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Mass grave of some of the 20,000+ imprisoned Polish officers and intellectuals who were executed by the Soviet Union, Katyn Forest, Russia, WW2, 1943 by halloween_spookster in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

It's pretty in depth given the scale and number of episodes, but the WWII YouTube channel has a series called War Against Humanity: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsIk0qF0R1j4cwI-ZuDoBLxVEV3egWKoM&si=DEDPzd3g9_Paql0h

What is a product that didn't live up to its advertised claims? by halloween_spookster in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

AI. Bitcoin.

I put my number in a secure form for a trusted bank and immediately got spammed by halloween_spookster in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 69 points 1 week ago

You might want to consider a more thorough wiping of your area code next time. It's pretty easy to figure out what it is through the scribbles

xkcd #2932: Driving PSA by halloween_spookster in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago

When driving don't be nice. Be predictable.

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Error when loading Ubuntu live USB (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been trying to boot a Ubuntu 24.04 USB (please no discussion of distro choice) but I keep getting a very unhelpful error during the initial startup. I've tried using a different USB drive, a different USB port, booting from UEFI. The only thing that has made a change was booting into safe graphics mode. It got to the install wizard but when I got to the end of the wizard it gave me other seemingly useless error messages.

I'm concerned there's an issue with my motherboard but I don't have strong evidence to support this idea. I recently took a trip where the computer was fine before I left. I turned it off while I was away and when I came back my main drive no longer worked. I couldn't boot from it or even see the drive in gparted. I've replaced the drive without issue though. If my motherboard is somehow going bad, it's being very subtle about it. I was ready to blame Nvidia but when I got it into safe graphics mode, it didn't get to the point of having Nvidia drivers.

Does anyone have any idea what might be going on or any way I can get additional information about the errors I'm getting? The lack of information is really frustrating.

"prompt engineering" by halloween_spookster in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago

I once asked ChatGPT to generate some random numerical passwords as I was curious about its capabilities to generate random data. It told me that it couldn't. I asked why it couldn't (I knew why it was resisting but I wanted to see its response) and it promptly gave me a bunch of random numerical passwords.

*Permanently Deleted* by halloween_spookster in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago

One recruiter (who was there head of recruiting at this company) I talked with several years ago drilled me on why I had switched jobs every 2-3 years. Tell me you know nothing about the modern job market without telling me you know nothing about the modern job market...

What are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk? by halloween_spookster in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago

Myth: software engineers replicate value similar to a factory worker making the same item over and over

Truth: software engineers are closer to artists than factory workers IMO. We find and create new value, not replicate existing value

What are some small things we should change about the human body? by halloween_spookster in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago

Separate holes for eating and breathing
Separate sewage system from entertainment complex
Remove mental health disorders
Improved empathy

If you were to give feedback to the Devs of "Life", what would you say? by halloween_spookster in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago

Spawn location has too much influence over late game content

Falkland's sovereignty 'not up for discussion' Britain warns after new Argentinian president vows to 'get them back' by halloween_spookster in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago

Are we just doing out of order reruns of the 20th century?

*Permanently Deleted* by halloween_spookster in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago

Bitcoin

Yea, I said it

About electric vehicle. If you add the maintenance cost for battery, how does it fair compare to gasoline vehicle? On cost we have to pay. by halloween_spookster in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 63 points 9 months ago

I've had an EV as my only vehicle for about 5 years. The biggest cost of maintenance was replacing my tires. Then replacing one of the new tires after I ran over something and put a big hole in one of them.

The regular maintenance on it has been effectively zero. I don't have any fluids to change (other than windshield wiper fluid) or other regular maintenance tasks other than tire related things. My parents have had an EV for something like 8 or 9 years and their experience has been similar.