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withoutclass

@withoutclass@mastodon.sdf.org

What is here to point to that I could say is me?

living in Chicago
Android development as a vocation
Sometimes I do things like study Buddhism, Zen, Chan, etc.

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py, to random
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Why yes, Datadog mobile can absolutely help you reduce your network traffic footprint.

See, it can track and log all network calls. But that won't be the most effective way to help reduce traffic.

Because, well, datadog mobile will upload close to 1 GB per device per day of monitoring data.

And that means, the best way Datadog can help you reduce network traffic footprint is by turning itself off.

🙃

withoutclass,
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@msfjarvis @py it rules tbh. The bigger caveat though is you need your backend systems also using it. Then you get this wonderfully connected observability tool where your entire stack is observed end to end in a single place. Going from mobile client to a flame graph of the backend in a click is very nice.

louis, to apple
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The #Apple trap: "You have used 2048GB in your 2TB iCloud Family plan. Please upgrade to the 6TB plan for only $35/month so your wife and kids can store even more useless selfie-videos." 🍎 😠

withoutclass,
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@publicvoit @louis I hope you have at least 2 drives!

gabrielesvelto, to random
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Normalize calling AI "plagiarism as a service"

withoutclass,
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@gabrielesvelto Plagiarized Information Synthesis System (PISS) 😁

kate, to gardening
@kate@aus.social avatar

For all of us here who aren’t in tech, this is pretty clear on Microsoft and Recall from @GossiTheDog

It Opens A Lot Of Attack Surface

Thinking about this while #gardening, painting, walking the dog, whatever.

The fediverse is a big and pretty open campus of knowledges.

https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112498151409590780

withoutclass,
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@kate @GossiTheDog Microsoft keeps making it easier to choose not-Microsoft products, sigh.

louis, to random
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OMG, I love . Never seen a major update on a [Li|U]n[u|i]x OS going through so smooth. And the sysmerge command that walks you through every config file change and let's you diff/merge/install them, is the perfect icing on the cake. 🍰

withoutclass,
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@louis This is also why I love , which took it's philosophy from BSD

birv2, to emacs
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Whoa. I feel like I've just arrived. My blog post on my #emacs learning in public adventures (https://bob-irving.com/117-2/) was reposted by @sachac ! I've been following her weekly emacs updates and found myself there. Like I said, whoa!

It's nice to be part of a pretty technical community that supports stumbling bumbling n00bs like me.

withoutclass,
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@birv2 @sachac Bob I've been following along and really enjoying your posts, congratulations :)

gabrielesvelto, to random
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Gentlemen, we've got microplastics in our nuts. If this doesn't motivate you to fight the fossil economy I don't know what will.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/21/microplastics-found-in-human-testicles-could-be-causing-sperm-counts-to-fall

withoutclass,
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@gabrielesvelto now that's it's affecting men specifically I expect a rapid response

al3x, to vim
@al3x@hachyderm.io avatar

Productivity increases with the level of customization you are making in the tools you are using most often.

The downside is that the more used to these customizations you get, the more lost you'll feel when
using a system that is not configured as yours.

Simple example: create a new binding in or . This is not only very common but
also very encouraged. After getting used to that, connect to a remote server.

withoutclass,
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@al3x No problem, I'll use TRAMP :)

bjfs84, to emacs
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Random upgrade misadventures, part I: Emacs

So I was a bit off my org-roam habits and decided to get back on track. Since my daily driver is macOS, I am using Railwaycat's emacs-mac formulae on Homebrew. And boom! #emacs doesn't launch even before upgrading due to some wierd gcc issue.

Tried to upgrade... can't compile because of libgccjit issue (necessary for native compilation feature which makes elisp work faster). Turns out there are some breaking changes from GCC upstream and had to browse published issue to apply some workarounds.

In the process I've discovered the --HEAD option for brew which apparently allows to get the most recent-ish branch for a given formulae. So now I have Emacs 29.3 over default 29.1 for this contraption.

PS. As I like the Emacs help system which can browse its own source code to describe a function, it wasn't readily available with brew. Had to copy the code from brew cache to some static location and Emacs just asked to point for the sources there, nice!

withoutclass,
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@bjfs84 I've had great luck with the d12-frosted version in case you find yourself looking for an alternative.

publicvoit, (edited ) to pixel
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I need to get a new smartphone since my Pixel 4a ran out of support already. 😞

I narrowed down my options to three devices that fit my requirements.

The Pixel 8a seems to be cheaper and even better compared to the 8.

I won't use games or any of the AI stuff nor Google cloud services. Therefore, I guess that Tensor 4 of the Pixel 9 won't provide much benefit to me.

Unfortunately, the 9 design looks great to me. 🤔

What do you recommend? 🤷 (and why?)

withoutclass,
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@publicvoit Pixel 8 has a better camera and smaller bezels than the 8a if those are something you care about :)

withoutclass,
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@publicvoit my understanding is it's the same camera as the 7a. But to be fair, I think these days a modern camera phone is going to be pretty similar.

yassie_j, to random
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Here are some common acronyms used by tech companies in 2024, and what they mean.

