hankg

@hankg@friendica.myportal.social

Software developer and (sometimes) blogger trying to figure out secret to living a healthy and content life into his 100's.

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evacide, to random
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"Cisgender is a slur" has some real "people pointing out racist behavior are the real racists" energy to it.

hankg,

@evacide We never even saw a fraction of this level of freakout when gay people referred to non-gay people as "straight people" or the term "heteronormativity". I wonder why the pearl clutching orders of magnitude greater over this very bland term.

18+ gsuberland, to random
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at some point I should really write a blog post about my experience with burnout and the factors that led to it (undiagnosed ADHD being a big one, but not the only one), and how I began the recovery process, because I'm certain it would be helpful to a few people. it's very emotionally draining to write about though, and when I think about the things I want to say I end up in analysis paralysis because the story inevitably involves other people who I want to be respectful of.

hankg,

@gsuberland Until one has had burn out, previously called nervous breakdowns, I don't think they understand the depths of what it means. An exploration of the experience and how to dig out of it over time could be very helpful. A common means of respecting people is to revert to a fictionalized story based on the real events. It's more than just a name swap, which may not be sufficient to mask identities. Another alternative is to ask if they mind being included in it and then revert to the fictionalized version if necessary.

bigzaphod, to random
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I got a real life loupe to use when trying to read some of the SUPER TINY print on integrated circuit packages, but after a quick test, I think it's too powerful. Or maybe the focus point is fixed in a bad spot for what I wanted to do because the chip has to be flat on the table with the loupe flat on the table over top of it to work.

So I'll probably have to get a less powerful one or maybe a basic magnifying glass or something like that.

But in the meantime I can see the pixels on my iPhone!

Extreme closeup of the Iconfactory logo with visible lines between columns of pixels.

hankg,

@bigzaphod That reminds me of a printer's loupe which is optimized to be used exactly as you stated.

hankg, to science

Why we can't have nice things...We've known about paper mills and lack of sufficient reviewers being a problem for a while now. It's been getting worse and worse. That's before we start seeing the expected massive increase from ChatGPT-style word vomiter crap. "Flood of Fake Science Forces Multiple Journal Closures" msn.com/en-us/money/markets/fl…

hankg, to tesla

The mass layoffs and downscaling of Tesla charging network team and plans is even more bizarre as more details come out. It was their one actual differentiator. They are in the position to be essentially the gas station company of EVs. These changes undermine all of that and contrary to Musk's tweets thy aren't reversing course on it at all. Again though, what will happen to their contractual obligations to the US government that just gave them yet another boat load of money to build out more stations? Are they going to take the money and run with it like they did to California way back in the day? #tesla #ElonMusk
The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff

Dr_Bombay, to random
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kind of not surprised, but also very surprised. i mean, i can see (jokingly) flipping each other off -- but flashing footage of 9/11 to NYC? that's horrible!

Dublin-NY portal temporarily shut due to 'inappropriate behaviour' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69006674

hankg,

@Dr_Bombay Has the Boaty McBoatface episode taught no one anything...lol...

hankg, to vmware

Cue the "It's a trap!" meme, especially in light of recent developments post-Broadcom acquisition..."VMware giving away Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro free for personal use"
VMware giving away Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro free for personal use

crumbler, to random

With today’s announcements at Google I/O, the web has entered a state of managed decline https://www.platformer.news/google-io-ai-search-sundar-pichai/

hankg,

@crumbler Reading the coverage my one dominant thought was, "Thank god I switched to Duck Duck Go years ago." Granted since the heavy lift there is Bing and MS seems to be wanting to go all in on this whole thing too we may soon see the same crap there. Fingers crossed no though.

arstechnica, to random
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AT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t says

Payments helped AT&T obtain key legislative wins in Illinois, prosecutors say.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/att-paid-bribes-to-get-two-major-pieces-of-legislation-passed-us-govt-says/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

hankg,

@arstechnica With essentially unlimited legal bribes thanks to Citizens United I don’t know why they needed to do anything illegal to grease the skids…yet the over laxity still isn’t good enough for these mega corps apparently

lolgop, to random
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The right has spent tens of billions attacking Joe Biden – and of course, it’s working
https://www.patreon.com/posts/104249086

hankg,

@lolgop Amen to this! (The whole article really though): “You don’t even need to pretend these two men are comparable in any way. Biden is a standard 20th-century American public servant imbued with all the imperfections that come with that. Trump is the worst president in American history. A demagogue with dictatorial aspirations. A fraud whose greatest accomplishment was avoiding any indictments for his first 76 years.”

shoq, to random
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Uh oh! Secret Hamas Files Show It Spied on Everyday Palestinians.

