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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • Why does the blame go for Harris for not convincing people when it was clear to anyone paying attention that Trump was going to be worse?

    This sounds like how people talk after being obviously wrong and not being able to accept being wrong.

    If there are two paths and once says “Doom” and the other says nothing, only a fool picks the marked path. Only a fool who cannot accept responsibility blames the unmarked path for not being clearly marked “NOT Doom”

    When one person says they are going to do bad shit, it’s not on the other side to convince you they wont also do bad shit. The person assuming the one not talking who to doing bad shit will do it away because reasons is the problem. There is no one to blame but themselves. They will be a tool until they seize their agency and make an informed decision.

    Stop being a tool.


  • This is copying a similar feature Apple added a while back.

    Given androids hardware situation and love for collecting all the data l, I understand why people don’t want to give biometrics to their Android devices.

    With the data and access our smartphones have, a numerical pin regardless of length, should not be an option anymore.

    I am surprised that neither platform is allowing voice authentication as a biometric. I’m not sure if Google supports it but Siri can already tell who is speaking.



  • Microsoft and Nvidia are investing but they are both positioned to gain a return on investment by cloud hosting and hardware sales respectively.

    Apple dropping out indicates they saw behind the curtain, did the math and realized they can create their own platform for less.

    There is no path to profitability for them. Unlike other recent billion dollar tech companies there are no human workers to squeeze. Hardware doesn’t work for less than minimum wattage.




  • A rockstar developer doesn’t churn out unmaintainable, by definition.

    The number of people who think they are rockstar developers but clearly aren’t is probably close to the number of cover bands who see themselves as undiscovered rockstars.

    I’ve worked with people like this, their best hope is to fail upwards into management.

    The only way to know if you are competent coder is for other coders to tell you. If none are telling you, your imposter syndrome isn’t.

    There are other signs as well but these aren’t taught in formal education. An example being the ability to recognize how your old code could be improved. The way requirements stack over time makes this a certainty in any product.







  • More, less, or the same as the immigrants?

    It’s unlikely the last immigrants body being found is international news.

    I’ll tell you my answer. Less. Far, far less. The immigrants weren’t in a pleasure cruise. Theirs was a journey with purpose.

    Also, fuck billionaires and their adult children who maintain contact with their billionaire parents. She made an adult decision to get on that boat. Fulton by association.

    I feel more for the employees but still less than the immigrants.


  • My understanding is that the judges are currently assigned by legislators who are voted in but could have their own agenda. This change will allow the people to directly elect the judges as well as their legislators.

    It’s not clear how the president is able to influence which judges are elected.

    If the country’s voting system doesn’t work then it’s already an issue since that’s the same mechanism that is choosing the legislature.

    My guess is that instead of paying off the already elected legislators to pick favorable judges, now the cost is an election which is more difficult to influence than that of someone who is already in power.