[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 3 points 39 minutes ago

They have to hold it because their toilet runs on Windows and broke.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 4 points 44 minutes ago

I bet Trump stiffed him on the bill for the services he rendered that led to his disbarment. Lol, what a moron.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

I heard Thomas doesn't even mind when Trammel Crow calls him boy.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

So he is saying, "I'm too senile to recognize my own purported religious iconography?"

25th amendment that fat child raping bastard.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

I had to use regedit to get rid of it. I still have a win11 boot disk, but I mostly run kubuntu now. Forty years of Microsoft being my primary operating system has come to a close. One drive and Copilot drove me away.

Funny hearing this criticism from Mozilla though.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

Bag is probably full of shit that he is about to set on fire so you stomp it to put the fire out. Except that sort of plan requires more executive function than he possesses.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Yes, and it is so frustrating. Last week I was tearing into a stack dump from a crash and one of the entry level kids was watching me. I immediately identified a bad pointer and walked the stack back to the function where it originated and determined that the pointer array index was out of bounds. I might as well have been practicing witchcraft. He had no sense of what a valid address looks like, nor did he understand why that bad address would lead to a bus fault that would throw an exception. The best thing about this particular kid is that he listens and learns. He still wants to code with AI, but he knows the geezers have skills he needs. Probably my favorite among our current crop.

When I came out of school, I had experience in multiple assembly languages, operating system theory, compilers, and computer architecture. All areas where his knowledge is lacking. I am sure he knows lots of things I don't, but I haven't done a great job of identifying areas where those skills are applicable. I am pleased with his willingness and aptitude to learn. He'll be fine, but I don't have that confidence in a lot of them.

(I should remember this post when I have to write performance feedback for him.)

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Ooh, ooh, I have a Juris Doctorate. Can I help? Now I'm an ambulance chaser?

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago

At my company, the GenX programmers want to force the new hires to learn to code and debug before they're allowed to use AI. The newbies meanwhile are clamoring for AI. Management gave them access, so we expect they're development to be hindered. At least they can write more bugs per week now. Their sloc metrics are probably better than us experienced folks because we don't trust the AI at all. Management will probably layoff every one that knows how to fix bugs soon.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

The big concern is probably a decline in number of wage slaves. Children of teenage single moms are probably the best demographic for enslavement.

Next they will be decrying the decline in crime because it will harm the prison industrial complex. "We need more cops to arrest more people to keep us safe (from underpopulated prisons)."

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

Making it a crime to fail to vote would end the Republicans permanently. Even if every ballot option had a none of the above. I think it should be mandatory. Also, if none of the above beats all of the candidates, none of them are allowed to run again for any office.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

I feel like I was the training data. It feels like a violation of my rights. A lot of AI writing is reminiscent of my sentence structure, diction, and vocabulary. I'm sure I am not alone, but it is nice to see you echoing my sentiments.

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Hansen and team's research finds climate sensitivity is at least 4.5C for a doubling of CO2 with 99% certainty. Too bad COPS is using 3.0 like it is gospel. For some perspective, the CO2 baseline is around 285, and we're up to 425 (we're only 145 away from doubling and that's ignoring increases in fun things like methane and nitrous oxide). The amount to get to the doubled value is roughly the increase we have experienced in my lifetime, so it is not as far away as it might seem.

I guess I should invest in air conditioned farming.

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I am not much of an implementers, but if we wanted to do something to target and reform our screwed up society, I have an idea. The great vulnerability of our capitalist culture, especially in the U.S. and Western Europe, is fractional reserve banking.

For those that don't know, a quick summary is that any given bank only has to keep a small percentage of their deposits on hand. This allows them to invest other people's money for fun and profit. Many resources explain the concept and its evils in far more detail than I can get into here.

So how is this an exploitable weakness? Well, if you have seen It's a Wonderful Life, you probably already know. Because banks only hold a fraction of the reserves needed to cover their depositors' accounts, they are vulnerable to "runs." A run on a bank happens when the customers lose confidence that the bank will be able to cover their deposits and rush to withdraw their money before the bank runs out of money (FDIC insurance was setup to protect depositors from this phenomenon).

How do we use this to fight the bankstas? We deliberately cause runs on banks. Of we can get enough people to withdraw their money from a bank, the bank won't be able to return people's money to them. Even if you don't have an account with the target bank, you can help by spreading fear (Big Bank is the targetof an internet attack, ge yourmoneyout before they collapse - you don't want to have to wait for the FDIC to give you your money, do you?) An additional collateral attack than can be made is to simply not pay any debts (mortgages, credit cards, etc) owed to that same bank. The non-payments will accelerate the time frame for which the bank will run out of money.

Also, if you short the bank's stock before the run or when it starts, you can profit from the banks collapse.

The real key to the plan (the part I haven't figured out yet) is how do we get enough people to panic over a particular bank to get the party started. Subsequent banks should be easier after the first.

Be aware that some states have laws that make inciting a run on a bank illegal, although the constitutionality of such laws is still up for debate. Truth is a defense to libel, so if there is an attempt to sue for that, you get to conduct in depth discovery on the financial condition of the bank (just how bad are all of those loans and derivative instruments they hold? How low is their cash in hand compared to their depositors receipts?)

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We'll melt some permafrost and release trapped methane that will melt even more permafrost.

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