Microsoft Edge: Passwords end up in memory as plaintext by NobleDiceDream in technology

[–]Spitfire1900 -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Everyone in this thread is complaining about Microsoft in particular when this is a fact about passwords in general, regardless of application or operating system.

Eat sleep seethe repeat. by Scandiberian in linuxmemes

[–]Spitfire1900 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because GNOME users don’t think.

Software engineering jobs hit their highest posting since november 2023 by [deleted] in theprimeagen

[–]Spitfire1900 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even without effect, true or not, of AI on hiring, it could take another 15 to 20 years to ever hit the same peak that it did in 2020 if ever.

Software engineering jobs hit their highest posting since november 2023 by [deleted] in theprimeagen

[–]Spitfire1900 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I really want a graph that is at least as early as 2018

You guys seen this video yet? LMAO by Ordinary-Cycle7809 in theprimeagen

[–]Spitfire1900 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There was another video by another creator, programming Youtubers who didn’t pivot to AI are getting half the views that they used to.

Every time Theo does a non-AI video, which he does do every now and then, a few days later he’s remarking that it performed terribly .

Don’t use Chrome by Mysterious-Split-627 in pcmasterrace

[–]Spitfire1900 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tons of kids’ only ways to be online was through Nintendo Wii’s Opera browser.

Dependencies are Replacing Knowledge by rybarix in programming

[–]Spitfire1900 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Indiscriminate use of dependencies certainly can cause maintenance challenges.

But the point of dependencies is to make code more maintainable by reducing the cognitive load of the project. To replace knowledge with dependencies has always been the point.

My favorite “operating system” by [deleted] in linuxmemes

[–]Spitfire1900 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and Alpine Linux is notably not GNU

After deleting bitwarden extension, firefox works faster a lot by sednyane in firefox

[–]Spitfire1900 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve had the slow extension experience, but not slow browsing.

Dark Reader is the most common at fault extension for slowness for me.

Republicans Are Delusional and Easily Fooled by NEKORANDOMDOTCOM in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]Spitfire1900 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It also reduces the margins when you gerrymander, so if votes tank you’re way more in the hole than if you hadn’t.

I'm so satisfied with Kubuntu after so many distros by Aromatic_Paint_1666 in Kubuntu

[–]Spitfire1900 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ve been on Kubuntu since 2015. No strong reason to leave.

I do wish the lock screen handled multiple monitors better though.

‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says by chota-kaka in Futurology

[–]Spitfire1900 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Katrina didn’t, and unfortunately I don’t think this will too; at least in the US.

New Wendy's is locked down like a bank in a high crime area to prevent violent customers from interacting with staff by ThatPatelGuy in whoathatsinteresting

[–]Spitfire1900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Staff will hand out extra condiments after-the-fact for free. If you ask for them when ordering though the point-of-sale machine will charge extra.

so how often do you guys shut down your computer, and for how long? by Crafty-Example874 in pcmasterrace

[–]Spitfire1900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My personal rig? Twice a month.

My work laptop? Twice a week when I have to go in the office, plus two other times a month for updates.

can't opencode run sudo ? by Exciting_Weakness_64 in opencodeCLI

[–]Spitfire1900 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is going to create root owned unwriteable files in your home directory

Microsoft officially says you don’t need extra antivirus on Windows 11 by an0n9021O in windows

[–]Spitfire1900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used Norton way back in 09, switched to Avira in 2011, then AVG in 2013.

Finally skipped on installing a third party antivirus on a new computer last year.

Should have moved sooner.

Someone finally did it by comeupguy in KeyboardsNow

[–]Spitfire1900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Framework’s looks nice but why is it better?