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a_subsystem··on Htmx Webring
I only love it because I'm paid huge amounts of $$$ to shill for it.
a_subsystem··on Amazon announces online car sales for the first time, starting with Hyundai
I recently bought a used vehicle from a dealer. I immediately took the vehicle on a 3 hour car trip. The car broke down at near the end of the trip, surging engine, then died, then wouldn't restart. It restarted after a few minutes and I limped (under 60) the rest of the way to destination. The dealer had 2 drivers bring me a (free) loaner car for 5 days while they fixed my vehicle for free. I used to work at a few other car dealerships and at least at those places as well as the one I bought from, this is pretty standard operating procedure. Amazon going to do that?
a_subsystem··on Toyota Reveals Maverick-Sized Electric Pickup Concept We've Been Waiting For
"Keep your hands at 10 and 2."

Toyota - "NO."

a_subsystem··on The ten year anniversary of the Healthcare.gov rescue
What are some that are not steaming piles?
a_subsystem··on My favorite Vim oneliners for text manipulation
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a_subsystem··on Customers report missing deposits from Wells Fargo bank accounts
How do you deposit paper checks and both deposit and withdraw and cash?
a_subsystem··on Customers report missing deposits from Wells Fargo bank accounts
Not sure why you're being downvoted. This is literally the only reason a relative of mine uses them.
a_subsystem··on Customers report missing deposits from Wells Fargo bank accounts
They have a huge number of branches all over the US. That is the only reason a relative of mine uses them, because he travels frequently and needs cash fast often. The 3-4 times I've went into WF helping him deal with stuff has been an absolute clown show every time.
a_subsystem··on Man spends entire career mastering crappy codebase
Relevant: https://twitter.com/serbantanasa/status/1582019078533046272
a_subsystem··on CloudFlare’s last Warrant Canary was published over a year ago
Because these agencies are horrifically corrupt beyond any usefulness. These agencies could go after any number of human and drug traffickers and make these problems nearly vanish almost overnight because they collect practically all of our communications. But they don't do that. They are used as targeted political cudgels when its handy and when there is much money to be made.
a_subsystem··on Teaching Programming in the Age of ChatGPT
I go to ChatGPT sometimes when I'm really banging my head against a wall and Copilot fails to generate anything useful to even get me moving in the right direction, which is rare. I've hit it up probably let's guess 3-4 times in the last 2 or 3 months. Probably 2 of those times it was anti-useful, because the garbage it put out only wasted my time.
a_subsystem··on Is Htmx Gaining in Popularity?
You mean something like this? This does get a bit messier... https://htmx.org/docs/#oob_swaps
a_subsystem··on Is Htmx Gaining in Popularity?
The data was on the server at some point to begin with. How could it be tricky to put it somewhere just because $component is a modal?
a_subsystem··on Is Htmx Gaining in Popularity?
Live reload means I can inline edit classes as styling to quickly create components and not have to context switch to a css file/section. It feels easier to create structure and style as I go.
a_subsystem··on Harvard dishonesty expert accused of dishonesty
They would benefit from being open to discussion, which they are generally not. There are an absolute plethora of examples. See Peter Boghossian's street interviews/surveys for example.
a_subsystem··on Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability
Maybe it's still going through the turning into ashes part.
a_subsystem··on Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability
IBM is slowly ruining everything they produce. Their systems are incredibly secure because it's extremely difficult to even run them normally as an operator, much less hack in. The byzantine/circular documentation and downloads pages on their site are woefully inadequate in enabling developers. Web searches reveal little information if you have a problem, as not many people run these systems. You generally have to pay stunning amounts to 3rd party professionals to manage your platform for even what should be relatively simple things like patching (PTFs), OS updates, and language upgrades. They will balk if you tell them they have bugs in their systems unless you can produce code yourself pinpointing the problem. They aren't interested in working with schools/universities to train young people to create fresh workers knowledgeable on their systems. Seems like they are milking the company and coasting until it expires.
a_subsystem··on UnsuckJS: Progressively enhance HTML with lightweight JavaScript libraries
Bash, duh. https://twitter.com/htmx_org/status/1657378246336598018
a_subsystem··on Quake's lightning gun bug explained [video]
It was extremely difficult to play for newcomers. You almost didn't even get a chance to frag old school players once because of the skill discrepancy. I could hang with most of the higher tier guys, but there were some that just seemed nearly invincible. They should have had more resources for developing skills. After I stopped playing, I discovered that some were playing Q3 at ramped up physics speeds in single player. When going back to playing at regular speed, it feels like you're playing in slow motion.
a_subsystem··on Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and Thinking
1. Install vim Copilot plugin. 2. Name your file with .txt extension. 3. Write stuff.

https://github.com/github/copilot.vim

a_subsystem··on Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and Thinking
I use vim with the Copilot plugin. It's pretty astounding what it spits out. I was writing a handbook for a credit union board of directors and it was quite helpful at times.
a_subsystem··on Cloudflare Is Having Issues
Where else can I set up a DNS proxy and block all but the countries I want within about 15 minutes for free?
a_subsystem··on US CDC sets first federal target for ventilation of indoor air to lower risk
Beware your air filter may get dirtier faster (our AC company says, anyway) because of dead organisms.
a_subsystem··on Ex-ByteDance exec: Communist Party had ‘God credential’
I'm not claiming we should believe the poster, but the poster is relaying information expressed by numerous expats.
a_subsystem··on US CDC sets first federal target for ventilation of indoor air to lower risk
We added a UV light to our AC system in our < 2 year old house and went from everyone sick every couple months to rarely sick. 2 adults and > 1 children Anecdata, of course.
a_subsystem··on Ex-ByteDance exec: Communist Party had ‘God credential’
It seems logical to me that we should believe the Chinese expats over others, since they are the ones who had first hand knowledge. Though it seems they don't necessarily thoroughly understand the exact details of the functioning or policies of the Chinese government, they do understand the effects of the decisions made and actions taken by the government. When the 'nuances' repeatedly involve torture and horrific authoritarianism atrocities we would do well to more than raise an eyebrow. There are many such accounts by numerous expats.
a_subsystem··on Kanboard: free and open source Kanban project management software
This runs on a subdomain of mine and it is my homepage. Excellent and simple and just works out of the box.
a_subsystem··on Apple previews Live Speech, Personal Voice, and more new accessibility features
My father in law's iPad responds to me, and my phone to him almost every time either of us say 'hey Siri'.
a_subsystem··on New cars are just for rich people now
From your linked article:

>> the idea that firms are capitalizing on their market power by raising their prices higher and faster than the growth in their production costs.

You think this is a plausible explanation in a competitive capitalist economy rather than the problem being trillions of dollars having been printed which devalues all money which makes prices go up which makes the corporations look like they made record profits because you HAVE to charge more money because all money is worth less and every input costs more? I'm not saying they didn't necessarily make record profits, btw, but if they did then good on them and that smells like a blood in the water type of business opportunity.

a_subsystem··on New cars are just for rich people now
Not sure what you're suggesting. Also,

>> doesn't comport with the available evidence of today's economy.

it doesn't?

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