CandleTiger

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[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

which tables connect to which other tables

You get no guarantees whatsoever that the database schema actually contains this information.

Some databases are set up with validation rules that an external tool can understand, that column FOO.BAR_ID represents a foreign key for column BAR.ID

But some databases (for example mine) have no such rules and depend on the developers to know this through documentation or occult consultation with the spirits of departed coworkers.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I really enjoyed the first season.

The books were great but they seriously suffered from lack of editing. Example: nobody needed to see that much of Mat whining and being an ass on the barge ride up the river and I’m glad the show left it out. I’m cautiously optimistic that the show will pull off judicious improvements to the storytelling.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago

You can try, but you can’t make it correct. My ideal is to write code once that is bug-free. That’s very difficult, but not fundamentally impossible. Especially in small well-scrutinized areas that are critical for security it is possible with enough care and effort to write code with no security bugs. With LLM AI tools that’s not even theoretically possible, let alone practical. You will just need to be forever updating your prompt to mitigate the free latest most fashionable prompt injections.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The problem with LLM AIs Ous that you can’t sanitize the inputs safely. There is no difference between the program (initial prompt from the developer) and the data (your form input)

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not so easy to Ignore what you know.

Knowledge is power, but ignorance is bliss.

I follow the news until I can’t take it any more, and take a break until I can again.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 1 points 4 weeks ago

No it’s not, it’s just hosted on Oracle-owned servers

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At the time, no. It wasn’t in my plans at all. Now I think about it sometimes.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 26 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I don’t know about AI involvement but this story in general is very very old.

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/magic-story.html

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It was a study-abroad year and the year ended. I never had the permission to stay and work.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 13 points 1 month ago (9 children)

American here who studied German for eight years, graduated with a minor in German, and lived there for one year:

I’m not sure how to properly translate this children’s book.

The long word breaks into easily-understood pieces:

“help-ability-extinguish-group-travel-thing”

But in order to get a proper concept back out of it you need to know what order the pieces go together in and I don’t know that.

travel-thing is a vehicle.

help-ability is emergency services

Beyond that I have to guess — Is group-travel-thing a crew vehicle, making this a crew vehicle for extinguishing?

Or maybe extinguish-group is a fire crew and this is a vehicle for fire crews?

Either way I feel like the author is using a lot more word-parts than they should have to for what is (clearly in the picture) better described as a pump truck.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

If you start one I will subscribe

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It limits the pool for sure but when it works it works real good. Good luck to you.

 

I find after this election that I have an unexpectedly pressing need to wave large obnoxious flags from my sensible fuel-efficient subcompact while I drive.

Has anybody got models, templates, suggestions for how to mount a stout pole to a hatchback? I’m thinking of some kind of tube on a short arm that I could close the rear passenger door or the cargo door on to hold it in place.

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