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Christopher Neugebauer

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Man about the world; Expatriated Tasmanian living in California; conference organiser: @NorthBayPython, previously @pyconau and linux.conf.au; #python fan; serves […] [bridged from https://social.coop/@chrisjrn on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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Christopher Neugebauer @fedi.chrisjrn.fyi · 2d

@diazona
It's not about accepting the autocorrect suggestions, it's about it uploading _any edits you make_
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Christopher Neugebauer @fedi.chrisjrn.fyi · 2d

@glyph
Honestly, it doesn't even matter if you submit it as a PR -- edit history would be uploaded as training data, and that is by definition a derivative work, isn't it?
@diazona @chrisjrn.fyi

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Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 3d

Did you know that your IDE might be causing you to breach the terms of your employment agreement?

That's probably worth checking (both your IDE and your employment agreement).

Let me start with your IDE: blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2025/09...

Better AI Depends on Better Data: We Need Your Help | The JetBrains Blog

TL;DR Over the past few years, AI has made remarkable progress, but it doesn’t always deliver what professional developers need. One key reason is that most models are trained on public datasets th

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6d

/5 Chappelle: You know when I was young and on fire I told jokes and people laughed

Riyadh crowd: wooooo

Chappelle: Then I got older and more established and told different jokes and some people didn’t laugh

Riyadh crowd: booooo

Chappelle: That’s because the culture got worse

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Christopher Neugebauer @fedi.chrisjrn.fyi · 6d

@bitprophet look, it's easy enough to just ask for seconds without minutes at all until probably 15 minutes

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Mike Ely @social.taupehat.com · 6d

Network admins who disable ICMP: do you also take the numbers off the front of your house to keep the burglars out? #sysadmin

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Glyph @glyph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Obviously, ICEBlock should not have been removed from the app store. Obviously, Apple should not place itself in the position of the “one throat to choke” if their throat is going to be this delicate and choke-able.

but also the author of this app is a dumb grifter who is incredibly cavalier […]

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Christopher Neugebauer @fedi.chrisjrn.fyi · 7d

@offby1 I hear at least one of them is @petrillic, and the livenotes I'm seeing already makes it clear I want to see the recording

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Christopher Neugebauer @chrisjrn.fyi · 7d

Ah #monktoberfest how dare you make me immediately be sad I'm not there. How dare you.

(yes, I also aim to make an event that beloved; sometimes I succeed?)

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Anti. 🐘 @antiaall3s.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

"#autism is not a disease. It is not a failure in human functioning. It is a cognitive difference that is also a disability, although how disabling it is depends as much on your circumstances as it does on your symptom, in the same way that a left-handed person would find themselves disabled in […]

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Tropical Storm Jerry🌀 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 9d

I just got an alert that Nvidia’s market cap crossed $4.5T. I know I am mixing elephants and telephone poles here, but it seems weird that the manufacturer of IT components has a market cap that is almost 15% of the GDP of the US for 2025 🤔

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Christopher Neugebauer @fedi.chrisjrn.fyi · 9d

@amethyst yup, we have 10Gbps available here, but I don't think I've ever maxed out our 1Gbps.

Christopher Neugebauer @fedi.chrisjrn.fyi · 9d

@amethyst that'll do for now

Christopher Neugebauer @fedi.chrisjrn.fyi · 10d

@hynek
*Blink*

Christopher Neugebauer @fedi.chrisjrn.fyi · 10d

@hynek
I said "it's gonna run long, you're _NOT_ going to miss the next session"

Or, speak at #nbpy! We encourage talks to go about 25 minutes, but if you need longer, we tend to not worry too much.