The OFFICIAL programming thread

I don’t blame lithu for this, it’s coming from a dozen places and this website is no different to any other but:

I just logged into OT with a browser I never use for this website and only scrolled through the last 10 pages of this thread. UBlock has blocked 119 third-party cookies, the overwhelming majority of which exist purely to track you across multiple websites and then onsell the data about your browsing habits.

Now I could use something like UBlock in every browser but it’s way too aggressive given I want to support advertising and the like.

TheMouse

@Hog said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

I don’t blame lithu for this…

Hog is obviously a bot!

Gators1

@Gustaf said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

@Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

I think it’s more like every software company has to incorporate “AI” in their products these days or customers will think it’s obsolete shit. I keep getting that from the sales assholes calling me to sell data platforms. All they want to talk about is their new AI and I am like “Dude, I am not a guilable CXX. I need your platform to do what similar platforms did before #AI started trending.”

We should create an AI Driven version of LOT and finally be free from Lithu’s crushing despotic rule!

GustafBot would definitely be an upgrade.

Gustaf

Can you imagine the sheer hilarity!!??? We could market this and make trillions!

Gators1

@Gustaf said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

Can you imagine the sheer hilarity!!??? We could market this and make trillions!

…or sued for crimes against humanity.

Gustaf

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

Gators1

@Kyle, can you have one of your trains take him to a camp?

Kilemall

@Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

@Kyle, can you have one of your trains take him to a camp?

There are load limits for both axles and bridges. One of the schnabel cars maybe.

Meet The Schnabels; The WORLD'S LARGEST Railcars!

Gustaf

Kilemall

@Gustaf said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

You’re an attention whore, yer gobbling it up.

Plus you made Gators appeal to the train gods, totally undercutting his morals, GJ!

Gustaf

It was nice to see him turn to the dark side

Gators1

The enemy of my enemy is…

oyaji

@Hog said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

@Gustaf said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

Incognito mode my friend

is there some benefit from hiding your search history from yourself?

No but incognito mode is another tool if you don’t want data brokers having and selling a complete picture of your browsing habits. I mean, they can still match up a lot of that stuff even without third party cookies but it’s less accurate (specific) and not as valuable. You can disable third party cookies in your regular non-incognito mode too but that often breaks shit.

i did not realize there was any benefit beyond hiding search history from other users of the same computer. thx!

oyaji

oh, @Hog , if you have any more tips to share for privacy advocates on how to fcuk the fcuking fcukers, please share as your time and interest allow.

thx in advance!

If you use Google services (youtube, gmail) etc. Install chrome and only use it for those services. If you use Microsoft services, install Edge as well and only use it for those. Get a privacy hardened browser for your regular browsing. I use LibreWolf but there are others with different tradeoffs. Brave is a popular one that’s compatible with Chrome.

Using multiple browsers is a bit of work and I’m not sure how much it’s worth it. Not saying you are but none of the above will protect you if you are doing anything illegal. it’s really just to piss in the data brokers cereal.

oyaji

heh, i don’t use any services, neither google, ms, nor any others. i don’t even know what “services” are.

i don’t even use email.

i do nothing financial online.

i do use firefox, mainly just for weather reports and browsing here at LOT, and a little “shopping”-browsing for farm-related products, and rarely any other odds and ends. on public wifi i hit youtube when i have time, once or twice every 2 weeks.

and i am still wanting to protect my privacy from those fcuking fcukers.

tigger

@Hog said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

I don’t blame lithu for this, it’s coming from a dozen places and this website is no different to any other but:

I just logged into OT with a browser I never use for this website and only scrolled through the last 10 pages of this thread. UBlock has blocked 119 third-party cookies, the overwhelming majority of which exist purely to track you across multiple websites and then onsell the data about your browsing habits.

Now I could use something like UBlock in every browser but it’s way too aggressive given I want to support advertising and the like.

These would have to be from the content preview windows… I suppose the content preview cannot be done server side easily, the webpages will realize it’s a bot and you’d need to keep fighting that.

Jam

@Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

The enemy of my enemy is…

Just another one of many enemies?

Gators1

So I guess we aren’t losing our jobs?

I Didn’t Believe that AI is the Future of Coding. I Was Right.

Yeah I watched that and found the results she cited from studies matched my experience. Problem is that the studies she cited are all based on current or last generation LLMs so I think it’s too early to call it dead as a replacement for us. I’m just hoping I can do my job for at least 5 more years, 10 would be better, so I can reach some goals that I probably couldn’t doing other work.