VitoRobles

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VitoRobles OP ,

I'm using Sync (I'm lazy with getting new apps and it hasn't pissed me off yet) and the button is called "Everything". So I guess it's the All section!

VitoRobles OP ,

It feels a lot more organic. Once in a while, I get into a heated argument where we go back and forth.

But it doesn't feel like I'm arguing with an obvious troll. Just two people with disagreements.

On Reddit, argue with someone and they go, "Yeah will you're a cuck and you post on lolcats" and then you find out theyre a Indian teen or a bot.

VitoRobles OP ,

Haha I don't know about that!

It was ingrained into me to never share anything until Facebook normalized it. I always feared some nutcase would come to my house because I made a solid yo momma joke that broke him.

I did a/s/l in a vague way, telling people I was 1-2 years older than I was, which was required to meet hotties also in the AOL chatz.

VitoRobles ,

I contribute to open source by helping to write documentation. I'm not a coder. I work in marketing and data science.

I have seen open-source people fold for little reasons. Like a small sum of money, to false promises, to minor threats like legalese BS or threatening takedown. I heard of one project that took down everything the moment a small business sent them an email warning about trademark infringement. They didn't even contest it - they just disappeared to avoid even a bit of a lawsuit.

If you follow local news in the US, there have been a lot of politicians (mostly democratic ones) who have sued because of harassment campaigns and even death threats to their family and friends.

My take is that most people who volunteer aren't going to risk their livelihood. Nor should we expect them to.

The best they can do is build enough layers of obscurity, trust that their providers will also protect their identity, and keep themselves safe.

VitoRobles ,

I know this guy who seemed to be unfamiliar with social norms. Basic shit like saying please and thank you. Then I met his mom, who was equally as ignorant as he was.

We went to her fast food, and I watched them both just stare at the cashier, grab their food, and just walk off. There were a few other examples of clearly missed social agreements that we all take for granted.

I'm 90% sure they weren't being cruel psychopaths to lowly cashiers.

But I'm also not sure where the line is for being neurodivergent versus just being an asshole.

VitoRobles ,

I read somewhere that women are fascinated by cheese.

VitoRobles ,

I'm not following the intent of the text?

Is the tweet saying we should use AI to generate fake doorbell videos to mess with police/ICE surveillance?

Or is it saying that so many people willingly give their video up that it allows AI to generate fake doorbell videos?

VitoRobles ,

Democrat president year: "We must set aside our differences and be united."

Republican president year: "The evil Democrats who plan to kill us all and take away our guns need to be executed."

Democrat president year: "oh what a doozy! We may have lost a lot of people in the Enslavement Camps, but now we must come together and be united."

VitoRobles ,

I also assumed the number field was all that was needed.

I had fraudulent checks used under my name. And it was only caught because the thief signed my name "perfectly". Where I purposely sign with extra scribbles.

After that experience, every check I wrote, I added something extra in the memo section only I would know. I could see someone being extra paranoid and using the "written" section as another test - like purposely misspelling words.

VitoRobles ,

America wants to be Cops for the world. And if you aren't concerned with how America uses our own police force on our citizens, then you obviously live under a rock.

VitoRobles ,

Can you explain this one a bit more?

VitoRobles ,

Absolutely.

EVERY. U.S. COMPANY.

It used to be that courts would slow it down. But the Trump administration is showing that they don't care about the law. How they have been weaponizing ICE, it's pretty clear cut that they will use or abuse any tool to get their way.

Discord is just a start.

All the companies relying on Amazon and AWS will be compromised too. Which includes all the open-source software storing their backups on S3.

VitoRobles ,

All US tech should be questioned.

These are the companies sharing information that we KNOW of.

VitoRobles ,

Didn't IRC have major insecurity issues?

I can't remember why IRC died.

VitoRobles ,

I wanted to say VLC because to me, it's the gold standard of fully working open-source software that just destroys the commercial competitors.

But it's not perfect only because society changes. New video formats forces VLC and open-source devs to adapt. Bigger video and new tech specs require VLC to update. If it wasn't for all those external needs, VLC would be perfect.

