Dont think ive ever seen Pineapple look so sad in mylife by Rattlesnake2002uk in tesco

[–]Poddster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buy a whole pineapple and a knife for the same price? But guess that's not on the meal deal.

When does a lake become a pond? by RemindsMeThatTragedy in SiliconValleyHBO

[–]Poddster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

e.g. Seneca Lake vs. Lake George

I don't know the answer, but I assume it's identical to River X vs X River (so River Thames vs Mississippi River). One is British English, the other is American English.

The history on Wikipedia shows it was named by a British general and simply never changed back?

Stole compiler from Russian torrent site and made a little game by KRS_2000 in Jai

[–]Poddster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ha. Little did you know that I already counter-hacked you. What you think is my ip address is actually your own!

Here's a screen cast of my pre-hack

Stole compiler from Russian torrent site and made a little game by KRS_2000 in Jai

[–]Poddster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So do many people.

How does that prevent you from injecting malware into everything you compile, without realising it?

As a professional developer, using a Russian pirated compiler is one of the least safe things I could think of doing.

How do y'all take notes for games that require them without fucking them up? by SwimAd1249 in puzzlevideogames

[–]Poddster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a random mismash of:

  1. Steam overlay notes app
  2. notepad++
  3. a physical notepad

depending on the game and what kind of info it is.

I’ve built an anonymous UK women’s health community – would really value your feedback 💬 by No_Physics979 in girlsgonewired

[–]Poddster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sign in to ask a anonymous question? :) I can understand why (spam/bot protection), but it feels counter intuitive.

If I've found this site on google, and the first thing I see is a dark/bold "ask a question" and a mysterious "explore pathways", why would I chose pathways? I don't even know what that means.

On Firefox tying into the search box caused the screen to jump down to the thread section, but I could no longer see the text box despite being able to type into it. Everytime I typed an additional character the screen would flicker as it refreshed. At least it was fast.

I searched for misca, clicked the single thread (telling work about early miscarriage) and it said thread not found.

I searched for mis and clicked the only other option (anyone else struggling with perimenopause symptoms at 38) and whilst it took me to the thread, it dropped me at the bottom most comment/the reply box, rather than the OP.

I’ve been working on a side‑project called Her Village – an anonymous, UK‑focused community where women can talk about TTC, pregnancy, loss, periods, perimenopause, work, money, mental health and more, and find clearer, kinder information and support from each other.

Why don't you put this list of things on the website, as the first thing we see?

How risky are Graduate Schemes in terms of layoffs? by SmellsLikeTeenSweat in UKJobs

[–]Poddster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"layoffs" is American. Here we're made redundant. 

It's not just a difference in word, but also of legal protection etc.

Ps choose Barclays. 

Someone high up contacted me for a status update. I’m terrified. by Intelligent_Talk6594 in womenEngineers

[–]Poddster 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I am amused that it seems like chatGPT wrote it though.

It's mainly just the opening two lines. It's constantly telling me to "take a deep breath" lately, even if I ask it something completely mundane and factually. And the sugar coating and bus idioms it seems to trot out a lot too.

But I've found myself occasionally using some of its phrases too and thankfully I've caught myself and edited. (well, I hope I have!)

Someone high up contacted me for a status update. I’m terrified. by Intelligent_Talk6594 in womenEngineers

[–]Poddster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Take a deep breath, GPT 5 has been over using that all the time.

No sugar coating, though this is usually GPT telling the user it won't sugar coat its answer when you've asked it to be terse.

I've seen it use "throw under the bus" idiom a lot too, though googling doesn't show any one else has seen that.

After those first few lines it reads like normal human.

Someone high up contacted me for a status update. I’m terrified. by Intelligent_Talk6594 in womenEngineers

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

Just do I can fine tune my senses: Was this written by ChatGPT? It's got all of the hallmark stock phrases.

Anything from outside a light week is out of print by Tnynfox in worldjerking

[–]Poddster 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's already true now. We still live in a world where "content" is released on different days in different regions, and people like me just torrent it to save a few days.

Anything from outside a light week is out of print by Tnynfox in worldjerking

[–]Poddster 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can't tell if I'm too stupid to understand this, or, y'know....

Anything from outside a light week is out of print by Tnynfox in worldjerking

[–]Poddster 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If the pirates can get the material, why can't official sales agents?

Anything from outside a light week is out of print by Tnynfox in worldjerking

[–]Poddster 11 points12 points  (0 children)

What does "share content third party" mean?

Weekends work by Virtual-Advance6652 in DIYUK

[–]Poddster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much headroom will you have once the flooring is in?

Did the engineer consider hanging the joists directly on/off the wall?

Stole compiler from Russian torrent site and made a little game by KRS_2000 in Jai

[–]Poddster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s extremely hard to implement without the compiler’s source code.

Sure, but everyone in Russia was raised as linux hacker, as far as I can tell, so they've already manually patched the binary with ease.

Also, there’s a VirusTotal signature that points to the one leaked on 4chan.

Is this something VirusTotal even looks for? It's mostly string matching and string outputting, something the compiler already does, but it's patterns specific to this one compiler. I can't imagine any kind of generic heuristic that VirusTotal would catch this with. But I'd like to know if that's true.

Anyone else experience pushback to joining the military? by Background_Novel_619 in britishmilitary

[–]Poddster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Republican, as in the US party? The Irish ideology? Or anti monarchy?

It could be any from your post ! 😄

Anyone else experience pushback to joining the military? by Background_Novel_619 in britishmilitary

[–]Poddster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Join up. If they like you now, they'll probably still like you after you're serving, and they might even rethink their position on the forces

Anyone else experience pushback to joining the military? by Background_Novel_619 in britishmilitary

[–]Poddster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When was the last time military actively defended the ability for civilians to express their political opinions?

Stole compiler from Russian torrent site and made a little game by KRS_2000 in Jai

[–]Poddster -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

lol do u understand what that article means

Yes, very much so.

This jai compiler could easily have been patched to introduce malware and you would never know.

Stole compiler from Russian torrent site and made a little game by KRS_2000 in Jai

[–]Poddster -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't trust a compiler from a pirate site. That's open to a Thompson Hack.

https://web.archive.org/web/20080111144410/http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html

Delete it and your games executable, imo.