FourPacketsOfPeanuts
@FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world
- Comment on why can't there be a soda dispenser for energy drinks? 4 hours ago:
they’ve successfully bamboozled the public into believing that a Monster or a Red Bull or whatever is “worth” 4-6x more per ounce than a normal soda
Christ is this actually true? I’ve never had them…
God people are stupid
- Comment on How do I respond if a girl I know keeps talking how another girl is into her, obsessed with her, etc.? 5 hours ago:
My bro, she knows
- Comment on Why it redownloads files that are rendered in my app\browser? 1 week ago:
It’s simpler code to re-download the file than retrieve what cached version may or may not exist in memory
This seems incredible
There would already have to be a data layer that serves the main web page renderer. That layer would already have to handle looking in the cache or making an http request in event of a cache miss. It would seem almost trivial for a UI operation like ‘save to disk’ to simply call that layer obtain the data…
For a few hundred K image I can understand why some might not bother, but I’ve seen this behaviour where a browser already has an MP4 cached (such that it can replay any part of it without subsequent http traffic) and yet it still makes a new request when saving. It’s weird to be honest…
- Comment on Why it redownloads files that are rendered in my app\browser? 1 week ago:
Have often wondered this myself, would love to know the answer
- Comment on What administrative powers exist among workspaces in the software industry and why? 1 week ago:
I simply thought that employees in the software industry were essentially at equal parity in terms of their departments
Oh boy that would be a nightmare.
Don’t get me wrong, I can easily imagine a working environment where everyone is a professional and everyone is making well reasoned responsible decisions with their hardware. Such workplaces exist.
But in reality there are any number of reasons why individual workers shouldn’t have unlimited access to their machines or others in the pipeline. I’ve worked mostly in corporate (financial) software environments, but many of these things apply to all workplaces though many places will be far more relaxed (or disorganised)
A few off the top of my head:
Data loss - irrespective of who anyone is, they shouldn’t be able to plug removable media into a machine and download the production database without being noticed. Likewise, for everyone’s safety, no-one should be able to plug a usb stick they found into a machine connected to the network. Exceptions can be sought, and granted, as part of an audited process. Anecdote: I worked one place where we were due to continue working over the weekend and a business analyst took client data home with them on an unencrypted usb stick.
Verified software - people shouldn’t be able to download and execute whatever they feel like as this offers a huge attack surface. Many companies maintain a list of verified software and install this centrally rather than allowing people (even developers) to download it and install it themselves. Again exceptions can be granted. Anecdote: one place I worked, an member of the infrastructure team had installed bitcoin miners on company servers.
Stability - developers generally do not have access to the production environment, running deployments is the responsibility of a dedicated team, this is because the temptation to meddle when in a pressured situation is too great. Anecdote - at one bank I worked at I made a mistake in a package of changes I’d prepared. The person running deployment came and told me and - because of a particularly time sensitive issue - we went and figured out the issue at the point of production deployment and fixed it manually. This worked but was exceptionally irresponsible. At a different place I worked, early in my career, I made a similar hacky fix and took down the public website of a major UK utility provider for several days
Quality - the software development process has many checks and balances between areas of expertise designed to bring out the best even if it’s more frustrating getting there. Want to change the indexes on the DB? Got to convince the DB admin that it’s the right thing to do, can’t just do it myself. Want to close that ticket that’s way overdue? Can’t unless QA / testing approved else I’m just marking my own work. Want to make changes in the integrated dev environment because that’s far easier that developing against the out of date mocks in my own sandbox? Nope. Want to expose a new endpoint for my services to talk to unilaterally? Nope, need architectural sign off, network security signoff, and the infrastructure team. Anecdote: All of these have been areas where I, a reasonably skilled developer, would have compromised in various points in my career when my back was against the wall and I was under pressure to deliver.
Some corporate environments can be suffocating, other software places can be so lax as to be alarming. In my experience there’s a sensible balance in the middle and the best places to work have been where management is sensitive and reactive to the needs of developers to get the job done in as reasonably a safe way as possible.
- Comment on If you're not attracted to anyone "in your league", but you cannot choose who you are attracted to, then what are you supposed to do? 1 week ago:
A lot of people misunderstanding you I think.
So you, a regular person, is only attracted to very attractive people, maybe a small number of which you’ve seen in real life and most through media. What to do?
