@Zerosquare said in The Cat Status Thread:
Jabba is a lot cuter than I remember. This relaunch is 11/10.
@Zerosquare said in The Cat Status Thread:
Jabba is a lot cuter than I remember. This relaunch is 11/10.
@BernieTheBernie said in Azure bites:
Next fun.
I just wrote a fresh Azure Function Äpp with .Net 8 LTS. It references a project targeted to .Net 4.8. The latter makes use of theTextRenderer
class which is defined inSystem.Windows.Forms
.
You guess it.[Error] System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'
at FarSide.TextHelper.DistributeText(String text, Font font, Int32 maxWidth)
at ...
There's a reason you get a big scary warning when you try to add a package/project reference to something that targets an earlier version of .NET than the consuming package does.
Or, shorter: You ==
@dkf said in When your actions influence the outcome in a videogame it's always meh. And when there are multiple endings they are all meh too:
@Captain I liked the Impressions city builder series, or at least PLEBS ARE NEEDED! after the PLEBS ARE NEEDED! first Caesar. PLEBS ARE NEEDED!
The pinnacle of the series was definitely later though.
But what about patricians?
I saw this pattern today, it took me a few seconds to parse:
if (~foo.indexOf(bar)) {
It seems to (ab)use bitwise NOT to get a result similar to
foo.indexOf(bar) != -1
, since~(-1)
returns0
and other values return non-0
, and0
is falsy and other values are truthy.I'm not sure if this is a or if it's a clever shorthand I should add to my repertroire. ()
I vote
@Luhmann said in The Beer Topic:
@izzion
no stressing of the origin of this nice feature?
I can’t appropriately respond to this question outside of a national origin trolley thread.
@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
I feel like a 70 year old codger after three days of unbroken sleep.
Don’t worry, we all enjoy you posting like a 70 year old codger.
Absolutely worth RTFA, hence not posted in that other super popular Look at Me category thread.
@Zerosquare said in The Official Status Thread:
@izzion said in The Official Status Thread:
TIL that @Tsaukpaetra is descended from Han Solo.
With the self-damage he's causing, you'd think he was a Stormtrooper instead
If he was descended from a Stormtrooper, the only thing he'd be damaging would be thin air
And don't think I didn't see the pre-edit version of the post just because you're hiding your edit history
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
@Arantor said in The Official Status Thread:
The odds
I don't really care about the odds.
TIL that @Tsaukpaetra is descended from Han Solo.
@topspin said in In other news today...:
Anti-trust investigations on the right side of the pond: Apple is using its ecosystem to eliminate browser choice, extract unreasonable fees from their App Store, don’t allow users to decide what they install, etc.
Anti-trust investigations on the wrong side of the pond: green bubbles for SMS are discriminatory and hurt mah feelings. Wheeeee
I propose they change the bubbles for SMS to pink with sparkles.
Toby as faire as I can without veering completely into the other garage...
That's all the adults that are in charge know how to consider
@Shoreline said in Glassdoor to un-anonymise accounts (at least internally) if they can...:
@Steve_The_Cynic I think it's more of an example of how Hanlon's Razor sometimes seems to conflict with Occam's Razor, in that the simplest explanation is how they know all too well that they can make money from forcing people to do shit.
It could be argued as systemic malice. They totally have a choice, and they choose money, and they've got us all believing that's "common sense", which also makes it incompetence. It's still the simplest explanation, though.
Maybe what we need is some kind of order of operations around philosophical razors. There are about nine of them, after all.
As long as it doesn’t expect us to excuse some crazy uncle Ivan. Sally has already gotten away with too much over the years.
@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
I think it's gotten to stage where its easier to maintain a list of companies not under investigation by the EU
Don't worry, I'm sure the EU's brave new protectionist regulatory climate will cause them to sprout their own companies any day now
@da-Doctah said in Random thought of the day:
Turning 35 years old this year (i.e. begain in 1989);
- The Simpsons
Why have you not brought us celebratory donuts?
@Zerosquare said in Parenting advice - you're gonna get hit:
@dkf said in Parenting advice - you're gonna get hit:
Along with the painkillers for the parents.
