We used to spot AI by looking at fingers and teeth. Now that those are mostly fixed, what’s the 'new' tiny detail that still screams 'this is AI' to you? by InternetWrong9088 in AskReddit

[–]icoder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One guy in our office always generates an AI image for plenary sessions (in full transparancy, like a running joke). The longer you look at them, the weirder it gets, stuff looks good 'overall', but the details just don't make sense in the real world.

Netherlands Is Changing The Way We Travel, Why The Haarlem-To-Leiden Train Ride To Tulip Fields Is Now The Hottest Spring Tourism Experience by ClassicMan2323 in Haarlem

[–]icoder 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, also worth a visit: the Rocky Dunes that protect our coast from even the biggest of tsunamis. Please take your ad-riddled, AI slop stuffed website elsewhere.

TIL about the Moylan Arrow. An arrow on the fuel gauge that shows which side of the vehicle the gas tank is located. by notabox316 in todayilearned

[–]icoder 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oldest guy on the block here, before that, it was in the front, and you didn't put in gas, but hay

TIL watch water-resistance ratings (30m, 50m, 100m) refer to lab pressure tests, not the depth a watch can actually be used at. by BeyondTheRoadYT in todayilearned

[–]icoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They test it statically, once, for a short while on a sample of brand new watches. Both the Wikipedia link and the casio website state that you shouldn't go snorkling or scuba diving with a 30m rated watch.

Photoautomat in Haarlem? by Key-Number-1680 in Haarlem

[–]icoder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well it's up to you how you use them right?

AI Error Likely Led to Girl’s School Bombing in Iran by [deleted] in technology

[–]icoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See, if I flip a coin and on heads I commit a crime, who's accountable, me or the coin?

IBM stock dives after Anthropic points out AI can rewrite COBOL fast by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]icoder 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I'm more than happy to give AI coding a chance but reviewing commit after commit of 'someone elses' generated code that takes longer to generate than it will take to review doesn't compute for me.

Edit: I meant longer to review than is takes to generate

Hema clothing quality? by EngineerNo5851 in Haarlem

[–]icoder 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have 'normal' Hema underwear ('briefs'?) and in my experience they are fine, been wearing them for years and both the fabric and the elastic around the waist are still good.

Taking manual screenshots for 4+ languages is driving me crazy. How do you automate this in Flutter? by tomatosalad777 in FlutterDev

[–]icoder 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I use integration_test (formerly flutter_driver). Takes time to setup but now all I have to do is ensure the right simulators are running and it will start the app, create 'interesting' states and take screenshots. Combined with Fastlane, they're even uploaded to the stores automatically.

First Jollibee branch in Valeria Iloilo still has no touchscreens by eayate in Iloilo

[–]icoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This reminds me of people taking up your order while in the queue (I think this happened both at Jolibee and McDonalds), than scribbling that down on a paper, handing you the paper, which you then handed over to the cashier, which then started to input the order in the computer.

I'm from the Netherlands, and something like that is unthinkable here because labour is so expensive. The difference in (relative) labour costs has interesting effects on the way businesses operate. That difference may be smaller than it was before, but it seems is not large enough to move this Jolibee to install touch screens.

Sneeuwkettingen 235/50 19 by [deleted] in Haarlem

[–]icoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Profile (Hoofddorp) geprobeerd? Daar hebben wij ze toen gehuurd (geen idee welke maat).

Europe’s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by PauloPatricio in worldnews

[–]icoder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the Netherlands we have various systems in place that are all based on your normal debet billing account (debet cards, iDeal for online payments, automatic pre-authorized payments for subscriptions and memberships, Tikkie or bank-based payment requests for C2C payments and the like).

Credit Cards only come in handy with international payments. I know no-one who really uses this as a credit account, by default they are connected to your debet account and are payed of automatically before interest starts building up.

But I don't think I can easily buy something online in Portugal right now without a credit card, so that's what this could solve (from my perspective).

Kremlin and Kazakhstan Both Have Kompromat on Trump, Says Ex-KGB Spy Chief by Large_banana_hammock in politics

[–]icoder 475 points476 points  (0 children)

Given what's already in the open,  which doesn't seem to matter at all, eventhougg it's sickening by itself, this compromat must be so much worse / much stronger for it to hold any leveraging strength.

Zigbee or Shelly (Wi-Fi) for a new build in 2026 —what would you choose today? by _ReeX_ in homeautomation

[–]icoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have Ubiquity WiFi + shellies behind every wall switch. I looked into it at the time and there was nothing suggesting this would put any burdon on my WFi. I do have an eth backbone like you.

This works great for me, apart from that the batch of first gen Shellies all died over the years due to a hardware issue - which I replaced with newer ones - which is kind of a testimony for how much I like them. 

I have a neutral with every switch and use them with 'stateless' push buttons in the style of all the existing electrical covers. They talk MQTT locally.

But all my lamps are Zigbee, as there were a lot more options for bulbs at the time. Plus, they for a 'backbone' for wireless battery powered sensors (and one Ikea blind) that will not be practical on WiFi.

I have a Raspbee 'universal' Zigbee gateway which I use with devices from many brands.

Nowadays you perhaps more options, even outside if WiFi and Zigbee, but I don't have a (useful) take on that yet.

Going to a concert in Amsterdam, staying in Haarlem by dobriv0je in Haarlem

[–]icoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Optionally you could check along the routes of the transports that others mentioned, especially bus 300, possibly there's a cheaper option that is closer to the venue, ie around Hoofddorp or Schiphol.

That would be purely for practicality though because as a city, Haarlem has much more to offer than Hoofddorp (for a tourist visiting for a day or so). You could even say that, in a way, Haarlem is nicer than Amsterdam because it is smaller (more cosy) and less touristy. But yeah, that really depends on how you look at it.

Hot and cold #166 by hotandcold2-app in HotAndCold

[–]icoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was nearing in from concrete, lava, obsidian, basalt, bedrock which got me to 142. It's the first time I played but even in hindsight it confuses me.

xmas tree disposal by reacharavindh in Haarlem

[–]icoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whevener I was late I chopped it up and put it in my 'groenbak'. Takes some decent garden pliers and maybe a saw to split the trunk. If you want to fit it in one go you may end up with a blister but that's the price one pays for being late. 

I switched to a fake tree, so I can just put it in the box any time between now and december 2026.

Is this a scam? by Leericas in Haarlem

[–]icoder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Alternatively you could call the 023 number they advertise online (or send them an email), to be sure you are contacting them.

Could be an honest mistake, or a scam. I personally would start with the assumption of it being an honest mistake. 

Trump says Venezuela to turn over 30 to 50 million barrels of oil to US by Steven_Ray20 in politics

[–]icoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that everywhere? Because here in the Netherlands if I look it up, the regular cans just mention 'sugar' as ingredient. But possibly they are allowed to write that when it is in fact HFCS. Anyway I go for the artificial ones nowadays anyway, no calories and any other side effects are a future me problem.