I do something similar, but I guess scorched earth edition:

• Only use firefox, no chrome or chromium variants

• Never signed in to my google account (only have it to keep a gmail forward going for old ass subscriptions)

• Have firefox configured to only keep whitelisted sites’ cookies and data between restarts - google is not on that list

• uBlock Origin

The last several months I started seeing that youtube screen “enable history to see recommendations” blank page when first landing, as if it was a punishment to me. It’s not. I remember all the channels I like, and it’s easy enough to keep checking back. So that blank screen is actually a nice bonus to me.

before tomorrow morning?

DoD contractor: Sure can, but it will cost you huge.

(Lies about the former, 100% accurate on the latter.)

valuable

Till he’s not, or worse, becomes a liability.

Once he’s washed up there, would be funny if they extradited him back to the US. Double whammy if he ever makes it back.

It’s what my router runs.

“We regret what happened, it shouldn’t have happened,” Pangemanan said, insisting the soldiers’ actions were rogue, and not representative of the Indonesian military.

Plot twist: What he regrets having happened is those troops getting caught, not what hey did. The “rogue actions” were them taking personal cell phone videos and retaining them, making it easier to get caught and less easily denied.

a single strawman: these tools do not exist and no developer in the world cares about the topic

I haven’t seen anyone make the argument that denies these things exist - it’s that the existence of these tools are even necessary to safeguard the language in the first place is the argument. And then on top of that, you’ll additionally need a shop that is even allowed the time to properly utilize these tools and implement their usage as standard practice within the company culture.

That there are alternatives which remove (significantly more) footguns is the overall point. Work in one of these other languages so e.g. dumb-ass PMs don’t even have the option of pilfering the time it takes to code safely, as it would already be baked in.

Biden administration seems oblivious of the strengths of contemporary C++

Well ok, but the concern is about the weaknesses, Mr. Stroustrup.

“Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired”

• Jonathan Swift, 1721

One very easy tell that the IDF is lying: their lips are moving.

“Could not fetch embedded watch page”

Ah til, thanks for taking the time to enumerate that for me!

Just a completely unrelated fyi here: On lemmy you don’t need to tag a user when you’re replying directly to one of their comments, they’ll automatically get a notification in their inbox.

Well shit:

Access to this repository has been disabled by GitHub Staff due to a violation of GitHub’s terms of service. If you are the owner of the repository, you may reach out to GitHub Support for more information.

Edit: Here’s one that claims any PII is redacted:

https://github.com/mttaggart/I-S00N

Some thoughts:

Ubuntu, most likely

I’d encourage you to take a look at Linux Mint, it alleviates some of the Ubuntu fuckiness. And if you want to join the “I use arch btw” crowd, maybe checkout EndeavourOS if you’re feeling more brave than just Ubuntu variants (which is built on arch, but makes barrier to entry a little easier).

i9s are the latest hotness but don’t think the price is worth it

Take a look at last generation to soften the blow to your wallet. E.g., instead of looking at a 14900k, look at 13 or even 12 series. In fact, this is a useful strategy all around if you’re being price conscious: go one gen older.

GPU that can support some sort of ML/AI with DisplayPort

Probably going to want to go with a discrete card, rather than just integrated. Other major consideration is going to be nvidia vs AMD, for which you’ll need to decide if CUDA should be part of your calculus or not. I’ll defer to any data science engineers that might wander through this post.

The rest of your reqs pretty much come as regular stock options when building a pc these days. Though another nicety for my latest builds, is multi-gig nics (though 2.5Gb was my ceiling, since you’ll also need the network gear to utilize it). Going multi-gig is nice for pushing around a fuckton of data between machines on my lan (including a NAS).

Very last thing that I’ve found helpful in my last 3 builds spanning 15 years: I use newegg for its reviews of items, specifically so I can search for the term “linux” in any given product’s reviews. Often times I can glean quick insight on how friendly (or not) hardware has been for other’s linux builds.

And I lied, I just remembered about another linux hardware resource: https://linux-hardware.org/?view=search

You can see other people that have built with given hardware. Just remember to do a scan too once your build is up to pay it forward.

Good luck, and remember to have fun!

The key to being productive as a programmer is to have a great code editor

True true.

The best code editor came from GitHub

I’m out.

I have seen it come back with a “Saved -2%” before… turns out there were html entities that were counted as only one character pre-summary, but the full 5-6 character codes were counted post.

Was funny to me especially since the bot was honest about it lol. Like if I were to code a similar bot in the future, I am def going to add a conditional and skip the post if compression is <= 0.

It seems like if these Polish farmers get what they want in the short term, then they’ll be so much worse off in the long term.

In regards to Ukraine: If Ukraine is not able to sell to the rest of Europe, then Ukraine is weakened, and more susceptible to being invaded by Russia. If Russia is successful in Ukraine, Poland is surely not too far from being invaded next. A Poland that’s trying to fend off a Russian invasion is less likely to have a fruitful economy than in peacetime.

In regards to climate: If the climate is fucked, then ain’t nobody growing/selling as many crops.

Both seem so shortsighted - am I missing something?

“Oh no! Anyway.”

-Israel, probably

Perhaps made even more so by having been highlighted by a username such as yours, /u/cum.

The Brandon thing was a big boon to the Maga grifters

Here’s a good one: I like to by small-time silver bullion, and ebay is actually a decent place for that. The first time I saw gimmick silver coins and bars with Trump’s face on them, I was like wtf. And even to this day, there’s some seriously wtf stuff out there all geared towards the maga persuasion.

It would be pretty comical, if it weren’t so crazy how much he’s being idolized. He’s being elevated to the level of Reagan worship, even before he’s been planted in the ground. I’m calling it now: After Trump croaks, the GOP is gonna try and pass a law to create a permanent federal Trump holiday.