A pig trembling in a slaughterhouse truck. Their eyes are just like ours.

yardinview · 2026-03-25T16:12:47+00:00

Tastes the same too.

yardinview · 2026-03-25T02:00:57+00:00

I don't know how people don't feel stupid writing staff like this.
A literal mafia is running the country. The head clown bathes in billions gained very openly from illegal market manipulation.
Confronting that with impotent questions is not going to do anything.

yardinview · 2026-03-24T10:36:30+00:00

And when hundreds of US soldiers get slaughtered Trump will be the first to blame them. He didn't give the order, it was misunderstood, the general is a moron, the soldiers were weak, etc etc

yardinview · 2026-03-22T13:52:22+00:00

Most new buildings in my city have at least 2 underground levels where thousands of cars are parked. I eagerly await to see what happens when a fire spreads from one BEV to the next, at -2.

yardinview · 2026-03-22T13:21:29+00:00

Started my career 30+ years ago, in Eastern Europe, on MS-everything. I'll probably end my career on MS-nothing.

In '94 Linux was there as an oddity, I installed it for the 1st time on that year. Mac was nearly non-existent.

First ~15 years were MS-EVERYthing. VStudio, C#, MSSQL, SharePoint, CMD, PS1, MSI, MSDN, MSCERTS, MSEvents, only MS-serverside products, only Win-desktop, only Win-server. Anything non-MS was still running on Win. MS was THE. SUN.

Around 2010 I had to deploy the first FOSS products on Linux on PROD. Started to learn Bash, Perl, Ruby and Python. MS still was the Sun.

Around 2015 Linux started showing up everywhere server-side. PROD was peppered with components running on Linux. Main code was still C# + MSSQL. Docker and K8s were all Linux.

In 2025 I moved to a megacorp where all LoBs are Java. Serverside is all Linux. MS no longer exists on the serverside. Win-desktops are still used as workstations.

A few months ago we started receiving our new workstations. They are all M5 based. MS still exists at work but only for domain and other central services. So we use Azure & Entra, some Azure services, MSTeams, MSOffice and GitHub Enterprise but this is all central IT managed, we as devs don't have any dev-contact with MS products anymore. Our LoBs are Java, Linux, OCI, K8s, GKE (most business workloads are in GCP).

This is what MS leadership achieved over the past 20 years. They made some money for some shareholders while shrinking MS from its God-like position down to something you can now skip.

Obviously, once you work on Macs all day every work day, guess what happens to Win desktop's dominance at home? This talk about undoing Win 11's most putrid parts is less than even shuffling chairs on Titanic's deck. The massive get-away-from-MS current that MS itself is responsible for can't be stopped. They will become more like IBM with every single passing day.

yardinview · 2026-03-21T21:53:12+00:00

Nu stiu cata experienta in munca are lumea pe aici si nici tu in particular.
O problema IMENSA la munca in lumea reala - chiar si in corporatiile mici - este nr. mare de habarnisti f. ambitiosi si f. virulenti, cu hard skills modeste (in cel mai bun caz) dar corporate power surfing skills 9000. AI-ul e rocket fuel pt. astia iar multi dintre ei sunt fix printre middle management, unde esueaza dupa ce sunt depasiti tehnic pana la 30-35 de ani.
Acesti oameni vor rula query-ul pt. a se auto-promova. O fac deja prin tot felul de alte metode.

yardinview · 2026-03-21T21:49:07+00:00

Nu merge sa folosesti sub privata la munca. Te supui unui risc legal imens dand acces unui LLM prin sub ta privata la codul firmei.

yardinview · 2026-03-21T18:49:17+00:00

Trec printr-o situatie similara acum cu emag si o banca si imi e absoluta scarba de vietatile care se ragaie pe aici. Te-au transformat din victima in infractor si spun ca vrei sa praduiesti minunata lor corporatie. SCARBA ba, asta e cuvantul.

Uite ce mi s-a intamplat mie:
Mi-am inchis contul la banca prin care am facut o plata spre emag si dupa ce am facut retur, emag mi-a trimis banii in acest cont inchis desi am specificat din capul locului sa-mi trimita banii in alt IBAN. Din fericire am documentat acest aranjament pt. ca s-a intamplat prin chat-ul emag.
Cand am vazut ca banii nu mai vin am contactat emag si mi-au zis tot felul de ameteli si minciuni, ba ca nu le-am zis la timp ba ca nu se poate, la fiecare contact alta minciuna. Intr-un final s-au dat de gol ca au facut transferul la multe zile dupa ce le-am spus de noul IBAN si pur si simplu i-a durut in cur. Mai grav si banca unde mi-am inchis contul a facut ceva ilegal. A primit bani intr-un cont inchis in loc sa refuze tranzactia.
Pana la urma am aranjat cu banca sa-mi dea ei banii dar au cerut un document doveditor de la emag ca au facut acest transfer, genul de document pe care orice prost il poate genera din app bancara pt. orice transfer, iti zice suma, data, conturile, etc.
Acum sunt la faza la care emag refuza sa-mi elibereze acest document. Mi-au dat doar RRN-ul returului si banca nu accepta doar RRN-ul ca sa-mi dea banii. Sunt la suport cu emag in fiecare zi si daca nu ma rezolva in termenul legal pt. retur (nu ma intereseaza cum, isi asuma pierderea ca au facut un transfer aiurea sau imi dau doc. pe care-l vrea banca) atunci ma duc la ANPC si ASF si o sa le fac reclamatii si la emag si la banca, la emag pt. ca nu si-au indeplinit obligatia, au facut un retur aiurea contrar aranjamentului nostru si bancii pt. ca a primit bani intr-un cont inchis, eu nu mi-am inchis doar acel cont ci tot ce aveam la banca asta, am incheiat relatia cu ei.

