People keep asking me, and I haven’t really had an answer, but now yeah, I’m thinking I’m back.

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Cake day: March 18th, 2025
  • HarkMahlberg@kbin.earthtoFediverse@lemmy.world•Downvote brigading via third instance hypothetical
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    2 days ago

    On the one hand, one of the things we often tout about the Old Internet was the ability for anyone to run their own website, forum, blog, etc, free from corporatization. On the other hand, running your website is a responsibility on your part, and in the convenience-focused Internet we have now, seems to be a forgotten lesson.

    On the third, mutant hand growing out of our back, fedi software should be designed with security-by-default, i.e. no open registration, to prevent the forgotten lesson from being a huge problem.

  • HarkMahlberg@kbin.earthtoFediverse@lemmy.world•Downvote brigading via third instance hypothetical
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    2 days ago

    In the wild, it’s far more common for them to just spin up a bunch of accounts across “good” instances (particularly those without registration applications) and coordinate.

    In 2023, this happened to a ton of unsecured Misskey instances who then proceeded to spam most of the Fediverse. It was just a troll in reality, but revealed that the Fediverse is no less vulnerable to coordinated, sophisticated attacks (and with how politically minded it is, there’s plenty of incentive for nation state actors to do so).

  • HarkMahlberg@kbin.earthtoTechnology@lemmy.world•I'm an American software developer and the "broligarchs" don't speak for me - ratfactor
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    8 days ago

    I’m with you. I used to build maps, models, and textures for Battlefront 2 and share the files for free on Filefront. I got into programming for the joy of creating things that make people happy, or solve some little problems they have. I still make mods, the communities are out there and I’m glad I found them.

    But tech evangelists and bro culture ruined the idea of programming as a career for me. The greed of late stage capitalism infected our industry the moment Facebook hit the scene, crypto accelerated it, and AI may as well be the final nail in the coffin. It’s no longer a worthy or noble profession.

  • HarkMahlberg@kbin.earthtoNot The Onion@lemmy.world•AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead
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    10 days ago

    I pay for Cursor to generate code, not to patronize me.

    I think you paid for a hooker and expected a girlfiend. Not only can she not fill the emotional void in your life, she can only provide short term satisfaction you will inevitably try and fail to recreate afterward.

    “Get my feature to work” fr? Your inner techbro is showing. Coding is as much a creative endeavor as it is a technical one. Do you have so little attachment to your idea that you don’t even try to make it come to life yourself? Do you lack the education or know-how to do it? A person would happily teach you, or code it for you, if you asked (or maybe paid).