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submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by insight06@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

What I have watched happen in my profession in the last two years, I am still struggling to describe. The first time I knew something was wrong, roughly a year and a quarter ago, I noticed a colleague replying to me using AI...

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[-] insight06@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Some tricks I've used in the past when huge sets of episodes are scrambled or misnamed and you need to start from square one matching them:

  • Check if the files have any embedded metadata with the episode name or number using a tool like MediaInfo
  • If the episodes have different runtimes, you can try to match them to runtimes listed on a well-labeled list of episodes, like on Wikipedia or in a torrent.
  • Download a tool to auto-generate subtitles from the audio track. Probably won't be accurate, but should give you enough of the dialogue to now search online and see what episode it is.
  • If the show has a splash screen with the episode name at a fixed time, like many kids shows, you can auto-generate thumbnails at that time for all episodes
  • Last resort: Manually watch enough of each episode to match it to the right episode synopsis on e.g. wikipedia and then label it appropriately
  • Pirate option: Pretend you ripped it yourself and download a properly-curated set
[-] insight06@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Halifax is one of the cheapest places globally to rent office space and employ talented software developers with a CS degree. I am skeptical that it was on the chopping block before now.

[-] insight06@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

New extension blocks add support for static extension methods, and static and instance extension properties.

Big C#14 addition I've been wanting since they added extension methods. I think this finally lets us create stateful mixins, and solve some niche use-cases where multiple-inheritance would really be preferable over composition.

[-] insight06@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

They could have easily implemented autosave and versioning on your local machine. They chose to gate it behind keeping your documents in the cloud for profit-motivated reasons.

[-] insight06@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Plot twist: OP would not stop talking throughout the show and them ruining the finale was the last straw.

[-] insight06@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What the hell does this say

[-] insight06@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's always satisfying when someone I have tagged later confirms that tag.

[-] insight06@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It would be cool if this evolved into some sort of decentralized internet archive.

[-] insight06@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

The trick is not to read the usernames. I imagine myself surrounded by millions of mostly sensible people!

[-] insight06@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago

A good decompiler and an auto-formatter might leave them with a nicer copy of their source code than they had in the first place.

[-] insight06@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

"brown" has left the chat?

[-] insight06@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

I appreciate you exploring your sense of humour, but let's stop using gay as an insult.

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