I'm an electronic security tech. I've installed alarm systems in 2024 whose design hasn't changed since the 80s. If they want "modernized" remote control over a network, they usually slap on some sort of external unit like a cell radio or Ethernet adapter that does the translation to the decades-old protocols.
We still have to program the damn things with a USB to RS-232 adapter too.
I'm here because I DON'T want to have to read fucked up opinions. People here are mostly nice compared to mainstream platforms.
I'm all for difference of opinion, but not when one of those opinions is "we should oppress LGBT people" for example. 10-15 years ago, I'd have been more receptive to discussing opposing opinions, but shit has changed. A lot of those opposing opinions are now simply unacceptable to even entertain, because they've become a real, actual threat to my well-being. People aren't discussing tax policy anymore, they are discussing imposing states of emergency to do some kind of purge on undesirables.
Some people call it an echo chamber, I just call it chilling and having fun with like-minded people. There's nothing wrong with that. That's what forums have always been.
I would also go as far as hiding a mini snake game as an easter egg
If you want some code for that I have my own C++ version I made for an ESP32 with OLED screen, it can easily be adapted to most other languages. I did it to get some programming practice. I have Tetris too. All you gotta do is replace the GPIO button inputs with keyboard inputs (or some other boolean on/off user input element) and replace the graphics framework and routines as well (it's only simple stuff like lines, boxes, and setting individual pixels). The whole thing runs in a "neverending" while loop, first checking inputs, then checking collisions, then redrawing any objects that need to move to another position.
I can upload to my GitHub and link them later after work. They do use OOP though, treating each sprite on the board as its own object, and feeding pointers to them into a collision detection routine every game tick. I dunno, some people have a visceral hate for OOP.
He DID push for single payer. It was Joe Lieberman who fucked us over with that, not Obama. As you know, presidents aren't kings and the policies they want to enact must go through Congress.
It's really easy to get tricked into treating like a normal conversation with a person when it's actually really... not normal.
I caught myself thanking GitHub Copilot after getting a response to a question. Felt...weird. For a whole two seconds my brain was operating like I'm talking to another human. You are absolutely correct.
Artisan also has plans to expand its AI tools beyond sales into areas like marketing, recruitment, finance, and design. Its sales agent appears to be its only existing product so far.
You mean the ChatGPT powered bot that's driven by specially crafted guidance scripts/prompts? That's all these damn things ever are. Nothing innovative.
Let's hope they step on each other's dicks so much for the next four years that they are completely stalled from implementing any of their agenda.