#computerswereamistake — Public Fediverse posts
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Does anyone here know how to get around the stupid fucking folder access restrictions in #Android ??!?
I'm trying to use syncthing to back up my Download directory and getting "cannot use this folder" when I try to access Download. Rooted phone, running Syncthing as superuser, granted superuser permissions in Magisk. But apparently this is some OS-level bullshit...
(It also says "to protect your privacy, choose another folder" which is fucking *rich* - as if Google was concerned about my actual privacy. Fuck off thataways.)
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Does anyone here know how to get around the stupid fucking folder access restrictions in #Android ??!?
I'm trying to use syncthing to back up my Download directory and getting "cannot use this folder" when I try to access Download. Rooted phone, running Syncthing as superuser, granted superuser permissions in Magisk. But apparently this is some OS-level bullshit...
(It also says "to protect your privacy, choose another folder" which is fucking *rich* - as if Google was concerned about my actual privacy. Fuck off thataways.)
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It's always best to, when you create debug messages, show them to your users.
That way your users don't have to GUESS whether you give a shit or not!
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It's always best to, when you create debug messages, show them to your users.
That way your users don't have to GUESS whether you give a shit or not!
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Goog night and goodbye #ComputersWereAMistake
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Goog night and goodbye #ComputersWereAMistake
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Colleague currently at a trade show. Being given press kits by exhibitors which are usually a business card with a QR code (and no URL).
He is sending me photos of these cards in WhatsApp.
Reading QR codes is part of the camera app, so I can't (easily) interrogate the image directly (I'm sure there's a way).
Current workflow:
* Airdrop image to laptop
* Use phone camera to scan QR code on laptop screen
* Airdrop the resulting URL to the laptop and retrieve the press kitGimme a f-ing URL. Even if it's a bit.ly
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Colleague currently at a trade show. Being given press kits by exhibitors which are usually a business card with a QR code (and no URL).
He is sending me photos of these cards in WhatsApp.
Reading QR codes is part of the camera app, so I can't (easily) interrogate the image directly (I'm sure there's a way).
Current workflow:
* Airdrop image to laptop
* Use phone camera to scan QR code on laptop screen
* Airdrop the resulting URL to the laptop and retrieve the press kitGimme a f-ing URL. Even if it's a bit.ly
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Forgot to post #ComputersWereAMistake from Tampere. Screen background is actually just black.
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Forgot to post #ComputersWereAMistake from Tampere. Screen background is actually just black.
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How many companies do you want to share your personal information with in order to quickly look up something in an ASCII table?
707? 850? More?
Top two hits on @kagihq want to sell your soul to look at some tables at least.
But "money is made", "curve goes up" and billionaires get $1 trillion payouts, so I guess this is "a good thing"?
All the better to monetize you with, my dear.
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How many companies do you want to share your personal information with in order to quickly look up something in an ASCII table?
707? 850? More?
Top two hits on @kagihq want to sell your soul to look at some tables at least.
But "money is made", "curve goes up" and billionaires get $1 trillion payouts, so I guess this is "a good thing"?
All the better to monetize you with, my dear.
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My car is "It's ok that the check engine light is on, you can still pass state inspection" years old.
However, "the computer" won't pass it. My mechanic thinks it's because my car was built in Oct. and is 15 and 362 days old. Cars must be "over 15" to pass w/ a check engine light on (just an EVAP code, not a safety issue).
I think some programmer made the computer look for a number that was 16 or over in the "car age" slot. Got a new appointment on Monday. Wish me luck! #ComputersWereAMistake
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My car is "It's ok that the check engine light is on, you can still pass state inspection" years old.
However, "the computer" won't pass it. My mechanic thinks it's because my car was built in Oct. and is 15 and 362 days old. Cars must be "over 15" to pass w/ a check engine light on (just an EVAP code, not a safety issue).
I think some programmer made the computer look for a number that was 16 or over in the "car age" slot. Got a new appointment on Monday. Wish me luck! #ComputersWereAMistake
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It's so nice when a website pegs your CPU and is barely functional, and you don't know if you should blame the website or your browser.
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It's so nice when a website pegs your CPU and is barely functional, and you don't know if you should blame the website or your browser.
