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- on Why yes, I do communicate via esoteric languages incomprehensible to the average person, why do you ask? in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 1d ago
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on Why yes, I do communicate via esoteric languages incomprehensible to the average person, why do you ask? in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 1d ago
We already talk about not letting out the magic smoke. What do you think makes the smoke magic? That’s right, dark forces bound to our bidding.
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on Why yes, I do communicate via esoteric languages incomprehensible to the average person, why do you ask? in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 1d ago
They’re on the other side of the PCB. You don’t want to look directly at them.
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on Why yes, I do communicate via esoteric languages incomprehensible to the average person, why do you ask? in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 1d ago
They’re not daemons, they’re background processes. And don’t mind the circuit boards that resemble mouths screaming in eternal agony forever trapped in silent slavery in an inescapable copper maze. It’s just coincidence, probably.
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on Why yes, I do communicate via esoteric languages incomprehensible to the average person, why do you ask? in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 1d ago
They’re not demons, we simply trapped some lightning and forced it through some runes circuits using our incantations programming. It’s all perfectly mundane and not at all worth burning anyone at the stake.
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on Sudden rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2d ago
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on Where Waterfox stands on AI and LLMs in c/firefox@lemmy.ml · 6d ago
I didn’t read it as snarky, I more got the impression that he prefers to be technically correct (in good faith, while also probably being tired of the bullshit). And I get the disconnect–people might expect a straight-forward “no-AI” policy, where everyone currently understands what that means, but I can also understand his concern of being locked into something that may some day return to our more broad understanding of the word.
I have no idea if the author is on the spectrum or not, but as someone who likely is, I get the frustration and wanting to clarify. But maybe that’s just me projecting.
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on Where Waterfox stands on AI and LLMs in c/firefox@lemmy.ml · 6d ago
I don’t think they could say “I code everything myself”, because the code base still comes largely from Mozilla, which he has no direct control over. I can see how it would come across as non-commital, but I probably would have worded it the same way.
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on Where Waterfox stands on AI and LLMs in c/firefox@lemmy.ml · 6d ago
Good take. I appreciate the firm stance on LLMs not belonging in the browser itself, while also acknowledging the complexity and gray areas of the entire AI industry. Will keep using it.
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on Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Trailer in c/games@lemmy.world · 8 Sep 2026
Sheik has a long braid? Are they just giving up on the disguise thing?
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on Do analog triggers matter all that much? (In general and aside from racing games) in c/games@lemmy.world · 5 Sep 2026
If you want to emulate Gamecube games, there are a couple where it’s needed (Mario Sunshine comes to mind), or some older games that make use of six axes (the Descent series can make good use of 6). But my experience matches yours–very few need them, and the few that do probably have workarounds.
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on Turntable rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 30 Aug 2026
Love me some Herb Alpert. Still slaps.
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on Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80 in c/entertainment@beehaw.org · 25 Aug 2026
This is worse than Harambe.
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on Download a Rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 24 Aug 2026
Didn’t even know there were 4.1 TB of genders.
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on YOLO in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026
It’s not. Neither is triple checking. Notice how the alias doesn’t actually run
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on YOLO in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026
It’s not so crazy these days. In several years of running arch, only once has an update broken anything (and that’s because I was messing around with virtual machines).
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on YOLO in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026
They call it disk destroyer for a reason. You gotta alias that shit.
alias dd=‘echo Did you triple check which device you picked? Of course not, dipshit. Check again’ -
on Why nano gets used in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 11 Aug 2026
They’re neat!
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on Why nano gets used in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 9 Aug 2026
Sure, Notepad transfers to other GUI programs better than Nano transfers to Vim or EMacs. But that has little to do with Notepad and more to do with GUIs typically supporting similar shortcuts. Like I said, it’s an imperfect analogy.
I think you missed my original point. Most people wouldn’t describe themselves as “good” or “bad” at Notepad or Nano. They’re simple programs designed for simple editing. The learning curve is very low for both. Advanced editors have differing learning curves, but they’re all a lot more steep.
And my original point was that, because many people do only simple editing in a CLI and more advanced editing in a GUI, it makes sense that Nano became the most popular for CLI due to its shallow learning curve.
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on Why nano gets used in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 9 Aug 2026
Nano is to EMacs/Vim as Notepad is to Notepad++ or VSCode (Nano has features Notepad doesn’t, but you get the point).
I don’t do a ton of code editing directly on the CLI. I do things like change parameters in config files or open a file to read it quickly. If I’m doing more heavy editing, I’ll use a GUI editor (with an SFTP extension if I’m working on a headless server). So programs like Vim and EMacs have never been useful for me.
To each their own (and I have all the respect for anyone who knows how to exit Vim without looking it up) but I’m guessing the majority of people have a similar experience.
Remember when we used to put tiny windows in their silicon prisons so we could torture them with sunlight?