corsicanguppy

@corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do I belong in tech anymore? - On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love asking the “how do you know” all day, but our official IT people have been bitten by outlook and cloud and LLMs so badly that they completely overlook the CLOUD ACT risks and general sovereignty issues inherent with using those from outside America.

  So the “has this been approved” part is not gonna go like I’d like.

  They make you attend the meeting, but if you’re like me you’ll be messaging your boss and saying "I’m not okay with being recorded, so I’ll just mute and shutter for the duration, thanks. I think that’s the best we can do.

  I’m lucky that

  • we’re union
  • we have really strong provisions around recording
  • my boss is awesome

  …so we can refuse to interact while being recorded, without fear of reprisal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dont do it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not allowed anywhere near it.

  I’ve seen it once or twice, by special permissin only, and with an escort.

  Exactly this. We’re in places with concrete tank traps out front and retina scanners and guards behind the glass and all that craziness – but aside from the tank traps it’s all second-hand info from one of the 4 people I know - of thousands - who can actually go onsite and get in. If he doesn’t send the change request beforehand, and it’s all approved and whatnot, the guards will NOT enable the door. No tools in/out, no 3rd-party media out, etc.

  Like, really, man, no one’s getting in. I guess that means I get downvotes; I dunno.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dont do it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The DCs where my stuff is stored? You’re not getting in. It’s just not happening.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would the next pres of USA have to do to gain back trust for America? Hold a televised event saying the last person was just a fuck up?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends. I’m sure Cascadia and ColonialUSA will make and keep friends, but the central states far less so.

  It all depends how they re-organize after the country is split in 4.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Try getting rid of your gangsters detroit[:] it helps.

  It was infrastructure costs. The more bungalows you have, the more upside-down your finances are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🐙 Octopus is Octopus 🐙⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Student: “language is prescriptive not descriptive”

  Teacher: “you fail 3rd grade spelling”

  And I absolutely support keeping people back who believe English should be guided and evolved through “Likes”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has there ever been a country who did not have an enemy or pick a fight? And was pretty much like all of you do you we will do us. kind of like isalationism but charitable when it counted?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact. When Captain Vancouver sailed up the strait eventually named Juan de fuca, he spotted an aboriginal group in canoes, painted aggressively and paddling furiously. He passed a village, near what was ripple Rock, occupied by another band, soon thereafter.

  On the return trip, that village was occupied by the group he saw in the canoes earlier.

  Even before Canada was a country, the people occupying it were displacing others.

  Of course, the Clovis people may have something to say about displacement as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuel is so expensive I can't afford the school run — what can I do?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow. I took a bus to school in the first grade, so this is weird for me.

  How do they address the issue where it’s too far for Timmy to walk by himself? Anything 2 km or higher may not be good for the younger kids.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every piece of software written nowadays⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Whither the enterprise software and its 10 years of ABI guarantees? Oh, right: it was devalued long before it got boring.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨snow isn't real⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure. But don’t call me “500 year old map”. #commaSplice

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is embarrassed at school⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Savage.

  Also correct.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come they don't make generic drugs for cats and dogs. I love my sisters buddy to death. Its just weird that all my meds are generic but animals are name brand. I just hate spend 250 every 3 mon.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  hate spend

  Hate spending sounds like regular spending but with curse-words and frustrated gestures.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did the world change to the so called hashtag? When I was younger it was only the pound sign. So hashtag Taylor Swift still reads in my mind pound Taylor Swift?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  …or ‘at’ instead of arobase.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT’s latest stylistic quirk is sinister, infuriating – and absolutely everywhere⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  a lot of people are terrible writers, and as such, the idea that another user can actually write is offensive to them.

  I worry you’re right, here; but only in brief episodes. I mostly want to assume otherwise.

  I LOVE great writing: proper punctuation, good delineation, awareness of mass nouns, etc. I love when I see great writing and wish I could be as good.

  I feel for people who don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did programming become "coding"?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It cold be regional or arbitrary. I say ‘coding’ a lot because it’s shorter. I could say one is about the keyboard work and one is about the architecture and design, but it’s really the fact that one’s shorter.

  But in my environment, they’re interchangeable as much as anything can be. And I’ve grown up using both; even in college in the '90s, coding C and m68k.

  YMMV?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's say hypothetically I wanted to leave the US permanently;⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t follow this advice myself and literally got screwed

  literally got screwed

  Casting couches, am I right ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Manned spaceflight is back baybee.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Aaaaaaaand defunded

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good luck figuring it out since it also doesn’t come with man pages⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The old one was also non-binary. Prove me wrong.

  (Honestly, I just don’t care. Load the web page and render some JavaScript already)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would it be silly of me to get a small dog if I am a little afraid of bigger ones?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Anecdotal evidence being what it is, trends have smaller dogs being more prone to biting – small dog syndrome. Bigger dogs can be dicks if they’re raised poorly, but are less prone to bite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would it be silly of me to get a small dog if I am a little afraid of bigger ones?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Stop by a shelter or pet store (don’t buy from a pet store)

  Pet stores in my area exclusively stock shelter dogs with the most personality so they can facilitate adoptions (for a transaction fee). So, ‘buying’ from a pet store gets you a shelter dog.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which wired earbuds do you recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I absolutely love the Apple 3.5mm wired earpods. I have several spare for when apple decides it’s bored of them and stops supply.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is us rail travel so expensive?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I sense you haven’t seen Canadian rail travel. Go look.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come I can vote a yes or no vote for new taxes or bonds? But cannot choose where the money I give goes to? Should that also be my choice?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You vote for that by choosing the political team with the spending policy that best represents you. But it’s a bundle and not spending decisions a la carte.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it wrong of me not giving a shit when cops get killed? They signed up for the job know what it entails. Same with Firepeople. I feel bad 4 families but no one gives a shit about Nurses or DRs?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  the person who was robbed to assemble a little group to catch the robber

  Vigilantism isn’t the answer … to anything. It’s a romantic idea best consumed in pulp form.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it wrong of me not giving a shit when cops get killed? They signed up for the job know what it entails. Same with Firepeople. I feel bad 4 families but no one gives a shit about Nurses or DRs?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The world would be better off without them

  This is a fantastically naive thought. I hope you learn why, some day, but not in a way that causes you harm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s the difference between anarchy and libertarianism?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  political words are contentious and can have multiple definitions have been assigned new made-up definitions for us to ignore .

  FTFY

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don;t more presidents put stuff to a national referendum like Clinton did a couple times? A person would get time off work to vote, show what americans actually want and so on.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Because what they want to do rarely aligns with what people actually want.

  False consensus?

  Politicians only run referendums if they’re sure the outcome will be what they want, or if their hand is forced by the opposition.

  Ah. APAB .

  Evolve your politicians better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon listens to British music⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t that Rockabilly?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Turpentine story⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes you control the Candida, but sometimes it controls you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has the scientific community ever reconciled with the fact global warming is going to happen and there is no stopping it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But I think even the worst case did not have “world war” into consideration.

  Specifically “blowing up regional methane storage” was probably unexpected.