AlecSadler

@AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Posting for the "Now guys he was MURDERED! Don't celebrate!" Crowd⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem with this is that it will be used to increase violence against non-white cis males.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Bank Recently Changed Their Interface to Move Money Between Accounts⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My bank did the same and I totally moved money the wrong way and fucked up and over drafted.

  Luckily I don’t get overdraft fees with my bank. But who the fuck designed putting destination first after years of it being second?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good news. :)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Despite common belief, at least here I’m OR, we dems have A LOT of guns and ammo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m down to do it, I just need to figure out a way not to get deported over it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Trump and corporations have hobbled US labor watchdog⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In short, they need a quorum to be effective, the Trump administration has ensured they don’t have one.

  And if they get one soon, it’ll be a takeover by key players, so it’ll still be ineffective if not proactively destructive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you ever give up your right to leave a bad review about a company?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sketch AF, so, no.

  I got something like a 70% discount on new triple paned windows for my whole house simply to be a neighborhood “demo” house. They still told me straight up if I didn’t like the work, to leave an honest review to that effect.

  I had 2 sliders, 11 windows, 7 skylights replaced for under $10k and it made a night and day difference in heating, cooling, and noise. And because of my HOA at the time, I couldn’t abide by the “lawn signs” agreement so they waived it. And then COVID hit so I was excused from ever having to talk to anyone about the service.

  I lucked out, yes, but all that to say they still said I should be honest in all interactions. If a company is enforcing not being honest, that seems suspect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Billion-Dollar Game Built in a Dorm Room⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Love it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fifth Circuit Ruled That the NLRB Is Unconstitutional⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  +1 for union violence

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after it's debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same day⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For one of them, yes, but it costs more than they want to pay.

  For the other…sort of yes, but it goes out 50%-70% of the day for some dumb reason I’ve yet to figure out. The company has no plans to fix/improve it…and they’re the same company offering the dialup backup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after it's debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same day⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, I have rural family in areas where dial up is still their only internet option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Canceled my Perplexity subscription (that I got for free…lol) after their last shitty scandal.

  Fuck this company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Developer survey shows trust in AI coding tools is falling as usage rises⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Shhhh, they don’t need to know this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Developer survey shows trust in AI coding tools is falling as usage rises⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just see this as future job security.

  Oh, AI fucked your codebase? Well, it’ll take twice as much time to undo it all and fix it, my rate is $150/hr. Thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US education⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait so the above is actually real? And there are worse things in existence?

  Wtf…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phonecall campaign to tell MasterCard & Visa to stop censoring adult content⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand this fully, from a profiteering gluttons standpoint, why wouldn’t they want to process anything and everything and make all the money they can?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oof⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What are the gains?

  Everyone I know with PhDs don’t really get paid more for doing the same job(s) I do.

  And some are in research so it’s just a constant stress of continuing to get funding and stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it just my area or has this been an insanely humid summer?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oregon here, it has seemed oddly humid feeling to me personally. I’m super sensitive to humidity and heat though.

  It isn’t like the south, but definitely more than I recall historically.

  It rained today randomly so that doesn’t help either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is not how I wanted to start my week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(Laser) Printer go brrrr⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy shit. I’m going to have to pay attention to the next time I print a bunch and headaches…I’m beginning to think there might be a correlation that you just solved for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did AT&T think "Eye of Sauron" was the way to go?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

  Hmm, darn, was hoping this came first.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, yes, let’s go with that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who games banks as best I can this would absolutely not work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CTO reveals new AI plan...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Afraid of quitting not so much, but they are underpaid for their skills. At least for what they need the person was more skilled than me, but being paid ~$40k less. So…yeah…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CTO reveals new AI plan...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A recent job I had, Product kept saying this over 2ish years…

  …at the end of the stint and with ~2 weeks until launch, they laid off all but one person on the team (some 12 engineers or so, myself included).

  I often wonder how much shit that person is wading through leading up to launch and post-launch fighting fires.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thumbs up to people dying.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope someday to see a hero get caught with this photo but there are red x’s over the ones he’s already taken out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨E.P.A. Workers Warn Trump Is Politicizing Their Work⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nobody that needs to hear this will ever hear it, sadly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm ready for it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I…uh…wow. Wishing you the best. Those words seem vapid. Let me know if I can help.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm ready for it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m 41 and it hits hard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon watches The Whale⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know whether to laugh or cry

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally paid off my Costco hotdog 🙏⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Still possible with AmEx, if I’m not mistaken, and in some cases can backdate your AAoA.