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Seemingly someone fucked up with CSS so weather forecast on bus info screens looks very mysterious.
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Seemingly someone fucked up with CSS so weather forecast on bus info screens looks very mysterious.
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#Unemployment #STEM #ComputersWereAMistake #OMG #ComoiterScienceOverload
Me: "Understandable. Have a great day 👍"The World:
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4Tb SDD fails
Buy a replacement, plus a 6Tb HDD to store the ddrescue image
ddrescue/fsck OK, start copying files
6Tb HDD fails
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@aurynn because, computers.
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@aurynn because, computers.
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Well, not the best start to my year...
Been sick with bronchitis since Christmas, and then this.
Something malfunctioned with the logging container and we pushed nearly a Terabyte of nonsense logs over a 4 day period to the logging service, resulting in a $625.92 bill.
Yay 🎉😖
Foolishly, I didn't have usage limits set, because "we hardly use any data".
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Well, not the best start to my year...
Been sick with bronchitis since Christmas, and then this.
Something malfunctioned with the logging container and we pushed nearly a Terabyte of nonsense logs over a 4 day period to the logging service, resulting in a $625.92 bill.
Yay 🎉😖
Foolishly, I didn't have usage limits set, because "we hardly use any data".
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Today's manifestation of #ComputersWereAMistake met me right at the gym I usually attend.
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Today's manifestation of #ComputersWereAMistake met me right at the gym I usually attend.
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One does not simply buy a train ticket.
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One does not simply buy a train ticket.
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All elective surgeries have been suspended thanks to the computer outage, but we are proceeding as planned!
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All elective surgeries have been suspended thanks to the computer outage, but we are proceeding as planned!
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With far-right parties surging in polls everywhere and getting closer to government the scenario smart people have been warning against for years is coming true: Tools for mass and individual digital #surveillance like telco data retention, AI-powered video cameras, officially sanctioned malware #Pegasus but also bone-headed initiatives like #chatcontrol and the generally ever-increasing investigatory powers of police and secret services are in imminent danger of falling (or have already fallen) into the hands of actual fascists and arch-autoritarians. They surely won't deprive themselves of using these tools against their opponents and *everyone else*.
Introducing these democracy-destroying tools without thinking who might be in power 10, 5 or even just 1 year down the line is so facepalmingly stupid. :blobcatfacepalm: 💥
#vorratsdatenspeicherung #staatstrojaner #computerswereamistake #FranceElection #legislatives2024 #jeuxolympiques #jo2024
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It's four hours later and I finally figured out the issue I was having.
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#node/#npm/#yarn/etc is great because because this morning after checking out a branch I couldn't get anything to build and the solution ended up being to just nuke the folder (it was a mono-repo so maybe that's part of the problem), clearing all the /dist directories, and rebuilding from there.
Figuring out this solution only took an hour. Hoping to get this hashtag trending:
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your MOTHER is preventing Windows from restarting
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your MOTHER is preventing Windows from restarting
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If you ever get thinking whether you act too confident for your skill level just remember that there are companies asking for scans of your id like they cannot have a data breach despite the whole communication happening on cleartext email
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If you ever get thinking whether you act too confident for your skill level just remember that there are companies asking for scans of your id like they cannot have a data breach despite the whole communication happening on cleartext email
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Testing something at work and I managed to pick the exact combination of versions/OS/etc that is broken *somewhere else* and left me scratching my head about why my code wasn't working.
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Testing something at work and I managed to pick the exact combination of versions/OS/etc that is broken *somewhere else* and left me scratching my head about why my code wasn't working.
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Can't even watch walking videos without #ComputersWereAMistake
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Can't even watch walking videos without #ComputersWereAMistake
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In 1936 Turing published "On Computable Numbers", proving that it was possible to create a computer. This has made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. #computerswereamistake
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In 1936 Turing published "On Computable Numbers", proving that it was possible to create a computer. This has made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. #computerswereamistake
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Huh, I thought that ads screen in HSL buses are run on something simpler than x86 PCs #ComputersWereAMistake
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Huh, I thought that ads screen in HSL buses are run on something simpler than x86 PCs #ComputersWereAMistake