evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

@Binder

I tried a GitHub Copilot PR review as it's been ages since I last did.

It was wrong on 3 out of 3 suggestions it made:

1. It suggested inverting the IP ACL and API key check such that it'd have allowed anyone to purge anything from our CDN cache
2. It said I'd got some basic logic wrong (I hadn't) on 1 of ~20 changes of the same type (var not set or var == "" -> strlen(var) == 0)
3. It made up a service name and wanted me to use that

What a pile of shit.

#Copilot #AI #Github #WebDev

(Good work sign)

You don’t have to be crazy to be employed here. We’ll train you.

No, I didn't "forget your name", I didn't store it in the first place, it's called being GDPR compliant.

the heroes we need

#ice #fuckICE #washingtonDC #memes

Cartoon by Dennis Goris

Am I too early for #Caturday? Fennel looking innocent and adorable (in-between meeps for dinner) #CatsOfMastodon

Happy National Relaxation Day to all those who celebrate.

The goal of the companies who run AIs is to

1. get us all to use AI until the point where

2. we're dependent on AI, then

3. remove all access to AI and

4. grant the privilege of use only to those who pay a monthly fee,

5. which will periodically rise

6. while the service becomes worse and worse.

It'll be enshittification of enshittification.

enshittiception

these 24TB drives are *insanely* cheap (£10.83/TB)

they're only rated for 2400h/yr operation (so 27% uptime) and 120TB/yr (which is only 0.137DWPD, aka 5DWPY) but they're CMR. not bad as an infrequent secondary or tertiary backup solution.

quite tempted to get one as a cheap temporary backup store for the NAS. plug it in once every 4-6 months and save a copy of the pool to it.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/24tb-seagate-st24000dm001-barracuda-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-7200rpm-512mb-cache-cmr-oem

The seven deadly sins of tech (as a service)
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rubendominguezibar_tech-didnt-kill-the-seven-deadly-sins-activity-7357674090750447616-6GT_/

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250807-us-to-rewrite-its-past-national-climate-reports

Edit: have candidates thx

I'm looking for an artist who can turn details from photos of about 10-15 paintings and sculptures into clear B&W line drawings for printing in a book. Artist should be proficient in Gothic art and familiar with late medieval/renaissance material culture eg. from a background in living history or the SCA or costuming. My budget is not huge but I can pay. Not sure what hashtags to use. Examples of an original and a redrawing below. #boostsAppreciated #ArtistWanted

Please don't plug keyboards or other devices into random USB ports, ok?