๐ธ๐น2ck ๐ฑ๐ @2ck@qoto.org
A capable software engineer and aspirating (sic) cook. Also posting about space stuff (mostly NASA) occasionally
pronouns: he, him
Joined Apr 2020
I've long been in the "git isn't that hard. I don't get why y'all are whining" camp, but actually having to explain how to use #Git to newbies, I begin to see the argument
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This week I:
๐ฐ๏ธ spent ages talking to journalists about the DART Mission, only for them to either not credit me or call my boss and quote him instead.
๐ won a competition round and placed in another to now become an Australian representative at a large International competition, but got no press about it.
๐ก was scrubbed from or not mentioned in all media releases about a huge grant project I spearheaded at work that is based almost entirely on my labour.
Most weeks it doesnโt get to me, but sometimes it is pretty depressingly thankless to be a young woman in academia.
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@helene @7 it IS a technical problem, software engineers overcomplicating things for sake of "protecting the user".
The problem: in shared filesystem malicious app could and would snoop on filesystem, steal cookies etc.
The "solution" - no app should have access to shared filesystem, everything should be sandboxed/containerize, then we implement overcomplicated UI/UX to link several apps together to have shared spaces or have obnoxious "share" feature that somehow instead was primarily desinged for sharing links on social media.
The reality - malicious apps either find exploit to bypass sandboxing or user willingly lets malware access his data due to not knowing better
The solution - shared filesystem is convenient, share feature is cool to quickly send stuff between place as a one-off, all while apps can have their own private "vaults" for storing sensitive data. For fuck's sake, KeePassXC already has support for dbus secrets service, and if user really needs it they can have encrypted partitions and such.
Better UX is a myth, but adding more UI for sake of more UI isn't getting it closer to reality, not to mention exponential increase in complexity.
The problem: in shared filesystem malicious app could and would snoop on filesystem, steal cookies etc.
The "solution" - no app should have access to shared filesystem, everything should be sandboxed/containerize, then we implement overcomplicated UI/UX to link several apps together to have shared spaces or have obnoxious "share" feature that somehow instead was primarily desinged for sharing links on social media.
The reality - malicious apps either find exploit to bypass sandboxing or user willingly lets malware access his data due to not knowing better
The solution - shared filesystem is convenient, share feature is cool to quickly send stuff between place as a one-off, all while apps can have their own private "vaults" for storing sensitive data. For fuck's sake, KeePassXC already has support for dbus secrets service, and if user really needs it they can have encrypted partitions and such.
Better UX is a myth, but adding more UI for sake of more UI isn't getting it closer to reality, not to mention exponential increase in complexity.
anytime someone asks, "how did you hear about us?" always reply, "Internet," and provide no further details
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/google-shows-us-how-to-make-a-5-foot-long-keyboard/
i had a goofy smile on during their whole product demo video๐
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@cwebber Even their name is disinformation. There's never any news about foxes.
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My two moods:
โI know weโve been talking for months but whatโs your name again?โ
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โSwiftUI views are implemented as structs, which means that every time a state variable is updated the entire struct object is destroyed and recreated. I read this once six months ago.โ
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i love the 'cryptic coloration' on the local toads! they just pop out of nowhere
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That. was. AWESOME!!
Here's a gif I created of the final few minutes to impact ๐ชจ
What an incredible thing to have witnessed together in real time! Congrats @NASA @JHUAPL @ASI_spazio @LICIACube
#DART #DARTMission @AsteroidDay #planetarydefense
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Went out this afternoon, after the morning rain, to Ulu Sembawang Park Connector, Singapore. One of the last things I expected to see there was this Sunda Colugo (Galeopterus variegatus) mother with baby on a tree near the walking path. Spotted on 25 September 2022.
Colugos are mammals that can glide from tree to tree using skin flaps attached to their appendages.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136417384 ]
#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Mammals #Mammalia
hey physical security nerds, in case you didn't know: http://lockwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page
oftentimes I hear the UN Secretary General's name pronounced like Guterresh: why is that? There's no "h" at the end...
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Excellent๐๐ป
RT @FromPhDtoLife@twitter.com
Here is a lab lab!
Our lab here needs to wear PPE just like the people doing the science.
He is the service dog of a student in a chemistry professor's lab.
(Shared with permission.)
๐ฆ๐: https://twitter.com/FromPhDtoLife/status/1573026931192250371
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Makers and engineering types, I'm begging you-
1. Don't start a design cycle with *what you perceive* is the problem to be solved for disabled people. Work on what they tell you.
2. Don't build it without the constant involvement of multiple target users.
A capable software engineer and aspirating (sic) cook. Also posting about space stuff (mostly NASA) occasionally
pronouns: he, him
Joined Apr 2020
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