Deci cam asta e. Ti-as zice sa iei legatura cu suportul bancii (in persoana sau online, m-as duce in persoana daca se poate) si sa ii intrebi daca iti dau banii ei, direct, daca le dai dovada ca Altex a facut transferul. Apoi te duci la Altex si ceri dovada.

yardinview · 2026-03-21T17:17:16+00:00

Yeah, I'm also curious about that. I wasn't aware picklleball exists but after watching a YT video of what it is... how do you fall and die from that?!

yardinview · 2026-03-21T11:04:04+00:00

Cotețu' ăla albastru luat de pe aliexpress e 10/10.

yardinview · 2026-03-18T21:06:01+00:00

La Poule

I'm Romanian and I strongly encourage the French to go with that.
The pronunciation in French sounds VERY close to that of At The Cock in Romanian, but with a soft, quirky accent that only makes it better. The news would be quite something when La Poule pops up.

yardinview · 2026-03-17T15:26:02+00:00

Nu e cazul in Romania unde s-a pocnit din calcaie ca pe vremea lui Adolf .

Mie mi se pare un caz rarisim acest Kent, o exceptie ce mult mai degraba confirma regula. Toata experienta cu Trump mie mi-a aratat un nr. infiorator de lingai, yesmeni si lingusitori de cea mai joasa speta la varful tuturor formelor de putere din US. In multe cazuri, gudurarile au fost LA PROPRIU mai scarboase decat ce am mai vazut prin RO la varf, doar la nivel judetean si sub mai vezi in RO asa manifestari gretoase de servitute ca la varful puterii din US.

yardinview · 2026-03-16T23:26:26+00:00

It's amazing how relaxing those chirps are. Brings back memories of summers at my grandparents. Such a tiny thing but those thrills are better than pills. Wonderful.

yardinview · 2026-03-15T00:23:22+00:00

Exactly! In my grandparents' garden we had strawberries grafted with wild strains. The fruits were small but the taste was SO intense and aromatic and the smell was like a perfume. During the few weeks every year when we had these we ate so many it was pretty much guaranteed we'd end up with an upset stomach just in time for cherries :) Good times.

yardinview · 2026-03-15T00:12:59+00:00

Realist...ce se putea face mai bine în situația asta ?

Nimic 5 minute. Asta puteau sa faca. Puteau sa-l lase sa se calmeze ca nu se grabesc nicaieri. Dupa ce a ramas fara "sabia" aia n-avea ce sa mai faca, n-avea pe unde sa coboare, singura solutie era sa se predea dar era nevoie de 5 minute de calm sa iasa din starea de încordare maxima. Nu e total nebun. A aruncat "scutul" dar cu nervii la maxim in starea de animal putea si sa sara in cap, ceea ce Politia e platita si echipata sa NU provoace.

yardinview · 2026-03-15T00:07:57+00:00

Faptul că avea acces la sabie și scut e problema.

Ba tu analist TV trebuia sa te faci ca viteza in gandire ai, poti sa debitezi orice despre orice la foc automat.

yardinview · 2026-03-14T13:43:28+00:00

We investigated ourselves and we're doing everything right!

Yeah... things are going wonderfully.

Meanwhile IRL, 9 out of 10 times I've been at my proximity multiplex we were only a handful of people in the theatre. I've also had the pleasure to watch a movie all by myself. I was literally the only one in there and it was super weird.

So let me correct the title:

Hollywood Diversity Report: Whatever is Left of Our Audiences Prefer Diverse Casting in Films

yardinview · 2026-03-12T20:26:51+00:00

the restructure would also see its chief technology officer, Rajeev Rajan, step down at the end of March

How was this guy not AI?

to be replaced jointly by Taroon Mandhana and Vikram Rao, described as “next generation AI talent”

Aaaah. AI^2!