Did I also mentioned the many times rich companies wanted to buy VLC and they laughed?

Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST ( automaton-media.com )

It's honestly kinda crazy how long some games spend in development. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is a perfect example of something that should've been quick but ended up being so bloated and took forever to make. ...

VitoRobles ,

What an odd thing to say with such a bold username.

VitoRobles ,

I do remember it. And honestly, I was annoyed that it was only Part 1 of a trilogy.

During that time, I was already pretty sick of movies that push to be a trilogy. So I wonder how many gamers are like me who are waiting for the entire FF7 remake to be released before they play it.

VitoRobles ,

I wonder if Japanese companies are paying attention to FromSoft. I absolutely love that FromSoft reuses assets and improves their base engine. You can see the evolution from DS1 to Elden Ring (and Sekiro), releasing a game every year or two.

Growing up - Dragon Quest 1-4 were built on the same engine with minor improvements. FF 4-6 wasn't a massive leap, but a gradual jump in graphics.

Yakuza games seem to release yearly. They have built a workflow where people work on the same mini games and "slot" it in for whatever the newest release it is.

As much as I shit on Ubisoft, they really dialed in on their engine and tools to crunch out cookie cutter checklist open world games.

Thinking about it, all my examples could also have been plagued with toxic crunch culture.

VitoRobles ,

Because I love wavelengths but it doesn't feel the same. It just goes through me. ☹️

VitoRobles ,

I saw a meme (which could be based on a real message) that said "they" (a Japanese game company) is rewarding their devs by giving them a week to go visit their family.

VitoRobles ,

I was just coming to share this. Their feel-good recruitment number is a small drop in the bucket for how much layoffs there have been in the past two years.

VitoRobles ,

One of my favorite music videos.

What advice or tips do you have which sound like nonsense but really work?

When I can't sleep, I turn around and sleep "upside down" - moving my pillows to where my feet were beforehand, and my feet to where my head was beforehand - and I stick with that for a week or so. It gives me a week or so without insomnia and then wears off, so I have to turn myself back around for the next 7-12 day period. ...

VitoRobles ,

I call it "power saving" mode. I use public transportation to prepare myself for what drama will occur at work.

One time, someone asked me a question on the bus. Something like: "Where is Main Street?" And my brain didn't work because I don't divert power to my thinking brain while riding. I just remember pulling out my phone, clicking the map button, then showing him where it might be?

Guy was upset that I was one of "those guys" but I don't know what you want from me.

VitoRobles ,

I took a community college class on business negotiations. I learned about BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement) and it's been extremely helpful as a tool for negotiations. It's setting a baseline and reduces any emotional toll.

Tl;Dr: define your BATNA before any negotiation. For example: say you know your salary industry standard is at $80k. You receive an offer for $70k, politely see if they have wiggle room for more, based on industry standard. If they come back with $75k, your plan is clear. In this negotiation, your BATNA is to walk away - no hard feelings.

When I sold my car, I set my BATNA to $9k, and put it for sale at $11k. The guy immediately tried to haggle and offered $10k. I shook his hand immediately and sold it.

It doesn't have to be a hard number either. Like comparing benefits or perks.

VitoRobles ,

This is more relationship advice. Ask your partner to have a day of sex where you just communicate what you want with words.

The first year of the relationship, I was using tricks I saw in porn. I was doing things to my wife that she didn't care for, but didn't say anything because she thought I enjoyed doing it. We later talked and the next session, we just followed what the other person wanted. And now it's part of our tricks.

Next time your jabbing your sausage into her armpit, ask her if she's liking what you're serving.

VitoRobles ,

I notice it's a very extrovert thing to expect everyone to be "on" just because you're out in public.

VitoRobles ,

A good negotiation is about making sure both parties feel satisfied by the end of the transaction!

If the other side was already combative, then that's a negotiation you should walk away from.

VitoRobles ,

I mean he kinda has been for more than a decade.

VitoRobles ,

Yep!

Money has to go somewhere. And any company who does payoffs like that has to keep a paper trail.

