Zelda intensifies

Its always DNS.

There’s a XKCD for that.

Both.

People have locked channels with info instead of a readme in a repo.

And

Channels for opening issues with topics for bug tracking.

For example check nexus mods authors…

Dont forget people using discord as a fking replacement for a repo…

This was my first thought.

A circle filled with hexagons!

Your car’s tire sensors could be used to track you

Even if you go full privacy focused with a locked down phone and a dumb car flock cameras are tracking your plate, scanners are tracking the tire sensors in your wheels and phones need IMEI tower connections so all that is logged.

I’ve been throwing Linux onto fresh SSDs for a bit now. Main issue with old laptops is all the different chargers. USBC laptop charging is really the best.

Planning to give the non USBC to family members.

Underpromise and overdeliver.

I was a Webmaster 15 years ago. I learned very quickly not to say how long anything takes.

Qoute 3~5 times the wrench time. Then report when you like.

Might be so. He said it in the first person so it could’ve been BS.

My ex brother in law is a commercial refrigeration tech. He did a emergency call to a restaurant that was losing temp on thier walk in freezer. Loaded with food that needed to be kept under freezing. Time was of the essence or all the food would be tossed due to health codes.

He came out diagnoses it. Qoutes a few grand to fix it. Approved. Then he fixes it in like 15min. Just tightened a single screw.

The owner was pissed he paid a few grand for 15min and a single screw tweak.

Tech looked at him and said he paid for it to be fixed. The fact that the fix was a single screw and which screw needed tweaking was specialized knowledge. He paid for the knowledge not the time.

I took that lesson to heart working in IT or really any field. Even when hiring people to do stuff for me. Sometimes it’s not just the labor it’s also the knowledge.

This actually happened to me last month. I had to touch code from a previous team/project I was on.

I got the call for a collaboration/consult. I forgot everything about it. Jumped in a meeting next day anyway. We pulled up the code. Everything was documented and I had a section with parameters for a “wish” feature that they actually wanted finally. I pointed it out and told them the needful to finish the feature.

Thank you past me. I’ll have to buy you a drink.

Then I had a nice 5pm Scotch.

“Computers can make up things that look real. Like superhero movies and kid movies (disney/Pixar). This AI crap just made it cheaper and easier so there’s lots of fake stuff everywhere”

My elderly parents showing me clearly AI videos of a $30 robot puppy…

I couldn’t convince them it was AI. I tried to explain CGI with shit like Pixar and Disney movies but it didn’t work. NICOO puppy

That shit should be illegal.

This is a fantastic example of the benefits of open source and contributions

And somehow making the next generation even dumber.

Its the next level of: “I don’t need to remember things because Google can tell me.”

I see September 2026 as a tough date.

I’ve managed to train my family to understand “server side issue”

When you test in prod all bugs are release mode.