#bad-advice — Public Fediverse posts

You certainly will not regret shoving a paperclip into the charging port. If this is good, an electrical outlet is an even better place for paperclips!
#LifeHack #ProTip #Google #AdSense #BadAdvice

#GoodAdvice #BadAdvice

@ewen Midlife crisis? Go big and buy that sports car or bike you always wanted too! #BadAdvice

@ewen Midlife crisis? Go big and buy that sports car or bike you always wanted too! #BadAdvice

https://www.howtogeek.com/these-are-the-worst-linux-recommendations-ive-heard/

6 pieces of REALLY bad Linux advice, that people need to stop giving:

- If a command fails, just use sudo
- Updating your system is a waste of time; you can always do it later
- Always use Ubuntu as a beginner
- You have to use the terminal for everything
- It’s safe to download software from random websites
- You don’t need to keep backups if you work in the cloud

#OpenSource #Linux #Foss #BadAdvice

https://www.howtogeek.com/these-are-the-worst-linux-recommendations-ive-heard/

6 pieces of REALLY bad Linux advice, that people need to stop giving:

- If a command fails, just use sudo
- Updating your system is a waste of time; you can always do it later
- Always use Ubuntu as a beginner
- You have to use the terminal for everything
- It’s safe to download software from random websites
- You don’t need to keep backups if you work in the cloud

#OpenSource #Linux #Foss #BadAdvice

This is also called a South Dakota Church Key fyi

#meme #memes #shitpost #seatbelt #drinking #alcohol #beer #drunkdriving #badadvice #churchkey #bottleopener

This is also called a South Dakota Church Key fyi

#meme #memes #shitpost #seatbelt #drinking #alcohol #beer #drunkdriving #badadvice #churchkey #bottleopener

Trump can be bad all on his own – The New York Time

If you missed the previous newsletter, you can read it here.

The president’s advisers stink. That’s not the problem.

By Frank Bruni

Given President Trump’s habitual insistence that he’s a victim — of partisan prosecutors, incompetent pollsters, the Federal Reserve, Norway — it’s a tribute to him that Republicans are identifying yet another clique of malefactors doing him wrong: He’s being undermined by his own accomplices. They’re doling out “bad advice.”

That was the precise phrase — the exact verdict — rendered by Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma in an interview on CNN about the killing of Alex Pretti and the brutality of ICE agents in Minneapolis. Stitt acknowledged “deep concerns over federal tactics and accountability.” But he also insisted that the president’s priorities regarding immigration and border security were right. It’s just that Trump was “getting bad advice right now.”

Other Republicans delivered the same message by focusing intently on the sins of Kristi Noem, the nation’s homeland security secretary, and the callousness of Gregory Bovino, the senior Border Patrol official who egged on the government’s masked gunmen — until he was given a timeout last week. They botched the mission. Debased the president.

What a joke. You can’t dishonor someone who has no honor to begin with. You can’t humiliate someone who so consistently and thoroughly humiliates himself.

But that’s just the start of the “bad advice” bunk.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Trump can be bad all on his own

Trump can be bad all on his own – The New York Time

If you missed the previous newsletter, you can read it here.

The president’s advisers stink. That’s not the problem.

By Frank Bruni

Given President Trump’s habitual insistence that he’s a victim — of partisan prosecutors, incompetent pollsters, the Federal Reserve, Norway — it’s a tribute to him that Republicans are identifying yet another clique of malefactors doing him wrong: He’s being undermined by his own accomplices. They’re doling out “bad advice.”

That was the precise phrase — the exact verdict — rendered by Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma in an interview on CNN about the killing of Alex Pretti and the brutality of ICE agents in Minneapolis. Stitt acknowledged “deep concerns over federal tactics and accountability.” But he also insisted that the president’s priorities regarding immigration and border security were right. It’s just that Trump was “getting bad advice right now.”

Other Republicans delivered the same message by focusing intently on the sins of Kristi Noem, the nation’s homeland security secretary, and the callousness of Gregory Bovino, the senior Border Patrol official who egged on the government’s masked gunmen — until he was given a timeout last week. They botched the mission. Debased the president.

