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Comment A single correct answer to anything i ask (Score 2) 179

"How to I connect to postgres in rust via either TLS or NonTlS?"

Wrong answer 8+ times.
Figured it out by reading rust documentation.

"what stocks/crypto should I invest in today/now".

incorrect (mostly imprecise) answers so far

"how do I read perl data from memcached using CSharp?"

incredibly wrong answers (10+times)
never did figure it out, but kinda did using rust.

AI is useless and far less useful than Non-A-I

Comment That's cool (Score 1) 62

But what about methods of healing your brain post injury?

I say this as a person who had at least two strokes last year. I'm still relatively smart, no motion control issues, but how the hell can I encourage my brain to reconnect the parts that aren't connected any more. Remembering words comes and goes but raises itself as an issue now and then. Yesterday, I couldn't think of the word "dustpan" Weird process, I regularly do at least 30 minutes a day in activity, walks, runs bike rides, etc. what else can I do to encourage my broken brain parts to reconnect?

Comment Re:Microsoft’s”cheating” wasn&am (Score 1) 155

OS/2 was really good back when windows 3.11 was the norm. Much better than windows 95 ever turned out. I used to use it to run a dos based Microstation in one session, while running windows in another.

Also from this article, I have to say I really miss my Sun 10Ultra which used to be my desktop back in '98.

Nowadays just use apple, still avoiding MS.

Comment There's certainly plus and minus in this (Score 1) 101

FYI: I've been off work for a year, as a result of having a stroke and then a large accident as a result of the first stroke resulting in at least a second stroke. Taken the last year off work to deal with my non-functional brain.

The idea of needing a programming certification to return to my job is weird, and hopelessly wrong given my current state of brain de-development, however starting a career in developing having a certification that you can develop in language a, b or d isn't a bad idea for the beginning programmer. The biggest problem is getting certifications in useful languages, I'm sure every dev who wanted to could easily certify in golang, python, C, c++, however I'd be looking for (when I used to hire, we'll find out this week if I still do that) devs who can write in perl and rust and even relatively basic bash stuff, none of which I could see becoming the target for a certification.

Comment I was disappointed in the Mandalorian (Score 1) 242

It was great to see a well produced series. It was great to see Star Wars.

I'm almost 50. Star Wars was base. ESB was awesome. Half of RoTJ was ok. 1,2,3 were crap. 7 repeated 4, but not quite as good. 8 was bad. 9 I enjoyed. Rogue One was really fantastically great. I'll stop there. I'm used to the idea that most of SW is crap. It's not good, it's not aimed at me.

I was disappointed in the writing. This is the golden age of television, streaming media. This was the ONLY original streaming content underpinning the launch of Disney+. The company that just brought us Infinity War/Endgame.

It felt... low. Small. Episodic. It felt like the stakes were low, and the characterizations were missing. It felt like this would have been a really fantastic show back in 1985, but this is the golden _f*cking_ age of TV. Game of Thrones, Intrigue, Plot, !Theme!, a company that understands the value of good writing (Frozen, Marvel, etc). And this was an opportunity for one of the worlds largest, best story telling companies - with all the f*cking might of their desire to show the world they can do it fucking right.

And they didn't, they made an inconsequential show that delighted a few kids (and a few more adults). They could have given a 10, but they aimed for a 4. They did hit that 4 solidly though.

Comment Re: Still no profiles? (Score 1) 65

In my house, 5 kids, 7 people we have 5 iPads currently. The kids absolutely do not have their own device. They are all 'family' tools, because I don't like when kid #3 freaks out that iPad #2 is in use by kid #4.

I really want multi-user iPads. (a 2 year old madly swiping can wreak havoc on one's calendar). I also want better consumer tools for managing them as commodity devices, which is what they are to me. I would love a server based tool to lock all the iPads I choose to. or to install gameY on these, and copy these 7 movies to all 5 iPads.

We also have 5 Macs in the house, all setup on a nicely manageable centralized server for auth, etc. The iPads need to support this.

Also, my phone IS a shareable device (often used when a battery dies on a long car ride), they should be multi-user too.

Comment No, but we need a cultural shift (Score 1) 147

Banning means a means of enforcement to take the phones away. I don't think this is a good idea. I puts too much on concert security, it puts peoples phones at a tightened risk of being stolen. It means that parents might not be able to get that text from the babysitter.

But how many badly recorded videos from 50+ feet away do we need of a given event?

The Grateful Dead had it right. Encourage the tapers, let them plug in. Let them plug their phones into the board feed and they can capture the full 4k video of the 8+ venue cameras. Or whatever their phone can hold.

But we should all discourage the people failing to live the moment from trying to record it for later.

Comment Before deciding, take the Internet out of it. (Score 1) 503

Before asking a question about free-speech on the internet, always take the internet out of the question.

Is yelling fire in a crowded space protected by free speech? No. Clearly, and we know why.

Is standing on a street corner telling people that the sky is falling protected speech? Yes, I think so. Please tell me if you disagree.

The thing is we know a lot about the person standing on the street corner spewing lies, but ironically - on the internet we often don't know much about the person feeding us fake news, or spreading false ideas, or otherwise lying. In reality we can see that they're probably half baked, or dressed up in religious garb, or otherwise giving off signs that we probably shouldn't trust them. Here on the internet, we have no idea.

The solution is better moderation tools. In a perfect world, when someone walks up to me and starts espousing a flat earth or harmful vaccines, I can or most people can filter out the random information from the good. I can even punch someone if they're trying to be a complete dick.

On the internet, various platforms have still refused to implement the 'punch poster in the nose' button, so it's really important we come up with alternate ways of negatively feeding back on poor behaviour.

Comment Apple Mail (Score 1) 388

Apple's Mail is a delightful replacement for Thunderbird. I left Thunderbird in 2004? I think. Started running the default mail app in OS X, and although I have a few small complaints, I'm generally happy. Happier mail-wise than before I stopped using Thunderbird.

Back when I ran a large website and replied to 300+ emails a day, I used mh under emacs, but that's not really for everyone.

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