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  I don’t remember where I saw this, but I finally read it, and I suggest you do, too. https://www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-de-poitrine-argument-for-ubi/

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  My god the predictive code completion model in #Xcode is bad. It hallucinated a parameter to a parameterless function I just wrote. On a class called `Config` I have ```swift func transitions() -> [Transition] { … ``` Then in another class I wrote: ```swift let transitions = ``` And it autocompleted to ```swift let transitions = config.transitions(for: config.countdown) ``` WTF Xcode. At least `countdown` is an actual property on Config, but WTF.

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  I get these two screens, and then I'm fucked. I mean stuck. And then I'm stuck. And fucked. Until I get back to civilization. @mwichary@mastodon.online and @gruber@mastodon.social will love that second screenshot.

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  @glennf@zeppelin.flights Do you have one of those little explainer articles on why some photos (like Photos widget) are 3D? Looking for something I can send my mom.

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@b3ll/116494951914718777 From the blog: “Last year, we updated our TV experience for the first time in more than a decade.” I hate, Hate, HATE the new Netflix interface on Apple TV. I'm sure a lot of love and engineering went into it, but JFC I want to see what's in my watchlist, not ONE GIANT THING and 1.5 other things. I avoid Netflix now because it's so painful to use. If my Netflix subscription wasn't subsidized by T-Mobile I would drop it just...

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  Jebus my car charged from 9% to 80% in 17 minutes.

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  Sometimes automating things leads to dumb outcomes. I was on I-66 westbound, which turns into a toll road at 3 PM. I crossed the last gate at 15:00.36 and the system charged me a $0.65 toll. I have no idea why it didn't automatically deduct from my EZPass, since it was in the car, and they didn't find and charge the account even though it is linked to my license plate. It will cost more for them to print and mail the violation and receive and process the payment than the toll i...

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  RE: https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/116436708508024824 I took my kids with me when I brought my mom to Union Station via the metro. They asked why there were soldiers in camo with guns in the stations. DC is an occupied territory.

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  Well that’s a big FU from atlassian. Guess it’s finally time to find a replacement for Bitbucket. Any suggestions (that aren’t GitHub)? Atlassian to train AI on user data unless law or cash say no • The Register https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/18/atlassians_new_data_collection_policy/

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  I don't understand how costco.com, where I'm logged into my Costco account, which is linked to my Costco Visa credit card, can't tell I'm placing my order with the Costco Visa card they hawk on every page.

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  @User47@vmst.io I just bought those last time I was there! Haven't opened them yet, tho. They're next on my snack list.

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  Ah the contradictions and ironies of life… How is it that one of my favorite places to be is in one of my least favorite areas to be in.

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  In an effort to be as transparent as possible, we're letting you know we have updated our privacy policy. We will not, however, tell you what has changed. By continuing to use our services, you agree to the new privacy policy, which you must compare line-by-line to the old version, assuming you have a copy, to determine what we changed.

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  I have no words. If you live in a state in the US, please heed the action at the end. https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/trump-administration-orders-dismantling-us-forest-service/7716263

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  @User47@vmst.io This isn’t twitter. You can set your account to manually approve followers and still post publicly. On mastodon those are orthogonal concerns.

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@samerfarha/116370327484835615 Because I'm a nerd I knew most of the things in the thread. (The exceptional oddities of Icelandic were new to me.) The most interesting thing, though, is the point of the last post: Users (who's native language is not English) often use English because the translations range from bad to insulting. What a phenomenal problem. And thanks, @alda@topspicy.social, for pointing that out!

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  RE: https://journa.host/@chrisgeidner/116365521354476737 Add to this military officer and enlisted service member.

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  More #SwiftUI fuckery. I'm getting the following error message: ``` Unable to simultaneously satisfy constraints. Probably at least one of the constraints in the following list is one you don't want. Try this: (1) look at each constraint and try to figure out which you don't expect; (2) find the code that added the unwanted constraint or constraints and fix it. ``` Except I don't have any constraints (that I explicitly set) because I'm using Sw...

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  I just prepared LEGO-themed ester baskets I got for my kids from Costco, and whoever did that packaging should face a class action lawsuit for emotional and finger damage done to everyone who purchased them. EVERYTHING was taped AND rubber glued together. And not keep-your-new-card-on-the-paper rubber glue, we're talking shit-will-stay-put-during-the-Big-One industrial we-don’t-fuck-around strength rubber cement. 40 MINUTES to open 2 baskets. And each one has at least 2 pieces I couldn&#3...

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  Good god I’m going to have to switch from a/c to heat AGAIN @rvaweather@dmv.community https://dmv.community/@rvaweather/116346431280265250

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  @User47@vmst.io Was the percentage calculated pre or post tax?

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  @fedward@distraction.party Sounds like you're thinking like a software engineer, not like a coder who wants to be 10x and judges productivity by lines of code shipped.

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  So is Uplock the spritual successor to what 1Password once was? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/uplock/id6469049274

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  Japan is unreal. @yasu7329@mstdn.tokyocameraclub.com https://mstdn.tokyocameraclub.com/@yasu7329/116338108371367790

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  RE: https://graphics.social/@metin/116335353888270814 JavaScript was a mistake.

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  RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/116332198856677952 The cherry-on-top irony would be if the countries mandating 4-day work weeks get an economic boon and begin a time of prosperity due to treating their citizens better AND get a lot greener due to shift to renewables because of the oil crunch.

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  @chartier@toot.cafe @kagihq@mastodon.social I appreciate the progressive loading of the graphics.

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  What is up with the sirens in #Petworth tonight? They’ve been non-stop for like 30 minutes.

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  Looking at historic pictures of the NASA Langley Research Center, where I had an internship during high school, and kind of wishing I had gone into aeronautical engineering. That place is so cool and has so much neat stuff. Working there would have been one of two reasons for me ever moving back to Virginia.

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  I need a good bad analogy for non-programmers writing programs with LLMs.