same way you don’t need to say I’m temporarily banned.
- Comment on Why do we use the term Ban when it's temporary? Why not the more accurate, Suspension? 3 weeks ago:
That’s just straight not true. For instance hunger. It’s definition doesn’t say it’s temporary but that doesn’t mean it’s permanent.
- Comment on Why do we use the term Ban when it's temporary? Why not the more accurate, Suspension? 3 weeks ago:
Nothing in the definition of ban says it has to be permanent.
- Comment on Lilo & Stitch (2025, dir Dean Fleischer Camp) 3 weeks ago:
For the new generation.
We might remember the animation fondly but by today’s standards it’s not amazing.
Also the pacing of kids entertainment is very different to when we were young. Our films might as well be in slow motion to them haha
- Comment on Anon tries to understand his coworker 5 weeks ago:
Yes
- Comment on Anon tries to understand his coworker 5 weeks ago:
Exactly. We only have his side of it and I’m just suggesting ways it could make sense.
- Comment on How screwed would one be if their email provider shuts down? 5 weeks ago:
I get an email from LinkedIn about jobs roughly every hour so wouldn’t be long
- Comment on How screwed would one be if their email provider shuts down? 5 weeks ago:
I use a free email service with my custom domain. If it went down I’d just switch to another. Down time would likely just be while DNS records proliferated.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand his coworker 5 weeks ago:
Indeed. But some people come across like that. I had a friend who never realised they were seeming super flirty all the time when really they were just being nice to people.
Also 4chan so easily a lie.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand his coworker 5 weeks ago:
She didn’t go that’s the point. He could have had her backed into a cupboard when he asked for all we know.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand his coworker 5 weeks ago:
Completely possible anon was a creep and she felt uncomfortable saying no.
- Comment on Petition: Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation 5 weeks ago:
In Political Order & Political Decay, Francis Fukuyama talks about a national narrative. It is a political tool for citizens to have a common understanding of their history, which then leads to a common understanding of its future. With this common understanding, the people become more unified, thus enabling the nation to accomplish many great things.
- Comment on GOG’s new preservation program intends to keep classic games playable ‘forever’ 5 weeks ago:
If you’re trying to save as many games as possible and the vast majority are on windows it completely does.
- Comment on GOG’s new preservation program intends to keep classic games playable ‘forever’ 5 weeks ago:
The problem is it’s a tiny fraction of games and users. It’s a lot of resources for little gain.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Because you aren’t a 6 year old and have to use your big boy words in the adult world.
- Comment on Warcraft 1 and 2 Remastered and the long-awaited 2.0 patch update for Warcraft 3: Reforged have just launched on PC for Warcraft's 30th anniversary 5 weeks ago:
Orks and humans had no multi select 🙃 apparently they’re adding that in though which might make it playable.
- Comment on END OF NYT TECH GUILD STRIKE 5 weeks ago:
Set rules for on-call work during emergencies, defined rules for termination and communication regarding work from home policy changes.
The strike was called for the week of the election to put pressure on the negotiations. They are still ongoing.
- Comment on END OF NYT TECH GUILD STRIKE 5 weeks ago:
The Times Tech Guild’s decision to strike during the election is not coincidental. The strike comes after a two-and-a-half-year back-and-forth between the union and The New York Times. This September, the union gave Times management an ultimatum: if demands were not met before the Sunday leading up to election day, Times Tech Guild members would go on strike, leaving the news organization vulnerable.
That’s all well established. They have been negotiating for a long time.
- Comment on END OF NYT TECH GUILD STRIKE 5 weeks ago:
No it sends the message that they can do it. And that is massive all on its own.
It’s designed to bring them to the table without starving the workers. Indefinite strikes would obviously be more effective but then you’re forgetting about the people who do need the jobs.
If nothing changes they can just do it again.
- Comment on Anons discuss PC vs console gaming 5 weeks ago:
Yeah literally. This is just a setup issue.
- Comment on How am I supposed to get a job when I am Job? 1 month ago:
I got into programming when my disabilities hit as a teenager.
So fucking lucky I did as I now get paid decent money to sit in my pjs in bed at a computer.
- Comment on Not all PDFs are documents; some are apps! Insurance company sent me a form to sign as a PDF with JavaScript. Is it a tracker? 1 month ago:
Indeed. But the pdf file itself isn’t the issue here.
- Comment on Not all PDFs are documents; some are apps! Insurance company sent me a form to sign as a PDF with JavaScript. Is it a tracker? 1 month ago:
It’s literally just the format of the file here. If you skip the java serialisation header it’s a normal pdf file.
I did explain what it is. I just don’t know why certain programs encode it this way.
I’m trying to help you out there’s no need to be a dick.
- Comment on Not all PDFs are documents; some are apps! Insurance company sent me a form to sign as a PDF with JavaScript. Is it a tracker? 1 month ago:
The file is a serialised java array that contains a pdf file. I’ve seen a few things online about this. Some pdf readers accept it, some don’t.
And I’m not sure why an application would output a pdf this way. But there’s nothing harmful going on.
- Comment on There are Minimum Wages, Why Not a Maximum Wage? 1 month ago:
You’re never going to have to worry about it. If you won the lottery every week you wouldn’t be close to what these people have.
Your labour value is already massively capped by the super rich. You earn a fraction of what you produce for others.