Welcome to the 21st century unfortunately. Your brain was trained on potential mates who were likely accessible, near by, and likely within the realm of being a good pair with you. You were not designed to be exposed to the “best” humanity has to offer on a global scale of billions. You have been spoiled so to speak, your sensitivity is all out of whack. Did cabvemen find cavewomen attractive? Yes. It was all they’d ever seen. Your brain is on the same hardware version.
Solutions? First, don’t lie in a relationship, especially if you already know you’d feel like a fraud. One option is to follow your conscience of not lying and so not entering into intimate relationships (because the other almost certainly needs you to appreciate them in that way). Another is to fast from media a while. All of it. You’re in an unnatural situation (biologically speaking) the solution is going to seem extreme but essentially reducing your horizon back to potential relationships of ‘ordinary’ people and nothing beyond. Therapy helps too, might not work, but it might help.
Are ‘average’ people attracted to their ‘average’ partner. Yes. Attraction works in very different ways in many people. They know celebrities are more ‘attractive’ but the reality and closeness of the person they’re with is what’s more important to them and makes that attraction more ‘real’.
It sucks really but, to take an analogy, your stuck with your regular food at home with Michelin star chefs serving up masterpieces on TV 24hrs a day. You feel dissatisfied with what your kitchen has to offer. But you can’t afford a fancy restaurant.
Well. Comparison is the thief of joy. Turn the TV off (so to speak).
You should probably also fast from porn for a while (if that’s your thing).
- Comment on JeSUS 1 week ago:
It’s not that complicated. Solomon was horny, someone a long time ago decided his hornyness should be canon, and now biblical literalists have to deal with it and don’t know how.
hans landa: that’s a bingo
also, not even necessarily horny, just far far less prudish, all the sensory stuff associated with sex was just far more normal
- Comment on JeSUS 1 week ago:
Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from the hills of Gilead.
Guess that was considered beautiful, millennia ago.
This is probably the imagery… (except dark mountain goats)
…vecteezy.com/…/a-flock-of-sheep-and-goats-walk-i…
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn, coming up from the washing. Each has its twin; not one of them is alone.
Cares for personal hygiene, i guess?
More likely good health and youth to be honest…
- Comment on Can astronauts jerk off or toss the troff in space? Would their heart monitors would show it to be elevated? Or can or has any two astronauts ever had sex in space? 1 week ago:
Have you ever been stuck orbiting the earth with a ground crew watching your vitals?
- Comment on JeSUS 1 week ago:
I know I just thought it was funny
- Comment on What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game? 1 week ago:
Just a small thing… I must have played Civ II for hundreds and hundreds of hours as a kid. Then one day a large civilization in civil disorder had its capital taken and one half of the empire seceded as a brand new civilization. It was one of those joyful wtaf moments…
- Comment on JeSUS 1 week ago:
As the WORD of God he’s the source of Proverb and Song of Solomon so…
Dark am I, yet lovely, because I am darkened by the sun - Song of Solomon 1
so… tanned
works with eager hands… her arms are strong for her tasks - Proverbs 31
… toned forearms …
Like an apple[c] tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste - Song of Solomon 2
… not opposed to oblique references to pre-marital fellatio …
strengthen me with raisins
… … … nutrition aware(?) …
I am … a lily of the valley … My beloved … browses among the lilies
… not opposed to oblique references to pre-marital cunnilingus …
Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are doves. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from the hills of Gilead. 2 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn, coming up from the washing. Each has its twin; not one of them is alone. 3 Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; your mouth is lovely - Song of Solomon 4
… mysterious eyes … flowing hair … no missing teeth (lol) … red lips …
Your breasts are like two fawns
… young(?) breasts …
You are a garden fountain, a well of flowing water
… looks at camera …
Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread everywhere
… …
My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening; my heart began to pound for him. I arose to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh, on the handles of the bolt. - Song of Solomon 5
… (authoris of erotic lit take note, this is your lord and god speaking) …
I went down to the grove of nut trees to look at the new growth in the valley, to see if the vines had budded or the pomegranates were in bloom. - Song of Solomon
… pubescent? hey, could be worse …
Your graceful legs are like jewels - Song of Solomon 7
… legs guy! …
Your breasts are like two fawns
… breasts again! …
your breasts like clusters of fruit
… breasts mention number 3 …
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine
… #4 …
breasts … like towers - Song of Solomon 8
… #5 …
I think you can draw your own conclusions.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk
- Comment on JeSUS 1 week ago:
He washed all the disciples feet ;)
- Comment on What's the endgame when the rich have all the money? 2 weeks ago:
Not money, power. There’ll always be affordable consumables: clothes, food etc. It’s just the quality will go down to accommodate how squeezed the consumer is. But the limited resources: a stay at that resort, a home with space and good schools, the seats at the sports game etc those the prices will continue to race away. Which is just a different view of power (choice/control) shifting into the hands of an increasingly small proportion of people. Those places will still be full - but the chance of getting to them for the average person will grow dimmer with every passing year.
