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Alex

@ stsquad @lemmy.ml

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FLOSS virtualization hacker, occasional brewer

  • Mentions United ... 3, 2, 1, Go

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  • So this is like extending mastodon replies into your blog post, but with more syndication options?

  • PSA: Google Meet no longer works in hardened Firefox

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  • I do pretty much everything in Firefox but during the week I keep a Chrome window up for Hangouts and Jira.

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    VS Code vs VS Codium: What's the Difference?

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  • I don't quite follow what this is. Is it a from scratch implementation of the vscode experience or a fork which has removed propriety bits and telemetry?

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    Does spanking harm child development? Major study challenges common beliefs

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  • I think it's often used with younger kids because parents don't understand why their kids are acting up and can't work out how to "get through" to them. As kids get older they become a lot better at understanding and really words should be the only tool you need.

    The dreaded phrase "I'm not angry just disappointed" should cut deep when (rarely) used because the kids understand their parents have their interests at heart. If they don't then something has gone wrong building that relationship of trust and respect.

    ETA: forgot to say of course positive reinforcement is also key. Kids need to know when they get things right so they are not walking on eggshells worried about getting things wrong.

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    Does spanking harm child development? Major study challenges common beliefs

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  • Ok I fail to see how battering kids helps them develop a bond of trust with the carers.

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    Does spanking harm child development? Major study challenges common beliefs

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  • I'm not sure how assaulting children is ever going to build an effective relationship between kids and their parents. Parents should represent safety and unconditional love because then the educational message will have an easier time being accepted by the kids.

  • Alternative to syncthing for large music collection?

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  • Is it worth raising an issue with the project? Also enable logging to see if there are any clues as to why a rescan is being done?

  • Alternative to syncthing for large music collection?

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  • Syncthing should have inotify support which allows it to watch for changes rather than polling. Does that help?

  • Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge

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  • How can Google vet an app store without vetting everything it could serve?

  • xkcd #2992: UK Coal

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  • We still have a lot of slag heaps in the top of some of our local hills. They make for some interesting mountain bike runs but they aren't exactly diverse in floor coverage. Some pits are now tourist attractions but I don't know what ongoing work is done to maintain the abandoned ones.

  • Lego idea for working Turing Machine

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    Seems like AI isn't free anymore

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  • What do people expect? Those servers aren't free to run and they're is only so much VC money to burn. That said I wouldn't pay the various subscription levels that are currently being asked for. I pay for API use which is basically pay as you go. It also makes you think "does this task really need the non-free tier to complete?".

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  • I assume that is too cover the intelligence officers monitoring the Russian milbloggers.

  • Software as a public good

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  • I work for a company that makes money supporting FLOSS. Our members pay fairly hefty membership fees because they have a vested interest in their chips being well supported by Linux and the wider ecosystem. That money funds common projects they all benefit from all well as numerous maintainers in projects keeping those projects ticking.

    The engineers on the project I mostly work on are predominantly paid to work on it. We value our hobbyist itch scratchers (~10% off contributors) but it's commercial money that keeps those patches reviewed and flowing.

  • What is your favourite open source software that you discovered in the past year, that you can no longer live without?

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  • Magic Wormhole - it's been around awhile but it's super useful for moving files from your internet connected server to your phone without going through multiple hops copying stuff to you local machine and finding a cable.

  • What is your favourite open source software that you discovered in the past year, that you can no longer live without?

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  • That's how it starts. Before you know it you'll be buying no-name smart bulbs from Ali Baba and investigating custom firmware for full local only control.

  • There are only two states

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  • Very binary, much wow.

  • How do we get "normies" to adopt the Fediverse?

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  • Quite. Go to the big services that know how to moderate and maintain (and importantly pay for) a public square. But also encourage the interesting ones enable federation for wider coverage.

  • What made everyone move to Bluesky or Threads instead of Mastodon?

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  • There are some advantages to algorithms for discovery - it's certainly is more user friendly. It's just a shame they tend to enshitify or become toxic. Bluesky seem to offer an API of sorts to plug in feeds you create. Perhaps open algorithms are more accountable?