[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 15 points 8 hours ago

I've been writing code professionally for nearly two decades, and I love having copilot available in my IDE. When there is some boilerplate or a SQL query I just don't want to write, it'll oftentimes get me started with something reasonable that is wrong in a couple of subtle ways. I then fix it, laugh at how wrong it was, or use part of the proposed answer in my project.

If you're a non-corder, sure it is pure danger, but if you know what you're doing it can give you a little boost. Only time will tell if it makes me rusty on some basics, but it is another tool in the toolbox now.

[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

Guy looks like he's ready to talk about buttered sausages.

[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 85 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

AIPAC and Citizens United are actually frightening.

https://abcnews.go.com/538/pro-israel-groups-spent-big-oust-squad-members/story?id=113675889

https://apnews.com/article/cori-bush-aipac-house-race-missouri-568c1a84974b8ba176a8d27a8375de42

They are able to change the outcome of races with seemingly unlimited money. A spend of 8.4 million in a Missouri primary is absurd, and likely is a drop in the bucket of what is spent influencing the presidential race.

I don't think there is a way to fix this either, since the people that should be writing laws to prevent it are the ones benefiting the most.

I imagine this is also happening in Republican primaries, so one can't just vote differently to address the root cause. Both republicans and Democrats seem to be tripping over each other to prove what a friend they are to Israel. It's really weird and stressful to be a US citizen right now.

[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago

They will certainly succeed at driving some people away. I was a lifetime Windows user and I currently don't have it installed on any of my machines now. I think the average Joe is blissfully unaware other than the occasional dialog about a new feature coming their way.

I think they are going to lose more of the hardcore tech community with decisions like these, but I don't know that they care.

[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 77 points 2 months ago

I think him wearing an oversized bandage for as long as he did supports your hypothesis.

[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 51 points 3 months ago

So many apps use sqlite or json files for storage without encryption; this doesn't seem like much of a discovery.

In any case, don't share PII or any of your deepest, darkest secrets with it.

[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 53 points 4 months ago

I get on my VPN to provide less data to Google. Routing my traffic through an advertising company always felt like a bad idea to me.

[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 85 points 7 months ago

The problem is that companies like Intuit have resources/lobbyists and really want to maintain their position in the market.

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free

Your system sounds wonderful though.

[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 83 points 8 months ago

I'd love to see her run for President.

[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 48 points 9 months ago

Raw dogging shared gym equipment is nasty. I'd rather a stranger's butthole not be directly on a bench I'm going to use in the future.

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