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JackbyDev

@ JackbyDev @programming.dev

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Any pronouns. 33.

Professional developer and amateur gardener located near Atlanta, GA in the USA.

I'm using a new phone keyboard, please forgive typos.

  • YSK that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the best engineering school anywhere in the world. You can take free courses at MIT online.

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  • I took a class on Unix/Linux in college for Computer Science and cyber security absolutely is too.

  • #facts

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  • Blue whale the world's biggest reptile

    This is just a dumb inside joke. A trivia question was "what is the world's largest reptile" and I jokingly told my team blue whales. They didn't think it was as funny as I did, so I've just sort of been saying it to entertain myself, sort of as a protest.

  • Why do you need a launcher? (asking older gamers actually)

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  • It's really easy to forget, but yes, Steam was annoying back in the day. I hated it so much I bought Borderlands 1 from somewhere else in protest. My friends bought it through Steam. The patch dropped and they got it, I didn't, and I couldn't play anymore. It finally came later, though. This pushed me to give it a second chance. Now it's amazing. Apart from some gripes about the UI of Steam itself, there's not really much to complain about.

  • How/why does Microsoft teams exist?

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  • I'm on Mac and I dislike it too. No flashing cursor to let me know I've selected the chat window to type. The app insists on changing to a different view when I switch windows, making me lose it. The share screen ribbon always manages to be exactly where I need it to not be. Doesn't allow any sort of Markdown-esque formatting in chat, only WYSIWYG.

  • What's the modern day equal of "Be Kind, Rewind"?

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  • Maybe about plugging in devices to charge when you're done with them? Schools use laptops a lot now, but don't think they're communal ones on carts anymore.

  • What's the modern day equal of "Be Kind, Rewind"?

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  • What's this mean?

  • Meta Is Being Sued Over Whether WhatsApp Really Encrypts Your Messages

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  • Imagine a scenario where your app checks for stuff, say links to a competitor's website, prior to encrypting and sending the message. Then, if such information was found, it notifies someone. This would still be genuine end to end encryption while still snooping on messages.

  • Dev creates astrology-powered CPU scheduler for Linux, makes decisions based on planetary positions and zodiac signs — sched_ext framework informed by lunar phases, cosmic weather reports, and dynamic

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  • It's interesting, because I some ways I think it might not be as bad, because a lot of the problems Davis faced were trolls abusing him as a lolcow. But at the same time, people have literally killed themselves after being advised to by ChatGPT.

    As a side note, I have seen at least one person (probably jokingly) vibe coding in HolyC on TikTok.

  • Amazon to Shut Down All Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh Stores

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  • That's sort of a weird projection. It's a chore. Obviously people would prefer to minimize time spent doing chores and maximize time spent doing fun things. It's really not that complicated for most people. Not saying you can't enjoy going to the store, but ultimately what you're doing is still finding a way to make it less of a chore. Spoonful of sugar, and all that, ya know?

  • it's a simple question

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  • See? That's that I'm talking about. Good ol' red-blooded Linux user.

  • Morale is plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports

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  • OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse

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  • There was talk about Google changing this, but I'm not sure if that was something that would only affect Pixel phones or all of Android as an ecosystem. Well, to be specific, the change is to not let people run unsigned APKs at all and devs can only get them signed by giving their identification to Google.

  • OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse

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  • This is why "side load" is annoying to me. It's installing. It is not special or different. They aren't "blocking side loading" they're "restricting what you can install."

  • Some posted back of Pizza box puzzle. Here my cereal box.

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  • I've solved this before and wondered why it was so easy, the "trick" here is that you have to end with 50, so that's not the right path. The instructions say to use 1 - 50.

  • Why medieval city-builder video games are historically inaccurate - Leiden Medievalists Blog

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  • I'm not saying they're realistic, just that it has some of the flood/farming mechanics the blog author wanted to see in a game.

  • Why medieval city-builder video games are historically inaccurate - Leiden Medievalists Blog

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  • This is a great article! It's really interesting.

    I have two comments to make, and I hope nobody thinks this is me trying to disagree with the article or something, I don't want it to come across as defensive. In explaining some of the challenges medieval cities go through and saying Banished is a pretty accurate game, I think this might just be a genre issue. I consider Banished a colony management game, not a city builder, and indeed, in colony management games your people's health and safety are usually a much larger concern than in a city builder.

    The second comment is that the writer suggests a game with flood mechanics and arable farm land. I don't remember if it was out in March of 2020, but Timberland is out now. It's a beaver based colony management game that includes a lot of fluid dynamics. It has flood mechanics like described. It's unrealistic, of course, because they're beavers. But also because flooding isn't the end of the world if it gets into your buildings, I think it's more of an inconvenience. Regardless, I think it's a cool game to check out.

  • Johnny Appleseed planting apple trees for kids to eat

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  • Yeah, I've got a persimmon tree and pecan tree, all the good stuff gets eaten by the squirrels, what's falls just makes a rotten mess.

  • What a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OS

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  • Yeah, a lot of upholding the letter of the law instead of the spirit of the law as well as following rules without really critically evaluating why they're rules in the first place. (Example: Answering an old thread should be fine, but folks just view it as bad and lock them.)

  • Found her in the wild

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  • A fraction of

    the what!?