2024-08-19 : Random Geekery

Activity Log

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 07:33

Dangit, why’d I have to use such a good password for work.

Where is my phone.

2FA

something you can’t remember

and something you can’t find

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 07:55

There we go. Logged in and all set to start the work day.

Dogs: aren’t you forgetting something?

Two black chihuahua mix dogs in harnesses for walking look up expectantly at the camera.

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 08:29

minus ten points to any app that auto-updates while you’re in the middle of using it, restarts, and after auto-updating, starts onboarding you as if this is your first time using their app. or a computer. or oxygen.

SLACK

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 08:57

I’ve got mixed feelings about generative AI, just like I’ve got mixed feelings about linking to Twitter. But that’s where the money quote is.

I really [bleep] hate generative AI

James Cuda, Procreate CEO

And for a sketch app I 100% agree. There are plenty of algorithmic enhancements we can use — and Procreate uses them well — before we need “just let the app draw it” or “feed my art to a training set without asking”

for a slightly more official-sounding page:

Creativity is made, not generated — Procreate®

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 09:00

side thought

Corporations have a long tradition of declaring “we’re never doing THING,” and then a few years, months, weeks, days later, a very quiet update informs you they are in fact doing THING.

But Procreate’s got a better track record, and I’m inclined to believe them.

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 09:03

@bentsai Force yourself to schedule PTO.

There are two major challenges with “unlimited PTO”: 1) it doesn’t accrue, so if you don’t take PTO you’re never getting that PTO pay; 2) there’s a strong cultural tendency to skip PTO while there’s work to be done, and at other shops accrual and expiration of PTO benefits would remind you to take a week off.

Some companies are better than others about the culture part and will push you to take some kind of vacation. Most won’t though.

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 11:35

providing emotional support snark

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 11:38

@socketwench but

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 11:40

@socketwench I’m thinking about doing basically that, to give myself more room to experiment with complex home lab setups for a better chance at understanding production setups.

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 14:34

I’ve collected so many “PKM_TOOL is winding down” emails that I’m pretty sure the only immortal PKMs are the tightly-protected Obsidian and the obviously unmonetizable Org mode. And I’m not sure about Obsidian yet.

(EDIT: and OneNote, which so far refuses to die no matter how many times Microsoft tries to kill it)

https://www.stashpad.com/winding-down

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 14:54

Barry is magnanimously sharing the prized desk spot.

Jack is disappointed because he’s pretty sure the timeshare agreement meant he’d get the spot all to himself.

Two cats sitting under and behind a computer monitor. A black cat looks with some pleasure at the camera, while a black and white cat behind him looks distracted as he stares off to the side

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 15:15

I have never configured more than name and email in my global Git settings.

But give me a hundred lines of well-thought-out aliases and configurations, and I will immediately see things to tweak for my preferred workflow.

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 16:53

She asked for a little guidance on a work grumble post and I had a bit of a satori that half the time when I post a work grumble, by the time I’m done self-censoring the whole thing is so neutered that you have no idea what point I’m making.

Maybe just say what you gotta say and if you want to burn a bridge then use the whole flamethrower

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 16:55

this and other terrible career advice can be yours for the low subscription price of whatever you got

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 17:48

@lordbowlich All I’ve got at the moment is a psychiatric consultant for ADHD medication management.

No talk therapy provided. Which is a shame, because she’s got great insight into neurodivergence.

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 18:01

@masukomi something kinda like that, yep!

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 19:39

@mscottford he wishes he could still nap on them.

Two kittens next to a Keyboard IO model 100 keyboard; the black kitten has his head resting where the keyboard halves meet

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 20:15

@IamMrsGeek PIZZA’S DONE

also the dogs need to go pee again

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 20:16

ATM9 with Distant Horizons. Let’s find out if Minecraft can melt my computer.

#Minecraft

hackers.town: 2024-08-19 Mon 20:21

@IamMrsGeek yah that’s pretty much how Jumpy Dog looked.