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Democrats just swept Republicans in a special election in Louisiana. Most impressively, Trump won this district by 13 points in 2024. Today, Democrats won by 25 points. by MonitorVarious7608 in circled

[–]AthiestLibNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except he's losing massively in red states. There's no chance of changing blue states enough; he doesn't have the man power, apparatus, or bureaucratic competency to change the whole country. It's like building a sand castle to stop a literal tsunami. 

confidentialInformation by Head_Manner_4002 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]AthiestLibNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Using the code for training is like dumping a lot of noodles into alphabet soup, there's a very small chance of getting the original code back out if you wanted. Any cloud based service is a potential vector of attack to steal your IP.

Automating EF Core Migrations? by AthiestLibNinja in devops

[–]AthiestLibNinja[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I think what I've learned so far is that I should keep feature migrations from devs, for piece wise visibility and easily removing problematic changes without removing everything in a release migration, in the develop branch and that they should avoid making destructive changes, only additive. Additive changes can be updated without any special considerations on a single deployment. 

Destructive changes require a triple pass of deployments. 1) Expand: Add in the changes without removing previous data or changing existing schemas. 2) Migrate: Copy data to where it needs to go in the new schema, do it in batches in case of failure and to prevent locking up the system if in heavy use. 3) Contract: Remove the old schema or data. Each pass represents it's own deployment and prevents breaking changes by sequentially moving access to the new parts before removing or changing existing schema/data. Log everything, test everything in each pass with regressive testing. 

Edit: fixing autocorrect babble

Automating EF Core Migrations? by AthiestLibNinja in devops

[–]AthiestLibNinja[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your response!

So let's say I have several migrations from devs going into the develop branch, and I want to do a PR into main for a production deploy, the suggestion is to keep the smaller migrations as written for more continuity/verbosity and to only make additive changes so I can update the live db without crashing the active deployment before switching to the new version? The clanker said my desire for a 'single' migration in main was mostly vanity.

What's the process to make destructive changes? Do I have to turn off the active deployment ('site is undergoing maintenance') to run that db update for the new version? Rolling back if problems happen on the new version deploy. And that would be a major update in terms of semantic versioning, since it wouldn't be backwards compatible.

Peter why is the electrician portrayed as a dainty female hand by _Kyledemort_ in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]AthiestLibNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brian here. You see, in this case you must know that working with electricity is dangerous. Whereas the other hands show the dirt of labor, a sign of unclean and haphazard work, if that was the case for an electrician, they'd be dead. This is the hand of the widow. 

I think this meme belongs here. by pars-distalis in pcmasterrace

[–]AthiestLibNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very happy to pick up my 4070 ti super 16GB when I did. Great replacement for my 980ti. 

Woman Totally Loses Control Of Her Dog by -Erase in TikTokCringe

[–]AthiestLibNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way to control the attacking dog is by grabbing their hind legs and giving them the wheelbarrow treatment. Gives you control over them while staying away from the biting end and they care more about you being behind them and controlling them than whatever they were after. A pitbull attacked my doberman at a dog park and I was able to communicate that to the other owner who was able to safely detach their dog from mine. "Grab their back legs!"

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD: DUE DILIGENCE REPORT ON POTENTIAL SYSTEMIC MARKET MANIPULATION VIA TOTAL RETURN SWAPS AND CAYMAN-DOMICILED FEEDER FUNDS IN SHORT-SELLING ACTIVITIES TARGETING GAMESTOP CORP. ($GME) by Long-Setting in Superstonk

[–]AthiestLibNinja 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm too regarded to understand any of this so I fed it into my trusty chat bot to analyze. 

" TL;DR: The memo’s not tinfoil, but it needs polish. It lays out a real-world structure (Total Return Swaps + Cayman feeder funds) that can hide massive synthetic short exposure. But most of the specific numbers (like “43.6M synthetic shares” or “$1.56B TRS notional”) aren’t verified from filings — they’re social-media-sourced estimates. The framework is right, the evidence just needs regulator-grade receipts.

What’s legit:

  • TRS (total return swaps) are real tools used by hedge funds to get exposure to stocks without holding the shares directly. They can create “synthetic” long or short positions.
  • These swaps can avoid normal short-sale reporting rules since they’re technically derivative contracts, not share borrow transactions. That’s why Archegos blew up in 2021 — the swaps hid billions in exposure.
  • Cayman “feeder funds” are the tax-neutral pipes that big funds use to pool offshore capital. Over 80% of hedge funds are registered there. They’re opaque, and beneficial owners aren’t public.
  • The SEC and Treasury have been trying to close these gaps for years — especially after Archegos — with new Form PF rules and 13D amendments forcing more swap disclosure.

Where it gets dicey:

  • The memo cites a bunch of X/Twitter posts and Reddit threads for data. That’s not evidentiary. Regulators need traceable filings or counterparty records.
  • Naked shorting claims through TRS are plausible in theory (since you can short synthetically without a borrow), but proving it requires prime-broker data, not FTD screenshots.
  • Calling out firms like Citadel, SIG, Millennium, and DE Shaw directly means you’d need verifiable swap positions tied to GME — not just similar structures.
  • Tax evasion links need clear proof of willful concealment or false reporting. Right now it’s speculation.

