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ThePowerOfGeek

@ ThePowerOfGeek @lemmy.world

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  • Trump Family Crypto Project Quietly Sold as Holders Got Stuck

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  • Hey, one of his schemes didn't go bankrupt for once. I guess that's progress?

  • Ukraine shuts down arms network that supplied weapons to Steven Seagal

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  • Wouldn't even have to use SFX to be convincing. Just dump a few hundred pounds of dog shit on a little trolley, put a stupid toupee on top, and wheel it around slowly on some rope. Nobody would tell the difference.

  • Ukraine shuts down arms network that supplied weapons to Steven Seagal

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  • Top comment lol:

    Unfortunately, people don't voluntarily flip over on the real world.

  • Ukraine shuts down arms network that supplied weapons to Steven Seagal

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  • In Jumbovision!

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    What's the best Linux distro for an 11 year old who has a serious aversion to learning new things?

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  • Maybe Mint or Zorin?

  • Well, Bert? Bert, why aren't you saying anything, Bert?

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  • On the plus side, the Vulcans then notice us and introduce themselves a couple of decades after the war ends.

    C'mon ya green-blooded freaks! Do it early!

  • U.S. 'is being humiliated' by the Iranian leadership, Germany's Merz says

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  • Incoming 3rd grade level and very personal insults against Merz and Germany from the Whitehouse in 3, 2, 1...

  • After Security Scare, Trump Demands Approval for His White House Ballroom

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  • What tv show has the best theme song?

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  • Game of Thrones has got to be up there. Very catchy and fairly unique, but it really captures the essence of (the best parts of) the show.

    The themes to Foundation and Severance are also both really in tune with their respective shows.

    But for me, the theme to The Expanse is my favorite. Again, it captures the essence of the show, and also like the show it's pretty underrated.

  • The case of the missing House Republican who hasn’t voted since March 5

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  • Is the GOP about to go all 'Weekend At Bernies' on this guy?

  • Trump's 'gold card' visa starting at $1 million granted to just 1 person so far, White House says

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  • No, I think she got told it was all bullshit after she did that Whitehouse visit that tanked her career. So I'm pretty sure it wasn't her.

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    Is This the End of the Road for the Heritage Foundation?

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  • There's plenty of evil to go around.

  • Trump's approval on economy falls in AP-NORC poll, showing new warning signs for president

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  • How nearly 1 in 3 Americans can still approve of his handling of the economy is beyond me. It's almost like those people are shut-ins who spend all their waking hours absorbing the bullshit Fox News is pumping out. Oh wait...

  • Finnish Air Force reprimands cadet pilots for penis-shaped flight patterns

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  • The cadets from the middle picture should be given promotions. That's some slick flying right there.

  • How did you switch to a career in IT?

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  • I didn't switch into IT, I've basically been in IT since I started working (which was quite a while ago). But hopefully I can help.

    I think you're off to a good start with the minor in comp sci. That will help. Certs can help too, depending on the nature of them. I wouldn't go all-in on super-expensive certs, but if they are affordable and hands-on they're probably worth it.

    Depending on which area of IT you want to the get into, just keep learning/relearning skills and building up your knowledge in your spare time. That might be a bit more expensive if you're going into the hardware/network side of things (especially right now). Maybe look online for used hardware you can buy to build up a home lab. But for software development it's not too bad, since there are lots of good open source tools out there.

    If you are taking the software path, I suggest finding an open source project and helping them out, since that's a great way to learn and it's good for the resume. But also know that (from what I've heard) the software development field is BRUTAL right now for entry level/junior devs. AI and corporate layoffs are making it a tough field to find a position in.

    If you have a knack for networking, especially messing around on networks, cyber security might be a good avenue.

    Good luck!

  • What is the "Mamdani Act"? GOP bill would ban socialists, Marxists from US

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  • Remember MCarthyism? It's back - in redneck form!

  • Confronting ugly allegations, FBI Director Kash Patel files new $250 million lawsuit

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  • Funny how they just pull obscenely big numbers out of their asses for these lawsuits. We're bordering on made-up large number names. I keep expecting someone in this administration to sue a newspaper for "100 bazillion kazilion".

  • The Strait of Hormuz

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  • Would be better if there were two hosts screaming conflicting narratives over each other.

  • Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity

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  • In that scenario where AI is used to find specific code snippets or other matching text blocks, the false positives aren't really the problem. The false negatives are the issue.

    I've run into that myself a few times when trying to use AI. You give it a very clear prompt to find something and it sometimes just falls flat on its face. It's easy for the AI evangelists to just blame the human who wrote the prompt, or say "you didn't give it enough context!" But anyone who's tried using AI and is being objective about it will tell you that's a weak excuse that doesn't hold water a good chunk of the time. You can give it plenty of context, and be very clear, and it still doesn't find all the examples that clearly match the prompt.

    Ultimately, you often have better luck using a well-crafted regular expression to search for text than using AI.

    And that seems like the crux of the issue (which you also highlight). While there are some very good use cases for AI, it's being waaaay over-used. And too often its faults are dismissed or glossed over.