Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@social.cleverlibre.org
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
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I make no comment about the journalist but...what an odd job title from the BBC: "disinformation & social media". What does it say to lump the two together? How does it devalue public discourse on social media? Is there a disinformation & Murdoch media beat? A disinformation & politicians' beat?
@charlotteclymer Hard disagree. When someone refuses to admit they don't know something and they try to bullshit through it, that's a tell that they're an idiot.
If you also don't know the answer, it can make them seem smart and confident. But if you do know the answer, then it just reveals them for the jackass they are.
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Do you also watch the intro for every #HBO #Succession episode all the way through or are you a monster?
@astro_jcm Not when binging multiple episodes, but absolutely the first episode of each session must have the theme tune played out in full.
That music is absolutely brilliant for its ability to perfectly convey the exact tone of the show (and the visuals are pretty solid in that regard too).
Important note for #Programmers / #SoftwareEngineers, especially #independent #contractors :
#AI tools like #GitHub #CoPilot can impressively improve #coding productivity, but before using them, check with your employer/client first! Every client I've reached out to about this has wanted to run it past their legal department first (which is a really smart move on their part!).
DO NOT, under any circumstances, allow these tools to send client/employer data to the AI vendors (which is necessary for their operation) without getting client/employer consent first.
This will be a core tenet of #professionalism for #developers enhancing their services with AI assistants, so best get in the habit now.
Did my first dual flight this afternoon and I can't stop grinning.
There was quite a bit of wind, so I was learning the basic maneuvers in heavy turbulence, but that just made it more fun!
@akashicbunny That's just patently untrue.
@akashicbunny Yes, the NRA is bullshit, on that we agree.
But no, that's not "what it is like". Most of us live our entire lives without being involved in a violent altercation with a gun. There have always been, and will always be, a few crazy murderous assholes in society. That's the nature of human genetics and mental illness. If you're "near tears" sending your kids to school because of that, then I honestly don't know how you function in day-to-day life.
@ThinkingSapien Wow, they're making you go into the office and they can't even be bothered to assign you a proper desk? That's just insulting.
@CGHildebrandt So you're painting millions of people with the brush of a homicidal maniac?
The terrible and tragic experience of one household is in no way "a good sense of what it's like to live in Red America these days" and this kind of fearmongering and othering of people is actively harmful to our society.
@ThinkingSapien Literally busywork to make themselves feel better by driving down their own employees' efficiency...
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Does anyone else have a problem with the banks that are “too big to fail” scooping up smaller banks which do fail, at rock-bottom bargain prices?
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Easy to miss in Mastodon's latest update, but the most-requested features are indeed coming "soon:"
"...quote posts, improved content and profile search, and groups. We’re also continuously working on improving content and profile discovery, onboarding, and of course our extensive set of moderation tools, as well as removing friction from decentralized features. Keep a lookout for these updates soon."
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/05/a-new-onboarding-experience-on-mastodon/
@Teri_Kanefield Isn't it usually a bad idea to accuse a judge presiding over your case of being unable to be impartial?
@mmasnick @maxkennerly @dangillmor I wish projects I worked on were given such a benefit of the doubt.
@mmasnick @maxkennerly @dangillmor When there's only one service on the protocol, what exactly is the distinction?
@brody My biggest barrier to moving over is the PITA-nature of Unreal not using managed scripting languages. I just really don't want to go back to C++ after getting used to game dev in C#.
How's that working out for you in your crash course?
@pbump Among gun owners too. Most of us support reasonable gun control. We just get pissed off when politicians skip that and go straight to banning guns with certain shapes from being owned by law-abiding citizens.
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