What a joke. You can’t dishonor someone who has no honor to begin with. You can’t humiliate someone who so consistently and thoroughly humiliates himself.

But that’s just the start of the “bad advice” bunk.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Trump can be bad all on his own

Axios' tips for better using "AI" like ChatGPT unironically includes uploading screenshots of confidential corporate information.

#AI #LLM #ChatGPT #Axios #BadAdvice

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/30/how-to-use-chatbot-chatgpt-claude-gemini

Axios' tips for better using "AI" like ChatGPT unironically includes uploading screenshots of confidential corporate information.

#AI #LLM #ChatGPT #Axios #BadAdvice

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/30/how-to-use-chatbot-chatgpt-claude-gemini

I refrained from really harsh criticism about part of this #GrantsWriting & #nonprofits #FundsDevelopment workshop because the facilitator recommended that people use #AI to do that work - more than once. FUCK NO - don't do that - #BadAdvice. I hate how too many fund granters & people working to supposedly help strengthen nonprofits are fucking recommending crappy, failures-heavy, fucking AI.
Sorry but not really sorry, for cussing so much about this issue. It seriously irks me so fucking much!

The representative recommending is from one of our largest public granter associations - The Victoria Foundation. I need to set up a meeting with them - ASAP! This is not how nonprofits shit should go, whatsoever.

I refrained from really harsh criticism about part of this #GrantsWriting & #nonprofits #FundsDevelopment workshop because the facilitator recommended that people use #AI to do that work - more than once. FUCK NO - don't do that - #BadAdvice. I hate how too many fund granters & people working to supposedly help strengthen nonprofits are fucking recommending crappy, failures-heavy, fucking AI.
Sorry but not really sorry, for cussing so much about this issue. It seriously irks me so fucking much!

The representative recommending is from one of our largest public granter associations - The Victoria Foundation. I need to set up a meeting with them - ASAP! This is not how nonprofits shit should go, whatsoever.

@ai6yr

I have a couple methods for finding objects I misplace...

One method is: I just reverse time, walk backwards through house, talk backwards to myself, spit some coffee into a mug, reverse everything.

Then maybe, as I move my hand over the counter, the lost ring of keys jingles on counter and flies right up into my hand.

"!meht dnuoF", I say triumphantly.

Then I shift out of Reverse, and resume day! Easy-peasy!

#badadvice

Dan thinks nmplol is cooked | @destiny & Dan Saltman

#nmplol #Divorce #Malena #BadAdvice #DanSaltman #Destiny

Dan thinks nmplol is cooked | @destiny & Dan Saltman

#nmplol #Divorce #Malena #BadAdvice #DanSaltman #Destiny

Oooof..... #badadvice #llm #ai #hiking

Oooof..... #badadvice #llm #ai #hiking

Oy, thanks for nothing, AI! #BadAdvice #Synth

Oy, thanks for nothing, AI! #BadAdvice #Synth

Dress for the weather you want, not the weather you have. #badadvice

Dress for the weather you want, not the weather you have. #badadvice

@Tutanota

Yeah, NO.

Proton is a trumped company, with their CEO loudly celebrating rhe fascist taking power.

Proton is a Trump Ally.

If this were about the environment this would be called greenwashing. In greenwashing they paint carbon fuel as green because they bought some trees.

I don't know what to call this? Betrayal? Nazi washing? A lie?

Makes me COMPLETELY doubt the recommended apps, and Tuta.

Anyone have deeoer, clearer, info on this error?

#protonNOThankYou
#badAdvice
#evil

@Tutanota

Yeah, NO.

Proton is a trumped company, with their CEO loudly celebrating rhe fascist taking power.

Proton is a Trump Ally.

If this were about the environment this would be called greenwashing. In greenwashing they paint carbon fuel as green because they bought some trees.

I don't know what to call this? Betrayal? Nazi washing? A lie?

Makes me COMPLETELY doubt the recommended apps, and Tuta.

Anyone have deeoer, clearer, info on this error?

