dnick

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[–] dnick 6 points 2 days ago

Maybe it's not a being, maybe you have some generic abnormality that can be exploited somehow. Bonus points if the abnormality is regeneration.

[–] dnick 1 points 6 days ago

Well, it might be a 'software design issue', but it's really more of a branching point that was made long ago and reflects the world we live in. It could be fixed, but the point is that error messages are often not logged but people tend to act like they must be, and that their vague description of an issue should be enough to track it down like 'something flashed on my screen last week'.

Hell people can't even describe useful parts of an error that's correctly happening...'it's not doing ANYTHING!' can often mean anything from not booting, to the mouse not moving, to 'it's working perfectly but icons are snapping into place instead of staying exactly where I'm dragging them'.

[–] dnick 1 points 1 week ago

Jesus, yeah, rename anything bordering anyplace with teeth and see where that gets us!

[–] dnick 1 points 1 week ago

Well, 'proven wrong' is a bit of a stretch. 'will soon block screen capture' doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room, but also isn't that crazy to read into it that maybe it would block screen capture on the presenters screen... especially if you grant that it might only have control over the teams portion of the screen. I've had it black out windows on my own machine even when not presenting.

But further than that, it's not fair to say everything has to be read only from the most or the least charitable viewpoints. Context is a thing and if you're even a little bit familiar with the history of software enshittification, it's reasonable to assume that an uncharitable reading is fair without assuming the app will now melt your computer for spare parts if you try something that is disallowed. 'As shitty as we can get away with' might be a good rule of thumb.

[–] dnick 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Dumbest thing about the entire thing is that naming it the Gulf of ‘anything’ basically highlights the perspective it was named from. Naming it the Gulf of Mexico highlights it in reference to the US, basically intrinsically identifying it as an American gulf, and specifying it as ‘the one near Mexico’. By Trumps logic we should name every gulf that touches the US ‘Gulf of American’. He’s so arrogant that he can’t even see anything past his very first instinct. Like if you said ‘the part of my yard next to Fred’s yard’ and Trump came in and said you should rename it ‘the part of my yard next to my house’….that’s what Fred should call it, and it references Fred as being more important in the equation.

[–] dnick 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's a charitable reading, and likely justified by the article, but based only on the phrasing, it's just as likely to read that as assuming Microsoft will block all content in order to ensure the safety of sensitive data. Sniff tests have to be adapted when things tend to stink in general, or companies regularly try to cover up their smell.

[–] dnick 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So what is a first or a 2:1?

[–] dnick 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What specific phase is it? I know you mention there is ambiguity, but is it something before asking someone on a serious date? Is it after a few dates and deciding if things are serious?

I think all I was saying is that you can’t give advice like ‘don’t pussyfoot around, just answer the question’ when a big part of the topic is ‘what does this question mean?’

[–] dnick 3 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

That really assumes the person being asked has some idea what the talking phase is. You literally cannot clearly answer a question that doesn't make sense. Is 'talking' a positive thing? An 'only friends' reference? Coming back from an argument?

[–] dnick 48 points 2 weeks ago

That is arguably worse

[–] dnick 1 points 3 weeks ago

What an absolutely zero effort article. Seriously, there were no questions that occurred to the writer to ask or address, like how someone survives, has housing/food/internet/phone….basically people who don’t have to work…don’t work?

[–] dnick 7 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly judge, that’s were I had all the evidence that I’m not corrupt and stuff…

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