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thisisnotgoingwell

@ thisisnotgoingwell @programming.dev

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  • Advent of code is approaching!

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  • Do you mind giving a bit more info? I skimmed the about page and I understand the gist, but how do you see how others solved the problem? Do you have to wait for that puzzle to be done and then look at the leaderboard? Do some people solve these in group settings?

  • All I want for Christmas is generic muzak

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  • Very interesting video. Thanks 👍

  • Americans don't want to fight for their country anymore

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  • Thanks, yeah I think in service benefits are great but life after the military is always the pain point. The military sometimes has crazy signing bonuses and you get the GI bill as well, I think if the military appealed to people's life after service more then more people would sign up. Maybe do that in place of the GI bill. Homes are crazy right now because there aren't enough homes, not so much because they're expensive to build.

    Unless you go with an MOS that you'd like to do after the military, a lot of the time the skills you learn don't really transfer to civilian life. Young adults don't usually know what they'd find rewarding and the recruiters can often trick you into some job you didn't want. I wouldn't recommend it to most people.

  • Nepal decides to ban TikTok

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  • I don't see how I was toxic in any way. Besides, this isn't reddit. There is no karma, so if people downvote you, who cares? That just means that people think you're wrong.

    Here's a thought, let's say you're perfectly satisfied with how your content delivery/algorithm. You're a responsible adult who can manage your screen time. Should TikTok be doing more to protect youth(those most vulnerable) from predatory content? There's been quite a few studies now and even states suing TikTok for their effects on youth's mental health.

    You're making a few assumptions about me(implying I'm living under a rock or something)... Unfortunately I spend a large part of my day on the computer due to work and I grew up with the internet. So I try to spend what free time I have reading/studying, and maybe consume a bit of streaming in a day.

    If you knew the horrible content that most kids are being served now, it would make your head roll. I don't let my kid watch YouTube but his cousins are all crazed on tiktok content. Look up skibidi toilet.

  • Nepal decides to ban TikTok

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  • That's usually true at first, showing users content they like is gratifying to the user, but satisfied users don't stay on the app. So for example, I like motorcycles, humor, tech, dog content, and poker. Tik Tok could show me relevant videos and I'd maybe browse for a few minutes and then go do something else. But the algorithm kind of slows down the dopamine hits/relevant videos and starts inserting more content that is depressing/irrelevant... The algorithm uses the same logic that makes gambling so addictive, they'll make you feel like the dopamine hit is just around the corner, except it takes a bit longer to get there every time. "One more hand" ...>

    Facebook was at its worst in 2014-2018 or so. The algorithm became incredibly rage-inducing and pervasive. Facebook would intentionally show you content that you dislike(like right-wing bullshit) and if the more you interacted with it(especially if it was dislike) facebook would show you more and more of that. I was getting bombarded by extremism ideologies on Facebook and at the time I didn't understand that this was the algorithm.

    The Internet is no longer just "likes cat video, give more cat videos", and pushing that notion is uneducated. Tik Tok is the worst of all the apps by far, but all of the social media companies use sophisticated algorithms that intentionally fuck with you just to get you addicted to their apps.

    I think more people need to be informed on how these algorithms work and why they are so dangerous, especially to kids. Speaking of kids, there's a lot of content on TikTok which sexualizes underage teens. Also, I would block literally every thirst trap on TikTok that showed up in my feed, because that is simply the last thing I want to see on TikTok, yet the algorithm is so aggressive, it will continue to push content that you dislike so you are unsatisfied for longer.

    I've deleted Tik Tok a few times in the past but I haven't used it in about 2 years or so. Imagine how little the average person in this country knows about these algorithms.

  • Americans don't want to fight for their country anymore

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  • Almost everyone I know that went into the military did it for the experience and to be able to go to college. That was when people believed a college degree would set you up for a stable future. Now that millennials know this isn't true and we're not lying to gen Z, they sure as shit don't believe it either.

