[-] vrek@programming.dev 46 points 3 months ago

I know this isn't how it would work but im just picturing some one woman giving birth, the doctor hands her the newborn and she holds it for the first time... Some man walks in wearing a black suit and pulls out a gun. He shoots the baby through the head. "sorry that was the 10 million and 1 Swiss child, we have a limit!"

[-] vrek@programming.dev 47 points 3 months ago

Sometimes I do want that. Granted I'm a man and cis but often when I'm super stressed or angry or upset I just want to be left alone. Let me think and deal with my feelings. Sure go play PlayStation, watch tiktok, doom scroll, cook, clean, build something, watch YouTube, whatever you want just leave me alone for 30-120 minutes. When I've recovered back into a normal mode emotionally ill let you know and we can talk or snuggle or enjoy each other. Force me to do those things without my solo recovery time, especially if you are the cause of my stress, anger, upset feelings, and those feelings just intensify while I apew nothing but vitrol at you.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 45 points 4 months ago

In reality it was actual cash money. He couldn't use banks due to his money being gained through illegal means. He had stacks of money just laying around so much he couldn't really secure it. Columbia is generally warm and humid so a lot of pests like rats and insects. I heard he was spending around 10k a week just on rubber bands to wrap the money into stacks of a thousands.

If you don't know he made most of his money by selling cocaine though.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 47 points 8 months ago

Yeah I think it's politics... "look we have busses and no one uses them we are just wasting money on them".

[-] vrek@programming.dev 47 points 9 months ago

Here's the thing, the word doesn't matter... It's the intent. For example if I said "well aren't you a fucking genius" and meant it sarcastically that's just as insulting. I could also say "you gobflecker" in a aggressive tone that also bad.

An example is the old show red dwarf. The replaced every curse word with smeg. Smeg doesn't mean anything. But in the show when one character calls another a "smeghead". You know it's not nice and meant to be an insult even though they never said or explained that in the show.

Banning a word won't do anything. Ban the attitude and change people's opinions and you can change the world. For example women, not saying they are treated well by everyone but compared to 200 years ago? Or even further back? For example there was a "treatment" for women who dared consider working. They were basically forced to bed and forced to stay there only hand few broth for 6 months. They literally just had to lay there, no talking no reading no such thing as a video. Today they are treated much better, it wasn't by banning the world girl or bitch or vagina or anything it was by changing people's perception.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 47 points 9 months ago

Reminds me of an old joke...

Man goes to his boss and says "can we talk. I have a problem!"

His boss gets mad and replies "I don't want to hear about your problems. We are an opportunity based company. We don't have problems we have opportunities to improve. Do you understand?"

The man thinks and then replies "yeah, I get it."

"great now tell me what you wanted to talk about, and you better not use the word problem!"

"well.. Based on what you said, I have a huge drinking opportunity"

[-] vrek@programming.dev 49 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My favorite story similar to this was Estonia was the first country to use the internet to allow people to vote. To ensure people of the "security" they set up a Webcam pointed at the server accessible 24/7 on their web server.

This wouldn't do anything as any one trying to modify the results would like be doing it remotely over the internet but that's fine security theater is everywhere and atleast somewhat effective.

If you logged on and looked at the Webcam behind the server a whiteboard on the wall. Someone wrote the wifi password on the whiteboard....

If anyone wants a source https://estoniaevoting.org/photos/opsec-wifi/

[-] vrek@programming.dev 48 points 10 months ago

Interesting fact... They make all milk fat free, and then add fat back in to make it 1% 2‰ or whole.

Iys simpler to add in a specific amount of fat than to remove that amount and keep the ratio correct.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 49 points 1 year ago

You have to be careful if there are any 3s though... Sometimes you can't see the threes because of the fouriest....

[-] vrek@programming.dev 49 points 1 year ago

Funny story of the at one about 10 years ago I rented a room in a house with these two old(60+) alcoholics. We split the cable/internet bill, normally it was $270 a month ($90 per person). At the time I was about to move across the country and was doing business trips back and and forth. This month I was there for about 1 week. The cable bill came in and it was close to a grand.

They wanted me to pay $350 and I said no! I called the cable company and asked why it was so high. They said it was from like 14 porn movies being purchased all from one cable box(I never even unboxed mine) over a week end. They gave me the serial of the box and I checked all the boxes. I found out who it was, I payed my $90 dollars and told them to figure out the rest. I moved out the end of the next month, never did learn what happened to the bill(wasn't in my name thankfully).

[-] vrek@programming.dev 47 points 2 years ago

The worst code I have ever seen, the truly horrible stuff that gives me nightmares was written by myself six months ago.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 48 points 2 years ago

I think a boot camp would be really useful for cobblers

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