Ear plugs are cheaper, more effective, and less addictive.
But then how will Big Pharma take over the world?
If you find yourself randomly forgetting things, your brain might be running Windows Server.
@Tsaukpaetra said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
Status: The touch keyboard was unexpectedly... large. Then I went to settings and suddenly it was small again magic!
So you fiddled with it until it shrunk back down and then ran here to brag about it?
Of course, the main question conspiracy theory is was it Ohtani's gambling and the interpreter is taking the bullet to save the new face of the game from getting Rosed.
@loopback0 said in Today in reading the headlines...:
Have you tried reading headlines that are not 4 months away from being GODDAMMITFBMAC age?
@dcon said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
I bet George's staff was very exhausted after pleasing 15 women in a day.
@dkf said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@izzion said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@dkf said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@TimeBandit said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@LaoC said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
Since Google steadfastly refuse to support vertical tabs: yes.
But they support multiple windows
So... that's 27 per window, right? Sounds nice.
You need another 42.0 per window to achieve a nice number of tabs.
33 is still a good number...
But it’s not nice
@dkf said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@TimeBandit said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
@LaoC said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
Since Google steadfastly refuse to support vertical tabs: yes.
But they support multiple windows
So... that's 27 per window, right? Sounds nice.
You need another 42.0 per window to achieve a nice number of tabs.
@Benjamin-Hall said in WTF Bites:
@HardwareGeek said in WTF Bites:
the round 8
As opposed to the square 8?
Shouldn't that be the octagonal 8?
I'd say it's more cube.
Now, normal people, when they think of a cube, think of 6 faces, not 8 vertices. You want an octagon.
People who think of 12 edges are just weird.
Also also, at some point, you'll come around two my point of view.
@Benjamin-Hall said in WTF Bites:
@HardwareGeek said in WTF Bites:
the round 8
As opposed to the square 8?
Shouldn't that be the octagonal 8?
I'd say it's more cube.
Now, normal people
Found your bad assumption
@Benjamin-Hall said in WTF Bites:
@HardwareGeek said in WTF Bites:
the round 8
As opposed to the square 8?
Shouldn't that be the octagonal 8?
I'd say it's more cube.
@boomzilla said in Florida Man goes to...:
Some people just need an example of exemplary cock meat in order to get in the mood.
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
@DogsB said in The Official Status Thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Tea, Earl Grey,
hotlukewarm. Bleh.Well, aren't you posh.
status a bug report was sent back to QA by the outsourced crowd. Not enough detail. Has full repro steps, shockingly enough. By not enough detail they meant they weren’t told how to fix it. I’ve been asked to advise. I suspect by advise I’m expected to fix it.
They need to be told which services and logs to look at. These people are soulless vampires that are trying to suck me dry.
You’ve already proven you’re willing to do the needful on their behalf, why would they stop going back to the well?
@PleegWat said in Hacking News:
@izzion said in Hacking News:
@Medinoc said in Hacking News:
I heard Apex Legends players were hacked through a vulnerability in the game's kernel-mode anti-cheat program (which makes their entire Windows install thoroughly compromised).
This kind of shit is (part of) why I don't play MMORPGs. If your game needs to run a Big Brother with admin access or worse, that's vulnerabilities waiting to happen.It’s mostly shooters and MOBAs that run anti-cheats. The two biggest MMOs either have extensive mod support (WOW) or mostly have a don’t ask don’t tell implementation of their no third party programs rule (FFXIV)
WoW has long has its own anti-cheat (warden). I'm not sure what privileges it runs with.
Further proof that FFXIV is the most superior game, then.
@Tsaukpaetra said in Fun with maps:
@da-Doctah said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
I thought we had a "Fun with maps" thread where this could reasonably go, but I can't find it, so I'm putting it here. If it's out there some place, you're welcome to jeff it to that thread instead:
Reposting instead.
Evil karma farmer!
@Medinoc said in Hacking News:
I heard Apex Legends players were hacked through a vulnerability in the game's kernel-mode anti-cheat program (which makes their entire Windows install thoroughly compromised).
This kind of shit is (part of) why I don't play MMORPGs. If your game needs to run a Big Brother with admin access or worse, that's vulnerabilities waiting to happen.