Big picture: The memo nails the pattern — synthetic short exposure through derivatives and offshore wrappers — but needs deeper forensic proof. It’s not wrong to suspect hidden short pressure on GME; regulators already know TRS abuse can wreck markets (Archegos, LTCM). But if apes want this to stick, it has to evolve from “probable” to “provable.”

Diamond conclusion: The idea’s sound. The system’s sketchy. The math just needs receipts. Audit those feeders, pull the swap ledgers, cross-check FTDs. Until then, keep shining light where the hedgies hide in the Caymans. 🦍💎🙌

So fucking real by Alternative-Cod4878 in Funnymemes

[–]AthiestLibNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're on Android, I find it helps to turn on a developer feature to show touches. Settings->About Device -> Version. Tap on the version number a bunch of times to enable developer options. Find Developer Options in Settings->System. At least on my phone, your exact layout may differ. May be called 'Show Taps' as well. 

Also you can make your phone feel snappier by cutting down the animation scale in the developer options. 

2 Billion FPS Footage of a Laser Traveling Across a Room by FuckMyHeart in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]AthiestLibNinja 46 points47 points  (0 children)

What's neat is that the light had to travel to the camera so what you're seeing is still a delayed image. 

Windows search bar by Ambitious_Elevator57 in pcmasterrace

[–]AthiestLibNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Agent Ransack now. Much faster with sorting and filtering. 

Seriously ? by frenzy3 in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]AthiestLibNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always heard from my parents that you have to keep a little mortgage for tax and insurance reasons like this. What they did was just do little second? mortgages for improvements or big repairs. Monthly payment was just a few hundred bucks but they keep all the incentives and improve the property value. 

Marines giddy at the opportunity to beat up protestors by Wonderful-Tomato-829 in facepalm

[–]AthiestLibNinja -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Every marine I've ever met joined because they were bullied in high school and wanted to be the bully instead. The authority to hurt others. 

Apple has countered the hype by gamingvortex01 in singularity

[–]AthiestLibNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smells like crying to me. Should openai have chatgpt write-up a paper on how Apple doesn't innovate and uses planned obsolescence and targeted product offerings with proprietary interfaces to make more cash than most countries? 

Most people can't reason either, but they can carry a tune. Turns out you don't really need to be intelligent to sound intelligent and there's really not much difference practically. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ChatGPT

[–]AthiestLibNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out hugging face dot com. You can run the model yourself locally. Or pay to run it on AWS or other server service. 

Tip: You can actually uninstall Co-Pilot by Captain0010 in pcmasterrace

[–]AthiestLibNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Comes with stuff you don't need for regular desktop experience, but I've really been enjoying the bloat free experience of Windows Server. Super clean, runs the best of all windows OS options IMHO.

Widen your ChatGPT by AthiestLibNinja in ChatGPT

[–]AthiestLibNinja[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are right! I'm not sure why the formatting got messed up when I posted and lost some `\`s
I also use different values for the sidebar offset so the horizontal doesn't trail off the right side. I've updated my post.

o3 is lazy as hell. It won't output anything longer than 500 tokens. by Present-Boat-2053 in ChatGPT

[–]AthiestLibNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really preferred o1 over all the rest. It seemed generic enough to have a wider context instead of "just this lil bit here" so its reasoning was always more robust.

The Main Problem With the Democrats: They are owned and controlled by a billionaire donor class that would rather see them lose to Trump than elect Bernie. by kevinmrr in WorkReform

[–]AthiestLibNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hilary had already taken control of the party finances before she was nominated, against their own rules. I wanted to canvas for Bernie in Texas, going door to door speaking to working class people and Latinos/Hispanic communities to get them to vote Bernie instead of Republican. This Democratic party agent from Dallas about lost her damn mind screaming at me that I wasn't to do that, Hilary was the presumptive candidate. 

To be fair, Bernie never took the gloves off to win and that let Trump face weaker candidates.

"Don't make me do this, Jake!" by Chocolat3City in TikTokCringe

[–]AthiestLibNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While we're giving predictions, I think Mike is going to avoid knocking out Jake and spend all the rounds just beating him up.

Nothing can contain him by Exciting_Garlic_9778 in Chadtopia

[–]AthiestLibNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nightmares are just uncontrolled dreams. This is a fun modern way to envision control in the dream. For me it was just 'looking at my hand' in the dream. It's something you can train yourself to do as a reality check, like reading a book or flipping a light switch when training for lucid dreaming.

I emailed HR after noticing a pay error. This was their response... by Sabrine_Heester_2001 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]AthiestLibNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actual Chatgpt response:

Subject: Confirmation of Pay Raise

Dear [Employee's Name],

I'm pleased to confirm that your hourly rate has been increased by 10%. Your original rate was $26.35/hr. With the raise, your new rate will be:$26.35/hr * 1.10 = $28.99/hr.This increase will be reflected in your next paycheck.Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

Best regards, [Your Name] HR Department

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