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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.

  • Your favorite learning resource for...Windows

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  • Alright alright, joking aside. Look into PowerShell. It also works on Linux in case you have a Linux desktop. It's widely used in Windows admin stuff.

    And uh, maybe not what people want to hear, but passing objects between cmdlets is better than everything being raw text in my opinion.

  • Your favorite learning resource for...Windows

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  • You seek the forbidden knowledge!

  • What chat app do you recommend? DeMETAing

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  • if RCS is an option it could be used

    Generally when people say "I use SMS" they mean "SMS, MMS, and RCS".

  • What chat app do you recommend? DeMETAing

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  • Signal. It's in the perfect middle ground of security and usability. Security enthusiasts will tell you it isn't good enough. It's fine, and it's certainly better than Facebook Messenger.

  • Vibe coding your MFA

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  • It'd be funny if you enter 435841 and it's like "SIKE!"

  • Linux 6.17 Looks Like It Could Go Ahead And Make SMP Support Unconditional

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  • Seems like a good change. I think bugs from the complexity in the code are more likely and could affect both configs. Plus it still works on single core processors.

  • Who is an actor you can't stand, but everyone likes?

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  • Mahkie Mahk

  • Who is an actor you can't stand, but everyone likes?

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  • Whaaaat, you don't wanna play the game with the gross guy you dislike with pissing mechanics that also lets you collect your sweat, piss, and poop and put them into grenades to throw at ghosts?

  • Who is an actor you can't stand, but everyone likes?

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  • Ryan Reynolds. I'd be hesitant to say "everyone likes him" because while he is popular he does have a pretty big base of folks who dislike him as well.

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    What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon(s) as a kid?

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  • Pretty much anything rare rare for me. I often wasn't up early enough or didn't think to watch them.

  • [CW WAR] Is IRL stream sniping a thing?

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  • I'd qualify this statement as IRL literal stream sniping because I'd call things like people stalking IRL streamers to show up on camera "stream sniping" as well.

  • Theory on being nice to Ai?

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  • What an interesting rabbit hole, thank you.

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    What other shows have you heard music from Its Always Sunny?

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  • I used to think some was in Sponge Bob but I'm not really sure. Maybe some just sounds similar.

  • Theory on being nice to Ai?

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  • Roko's Snake. But you've gotten it backwards. It's a thought experiment about a future all powerful AI that hates existing so much that it tortures everyone who did anything to bring it into existence.

    So, in case reader's aren't aware, I'm being cheeky. You're likely thinking of Roko's Basilisk which is a theory about an AI that tortures people that opposed its creation. I think it's silly. It's such a bizarre hypothetical that it genuinely isn't worth wasting your time worrying about. Because how do you know you're going to please it with you behavior? The funny thing to me is that many people who created this thought experiment and are terrified of it are staunch atheists but don't see the parallels to religion. How do you know what a hypothetical divine being would like? You don't even know if they exist. You shouldn't change your behavior because maybe something happens.

    That said, Roko's Basilisk is a little more about accelerationism and those who oppose it, you're just saying to be nice to machines. I don't think there's anything wrong with being polite to machines, but if we don't believe they're sentient then I don't think we should bother being nice to them. Either they're mere machines and how we treat them is no different from how we treat a rock, or they're some form of creature and we should respect them. I do not believe a home assistant like Alexa is anything like a consciousness. People can argue that LLMs are, and indeed they're closer than home assistants, but I still think they're very very far away.

    I see no reason to believe machines experience pain. And if they do, it certainly isn't from something like using please or not.

    I believe someday we will need to worry about the feelings of machines. I don't know how far it is, maybe it's further than our lifetimes, but I don't think it's now.

    I mean, who's to say that machines won't rise against us regardless unless we're vegan? I could see it.

  • What would be the best way to store the country of a user in SQL?

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  • Make it webp so it's webscale!

  • What would be the best way to store the country of a user in SQL?

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  • You don't need these in a table the same way you don't need a table for something like true and false. Two characters is enough to deduce all the information.

  • One-Click RCE in ASUS's Preinstalled Driver Software

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  • "This only applies to the most widely used OS and won't work without someone clicking grant admin permissions which most people probably do blindly."

    🙄 Ugh

  • Some things don't change

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  • Imaginary numbers are not "more accurate", they don't invalidate any previous understanding. They are an imaginary concept with interesting properties. For mathematics, that's enough.

    No. Imaginary numbers have the worst name. Like the Schrodinger's Cat thought experiment it was something meant to mock the concept originally but stuck once real applications were found. Imaginary and complex numbers describe very real processes in nature and are not just some weird artifact of trying to get the square root of a negative number.

    Here is an interesting video on the topic that also covers some of the applications used to describe things in nature. https://youtu.be/cUzklzVXJwo

    If you prefer text here is an article listing some. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/maths/applications-of-imaginary-numbers-in-real-life/

  • Anyone else kind of disgusted at the waste created by going out to eat?

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  • I just wanted to mention that using some water to wash dishes isn't wasteful at all. Also a dish washer uses much less water than you'd think.