Seriously, Why GIMP Dev(s), Why??

Honest to gods, this conversation happened today, and it may have cost me a job opportunity. The customer was super impressed with my menu design and animation, and wanted to know who we got it from. When I said I did it, their face lit up! Too bad as soon as i said GIMP, they weren't interested anymore. Has anyone else ...

Picture of post from my Bluesky of a convo between me and a customer... {Convo between me and a customer today: "neat menu, i really like it." "thanks, I made it." -me "Really? How?" "I used Gim... and an online program, Canva to animate it." "Im sorry, Gim?" "Umm, GIMP. It stand for GNU Image Manip..." "GIMP?? Like the suit?" "No, not like the suit." why, gimp dev!? }
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VitoRobles ,

Anyone who tried to bring GIMP into nonprofits and schools dealt with this problem. I cannot explain how many uncomfortable conversations I had with non-technical people.

And the defenders will continue to say GIMP's name is fine and still be shocked of the low adoption rate.

VitoRobles ,

I'm literally explaining to you the challenges I've had.

In many schools, I brought libre office and ubuntu into the classroom. I taught a whole generation of kids about open source.

Rather than recognizing that maybe there's something off here, you shrug and say nobody really cares.

You're part of the problem.

VitoRobles ,

Will somebody please think of the pedophiles?!

VitoRobles ,

FDA will cave. In a war between the current administration and Big Pharma, the latter has too much money.

I do hope I'm wrong though, and they kneecap Big Pharma, which leads to way cheaper meds in general.

VitoRobles ,

So many indie games and open-source projects (ironic right?) use Discord.

It's ridiculous.

VitoRobles ,

Damn, no Jitsi or Mattermost talk? Instead people are bringing up non-battle tested projects?

VitoRobles , (edited )

I had to stop being friends with a guy because he doesn't trust in a lot of news.

But he would constantly go, "Asmongold said..."

VitoRobles ,

Damn typo strikes again! Fixed.

"But he..."

VitoRobles ,

Shame if international agents swarmed America to capture all these pedo billionaires.

VitoRobles ,

Just gotta keep making the world as hostile as possible to teenagers.

Because the school to prison pipeline can only do so much

VitoRobles ,

Back in my day, I had an internet butler do that for me.

VitoRobles ,

I hate the bing-yahoo search engine. On DDG, searching for news is absolute garbage.

Ask it to check latest news like "Donald Trump really make AI videos of Obama as Gorilla" and the News Search found 1 news article and 20 posts from a five years ago. But on Google News, it's like 50 articles.

VitoRobles ,

Not here to downvote. But I will say there is some good changes as of the past five years.

From a personal perspective: there's a lot of GOOD open-source software that has great user experiences. VLC. Bitwarden. OBS. Joplin. Jitsi.

Even WordPress (the new Blocks editor not the ugly classic stuff) in the past decade has a lot of thought and design for end users.

For all the GIMP/Libre office software that just has backwards ass choices for UX, or those random terminal apps that require understanding the command line -- they seem to be the ones everyone complains about and imprinted as "the face of open-source". Which is a shame.

There's so much good open-source projects that really do focus on the casual non technical end user.

VitoRobles ,

You're not kidding. It's pretty difficult to not buy them.

It's a $250 smart TV vs a $2000 non-infested TV.

VitoRobles ,

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VitoRobles ,

Is this like a poorly worded "Yo mama" joke?

Because gigantism fetish is real and oh momma crush me

VitoRobles ,

I want this to work. NYC is massive and has a lot of money. But it only works with a strong arm, because individual greedy fucks always ruin things. Like if a distributor wants to monopolize specific products and forces NYC to pay higher than average prices. Or some shitty politician wants bribes to get the expensive product over the cheaper alternative.

Costco does show that it works.

They have such an efficient system to transport goods from their warehouses to customers, and can enforce pricing on the goods they buy at scale. Everyone has to play by Costco's rules, and consumers get a lot of savings (and appreciation) of the brand.

VitoRobles ,

Trump: Anyways look at this AI video of Barack and Michelle as gorillas!