Hamas monitored political activity, online posts, and apparently even love lives. Palestinians were stuck between an Israeli blockade and a repressive security force.

Gift link. No paywall⏵

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/world/europe/secret-hamas-files-palestinians.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r00.SyuV.wI82fvcHrooS&smid=url-share

hankg,

@shoq This isn't surprising in the least. The Palestinian people have been totally f'd over by everyone around them over and over, including Hamas. I don't envy their position one iota.

hankg, to tesla

Not surprising in the least: "Tesla threatened to fire law firm in bid to block Musk pay critic – court document" #ElonMusk #Tesla reuters.com/legal/transactiona…

hankg, to retrogaming

Another 3dfx mini-documentary, but this one put out by them at their height in 1997/1998. It's an interesting comparison. Kind of sad knowing that a few years later they will be out of business :( #RetroGaming #ComputerHistory #3dfx
3dfx Interactive (Documentary / Interview)

hankg, to retrogaming

Thanks to @Inglebard video on the Atari Jaguar for letting me know about @ctrlaltrees 's very in depth article on the Atari Panther. It was supposed to be Atari's answer to the Genesis and SNES. #RetroGaming #Atari ctrl-alt-rees.com/atari-panthe…

hankg, to space

Have you ever wondered what it would look like to fall through the event horizon of a black hole? NASA just put out a video showing just that. Amazing! H/T @badastro #nasa #physics #hpc youtu.be/chhcwk4-esM?si=D40BDO…

hankg,

@schnedan @badastro Well it was news to me this morning so...

hankg,

@schnedan @badastro I am but don't see their content too often.

professorhank, to politics
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Good job, dummies.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/abortion-bans-drive-away-up-to-half-of-young-talent-new-cnbc/generation-lab-youth-survey-finds.html

hankg,

@professorhank I totally get it and have considered moving out of Florida back to the northeast because of how toxic the politics and government policies have become down here. But I do worry that it basically cedes huge states to Republicans as they get redder and redder thus further locking in their over-representation in the Electoral College, Senate, and US House (the latter less so).

GreenFire, to random
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A river monster that can reach 120lbs and eat anything nearby is tightening its chokehold on America's waterways and has now crossed the Canadian border.

Conservationists are sounding the alarm about their unstoppable march across the country from their original habitat in the Gulf of Mexico basin.

'They are going to be one of the apex predators around every system once they establish those populations,' said biologist Joel Fleming. 'If they can fit it in their mouth, they're going to eat it.'

hankg,

@GreenFire What animal are we talking about? Pythons?

hankg,

@GreenFire I mean we eat catfish. I wonder why we can't intentionally eat these to extinction in these waterways like we've done with other species unintentionally.

hankg,

@Urban_Hermit @GreenFire Well, damn! :(

MarSolRivas, to random French
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hankg,

@MarSolRivas Yum!

hankg, to Flutter

I'm finally at the making pretty pictures part of my Dart/Flutter implementation of the Ray Tracer Challenge. I even have live rendering updates albeit janky as hell. On to world building chapter... #DartLang #Flutter #RayTracerChallenge
gitlab.com/HankG/raytracerchal…

A phong shaded spheroid showing each of the transformations and settings

jeffjarvis, to random
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My theory has long been that the public mental health crisis and resistance to involuntary treatment & commitment can be traced directly to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest....
Doctors, Not Judges, Should Decide When to Treat Patients Without Their Consent https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/opinion/treatment-over-objection-medical-ethics.html?smid=tw-share

hankg,

@jeffjarvis But that movie did open up the window into what was the house of horrors of those institutions and how they operated. It should probably be a combination of the two since it is such a big deal to do something like that.

mralancooper, to random
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Being efficient can increase profit, but it also means not being resilient, adaptable, and forgiving. Businesses that are efficient tend also to overwork their employees because the demands on the business are always to be resilient, adaptable, and forgiving. The only entity that demands efficiency is the investor.

hankg,

@mralancooper Some of the supply chain disruption we saw post-COVID was because of sole focus on efficiency at the expense of everything else, including resiliency. Many articles and business leaders said they were looking at how to learn that lesson to offer some more balance there to prevent that sort of disruption again. There has been some signs but mostly it seems to be back to the sole focus on efficiency again. It's like the person that has a heart attack so decides to stop smoking, eat right, and start exercising but then a week later is just back to the old status quo they've known for decades.

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