Honestly OneNote is pretty good for the people who like it though. I personally really can’t stand rich text editing, I really need a raw view. If I didn’t have those reservations I’d probably like OneNote more.

Yep, especially because chip manufacturing has such a massive barrier to enter.

Old device? Ooh, that’s suspicious.

And as we all know, they’re going to say that not using a Genuine™ Android® Operating System is extremely suspicious.

Don’t overthink the metaphor. These things are fragile and fall apart. The “door with a lock” is the “guarantee” (wink wink) that the operating system won’t let programs see memory they shouldn’t be allowed to. Putting your valuables in a safe instead of sitting in the floor would be encrypting the passwords in memory in the metaphor.

Also, cyber security and physical security are very different. With cyber security you need to understand that there are orders of magnitude more people looking for simple problems. Like a criminal checking every door in the world automatically, just looking for ones that are unlocked. Someone not being a “target for master criminals” isn’t really applicable for this. Besides, that’s a critique of what level of security an individual should have, but pointing out the flaw in Edge is a critique of something that claims to be secure that isn’t.

This is sort of like saying “I leave my valuables in plain sight by my door because it has a lock on it and door locks are trustworthy.” I’m not super into cyber security and stuff but it seems like one of the most common problems is programs managing to get access to memory they shouldn’t have access to. It seems to happen all the time! Just like many locks for you door are trash.

As trash as LinkedIn is, I’ve gotten three of my last four jobs through there and a ton of leads and offers. Yeah, I really couldn’t imagine getting banned. That freaks me out.

I couldn’t imagine putting significant volunteer work into something that is not at least licensed under Apache, or more ideally at least LGPL.

I think there’s a place for that, but it really shouldn’t be your only one.

The Scottish thing is a scam because they aren’t even legally allowed to sell souvenir plots of land. Like obviously nobody in their right mind thinks it makes you a Lord or Lady, but they don’t even sell you the land!!!

Depends on what they’re selling. If it’s not a necessity and more of a luxury then people will buy a lot less when prices rise a lot. They’re losing it because people are buying less of their products, not because the company is paying the tariff.

I once heard someone describe legacy systems as systems without test coverage. I think it’s not the best description, but it’s certainly an interesting perspective.

It’s part of why it bothers me when folks say they use LLMs to make unit tests. If anything, you should be writing tests by hands to get a solid specification then let the AI make the code. Of course this is a false dichotomy, but I’m just saying if you have to choose between those two options in some weird hypothetical bizarro world.

Seeing you reply made me click the link, where is my beloved! At least the new owners want to keep it Zombo.

I don’t think people engaging in things like this are necessarily “gullible.” Things for “good luck” (sort of lumping a lot of stuff there since some might view a blessing and luck differently) are a lot about the tradition and ceremony of it. Sometimes it’s just fun to do things. Like breaking a bottle on the side of a new ship.

Are they at least tracking less? (Not that I think that makes it okay.)

Misread the headline as removing instead of adding. Was very confused.

Yeah baby, wakka wakka my apt, pacman, I didn’t even read the news file, I like to live dangerously!

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This is 100% why Reddit made the API changes the originally brought many of us over. AI companies scraped the web, made LLMs, and Reddit missed out. They wanted to make sure the next ones paid them.

I’ve often said most Internet ads are ableist. They, quite literally, are meant to rip your attention away from what you’re doing.