CancerMancer

CancerMancer , 16 days ago to linuxmemes in Many such cases

Well this is why I'm asking, it does seem to work for my 100% Linux friend.

CancerMancer , 16 days ago to linuxmemes in Many such cases

In the first paragraph of JSON5's site:

It is not intended to be used for machine-to-machine communication.

YAML is not supported by a lot of enterprise software (example: Azure pipelines supports it but Power Automate does not). JSON, XML, CSV, or failing that Text are the safe bets. We use a few options for reading or building presentation layers quickly. Ultimately the idea is to move data around in a way that is friendly to our current and future applications.

CancerMancer , 18 days ago to linuxmemes in Many such cases

Microsoft made mod organizers not work?

CancerMancer , 18 days ago to linuxmemes in Many such cases

I have unironically been preaching the powers of text and JSON, and have some converts. Universal compatibility is great.

CancerMancer , 23 days ago to Technology in Microsoft is reworking Recall after researchers point out its security problems

Having been the guy in an org shouting not to do something only for it to come back to us this way, the finger-pointing that begins is nuts. Often the people who tried to stop the "feature" from rolling out are the first to get blamed for it being shit.

Classic CYA, make sure everything you said is in writing somewhere.

CancerMancer , 1 month ago to Technology in Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week

I remember the "works best on IE" warnings of old, looks like we might be heading back there.

CancerMancer , 1 month ago to Technology in People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

From what I understand about phone design, it allows for the smallest possible design that can still do NFC and wireless charging, while keeping that premium feel.

I don't give a damn about premium feel, I just want a no-nonsense phone that does what it's fucking supposed to while still being serviceable.

CancerMancer , 1 month ago to Technology in People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

Wow they really did find a way to make it worse. Impressive.

CancerMancer , 1 month ago to Technology in People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

Not EU so I'll have to wait. It cost me around $40 USD in shipping and taxes just to import a damn Pinecil to Canada, my country is ridiculous.

CancerMancer , 1 month ago to Technology in People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

I don't want a dumb phone but I would 100% take a phone with a back that isn't glass, high repairability, and full control over the OS. Make it THICC and put a big battery too.

CancerMancer , 1 month ago to Technology in Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT

An idea for the fediverse and beyond: maybe we should be setting up instances with copyleft licences for all content posted to them. I actually don’t mind if you wanna use my comments to make an LLM. It could be useful. But give me (and all the other people who contributed to it) the LLM for free, like we gave it to you. And let us use it for our benefit, not just yours.

This seems like a very fair and reasonable way to deal with the issue.

CancerMancer , 2 months ago to Lefty Memes in At least one society is decent enough to take out their antisocial billionaire parasite trash...

But should the state be in the business of executing such people?

Honestly I've always felt this was the strongest argument against a death penalty. That said the argument carries nearly the same weight for life imprisonment, and still some for the act of imprisonment at all. We continue to trust juries of fools to judge people to this day, but that is still unfortunately more palatable than giving the right to someone to unilaterally choose your jury.

I'm onboard with a culture of reform and education for convicts because it works, but I also recognize some people cannot be reformed and keeping them imprisoned is needlessly dangerous for many parties. There needs to be a line where we accept someone is too far gone.

CancerMancer , 2 months ago to Lefty Memes in At least one society is decent enough to take out their antisocial billionaire parasite trash...

It's not just about the assault that happened, it's also about the risk of considerable harm in the future. Killing someone for one act of sexual predation is going to be considered extreme by many but not all people. But what happens after the second or third times? How many is too many?

CancerMancer , 2 months ago to Lefty Memes in At least one society is decent enough to take out their antisocial billionaire parasite trash...

Yes, which is why my question isn't just rhetorical. How many is too many? You could make a case for 1 (if you believe the crime is too heinous), or 2 (if you believe in second chances), or 3+ even. But where do you draw the line and accept someone isn't going to stop?

CancerMancer , 2 months ago to Lefty Memes in At least one society is decent enough to take out their antisocial billionaire parasite trash...

Child predators have recidivism rates of 10-35% depending on which studies you're reading. Each one of those assaults is a potentially life-altering trauma induced in a child. Exactly how many should someone be able to do before we consider they're not going to be rehabilitated?