Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.org
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
Politically moderate, but a registered Democrat since January 7th 2021.
He/Him ๐ณโ๐
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
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It comes up a lot as people are rightly confused, but if you wonder what problem Microsoft are trying to solve with Recall:
It isn't them being evil, it's business leaders who are middle aged and can't remember what they're doing driving decision making about which problems to solve.
A huge amount of business leaders are dudes who have no idea what the fuck is happening. This leads to the Recall feature.
Microsoft exists and is driven by that bubble.
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By sunsetting Section 230, the US Congress could be about to break the internet as we know it
The proposal to Sunset Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act would eliminate the protections granted to internet platform providers from liability from users' actions
This legislation would deal a critical blow to the fundamentally American tradition of free speech and the internet as we know and love it
https://fortune.com/2024/06/03/sunsetting-section-230-congress-break-internet-tech-politics
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The NRA has endorsed Donald Trump.
Donald Trump can no longer own a gun.
"Why spend so much money and energy on a technology that gets 1 out of every 5 answers wrong?"
Because we spent decades building, by-hand, software that still can't get any answers right. If #AI can get 4 out of 5 with minimal prior configuration, we'll fucking take it.
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I just found out about the SQlite code of ethics, and now I'm feeling bad about ever recommending that database to anyone. https://www.sqlite.org/codeofethics.html
Some comparable turns of phrase:
"Ranchers will literally murder an entire herd of cattle to prevent a plant-based burger from being grilled."
"Animal shelters will kill hundreds of animals just to avoid giving one dog a meal."
"Papermills will literally burn down a rainforest to make a newspaper."
If you don't understand how scale works, then just shut up so you don't sound like an idiot.
Man, I'm getting really sick and tired of these mindless smug exaggerations.
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New "missed jury duty" scam out of Tampa. Sounds like the scammers are well-prepared and smooth... Even if this isn't your geo, good to see what their tactics are!
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1796640601431027979.html
Lol, are Republicans gonna suddenly stop worrying about banning it now?
QT: https://journa.host/@w7voa/112547660582574370
Within hours of joining TikTok, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attracted 1.3 million followers. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/do...
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Wow this looks great. What a cool bit of #aviation history to now have on display.
The season 2 finale of the Drew Carey Show (the episode with the iconic Rocky Horror/Priscilla Dance-Off) would be an obvious frontrunner for best episode of the series, were it not marred by an unfortunate cameo from future-convicted-felon Donald Trump.
Am I the only one that doesn't trust order of operations as a stylistic approach?
Like, if I need to compute "(a * b) + c", it just feels grossly wrong and naked to write it as "a * b + c" even though they're functionally identical.
Saw some small birds kicking the crap out of some crows twice their size today.
Oh, man, they had the camera on the astronauts' faces when they made the call to scrub. That was just sad.
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Let's make a megathread together! ๐งต
What #LGBTQIA-led studios and games are using Godot?
Let's start #PrideMonth the right way, by spreading some love ๐
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A beverage company is offering a jet as a sweepstakes prize. What could go wrong? https://liquiddeath.com/pages/winajet
I wonder if his future speeches will have fewer references to illegals committing crimes...
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Just to recap, the guy who canโt shut up about how the 2020 election he lost was rigged just was convicted of rigging the 2016 election he won.
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
Politically moderate, but a registered Democrat since January 7th 2021.
He/Him ๐ณโ๐
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