- Comment on Firms to raise prices due to tax and wage increases 2 weeks ago:
I didn’t mean it like it’s possible… I meant it like when society pulls the rug out from under you it doesn’t leave you with many other options…
- Comment on Firms to raise prices due to tax and wage increases 2 weeks ago:
Modern society / politics / voters / globalisation has completely failed to protect the workers of the West who are continually squeezed by any number of factors.
The last resort is to attempt to need society less: making ones own food, rejecting consumerism, upcycling/recycling, changing entertainment tastes, consciously rejecting marketing etc
- Comment on Why do AI bros and other staunch AI defenders seem happy about the potential of killing off the creative industries? 2 weeks ago:
How can someone not value the ingenuity and creativity behind a work of art?
Their point of view is that if people do actually value this then there will always be a market for it.
If they don’t, there won’t.
I suppose a long time ago the radio and gramophone looked like they’d been the end of live performing musicians but they still exist, everything’s just continually changing…
- Comment on Firms to raise prices due to tax and wage increases 2 weeks ago:
Time to be self sufficient to be honest…
- Comment on How can I use an LLM to generate a 10k word long coherent story? 2 weeks ago:
urgh .
- Comment on what unbiased media sources do you use? 2 weeks ago:
AP, Reuters, BBC, the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Economist, also Ground News (at risk of sounding like a YT content producer)
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
piece of shit who sexually objectified his own daughter (if not more than that)
Was aware of the rest but not this, what is this referring to?
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
I know Jordan Peterson has a lot of followers. He says it’s the women’s fault men are lonely
Peterson has a habit of saying things that might technically be true in isolation but will then disagree with you when you try and make a conclusion from it. In this case he has also said it’s men’s fault for not making women a good enough ‘offer’.
- Comment on Why is it considered sexist to ask women to smile? 2 weeks ago:
Because men are “allowed” to look however they want, grouchy, happy or ‘keep the fuck away from me’. If a women does it she’s got “resting bitch face” or gets told to smile. It’s just a subtle way of saying “you don’t look right here let me change you”. If you kept saying it to guys they’d tell you to fuck off.
- Comment on New social experiment 2 weeks ago:
Program Files
- Comment on New social experiment 2 weeks ago:
DOSgames
- Comment on Hospital admissions for lack of vitamins soaring in England, NHS figures show 2 weeks ago:
Grim
- Comment on Does the southern hemisphere get colder farther from the pole? Why? 3 weeks ago:
Bit of an urban legend apparently. Despite the gulf stream transporting warm water it is nowhere near enough to explain the difference. Richard Seager et al quantitatively put its contribution at around 30% of the difference. The bulk cause is actually air currents and the different topography between Europe and N America. In other words, if there were no gulf stream the ‘warm Europe’ phenomena would still be very much noticeable.
Sources:
academia.edu/…/Is_the_Gulf_Stream_responsible_for… (free)
www.jstor.org/stable/27858802?read-now=1 (free after registration)
Discussion here: …stackexchange.com/…/why-is-europe-warmer-than-no…
- Comment on Does the southern hemisphere get colder farther from the pole? Why? 3 weeks ago:
My vaguely nonsense way of remembering this is “latitude” is one letter swap away from “altitude” which is how far up and down something is. And longitude lines are long because they go round and round without ever meeting at a point
- Comment on why does everyone i know treat me like a child or if i was a very childlike person?? 3 weeks ago:
Your use of punctuation reminds people of when they’ve seen posts by 11-14 year olds. Do you not notice that adults in general don’t do that?
I expect if you’re unaware of something like that so immediately apparent to everyone in this thread that you may have other quirks and behaviours that strike people as childish.
If you sincerely want to change that you’re going to need to ask the frank opinion of someone who knows you in person…
- Comment on Terms for intentional anti-extensibility 3 weeks ago:
Domain specific programming?
Anti modularity?