It’s mostly shooters and MOBAs that run anti-cheats. The two biggest MMOs either have extensive mod support (WOW) or mostly have a don’t ask don’t tell implementation of their no third party programs rule (FFXIV)
@Zerosquare said in The Official Status Thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
Tea, Earl Grey, hot
I've heard that drinking that makes you go bald
But if it gives you a kickass accent and a beautiful ship’s counselor, that’s a worthy tradeoff.
@loopback0 said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@dkf said in Today in reading the headlines...:
(Not gonna read the article to find out...)
I did because I know @DogsB appreciates such a thing.
@dkf said in Today in reading the headlines...:
Were the student and thief in Limerick at the time
Yes. HTH.
I think he'd really prefer you to provide the extra knowledge in limerick form.
@dkf said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@DogsB Were the student and thief in Limerick at the time, or was that just some previous encounter? (Not gonna read the article to find out...)
Sir, that is not an appropriate question for this thread.
@Atazhaia said in Aviation Antipatterns Thread:
@izzion All these flight-related puns are really dragging this thread into a graveyard spiral.
Like Icarus, we often fly too close to the pun.
@Bulb said in Aviation Antipatterns Thread:
@Zerosquare … because it's not a yes/no question.
Not with that attitude
The experience encapsulated my exasperation with new types of AI sprouting in seemingly every technology you use. If these chatbots are supposed to be magical, why are so many of them dumb as rocks?
@boomzilla said in Chess Patzers of WTF:
How did you find evidence of the way I always lose to my brother???
@Zecc said in TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML):
I'm surprised no one corrected me when I typed Pie instead of Pi.
We accept both flavors here.
Well, I guess I’ll have to take the 6% breakup fee out of my anti-young-person-homebuying screed
@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@BernieTheBernie said in In other news today...:
Who was playing with McDonald's servers last night?
White-hat hackers trying to make the world's food better. Or at least less bad.
Instead of screwing with stuff like that, how's about they work on fixing the ice cream machines?
They're waiting for Big Daddy Government to give them the OK
@BernieTheBernie said in Things that remind you of WDTWTF members:
Browsing the collection of
yourchildhoodruined
titles, I found one reminding me of many 'murican ers:
That book concept seems udderly ridiculous
@Applied-Mediocrity said in The unofficial offical bad pun of the day thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The unofficial offical bad pun of the day thread:
You scared away the one post wonder!
Don't worry, @boomzilla will post on a different alt next time.
@Bulb said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
@dcon said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
@Gustav said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
It's 20 fucking 24 why the fuck the fucking Windows fucking Subsystem for fucking Linux CANNOT HANDLE THE FUCKING LAPTOP GOING TO SLEEP AND THE CLOCK GOES OUT OF SYNC!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe the same reason that whenever my ubuntu system does to sleep, it requires a hard boot.
I've been sending Linuxes (Debian or Ubuntu) to sleep for quite a while and they are fine with that.
Sleep as in with the fishes?
@TimeBandit said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
@Gustav said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
WindowsLinux
You were off by 5 words
@Zerosquare said in WTF Bites:
I will not quit my day job to become a scifi author.
Yes. The lucrative thing to do is to create a religion instead.
Like, say, becoming the Pope of Artificially Intelligent Robotic War Wolves
@Luhmann said in I, ChatGPT:
@BernieTheBernie said in I, ChatGPT:
Dad Jokes.
Dad's only do Whambulances
Maybe occasionally the Waaaaaaaaaaambulance if the problem is severe enough to merit extra dramatics.
@jinpa said in Aviation Antipatterns Thread:
@Zerosquare said in Aviation Antipatterns Thread:
That's called closing the barn door after the horse has escaped.
Well, his testimony wasn't completed, so now they can get the whole thing stricken from any future legal proceedings
@Zerosquare said in The Official Don't-Interpret-My-Dreams Thread:
Dreamed about a dystopic society where vaccines were used as a Trojan horse to inject people with a substance that made them vulnerable to subliminal conditioning.
That's it. No more reading the before bed.
Most people dream about things that aren't obvious facts