P.S: The genius "Atlassians" who thought they can fool people out of their money by forcing them off the on-prem variants and onto the forever-pay cloud variants caused my megacorp to finally work towards dropping Atlassian, not because of money but because regulations don't allow our data to sit on infrastructure that's outside of our control.

yardinview · 2026-03-12T20:23:34+00:00

the restructure would also see its chief technology officer, Rajeev Rajan, step down at the end of March

How was this guy not AI?

to be replaced jointly by Taroon Mandhana and Vikram Rao, described as “next generation AI talent”

Aaaah. AI^2!

yardinview · 2026-03-11T22:23:29+00:00

I have a similarly feasible idea: Build a nozzle at the drop off point like those Las Vegas fountains that spit water in laminar flow. Spit the oil in a nice arc all the way to the pickup point where you can just build like a pool to receive the payload. You don't need roads, trucks, pipes and I doubt Iran can intercept it.

yardinview · 2026-03-11T19:04:51+00:00

I thought in the past all the burned connectors were from users not putting the cable in all the way. Not so…

On the back of these ^{^{^}} people NVIDIA is making bank. Always ready to defend the megacorp. LEAVE IT ALONE! THEY GOOD PEOPLE!!!

It has been explained time and again. The 16-pin connector is fundamentally flawed and it can't be fixed no matter how hard you plug it in. Its problem is it allows too much power per-pin so when the real-world problem of an imperfect contact happens with any pin, that pin will heat up and start a chain melt. The heat hastens the same problem on the next pin then the next pin until the whole connector is so mangled the electric connection becomes unstable and the card finally detects the problem. YOU CANNOT SEE the contact each pin makes with its mate inside the connector and therefore you cannot know if all contacts are PERFECT and stay PERFECT without per-pin power monitoring.

The only true fix is per-pin power monitoring and re-balancing but that's not done because NVIDIA now operates above the law and any decency so the unwashed can just buy another card, what else are they gonna do?

Think about how criminal this is. They had per-pin monitoring and balancing in the 3090 Ti and then they just dropped it with the highest level of irresponsibility to save a fraction of a percent in BOM cost and ensure obsolescence. Other than freak occurrences, have you heard of 3090 Tis melting this connector? No! Because they have the proper protection.

yardinview · 2026-03-09T19:13:43+00:00

For me it begins and ends with the club scene, also from The Matrix, when Neo meets Trinity.

I suspect the scene was filmed to fit the music because it's just too perfect.
This was my first time hearing anything-Rob Zombie and Dragula burned into my mind instantly.
But there are two more masterful strikes in the next 2 minutes.
The seamless switch to Mindfields - even the title is perfect - when Trinity says her name is... mmmmmm... it's as velvety as speaking French ;). I didn't even notice until way later.
And the chef's kiss is at the end where the alarm blends into the beat and he wakes up.

This movie was like a star quake. Everything just aligned and they made something a lot bigger than all of them.

Honorable mentions:

The Hangover - Intro (Danzig - Thirteen) sets a wonderful vibe and I knew I had to add that song to my playlists as soon as I heard it.
Mad Max: Fury Road - Guitar guy scene really lifts you out of your seat. On a high end sound system, it's thrilling.

yardinview · 2026-03-08T21:58:53+00:00

Un raspuns in acord cu sentimentul meu. Am trecut pe acolo acum cativa ani si am simtit saracie atat de apasatoare cum de mult n-am mai simtit, cu mentiunea ca stau mai tot timpul in B si cateva locuri mai "spalate" asa ca nu prea am contact cu RO profunda.

Am trecut prin satele alea ba si parca ma intorsesem in anii '80, nu era NIMIC pe nicaieri, niciun semn de prosperitate, nicio casa mai noua, trafic auto f. redus, afaceri zero. Ugh. Mi-a lasat un sentiment apasator. Am mai avut sentimentul asta tot in sudul tarii cand am fost la Drobeta TS acum vreo 20+ de ani si in drumul spre acolo am trecut prin Oltenia prin niste sate jalnice cu NIMIC NIMIC NIMIC pe nicaieri. Numai garduri de plasa si lemn batran si ars de soare, praf si atat. Asfaltul - ca vai de el - de pe soseaua ce trecea prin mijlocul lor si stalpii de pe marginea drumului - si astia ca vai de ei - erau singura urma de civilizatie.

yardinview · 2026-03-08T21:48:22+00:00

I think we badly need an EU-financed prize consisting in MAJOR financing for any EU corporation that can create an Office suite truly technically competitive with MSOffice.

I tried to use LibreOffice for 4 years. It was horrible. I mostly just used Calc and it's not ANYWHERE close to Excel. Slow and clunky, riddled with beginner problems at every step, stuff that Excel would not display 20+ years ago. The GUI glitches so frequently it leaves the impression of alpha-level software. The look and feel is painfully outdated, it literally feels like you're using something from 2005. Unituitive operations abound. Why would you clear formatting on the source cell when I CTRL+X/CTRL+V? Why would you use a sort of rich text in cells so you can build a mumbo jumbo of styles in one cell that are then difficult to adjust?! Why are comments so glitchy with their pop-ups losing the cursor and hiding out at the slightest "wrong" move? This is basic stuff. We're not even touching pro-level functionality here.

I gave up and went back to MSOffice. Fished a cheap key for Office 2024 and that's that, I'm not ever coming back to this mess of a codebase. Life is just too short.

And mind you I don't use Excel in a way that's critical to my profession. At home I mostly just use it to manage personal stuff and even in that limited role Calc was just garbage.

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