whotookkarl

joined 1 year ago
[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

It's not a back door, it's just a rear entryway

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Taking the Oracle approach

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

I think it's weird almost nobody picks their own name and people carry their parents or spouse's name, you'd think something so personal and self identifying you'd want it to be something you prefer or you find fitting based on some preference or personality trait.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Best X-Men animated series, worst Night court

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

It's been interesting seeing the changes as they happened over time working with java pretty often for a good chunk of that time. The jvm and jit performance improvements, syntax changes and additional jep features added vs what was left out, tools for running and managing jvms, Sun & Oracle shooting themselves in the foot repeatedly, new jvm languages with scala, groovy, clojure, etc and their impact on java. I prefer other languages and tool chains for some cases, but java has been pretty good for building reliable, upgradable, extendable systems that get the job done & have a good large stable library.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Crumpler bag, Ibanez guitar, lammy pens, and darn tough socks have all held up well

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Temporary blinding LED flash weapon, stink bombs, vomiting, reciting the Captain Ahab monologue from Moby Dick where he's telling them to split their lungs with blood and thunder and crack their oars and backs.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Max Power, the Max diner, Mighty Max, Maximum Carnage, and The Maxx

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Thanks I'll check them out, that was my chill/nostalgia electronic spot runners up would probably be bonobo or boards of Canada

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

At the gates, com truise, mf doom, amon tobin

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

No reason in particular, i like mad Tom O'bedlam and his god of cities from the invisibles comic based on the 17th century poem/song

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Look at you, hacker: a pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?

 

The question was raised in a recent .world news article comment https://lemmy.world/post/25766196

 

Been listening to a few lately, a few John Carpenter's, Mayhem was pretty out there, looking for more that are interesting or wildly off topic or entertaining.

 

"In these times of darkness and hopelessness, we wish to share a strong message of solidarity and recognition to those Palestinian journalists who are covering this crisis in such dramatic circumstances. As humanity, we have a huge debt to their courage and commitment to freedom of expression," said Mauricio Weibel, Chair of the International Jury of Media Professionals.

 

Just trying to live with as little advertising as possible and curious what tips or tricks the community has aside from moving out to a cabin in the woods.

I can't really get away from road side advertising for now. Public sporting events are completely infected, and for the ads I am forced to see I try to make a conscious effort not to buy their goods or services. I won't subscribe to a streaming service if they have a sub+ad tier, if they're separate free with ads or sub no ads I'll support it.

Not really for any moral stance, but ad blockers are good at avoiding malware and some services are basically broken if you have to wait for an ad network, and I just feel mentally healthier in general without the extra propaganda.

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