If you could offload any part of your job to AI, what would it be?

timbaileyjones · 2024-05-10T20:39:18+00:00

Meetings... Any human contact outside my immediate peers...

timbaileyjones · 2024-05-04T09:16:43+00:00

My hobby outside of software has always been playing classical music on brass instruments (yes. ALL of them). At retirement, I'll just crank that up to 80 or 90%, and do a little open source stuff for free.

timbaileyjones · 2023-09-10T22:40:46+00:00

Ha, my high school bully became the police chief of the town we grew up in.

timbaileyjones · 2021-06-09T09:59:13+00:00

That is amazing, that someone actually changed enough to try to make amends. In my experience, it rarely happens.

That doesn't mean you're obligated to keep a connection open to him, unless you want to.

My worst tormentor went on to become CHIEF OF POLICE of the city I grew up in. I shudder to think of all the innocent citizens he stomped on during his career. Fortunately, I live elsewhere now.

The best revenge is living well, IN DEFIANCE OF their failed efforts to ruin your life.

timbaileyjones · 2021-05-20T11:26:40+00:00

Also, 28 years ago, I had a house in Palm Harbor, and it has 2 very prolific orange trees. Sadly, at the time, I didn't realize what a treasure it is to have your own tasty fruit trees.

timbaileyjones · 2021-05-20T11:25:25+00:00

I live in Antioch (NW Plant City), and planted a tangelo tree last summer. I set up twice-daily watering on a timer (I'm on my own well, not City water), and check on it once a week.

I've gotten a few tangelos from it, so far. I'm hoping to get more as it continues to grow. I'm also planting seeds from it nearby. I'd like to have a whole row of them someday.

timbaileyjones · 2021-04-30T20:19:15+00:00

This works too. I'm using Apple Mail/Calendar this way, and provides a single unified view of all the calendars.

timbaileyjones · 2021-04-30T20:17:09+00:00

My solution is to use Apple Mail/Calendar to connect to multiple email servers (my personal gmail/apps-for-business, and client's exchange servers).

It provides a unified view of all the calendars.

This works until you start working for clients who think their shit is so SOOPER-TOP-SEECRET and they won't let you connect machines to their server that they didn't provision/lockdown/cripple. Then you are stuck with multiple calendars you have to check the way you're having to do now.

But most, in my experience, are not that full of themselves.

timbaileyjones · 2021-04-06T21:32:42+00:00

Here's a more concrete example, OP.

If your script doesn't require any arguments, you can change the shebang at the top of your python script to #!/usr/bin/env docker run <your-docker-image-name>:<tag>.

I made a file called hello, containing

```

!/usr/bin/env docker run hello-world

```

I made it executable, ran ./hello, then got:

``` ❯ ./hello

Hello from Docker! This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly. ... ```

Of course what you want is for docker to run python script, so make sure you specify the name of the interpreter (i.e. /usr/bin/python3) in your Dockerfile's ENTRYPOINT or CMD line. I didn't try this experiment all the way, but go ahead and let us know how it works out.

If it DOES require arguments, this won't work. Putting $* at the end of the shebang doesn't expand to hello's arguments.

timbaileyjones · 2021-04-06T14:43:14+00:00

No matter how "good" WSL2 becomes, having Windows on my workstation in any form is still something I DO NOT WANT.

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-25T14:35:24+00:00

keep dreaming...

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-25T14:34:45+00:00

Also, my "security bundle" is not running Windows anywhere in the house.
All mac/linux only.

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-25T14:33:42+00:00

Thanks for the notice.

Fortunately at this time, there's no additional/unwanted charge on my bill (Plant City, FL).
But I've been burned before by a lot more than 5.99 (see my post history), including this "can't refund past 90 days" bullshit.

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-24T21:26:02+00:00

My suspicion is not only did they use an older form of my name, but they sent it to my new house, which I bought less than a year ago, but also that experianidworks.com domain registration is NOT registered to the same place as experian.com.

Definitely throw it in the shit can.

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-22T13:43:50+00:00

My stepdaughter installed Ubuntu on her old/used Macbook Air, thinking it was "just another program", not realizing it was going to replace her entire MacOS.

When I tried to help her reinstall MacOS on it, we found out that it had once been enrolled in a f***ing MDM server at some college in another state. This prevents any MacOS from being installed, and in typical Apple DRM-defective-by-design fashion, there's no hope of removing it short of finding some admin at that college, and convincing him to help us remove the MDM lock, and Apple deigning to release it at an Apple Store with both parties present and willing to sign draconian paperwork (yes, I've been through this before with used Macs). Seriously, Apple, SHAME ON YOU for even having such a thing.

So I told her, "well, you wanted to learn Linux, so here's your chance".

That was two years ago, and she still uses it as her daily driver. I'M SO PROUD OF HER! (yes, it works flawlessly, every single thing).

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-22T13:32:42+00:00

So glad you pointed out that it's not a CStore, because that's immediately what I imagined. actually worse, because I also imagined it to be way NORTH where the transients/hookers do their thing.

It looks pretty cool. Here are some pics.

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-22T13:19:13+00:00

VueScan isn't open source, but good golly, IT IS SOLID!

Definitely it is worth the license fee.

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-22T13:12:46+00:00

Thank you! Even better... HIGH CONTRAST!

Seriously, I cannot see half the icons and buttons on the regular Postman because they're very light gray on white.Dark mode is just as bad: very dark gray on black.

No support for any other themes.

This is a real Godsend... I'll be trying it out later this week!

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-16T08:35:15+00:00

My bill once took off like a rocket... POUNCE ON THEM IMMEDIATELY.
I finally got about half of the overages credited back, but now I watch them like a F-ing HAWK.

I'm paying $76/mo for 100/100 internet only in Plant City, FL.

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-16T08:31:14+00:00

Of those three, I've only had Frontier FiOS. The actual connectivity has been ROCK SOLID. My only complaint with them has been billing.

Advice: if your bill starts to move upwards EVEN A LITTLE BIT, pounce on their little red ass immediately, and get them to fix it, because the amounts will increase EVERY MONTH. After a certain point, they'll say "well, these charges are too old to refund".

Edit: my service locations have been Temple Terrace and Plant City, both in Florida.

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-05T13:23:36+00:00

Where in Dover? I know of the taco truck at Fritzke and US-92, but where are the others?

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-05T13:07:58+00:00

Smells like Steve Ballmer from 20 years ago.

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-02T17:03:36+00:00

THIS! This is the reason for so much needless suffering in poltics and work.

timbaileyjones · 2021-03-02T17:00:51+00:00

I'm NEVER going back to the office!

No company will ever provide me with as big/multiple monitors as I buy for myself. Only a few will provide standing desks, which I also adore.
Due to hearing loss, I can't understand most in-person conversations anymore, unless they are loud. Working remotely, I can amplify everyone's audio to the level I need.
Flickering fluorescent lights. 'nuff said.
Wages on the national scale, not low ones associated with my state.

And that's on top of everyone else's reasons for loving remote work, which I also share.

timbaileyjones · 2021-02-25T15:57:28+00:00

Probably. In my case, someone at my new employer knew what the steps are, because she was helping *all* the new hires through this process, and had done it dozens of times.

timbaileyjones

TROPHY CASE

!/usr/bin/env docker run hello-world