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danhulton

@danhulton@hachyderm.io

Software developer, entrepreneur, socialist, coffee-drinker, opinion-haver, and all-around busybody. He/him.

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GossiTheDog, to random
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I strongly believe we're within 5 years of the generative AI boom collapsing almost completely, and it will have a profound economic impact, as the use cases for the products being sold almost entirely suck arse.

danhulton,
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@GossiTheDog 5 years? So you're an optimist, huh? 🤣

(For the record, I think there are legitimate, long-term beneficial uses, but they're VERY limited, given the nature of the tech. So much of what we're seeing now is "solution in search of a problem, any problem, even a problem it doesn't really solve" thinking and it shows.)

tess, to random
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My wife: "So, Target doesn't have any pride stuff for kids."

Me: "Well we can still go; kiddo needs clothes for summer, not just Pride."

Her: "They have pride stuff for dogs."

Me: "Okay, we are not going there."

danhulton,
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@tess But aren't you worried that your child is going to grow up feeling like their parents listen to them and value their opinions and will have a real sense of self-confidence and respect to fall back on when times get tough???

(Sarcasm filter turned off: Yer doing some admirable parenting there. 👍)

danhulton, to random
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This gives an insteresting attack vector I hadn't previously thought of - instead of stealing the victim's data, insert doctored screenshots and OCR database history to make it look as if the victim was committing illegal activities. Then, call in the cops, who confiscate the computer, check Recall, and oh my goodness, a felon has been found!

Microsoft have REALLY not thought through this one, like, AT ALL at all. https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112565106923761296

sn0n, to linux
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Til; Customization is called by those who congregate in social circles to discuss...

danhulton,
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@sn0n THANK YOU. I've been scrolling through the tag for a while just wondering WTF.

aburka, to random
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Microsoft Recall is horrifying for many reasons but it's also really funny to me that the operating system, processes, window manager and desktop environment all cooperate to render text to the screen, so the computer knows what it says (that's how screen readers work after all) but then we're going to use AI to OCR it back out of screenshots because, just like, fuck it why not. It feels nihilistic in a way.

danhulton,
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@aburka @joby I'm willing to bet it's because there's always gonna be edge cases where OS functions aren't being used to display text (for example, in an image file) and they didn't want any way for any little morsel of delicious information to escape their grasp.

wood, to ruby
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Who wants to join my secret Honeybadger Discord?

Things we could chat about there:

  • DevOps, monitoring, observability
  • Indie SaaS and marketing
  • Junior devs/early career
  • General goofing off

Reply and I'll send you an invite.

#Ruby #RubyOnRails

danhulton,
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@wood Oh, I know all about General Goofing Off, that better be a channel, cuz I'll basically live there.

danhulton, to random
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Hello, I hope this email finds you panting and exhausted, trapped in a back alley with no way out, frantically searching for escape as panic threatens to take over the very core of your being.

thomasfuchs, to random
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Real talk, whenever you talk to GOP-voting relatives or “friends” now relentlessly drive home that they’re supporting a convicted criminal.

Literally say in every sentence that they’re supporting a convicted felon to drive that spike home into their brains.

danhulton,
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@thomasfuchs At this point, I don't think anything matters to them anymore. Being loyal matters more than who you're being loyal TO.

ESPECIALLY given that the right-wing media has been preparing heavily for this by downplaying his actions, downplaying the charges, questioning the integrity of the judge, etc.

It's like a version of the narcissist's prayer: "He didn't do it, but if he did, it wasn't so bad, and if it was, who he did it to wasn't important, and if they were, it had to be done."

danhulton, to random
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Four more years (in prison)!

Four more years (in prison)!

carithlee, to random
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I don't know what the "rabbit" AI thing is and I refuse to google it, so I will continue to assume it's some kind of terrifying smart vibrator

danhulton,
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@carithlee @ionizedgirl God, that would be the BETTER timeline...

danhulton, to random
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On our international flight home everyone, and I mean everyone, around us was coughing. To be fair, I was coughing too, but my wife and I were masked. I saw exactly zero other masks on there.

Ten hours in a tube with strangers hacking up a lung, and all these people wanted to breathe that DIRECTLY? It boggles the mind.

danhulton, to random
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Remember, you're voting for your opponent for the next four years. You're going to have two completely different fights, depending on who wins. Either a fight for forward progress, or a fight for your life against a fascist dictatorship. https://wandering.shop/@cstross/112520698693895565

danhulton, to random
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Netanyahu's place in history is that he will be mentioned in the same breath as Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.

