Posts by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
(DIR) Post #AXRxuO8ZFoZQnfk73g by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2023-07-07T11:47:05Z
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Yep, Meta can absolutely slurp up anything publicly posted anywhere. Threads already has more users in 48 hours than the entire Fediverse has. I know it sucks that 99% of users don’t give a shit about having their data collected. Reality often sucks that way. https://mastodon.africa/@wogan/110672618108077159
(DIR) Post #AXvSmTVS7i43hgMrK4 by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2023-07-21T15:45:04Z
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Billions of apathetic users crush the hopes and dreams of people who want the open web to survive. Sure, I use Firefox because I worked at Mozilla but the whining about it being slow or whatever pales in comparison to the two-browser system that is a year or two away from happening. How long until Apple copies what Google is trying to do by allowing sites to dictate what plugins/extensions/addons are allowed? Billions of users WILL NOT CARE
(DIR) Post #AYKCbKtIcKJ3u53smG by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2023-08-02T14:19:08Z
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Understanding why people want things that you view as useless or unnecessary is a skill more of my programming peers should develop.
(DIR) Post #AaCnoM8WH8dygu5CLY by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2023-09-27T16:32:17Z
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As someone who has watched the unwillingness of people to change their behaviour due to COVID and climate change, people refusing to do something simple like change the browser they use because it is being used to attack their computers when they have the ability to do so is perfectly predictable.
(DIR) Post #AaKbqxFvanOoD0hTKi by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2023-09-29T13:43:36Z
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Today I tried to pinch-and-zoom the art on a #MagictheGathering card I was holding on my hand 🙄
(DIR) Post #AaRs8WbIOTRi7loXlQ by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2023-10-04T18:54:21Z
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So what are the folks who have consistently been wrong about vaccines and COVID saying about the non-zombie non-apocalypse after the US EBS test?
(DIR) Post #AanoejlWjQ9QALFWam by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2023-10-15T16:50:00Z
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It is sad how many people would clearly root for Goliath in his battle against David if it happened today.
(DIR) Post #Ad4HP1KnWIyTO7qn4q by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2023-12-20T02:20:07Z
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@malware The author is not wrong though — we can crumble to dust together
(DIR) Post #AhoRmqnb7WHeSOxbW4 by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-04-24T18:37:43Z
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@Philsturgeon In memory of your past efforts I briefly talked about Phil Sturgeon Rules for PHP
(DIR) Post #AijZNLuHP200frPlOC by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-06-08T19:11:50Z
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Do I know anyone who speaks Romanian? I have what I think is my grandfather’s war-time documents (he was forced to join the German army during WW2) that he used as a messenger? I would love to find out what it says inside
(DIR) Post #AijaCsH4ou3NpUe4MS by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-06-09T00:22:51Z
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@interfluidity This is the front cover of the book.
(DIR) Post #Aijf4x25kDVk2cg3k0 by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-06-09T01:17:28Z
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@interfluidity Oh, that is very interesting. I will take some more pics of the interior pages and share them here. Your help is greatly appreciated
(DIR) Post #AilIShdWjHsobxSpEW by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-06-09T19:48:12Z
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@interfluidity Here are some of the internal pages
(DIR) Post #AilTuiVSBivuufFSnQ by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-06-09T22:21:40Z
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@interfluidity He ended up being forcibly drafted into the German army during WW2 (he was ethnically a Saxon and spoke German), worked his way into being a messenger (motorcycle mostly), and immigrates to Canada in 1950 with his Hungarian wife and 2 year old daughter (my mother).
(DIR) Post #AilUG7FjNPpvkB691U by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-06-09T22:25:35Z
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@interfluidity That makes sense because his family owned a vineyard near one of the mountain passes around there
(DIR) Post #AinKD4i1lbRvlEAH1E by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-06-10T19:42:16Z
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@interfluidity I think they were in Germany, I will ask my mother
(DIR) Post #AinKzX7PRcg1lr8xdo by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-06-10T19:51:12Z
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@interfluidity I have definitely been thinking of going for a while — things just have to line up to make it happen and I would want a local guide to make things go smoother
(DIR) Post #Ajl0VQD5gyCj15M70a by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-07-09T13:19:39Z
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I am old enough to remember Napster being sued out of existence for asking to treat copyrighted material the same way OpenAI wants to, but I guess the “wrong people” were involved with Napster as opposed to the grifters at OpenAI
(DIR) Post #Al7I2isALRIDa7ujzM by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-08-19T01:59:00Z
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The actual incident was that I had my acceptance offers revoked and was banned from that year’s event because I joked “be strong because rejection emails are going out” on the grounds that speakers are “not allowed to say anything negative about the event”.Like I said, the organizers had no sense of humour. No, I won’t publicly name the event because they know what they did. They still send me emails asking me to come as if I will forget how they treated me.https://phpc.social/@sarah/112986060896068163
(DIR) Post #AltlajlNlOmgRpOC12 by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-09-11T10:57:27Z
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Don’t forget how many people do not want to accept any responsibility for the decisions they make. Imagine your ability to get unemployment benefits after some asshole boss treats you like shit and dumps you depends on an “AI” that gets things wrong 25% of the time https://gizmodo.com/googles-ai-will-help-decide-whether-unemployed-workers-get-benefits-2000496215