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ericbomb

@ ericbomb @lemmy.world

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2y ago

Moderators Across Social Media Struggle to Contain Celebrations of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Assassination
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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago
I mean that's a fair thought.
But even by USA capitalist standards, this specific man was a monster who in a just world wouldn't be allowed to be in charge of anything. The world is slightly better off without such a greedy and heartless man in it.

2y ago

Just adding to the pile...

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

Why do you hate capitalism and the free market 😭

I'm just doing what's best for the share holders!

2y ago

Just adding to the pile...

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

Hear me out.

I'm gonna work to make health care more expensive, so you have to buy my service: "Make health care affordable"

Then, here's the best part.

To save money, even after you've purchased my service, I won't do that 😀

... Why are you mad, it's just good business😭 !

memes @lemmy.world

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2y ago

UGH you're just like my sister then! See I played runescape after taking a typing class in elementary school, so in class I got like 5 wpm, then over a summer of doing nothing but playing rune scape whenever I was able (usually by staying up late after everyone went to sleep) I got up to 25, and it just kept getting faster over the years as I kept playing other online game.

My older sisters didn't have typing classes before they started doing IM chat rooms and stuff though. So my sister somehow types at 90 WPM by doing this cursed 2 finger chicken peck thing. She types way faster than me by just using 2 fingers on each hand and it always confuses the heck outta me.

2y ago

Mastery of HTML

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

Super good point!

Now you can't even read a blog's html to understand what it is doing, as it's being hosted by a website builder doing 2 billion weird things most likely.

2y ago

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

Shout out to the scientists who study the reproductive pattern of certain insects for the sole purpose of wiping them out.

We see you scientists that are sterilizing trillions of bugs then releasing them into the wild. Your work is wild, weird, but very effective.

2y ago

Mastery of HTML

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

Okay but that is adorable and true XD

The old internet taught us so many random skills. I couldn't type on a keyboard for jack until I got into MMO's back in the day, because it was pre voice comms. So I learned to type faster so I would struggle less XD

2y ago

Bluesky breaching rules around disclosure of information, says EU

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

Haha, they have been trying to tell Twitter to do things, with some law suits out.

Which is why members of the US government are now threatening to leave NATO if they continue to bully twitter, since Elon is in charge of a quarter of our government.

2y ago

Bluesky breaching rules around disclosure of information, says EU

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

I mean, how would you like them to monetize?

What they are planning sounds similar to discord nitro, which I think is fine.

2y ago

Bluesky breaching rules around disclosure of information, says EU

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

Also in the article: " Regnier said the commission, the EU’s executive arm, had written to the 27 national governments to see “if they can find any trace of Bluesky” such as identifying a EU-based office. It has not yet contacted the company directly, he added. "

Like this is so nonsensical. Talking to press about a company having broken a rule even though they are not under your jurisdiction, but you haven't bothered to contact yet, is just wild.

If they reached out and said "Hey, before you reach these metrics you need to fulfill these requirements" and bluesky told them to pound sand, that'd be good to know.

But "Company who doesn't have to follow a rule is not following the rule, and we'd like them to, but haven't told them we'd like them to" is not news.

2y ago

Bluesky breaching rules around disclosure of information, says EU

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

From the article (different paragrpahs) " “All platforms in the EU . . . have to have a dedicated page on their website where it says how many users they have in the EU and where they are legally established,” said commission spokesman Thomas Regnier. “This is not the case for Bluesky as of today. This is not followed.”

Regnier said the commission, the EU’s executive arm, had written to the 27 national governments to see “if they can find any trace of Bluesky” such as identifying a EU-based office. It has not yet contacted the company directly, he added.

"The commission cannot regulate Bluesky directly as it does not yet reach the threshold of more than 45mn monthly users in the EU to be designated a very large online platform. But Regnier said that if member states could identify a EU-based representative for the company, Brussels would “reach out to Bluesky”." "

The head line is nonsense. They are not in the EU and they don't have over 45 million users in the EU. So the rules in no way apply to them.

2y ago

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

I promise, knowing why certain beetles have shinier shells than other beetles is very important to me!

Somehow.

You wouldn't understand why though.

2y ago

Sign ups for the Games for Blind Gamers 4 Game Jam is open! Help make this the best accessibility game jam ever!

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

You're not wrong! Alas I am an admin, not the host. Also we wanted it to be very obvious that it's a game jam about blind accessibility. Could he have picked a different name? Probably, but at this point we're kinda committed!

2y ago

How Good at Math Does a Programmer Need to Be?

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

If you end up working in the medical/insurance field in the USA, you don't even need basic math! The numbers the programs output are just all made up!

I had the audacity the other day to ask in what order we apply deductibles. (YOU want a deductible applied to something covered at 10%, not 100%. The insurance wants it applied to something covered at a100%) I was told it just picks some at random and hopes for the best, so we use the word "best effort" when it comes to estimating what insurance will pay, since they'll make that up anyway.

So yeah, just another throwing in that it super matters where you work. At my job we plug in what is industry standard for medical accounting, and say it's just an estimate on everything else.

Programming @programming.dev

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2y ago

Sign ups for the Games for Blind Gamers 4 Game Jam is open! Help make this the best accessibility game jam ever!

2y ago

What will be this generation's "If you want a good job just go to college!" career advice?

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

I remember 14 years ago in high school I was kicking around the idea of becoming a court reporter (type out everything said in court) , but was told "nooo look at Siri, that'll totally replace all that soon!"

No, no it's not. We don't want things like that making choices like that.

Also was told "C and C++ is too old, learn something newer"

People get too excited about new tech, not thinking about why the old tech stands the test of time.

2y ago

The Simulation Theory

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

Perfection can never be the enemy of progress! Cleaning out nazis will always be progress, if not "always" perfection.

2y ago

The Simulation Theory

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

Nazi hunting?...

Run the code.

RUN IT.

Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

ericbomb @lemmy.world

2y ago

What will be this generation's "If you want a good job just go to college!" career advice?

2y ago

The Simulation Theory

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

Can they please look up a guide on how to make a stable government already?

2y ago

Drop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows.

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

Ooh and how many women apparently wear the HIGHEST quality water proof make up at all times!

2y ago

Drop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows.

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ericbomb @lemmy.world 2y ago

Realistic hacking scenes would be funny.

"Okay I'm in"

"Wait... how?"

"Oh I figured out the default passwords and naming conventions for new employees awhile ago."

Funnily enough I got my college to change password policies because for a report for one of my classes I wrote about how stupid it was that all new users passwords were First intial + last initial + last four of social security number, with usernames being firstname + lastname + year. Since they had no max number of attempts on logins, and didn't prompt you to change password on logging in, it took a few minutes to get into anyone's account once you knew their name. (That school was very incompetent, and they are closed now)

"Give me 20 minutes, I'm on hold with IT. They'll reset the password and tell me it if I give them an employee ID, dob, and name. Which I see clearly on this guys facebook picture where he has his badge visibile."

Or a hacking guy trying to brute force for days. Then the "no nonsense" guy goes out for 20 minutes, and comes back with it and refused to answer questions. Oh wait... that's just XKCD.