Hitler especially, because this dude's actions are sparking such a huge wave of unfounded antisemitism, the comparison simply has to be made.

So much respect for the Isrealis out there protesting this monster and his (factual, founded by the ICC) crimes against humanity. https://mastodon.social/@LukaszOlejnik/112518707499375275

GossiTheDog, to random
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    danhulton,
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    @GossiTheDog Everyone: "They're gonna hit Rafah."
    Netanyahu: "No no no, couldn't happen."
    Everyone: "They're gonna hit Rafah!"
    Netanyahu: Hits Rafah.
    Netanyahu: "Oops."
    Everyone: "..."

    jdiller, to random
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    My fingernails and eyebrow hairs seem to have roughly doubled their growth rate as of late.

    Is this some sort of middle-age useless turbo mode phenomenon?

    danhulton,
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    @jdiller Big same. Really excited to cultivate some true "Dr. Wily" eyebrows soon.

    annieversary, to random
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    they should let me join the php language team so i can add a complex type system that allows for beautiful shenanigans (i have never designed or implemented a type system)

    danhulton,
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    @annieversary TyPHP, yes plz.

    jdiller, to random
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    “Flatbread” pizza.

    As opposed to what?

    danhulton,
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    @jdiller Spherebread pizza!

    thedoh, to random
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    Sometimes I get notifications from Github because I have my first name as my username there, and for whatever reason people @ me by mistake.

    Today I got a ton of spam from some random user/org/repos as they began to sync their issues from some other issue tracker to Jira.

    Over the span of 20 minutes I received more than 22 notifications from these clowns before I just blocked their user/org.

    danhulton,
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    @thedoh 🤡👟

    danhulton, to random
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    God, the response from the iTerm developer SUCKS:

    "I'm not interested in discussing the politics of AI. Computing technology is full of odious things made by odious people in the most odious ways, and has been for as long as I've been alive. Take what's useful and recognize that every choice is a tradeoff."

    Basically, "Shit may suck, and I don't care, and I don't care if you care. Nothing matters anymore and if you care about things, you're wrong."

    danhulton, to random
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    I dunno if I'm not in the same circles, but I'm not seeing ANYONE say "Just use Linux" in response to the Windows+Copilot announcement, but I am seeing a WHOLE LOT OF "Ugh, I hate when people tell me to "Just use Linux!""

    Is it really that bad out there? Do you all follow that many shitty people? Voluntarily?

    owen, to random
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    You can shorten the iTerm guy's response to this critique as "I disagree" and not lose any of the nuance. If you care why he disagrees, by all means read into it, but if you primarily care about not having network-based ML tooling in your terminal, his disagreement is a sufficient response on its own to your concerns. Decide accordingly.

    danhulton,
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    @owen Yeah, fuck that dude. As soon as I get home, I'm dumping his shit. I hear good things about Wezterm.

    st3fan, to random
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    New in iTerm 3.5:

    "Using OpenAI's ChatGPT API, iTerm2 can now write commands for you, interpret the output of commands, and guide you towards a goal. See the AI section below for details."

    Yes I know it is optional .. but damn .. the AI-enshitification is happening everywhere.

    Time to switch to a terminal that just does one thing well .. being a terminal.

    Kitty? Alacritty? What do you use?

    danhulton,
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    @st3fan @thedoh Jesus, I've avoided a couple promising-looking terminals already because they came pre-installed with that AI shit. "I'll just stick with good ol' iTerm." Now it ain't good anymore, just old.

    Will there be literally anything that doesn't get LLMs bolted on to chase the fad?

    danhulton, to random
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    Have I learned Italian in one week in Italy?

    No.

    Have I learned enough Italian in one week in Italy to unsubscribe from an email newsletter?

    Absolutely.

    thudfactor, to random

    Sprung for some “computer glasses” at my last optometrist visit. They are progressive lenses tuned to help me focus on things at 3-5 feet. I was initially dubious, but these things are the biggest quality of life improvement I’ve had in awhile.

    I actually had to ask the optometrist about them, she didn’t push them on me at all.

    danhulton,
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    @thudfactor Did you have to go to a special optometrist, or is like "standard optometrist attached to a glasses store" going to have a decent chance of knowing what I'm talking about, do you think?

    davesh, to random
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    I’m such a homebody my favourite thing about travelling is going home.

    danhulton,
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    @davesh I go, sure, and I have a good time, yes, but I'm just so EXCITED to get back home again afterwards.

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