AI = Always Inaccurate

AGI = A Guy in India

LLM = Large Lying Model

GPT = Great at Producing Trash

withoutclass,
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@yassie_j

PISS = Plagiarized Information Synthesis System

grtcdr, to random
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I feel so awkward explaining Mastodon and the Fediverse to people who have no prior knowledge of either.

I've used phrases like: "imagine if you could run your own Facebook (ew) for your friends and family or join an existing community of like-minded people".

I've explained all of these concepts time and time again, to people from various backgrounds, those in software engineering for example find the concepts of federation and decentralisation really interesting. Some find these concepts hard to grasp, while others find the extra step of finding the right community cumbersome.

I understand that "X" social media platform is where people are, but, in the Fediverse, where people are can be any one of Y, Z, or whatever; all of us can communicate under different jurisidictions.

I'd really like to know the examples you've used to introduce the Fediverse to your peers and friends.

withoutclass,
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@ltriant @grtcdr ya, email providers are the best example seen as well.

indiasoale, to zen
@indiasoale@mastodon.social avatar

No truth is wholly objective.

If I say “dogs exist” but someone else believes that all dogs I see are “wolves” and not “dogs” then as far as they are concerned I am wrong.

I could give them a book showing the differences in dog and wolf anatomy but that assumes they will accept the differences are big enough to agree that they are two different animals which they won’t unless it fits their belief of evidence or they face social pressure to accept my belief as the truth.

#truth #zen #science

withoutclass,
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@indiasoale there is no ability to observe anything objectively. What you "see" are electrical pulses converted by the brain based on what the eyes have detected. The eyes, due to evolution, are only capable of detecting certain things in certain ways.

You could also play here with the different levels of subjectivity. At the ultimate level, everything is the same.

It's a very difficult thing that I think about a lot.

withoutclass,
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@indiasoale

Unfortunately I will have to disagree strongly that what you see is based on social construction. This is the multiple levels that I alluded to earlier. On one level, you have an experience of seeing a thing. If you choose not to make it into a "thing", then you will not add any conceptual layer to it. There is no "chair" or "stool" at all. "Chair" and "stool" are concepts, they are additions/overlays to experience.

withoutclass,
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@indiasoale well said, but the concepts exist nowhere in physical reality. There is "what is", and then whatever overlay gets applied.

"Chair" is useful, it conveys a shared idea. A thing that looks like this and has this form, I say "chair" to quickly share information. But still there is no chair beyond the concept.

withoutclass,
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@indiasoale

"If concepts did not exist in physical reality as water exists in physical reality then the physical form of a wooden chair would be no different to any other wood. "

Exactly. A chair is both "chair" and not-chair. Without the concept of chair, you could still sit on the thing we call a chair. Chair is made up of not-chair. Wood, screws, or perhaps glue even. You could even call the thing we call as "chair" a flumble, and nothing would change at all.

withoutclass,
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@indiasoale I don't think I would conflate concepts with action. If you call a chair wood for a fire, nothing happens without action. A chair is both a chair and wood for a fire, or a door stop, or any other myriad things because concepts don't have any impact on the object itself. Concepts only exist in the mind and have no impact on the current structure of the underlying not-chair that composes "chair". No matter the concept, the object is just however it is.

withoutclass,
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@indiasoale thank you. I will put this in my belly to let it digest:)

bhyde, to random

+1 for the to do list. Teehee

withoutclass,
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@bhyde CPL, nice! How's the book series? I've not heard of it.

jrose, to random
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Hey, fellow San Francisco tech workers. Is this what you want people to think of you? Is this how you think of other people? No? Then make sure you’re against these assholes, and think twice about voting for anyone they’ve funded. (cw: some really awful rhetoric using “ethnic cleansing” as a positive metaphor) https://newrepublic.com/article/180487/balaji-srinivasan-network-state-plutocrat

withoutclass,
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@jrose First I've heard of any of these people and it's real gross. Just seems like more of the same ultra rich tech fascism brain worms these people have.

hamtron5000, to emacs
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okay, in my attempt to do more in terms of get something out of Mastodon, i'm going to do more hashtagging and more posting about things and interacting with others who post about things.

i'm starting to learn #Emacs and working on #SelfHosting some things, like a Plex server, a Calibre server, and etc. Any other #SelfHosters have any recommendations? i'm also considering Mealie.

withoutclass,
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@hamtron5000 mostly just self hosting Plex and the arr's myself. Also started my #emacs journey about a year ago now. I figure I'll be competent in emacs in about 20-30 years 😁

withoutclass, to fallout
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The show is so good. It really captures the serious/silly in a well balanced way, with actual set building, props, and a good story.

withoutclass, to random
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Being interested in too many things has its downsides. I struggle to make progress on anything.

withoutclass, to random
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"Engagement!" I shout as I ruin what little user credibility I had left.

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