[-] towerful@programming.dev 107 points 3 months ago

If the snowman was build on the road, the driver is at fault for driving carelessly, not paying attention.
Nobody else was hurt. Nobody else's property was damaged. There is no one to be held liable.

This guy drove into a snowman, regardless of where it was.
A static object that only moves in Christmas music.

If it was a snowbank, same deal.
If it was a parked car, same deal.
If it was a fallen telephone/power pole, same deal.
If it was a pile of cinderblocks that fell off the back of a truck, same deal.

The guy either wasn't paying attention, or was being an asshole.
Either way, driving carelessly. Asshole is at fault

[-] towerful@programming.dev 121 points 6 months ago

Or "you went to college? You're overqualified for flipping burgers"

[-] towerful@programming.dev 87 points 1 year ago

Yup. parseInt is for strings.
Math.floor, Math.ceil, Math.round or Math.trunc are for numeric type "conversions" (cause its still a float)

[-] towerful@programming.dev 107 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

a man who mistook her for transgender verbally threatened her in a women’s restroom

...
I thought it was trans people that were a threat in women's restrooms. Turns out its assholes that are the threat.

[-] towerful@programming.dev 92 points 1 year ago

The 2nd part about "don't mention politics" is twice as long as "I've lost my job".
And still ends with:

Remember that government employees are humans too and it is a very scary time for most of us and our families.

As if that isn't the left-wing (most countries would call centre) modus operandi: people are people

[-] towerful@programming.dev 107 points 1 year ago

Modern day book burning?

[-] towerful@programming.dev 97 points 1 year ago

This isn't mainstream media.
This is capitalism.

This is a company making a product, selling it for a given price, then making additional money from embedded ads.
Whether that ad revenue is additional profit, or to offset the actual cost of the item - because the sold it at a loss to beat their competitors - doesn't really matter.
This is the consumer paying for something, and not getting a full and complete product

[-] towerful@programming.dev 127 points 1 year ago

Yeh, I can't believe an emergency service (which I would consider a government agency) is using a URL shortener.
No wonder scammers also use URL shorteners. People get desensitized to what they are doing, masking the actual URL

[-] towerful@programming.dev 109 points 2 years ago

Click the full screen button to enjoy a movie. Watch for a bit. Hit space to pause to do something. Unfullscreen.

[-] towerful@programming.dev 91 points 2 years ago

DRM = Direct Render Manager

I had no idea, was confused, and the article never de-acronyms/initialisms the term

[-] towerful@programming.dev 93 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What makes this even more sneaky is that JetBrains has a theme called "Darcula".

So, with a wider generic theme called Dracula and themes that duplicate JetBrains Darcula theme, it is no surprise that "Darcula Official" is being installed.
It's more than just a typosquat

Edit:
But why can a theme make web requests?!

[-] towerful@programming.dev 88 points 2 years ago

You can take apart juice bottles.
The least realistic part is that anon managed to get to and dilute every bottle their gf used.
Cause if they miss one, their gf is gonna have a serious shock.

So, lack of consent and extremely controlling?

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