#protonNOThankYou
#badAdvice
#evil

HAHAHAHA all the motivational posters I have seen "FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD"

"In a letter documenting the event, his nephew, Pliny the Younger, wrote that his uncle quoted a Latin proverb as he set off: “Fortune favors the bold.” Unfortunately, Pliny didn’t survive the journey, likely inhaling toxic volcanic gas. "

h/t @michael_w_busch

#badadvice #plinythelder #fortunefavorsthebold

HAHAHAHA all the motivational posters I have seen "FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD"

"In a letter documenting the event, his nephew, Pliny the Younger, wrote that his uncle quoted a Latin proverb as he set off: “Fortune favors the bold.” Unfortunately, Pliny didn’t survive the journey, likely inhaling toxic volcanic gas. "

h/t @michael_w_busch

#badadvice #plinythelder #fortunefavorsthebold

Stuff not working in your Godot project? Just sprinkle in some “.duplicate()”. And make a buncha stuff local to scene. Surely nothing will go wrong.
#Godot #BadAdvice #GameDev

@jdeisenberg @randahl

Considering what a piece of shit her son #ElonMusk is it’s not a surprise she’s also a piece of shit #Election #Fraud #BadAdvice

No, no, no, no, no. Don't! 😱

#BadAdvice

No, no, no, no, no. Don't! 😱

#BadAdvice

When the password requires you to include a special character, just add "Feat. Funky Kong" to the end of the password.

Few characters are more special than Funky Kong.

#Silly #DeepThoughts #FunkyKong #BadAdvice #DonkeyKong #DadJokes

When the password requires you to include a special character, just add "Feat. Funky Kong" to the end of the password.

Few characters are more special than Funky Kong.

#Silly #DeepThoughts #FunkyKong #BadAdvice #DonkeyKong #DadJokes

@lytta
If you can destring it with less than 30 seconds from a propane weed burner whist crying, let 'er string. #BadAdvice

@skinnylatte

I thought the same thing, but then I found this nice gentleman (technically a deposed Moldovan prince) who agreed to handle all my finances for free!

All he needed was some basic info (Social, Account Numbers, etc) and he was good to go.

It sounded too good to be true, but he explained that he's also using my account to transfer his fortune outside the country.

Seems fair, right?

...

Oh fuck. I need to make some calls.

#imfulloflies #badadvice

https://odysee.com/@El-Has-The-Problem:0/TextPost-KYIL-and-Others:2

Shit like "Kill Your Inner Loser" is fucking evil, targeting people with #MentalHealth issues, enforcing the misbelief in them that emotions are bullshit and encouraging the #AbuseOfPower during #Sex. LOVE IS DEAD. Do NOT measure your #SelfWorth on vapid, emotionless sex!!

#BDSM #LifeAdvice #BadAdvice #Relationships #Love #LoveIsDead #Virgin #SelfWorthMeasurement #STD #KillYourInnerLoser #Depression #Evil #NoRemorse #PullingBirds #Parenting #ShitParent

#BadAdvice from a software engineer with twenty years in industry, to college students in software engineering struggling with the mathematical notation:

Survive it and move forward. Don't internalize it unless you like math. You're going to get into industry, and you're going to try and use it, and you're going to be told by an engineer 3 levels above you that they don't want you to use it because they haven't been able to remember which of ∩ or ∪ means "intersection" or what the notation Σ_X∩Y [A == B] means in about fifteen years, and it's a pain to read and write this stuff anyway because they have to use a transpiler or special mode in a word processor or JavaScript plugin, and if fonts are misconfigured or a plugin is missing the whole thing implodes into Wingdings... So just spell out what you want to say in descriptive text.

... or pictures! Powerpoint is great. You can draw diagrams and pie charts.

Clarifiers / conditionals: It is useful for reading research papers that use mathematical formatting. Most of those come from academia and will describe cutting-edge research, so you should stay fluent in that if you want to be doing cutting-edge stuff. But most of software engineering isn't cutting-edge; it's coming up with a sufficiently-efficient way to take a database full of knowledge and transform it into another database full of knowledge or represent that data in a human-consumable format.

"Why does academia insist on using this notation when it's not used in industry and seems actively hostile to most readers' understanding what you intend to communicate" is left as an exercise for the reader. 😉

And of course, none of this applies if you're planning to stay in academia or pursue a professorship or tenure. When in Rome.

"Why should I care if I burn that bridge, there’s always another bridge."

#writing #badadvice #adhd