way_of_UwU

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[–] way_of_UwU@programming.dev 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I've been using it since the execs at my job have been pushing engineering hard to pick it up. Like any tool, it's useful sometimes but not all the time.

The line-by-line recommendations are generally helpful and it's great at small tasks such as writing shell scripts or generating boilerplate for a new project. It almost never gets anything right the first time, and you have to keep telling it that it's wrong for it to fix all of the problems.

For fun, I did ask it to fix something with my codebase that genuinely had me stumped. It came up with a very convincing solution, but it didn't work at all. So yeah, it tends to fall flat for hard problems.

For all the AI hold-outs here, please be aware that Copilot Enterprise provides very granular details of Copilot usage per user to your leaders. i wouldn't put it past any company to factor that into the next layoff decision when it comes time.

[–] way_of_UwU@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

I once drove 6 hours (3 to get there and 3 to get back) to turn a printer off and then on again for a customer who refused to touch it at all.

I even told him I'd charge him the emergency rate and for a minimum of 8 hours. He was undeterred. It was easy money, but that day trip SUCKED.

[–] way_of_UwU@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Probably a silly question, but have you tried listening to classical music? If you only care for piano, you can find a lot of competitions intended for solo piano.

[–] way_of_UwU@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

I've found that a lot of stuff listed on Amazon is about the price of shipping higher than it is on eBay I guess to account for the free Prime shipping. If you don't have Prime, there really isn't much reason to not use eBay since you'd be getting doubly screwed without the free shipping on Amazon.

[–] way_of_UwU@programming.dev 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A shortage of engineers willing to work for Musk-led companies, maybe. Tesla is well-known in tech circles to have awful work culture. You can only survive with high turnover like that for so long before most American engineers know that there are much greener pastures.

[–] way_of_UwU@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago

Very much this. Democrats largely saw big wins for state-wide elections in my state (North Carolina). Yet, Trump took the electors, implying that there were people who voted for Democrats locally but not for Kamala. I know people on this site like to say that MAGA is what America wanted, but I think the support is tentative at best. If a good choice from Democrats emerges, they can definitely sweep.

[–] way_of_UwU@programming.dev 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I found out about this case through the chubbyemu video. Not sure how much of this was embellishment, but the way it's explained in the video is that the pasta was left out for a couple days, then thrown into the refrigerator by a roommate who didn't know it was probably bad. The guy then took out a portion of the pasta, completely unaware that it had gone rancid. Definitely a more believable mistake (although still pretty irresponsible of the meal prepper).

[–] way_of_UwU@programming.dev 8 points 11 months ago

Same, except from the pipe for me. A nice high quality tobacco from my favorite pipe really hits the spot sometimes, plus it makes me feel classy as hell.

[–] way_of_UwU@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago

Hot take: AITA (and even moreso those "Reddit Stories" channels on TikTok and YouTube) is just The Jerry Springer Show for Gen Z.

[–] way_of_UwU@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh believe me, even though I thought it was a good read, I have a lot of criticism for the story. God forbid literally any kind of emergency happens and additional fuel is needed to avoid catastrophe. I get wanting to maximize space for supplies, but the risk far outweighs the benefits of operating on such tight margins.

[–] way_of_UwU@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

!Yes. She goes willingly after learning her brother is on the colony that the pilot is sent to bring supplies to. The pilot allows her one last video call to him before she is jettisoned.!<

 

Hi all. Anybody have any tips or tricks on making a bathroom sink drain faster without going through the process of taking it apart, cleaning it, and putting it back together?

Normally when my bathroom sink starts to drain slowly, I remove the P-trap and push all the gunk through the bottom into a bucket using a metal rod. Now that I might be responsible for cleaning out several bathroom sinks, I'm starting to dread this process far more.

Drano works OK and makes the sinks drain a bit faster, but it usually gets bad pretty quickly again. Any tools I should be investing in for minor stoppages like this?

 

Hey all.

Over the past year, I've had bad luck with standard, non-motorized cordless blinds. I've had to replace 4 due to the tension mechanism failing (from what I can tell).

  • I've tried gently exercising the tension mechanism as suggested frequently online. This does not work.
  • I've checked for knots and have found none (I typically expect these for corded blinds).

I've been purchasing the Home Depot brand. Do I need to go for a more expensive brand? Did I just get a bad lot? Should I go for corded for supposedly easier troubleshooting?

Thanks in advance!

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