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Before Covid, when I worked in an office, a Windows/Linux using co-worker used to say that even if he had access to my computer, he wouldn't know what to do. I ran FreeBSD with dwm. I usually, sorta out of habit, had a desktop image. but with...

Install OPENCODE. They have different Tier 1 model every month or so for FREE (some throttling is present tho). Now, I believe, it is the Big Pickle - anonymous, so probably Chinese beast of a model. I gave it really lousy prompt, told it to set...

I do agree it isn't personal but for a different reason. We have police and road traffic officers and they tend to not to be that bothered by the dangers of speeding itself (we commonly have dual carriageways at 40mph and motorways at 50mph for...

I didn't notice anyone else mentioning it, but doing software QA under contract might be an option for you. Errare humanum est and nobody errares more than software engineers and programmers because everyone works to the project rather than the...

Yes, I don't argue that Windows isn't the best operating system. But for me personally, having multiple operating systems means more software development contracts. I don't have a favorite operating system. I use operating systems only to make...

I started working, after high school, in firmware (industry automation) on a similar Mostek Macro 80 (not a real one, handmade) with 2 8" floppies an 5" monochrome (green) CRT. In that company there was two bosses, the secretary and I, one boss...

I agree. Perhaps there's innovative technology underneath all this. But I still don't understand why they call something like Droplet a "virtual machine." :) Due to the nature of my work, I often encounter different technologies and vendors. I...

serjsk8, it's easy to look at those names and blame marketing, but there are other components, too. I suspect there may be additional contributing forces. Quite often in large and small companies, projects develop pet names or handles that the...

Hello jwillia3, An interesting observation. I may agree with you on many points.

Prior to buying a used Sun 3/50 (my first graphics workstation with a whopping 4Megabytes of RAM) in 1989, I did plenty of UNIX work: inside the kernel, drivers, file system, utilities, networking, applications etc. and got paid handsomely. Even...

Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/323/

It would be nice to be able to download your personal data including your own content from FreeBSD forums ;)

Google chat has an API. It is documented. There are client libraries for several languages. No need to even go to duck duck go, the Google search engine finds it just as well. EDIT: You can also download your personal data from Google using...

Prior to buying a used Sun 3/50 (my first graphics workstation with a whopping 4Megabytes of RAM) in 1989, I did plenty of UNIX work: inside the kernel, drivers, file system, utilities, networking, applications etc. and got paid handsomely. Even...

more like clownflare amirite

Cloudflare made some changes: https://community.cloudflare.com/t/cloudflare-one-in-2026-product-name-updates/891403

Yes, I don't argue that Windows isn't the best operating system. But for me personally, having multiple operating systems means more software development contracts. I don't have a favorite operating system. I use operating systems only to make...

Yes, I haven't messed around with it a lot, but my initial look at it was promising.

I made a literal general brainf*ck transpiler 'lgbt.py'. it converts brainf*ck source to Python,C,and the other languages with map, header, tailor file. Python, C, Ook's files are provided in the repository. Indents automatically. The name 'lgbt'...

Give me access to that computer for a few days :p W11 also has a new native NVMe mode that might be interesting...

Meh. I talk to them as a person and don't consider anything else. The worst that can happen is I'll get a ticket which I would deserve anyway. A cop said he was sitting at the top of a hill and saw me pull into the street. There were five stop...

that's fantastic, 10/10

X Link (from Reddit) Reddit mentions Discord too but apparently they don't use Persona currently.

I made a literal general brainf*ck transpiler 'lgbt.py'. it converts brainf*ck source to Python,C,and the other languages with map, header, tailor file. Python, C, Ook's files are provided in the repository. Indents automatically. The name 'lgbt'...

I think there are 2 factors that impact this debate; how well an out of the box DE works for you and how much setup time do you want to invest? When I try gnome, I'm impressed with how well the applications are integrated out of the box. The...

Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/323/

Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/323/

bold of you to assume we wear underwear

How does one loose a tarot card? Sounds ominous. I'm asking for a friend.

Strong agree. No answer you can give will help you. For example, in the case of speed: 1) You say you were knowingly speeding = bad 2) You say that you had no idea what speed you were going, thus not in control of the vehicle = bad 3) You state...

Cloudflare made some changes: https://community.cloudflare.com/t/cloudflare-one-in-2026-product-name-updates/891403

I think there are 2 factors that impact this debate; how well an out of the box DE works for you and how much setup time do you want to invest? When I try gnome, I'm impressed with how well the applications are integrated out of the box. The...

a lot of people believe their personal preferences are equivalent to morality and if you don't like the same things they do, you're a bad person. this explains a lot about many people's behavior.

I'm at the point where I don't care. Neither should you. They have their opinion and have points that are probably correct but you have your opinions which are true, too. Those who try and tear you down for your opinions without giving solid...

Not sure how realistically viable it is, but if companies can scrape websites for their AI machines, I'd try that with a local AI machine (I like the idea of Meta straight-up pirating books :p)

In Australia, I use a 4G cellular mobile data service. 200GB/mo for about US$30/mo. Download speed is variable, usually ranging from 1MB/sec to 6MB/sec. I don't upload. I can watch high definition video on YouTube most of the time. However...

There are many tools to measure - but the pattern stays the same.

There are many tools to measure - but the pattern stays the same.

It's pretty sickening actually. So what if it was about drugs? It's not ChatGPT's business, it's supposed to correct your grammar if necessary. It's a tool. Suppose you hired a dog walker and they suddenly began giving advice about your...

You are not wrong. I've decided to live with the risk (no sarcasm). I'm aware that ChatGPT may be storing everything I write despite OpenAI's privacy policies because corporations are infamous for not respecting them. It's my decision.

That's the bias I'm not a fan of with big-AI providers: I'm asking a computer for information, it can't censor output, without human bias to make it (in which case, how's the information trustworthy?) I don't need parental controls, and I'd be...

It's pretty sickening actually. So what if it was about drugs? It's not ChatGPT's business, it's supposed to correct your grammar if necessary. It's a tool. Suppose you hired a dog walker and they suddenly began giving advice about your...

Seriously, now, the most productive way of coding is licking-a-toad coding. You lick a toad; you code a little bit amongst colorful clouds and dancing syntax. When you regain your normal vision, you lick the toad again and repeat the process. PS...

Coding under the influence 😆 Was there ever a hackathon or something like that?

How does one loose a tarot card? Sounds ominous. I'm asking for a friend.

Tarot coding is so yesterday news. Chinese startup perfected the Reading of Tea Leafs Coding method. RTLC is the meta, you fools. Or you can try the free tier - it has something to do with stains on one's underwear. It was inspired by Rorschach...

You should never explain yourself to anyone. What you did would be the same as going to a bunch of Windows users and telling them to switch to Linux. People will shit on you. Also, no one will ever think you are cool and hip because you use...

Strong agree. No answer you can give will help you. For example, in the case of speed: 1) You say you were knowingly speeding = bad 2) You say that you had no idea what speed you were going, thus not in control of the vehicle = bad 3) You state...

This is a cheap trick to get you to incriminate yourself. I would answer thusly: "Officer, I'm going to respectfully decline to answer any questions." This is a good answer in the US. Not sure about other countries.

this sounds like an advertisement ngl