    The military should add to its incentives. If the military could for example, build you a modest home then I'm sure people would start joining again.

  • No title - Zdzislaw Beksinski

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  • Born 1929 in Sanok, Poland and died in 2005 in Warsaw, Poland. I can only imagine the shit this man saw in his life.

  • How often do you compliment people?

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  • I don't get a chance to compliment people that often, but I do try to genuinely listen to people.

  • Hutchinson booed for over a minute after claiming ‘significant likelihood’ Trump will be found guilty

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  • Honestly asking here, can't they just appeal the conviction to the supreme court and get it thrown out? The supreme court has been abusing it's power for a while now, thanks to the stacked GOP judges

  • Does Google Inserting Deceptively Placed Ads in the Play Store seem icky to anyone else?

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  • Thanks, just downloaded it.

  • Featured

    Lead Lemmy Developer, Dessalines, denying the Tiananmen Square Massacre and praising the Uyghur Genocide

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  • This comment is pretty old. Do we really want to demonize anything anyone has said? I've probably said some ideological embarrassing things in the past.

    Unless he's still pushing these talking points, I really don't see the point

  • How to Learn from Tutorials the Right Way – and Not Get Trapped in Tutorial Hell

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  • What programming language? You might have to back to basics. I know what you mean though. That was my frustration as well. The basics aren't covered well enough on many courses, and learning in a browser IDE adds anxiety when following tutorials if you don't know how to set up your environment.

    If it's with Python, maybe I can help. Getting your environment set up is the most important part. I like to use pycharm, it forces you into virtual environments but that's a good practice to follow and gives you plenty of practice with the basics since you'll have to install your dependencies for every project.

    Sometimes the dependencies change, and it's nice to know what version you previously used vs how the new package version works.

  • Gamedev and linux

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  • As far as I know, the only thing that the new python integration helps with is that users don't have to install Python or have to know how to use pip to install packages like pandas, because Python doesn't run locally. It is neat how you can visualize data and show it inline with the Excel document though. My industry is very regulated, so we won't be able to use it since the data you pass to Python goes to Azure for processing

  • Your server owner is now banned from participating on lemmy's Github

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  • Did you look at the subject at hand? It wasn't a feature request, it was an a bug issue that had been opened by the programming.dev admins back when there were issues with the instance not federating. It seems to me like OP was providing context(after the issue was mysteriously resolved) and the Lemmy dev lost his cool.

  • What's some really unpopular opinion you have?

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  • Bernie sold out and Hillary still lost. I respect his body of work but he wasn't the answer.

    I think the closest thing we've had to an amazing presidential candidate in the last 12 years was Andrew Yang.

  • What got you into coding ? (aside from money)

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  • I worked as a network engineer and got pretty frustrated working with outdated applications that were not user friendly. Once I became a supervisor, a large part of my job became writing and generating reports summarizing events that happened on the network that no one would ever read. I wanted to learn programming to automate the things I hated about my job.

    I'm still an engineer, not a developer, but I enjoy writing user focused programs that reduce or eliminate worker frustration. As with many jobs, it's not the networking that's difficult, it's all the other bullshit you have to do.

    Also, learning how to parse, model and visualize data can really help you make your point to your management and get your ideas pushed through. Also a great way to earn brownie points with your bosses, as managers tend to love graphs.

    Wish I could say it was a passion for me but I really learned out of necessity.

  • I made....Creamy spinach, chicken and tortellini soup.

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  • thanks for making Lemmy a better place

  • i wanna have fun programming again

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  • Honestly I'd suggest something that gets you out of the house more. Motorcycles, Latin dance, hiking and drinking is what I do for fun. I do enjoy programming for fun sometimes but the inspiration is something you have to find in other areas of life.

  • For some reason, I'm doubtful.

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  • Totally useless red circle too. I guess it was intentionally drawn to obscure the context