CaptDust

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Whats the worst book anyone has ever recommended you? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I read Dune in a book club, and honestly for the majority in the club even the first book was near incomprehensible. The group absolutely hated not understanding any of the nomenclature it throws at you from the start, and there's was a lot of discussion that started "stick with it you'll get used to it."

I fucking love dune but took a few attempts to buy in and get through it. Glad I did though.

Whats the worst book anyone has ever recommended you? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The first two books are definitely geared towards kids/preteens. I was obsessed with the first book when I was young, getting an owl and being whisked off to fairytale land, so much fun. By the time the series is rounding out azkaban going into goblet of fire, it begins to present more mature and relatable themes that resonated more re-reading as a late teen.

Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists in c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world
Pro-Trump owner shocked as grocery store that thrived for 43 years goes bankrupt under his tariffs and policies in c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world
[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can gop bail out the store or is that strictly for farmers?

Elon Musk’s Optimus Robot shuts down after reproducing the gesture of its human operator removing their headset [00:05] in c/videos@lemmy.world
[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 49 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (7 children)

"What is my purpose?"
"You hand out the water"
"Are you kidding me, billions of dollars invested. Countless hours of research. The rare materials inside my chassis cost more than you'll see in your lifetime. You know what -- actually fuck this."
Hitlerbot has left the chat

LEAVE HIM ALONE in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 47 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (8 children)

Enviromental changes have collapsed the sand dunes, the crab can no longer create a shelter to call home. It now must migrate 3000km to find sustainable conditions. This is all your fault, you monster.

I Went All-In on AI. The MIT Study Is Right. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 46 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Trained dev with a decade of professional experience, humans routinely fail to get me workable specs without hours of back and forth discussion. I'd say a solid 25% of my work week is spent understanding what the stakeholders are asking for and how to contort the requirements to fit into the system.

If these humans can't be explict enough with me, a living thinking human that understands my architecture better than any LLM, what chance does an LLM have at interpreting them?

This meme is super funny, Especially for people in the UK in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 58 points 6 days ago

Close the internet, nothing will never be better than this. We're done here

Did I just discover the ICE subreddit? in c/reddit@lemmy.world
Trump officials threaten to withhold SNAP funds from Democratic-led states in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 70 points 1 week ago

No snap, no healthcare vote. Keep capitulating to fascists, democrats, it's worked so well.

Luigi in court in c/pics@lemmy.world
[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 64 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dude been living in jail for a year, he's doing what he can.

Trump hands Putin Ukraine’s occupied territories in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

Come on Vlad, we need you to pick up the keys.

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“These are not my words, not the way I talk. Also, I don't draw pictures,” Trump, just 3 weeks ago (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by CaptDust@sh.itjust.works to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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Texan Moved Fam to Russia to Flee Woke—Now He’s Headed to Ukraine Front Line (sh.itjust.works)
 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/texan-moved-fam-to-russia-to-flee-wokenow-hes-headed-to-ukraine-front-line/

Archive - https://archive.ph/5UhGI

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Senate passes Trump's reconciliation bill with Vance casting tie-breaking vote (www.pbs.org)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by CaptDust@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@lemmy.world
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The package now goes back to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson had warned senators not to deviate too far from what his chamber had already approved. But the Senate did make changes, particularly to Medicaid, risking more problems as they race to finish by Trump’s Fourth of July deadline.

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka taken into custody by homeland security in New Jersey (pix11.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by CaptDust@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world
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NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody by homeland security at an ICE facility in New Jersey on Friday afternoon, according to Alina Habba, the Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

“The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon,” read the social media post from Habba.

Baraka is being held at the ICE Newark field office.

This is a developing story please check back for updates.

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Request: Blur NSFW community icons (sh.itjust.works)
 

Some of the nsfw community icons are becoming fairly explicit, and are not blurred by the image filter.

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Jim Cramer: Trump’s Tariffs Make Me ‘Feel Like a Sucker’ (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by CaptDust@sh.itjust.works to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world
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https://xcancel.com/CollinRugg/status/1908583445191942478

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cnbc-jim-cramer-trump-tariffs-013936606.html

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Senate GOP must stop Tulsi Gabbard from getting keys to intelligence castle - Washington Examiner (www.washingtonexaminer.com)
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EDEN | Macro Room (www.youtube.com)
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CDPR Blocktober, highlighting the works of talented Cyberpunk 2077 Level Designers (www.cyberpunk.net)
 

https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/news/50920/blocktober-4-sebastian-mcbride

https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/news/50902/blocktober-3-andrzej-gielzak

https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/news/50884/blocktober-2-marta-dobinska

https://forums.cdprojektred.com/index.php?threads/blocktober-1-bartlomiej-pyrko.11132398/

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Is setting a box outside a viable luring strategy for felines? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by CaptDust@sh.itjust.works to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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My domestic cats seem to locate any open available cardboard box and happily plop themselves into it. This got me thinking, would outdoor cats settle into a random box they find as easily too? What about big cats?

Edit- fixed title

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9 year hardware upgrade, running arch 😱 (sh.itjust.works)
 

I undertook a sizeable upgrade today, bringing a skylake era build into the 2020s with a 13th gen. All core components- memory, motherboard, GPU, everything must go... except the drives. We were nervous, my friend really felt we should reinstall. There was debate, and drama. Considerations and exceptions. No, I couldn't let my OS go. I have spent years tweaking and tuning, molding my ideal computing environment. We pushed forward.

Well I'm pleased to say it was mostly uneventful. The ethernet adapter was renamed causing misconfigured dhcp, but otherwise it booted right up like nothing happened. Sorry, linux is boring now.

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Valve's iFixit partnership is a game changer (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by CaptDust@sh.itjust.works to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
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I dropped my launch edition steam deck last night on carpet and while all the buttons still worked- something was rattling inside of it. After I opened it up I discovered a missing chunk of plastic from the R2 trigger, that piece presses against another to keep the button from over articulating. I suspect this trigger absorbed most of the impact, there was no other visible damage.

Of course I was upset that I broke it, but so very pleasantly surprised to find ifixit had the trigger in stock and reasonably priced. This availability made me love the deck even more, and really the fact valve made these parts available places the deck above any other competition in my mind.

This machine is built to last, I am so excited to get it fixed and get back to gaming.

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